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ARROYO'S MILITARY DOGS HIDE BEHIND SKIRT OF NATIONAL SECURITY IN BURGOS' CASE.

by Napanice (no login)

THIS IS REALLY TYPICAL OF WHAT A CORRUPT LEADERSHIP CAN DO TO THE CREDIBILITY AND INTEGRITY OF EVEN THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE.

GLORIA AND HER LOVABLE DOG ESPERON WILL HAVE A HARD TIME EXPLAINING HOW THE ABDUCTION OF AN ACTIVIST FILIPINO CITIZEN AFFECTS NATIONAL SECURITY AND THEREFORE REQUIRES THAT ANY DECUMENT RELATED TO IT BE CONSIDERED CLASSIFIED.

THE MILITARY MUST HAVE LEARNED THIS DEVIOUS EXCUSE AFTER SHE INVOKED HER EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGES TO PROHIBIT HER GRUNTS FROM TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE ON MATTERS AFFECTING HER HUSBAND AND BROTHER IN LAW.

BUT NO ONE IS GETTING FOOLED BY ALL THE EXCUSES AND GIMMICKS COMING OUT OF ESPERON, THE WHOLE COUNTRY KNOWS THE CREATION OF SPECIAL COURTS TO HANDLE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IS NOTHING BUT A SHAM AND POLITICAL PROPAGANDA.

NAP

AFP seeks quashing of subpoena on Burgos investigation results

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Provost Marshall Col. Arturo Abadilla yesterday filed before the Court of Appeals (CA) Eighth Division, a motion to quash the sub-poena issued by the court last July 31, directing him to release the results of his investigation on the missing license plates of the vehicle purportedly used in the abduction of activist Jonas Burgos, which was subsequently traced to an impounded vehicle at the 56th Infantry Batallion’s headquarters in Norzagaray, Bulacan.

In an 11-page affidavit, government lawyers asked the court to quash the subpoena, saying the document in question is not under Abadilla’s control, making it impossible for him to comply with the order.

It also said the document is “irrelevant to the issue,” hence there is no need for it to be released.

The lawyers, in defending the provost marshall, further said, “The subpoena ad testifican-dum/duces tecum is unrea-sonable and oppresive because compliance therewith will subject Col. Arturo Abadilla or anyone from the AFP to administrative and criminal liability pursuant to Memoran-dum Circular (MC) 78 of the President entitled ‘Promulgating Rules Governing Security of Classified Matter in Govern-ment Agencies.’”

In refusing to comply with the court directive, the affidavit pointed out “Paragraph 57 of MC 78 declares that the unauthorized publication of any classified information shall be deemed a violation of the circular and subjects the violator to administrative liability without prejudice to any criminal prosecutors.”

It further said “the subject report is an internal document which is not intended for public consumption. It can only be released after it shall have been declassified by the competent administrative authorities.”

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Napanice hides behind skirts of legitimate authors.

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

Dorobo! Ladron!


Posted on Aug 10, 2007, 12:58 PM
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SENATORS QUESTION INCOMPETENCE IN MILITARY COMMAND.

by Napanice (no login)

CIVILIAN SUPREMACY OVER THE MILITARY DICTATES THAT AN ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESS IS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN BEING DEPLOYED IN THE BATTLEFIELD ARE PROPERLY EQUIPPED, THOROUGHLY TRAINED, COMBAT READY AND FULLY SUPPORTED BY LOGISTICAL AND REINFORCEMENTS WHEN THEY ENGAGE THE ENEMY.

THE FAMILIES AND RELATIVES OF THE DECEASED SOLDIERS DESERVE A FULL EXPLANATIONS AS TO THE CAUSE OF THEIR DEATHS WHEN THERE ARE LINGERING QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED. IT'S NOT ENOUGH THAT SOME TWO BIT GENERAL WHO IS UNDER POLITICAL PRESSURE TO COVER THINGS UP IS EXPLAINING THINGS AWAY TO THE CHAGRIN AND AMUSEMENT OF THE PUBLIC, THERE MUST BE A THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS OF THE EVENTS IN QUESTION IN ORDER TO PIN THE BLAME ON THOSE WHO FAILED TO DO THEIR JOB IN SUPPORT OF THE TROOPS.

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Senators want military to explain string of clash setbacks

MANILA, Philippines -- The military must explain its latest debacle in the hands of Muslim extremists, senators demanded on Friday.

"What is happening in our Armed Forces? ... The buck stops with General (Hermogenes) Esperon to explain why we are being clobbered in the field," said Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan.

"Are we sending our young men out to die in the fields because of the incompetence of their superiors?" he continued.

He said Esperon should publicly explain "why we are facing a string of setbacks despite the billions being poured into the military establishment year after year."

"How many more lives will be lost until officers are made to account for their incompetence?" Pangilinan went on.

Senator Richard Gordon also demanded an explanation from the military, albeit on a more subdued tone.

"While we offer our sympathies to the families of the fallen, we have to look more closely into why our troops are suffering this high level of casualties. I believe Congress and the public deserve to know more about the real situation in the South so that appropriate adjustments -- whether in policy or program or materiel or logistics -- can be made and better support to our troops can be provided," said Gordon.

Senator Rodolfo Biazon, a former military chief who retained his chairmanship of the Senate committee on defense, could not be reached for comment Friday.

Gordon said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should order a "top-level" military briefing to include lawmakers on how military operations including troop morale and logistics and intelligence support "are really faring in Mindanao and Sulu."

"This is not a question of assigning blame or pointing fingers. This is just a matter of how we can all pull together for the improvement of the situation in the South," he said.

Pangilinan also called on newly installed Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro to "exercise the political will to rid the Armed Forces of the Philippines of incompetents and whip the generals and soldiers into line so that we can make major headway in achieving a just, honorable and lasting peace in the country in our lifetime."

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I question your authority to post a no-credits article.

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

Ladron! Dorobo!

Posted on Aug 10, 2007, 12:57 PM
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MILITARY SETS UP KANGAROO COURTS FOR CLEARING SOLDIERS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

by Napanice (no login)

GLORIA ARROYO, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, NEVER ORDERED THE MILITARY TO CREATE THESE SPECIAL COURTS TO TRY THE CASES OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS. THIS IS NOTHING BUT ANOTHER IDEA BY MILITARY TOP BRASS ESPERON TO CREATE A CIRCUS ATMOSPHERE FOR THE PUBLIC'S ENTERTAINMENT AND TO JUSTIFY THEIR DENIAL THAT THE MILITARY HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS DESPITE THE FINDINGS OF INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS IDENTIFYING THEM AS CULPRITS.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ANOTHER CALIBRATED RESPONSE BY THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT TO THE LATEST MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM THE U.S. LAWMAKERS URGING THAT ACTION BE TAKEN TO IDENTIFY, ARREST, PROSECUTE AND CONVICT THE MURDERERS OF OVER 800 CIVILIANS MOSTLY COMPOSED OF POLITICAL ENEMIES OF THE CURRENT POLITICIANS.

WITHOUT THE INVOLVEMENT OF CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES SUCH AS LAWYERS, JUDGES, AND CIVILIAN TRIAL COURTS, AND THE OBVIOUS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE MILITARY COURT MARTIALS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD NOT EXPECT ANYTHING OF MEANING AND SUBSTANCE IN THE INVESTIGATIONS AND TRIALS THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED BECAUSE ESPERON AND HIS BAND OF MILITARY GOONS DO NOT INTEND TO PROVIDE THE VICTIMS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS THE JUSTICE THAT THEY DESERVE.

ESPERON'S MILITARY COURTS ARE DESIGNED FOR POLITICAL PROPAGANDA, NOTHING MORE.

NAP

AFP probes men tagged in political slays

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday said it will investigate personnel who have been implicated in extrajudicial killings and other forms of human rights violations.

Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro, AFP public information chief, declined to name the soldiers and officers who will be investigated by the Judge Advocate General's Office. He said the preliminary probe is in preparation for possible court martial proceedings against military personnel implicated in the killings.

"The chief of staff has directed the conduct of pre-trial investigation on the cases that are now pending before the civil courts," Bacarro said.

Bacarro said the order is a follow-on to AFP chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr.'s creation of five general courts martial dedicated to try cases of military personnel linked to politically-related slays and rights violations.

Bacarro said the courts will immediately put a soldier on trial once probable cause is established during pre-trial investigations.

Bacarro, meanwhile, downplayed possible accusations that the hearings would become mock trials since the cases involving the soldiers can be dismissed for double jeopardy.

"Public officials could be held liable. We, in the military, we can be tried separately from our case in the civil courts. We can be arraigned before the military courts, and whatever the result or outcome of these cases, it would have no bearing on the cases before the civilian courts," he said.

Bacarro cited the case of the officers linked to the short-lived Oakwood mutiny. The accused are being tried before the Makati City Regional Trial Court for coup d'etat charges while a separate case in violation of Articles of War 96 (conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman) is with a military tribunal.

Bacarro said the creation of the military courts and the conduct of the pre-trial investigation are proofs that the military can be harsh on its personnel who get involved in illegal activities, including killings.

He, however, clarified that: "The [military] institution as a whole does not commit human rights violation. It is not the policy of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to do that."

Activist groups, particularly the left-leaning Bayan and Bayan Muna, believe that military personnel are involved in political killings. The groups and their allies also suspect that the killings are being carried out with Malacańang's knowledge.

Human rights group Karapatan has recorded over 800 cases of political killings since President Arroyo took power in 2001. With a report from PNA

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Post borne out of unbelievable IGNORANCE of the law and procedures.

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

Commander in Chief will not order the creation of special courts. She has people who work under her who will do that for her, as evidenced by the PNA article. Reason? Commander in Chief may have to act on the sentence of a court-martial and must therefore keep her distance from the case(s).

In other words, what's being "beached" about by Kanopanice is already underway, and the "beaching" is too late, as usual.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR! Eestoopeed.




Posted on Aug 9, 2007, 1:16 PM
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MORE PHILIPPINE TROOPS AMBUSHED IN JOLO, 9 KILLED.

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Muslim militants kill 9 Philippine troops in ambush

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine military suffered heavy casualties on Thursday after Muslim rebel group Abu Sayyaf ambushed a convoy on the remote southern island of Jolo, the army said.

Major-General Ruben Rafael said nine soldiers were killed and two were wounded when they were attacked by dozens of rebels while on their way to a public market to buy food.

"We've sent reinforcement to evacuate our casualties," Rafael told reporters as helicopters flew to the scene of the fighting to ferry troops and bring back the wounded.

The tropical isle, a base for Muslim militants in the largely Catholic country, has seen an escalation in violence after the army started collecting unlicensed guns from civilians.

It was the second deadly ambush in as many months in the south and marked a deterioration of the situation on Jolo.

An army spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Ernesto Torres, said about 100 rebels from the Abu Sayyaf and a rogue faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) were believed to be behind the attack, retaliating for losses in an earlier clash.
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On Wednesday, soldiers killed four Muslim rebels in a brief gunbattle in nearby Parang town, where a soldier was also killed and five were wounded.

But, the mainstream MNLF, which signed a peace deal with the government in 1996, claimed it was behind the ambush, saying it was retaliation for the deaths of five people during an army offensive a day earlier.

"It was not the Abu Sayyaf," Hatimil Hassan, the deputy chairman of the MNLF, said on local TV. "It was our troops. It was the military's fault. They started it all."

In July, members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the country's largest Muslim separatist group, killed 14 Marines in an attack on the nearby island of Basilan. Ten of the soldiers were beheaded but the MILF, which is meant to be talking peace with Manila, has denied its members mutilated the troops.

The military also blames members of the Abu Sayyaf for the decapitations. Due to family ties on Jolo and Basilan, there are close links between the Abu Sayyaf, the MNLF and the MILF and sometimes an overlap in membership.

The Philippine government wants to seal a peace deal with the MILF but has sworn to crush the Abu Sayyaf, which is blamed for the Philippines' worst terror attack -- a ferry bombing that killed more than 100 people in 2004.

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Napanice's post was STOLEN from Reuters. Do not respond!

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

Reuters says, "Copyright © 2005 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of Reuters Limited"

Posted on Aug 9, 2007, 6:55 AM
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LATEST UPDATE: DEATH TOLL NOW 21 SOLDIERS, 1 CIVILIAN

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Death toll from Sulu fighting rises to 21

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - Twenty soldiers and a civilian were killed Thursday as fighting between government forces and Muslim gunmen spread in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, the military said.

Gunmen ambushed a military convoy and killed 10 soldiers near Maimbung town in Sulu's Jolo island, military sources said on condition of anonymity. A child living in the area was also killed in the crossfire, they added.

They said the attackers were understood to be members of the Moro National Liberation Front, a separatist guerrilla force that signed a peace treaty with Manila in 1996. Some of its members, however, have refused to disarm.

Nine soldiers were killed and two others were wounded earlier in the day in another village near Maimbung in an attack believed to be launched by the Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic militant group with alleged ties to the al Qaeda network, said local military spokesman Maj. Eugene Batara.

One of the wounded soldiers from this attack later died in hospital, a source said.

"We have reports that the Abu Sayyaf were the ones who attacked them," Batara told reporters, saying the gunmen also took six M-16 rifles.

The attack is the latest episode in an escalation of violence in the restive Philippine south, where troops have been massing since July 10 when 14 Marines were killed on the nearby island of Basilan. Ten of them were beheaded.

At least three Abu Sayyaf extremists and a soldier were killed Wednesday and two Marines were wounded Tuesday in clashes in Jolo.

The Abu Sayyaf has been responsible for numerous attacks on Christians and foreigners throughout the Philippines in recent years.

The military has been on an offensive against the Abu Sayyaf in Jolo island since last year and has killed two major Abu Sayyaf leaders since.

The Abu Sayyaf and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) were behind the July 10 attack, the military and government have said.

The MILF, which is supposed to be observing a three year-old ceasefire, has admitted killing the Marines but denied beheading them.

More than 23,000 villagers residing near MILF camps in Basilan have fled their homes for fear of getting caught up in any possible government attack.

Despite the heightening of tensions, government peace negotiators have said they expect to reopen peace talks with the MILF in Malaysia before the end of this month.

Meanwhile, police confirmed that an alleged Abu Sayyaf member suspected of taking part in the beheading of the 10 Marines had surrendered to a local television crew on Basilan island.

"He surrendered and he is denying the accusations against him. We should talk to him to find out the truth," said a regional police official.

Two other suspects in the beheadings had earlier turned themselves in after the government announced it was going after them.

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Don't respond to a thief.

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Posted on Aug 9, 2007, 1:06 PM
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OCEAN'S 2 PINOY STYLE

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A Filipino who works as surveillance technician in a casino in California was arrested at a hotel on El Segundo Boulevard near the Los Angeles International Airport. Authorities said he had applied for an emergency passport and could have been preparing to flee the United States.

The report said he was wearing a costume when apprehended. Cocaine was also found in his possession.

Earlier reports said the Filipino suspect bound and gagged three employees and herded seven others at gunpoint into another room, then took $1.5 million from the vault at Soboba Casino on the Soboba Indian Reservation near San Jacinto.

Another Filipino suspect drove the getaway vehicle.


Posted on Aug 8, 2007, 11:34 AM
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Another Pinoys dumbest attitude ! ! !

by batikos (no login)

Very shameful that these Pinoys brought their old ways garbage habit from Pinas to USA. When you leave your country, leave your dangerous behavior BEHIND. NAKAKAHIYA AT PANG-DAMAY !!!

Posted on Aug 8, 2007, 8:34 PM
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CRIMINAL MENTALITY

by Napanice (no login)

THE SUSPECT HAS A DECENT JOB BUT HE'S NOT SATISFIED SO HE DECIDES TO STEAL FROM HIS EMPLOYER. IT CREATES THE IMPRESSION THAT FILIPINOS CANNOT BE TRUSTED BECAUSE OF THEIR CRIMINAL MENTALITY AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR OUR IMAGE.

NAP


Posted on Aug 9, 2007, 4:59 AM
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What's the difference between stealing money and stealing published articles?

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

None.


Posted on Aug 9, 2007, 6:51 AM
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MARINES' RELATIVES SHOULD DEMAND CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON BASILAN AMBUSH

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THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THE KILLINGS AND BEHEADINGS OF PHILIPPINE MARINES IN BASILAN WHERE A 10 HOUR LONG FIREFIGHT TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE REBELS IS BEING SWEPT UNDER THE RUG BY GLORIA'S DOGS STARTING WITH CHIEF OF STAFF ESPERON.

FOR ESPERON TO SAY THAT AIR SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF PERSUASIVE FLYBYS WITHOUT A SINGLE BOMB DROPPED IS SUFFICENT OR THAT MISCOMMUNICATION IS THE REASON FOR THE LACK OF RESPONSE TO THE REPEATED CALL FOR REINFORCEMENT BY THE DEAD MARINES IS LIKE SAYING THAT THE MILITARY SPECIALLY ITS TOP BRASS IS INCAPABLE OF CONDUCTING A SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS WITHOUT NEEDLESSLY RISKING THE LIVES OF ITS MEMBERS.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH THAT GLORIA AND HER TOP DOGS ARE POINTING THE FINGERS AT THE MILF KILLERS/BEHEADERS BECAUSE THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE INDICATING A FAILURE IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND ALL THE WAY TO THE PRESIDENT. IT CLEARLY PROVES INCOMPETENT LEADERSHIP WHEN EQUPMENT SUCH AS MORTARS AND RADIOS WHICH ARE BOTH CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS AND SURVIVAL OF THE TROOPS HAVE FAILED TO FUNCTION IN THE FIELD.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH THAT THE SURVIVORS OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES ARE HANDED THE CRISPLY FOLDED FLAG OF THE PHILIPPINES AFTER THE DEPARTED ARE GIVEN A HEROES BURIAL, SOMEWHERE OUT THERE ARE OFFICERS BOTH PRIVATE AND MILITARY WHO SHOULD ANSWER FOR THE MASSACRE THAT RESULTED FROM THE INCOMPETENCE AND UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE PEOPLE AT THE TOP LINKS OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.

GLORIA AND HER MILITARY DOGS OWE THE PUBLIC AND THE DECEASED'S RELATIVES A COMPLETE AND TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE KILLINGS OF THE MARINES BECAUSE THE EVENTS SENDS A DANGEROUS MESSAGE TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES THAT THEY STAND TO LOSE THEIR LIVES UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES.

NAP


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What is related to LEGISLATION here that warrants a congressional probe?

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

It's the Commander-in-Chief's job that Eestoopeed wants the legislature to do. What do some people use for brains nowadays?



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Jihad - A Must See

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MOST interesting is how the map "tells the story" of expansion.

http://www.terrorismawareness.org/know-about-jihad/

Every American should see this video. Please forward!





Posted on Aug 6, 2007, 11:00 PM
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The presentation will make Napanice wet.....

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

.....in the eyes. Croc tears, y'all know he's a good 'Murican.

Kleenex Pig


Posted on Aug 7, 2007, 7:05 AM
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Very interesting and,,,,,

by ya (no login)

Scary !!!

Posted on Aug 7, 2007, 9:24 AM
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such rantings should be taken seriously......

by CoeL (no login)

by all means....they are not joking. before the
jihad became a byword all over the world, we have
that already in Mindanao since 1901 known as juramentado.
there's nothing to be afraid or scared of if you are prepared
to find out if heaven or hell really exist!

the joloanos and the tausugs are still waiting for
the americans to come to settle out a score by
gen. pershing.

