Your weekly up to date source of all the corrupt and foolish goings on within Philippine politics.
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| https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/09/14/duterte-unfazed-by-ouster-plot/ |
Why would he be fazed? Likely this plot does not exist but if it does now that he has given a specific date any alleged plot would necessarily not go through. It's a win-win situation for Duterte because if nothing happens he can say that his speaking about the plot stopped it from happening.
Garcia was meted a penalty of dismissal from service and perpetual disqualification from public office.
Whether the penalty would be carried out, however, was in the hands of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, a close ally of Garcia.
Good thing this lady is close friends the Speaker of the House, Arroyo. Will she enforce the ombudsman's judgement or allow this corrupt woman to continue to serve in the House?
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| https://entertainment.inquirer.net/293697/p2fb-degrading-disrespectful-mocha-uson-drew-olivar-get-flak-for-making-fun-of-sign-language |
In a now-viral post shared by netizen Angelo James F. Esperanzate yesterday Sept. 15, a clip of Olivar can be seen, wherein he mimics sign language. Uson can be heard laughing while filming Olivar.
First a sexy pederalismo dance. Next mocking deaf people. What's next for these two?
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1033116/woman-touted-to-succeed-husband-as-mayor-shot-dead |
The wife of Mayor Librado Navarro was killed on Friday in a case that the mayor said was politically motivated because his wife, Carmencita, was running for mayor next year to replace him.
Carmencita, 62, died after taking a bullet in the back around 6:15 p.m. on Friday as she supervised work on a beautification project for Baywalk Boulevard in the city.
Mayor Navarro said his family had been receiving death threats from his political enemies and syndicates involved in illegal logging, adding his wife could be the immediate target.
Did he report these threats? Did she have a security detail? It's very disturbing that this woman had not even announced her candidacy and she was murdered preemptively.
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| https://www.rappler.com/nation/212145-bulacan-court-judgment-kidnapping-illegal-detention-cases-vs-jovito-palparan-september-17-2018 |
Retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan was found guilty on Monday, September 17, of kidnapping and serious illegal detention in the 2006 disappearance of University of the Philippines (UP) students Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan.
Palparan’s co-accused Lieutenant Colonel Felipe Anotado and S/Sgt Edgardo Osorio were also found guilty of kidnapping and serious illegal detention. The decision was promulgated by the Malolos Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 15.
High ranking AFP Officers guilty of kidnapping and serious detention. Did they murderer these women too? Some think so. This man was able to run a Senatorial campaign in 2016 from his jail cell. What a great country.
When Duterte makes a joke people end up dead. How long until motorcycle men kill a COA officer? That would be funny right?
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| https://www.rappler.com/nation/212134-duterte-coa-auditor-ilocos-norte-pushed-down-stairs |
President Rodrigo Duterte joked that the Commission on Audit (COA) auditor in Ilocos Norte should be pushed down the stairs so he would not be able to report on the local government's transactions.
Duterte made the statement on Sunday, September 16, at the prodding of Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, who was complaining about various prohibitions that COA has been imposing on her local government's spending.
"Sino'ng taga-COA dito? Ihulog mo na sa hagdan para 'di mag-report (Who's from COA? Push him down the stairs so he won't be able to file a report anymore)," said Duterte during a meeting with his Cabinet and Marcos in Laoag City.
They were meeting to discuss the effects of Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut) on Ilocos Norte.
In response to Duterte's remark, Marcos laughed and clapped her hands while saying, "Yes, yes!"Humour is a funny kind of weapon because you can say what you really mean and then claim it's just a joke. This was no joke. Imee Marcos is currently under investigation for numerous questionable projects.
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| http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/07/04/coa-audit-report-millions-fabricated-documents-doubtful-purchases-imee-marcos-ilocos-norte.html |
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| http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/668066/coa-flags-bfar-for-inefficient-maintenance-and-delivery-of-boats/story/ |
The Commission on Audit has flagged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for failing to deliver 199 fishing boats on time and poorly maintaining 57 foreign-funded vessels purchased from 2001 to 2009.
The delivery of fiberglass motorized bancas in Regions 3 and 10 is still incomplete since BFAR only started distributing them in the 4th quarter of 2017, the commission noted.
The boats were part of BFAR’s P26.398-million Fishing Gear/Paraphernalia (FGPs) distribution to improve food security and raise the income of the agriculture and fishery sector.
COA said only 153 boats out of the 400 targeted for Region 3 have been completed, and only 96 have been distributed.
None was delivered in Region 10 since all 142 boats were still under construction as of Dec. 31, 2017 due to delayed delivery of materials. BFAR decided to build them on its own.
Meanwhile, only seven of the 14 monitoring, control, and surveillance (MCS) patrol vessels were declared as “ready-for-sea.” COA said. This was funded by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and Instituto de Credito Oficial to the tune of P991 million in 2001.
BFAR also has 43 patrol vessels at its disposal courtesy of a P96-million grant from the United States’ Public Law (PL) 480, or the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act.