Posted on Aug 7, 2007, 9:30 PM
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Amok !

by ya (no login)

Moros who run amok or juramentado are hard to stop when they are committing these act. All you can do, run as fast as you can do to save your self. This one reason why the 1911 colt 45 caliber ACP was invented. One shoot, the juramentado will go down and never get up !

Posted on Aug 7, 2007, 10:41 PM
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This is all predicated on whether.....

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

.....the pistolero can hit anything smaller than a bahay kubo with his GI .45 ACP, considering the marksmanship habits drilled into them by the U.S. Army at that time. Por eksmpol, the army only quit laughing at the two-handed grip during the CW. The Weaver Stance was a post-VNW development perfected by civilians pharting around with surplus M1911's they fine tuned to unbelievable tolerances.

The best use of the .45 round was in the Thompson SMG of both types, being operated in single fire mode by a trained shooter.

So, there may be truth to the assertion that the .45 was developed for the juramentado Moros, but what really caught their attention were the U.S. Army cavalry's Krags and the infantry's Johnsons and Springfields spewing mini-artillery rounds.

BB Gun Pig

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(BB = battleship)

Posted on Aug 8, 2007, 7:28 AM
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you talked as if you have witnessed one.......

by CoeL (no login)

have you...where and when?

Posted on Aug 8, 2007, 11:28 AM
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No, I didn't witness any amok situation,,,

by ya (no login)

I came to know about moros murderous frenzy by reading history of ACP 1911 45 caliber, watching History channel, I show a movie made in the Philippines and the actor was Gary Copper about Moros in Mindanao and they are fighting against muslim moros (Black and white movie). I am interested about guns just for self protection at home.

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just a reminder.......

by CoeL (no login)

Moro is a degrading name for a Muslim Filipino.
The Tausugs, Joloanos and the Maguindanaons resent
it just like the Afro-Americans hated the N word.
Aside from being Mohamedans they preferred to known
as Muslims.

I have not seen that movie...it must be an old one.


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I don't know,,,

by ya (no login)

That the word was degrading. Yes, the movie was an old one and classic.

Posted on Aug 8, 2007, 11:38 PM
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Pictures of the collapsed bridge.......!

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http://drugoi.livejournal.com/2280005.html

Posted on Aug 7, 2007, 8:00 PM
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KAMAG-ARAL HERE'S ONE THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED IN TACOMA

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1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Slender, elegant and graceful, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge stretched like a steel ribbon across Puget Sound in 1940. The third longest suspension span in the world opened on July 1st. Only four months later, the great span's short life ended in disaster. "Galloping Gertie," collapsed in a windstorm on November 7,1940.

The bridge became famous as "the most dramatic failure in bridge engineering history." Now, it's also "one of the world's largest man-made reefs." The sunken remains of Galloping Gertie were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 to protect her from salvagers.

A dramatic tale of failure and success
The story of the failure of the 1940 Narrows Bridge and the success of the Current Narrows Bridge is a great American saga. When Galloping Gertie splashed into Puget Sound, it created ripple effects across the nation and around the world. The event changed forever how engineers design suspension bridges. Gertie's failure led to the safer suspension spans we use today.




The Current Narrows Bridge

After 29 months of construction, a new and much safer Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened on Oct. 14, 1950. The current bridge is the 5th longest suspension bridge in the United States. Located on State Route 16 between Tacoma and Gig Harbor, the bridge is 5,979 feet in length. That's 40 feet longer than its predecessor, Galloping Gertie.

Engineers designed the current bridge to carry 60,000 cars a day. But, now it handles an average of over 90,000 vehicles daily.

The New (2007) Narrows Bridge

In 1998 the public was asked, "Should the Tacoma Narrows Bridge be modified and a parallel bridge constructed, financed by tolls on bridge traffic and operated as a public-private partnership?" A majority of the voters answered "Yes." Since then, WSDOT and Tacoma Narrows Contractors (TNC) have been developing plans for the new bridge.

The newest Tacoma Narrows Bridge is being built next to the current bridge. Construction began in October 2002. The project is expected to cost $849 million. The new bridge will significantly improve traffic flow, reducing the three to four hour backups that commuters now face. The projected completion date is early 2007.



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"Galloping Gertie" was a primer.....

by CoeL (no login)

and the only casualty was a dog who refused
to get out of the car. The new one is beautiful,
massive and looks indestructible and more than a mile
long

It is called the Narrows because the bridge was built
at the narrowest part connecting Tacoma and Gig Harbor.
Gig Harbor is a very beautiful town inhabited mostly
by Scandinavians. Going down the hill towards the water
reminds me of new england...beautiful. Anywhere in my
homestate...is green and beautiful!

Keep on Kamag-aral....

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W H Y ???

by raid (no login)

WHY DON'T RABBITS FINISH COLLEGE ?

BECAUSE THEY DON'T FINISH HIGH SCHOOL.


WHY WAS THE RABBIT'S NOSE SHINY?

SHE WAS WERING HER POWDER PUFF ON THE WRONG END.


WHY CAN'T A RABBIT'S NOSE BE TWELVE INCHES LONG?

BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD BE A FOOT.


WHY ARE RABBITS LIKE CALCULATOR?

THEY BOTH MULTIPLY A LOT.



DEDICATED TO ALL JOKERS OF POLITICAL ZOO !!!

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More on Rudy Aniceto's crapola with PAL

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Here's the original post, which was posted all over the Internet:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/5345/message/1186047931/Elder-unfriendly+Philippine+AIrlines

Thank you for sparing your time.

I have sent a lot of messages to PAL executives even with their GSA in
Guam.

Let me share with you their email that are far and between just for an
explanation on my case

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date Aug 1, 2007 8:38 AM
subject Re: Fwd: Aniceto/Rodolfo PAL Record / BM63P2 GUM/MNL/GUM
mailed-by pal.com.ph

Dear Mr. Aniceto,

We apologize for the incident . Our Customer Relations Office is now
investigating this matter. Please expect their further communication.

Again our apologies,

Gigi D. Mediarito
WEBSITE MANAGEMENT
Corporate E-Business Department
Philippine Airlines
http://www.philippineairlines.com

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On 8/1/07, [email protected] < Poch_A[email protected]> wrote:

First of all, allow us to thank you for sharing with us and
bringing to our attention the ordeal of our passenger, Mr. Rodolfo
Aniceto.

We sincerely apologize to what transpired during his trip back to
Guam.

I have endorsed your email to our Customer Relations, Manila
Airport Services and Office of the President of Philippine Airlines.
We will certainly look into this matter and secure the handling
details of this case.

Once again, kindly extend our apology to Mr. Aniceto.

Very truly yours,


POCHOLO M. AZUCENA
Manager
GSA Relations and Charter Services
Philippine Airlines
7th Floor, PAL Center, Legazpi Street
Legaspi Village, Makati City, Philippines

Phone: (632) 818 7193
Fax : (632) 893 2216

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from [email protected]" <[email protected]>
date Aug 3, 2007 3:45 PM
subject Re: Fw: Aniceto/Rodolfo R/BM63P2 GUM/MNL/GUM
mailed-by pal.com.ph

Dear Mr. Aniceto,

As promised in our acknowledgement email sent last July 31st,
we shall correspond with you again the soonest we receive
all the handling reports from the offices concerned.

Thank you for your further patience.

Sincerely,

SARAH

MA. SARAH S. REYES
Customer Management Officer
Customer Relations

Tel. no: (632) 8172844
Fax no: (632) 8943930

It's been a week but all I get was sorry and further patient.
WHY IS PAL TAKING SO LONG TO ANSWER ME?
They are most likely trying to lose/mislay all pertinent records about
my complain. The next we knew the records were all washed out by the
computer and forget all about it. And that's it and nothing more.
What are they are covering and washing out?
Or was there ever an investigation being done?
Was there ever a looking out and securing of the handling details
being made?
Or may I say what I am expecting.
A poor old man should not anticipate anything from the Giants.
Their staff shoo the old dogs and that's it. PAL THINKS THAT
No matter what clarification you need if you are poor you will never
get it.
I need explanation on the terrible dilemma we went through.
Winning a PAL Ticket back home is such a joy but had left us bad
memories hard to forget. We have earned respect in our lives
somehow.
WHY MUST THIS BE DONE TO US IN OUR RIPEN YEARS?
I have lived in Guam for many years. My sons are all in the mainland.
I should have thrown my PAL ticket our have donated it to the dogs
instead.
I should have considered Hawaii for my wife cataract surgery than my
country. I should have spared us from this bad experience.
Or I should have taken Continental Airlines.



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Dear terrorists: Is this cause for e-mail bombings?

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Azzholez.


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courtesy pass is subjected to "elephant clause"

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fine prints, that is. PAL is just being nice
and their courtesy is the end of the story.



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This URL is for Nap and DSP

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http://www.greatdanepro.com/Chiquitita/index.htm

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I liked that part when she started taking off......

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

.....into the wild blue yonder.

Dirty Dogpig


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ONE DAY At THE TIME

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http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy/specials/onedayatatime/onedayatatime.htm

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"The most dangerous pariah.................................A gossiper"

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

Baddest examples of PHNO Cyberforum gossip:

GLORIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORT A DISMAL FAILURE, MAJORITY OF FILIPINOS SAY. Napanice, Aug 3, 2007, 12:30 PM

IS GLORIA USING U.S. MILITARY AID TO VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS ?. Napanice, Aug 3, 2007, 8:10 AM

MILITARY TRYING TO DO A BEDOL IN BASILAN MASSACRE. Napanice, Aug 3, 2007, 7:40 AM

GLORIA TRYING TO DO ANOTHER POWER SCAM LIKE FIDEL RAMOS. Napanice, Aug 2, 2007, 9:24 AM

IT'S LIKE ASKING THE CRIMINAL TO CATCH HIMSELF!. Napanice, Aug 1, 2007, 6:35 PM

ANOTHER SCAM THAT EXPLOITS THE OFWS. Napanice, Aug 1, 2007, 12:54 PM

NO EMERGENCY POWERS FOR A LYING AND CHEATING PRESIDENT. Napanice, Aug 1, 2007, 7:05 AM

A POLITE WAY OF TELLING GLORIA TO "GET OFF HER BUTT AND DO SOME WORK". Napanice, Jul 31, 2007, 6:58 AM

THE LAST 3 YEARS OF GLORIA MACAPAGAL WILL MEAN MORE DEFICIT SPENDING AND MONEY BORROWINGS.. Napanice, Jul 29, 2007, 8:29 AM

Want more? The madness goes back to 1998 and archived in Watchpig, available on CD, including those already deleted by a fawning host.



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a pariah is liken to a leper.......

by CoeL (no login)

they stay from people but are danger
to themselve.....

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ARROYO A "PARIAH" AT PAR WITH MARCOS, DICTATORS

by Napanice (no login)

Arroyo a ‘pariah’ at par with Marcos, dictators.

By Nonoy Espina
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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has become “an international pariah matching the status of military dictators and tyrants the world over,”

The increasing criticism of the administration’s human rights records, the latest of which came from foreign chambers of commerce and multinational companies operating in the country, and from seven US retail giants, “show that Arroyo has lost credibility even among the big business community and the officialdom of other countries so that no one seriously buys her government's claim that it is not responsible for the killings and that it is determined to stop the rampage and punish the perpetrators of these killings.”

Foreign businessmen, foreign governments, churches, media and human rights groups had been demanding that the Arroyo administration end the continued political killings in the country.

“In pretending to be solving the problem, but in reality continuing with its campaign of violence against activists, church people, media professionals and other critics, the Arroyo regime has only succeeded in further isolating itself internationally and has gained nothing but notoriety as an international pariah,”.

“Arroyo is now regarded nationally and internationally in the same way as people regarded Ferdinand Marcos, Chile's Augusto Pinochet, Uganda's Idi Amin and other military dictators who were all notorious for their brutal crimes against humanity,”

Human rights organizations say more than 800 persons have fallen victim to extrajudicial killings since 2001, when Arroyo came to power.

Critics also chided Philippine National Police Deputy Director General Avelino Razon for blaming most of the killings on the rebels, calling it a “concoction” meant “to obscure the Arroyo regime's responsibility for the campaign of political killings.”


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Napanice a kook, an internet pariah at par with Rosie O'Donnel and Chevy Chase.

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Bwahahahahahahahahahahawr!

Posted on Aug 5, 2007, 1:08 PM
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NO EMERGENCY POWERS FOR A LYING AND CHEATING PRESIDENT

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A REVIVAL OF THE ENERGY CRISIS THAT HOUNDED THE RAMOS ADMINISTRATION IS STARTING TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OF GLORIA MACAPAGAL. SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED TIME AND AGAIN THAT POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY IS HER NUMBER ONE CHOICE OF RESOLVING ANY CRISIS THAT THREATENS HER POSITION IN OFFICE JUST LIKE HER PREDECESSOR AND ALLY FIDEL RAMOS.

THUS GRANTING HERSELF EMERGENCY POWERS IS A TEMPTING OPTION IN ORDER TO ENTER INTO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE NORMAL CHANNELS OF OPEN BIDDING AND COMPETITION FOR THE LOWEST COST TO THE GOVERNMENT. BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE THE PROBLEM BEGINS BECAUSE DURING THE RAMOS ENERGY CRISIS, THE FILIPINO PEOPLE WAS HELD HOSTAGE BY RAILROADED CONTRACTS AND MIDNIGHT DEALS THAT ENDED UP IN THE COUNTRY PAYING FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST ENERGY COST IN ASIA.

NAP

Palace mulls crisis powers for Arroyo

The looming energy crisis brought about by the extended dry spell might push Malacańang to ask Congress to grant special powers to President Arroyo, ABS-CBN News reported Wednesday.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said the President would need an emergency prerogative to procure fuel for power plants.

“[Special powers are needed to authorize] for example, the acquisition of materials, resources, equipment without bidding,” Ermita said.

Several dams in Luzon are now in critical level because of the dry spell. Dams in critical level cannot produce enough power to churn out electricity from hydroelectric plants.

Mrs. Arroyo has ordered the National Power Corporation to immediately purchase coal and have them in reserve to fuel power plants in case the dry spell continues.

Ermita, meanwhile, said that there is no need for more independent power producers similar to what former president Fidel Ramos did during the energy crisis in 1992. He also said that government agencies have enough funds to respond to a crisis.

Reports said the government has allotted P28 million for cloud seeding operations. The government likewise appealed for the public’s cooperation in conserving water.

Several senators, meanwhile, opposed the proposal to grant the President emergency powers to deal with the water crisis.

Sen. Joker Arroyo, a Palace ally, said the idea could lead to a political mess.

“The President has enough powers even without emergency powers to cope with the situation," he said.

The senator added that seeking the approval of Congress might lead to chaos in the chambers because lawmakers will definitely clash over the proposal.

For his part, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said he does not trust the President. She might not use the emergency powers properly, he added.

Senate President Manuel Villar, on the other hand, said Mrs. Arroyo “does not need emergency powers, she needs money.” He did not elaborate. With reports from Lynda Jumilla and Jing Castańeda

Posted on Aug 1, 2007, 7:05 AM
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The above message title is Bakya & Baduy.....cheap shots as expected from this poster.

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

Pwe!

Posted on Aug 1, 2007, 8:39 AM
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with the military at her side......

by CoeL (no login)

she does not need congress to give her
emergency powers. with the NPA's and
peace and order problems in Mindanao she can
use her emergency powers as provided by the
constitution.

She should declare war against the members
of congress and disband them and rule by decrees.

After all, a corrupt government is better than no
governement at all and a corrupt government is better
than a fearful master.

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not the people's side.

by Napanice (no login)

when democracy is weak, corruption will always work but that only benefits the few while the rest of the country remains mired in poverty and despair.

nap


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who cares about the people...?

by CoeL (no login)

Since Quezon no one really cared for the Filipinos.

I'd like to WITNESS ARROYO DO HER WORSE and see how the
Filipinos will take it. If they dont rise up and topple her
and get rid of the corrupt congress, then, they deserve
her.

Posted on Aug 1, 2007, 1:27 PM
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You are connecting your heart....

by ya (no login)

To Arroyo-- you are sympathiser of her administration. You are something else...

Posted on Aug 1, 2007, 4:08 PM
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you are ignorant.......

by CoeL (no login)

you don't know me. Dig mypost some 10 years ago
to have a better insight of what I am for in this forum.

I dont need your comment; what I want to hear from you is
your opinion....

Posted on Aug 1, 2007, 4:39 PM
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Oldpsycho poster !

by ya (no login)

I don't dig someone's garbage posting 10 year ago like you. Keep posting, this is a free country.

Posted on Aug 2, 2007, 10:28 AM
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then..stay out..I'd be happy if you educate yourself

by CoeL (no login)

more rather than smarting nonsense. persons like
who use different handles are cowards... your are
the psychopath... a shrimp...and sound very old.

Posted on Aug 2, 2007, 1:27 PM
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Pikot ka na ba?

by ya (no login)

I understand !!!

Posted on Aug 2, 2007, 5:54 PM
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whom am I talking to.......

by CoeL (no login)

ya for sure? or abno, dyfunctionvet and vaticos?
boy, you really have split personalities.......
at any rate keep on going...we need you around.

Posted on Aug 4, 2007, 10:53 AM
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Thank you !

by baticos (no login)

Thanks...HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Posted on Aug 4, 2007, 11:11 AM
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You are more older!

by ya (no login)

You are more look like an old shrimp. I'm not old. You are, because you are retired and retard.

Posted on Aug 4, 2007, 4:15 PM
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I know what you're getting at kamag-aral

by Napanice (no login)

It will happen one day, the people are ready for their true hero.

nap


Posted on Aug 1, 2007, 4:27 PM
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been harping for this for the last 15 years.....?

by CoeL (no login)

.

Posted on Aug 1, 2007, 4:42 PM
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Are you brave,,,

by ya (no login)

Why don't you rise up against your idol so you don't deserve her. You are brave or what ? Chicken ****!!! ignoramos !

Posted on Aug 2, 2007, 9:40 AM
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Yes, I am brave.....

by CoeL (no login)

a retired seaman?

Posted on Aug 2, 2007, 1:28 PM
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What was your rank when you retire ?

by ya (no login)

To my understanding, when you say seaman--that's the lowest rank.

Posted on Aug 2, 2007, 5:47 PM
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never been in the service......

by CoeL (no login)

.

Posted on Aug 3, 2007, 6:06 PM
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LEM.....

by CoeL (no login)

How's Silliman Unversity compared to
CPU particularly for engineering and pre-med?

camusta ca dira, abyan? am going to portland today
and will be back sometime.

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TOYS FOR MEN ONLY !!!

by psychoV (no login)

8/3/07

News says :

Japan have invented or made toys for men only. Purpose : To avoid rape and abusing women.

I believe all filipinos need these to avoid raping, abu8ing and over-flow of pupulations.

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Cartoons too.

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

"Anime" was originally intended for the same purpose.



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Good news for middle eastern singles..........

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who can not afford a dowry.

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GLORIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORT A DISMAL FAILURE, MAJORITY OF FILIPINOS SAY

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ALL THREE BRANCHES OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON AND THAT IS WHOLESALE CORRUPTION. IT HAPPENED AS SOON AS GLORIA MACAPAGAL DECIDED TO CONSPIRE WITH THE CIVIL SOCIETY AND LEFTIST GROUPS TO DEPOSE A DULY-ELECTED PRESIDENT BY FIRST ABORTING AN IMPEACHMENT PROCESS IN PROGRESS AND SECOND BY CAUSING THE SUPREME COURT TO ATTEND A POLITICAL RALLY WHEREIN SHE WAS PRONOUNCED THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES.

SINCE THEN THE ARROYO GOVERNMENT HAS ENGAGED IN THE CORRUPTION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS BEGINNING WITH THE POLITICIZING OF ALL GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES SPECIALLY THE JUDICIARY AND THE INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE COMELEC. NEXT TO THAT, SHE ENGAGED THE MILITARY AND POLICE FORCES INTO PATRONAGE POLITICS BY APPOINTING MOST OF THE TOP OFFICIALS INTO THE HIGHEST POSTS IN HER GOVERNMENT REGARDLESS OF THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.

LAWMAKERS AND JUSTICES ALIKE HAVE BEEN CORRUPTED TO SUPPORT THE ILLEGITIMATE ARROYO GOVERNMENT AND THE LAST SIX YEARS SAW SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE MASSIVE ELECTORAL FRAUD AND EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS MARKED THE HIGHLIGHTS OF A REGIME THAT DID NOT SERVE THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE WHILE CONTINUOUSLY ABUSING THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT.

NAP

71% of Filipinos give Arroyo failing grade in anti-corruption efforts

Seven out of 10 Filipinos gave President Arroyo a failing grade in her anti-corruption efforts, according to the latest survey results of independent think tank IBON Foundation released Saturday.

IBON said 71 percent of 1, 488 respondents believed that Mrs. Arroyo failed to combat corruption in the government while 15.5 percent of them gave her a passing grade.

The July 2007 IBON survey was conducted nationwide and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percent.

The number of the respondents who gave her a failed mark was slightly lower than the 72.7 percent recorded in July last year but substantially higher than the 61.22 percent recorded in the January 2007 survey, the group added.

In July of last year, meanwhile, 14.53 percent believed that Mrs. Arroyo could combat corruption.

"It is also notable that the percentage of respondents who gave her performance a higher-than-passing grade fell to 7.7 percent from 9.7 percent in July 2006 and 13.9 percent in January 2007," it said.

'Corruption law is terrible and inadequate'

Meanwhile a Reuters report saud weak laws, a slow judicial system and public cynicism make it difficult to fight corruption in the Philippines, President Arroyo's anti-graft adviser said on Friday.

Tony Kwok, an anti-corruption crusader from Hong Kong credited with stamping out corruption in the Chinese territory, has beefed up the Philippine government's main graft-busting body but admitted that the Office of the Ombudsman lacks teeth.

"Here, lawmakers failed tremendously because the corruption law is terrible and inadequate. They also failed miserably in providing the Office of the Ombudsman investigative powers," said the 60 year old, who was hired by Arroyo in 2005.

He persuaded the government to more than triple the budget of the Ombudsman from just 300 million pesos ($7 million) in 2003 to around 1 billion today and increase its staff to 200 from 37.

But that is a small team in a corruption-riddled civil service of more than a million employees.

Kwok said that Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption finds it relatively easy to follow a money trail through banks, but the Philippines' Congress has refused to lift bank secrecy laws.

And, despite his efforts, graft is still viewed as one of the Philippines' top problems.

Shady practices hold back foreign direct investment and widespread tax evasion -- more than two thirds of self-employed people pay less then they should -- has thwarted state efforts to significantly boost tax revenues.

Earlier this year, expatriate business people in Asia viewed the Philippines as the most corrupt country in the region, according to an annual survey by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy.

Kwok is currently overseeing a project, funded by the European Union, to improve government agencies' internal anti-corruption mechanisms.

Over 6,000 signs have been put up in public offices telling staff and public where to go and whom to ask for help to promote transparency and cut red tape.

Kwok has also helped government agencies craft a code of conduct that requires public and private parties entering into contracts to be accountable for their decisions and actions.

But he said Manila must upgrade its anti-corruption laws and speed up the judicial process to really tackle the problem.

Perhaps most important of all is trying to convince people that government agencies, often viewed as the most corrupt offices in the country, are serious about dealing with graft.

"If the people are cynical there is no chance," he said. "But Hong Kong had the same problem and the Hong Kong experience shows it can be done."

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STOLEN ARTICLE ALERT!

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IS GLORIA USING U.S. MILITARY AID TO VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS ?

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49 US solons urge Arroyo to act vs killings, rights abuses

Worry US aid used to violate human rights

MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE) Saying “the well-documented violence that continues with impunity must be ended,” 49 members of the US House of Representatives have written President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo urging “strong and immediate leadership” to end extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses.

“Since the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines continue unabated, and given the fact that there are many unanswered questions about the role of the Philippine government and military in these deaths, we respectfully request your strong and immediate leadership in investigating and prosecuting those individuals and/or groups, including those in the AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines] and PNP [Philippine National Police], responsible for these killings, and in eliminating the underlying causes of the violence,” the bipartisan letter, dated August 1, said.

The solons also worried that US aid to the Philippine military and police is being used to commit the killings, which human rights groups estimate have claimed the lives of more than 800 people -- mostly left-wing activists -- since Arroyo came to power in 2001, and other human rights violations as part of the government’s counterinsurgency program.

“We are very concerned that the extrajudicial killings could be a conscious and systematic part of the Philippine government’s counterinsurgency program and that financial assistance from our government is being used to support, directly or indirectly, those within the PNP and AFP who are responsible for the killings,” they said.

Noting that “the AFP and PNP receive a significant amount of aid from the United States to assist in training and professionalizing the Philippine security forces, to combat terrorist groups, and to upgrade military equipment and hardware,” they said “the numerous reports that our and other congressional offices receive indicate the need for our close monitoring of this situation, particularly regarding the alleged use of US assistance to implement the abductions and killings.”

The letter was initiated by Representatives James L. Oberstar (Democrat-Minnesota) and Joseph R. Pitts (Republican-Pennsylvania) and its signatories included the following chairman of House committees and bodies: Tom Lantos (Democrat-California), Committee on Foreign Affairs; David Obey (Democrat-Wisconsin), Ways and Means Committee; John Lewis (Democrat-Georgia), Oversight Subcommittee; and Mike Honda (Democrat-California), Asian-Pacific American Caucus.

The letter is just the latest in a series of actions by the US Congress to pressure the Philippine government to stop the extrajudicial killings.

Last March, the US Congress held a number of hearings on the issue and invited Filipino activists and church leaders to testify. After that, it included in the Foreign Operations Bill a provision specifying that US military aid to the Philippines cannot be used against Filipino civilians.

“As you may know, there is increasing evidence from well-regarded human rights organizations, including the Melo Commission created by your government, which indicates the involvement of personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP)” in the killings, the solons’ letter told Arroyo.

Amnesty International and the United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston have reported similar findings.

According to Philippine-based human rights group Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights), since Arroyo became president in 2001 until May 15 this year, there have been 863 extrajudicial executions (including 51 journalists) and 196 abductions.

The Philippines is the largest recipient of US military aid in Asia. This year, the US State Department proposed a total of $11 billion of military aid to the Philippines; this amount has been raised to $30 billion by the US Congress. The bill containing this proposal has not yet been enacted into law.

Described by Oberstar as “a sincere communication between the two governments” intended to elicit a positive response from the Philippine government, the US legislators’ letter aired deep concerns over a “growing environment of impunity” in the Philippines.

“The killing of civilians who are peacefully exercising their lawful right in a democratic society to express dissent is a gross violation of universally recognized human rights and international law,” it said.

The lawmakers also cited the May 27 abduction of Pastor Berlin Guerrero, who was allegedly beaten by the abductors until he gave them the names of his family, parishioners, friends, and the password to his computer. The abductors reportedly then replaced Guerrero’s computer documents with incriminating documentation connecting Guerrero to the underground left.

Guerrero remains detained by the Cavite provincial police.

Reports received by US congressional offices say Guerrero had been tortured while reports from the United Church of Christ in the Philippines said the PNP has pointed to Philippine Navy intelligence units as the ones responsible for the pastor’s abduction.

In reaction, the US-based Ecumenical Advocacy Network on the Philippines said the Congressional letter represents a growing awareness of US policymakers about the six-year surge of violence against progressive leaders in Philippine civil society.

“But more needs to be done to ensure that US dollars are not supporting security forces in violation of US law,” it said.

The Ecumenical Advocacy Network represents a coalition of American and Filipino-American church leaders and human rights advocates throughout the United States, lobbying against human rights violations in the Philippines.

The 49 US lawmakers who signed the letter to Arroyo are:

Brian Baird (Democrat-Washington), Tammy Baldwin (Democrat-Wisconsin), Howard Berman (Democrat-California), Dan Burton (Republican-Indiana), Julia Carson (Democrat-Indiana), Rosa DeLauro (Democrat-Connecticut), Keith Ellison (Democrat-Minnesota), Phil English (Republican-Pennsylvania), Sam Farr (Democrat-California), Chaka Fattah (Democrat-Pennsylvania),

Trent Franks (Democrat-Massachusetts), Raul Grijalva (Democrat-Arizona), Luis Gutierrez (Democrat-Illinois), Maurice Hinchey (Democrat-New York), Mike Honda (Democrat-California), Jesse Jackson (Democrat-Illinois), Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Democrat-Michigan), Mark-Steven Kirk (Republican-Illinois), Dennis Kucinich (Democrat-Ohio), Tom Lantos (Democrat-California),

Rick Larsen (Democrat-Washington), Barbara Lee (Democrat-California), John Lewis (Democrat-Georgia), David Loebsack (Democrat-Iowa) , Zoe Lofgren (Democrat-California), Doris Matsui (Democrat-California), Betty McCollum (Democrat-Minnesota), Jim McDermott (Democrat-Washington), James McGovern (Democrat-Massachusetts), Jerry McNerney (Democrat-California),

Mike McNulty (Democrat-New York), Jerry Moran (Republican-Kansas), James Oberstar (Democrat-Minnesota), David Obey (Democrat-Wisconsin), Donald Payne (Democrat-New Jersey), Collin Peterson (Democrat-Minnesota), Joe Pitts (Republican-Pennsylvania), David Price (Democrat-North Carolina), Jim Ramstad (Republican, Minnesota), Steven Rothman (Democrat-New Jersey),

Bobby Rush (Democrat-Illinois), Jan Schakowsky (Democrat-Illinois), Adam Smith (Democrat-Washington), Fortney Stark (Democrat-California), Ellen Tauscher (Democrat-California), Lee Terry (Republican-Nebraska), John Tierney (Democrat-Massachusetts), Tim Walz (Democrat-Minnesota), and Frank Wolf (Republican-Virginia).
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Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap-! Applause, applause, applause! Nice going, Nap!

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PHILIPPPINES NEED TO PLAN FOR ITS FUTURE NEEDS FOR POWER AND WATER IMMEDIATELY.

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THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE CALLING FOR A SUMMIT MEETING OF ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PRIVATE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE ENERGY AND WATER SERVICES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. TO SIT BACK AND WAIT LIKE THE AQUINO ADMINISTRATION AND TO COMMIT TO USURIOUS CONTRACTS LIKE THE RAMOS ADMINISTRATION WILL ONLY THE MAKE THE COUNTRY HOSTAGE TO SCRUPULOUS BUSINESS INTERESTS.

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Palace folds on emergency powers option

08/04/2007

Malacańang yesterday retracted on its earlier plan for President Arroyo to seek emergency powers in solving the water and power crisis in the country.

“On a scale of one to 10, I would put the possibility of the President resorting to emergency powers to address the situation at zero point five,” Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye, in a statement, said.

He added Mrs. Arroyo is not keen on asking Congress for emergency powers to mitigate a dry spell that could lead to an energy crisis.

According to the Palace official, the President is on top of the situation and the government has started undertaking measures to prevent a major water and power shortage in the face of a drought threatening Luzon.

He stressed speculations that the President would use emergency powers to confront the looming crisis must end now.

Bunye said the President has alerted all concerned agencies to take steps in mitigating the effects of the abnormal weather situation, including cloud-seeding operations, particularly in Northern and Central Luzon and the Metro Manila areas.

The Palace’s change of stance came a day after lawmakers from both the Houses of Congress thumbed down the granting of emergency powers to Mrs. Arroyo, saying she has sufficient powers to deal with the situation.

On Wednesday, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita raised the idea of asking Congress to grant Mrs. Arroyo special powers should the extended dry spell worsen and result in an energy crisis.

But Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. also yesterday said he does not think that the use of emergency powers is necessary to hasten the purchase of imported coal and other fuel to run power-generating plants.

Existing laws already authorize government officials to purchase materials and equipment through negotiated contracts, instead of going through public bidding, in case of emergency, he added.

Pimentel, however, said the emergency purchase of coal by the National Power Corp. would have been avoided if it was farsighted enough to enter into long-term fuel supply contracts to meet its coal requirements.

“There is no need for emergency powers. The President has lots of powers and funds to remedy the water and power crisis,” he added.

Pimentel advised the executive branch not to slacken in implementing water and energy conservation measures, specially in government agencies.

He criticized the lack of mechanism to check whether government agencies are complying with conversation measures, and to impose sanctions on violators.

Sen. Francis Pangilinan noted that instead of courting skepticism on Malacańang’s true intent in asking for special powers, the administration should instead channel its attention and resources to measures and policies that would address environmental issues, “not just for this present fix but for the long run.” Sherwin C. Olaes

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ESL: ".....HOSTAGE TO SCRUPULOUS BUSINESS INTERESTS?" Isn't this the ideal? Bwahahahawr!

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Wanna try "unscrupulous," genius? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!

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MILITARY TRYING TO DO A BEDOL IN BASILAN MASSACRE

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TYPICAL OF GLORIA'S MILITARY TO BE ON DENIAL IN EVERY ISSUE POINTING TO TOP LEVEL INCOMPETENCE AND INVOLVEMENT IN CORRUPTION. WHEN EQUIPMENT CRITICAL TO COMBAT OPERATIONS FAIL TO FUNCTION AND COMMUNICATIONS CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIREFIGHT, THERE IS JUST NO EXCUSE TO THE LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM AND READINESS OF THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT AND SUPPORT ANY TYPE OF SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS INSIDE REBEL TERRITORY.

SO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS CONDUCTING A PROBE? PROBES AND TASK FORCES ARE A DIME A DOZEN IN THIS ADMINISTRATION, MOST OF THEM SEE DAYLIGHT IN THE PAPERS FOR A DAY OR TWO AND THEN DIE A NATURAL DEATH TO GATHER DUST IN THE FILE CABINET.

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AFP admits radio snafu, probe on

08/04/2007

The blame is now being laid on “miscommunication” over the right radio frequency.

Military officials yesterday admitted that there was miscommunication on the radio frequency to be used and that lapses occurred during the encounter between the Philippine Marines and Muslim rebels in Tipo-Tipo (former Al-Barka), Basilan, last July 10.

Armed Forces of the Philip-pines (AFP) public information office chief Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro said theiInspector-general of the Philippine Marines, Maj. Gen. Ferdinand Bocobo, is now conducting a probe to determine what charges may be filed against those responsible for the miscommunication. “We are still studying whether the case is criminal or administrative,” he said.

The 14-hour firefight led to the killing of 14 Philippine Marines—10 of whom were beheaded.

Bocobo confirmed earlier reports that the 1st Marine Battalion headquarters in Basilan sent out the wrong radio frequency supposed to be used by air support units from the Western Mindanao Command base in Zamboanga City in communicating with the troops on the ground in Al-Barka town.

Bacarro said the miscommu-nication on the radio frequency was recognized and Bocobo’s recommendation to AFP chief of staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. is for him to order the Philippine Marines to investigate some of the administrative liabilities.

The air reinforcements tried to contact the beleaguered Marines on a secondary frequency when the troops on the ground were operating on the primary frequency.

Bacarro explained that under military rules, one of two units communicating with each other cannot switch radio frequencies without the concurrence of the other.

“The UH-1H and MG520 attack helicopters, and OV-10 bomber plane that had come to the Marines’ assistance could not open fire”, Bacarro explained.

He added that it was important for the air support to contact the Marines to determine exactly where to fire since the airmen could not see the troops on the ground due to the thick forest cover.

Bacarro then claimed that the investigation could lead to possible court martial against those responsible for the mistake and they could be subject to criminal and administrative liability.

The spokesman however admitted that the air support would have been sufficient to turn the tide of battle as he further claimed that an air component is an integral part of the operation since that was crucial.

He said the soldier who sent the wrong radio frequency to Westmincom has been identified, but there has been no word on whether or not he has been relieved from his post.

Earlier, the ground commander of the embattled Basilan troops, Maj. Nestor Marcelino, and his battalion commander, Lt. Col. Felix Almadrones, were relieved from the Marine Battalion Landing Team 8 due to “command responsibility” and to give way to the IG inquiry.

A lawmaker from Mindanao meanwhile expressed serious doubts on the authenticity of the reports regarding the killings of 14 Marines in Basilan even as he pushed a congressional investigation to find the true culprits in the crime.

Newly-proclaimed Anak Mindanao Rep. Mujiv Hataman, also from Basilan, said reports reaching his office point to the current investigation into the killings as “leading to nowhere.”

“Even the names of the suspects may not be true,” Hataman said yesterday in an interview after his long overdue proclamation.

Probers said that Muslim bandits linked to the Abu Sayyaf Group were allegedly responsible for the beheading of ten of the 14 Marines. The probe body, however, failed to identify the mutilators of the six other Marines, saying it had no witnesses that testified to the slaying of the six.

Only one out of the four rebels identified by the panel was on the list of some 130 suspects the Arroyo government prepared in issuing warrants of arrest.

Two suspects have surrendered and been arrested over the beheading of 10 Marines, the military said Friday.

The two men turned themselves in to a military unit and handed over a rifle they had taken from one of the slain troops, said regional military spokesman Maj. Eugene Batara.

He provided no identities or other details.

The unit was attacked in a village on July 10 as they followed up a tip that kidnappers were holding an Italian Roman Catholic priest in the area.

A local court has ordered the arrest of 130 suspects, mostly members of the Muslim separatist guerrilla group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) that has been holding peace talks with Manila.

An erstwhile national security adviser of President Arroyo yesterday urged the government to pursue the manhunt on the 130 members of the MILF that has launched an ambush against the Marines in Basilan.

Rep. Roilo Golez (Paranaque 2nd district) charged that although the MILF had cooperated with the authorities in identifying four members of the Muslim bandit Abu Sayyaf Group, as responsible for the beheading and mutilation of four Marines, it does not absolve them from their unlawful assaults against the Marines who were in the area on a legitimate mission at that time, to conduct a search and rescue operation for the kidnapped Italian priest.

“They (MILF) are not off the hook If they (MILF) truly adhere to the peace pact forged with the government, that they would not allow their sanctuary to be a haven of lawless elements, and if they have nothing to hide, they should cooperate with the government. They should surrender their men who ambushed and killed our soldiers, who are already on their way home to their military camp from a botched search and rescue mission,” he said.

Golez charged that the MILF should accept responsibility for its members’ actions.

“If the ambush and killing spree against the MILF happened inside the AFP camps the government would not tolerate such genocide and atrocious acts, we would bring the culprits to justice. Similarly, the MILF should surrender its men and allow a fair trial to proceed in courts,” he said.