The boats were distributed to coastal towns in Bohol, Cebu, Palawan, Negros Oriental, Sarangani, Batangas, Aurora, Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental, Marinduque, Mindoro Oriental, Siquijor, Davao del Sur, and Davao del Norte.
COA said the whereabouts of patrol boats could not be ascertained as BFAR was not able to properly monitor them.
The last time the bureau monitored the vessels was in 2015. Mindoro Oriental and Sarangani last issued a report on the boats in 2016.
Based on those reports, COA noted that thirty-seven LGUs had funds to use the patrol boats for monitoring coastal waters. But since there was no monitoring after that, COA said it was not able to determine what happened in the case of two LGUs while the ownership of four vessels were transferred since the LGUs concerned were no longer able to fund the operations.
Five LGUs used their funds for tourism activities, the commission said.Millions spent on fishing boats but man not delivered or operational. Millions spent on patrol vessels and no one has any idea whee they are. Some of the money given to local governments to use the boats for patrolling coastal waters has ben diverted to tourist activities! Truly every branch of the Philippine bureaucracy is full to the brim with corruption of one sort or another.
The DILG, however, did not name the local chief executives under probe for apparent neglect of duty, claiming that the agency does not want to subject the mayors to trial by publicity.That concern has never stopped any agency from naming derelict or allegedly corrupt officials before. Ah well we all know who they are. They toured the Palace last week. Here they are visiting Malcañang at the behest of Bong Go.
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| https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/212007-cagayan-officials-bong-go-malacanang-tour-eve-of-typhoon-ompong-landfall-september-2018 |
A day before Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut) was set to make landfall in their province, Cagayan's vice governor, some mayors, vice mayors, and provincial board members were being given a tour of Malacañang.
They were invited there by no less than Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, according to two independent sources on Friday, September 14.
Go later clarified in a statement published Saturday, September 15, that the invite was extended to the local officials two weeks ago yet and that he advised them a few days ago against pushing through.
Go himself never got to meet with the officials, however. But he confirmed to Rappler that such a visit was set to take place that day and that Medialdea was scheduled to meet them. He was evasive when asked if the meeting with Cagayan officials was in his schedule.
The officials were told there would be a meet-and-greet with Go but this was canceled at the last minute as he supposedly had to quickly fly to Davao City.If Go advised them against coming because of the storm then why were they welcomed by Medialdea? Why were they promised a meet-and-greet with Bong Go? Why were they not promptly shown the door and told to get back to their duties because of the oncoming storm?
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| http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/668224/palace-hopes-inflation-won-t-spike-after-supertyphoon-ompong/story/ |
“We can’t deny that P14 billion was a very high cost to agriculture. However, we now have policy shift. We have allowed the entry of imports of food products which we hope will bring down the cost of goods,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said at a news conference.
“We’re hoping that inflation will not worsen because of institutional steps already taken by the government to help rein in inflation.”Too little, too late. September is already halfway over. Hard to imagine these last minute changes will effect any change in the trend.
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| http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/668179/350-000-students-at-risk-of-losing-scholarship-under-proposed-2019-budget/story/ |
De Vera said this is because the Department of Budget and Management reduced the allocation for CHED’s Tulong Dunong program, a needs-based scholarship for students, from P4.19 billion this year to P1.19 billion in 2019 or a 251 percent decrease.That is quite a decrease! Is this where they are cutting to increase the budgets of the PCOO the Office of the President, and elsewhere. This decrease belies claims earlier that the 2019 budget was prioritising education.
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| https://www.dbm.gov.ph/index.php/secretary-s-corner/press-releases/list-of-press-releases/1118-proposed-2019-budget-to-prioritize-education-and-infrastructure |
Can you say irony?
The victim, identified as Buanito Buan, 57, former chairman of Barangay 849 in Pandacan, was reportedly sleeping with his children when the suspects who wore bonnets arrived at their home, police said.
Renzy Buan, son of Buanito, told the police that the suspects woke them up by shoving a flashflight on their faces. When the suspects identified Buanito, they pushed him away and shot his father four times.
The man was murdered right next to his sleeping children. The horror and evil never stop in the Philippines.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1033962/salary-grade-28-sc-hikes-judges-pay-to-p127000 |
The Supreme Court has increased the salaries of the country’s first-level court judges.
First-level courts refer to municipal trial courts, municipal circuit trial courts and Sharia circuit courts.
In a resolution issued on Sept. 11, the Supreme Court increased the monthly salary of these judges to P127,000 from the previous P102,000 to P114,000 monthly compensation.
The Supreme Court said funds for the salary increase would come “from the available savings of the lower courts” while the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) had yet to issue the document needed to effect the pay increase and release funds for this.
Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro, who will retire on Oct. 8, gave the green light to implement the salary increase ahead of the issuance of the DBM’s notice of organization, staffing and compensation and funds from the national coffers.
Is this the kind of reforms de Castro was planning on implementing during her brief two-month tenure? The lower courts are jammed with cases and backlogged for years and she gives them a pay raise!