The lawmaker warned that a non-closure of the issue and the longer investigation continues without the case being solved will have a demoralizing effect to the military junior officers, who are disheartened over the lives lost on their side. Gina Peralta-Elorde, Gerry Baldo, Sherwin C. Olaes and AFP

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STFU. You have not experienced battle and cannot second guess anything.

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Crapola happens in the battlefield, even with the best of equipment, manpower and arms. Nothing goes according to plan and as expected.

You don't know crapola so STFU.


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GMA must heed Chief Justice's advice to stop extrajudicial killings: ECG

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NEWS RELEASE August 2, 2007
By: Shella De Vera
News Correspondent
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GMA must heed Chief Justice's advice to stop extrajudicial killings: ECG

Manila -- Eddie Gil said GMA must take immediate positive action on the rising cases of extrajudicial killings involving members of the media and political activists or risk facing another round of possible impeachment proceedings in Congress.

Eddie Gil, former presidential candidate in the 2004 elections, said that in the recent two-day National Summit on Extrajudicial Killings, no less than Chief Justice Reynato Puno has declared that human rights under the Arroyo administration "is now under assault" and that the political branches of the government have failed miserably in protecting the people, particularly media men and political activists, against extrajudicial killings.

He noted that Puno's decision to organize the summit was prompted by growing concern over extrajudicial killings and disappearances and the apparent weakness of the political branches of the government to address the problem.

This developed, he said, as various sectors have expressed suspicion that the military and the police are behind--or at the very least--have tolerated the killings and enforced disappearances of a big number of persons.

ECG said that "it is now President Arroyo's move -- to take all necessary measures to have all these cases fully investigated and solved as well as to put an end to these forms of terrorism that take place in the Philippines."

According to him, "if Mrs. Arroyo cannot do anything right as a positive response to the Supreme Court-covened summit, then she has no right to remain in office as the highest official of the land."

The Commission on Human Rights has recorded 403 cases of extrajudicial killings and the Philippine National Police's Task Force Usig placed the number of those killed for the same period at 115.

The Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearances (FIND) urged the immediate passage of a law criminalizing state-perpetrated enforced disappearances of government critics.

FIND said that at present, there is no law penalizing "enforced disappearances," which the United Nations has defined as state-enforced, with the aim of concealing the whereabouts of a person, perceived to be an enemy of the state, to evade accountability.

ECG said that "if nothing positive is done to stop the killings, very soon, the Arroyo administration may be charged with sowing a Reign of Terror in the Philippine archipelago."

"What Chief Justice Puno said in the summit he organized are actually directed at the President," ECG said. "She must act now before it is too late!"# (By: Shella De Vera)


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a charade....but on the last hour...

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they know where to side.

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IT'S LIKE ASKING THE CRIMINAL TO CATCH HIMSELF!

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THIS MUST BE ANOTHER JOKE PLAYED BY THE JUSTICES OF THE COURTS SO THEY CAN CLAIM THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY KNOW GLORIA WILL NO NOTHING. AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE MILITARY, SHE CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS THE MASTERMIND OF THE POLITICAL KILLINGS WHICH ALL HAPPENED SINCE SHE BECAME PRESIDENT SINCE 2001.

IN OTHER WORDS THE CHIEF JUSTICE IS JUST PLAYING POLITICS SINCE THE PEOPLE DON'T TRUST THE SUPREME COURT BECAUSE OF THEIR CORRUPT PRACTICES.

NAP


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The above message title is Bakya & Baduy.....cheap shots as expected from this poster.

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Kadiri!

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The Chief Justice MUST shut the **** up.

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His yada-yada and summits are jeopardizing the Supreme Court's independence and impartiality. It's really not his job to advice anyone unless asked in the form of a petition.

The constitution designed the Supreme Court to be dormant until asked to do something; it cannot act on its own volition on matters not brought before it and there's a good reason for this.

The Chief Justice must be reminded of this by someone from within the court, NOT by the Chief Executive, NOT by the Legislature.



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GLORIA'S ECONOMIC HYPE IS NOT FOOLING THE FILIPINOS

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Arroyo's net satisfaction ratings fall in IBON survey

More Filipinos remain dissatisfied with the performance of President Arroyo despite government claims of significant improvement in the country's economy, the latest IBON survey revealed Wednesday.

According to the July 2-13 IBON quarterly survey,72 percent of 1,488 respondents were unsatisfied and 10 percent satisfied with Mrs. Arroyo's performance in the past quarter. This translated to a net satisfaction rating of almost –62 percent.

The net rating was much lower than that recorded during the January 2007 survey round, where 61 percent found her performance unsatisfactory and 15 percent satisfactory, for a satisfaction rating of –47 percent.

The figures were much lower than results of the latest Social Weather Stations survey, which showed 39 percent satisfied and 42 percent dissatisfied with Mrs. Arroyo’s performance as of late June. The figures are nearly identical to the 39 percent satisfied and 43 percent dissatisfied in the SWS survey of late February.

The President’s net satisfaction scores of –3 in June and –4 in February are both neutral because they show public opinion as rather evenly divided.

According to the IBON survey, almost 55 percent of respondents gave Mrs. Arroyo a failing grade in her performance as president while 40.3 percent gave her a passing grade.

The President received failing grades in the following areas of governance: the economy; jobs/livelihood, peace and order, peace talks, national unity, combating corruption and social welfare. The President received a passing grade only in the area of foreign relations.

Sixty percent of respondents said Mrs. Arroyo should be removed as the country's president. A total of 80.4 percent of respondents said there was no truth to the government's pronouncement that the economy has improved.

The survey also revealed that 75.6 percent of respondents believe that rampant cheating and violence marred the May 2007 elections, while less than five percent said there was no truth to this observation.

A total of 69 percent of respondents believe that Mrs. Arroyo engaged in corruption and cheating in the 2004 national elections while only five percent said there were no truth to the allegations.


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What is hype is the above post by someone missing big chunks of hypothalamus.

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Why should a president on her last years as president worry about stupid polls? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!


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The presidente is...

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short timer. The midget don't care if you collapse death. She got all the pesos of the Filipinos...

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The dwarf speaks in the usual stunted way.

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Bwahahahahahahahawr!

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What is height ?

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4'9" like your presidente residing in Malacanan !BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

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GLORIA TRYING TO DO ANOTHER POWER SCAM LIKE FIDEL RAMOS

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HERE'S ANOTHER EVIDENCE THAT CIVIL SOCIETY HAS NEVER GIVEN IT A THOUGHT WHEN THEY DECIDED TO STAGE EDSA 2 IN ORDER TO UPSET THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES THAT ELECTED A PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT. UNDER THE RAMOS ADMINISTRATION IT WAS MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY WHO SUPPORTED THE GRANTING OF EMERGENCY POWERS TO THEN PRESIDENT RAMOS TO RESOLVE THE POWER CRISIS CREATED BY THE INCOMPETENCE OF HIS PREDECESSOR, CORAZON AQUINO. ONE WOULD THINK THAT THESE EDUCATED AND CULTURED MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE SOCIETY WILL LEARN FROM THEIR PAST MISTAKES BUT IT SEEMS THE LEGACY OF COLONIAL MENTALITY IS DEEPLY INGRAINED IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF EVEN THE UPPER ECHELONS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

WELL, AT LEAST THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED BY CORRUPT AND INCOMPETENT LEADERS ARE NOW PROTESTING ANOTHER ROUND OF EMERGENCY POWERS FOR THE PRESIDENT, SPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT GLORIA'S VISION OF THE PHILIPPINES BEING A FIRST WORLD COUNTRY IN 20 YEARS IS ONLY POSSIBLE IN HER WORLD OF FANTASY.

NAP

Solons oppose grant of emergency powers to Arroyo

Several opposition and administration senators expressed their reservations over Malacańang’s request for emergency powers to address the looming energy and water crisis, ABS-CBN News reported Thursday.

Senate President Manuel Villar rejected the proposal that would give President Arroyo emergency powers to deal with the effects of the dry spell.

"Hindi ako sumasang-ayon diyan. Naniniwala ako na may sapat na kapangyarihan ang pangulo. Pangalawa, tingin ko ang kailangan ng problema na iyan ay pera (I do not agree to that. I believe the president has sufficient powers. Secondly, I believe what the problem needs is money)," said Senate President Manuel Villar.

"The money is there. The President has residual powers to realign funds in the national budget under her disposal to projects that would address the water crisis. Ang problema lang kasi parang may drought sa pondo (The problem it seems is there is a drought in funds)," Villar reiterated.

Villar said the government should augment funding for programs that would dull the impact of El Nińo on agriculture and water supply in general.

"Aside from the Contingent Fund, the biggest source for the anti-drought initiative is the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act, with a P20-billion funding in the 2007 national budget," Villar said in a statement.

Villa said that under existing laws, any government agency can speed up the procurement of goods during a calamity or emergency situation.

Ramos experience

Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada said former President Fidel Ramos was also given the same power during his term and used that to enter into several deals with adverse consequences on the economy and consumers.

"Nabigyan din noon si dating Pangulong Ramos, ano ang nangyari? Pumirma ng pumirma ng sovereign guarantee kaya lumaki ng lumaki ang utang ng bansa (President Ramos was also given [emergency powers] what happened? He signed sovereign guarantees one after the other and our foreign debt increased)," Estrada said.

Another opposition lawmaker Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino said that Arroyo had exercised more powers "than those bestowed upon her by the people and the Constitution (as) seen in both the EO 464 and CPR issues".

Francis "Chiz" Escudero echoed the same reservations earlier voiced out by his colleagues.

"I have strong reservations about giving her, or anyone for that matter, emergency powers because it usually results in contracts or purchases that are grossly disadvantageous to the government. And we will definitely look into the problem closely as it might be artificially created precisely for this purpose, to get exemptions from bidding requirements," Escudero said.

For their part, Senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Alan Peter Cayetano said they would like to determine first the reasons behind the proposal for emergency powers.

"Anong klaseng kapangyarihan ang hihingin, paano at saan ito gagamitin, kasama na ang mekanismo laban sa pagabuso nito. Saka pa lamang ako magde-desisyon kung dapat suportahan o hindi ang hiling na ito ng Malacańang (What kind of powers will be requested, how and where will it be used, including the mechanisms to prevent its abuse. Only then will I decide if this request of Malacańang should be supported or not)," said Lacson.

"Before asking for emergency powers, they should tell their plan to deal with the impending crisis and show why execution of this plan requires emergency powers and cannot be implemented with existing powers of Malacańang and normal legislative process," Cayetano said.

Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla reiterated that there is no need for emergency powers and the government should instead create "Task Force Tubig" tasked to take swift and decisive actions against the crisis.

NDCC supports grant of emergency powers

Meanwhile, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) is in support of the proposal and urged the Congress to grant the president with the needed powers to address the effects of the drought on the economy.

"If emergency funds are more available, then we can conduct more cloud seeding operations" Glen Rabonza, NDCC Executive Officer said during a press conference in Sulo Hotel in Quezon City.

Rabonza said that more provinces in northern Luzon are experiencing the effects of the dry spell. The government, he said, was prompted to conduct cloud seeding in Region 1, CAR, Regions II and III to induce rains to improve water levels in reservoirs.

On Thursday, the NDCC said that Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and Quirino are studying the possibility of declaring a state of calamity due to the continued dry spell.

In Ilocos region, the NDCC reported that the drought has affected 86,000 hectares of farmlands in four provinces including 26,000 in La Union, 47,500 in Pangasinan, 11,400 in Ilocos Norte and 1,160 in Ilocos Sur.

The Department of Agriculture’s attached agency, Bureau of Soils and Water Management is conducting cloud seeding operations using eight rain-inducing planes. The planes would conduct one or two sorties a day, depending on the condition of the clouds.

"This is just one of the precautionary measures taken by the government to reduce the impact of dry spell," said Rabonza.

Substantial amount of rains needed

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said eight storms should have already entered the country by this time. Only two storms has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility but headed to Japan.

"We really need a substantial amount of rains in August especially in Luzon," Flaviana Hilario, head of PAGASA's climatology and agro-meteorology division said.

As of 6 a.m. Thursday, the water levels in Angat dam dropped to an alarming level of 171.8 meters. Angat dam supplies 97 percent of water to Metro Manila.

Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap assured the public that the government is doing everything to control the situation.

"The water we have now is still sufficient to irrigate newly planted rice fields in both Regions II and III," Yap said.

Records from the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) showed that Pantabangan (191 meters) and Magat (162.36 meters) dams have enough supply of water for their respective areas. It added that Pantabangan dam can still manage to irrigate some 102,000 hectares of farmlands until the end of November.

"We are optimistic that with the coming rains, the water levels on the two dams will increase incredibly, thus, there is no real cause for alarm," Yap said.

He added that there will be no rice price increase due to the 2.7 percent expansion in rice production.

He also advised affected farmers to plant short gestating crops, vegetables and root crop that does not need too much water. With reports from Lynda Jumilla and PNA



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PRIDE !!!

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Pride- A sense oF one's proper dignity or value ;self -respect.

Filipinos have abundant or plenty of this : Number one (1) Problem.

First, cook the rice.

then
Cook the rice again by frying with special kind of oil cooking, then add seasoning like soy sauce, sliced hot dogs or spam, scrambled eggs, onions, garlic, or something else to make it taste better.


and then
You can eat your fried rice. Good !!!

then at the end

You can eat your PRIDE (fried rice)

and then shout loud on the top of your voice :

GO HOME FOREIGNERS THIS IS MY HOME LAND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!














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PHILIPPINES IS THE SICK MAN OF ASIA

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THAT TITLE USED TO BELONG TO CHINA DURING THE DAYS WHEN CORRUPTION AND A STAGNANT ECONOMY LED TO WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE RED REVOLUTION OF MAO TSE TUNG. NOW IT'S THE PHILIPPINES TURN TO ASSUME THE OBNOXIOUS TITLE AFTER BEING DUBBED AS THE "PEARL OF THE ORIENT" AND THE MOST PROMISING COUNTRY NEXT TO JAPAN.

ONLY HOLLOW PRIDE IS WHAT THE FILIPINOS CAN BOAST NOWADAYS, THERE ARE LITERALLY MILLIONS OF JOBLESS GRADUATES IN THE ISLANDS TRYING TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY EVERY YEAR WHILE A CORRUPT GOVERNMENT HAS DONE NOTHING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION.

NAP


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Napanice is the sick being of PHNO Cyberforum and Benign0 wannabe

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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!


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Kamag-aral, the Philippines is not sick man..........

by CoeL (no login)

but rather healthy and rich in natural resources with abubdant
manpower. As a country we are blessed with all of these which
other countries lack but we are less fortunate that the leadership
has not taken advantage of our rich resources.

Blame politics but never the country!

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THE SICK MAN OF ASIA DOES NOT APPLY TO A COUNTRY

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Read the following articles to determine if the title refers to the country or something else:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_man_of_Asia

http://www.rawa.org/sickman.htm

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/FJ01Ae01.html

http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/abdullah_al_madani/sick_asia050306.htm

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PHILIPPINES IS THE SICK MAN OF ASIA. Napanice, Jul 31, 2007, 7:20 AM

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Last time I checked, Philippines is a country. Did this change lately? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!

He's cracking up, he's cracking up!



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Has anyone checked lately if the Philippines is still a country? BWAHAWR!

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Bwahahahahahahahahawr!

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Kamag-aral, you have struck a chord which....

by CoeL (no login)

many of us seemed rather confused and I thank
you for bringing this issue out so that we can
clarify once and for all some slight differences
of understanding without trying to use the vitriol
of name calling.

Our country can never be sick. It is inanimate
rich in natural resources; a nation peopled by
Filipinos. The nation may be sick of corruption
but our country will still be thesame. Filipinos
come and go....but the Philippines with its
beautiful sunset will be there.

Why do you believe some socalled experts writing about
our country?

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Did you read the articles?

by Napanice (no login)

I think the reference to the Philippines is quite clear don't you because the word does not only represent the country but also its people and the context of the articles makes it unmistakable what is being referred to.

If you really must be technical about it, the proper phrase whould have been "Philippines the sick country of Asia" if we were talking about the country itself.

nap


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The country is inanimate......

by CoeL (no login)

it can do no wrong but the animate, the inhabitants,
are.

When one tells you..."Your country is paradise,
its beautiful." Does it conote the inhabitants?

Yes, I read the article.

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Only the rocks, the animals and plants are fully animated.

by Napanice (no login)

The beauty of nature and the beauty of the people are complimentary. In fact when people become ugly and destructive, nature becomes a victim of devastation and abuse.

nap


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How did you become "ugly and destructive," Napanice?

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

Bwahahahahahahawr!


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I blamed the politician !

by ya (no login)

I blamed politician who made dealings with other country to explore and damage our rich resouces. These are the people who are corrupts, destroyer and polluters of our environment. They should find other alternatives. I despised them all !!!

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Yup, they only serve themselves.

by Napanice (no login)

Everywhere I go in the Philippines I see nothing but poverty even in the big cities like Baguio, Manila, Cebu and Zamboanga. Nothing has changed except the rich are getting richer.

nap


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At least they didn't abandon the country like you did.

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

Nagsalita ang malinis. BWAHAWR!


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ANOTHER SCAM THAT EXPLOITS THE OFWS

by Napanice (no login)

GLORIA AND HER DOGS HAVE ONCE AGAIN CAME UP WITH AN INNOVATIVE IDEA TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WHO REMIT THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY TO THE COUNTRY EVERY MONTH. SO WITH THE NEW DEAL THAT FUNNELS ALL REMITTANCES TO ONE SINGLE MONEY TRANSFER SERVICE CHOSEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION, THE REMITTANCE FEES ALONE WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO SUBSIDIZE THOSE EXPORTERS WHO WILL RECEIVE A PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT THROUGH A SPECIAL EXCHANGE RATE TO BOOST THEIR PROFITS.

THIS DICTATORIAL POLICY CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING, THE MARTIAL LAW DAYS WHEN GOVERNMENT MONOPOLIES WERE PRACTICED TO FORCE FARMERS AND BUSINESSES TO DEAL ONLY WITH POLITICAL CRONIES ARE BACK. WE CAN REST ASSURED THAT THE LIST OF QUALIFIED EXPORTERS ARE ALSO THOSE WHO ARE POLITICALLY ALLIED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND WHO ARE WILLING TO FINANCE AND SUPPORT ITS CORRUPT PRACTICES.

NAP

OFWs hit govt for remittance rule

Overseas Filipino workers are up in arms over the government's proposal for them to send their remittances solely through the Philippine Postal Savings Bank, abs-cbnNEWS.com learned Wednesday.

"Yes it (government) is willing to give us a special rate, provided we course our remittances through their favorite Postal Saving Bank," said Francis Oca in an e-mail from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Oca, a certified public accountant who has beenin Riyadh for the last 23 years, said he feels insulted by the proposal.

Oca questioned a proposal by Malacańang that was backed by President Arroyo's economic managers to allocate $1 billion in funding to exporters for a preferential peso-dollar exchange rate.

The proposal came amid the continued improvement of the peso against the US dollar. From 56 in September 2005, the peso now averages at 45:$1.

"I think we have had enough; I think it is high time that we show some muscle.” He suggested to fellow OFWs to “cut remittances by half during the next six months.”

Vic Barrazona, another Saudi OFW, meanwhile, said that Oca's proposal may not be acceptable to other migrant Filipino workers.

“If a low-income OFW is sending a monthly remittance of US$200, cutting it to half may have an adverse affect to his beneficiaries,” Barrazona said.

He suggested a 5-10 percent reduction in remittances for all OFWs. “It will have a better chance of positive response from our ranks."

The issue started this year as the peso continued to improve against the dollar.

Migrant workers said their remittances are no longer worth the same because of the peso performance.

Exporters, meanwhile, are also feeling the pinch because the appreciation of the Philippine currency would mean a bigger loss for them every time the peso goes up against the dollar.

On Wednesday, the peso closed weaker at 45.83 against the greenback, lower than Tuesday's 45.34.

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Cheap shots and STOLEN article. So, what's new from this thug?

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

.

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CHINA RETALIATES BY REJECTING IMPORT OF TAINTED PHILIPPINE PRODUCT.

by Napanice (no login)

THE TRADE WAR BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND CHINA HAS BEGAN AND IT WILL RAISE THE FLAG IN COUNTRIES THAT IMPORT THE PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TAINTED BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES. AND THIS MEANS COUNTRIES LIKE THE U.S., JAPAN AND EUROPE MAY START LOOKING MORE CLOSELY AT THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF PHILIPPINE EXPORTS WHICH COULD LEAD TO MASSIVE LOSSES TO LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

NAP

China finds RP banana chips with 'excessive' sulfur dioxide

Philippine made banana chips exported to China have tested positive for "excessive" sulfur dioxide, a Chinese news agency reported Wednesday.

Xinhua News service reported that two tons of banana chips imported from the Philippines by Qingdao company in Eash China's Shandong province contain excessive sulfur dioxide, which may cause nausea and vomiting.

Sulfur dioxide is used as a preservative for dried banana chips due to its antimicrobial properties.

The report said the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine in China found the sulfur dioxide content found on the banana chips were 25 times higher than the limit allowed by Chinese laws on food additives.

The report said the "tainted" products will be returned to the shipper or destroyed by the agency.

The news report came two weeks after the local Bureau of Food and Drugs banned the importation of several China-made products including the popular White Rabbit creamy candies after testing positive for formaldehyde. Formaldehyde or formalin is a chemical commonly used in embalming.

Aside from White Rabbit creamy candies, BFAD also banned the importation of Balrong Grape Biscuits manufactured by Dongguan Balrong Foodstuff Co. Ltd. and Yong Kang Foods Grape Biscuit, manufactured by Dongguan Yongkang Food Co. Ltd.

The Shanghai-based White Rabbit manufacturer Guan Sheng Yuan Co. later revealed that tests conducted by the company showed that their candies did not contain embalming chemicals. The company said fake White Rabbit products have become rampant in recent years in China and abroad because of the popularity of the famous brand.

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Above post contains STOLEN article.

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

Pwe!

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WARNING TO WOMEN

by Blackjack (no login)

WARNING TO WOMEN....!

Alfredo D. Masigan
+639178909051
+6327215288
+6327224233



.
Please Inform all your Female Friends !!!!!

Babala Para Sa Mga Kababaihan .....

A woman at a bar on a Saturday night was taken by 5 men, who, according to hospital and police reports, gang raped her before dumping her. Unable to remember the events of the evening, tests later confirmed the repeat rapes, along with traces of Rohypnol in her blood and Progesterex, essentially a small sterilization pill.

The drug is now being used by rapists at parties to rape AND sterilize their victims. Progesterex is available to vets to sterilize large animals. Progesterex is being used together with Rohypnol, the date rape drug.

As with Rohypnol, all they have to do is drop it into the girl's drink. The girl can't remember a thing the next morning, of all that had taken place the night before. Progesterex, which dissolves in drinks just as easily, is such that the victim doesn't get pregnant; she won't conceive from the rape and the rapist needn't worry about having a paternity test identifying him months later.

The drug's effects ARE NOT TEMPORARY - They are P*E*R*M*A*N* E*N*T!!! Progesterex was designed to sterilize horses.. Any female who takes it will NEVER BE ABLE TO CONCEIVE... The weasels can get this drug from anyone who is in the vet school or any university.

It's that easy, and Progesterex is about to break out big on campuses everywhere. Believe it or not, there are even sites on the Internet telling people how to use it.
Please forward this to everyone you know, especially girls.. Be careful when you're out and don't leave your drink unattended.

Please make the effort to forward this on to all you know... Guys, please inform all your female friends and relatives!

REPOST THIS MSG AS MANY TIMES AS YOU CAN to HELP SAVE THE NEXT VICTIM.....

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Beastial acts of this kind should be stop!

by CoeL (no login)

People caught performing such barbaric activities
should be hang up-side down!

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RE: Beastial acts of this kind should be stop!

by Blackjack (no login)

You're correct pareng Coel and so as our friend Nap!

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Go ahead !

by yessir (no login)

Do it, hang up side down. You are more savage in your mind !


















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Go ahead...appease them....

by CoeL (no login)

blame and punish the victim.....



Posted on Aug 1, 2007, 10:53 AM
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Be fair !

by yessir (no login)

After all no death penalty, just dissappearance and savaging,blame the leadership and the law they made !!!

Posted on Aug 1, 2007, 3:06 PM
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RE: Go ahead !

by Anonymous (no login)

And an A.S.S.HOLE like you in your rotten mind, bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Posted on Aug 1, 2007, 4:17 PM
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That makes,,,

by yessir (no login)

the two of us!!!

Posted on Aug 1, 2007, 4:26 PM
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You have given good warning !

by roc (no login)

That's enough. Better yet, hope, authorities could get these rapist or gang rapist as soon as possible...

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ANOTHER WARNING: GANG RAPE BY U.S. MARINES IN PHILIPPINES

by Napanice (no login)

http://www.aamovement.net/news/2005/gangrape.htm


Posted on Jul 31, 2007, 6:31 PM
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Another warning: Napanice is cracking up, posting oooold news.

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

Bwahahahahahahahahahahawr!


Posted on Jul 31, 2007, 8:38 PM
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Do you drink wine or bear everday???

by alcoholic (no login)

7/31/07
London (AFP)
Alcohol link to bowel cancer, says study

Drinking wine or beer everyday increase risk of bowel cancer according to a new study reported Tuesday.

Take care of you bowel!!!

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I am drunk,,,

by alcoholic3 (no login)

I can't spell beer, hick! hick! hick!

Posted on Jul 31, 2007, 10:09 PM
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Attention Pinoy mania !!!

by batikos (no login)

July 31, 2007

Heard the news yet?

Iran has made the gigantic carpet in the world, what can you do about it ??? Are you not going to enter the competition ?

Do you thing before to late ! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Iran carpet !

by marco (no login)

Iran's giant carpet size :

132 meter by 48 meter
done by Irancarpet Company

Can any country do beyond that size?

Posted on Jul 31, 2007, 9:39 PM
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World record mania Pinoy !!!

by batikos (no login)

Philippines will show their Giant flag once again to the world ! Sobrang yabang, burot pa!!!! HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on Jul 27, 2007, 12:22 PM
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ha ha!

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Posted on Jul 27, 2007, 2:29 PM
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What's wrong with that...?

by CoeL (no login)

The Philippine flag represents our country and
Filipinos should be proud to wave it and still prouder to
display a much bigger than standard size flag.

If you deride and feel ashame of what they are trying to accomplish
you are not worth your salt as a Filipino. Maybe you should go somewhere
else and not comverge in this forum because here, we are all Filipinos
and proud of our flag and our heritage. Go somewhere else and flag yourself.

Or better join Benigno!

Posted on Jul 27, 2007, 4:35 PM
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P. I. FLAG !

by batikos (no login)

At first,Pinoy made the first giant flag. Unluckily it was ruined or damaged.Pinoy made giant flag again and succesful and it was shown and bigger what USA have. At this time, Pinoys made one again, only this time it's a lot bigger than others. What are we trying to prove ???

Can it help us or we just want to be NOTICEd as excessive instense enthusiam !!!

Remind the midget to create more job in the PHilippines just in case she's forgetting and DO MORE!!!

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"What are we trying to prove?"........

by CoeL (no login)

Not you...not "we"...but they... are proud of
their country inspite of persons like Benigno.
If you are proud of what they are doing, keep
your distance from them.

Write Arroyo and make some recomendation how to create more
jobs and perchance she might appreciate your concerns.
Inspite of how you belittle her...she's the president
of which you will never be. Size does not matter...because
she has proven that she is an intellectual giant compared to
her physically bigger political opponents.

Maybe you are a midget because only a midget can
recognize another midget, hindi ba? Isipin mo.

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You can show your love !

by batikos (no login)

without a gigantic flag. You can show it even ordinary size of flag. Puro yabang lang yan!!!

Posted on Jul 28, 2007, 9:36 AM
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UNDERSTAND THIS !

by batikos2 (no login)

She (midget) become presidente because she cheated with the help of her dogs.

Without cheating she can't bit FPJ. Anybody knows that !

Posted on Jul 28, 2007, 10:39 AM
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She pulled the rug under your eyes.........

by CoeL (no login)

she has the army at her side and lap dogs
at her beckon......midget but Giant to their enemies Like Napoleon,
and so with Stalin and if you remember Hitler, too, all of them were short.

She's a giant by her deeds and action...only Marcos
could have done better. I am not for her nor do I have iota
of disliking her....at a distance I admire her guts and if she
can only used and muster thesame talent of controlling people to
improve the econmy of our country, she would have done much better.

If she cheated the elections to win, that's an old story. The point
now she is the president either you like it or not. The most you can do is do something independent of what she is doing if you want to help the Filipinos back home.
You do it...and feel much better than whining.

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are right to you !

by batikos (no login)

You are right to your thinking. I am saying, she become president because she cheated. Maybe you tolerated her what she did. You can't do anything anyway. So, stay in her side and defend her at all cost. Not me. The president is FAKE ! That's all!!! Yes I am whining and she did not deserve my respect including you !

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the PIG, DSP, was right.......

by CoeL (no login)

you need to go to school.

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Look who is talking !

by batikos (no login)

You are listening to gossiper like you. You should go to school yourself half-breed. As I said, you don't deserved to be respected and that goes to midget as well. I am not going to school for that. I can learn here at psychocyber!!!

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Did I asked you to respect me?

by CoeL (no login)

You talk about respect but... YOU, can not even respect
your own president. I dont love Arroyo...but as the president
of my homeland, I respect her.

If you are as good as Arroyo, go back home and ran for PRESIDENT
and I'll contribute $10,000 to your cause?

ngao-ngao ka lang diyan...hindi mo naman kaya si Arroyo.

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Ikaw kaya mo ba siya!!!

by batikos (no login)

Ngakka ng ngak ngak wala ka ring magawa!BOOOOOOO!!!

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I have never despise arroyo...you did...

by CoeL (no login)

show if you are better than she is....or else
shut up. Gago ka pala....hindi mo nga sinagot ang
tanong ko sa iyo....Did I ever ask respect from you, ha?
Your the last one in this forum I would want to respect me!

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I can't respect a cheating leader !

by batikos (no login)

I she have RESIGNED earlier before, my respect without serious side effect and discomfort on me should have been in my heart for her.

Gloria will be more glorified then, but I will remain opposing until she gone as a leader. Her legacy will remain stained of serious corruptions.

You can't afford $10,000.00 contributions to my cause because I'm not going back until she step down. Use it for you movie money. Go watch Bruce Wellis's action movies.

Of course, you don't ask anybody to respect you. Nobody will do respect anybody.


My opinion

batikos

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Nobody should.

by Napanice (no login)

I agree with you, the only reason Gloria is still around is because of the widespread graft and corruption happening in the Philippines. She is the biggest reason why the Filipinos do not trust their government.

Nap


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Well, then, fire your bakya and baduy cannons!

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

And you claim to be college educated? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!

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Half-breed..."is talking."

by CoeL (no login)

Without half-breeds in the Philippines I really
dont know how you would look like. Because of half-breeds
and mixed blood...you have FPJ, your hero. So be careful
what you say.......

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Are you really mix?

by batikos (no login)

Sorry hindi ko alam. Kaya pala mestizo ka. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Pero mas guwapo si Benigno sa iyo !

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You called me half-breed now you ask me a crazy...

by CoeL (no login)

question. Ano ka ba, torpe? You like
benigno? If he is hondsome...good. Ano
ang quever sa kanya....Pero ikaw, ano...?

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It's a joke !

by batikos (no login)

Can you take joke ? No more joke for coel then...

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OK, its a joke!

by CoeL (no login)

.

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You are not like FPJ !

by batikos (no login)

You are diffent. You are nothing !!!

Posted on Jul 31, 2007, 1:10 AM
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Here you are again.....

by CoeL (no login)

FPJ? I never know him. I have not seen
any of his movies nor any tagalog movie.
I belong to a different class than this late guy.
To the BAKYA, yes, he is a hero...your hero.
But to my kind and others...he is nothing like you.

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Just talking !

by batikos (no login)

You should watch tagalog movie at least one time in you life time---or you are not real Pinoy.
Patronize Philippine movies.

FPJ nothing to you and me--you are nothing too. Tabla lang. About your idol in Malacanan, do you know?

Huwag pikot !

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Those Pinoys who made giant flag !

by batikos (no login)

Those pinoys making giant flags are over doing it.It's abvious. Nobody taking away their love to there country. YABANG LANG and irritate me so much althou I am a pinoy. They get more criticism and I am not going to keep my distance from them. As I said, you can show your love by many ways. They are exegerating. Making a giant flag doesn't mean you have a big love or more of it. Very funny!!!

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It's the easiest thing to do!

by Lemuel Abarte's kind (no login)

Making a big flag is not even nearly as difficult as inventing or discovering something that could impact and benefit the lives of millions of people in the world.
It's just like climbing Mt Everest after thousands of individuals have already done it in the past without much benefit of modern equipment and technical knowledge gained from previous climbers.

It's just an example of a useless feat only good for bragging rights in a drinking session.

What's next for Filipino's pride, the most polluted river or city in the world?

Big deal, ey?

Remarkable indeed!

NOT!

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Making a big flag is difficult, it will cost you your life

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

Consider that when Teodora Agoncillo made the first Filipino flag. In fact, possessing just a flag could earn you the ire of treason.

Previous climbers? You could not climb Mount Everest without the Gurkhas.

So, what's the issue?

Filipino pride? The pride you have is professionalism, not something you do, like a motorcycle. You see, pride has many meanings to many people. It depends on your religion for the most part, or your lack of self-esteem.

If you accuse Filipinos for the Filipino you are, it is self-evident that YOU are the one who has a problem: lack of self-esteem and that makes YOU a whore.

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Wow, speaking about being out of touch with time!

by Lemuel Abaarte is a wannabee intellectual! (no login)

LEMUEL, MR IDIOT, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FLAG THAT WAS MADE LONG TIME AGO DURING THE TIME OF TEODORA!

CAN'T YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED HERE AND THE PURPOSE OF THE FLAG THAT WAS MADE LONG TIME AGO?? WHO'S RISKING THEIR LIVES BY MAKING A BIG FLAG NOW AND BRAGGING ABOUT IT AS IF IT'S A GREAT FILIPINO ACCOMPLISHMENT?

YOU ARE SO THICK IN THE SKULL YOU CAN'T EVEN RESPOND WITH AN APPROPRIATE REBUTTAL!



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You connect everything out of context

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

Pity you to see everything from a bad relationship.

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It's understandable you will make a small flag since your diQ is small

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

Go ahead and show that you have a small diQ.

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Wrong !

by batikos (no login)

I am not a flag maker ! Gun designer and maker..Did I scare you ass ?

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I am comfortable with my height !

by batikos (no login)

5' 9'', 5'10'' to be exact. Your mind is getting dirty. You are siding with the midget, stick around with your idol.........

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I have no love for Arroyo

by CoeL (no login)

but I respect her and her position as the
president of the Philippines. Same thing with
Estrada, Ramos and Aquino even though I dont like
them.

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O. K.

by batikos (no login)

O. K. , YOU ARE SAYING YOU ARE DOING YOUR BUSINESS PEACEFULLY WITHOUT CONNECTION...

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Right here!

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http://www.newsflash.org/peframe.htm


Posted on Jul 28, 2007, 6:35 AM
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You are right !

by batikos (no login)

Read the news on the Gloria's corner. All readers : read and learn from number 1 leader !

Posted on Jul 28, 2007, 9:41 AM
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Simple Answer to Benignzero's question

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(1) Show an example of how productive (in terms of general economic output vs. labour/capital employed) Pinoys are within the islands
SARI-SARI STORE

(2) Show an example of a feat of intellectual achievement or contribution to human civilisation that can be attributed to Filipinos
SARI-SARI STORE

(3 & 4) Show an instance where Filipinos have exhibited remarkable insight in an effort to overcome a recurring challenge
SARI-SARI STORE


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here's another...

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(1) Show an example of how productive (in terms of general economic output vs. labour/capital employed) Pinoys are within the islands
JEEPNEY

(2) Show an example of a feat of intellectual achievement or contribution to human civilisation that can be attributed to Filipinos
JEEPNEY

(3 & 4) Show an instance where Filipinos have exhibited remarkable insight in an effort to overcome a recurring challenge
JEEPNEY

nyek nyek!


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The answer to your questions

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

(1) Show an example of how productive (in terms of general economic output vs. labour/capital employed) Pinoys are within the islands

Ignorant question, no need to answer.

(2) Show an example of a feat of intellectual achievement or contribution to human civilisation that can be attributed to Filipinos

Professionalism, like Benigno. He breaks his balls being an employee in Australia.

(3 & 4) Show an instance where Filipinos have exhibited remarkable insight in an effort to overcome a recurring challenge

Go abroad, like Benigno.

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Got nothing to show? You are just proving him right!

by Observer (no login)

It seems like you have nothing good to show either!
Your inability to counter his points with concrete and admirable achievements only proves that there are really nothing much to show for Filipinos.



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What has he to show, aver? His services? What are you up to, idolatry?

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

Tell me, what monument are you looking for from Filipinos? Wodd, stone, steel, gold or what? Or, are you now lacking in self-esteem because you have not established yourself in the hearts of men and women?

The people who are coming to our country to learn, are they coming to learn how you make your shack, or are they coming to learn and carry TRUE WEALTH that they can carry when they return to their own country.

Stop commenting like a fool.

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What has he to show, aver? His services? What are you up to, idolatry?

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

Tell me, what monument are you looking for from Filipinos? Wood, stone, steel, gold or what? Or, are you now lacking in self-esteem because you have not established yourself in the hearts of men and women?

The people who are coming to our country to learn, are they coming to learn how you make your shack, or are they coming to learn and carry TRUE WEALTH that they can carry when they return to their own country.

Stop commenting like a fool.

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What has he to show, aver? His services? What are you up to, idolatry?

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

Tell me, what monument are you looking for from Filipinos? Wood, stone, steel, gold or what? Or, are you now lacking in self-esteem because you have not established yourself in the hearts of men and women?

The people who are coming to our country to learn, are they coming to learn how you make your shack, or are they coming to learn and carry TRUE WEALTH that they can carry when they return to their own country.

Stop commenting like a fool.

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I think Observer has a point, Lem....

by CoeL (no login)

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A POLITE WAY OF TELLING GLORIA TO "GET OFF HER BUTT AND DO SOME WORK"

by Napanice (no login)

NO ONE SHOULD TELL THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES HOW TO DO HER JOB BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT'S TURNING OUT AS THE U.S. HAS STARTED TO PROD THE ARROYO ADMINISTRATION TO PRODUCE SOME TANGIBLE RESULTS BASED UPON THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MELO COMMISSION AND OTHER INVESTIGATIONS THAT POINT TO THE MILITARY AND POLICE AS THE CRIMINALS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MORE THAN 800 EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS COMMITTED SINCE SHE GRABBED THE POWER BACK IN 2001.

NAP

Negroponte to RP: Focus on solving extrajudicial slays

The US Deputy Secretary of State said Tuesday he believes that the Philippines could halt the spate of extrajudicial killings in the country as he urged authorities to focus on the cases of politically related murders.

"We of course know about these reports although the facts are not entirely clear as to the extent to which these killings might be occurring. What we want to do is encourage the authorities, the appropriate authorities, to look into these matters and give them the attention that they deserve," John Negroponte said in an interview with Maria Ressa, ABS-CBN news and current affairs chief.

Negroponte added: "We're confident that the democratic spirit that exists in the Philippines and the concern for justice that exists here, your government and your country could deal with this kind of situation. But it’s a situation that bears watching."

Negroponte is in the Philippines to take part in the ongoing meetings among Southeast Asian leaders and their dialogue partners at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City.

Cases of political killings hound the Arroyo administration not only in the country but also in the international community for its alleged failure to stop the murders. Left-leaning groups have accused President Arroyo and the military of involvement in the slays.

The human rights group Karapatan estimated that more than 800 cases of extrajudicial killings have taken place since Mrs. Arroyo took power in January 2001.

Negroponte, meanwhile, reiterated Washington’s support for the Philippines amid the proposal by the State Department to cut foreign military funding.

"Actually, the money that we're seeking is money that's been planned over a five year period. I think there's a slight dip this year but basically, we want to provide a consistent level of military support," he said.

He also lauded the "significant progress" of the Philippine military in terms of improving its capability.

Negroponte served as US ambassador to the Philippines from 1993 to 1996. He subsequently served as US permanent representative to the United Nations from 2001 to 2004 and was ambassador to Iraq from June 2004 to April 2005.

Prior to his appointment in the state department, he was the first ever US director of national intelligence.

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Above post contains a STOLEN ARTICLE! Do not respond.

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WHAT HAPPENED WHEN AMBUSHED TROOPS REPEATEDLY CALLED FOR REINFORCEMENTS?

by Napanice (no login)

IT SEEMS THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES IS STILL IN DENIAL ABOUT THE BUNGLED COMMAND THAT LED TO THE MASSACRE OF MARINES AFTER THEY WERE AMBUSHED BY REBELS IN BASILAN. WHILE THERE IS SUPPOSEDLY AN ONGOING JOINT INVESTIGATION COMPOSED OF GRP-MILF REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCOVER WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND ESTABLISH SOME FACTS, 300 FULLY ARMORED AND COMBAT READY POLICEMEN HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO ARREST SOME 130 SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN THE KILLING/BEHEADING OF THE MARINES.

THIS TIME TOP MILITARY BRASS IS BOASTING OF READINESS TO SUPPORT AND AUGMENT THE POLICE FORCES SHOULD THERE BE ANY SIGN OF RESISTANCE WHEN ARRESTS OF THE SUSPECTS ARE CONDUCTED. THIS TIME POLITICIANS ARE CLAIMING POLITICAL CREDITS FOR SUPPORTING THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN TROOPS BY PROMISING TO AVENGE THEIR DEATHS.

HOWEVER, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF STILL HAS NOT CALLED FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THE MARINES' UNTIMELY DEATHS. THERE STILL ARE NO CHARGES LEVELED AGAINST INCOMPETENT MILITARY COMMANDERS WHO SHOULD HAVE ENSURED THAT MILITARY EQUIPMENT WERE CHECKED AND VERIFIED IN TIP TOP SHAPE BEFORE THEY WERE ISSUED FOR COMBAT OPERATIONS. THERE STILL ARE NO COMPLETE ACCOUNTING OF THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE 10 HOUR LONG FIREFIGHT WHEREIN THE MARINES REPEATEDLY CALLED FOR AIR AND GROUND ASSISTANCE/REINFORCEMENT THAT NEVER ARRIVED.

GLORIA MACAPAGAL AND HER MILITARY DOGS HAVE MUCH TO ANSWER TO QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE FAMILIES OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WANT TO KNOW IF JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED AND IF THE SOLDIERS, WHO WERE DECLARED HEROES AND GIVEN GLORIFIED FUNERALS, REALLY DIED FOR A GOOD REASON.

NAP


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What "ambushed troops?" You called them "Gloria's Dogs" when they were alive!

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HYPOCRITE!


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The lack of self-esteem and its indications

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

A woman who lacks self-esteem will likely become a whore when she grows up. Just examine those girls who are head over heels for cars, clothes, jewelry, etc, etc. They often end up as paramours and minor wives or worst, whores.

Filipinos who lack self-esteem like Benigno often accuse Filipinos' alledged lack of self-vision as a bad trait when in fact they are the ones who have the psychological problem of insecurity. But if Benigno happened to be a woman, he will have become a good blowjob.

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ha ha!

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Stidi ka lang diyan, dude.

nyek nyek!

Click here!



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It's more fitting if you make yourself as your example

by Lemuel Abarter is a wannabee intellectual! (no login)

By constantly being personal with Napanice and others even in serious issues, YOU are the one who seem to lack real self-esteem. You want proof? Just revisit all your previous post here! BWAHAHAHAHAR!!!

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Takot makipagsapalaran sa kanyang sariling pangalan

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

Dahil wala ngang self-esteeem.

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Nakakatawa naman!

by batikos (no login)

Sinasagot mo ang sarili mong message. Dapat iba ang sasagot niyan. Baka mag-amok ka!

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Modern Day Heroes or Commodities in Human Trafficking of Slaves?

by Pedestrianobserver (no login)

Are we sending our people as modern day heroes or as commodities in human trafficking of slaves? In our 21st century world, where access to information is just a click away we still see a vestige of the ugly human trafficking slave trade of the past still haunting us like a recurring nightmare. Unfortunately this phenomenon is real and happening in most developed countries of the world with the third world countries supplying them with their abundant hapless poverty stricken population like commodities in foreign trade.

Read the rest of the article at Pedestrian Observer


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Could you improve this? Even the UN cannot solve the problem

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

Slavery is a fact and reality of human history.

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Re: Could you improve this? Even the UN cannot solve the problem

by Pedestrian Observer (no login)

You can be my slave then................. guaranteed no beatings.

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IT'S AMAZING HOW SOME PEOPLE LOVE AND HATE THE U.N. AT THE SAME TIME.

by Napanice (no login)

HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE EVERY ATTEMPT BY THE UNITED NATIONS TO INVESTIGATE AND EXPOSE THESE INHUMAN ACTS ARE BRANDED AS MEDDLING AND TRANSGRESSION OF SOVEREIGNTY. BUT WHEN THE SAME VIOLATIONS ARE CAUSING INTERNATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT AND CONDEMNATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, THE UNITED NATIONS IS CONVENIENTLY USED AS AN EXCUSE BECAUSE EVEN THEY CANNOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM?

IN THE PHILIPPINES, THERE ARE LAWS THAT MAKE POLITICAL KILLINGS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING HEINOUS CRIMES AND THEREFORE THE AUTHORITIES HAVE ALL THE POWER AT HAND TO GO AFTER THE CRIMINALS. THUS IF THEY WOULD ONLY DO THEIR JOBS, THERE IS NO EXCUSE TO EVEN WANT THE UNITED NATIONS TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS.

NAP


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The descendants of Ismael, whose mother ............

by CoeL (no login)


was the slave girl of Sara, wife of Abraham, are sitting in
high positions with UN....and within their domain slavery still
exist. Are these the people you intrust to eradicate slavery?

The U.N since it founding was pro-communist and now they are
pro-Islamofacist.

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HUMAN TRAFFIC ISSUES ARE HANDLED BY UN OFFICES IN VIENNA, LONDON, AND NEW YORK

by Napanice (no login)

THE U.N. ORGAN THAT DEALS WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME AND IT IS BASED IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA WITH BRANCH OFFICES IN LONDON AND NEW YORK. FOLLOWING ARE PERTINENT FACTS RELATED TO U.N. CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING:

The UN has launched a campaign to highlight human trafficking, an issue it says has reached epidemic proportions over the past decade.

Modern-day slavery affects millions of people around the world, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said.

Its initiative aims to raise awareness of trafficking both among potential victims and those who buy services or products that rely on slave labour.

It comes as the UK marks 200 years since abolition of the slave trade.

The campaign, entitled The Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking, brings together a raft of UN agencies and NGOs.

At the launch in London, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa said that the types of exploitation varied from place to place.

Prostitute, Italy
Many women are forced to work in the sex trade

"In Europe there may be sex-related exploitation while in other parts of the world there may be camel jockeys, children forced to dive looking for pearls or oysters, people beaten like modern slaves, women in quarries," he told Reuters news agency.

He said the campaign aimed to tackle human trafficking "both on the supply side, in making people less vulnerable and more aware, and on the demand side by showing people some of the services they ask for are forms of exploitation".

He also called for greater commitment from countries to legislate against the human trade and to prosecute violators.

Sex trade

According to a report last year by UNODC, countries that were major sources of trafficked persons included Thailand, China, Nigeria, Albania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine.

Thailand, Japan, Israel, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Turkey and the US were the most common destinations, the report said.

There are no exact statistics on the number of people affected globally.

But according to UNODC, experts believe that some 2.5 million people throughout the world are at any given time the victims of human trafficking.

Many of these are women and young girls forced to work in the sex industry, while others are men forced to work as labourers in dangerous conditions for little or no pay, the UN agency said.


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The UN has not function as intended........

by CoeL (no login)

just as their forerunner, the Leaque of Nations,
has not stop the first and second world war. All
what they do is come out with statistics and spend money
uselessly and the rest are eaten by their corrupt practices.

The UN is a the forerunner of one world government which
most Americans disavow. Even in Southern Mindanao slavery
existed before the Spanish and Americans came. Its common among
Muslims. Trafficking of slaves was started by the Arabs, one of
the descendant of Ismael, whose mother was a slave.

Slavery....most of thoose towelheads sitting in high positions
with the UN have slaves one way or the other. They should clean
their own house first before they interfere with other people lives.
Its biblical, as was said....one day the oldest shall serve the youngest

Kamag-aral, today is Sunday, this is not a sermon!


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WHO'S TO BLAME KAMAG-ARAL?

by Napanice (no login)

Unlike the United States with its Federal System, the United Nations does not have a government that can unite all the member countries together. The U.S. and Soviet Union were the biggest violators of the concept of unity with their decades of Cold War. Obviously the weaker states are merely exploited to gang up on an issue under the promise of monetary/military aid so the system has been totally corrupted by bribes and strong arm tactics.

But does that mean we'll just sit back and let the bully nations keep dictating the course of the world knowing the weaker ones are getting victimized by such crimes as human trafficking and human rights violations? I don't think so.

Nap


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no is to be blame...............

by CoeL (no login)

We, humans, have the tendency to bully and exploit the weak.
It starts from our household, community and to large extend
reflects the core of a country... and the victims are the weak
and poor. The weak is willing to be enslave and the poor would
sacrifice themselves for the enjoyment of others simply just
to survive. History is littered with this situation and such
are but the by product of any society. Call it by any other name
a domestic help in some countries is really a slave.

How do we combat this?.....I dont know.


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Someone did something, thank god!

by Napanice (no login)

http://www.nps.gov/ncro/anti/emancipation.html

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Kama-aral, that was in 1863......

by CoeL (no login)

slavery in some parts of the world still exist
and its seems in every city in the world prostitution abounds.

Mary Magdalene was a prostitute, right?
Abraham's wife owned a slave, see?

At the dawn of civilization, slavery existed
and during Christ time prostitution was known.



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Ismael is before that.

by Napanice (no login)

Slavery as well as drug addiction and prostitution may be scourges of mankind but as long as we embrace the idea that they are illegal, immoral and the root causes of crime and immorality we cannot condone its practice.

Man should really think about regulating the world population because it is one major reason why these problems persist.

Nap


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Napanice, you don't know grammar, go back to grammar school

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

I am apparently telling this forum that the problem is unsolvable. Now, you should be getting it.

If you cannot discuss comfortably with the English language, use your native tongue.

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You should heed your advice.

by Observer (no login)

It appears that you are the one who's really in dire need of a good education, especially with the English language.



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What do you know about the English language, BTW?

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

Do I appear to be making declarative or decretive statements, or are you a Filipino who likes to read between the lines of what is metaphoric, a sure sign of a relic approach to Noli Me Tangere?

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The more you talk the more it shows you're a FOOL and an IDIOT!

by Lemuel Abaarte is a wannabee intellectual! (no login)

BWAHAHAHAHAR!
See what I mean? You can't even make a sentence that is concise, coherent and grammatically sound!
What has Noli Me Tangere have to do with your inadequate skill in communication using the English language?
Do you think you can impress anyone with your use of words like decretive and metaphoric?
You don't even make good sense!

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The person who writes this lacks self-esteem, what a pity

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

He or she cannot even face the crowd because he or she lacks the confidence to expound his or her views.

You make not make sense when I sue the proper terms of the language simply because you cannot paste and make sense of the English language. I gave you a spin and now you don't understand, get it?

What is decretive, declarative, denotative, determinative in one sentence. Go get a carminative, better yet, castor oil for your cholic.

If you can't level with me, stop arguing about the English language. Try a SAT challenge for crying out loud.

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Another Kanopanice loudmouth/kneejerk post repudiated by PHNO/Newsflash

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http://www.network54.com/Forum/5345/message/1185379880/PRESIDENTIAL+COWARDICE+AND+HUMAN+RIGHTS+VIOLATIONS+LEAD+TO+CUT+IN+U.S.+MILITARY+AID+TO+RP

PRESIDENTIAL COWARDICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS LEAD TO CUT IN U.S. MILITARY AID TO RP. Napanice, Jul 25, 2007, 9:11 AM

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[NEWSFLASH] NO MILITARY AID CUT TO RP, BUT U.S. CONCERNED OVER KILLINGS

WASHINGTON, JULY 30, 2007 (STAR) By Jose Katigbak, STAR Washington bureau - The US will not reduce its military aid to the Philippines, but the US Congress has expressed concern over extrajudicial killings in the country.

The US House and Senate Appropriations Committees voted to increase foreign military financing assistance to the Philippines to $30 million from the $11.1 million requested by the Bush administration for fiscal year 2008, effectively retaining the amount of FMF for the previous year.

At the same time, the committees voted to increase economic support funds (ESF) to the Philippines to $30 million from $25.9 million for the fiscal year, which starts Oct.1.

But the committees expressed deep concern over reports of extra-judicial killings by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) and warned of possible repercussions.

The committees directed the State Department to report not later than 90 days after enactment of HR 2764, the department’s foreign appropriations bill on the status of investigations into extrajudicial killings and gross violations of human rights by the AFP and the PNP.

House bill HR 2764 said FMF not to exceed $30 million, the same level as that of FY 2007, may be made available to the Philippines in 2008.

It said an additional $2 million may be made available when the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that “the Philippine military is not engaging in acts of intimidation or violence against members of legal organizations who advocate for human rights.”

The Bush administration’s budget proposals for fiscal year 2008 seek to reduce deficits each year and balance the budget by 2012.

The proposals provide a starting point for negotiations with Congress, which has a final say over government expenditures.

But there is no guarantee the recommendations of the appropriations committees will remain untouched when the issue is brought to the floor of the House and the Senate for final voting.

It was not known why the FMF program to the Philippines in the State Department budget was slashed to $11.1 million.

The program provides grants for the acquisition of US defense equipment, services and training.

For fiscal year 2007 the State Department proposed $17.6 million in FMF to the Philippines, which Congress voted to increase to $30 million.

Last March, Sen. Barbara Boxer, chairman of the Senate foreign relations subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific affairs, chastised the Arroyo administration for not taking “sufficient” action to address unresolved killings, and warned strings may be attached to US military aid to the Philippines to safeguard human rights.

The House committee in a report on its web site said it expected a portion of the ESF funds to be used to support peace efforts between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, including through the United States Institute for Peace.

“The committee urges the administration to request additional support if a permanent peace accord is achieved,” the statement said.

Other recommendations include $2,000,000 in international narcotics control and law enforcement (INCLE) funding for the Philippines, which is $850,000 above the Bush administration’s request.

Chief News Editor: Sol Jose Vanzi

© Copyright, 2007 by PHILIPPINE HEADLINE NEWS ONLINE
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Good !!!

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So the Pigmy can learn her lesson<<<<<<<<<<

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BUSH ADMINISTRATION WANTS MILITARY AID TO THE PHILIPPINES CUT

by Napanice (no login)

State Secretary Condolezza Rice did not attend the ASEAN meeting in Manila for a very good reason.

Due to billions needed in Iraq, she overhauled the way the aid pie is doled out to over 120 countries.

In her testimony before the Senate foreign relations committee, USAID Director Henrietta Fore said next year’s proposed foreign operations budget is designed to “help build and sustain democratic, well-governed states that respond to the needs of their people, reduce widespread poverty and conduct themselves responsibly in the international system."

The new policy resulted in proposed cuts in foreign aid spending for many of America’s allies, including the Philippines.

Thus, the State Department had recommended cutting Foreign Military Financing (FMF) to the Philippines from $29.7 million to $11.1 million, and the International Military Exchange Training (IMET) from $2.9 million to $1.5 million in Fiscal 2008.

Obviously the biggest issue against the corrupt government of the Philippines is the ongoing violation of human rights which is attributed to the military and police as determined by both local and foreign investigators.

While the Arroyo government may claim that military aid has not been cut because the current version of HR 2764 sets a higher FMF ceiling for the Philippines despite budget request of the Bush administration, it will still fall on the State Department to implement it.

“All it says is that they can not exceed $30 million; but for us that could mean one, ten, 20 or hopefully 30 million, just so long as they don’t exceed $30 million,” one Philippine official explained.

The bottom line therefore, it behooves the Philippine government headed by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to ensure that, as commander in chief, the military is doing its job to protect the people instead of preying on them to eliminate her political enemies. The United States cannot be an accessory to the crimes committed against the Filipino people by continuing to provide military aid that wind up being used to kill oppositionists and militants just because they do not agree or are critical of the corruption and incompetence of the Arroyo government.



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Bush = $11.1M; Dem Controlled Congress = $30M

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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!


Posted on Jul 30, 2007, 3:35 PM
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The key to prosperity is obvious...

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...JUNK PINOY CULTURE!

Click here!

:D

Posted on Jul 29, 2007, 3:46 AM
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CULTURE IS NOT A FACTOR WHEN IT COMES TO OFWS

by Napanice (no login)

FILIPINOS IN AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY HAVE THE SAME CULTURE AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE ROTTEN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES AS COMPARED TO THE SYSTEMS FOUND IN HOST COUNTRIES LIKE SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, THE U.S., UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, ETC. ETC.

IN THOSE COUNTRIES FILIPINOS HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES PRODUCTIVE, SUCCESSFUL AND THEIR CULTURE DID NOT SERVE AS A STUMBLING BLOCK TO THEIR PROGRESS. THUS IF A FORM OF GOVERNANCE THAT IS HONEST, EFFICIENT AND SERIOUS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE PHILIPPINES THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.

NAP


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You talk more of a Filipino than anybody else....

by CoeL (no login)

coupled with some crab mentality...you still
have not "junk the Filipino culture". Act as if you
have done it.....to be more believable!

Are you really that prosperous... to advise others
how to prosper?

Posted on Jul 29, 2007, 10:32 AM
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The key to prosperity is to go abroad

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

Aren't you?

Posted on Jul 29, 2007, 5:42 PM
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I believe on that !!!

by psychovet (no login)

Go aboard pinoys !!!

Posted on Jul 29, 2007, 6:53 PM
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Yes or maybe no....

by CoeL (no login)

In the 50's and 60's professionals who left the country
were scrutinized very well by the US Embassy. If one claimed
to be a doctor or engineer they ask for your liscene, experience
and school record. Those individuals were tagged as brain drain
and when they arrived at their port of entry they easily find a job
because the state they entered certified doctors and engineers were
needed. These group of people were experienced and highly articulate
in their field of endeavor. I seldom see this kind of ability with
the new comers because the embassy during the later years were more
relax with their requirements. To those who came well preapared asimilation
with main-stream America was easy but for those who came later they seemed
to have a hard time and always complain of descrimination.

I have met a lot of them...temid, passive and not agressive enough to defend
themselves from verbal abuse or percieve descrimatory acts....I have help some.
Most feel like a second class citizen and seemed to bow when a cuacasian talks to them.
Conclusively, if one has to choose between properity and self-respect an answer could be had.


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345 MEGAWATT HYDRO PLANT SHUT DOWN, OIL PRICES GOING UP.

by Napanice (no login)

LACK OF WATER SHUTS DOWN DAM; SHELL, PETRON, TOTAL, UNIOIL TO JACK UP PRICES ON SUNDAY. THE PHILIPPINES NEED TO INVEST IN REFORESTATION, SOLAR POWER, WATER COLLECTION/RECYCLING AND DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANOTHER NATIONWIDE CRISIS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE RAMOS ADMINISTRATION. AT THIS POINT HOWEVER, IT IS PROBABLY TOO LATE BECAUSE 10 YEARS LATER, THE LESSONS LEARNED HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO AVERT ANOTHER CRISIS.

NAP

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The 345-megawatt San Roque Dam power plant in Pangasinan, considered one of the biggest in Asia, has stopped operations due to inadequate water supply.

Engineer Ruben Cuta of the San Roque Multi-purpose Project (SRMP) told The STAR that the three water turbines that generate electricity were shut down because the water level had already reached 225.7 meters, which is very near the critical level of 225 meters above sea level (masl).

“The water level is already in critical condition. Our minimum operating level is 225 masl and we only have 225.7 masl. We stopped operation. If we run now, we will incur possible damage to the turbines,” Cuta said.

SRMP has the capacity to generate 345 MW and supplies power to the whole of Luzon and parts of Visayas.

Cuta said that water coming from Binga and Ambuklao dams in Benguet has also stopped flowing.

================================
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, Petron Corporation, Total (Philippines) Corporation and Unioil Petroleum Philippines Inc. announced increases in the prices of their oil products, ABS-CBN News learned.

Pilipinas Shell Vice President for External Affairs Roberto Kanapi announced Friday that the oil company will increase the pump prices of its gasoline, kerosene, and diesel products by P0.50 per liter. The increase in pump prices was implemented Saturday, 6 a.m.

Petron on 12:01 a.m. Saturday raised the price of gasoline, diesel and kerosene by P0.50 per liter (inclusive of Value-Added Tax [VAT]).

Meanwhile Total Philippines and Unioil Petroleum announced that pump prices of its diesel, gasoline and kerosene products will increase by P0.50 per liter (inclusive of VAT). The hike will be implemented 12:01 a.m. Sunday.

Oil companies said the hike in pump prices is needed to reflect the increase in the cost of petroleum products in the world market.

Petron cited that the Dubai crude oil contract prices average month to date on July is $69.54, close to $4.00 higher than the June average of $65.79.




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San Roque, dakung bulawan, ta ta ra ta tah, tah tah, tah tah!

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

O, limos naman kayo diyan.

Posted on Jul 29, 2007, 5:39 PM
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THE LAST 3 YEARS OF GLORIA MACAPAGAL WILL MEAN MORE DEFICIT SPENDING AND MONEY BORROWINGS.

by Napanice (no login)

EVEN THE FOREIGNERS ARE NOT FOOLED BY GLORIA'S FANTASY. DEBT SERVICING ALONE TAKES THE LION'S SHARE OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE PHILIPPINES, ADD TO THAT THE PORK BARRELS OF THE POLITICIANS AND THE SALARIES OF GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES AND ANYONE CAN FIGURE OUT THAT THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT TO SPEND FOR ANY TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.

SHE CANNOT EVEN REVIVE THE WHITE ELEPHANT THAT SHE CREATED OUT OF THE NINOY AQUINO TERMINAL 3, A PROJECT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND OPERATIONAL BACK IN 2004.

GLORIA MACAPAGAL IS DRAGGING THE COUNTRY INTO A DARK WORLD OF WISHFUL FANTASY AND ALL THE HYPE AND RHETORICS OF HER SPINNERS WILL NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT HER ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO BETTER THE LIVES OF THE AVERAGE FILIPINOS.

NAP

Doubt raised about RP devt plan

Barely a day after President Arroyo announced plans to spend P1.7 trillion (US$38 billion) on development, the international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings warned she didn't have the money.

While government planners make assurances that Fitch's fears are unfounded, there is widespread agreement that the deficit threatens to derail Mrs. Arroyo's economic achievements.

"We have been investing hundreds of billions in human and physical infrastructure. The next three years will see record levels of well-thought-out and generous funding, for government projects," Mrs. Arroyo told Congress in her annual State of the Nation Address on July 23.

She outlined a wish list of projects ranging from roads, airports, land redistribution, water and sewerage and power as well as education and research, which she wanted to start before stepping down in 2010.

But the Fitch Ratings report, issued just after Mrs. Arroyo's speech, said poor revenue collections in the first half of 2007 made it unlikely that the country will keep its budget deficit within a P63-billion ceiling.

Based on first-half fiscal data, Fitch expects the deficit to near double to P125 billion, equivalent to 1.9 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), not including possible sales of government assets in the second half.

"The positive momentum behind Philippine fiscal performance in recent years faltered badly in early 2007, particularly with respect to tax collection," Fitch said in a statement.

"With real economic growth expected to have averaged about 6.5 percent in the first half of the year, the 3.4 percent increase in tax receipts was rather poor," said James McCormack, head of Asia Sovereigns at Fitch.

The rating led the Manila Times newspaper to warn that "without improvements in tax collections, something has to give."

This likely means cuts in expenditure or more government borrowing.

The political opposition, which controls the Senate, is determined to block any new revenue measures.

The budget problems come just before a visit by International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Rodrigo de Rato, starting July 30.

Although the Philippines cleared the last of its IMF debt last year the fund continues to watch the country's finances.

But officials dismissed Fitch's criticism and insist they can keep the deficit within target, mainly through privatization deals.

"Fitch did not really say anything new except that what was rather unclear in their forecast," said Finance Secretary Margarito Teves, adding both customs and internal revenue bureaus would be increasing their collections and that privatization earnings would make up the shortfall.

But critics say selling government assets will merely be a short-term measure that cannot be repeated annually.

The Philippines has been struggling to control its budget deficit for years while searching for funds to upgrade its crumbling infrastructure.

Mrs. Arroyo thought key tax reforms would solve this and after some initial success in 2006, her government began targeting a balanced budget by 2008.

But the deficit figures for 2007 reveal the tax changes she pushed for were inadequate.

Even before her speech, the controversy over revenues had caused divisions among her top financial officials, leading to the removal of the internal revenue chief, Jose Buñag last month.
Buñag charged that he had been made the scapegoat for the government's failure to hit its collection targets, which he said were "unrealistic."

Jose Vistan, head of AB Capital Securities Inc. says that "the government set the bar a bit too high," raising the expectations of foreign creditors and equity markets.

He warns that "we still have some work to do, some corruption issues to address, some strategies on how to widen the tax base without introducing new taxes."

This will mean attracting more investment and increasing employment to ensure there are more tax-payers and also cracking down on tax evasion.

"A lot of the taxpayers are not paying the right taxes," Vistan said.


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STOLEN ARTICLE ALERT! DO NOT RESPOND!

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

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Posted on Jul 29, 2007, 3:42 PM
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BRING BACK OLE GOOD MEMORIES!

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http://www.bentbay.dk/in_oldDays.html

Posted on Jul 28, 2007, 9:52 AM
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Good showing of the past !

by roc (no login)

I wish those memories will be back and feel and experience once again.

It's a treasure in the mind and can not erased.

Keep thinking of the past and feel good as if you were there.

VALUE OF MIND STORAGE!!!


roc

Posted on Jul 29, 2007, 10:16 AM
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Pareng Blackjack......

by CoeL (no login)

we should have more of this around just to remind us
that what we do now or have now will either haunt us
or give us good memories to live by as we trudge on with our lives.

Posted on Jul 29, 2007, 10:38 AM
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You are NOT invited: PINOY PRISON PARTY!

by (Login DeeEssPea)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o and more clips.

Posted on Jul 28, 2007, 7:07 AM
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Unbelievable title of party !

by psychoV (no login)

"Pinoy prison party". The title glorifying the psycho-prisons.

How about : " Tubig na Hinugasan party"

Any other title you can think of ?

Posted on Jul 28, 2007, 10:20 AM
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You want baduy titles? Do a search on "Napanice" in Cyberforum.

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!


Posted on Jul 28, 2007, 12:17 PM
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That's very funny !!!

by psychv (no login)

Yes, very funny !

Posted on Jul 28, 2007, 6:38 PM
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It's OFFICIAL then...

by (no login)

...Pinoys are:

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(1) non-productive
(2) intellectually bankrupt
(3) devoid of substance
(4) unimaginative
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Unless of course someone has the stones to cite some specific examples to disprove these descriptions; that is:

(1) Show an example of how productive (in terms of general economic output vs. labour/capital employed) Pinoys are within the islands
(2) Show an example of a feat of intellectual achievement or contribution to human civilisation that can be attributed to Filipinos
(3 & 4) Show an instance where Filipinos have exhibited remarkable insight in an effort to overcome a recurring challenge

nyek nyek!




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The results of your stupid game bind no others except the two of you clowns.

by Dog S. Pig (Login DeeEssPea)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR! You pair of town fools exemplify your list, 1 through 4. Both of you speak only for yourselves. "OFFICIAL," in my pig's bwahawr.



Posted on Jul 27, 2007, 6:29 AM
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BUT DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING?

by Napanice (no login)

I DON'T THINK A SIMPLE EXCHANGE OF OPINIONS AND STORIES WILL ESTABLISH THE CHARACTER AND PSYCHE OF THE FILIPINOS BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW TOOK CENTURIES TO DEVELOP.

IF YOU ARE INDEED ONE OF THOSE WHO WANT TO BETTER YOURSELF DESPITE YOUR PRONOUNCED DISABILITIES, THEN YOU WILL QUICKLY GRAB THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR HISTORY IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE TRUTH ONCE AND FOR ALL. RIGHT NOW YOU ARE ONLY LOOKING AT ONE SIDE OF THE MIRROR.

NAP


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According to the rules of debate, YOU are the LOSER! Kiss Benign-Zero's .....

by (Login DeeEssPea)

.....bwahawr.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!


Posted on Jul 27, 2007, 10:05 AM
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Not from YOU i didnt.

by (no login)

"I DON'T THINK A SIMPLE EXCHANGE OF OPINIONS AND STORIES WILL ESTABLISH THE CHARACTER AND PSYCHE OF THE FILIPINOS BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW TOOK CENTURIES TO DEVELOP"

What "exchange of opinions" are you talking about? You didn't even provide any counter-arguments to my assertions.

Tough luck!

ha ha!

nyek nyek


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You are the obvious winner. Now, go and stick it in.....

by (Login DeeEssPea)

.....and when it's in, TWIST!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!

Posted on Jul 28, 2007, 6:38 AM
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dont sharpen his pencil.....

by CoeL (no login)

the guy might stand tall...dampem him with a bucket of ice cubes.

Posted on Jul 28, 2007, 1:38 PM
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Negative aspects and traits of Filipinos.....

by CoeL (no login)

are all you can see because you are one that
beautifully exemplifies these traits.

Like a rose blooming in a desert sand what you are
with your negativistic attitude towards the Filipinos is
very visible. This is the very reason why the Philippines does
not improve because they have lots of people like you. You
can see it in others but you intellectually blind to sense that
you are one of them.

You do not have the capacity to change people and lead
to the right direction!

BenignO you are a sorry MESS!

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Benigno, nagbabasa ka ba? Sa tingin ko, illiterate ka kasi, e

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

http://www.pc.gov.au/commission/work/productivity/conferences/pp2006/presentations/vanark/vanark2.pdf

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Jesus and the Redneck aka DSP

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JESUS and the REDNECK aka DSP



An Irishman in a wheelchair entered a restaurant one afternoon and asked the waitress for a cup of coffee. The Irishman looked across the restaurant and asked, "Is that Jesus sitting over there?"

The waitress nodded "yes," so the Irishman told her to give Jesus a cup of coffee on him.

The next patron to come in was an Englishman with a hunched back. He shuffled over to a booth, painfully sat down, and asked the waitress for a cup of hot tea. He also glanced across the restaurant and asked, "Is that Jesus over there?"

The waitress nodded, so the Englishman said to give Jesus a cup of hot tea, "My treat."

The third patron to come into the restaurant was a Redneck on crutches. He hobbled over to a booth, sat down and hollered, "Hey there, sweet thang. How's 'bout gettin' me a cold glass of Coke! " He, too, looked across the restaurant and asked, "Is that God's boy over there?"

The waitress once more nodded, so the Redneck said to her "give Jesus a cold glass of Coke, on my bill."

As Jesus got up to leave, he passed by the Irishman, touched him and said, "For your kindness, you are healed."

The Irishman felt the strength come back into his legs, got up, and danced a jig out the door.

Jesus also passed by the Englishman, touched him and said, "For your kindness, you are healed."

The Englishman felt his back straightening up, and he raised his hands, praised the Lord and did a series of back flips out the door.

Then Jesus walked towards the Redneck.

The Redneck jumped up and yelled, "Don't touch me...I'm drawin' disability." And I don't wanna lose my disability check!






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GAG ORDER IN BASILAN PROBE TO KEEP PUBLIC AND MEDIA IN THE DARK

by Napanice (no login)

ANOTHER PROBE, JUST LIKE THE ONE AT LAMITAN THAT WHITEWASHED ALL THE PERTINENT FACTS, WILL BE MASSAGED INTO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IN ORDER TO APPEAL TO BOTH MASSES AND MEDIA.

HOWEVER, GLORIA AND HER DOGS ARE NOT FOOLING THE MEDIA BECAUSE UP TO NOW THE PUBLIC IS WONDERING WHY THERE WAS NO AIR AND GROUND SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR THE AMBUSHED TROOPS DESPITE THEIR REPEATED CALL FOR HELP WHILE FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE AGAINST THE REBELS FOR AT LEAST SEVEN (7) GRUELING HOURS.

NAP

Govt, MILF issue gag order on Basilan ambush probe

The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front agreed Friday that both parties will refrain from issuing public statements regarding the investigation into the clash between the Philippine Marines and MILF members in Basilan earlier this month.

The encounter in the town of Al-Barka resulted in the beheading of 10 of 14 slain Marines. The Marines were on a mission to rescue kidnapped Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi when they were ambushed by MILF members.

The priest, however, said upon his release in Lanao del Norte last week that he was never in Basilan throughout the ordeal that began on June 10 when he was abducted in Payao, Zamboanga Sibugay province.

The deal was reached between the government and the MILF as a joint fact-finding team arrived in Basilan to investigate the July 10 battle.

The agreement was added to the joint resolution signed Monday by the Coordinating Committees on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) of the government and the MILF.

Based on the agreement, both parties told their members "to refrain from issuing public pronouncements that will further complicate the situation in Basilan, aggravate the heightened tensions felt in other parts of Mindanao, or compromise the integrity of the ongoing fact-finding mission."

They also promised to “avoid making public statements that will pre-empt the outcome of the fact-finding activity presently being undertaken by duly-constituted bodies in the affected areas."

Basilan Vice-Governor Al-Rashid Sakkalahul and representatives of Bantay Ceasefire, an independent group, witnessed the signing of the addendum.

The fact-finding panel said it expects to finish the investigation by month's end.

The six-member probe team is led by Brig. Gen. Edgardo Gurrea, the government’s chairman for the CCCH, and Von Al-Haq, his MILF counterpart. Bantay Ceasefire is also joining the investigation.

The team said it will conduct interviews among combatants from the military and the MILF as well as residents in the battle zone to determine if the ceasefire agreement was breached during or after the clash.

No sanctuary
The agreement states that the MILF is not supposed to give sanctuary to suspected terror and kidnap-for-ransom gangs in its territories.

At the time of the gunbattle, the Marines were acting on an intelligence report that Bossi's kidnappers took him to Basilan.

Aside from determining possible violations in the peace agreement, probers will also pinpoint those behind the mutilations of 10 Marines. Guidelines will also be set to avoid a repeat of the incident.

The MILF, meanwhile, assured that if the investigation shows that its men are guilty, it will not hesitate to hand them over to authorities.

"[The investigation] manifests the strong spirit of cooperation and unity between government and the MILF in resolving the unfortunate incident, regardless of the outcome of the probe in the interest of truth and justice," Gurrea said.

In the event of war
At around the same time the deal was reached between the government and the MILF, President Arroyo was in Zamboanga City for a command conference with top officials of the Armed Forces led by AFP chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr.

The conference at the Western Mindanao Command headquarters tackled the possibilities in the event the military pushes through with the proposed all-out war against the MILF following the massacre of the Marines.

ABS-CBN correspondent Jorge Cariño quoted sources as saying that part of the measures is to provide security for civilians in affected areas.

The President was accompanied to the meeting by Basilan Rep. Wahab Akbar, Gov. Jum Jainuddin-Akbar, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya and Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat.

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Napanice's post contains stolen intellectual property!

by (Login DeeEssPea)

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Off to Paradise

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

And the coffee's never been better!

http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/style1/default.asp?npid=9&lg=2

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Paradise website !

by ya (no login)

To enjoy more this beautiful paradise, try the best coffee in the world while sight-seeing:

To order :
Call (407) 971-0111 OR E-mail: [email protected]

Go to : Thecoffeeking.com
The number 1(one) coffee in the world, 100 percent Jamaica blue mountain coffee.

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SPAM in Cyberforum!

by (Login DeeEssPea)

Mahiya ka naman. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!


Posted on Jul 25, 2007, 1:38 PM
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Don't call !

by ya (no login)

the dogs will call you. Oink !

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Don't worry, I won't. I'm much more than a telemarketer.

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!


Posted on Jul 26, 2007, 7:17 AM
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I mean my coffee plantation at Pak Chong

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

A view and taste of paradise.

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I don't know about that,,,

by ya (no login)

If you are saying that's the one you mean, you are right. But, I'm talking about the best coffee in the world. "Jamaica blue mountain coffee"

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What else don't you know about?

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!


Posted on Jul 26, 2007, 7:14 AM
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Why don't you try,,,

by ya (no login)

The best coffee in the world ? Only $35.00 a small bag.

Posted on Jul 26, 2007, 9:28 AM
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I don't drink cheap coffee.

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

I only drink free coffee. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!

Freebies Pig


Posted on Jul 26, 2007, 1:13 PM
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There's no free drink !

by ya (no login)

There's no such free in the world. Any drink you take you pay (even water). Since you can't afford expensive coffee, just settle to a cheap one. I can recommend Baraka coffee from Cavite may kasama pang epot ng alamed. Try it you like it !!!

Jamaica blue mountain coffee, the best coffee in the world (King of coffee)

1 pound $35.99 and you can buy up to 5 pounds...

Kung ikaw ay tipid ay hindi mo nga kaya !

Posted on Jul 26, 2007, 2:36 PM
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Sez yu. My company provides free hot and cold beverages.

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

To employees, visitors and anybody else who asks nicely. They can even take the cups with them.

After work and within set rules, employees may partake of more substantial beverages simply by raiding the boss' personal stash.

This is true for San Antonio, Fort Lee and Cebu.


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Good for you !

by ya (no login)

You have extra nice company. But, my opinion, it's a kind bribery for employees to work more and good to produce for the company. Of course, companys are extra nice for visitors and others. That's expected from employers and good. As for me, I'll drink the best coffee no matter the price. See you later...

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One cup here is Baht 120=USD 4

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

You take by the bag, is that about a sack of rice?

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Buy the coffee by th pound !

by ya (no login)

1 pound $35.99 and you can buy up to 5 pound or more...

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The power of itinerance without which a nation is history

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

John Wesley prevented a revolution:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley



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Wesly must be rolling in his grave.....

by CoeL (no login)

for just the mere thought that the Methodist he founded as
conservative and fundamentalist has become liberal.

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Next time, we should export scientists and engineers

by Lemuel G. Abarte (no login)

We need more PhD's in science and technology.

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here is our biggest export...

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ha ha!

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That is indeed the current mentality of our leaders.

by Napanice (no login)

The idea of a remittance economy started with none other than Ferdinand Marcos with the able stewardship of the late Blas Ople who at the time was the Labor Secretary. This is another proof of how one man's decision has affected the lives of millions and which later laid the path for generations of Filipinos to follow.

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for a model....

by CoeL (no login)

try to study the history of the Jewish people and how
they were able to control societies of most if not all
professionals in Europe and North America.

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WHAT THE JEWS DID IN EUROPE LED TO ANTI-SEMITISM

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IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT ANTI-SEMITISM WAS PRACTICED BY EUROPEANS, ENGLAND INCLUDED, LONG BEFORE PALESTINE WAS AWARDED TO THE JEWS BY THE BRITISH.

NAP


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Old Europe was said to be christians.....

by CoeL (no login)

who believe that Christ was the Messiah but the Jews
believe that the Messiah is still to come...this started
anti-semitism and agrevated more for their success in any field
of endeavor either in trade or profession. To some degree I dont
call such anti-semitism but rather purely jealousy or more of enviouness
due to their sucess.

In old Europe the Jews could hardly find a descent work and were pushed
to do menial jobs; clerks in banks, clerks for merchants and helpers
in most professional fields. Then one day Germany, Poland, France, Russia
and most Scandinavian countries woke and found out most banks were controlled
by the Jews, jewelries and diamond markets were controlled by them and practically
all professions were headed by the Jews.

I brought this issue out simply because the circumstances of the OFW are better off
than the Jews of Old Europe.

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You're right of course.

by Napanice (no login)

Being christians and english speaking helped us tremendously in assimilating into the western countries and in the U.S. Filipinos are involved in politics though not as active as the latinos.

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SHADES OF FIDEL RAMOS, THE POWER BROWNOUTS ARE BACK!!

by Napanice (no login)

EXACTLY 10 YEARS AFTER FIDEL RAMOS LEFT OFFICE, THE INFAMOUS POWER SHORTAGE THAT HIGHLIGHTED HIS PRESIDENCY IS NOW BACK AGAIN UNDER THE WATCH OF GLORIA MACAPAGAL. IT SEEMS THAT WHAT CORY AQUINO HAD STARTED, WHICH IS THE TOTAL NEGLECT OF THE COUNTRY'S NEED FOR ADDITIONAL POWER IN THE FUTURE, HAS TRICKLED DOWN TO THREE SUCCEEDING PRESIDENTS OR A TOTAL PERIOD OF 24 YEARS.

I HOPE SOMEONE IN THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION STILL REMEMBERS HOW RAMOS BECAME A POLITICAL HOSTAGE BY THE POWER SHORTAGE AND HOW THE FILIPINOS BECAME THE ULTIMATE VICTIMS OF THE CRISIS.

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Brownouts may occur anytime--Transco docs

By Vincent Cabreza, Abigail L. Ho, TJ Burgonio
Inquirer
Last updated 02:07am (Mla time) 07/27/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- The state-owned National Transmission Corp. (Transco) has placed all power distribution companies on “red alert” since Wednesday, indicating that power interruption could occur at anytime without warning, according to documents released by an electric cooperative in Benguet province.

Parts of Metro Manila, Bulacan, Rizal and Laguna experienced two hours without electricity two days ago after Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) implemented rolling brownouts because of the low power supply.

Baguio City and eastern Pangasinan also suffered power outages.

A dry spell that has slowed down hydroelectric power plants, a major shortfall in the coal supplied by government to independent power producers (IPPs), and the breakdown of old power plants have resulted in a “zero-system reserve,” Transco said in a July 23 memorandum that explained its alert status. Transco operates the national power grid.

Gerardo Versoza, general manager of the Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco), said “zero reserve” means Transco would need to reduce the power load that reaches households in Luzon should a power generating plant break down.

To do this, Transco must shut down power in selected provinces to keep electricity flowing smoothly through the national power grid. This explains why blackouts have been occurring intermittently in the provinces, Versoza said.

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DISGRUNTLED CONGRESSMEN WILL NO LONGER BLOCK GLORIA'S IMPEACHMENT.

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NO MATTER THESE LAWMAKERS SAY, IT IS STILL POLITICS THAT WILL MOTIVATE THEIR WILL TO SUPPORT OR REJECT ANY ATTEMPT TO IMPEACH GLORIA ARROYO. OF COURSE IT WILL BE TO THE OPPOSITION'S ADVANTAGE TO BE REINFORCED WITH THE NEEDED NUMBERS THAT WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO TRY ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT AND INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY.

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What a difference being out of the congressional power circle makes.

Some members of the administration’s Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi), which formed an alleged “independent bloc” or “conscience bloc” in the House of Representatives as an offshoot of their failure to wrest the Speakership from Pangasinan Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr., yesterday announced that, as part of the reforms they have spoken of, they will no longer immediately dismiss, or kill another impeachment complaint against President Arroyo and will now act on the merits of the complaint, in the event another impeachment complaint is lodged before the House.

Sorsogon Rep. Jose Solis, spokesman of Kampi’s bloc allied with Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Villafuerte, said the bloc will no longer just dismiss impeach-ment complaints on the basis of their political affiliation with the administration and will instead consider the issue on the basis of the merits of the case.

The Kampi bloc of Villafuerte has supported the speakership bid of Cebu Rep. Pablo Garcia while the other bloc headed by Interior and Local Government’s Sec. Ronaldo Puno supported De Venecia.

It will be recalled that this same group of congressmen that had formed themselves into an “independent bloc” in the House were the very ones who denied the then opposition congressmen from even being given the opportunity to at least present their evidence before the House Justice committee, insisting on killing the complaint without any discussion at all.

“As far as the conscience bloc is concerned, we will make a decision based on the merit of the case. We will decide not on account of our political affiliation (with Mrs. Arroyo),” Solis said yesterday at a media forum in Quezon City even as he stressed that they have no plan of filing an impeachment complaint against Mrs. Arroyo whom they consider the “creator” of Kampi.

The opposition in the House however, has already said that it will no longer lodge another impeachment complaint against Mrs. Arroyo.

Still, if the independent bloc and the opposition join hands, the two groups can count on 73 congressmen that will at least give an impeachment complaint a chance to be heard.

A congressional source allied with the opposition, however, commented that this new stand of Villafuerte’s Kampi bloc may just be “a means to get back at (Mrs. Arroyo)” for her alleged “betrayal” as the President had promised the Pablo Garcia camp that she would stay neutral in the speakership fight but rooted for De Venecia anyway.

“They (kampi independent bloc) know very well that the President fears an impeachment complaint even being tackled. This is just a meaningless threat they are issuing. In the end, they will will do what she wants them to do,” the source said.

Among the members of the so called “independent bloc” are Villafuerte, Solis, Garcia, Cavite Rep. Joseph Abaya and Quezon Rep. Erin Tañada, both of the Liberal Party.

It was learned from House Secretary General Roberto Nazareno that the impeachment complaint filed earlier by lawyer Oliver Lozano had not been endorsed by a single congressman and therefore failed to meet the requirement in the filing of an impeachment complaint. The office of the secretary general has reportedly returned the complaint to Lozano.

Paranaque Rep. Roilo Golez, a member of the minority bloc, also said it would be better for them to buckle down to work than pursue another impeachment complaint against Mrs. Arroyo. Golez, during the recently concluded elections was reported to have allied himself with the Arroyo administration.

Golez, singing the tune of Kampi’s “independent bloc,” explained that the government needs reforms more than a “divisive” impeachment case against the President.

“We would like to work hard. We need constructive participation in the next three years. By the time an impeachment process is completed, the term of Mrs. Arroyo will be nearly over,” he said.

Solis also warned that De Venecia would launch another attempt at Charter change.

He pointed out that the moratorium on Charter change ends in December and that another people’s initiative would again be brewing in the coming weeks.

“What Speaker de Venecia said about a moratorium is only up to December. The way I understand it, by January (2008), the People’s Initiative” will start again, “ Solis said.

De Venecia, however, dismissed Solis’ allegation even as he said he would maintain the moratorium in Charter change in order to focus on Malacañang’s priority bills.

“I don’t want to be hypocritical, for the last 15 years I have been pushing a unicameral-parliamen-tary form of government. But let’s have a moratorium on Cha-cha,” de Venecia said in another forum.

De Venecia said the House will focus on socio-economic bills dealing with cheap medicines; education, power and water for the next 100 days even as Congress awaits the formal submission of the proposed General Appropriations Act for 2008 by the President.

“We have already referred to the appropriate committees some 500 national and local bills and some 30 resolutions filed by members of the House,” De Venecia told the Newsmakers Forum.

“But we shall give top priority to those that greatly affect our masses and the country’s economic development.”

De Venecia also said the House will finalize by next week the election of chairmen of the different standing committees to tackle the hundreds of measures now awaiting committee action. On the efforts to reduce power prices and push national productivity, De Venecia said he is in close consultation with Rep. Mickey Arroyo, expected to be named chairman of the Committee on Energy, on the proposed amendments to the Epira Law.


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By Kanopanice: "What a difference being out of the congressional power circle makes"

by Dog S. Pig (no login)

Kanopanice is a very good writer!


Posted on Jul 26, 2007, 1:08 PM
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Good !!!

by ya (no login)

Good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on Jul 26, 2007, 2:41 PM
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YUP!

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EVEN AS WE SPEAK, OTHERS LIKE YOU ARE ALSO ENGAGED IN IMPROVING THEIR LIVES THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT YOU CLAIM FOR YOURSELF. THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG FILIPINOS WHO GRADUATE FROM TOP EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EVERY YEAR AND THEY, LIKE YOU, ARE WILLING TO TACKLE THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE BY PURSUING THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS.
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That's right. I never said that I am unique in this aspect. But then that simply highlights the tragedy that is the Philippines. For every one Pinoy applying these principles to himself/herself, there are a thousand other Pinoys who undermine this effort. Kung baga, whilst there is a sizeable absolute number of Pinoys who are self-reliant, work smart, and are forward thinking, there are millions that are mired in dukha mentality, work hard but not smart (do the same thing year after year without improving efficiency or producitivity by thinking up and applying innovative solutions), and utterly lack foresight.


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ONE THING YOU MENTIONED RAISED MY CURIOSITY AND THAT IS THIS SO-CALLED "FRAMEWORK OF MEDIOCRITY" WHICH AS YOU CLAIM IS PREVALENT IN FILINO SOCIETY BACK HOME. I KNOW IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION OR BUSINESS WHICH ARE PILLARS OF THE ECONOMY, SO WOULD YOU MIND EXPLAINING TO ME WHAT YOU MEAN BY THIS "FRAMEWORK OF MEDIOCRITY" BECAUSE IT APPEARS TO BE THE ROOT CAUSE OF OUR PROBLEMS?
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You're right. It has nothing to do with education or business. The Philippines, back in the 50's, had the most literate and educated population in the Far East, and had an immense head-start over the rest in terms of getting connected with the world economy (scholars were sent from all over the region to study in our universities and learn governance from Pinoys -- how's THAT for irony).

So what happened?

Well, in my view, despite all those trappings of sophistication, the underlying character of Pinoys eventually shone through -- our lack of imagination (we patted ourselves on the back for 50 years for inventing the jeepney), lack of foresight (we had and continue to have the lowest savings rate in the region), and bizarre deluded self-perception (despite decades of steady decline in the face of monumental achievement of the Asian Tigers, we still fancy ourselves as terrific people).

Our collective mediocrity is, therefore, fundamentally structural in nature -- from the way we raise our kids (we force them to adhere to values that deliver zilch, essentially), we tolerate half-arsed work (pwede na yan mentality), and are too lazy to plan and deliberate thoroughly (bahala na mentality).

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"SO WHAT HAPPENED?" IS THE SAME QUESTION 80 MILLION FILIPINOS ARE ASKING.

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I don't have to prove anything to you because you are already leading to the answer you seek. You are right, the 50's marked the pinnacle of economic and technological growth for the Philippines with our progress closely behind Japan. Solid state technology was about to replace the old vacuum tube and the colleges and trade schools were cranking out the engineers and technicians that were to serve as the prime movers of the new found techonology.

So what happened to the Philippines despite all that promise and potential? As one Singaporean businessman told me "Your country was on the verge of an economic boom in Asia and all the ingredients were there, except one."

I for one do not believe it was the resurgence of mediocrity that caused our miserable downfall because the products of our educational systems are still around, practicing their skills and proving their productivity to the world. The only question now is where are they and who is reaping the benefits of their talents?

Are you getting the drift? From the peak period of the 50's, all one has to do is follow history in order to discover what events transpired that led to the sad situation that we are in now. Open both your mind and your eyes to the truth and your biases will gradually disappear.

If you love the Philippines, then you should also love yourself because you are a Pilipino. I'm sure you will find the right answers if you try.

Nap


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See...what I told you....he talks progress in reverse

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He shifts his car in reverse hoping that
his car would go forward.

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The Kano will lose his keys and call for a locksmith.....

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.....to get him into his top down convertible.

Triple-A Pig

Posted on Jul 26, 2007, 6:52 AM
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for old time time sake......

by CoeL (no login)

undergoing the rigors and hardship we have experience...needles to say
like passing through a needle's hole just to get that PIGSKIN is enough
for me to standby him......any body who have passed through that portal
knows how it was. I have and may still disagree with his opinion
but I believe he is a good man.

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for old time time sake......

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undergoing the rigors and hardship we have experience...needles to say
like passing through a needle's hole just to get that PIGSKIN is enough
for me to standby him......any body who have passed through that portal
knows how it was. I have and may still disagree with his opinion
but I believe he is a good man.

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MAYBE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED

by Napanice (no login)

BENIGNO WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY BECAUSE AFTER THE 50'S EVERYTHING CHANGED STARTING WITH THE MASS MIGRATION OF OUR PROFESSIONALS. THERE WERE AT LEAST FOUR IMPORTANT INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO INDUSTRIALIZE THE PHILIPPINES - STEEL, NUCLEAR POWER, TECHNOLOGY AND A COMPETENT WORKFORCE. WHEN THE WORKFORCE DISAPPEARED, SO DID THE OTHER THREE.

NAP


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Raw materials, nukular power & competent work force mean nothing.....

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.....without us dogpig entrepreneurs.

Everyfreakingbody wants to be a good employee (clerk/supervisor/manager. But very few have the bols to go into bidnez.

Are you an entrepreneur, Kanopice?

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Dig the archives, Kamag-aral......

by CoeL (no login)

This guy has short memory span...that's not what he said before.
He is repeating what I told him. He was comparing Taipeh and Singapore
to the Philippines in terms of culture. Now, he has a different tune.

I believe this guy should learn more and read a lot.

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ALL WE CAN DO IS PRESENT HIM WITH FACTS.

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IN THE RACE TO INDUSTRIALIZE, THE NATIONS IN ASIA WERE NEGOTIATING THE SAME PATH TOWARDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AT THE SAME RELATIVE PACE AT ONE TIME AND THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR. IN OTHER WORDS THE PLAYING FIELD WAS PRETTY LEVEL AND THE PHILIPPINES WAS NOT AN EXCEPTION. WELL, WE CAN NOW SEE WHO WENT AHEAD AND LAGGED BEHIND IN THAT RACE AFTER HALF A CENTURY.

YOU ARE RIGHT HOWEVER, THERE ARE PLENTY OF REFERENCE MATERIAL AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE INTERESTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC RIM AND THE COUNTRIES LOCATED THERE.

NAP


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... but they always get fed the wrong answers.

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I love myself, yes, and I love being Filipino. But when i say that, I speak for myself as an individual and as an individual Filipino.

The assertions i make are about Filipinos as a collective.

Don't get the two mixed up (as many of my detractors tend to do).

And I think i know where you are leading to in your fourth paragraph, particularly where you say: "all one has to do is follow history in order to discover what events transpired that led to the sad situation that we are in now". Sure, there are events that led to the failure of Pinoy society to prosper. But one can argue that other countries had far bigger challenges than what we as a society faced; to cite a few:

South Korea was a war ravaged country well into the mid 50's, AND THEN was ruled by a succession of corrupt dictators as well.

Singapore seceded from the Malay federation and was under constant military pressure thereafter (not to mention being dependent on Malaysia for 80% of its water supply).

Taiwan is de facto at war with China, was ruled by dictators as well, yet managed not only to attract robust foreign investment but developed its own indigenous world-class manufacturing and (later) high-tech industries.

So if you are going to be an apologist for "historical events" that time and again have been used as EXCUSES for the chronic failure of Pinoy society to prosper, here's what i have to say:

THINK AGAIN.

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I HAVE LED YOU TO THE WATER

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IT'S UP TO YOU TO QUENCH YOUR THIRST OR TURN AROUND AND REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE TRUTH IN FRONT OF YOU. WHAT WAS SO COMMON ABOUT KOREA, TAIWAN, SINGAPORE AND JAPAN THAT WAS MISSING IN THE PHILIPPINES?

THIS DISCUSSION IS OVER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NAP


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sure you have.

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ha ha!

Typical.

See you around.

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I'D LIKE TO SEE YOUR NEXT BOOK DEDICATED TO THE FILIPINOS

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WITH A COPY OF YOUR DECLARATION RIGHT ON THE FIRST PAGE, IF YOU REALLY ARE SINCERE ABOUT YOURSELF.

NAP


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Kanopanice should write a how-to, D-I-Y book on copyright infringement.

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PWEHEHEHEHEHEHEWR!


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NAPANICE BACKS OFF, TAIL NEATLY TUCKED! LOOOOOSER!

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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWR!

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