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1033960/duterte-give-storm-survivors-ukay-ukay |
President Rodrigo Duterte wants smuggled used clothing — known as “ukay-ukay” — that were seized in the country’s ports to go directly to the government’s disaster relief operations.
He added: “Go to [BOC Commissioner Isidro] Lapeña. Tell him, ‘Rody said all of your ukay-ukay should be given to me.’ And divide it and see to it that there [is enough].”
Republic Act No. 4653 bans the importation of used clothing on grounds of protecting public health, and requires that these be burned, destroyed or shredded.
The BOC, however, had gone around this law in the past so that seized ukay-ukay may be turned over to the DSWD for relief efforts.If this clothing is to be destroyed why is there any at all? It's not without precedent but perhaps the government could get a little more prepared for disasters so they aren't flaunting the law just to clothe people.
“We missed the near-brawl over pork in the House caucus this morning. Watch for new developments affecting a major (House) committee,” Lacson said on his Twitter account.
The senator was apparently referring to the alleged shouting match between Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. and Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles, chair of the appropriations committee, during a midmorning executive meeting on the proposed 2019 budget.
What's a Philippine national budget without a little pork?
He said that only “a massive and immediate additional supply of rice can bring down prices to affordable level.”
He then went on to suggest three main courses of actions on how to effectively increase the rice supply and eventually bring down the price to the normal level.
The first thing to do, Roxas said, is to increase the Minimum Access Volume to 1.5 million metric tons.
Secondly, there should be a removal of the requirements usually being imposed by the National Food Authority (NFA) in order to allow all in the private sector to import rice.
And third move is a proactive one by asking popular food chains such as to independently source and import their own needs in order for the national stockpile to focus the supply on public markets, said Roxas.
The same should also be done with large grocery and supermarket chains in order to ensure that the rice they would sell would not come from the national stockpile.
“In the short term this will provide a definite physical buffer, put a definite timeframe for when supply tightness will end, and induce hoarders to release their stocks bago maiipit sila,” said Roxas.
Sound like sensible advice. Could it work?
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1034029/palace-to-roxas-shut-up |
“Hindi ko pa naririnig ang kanyang sinasabi, pero dahil sa kanyang karanasan doon sa Leyte ay mabuti pong manahimik na siyang muli (I didn’t hear what he said but because of his experience in Leyte, it would be better for him to just keep quiet once again),” Roque said in an in interview with dzRH on Wednesday.Who cares!!? Just shut your piehole Roxas!
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| https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1765145/Manila/Local-News/Lanao-del-Sur-board-member-3-family-members-nabbed-P34-M-shabu-seized |
A Lanao del Sur board member, his wife, son and son-in-law were arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation in Iligan City early Wednesday, September 19.
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Special Enforcement Service Acting Director Levi Ortiz said together with the police, they raided the house of Lanao del Sur first district Board Member Hussein Magandia around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday in Barangay Tubod.
Ortiz said Magandia was not included in President Rodrigo Duterte’s list of narco-politicians, but he is one of the members of Iwaram drug group that operates in the areas of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte.
Magandia's wife, Norhainah, was also tagged as a “drug queen” of Mindanao who also supplies illegal drugs to other regions.
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| https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1765170/Cagayan-De-Oro/Local-News/PDEA-Bilibid-source-of-shabu-seized-in-Iligan-raid |
Juvenal Azurin, PDEA regional director for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm), said the half a kilogram of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) confiscated by anti-narcotics agents during an operation in Iligan City early Wednesday morning, September 19, came from the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.
Azurin did not name the person responsible for supplying the illegal drugs to the suspects, but said the supplier is a high-level inmate.
From Bilibid, the illegal substance is transported by land to Lanao del Sur, he added.
“So far, they are the biggest narco-politicians [we have] arrested,” said PDEA-Armm Director Juvenal Azurin during the press conference at the PDEA-Northern Mindanao office Wednesday afternoon.
Azurin said the arrested officials were not on President Rodrigo Duterte’s original drug matrix, since it took PDEA about a year to verify the suspects’ involvement in the illegal drug trade.
“We were very careful in conducting the validation considering the fact that these personalities are prominent,” he said, adding they spent several months conducting validation, surveillance and intelligence gathering before carrying out the search operation.
Azurin also confirmed that Norhaimah is the first cousin of Johaira “Marimar” Macabuat, the former mayor of Maguing town in Lanao del Sur and suspected drug queen who was on PDEA-Northern Mindanao’s watch list.Four people arrested for drugs. One of which is a local political who's wife is a known drug queen and was on the PDEA's watch list. But her husband was not on Duterte's list because the PDEA needed to verify his involvement in drugs. And yet people on Duterte's unverified list keep dying at he hands of motorcycle men.
This story has a lot of threads in it so let's tie them together or at least look at them. These two people are big time drug dealers from the same province as Duterte, Mindanao. They are receiving drugs from New Bilibid prison which is headed by Duterte appointee Bato. Bato was appointed to head the prison specifically to clean it up yet drugs are still making their way as far south as Mindanao. Neither of these narco-politicians were on Duterte's drug list despite one being a known drug queen. Things really don't add up. Much speculation could be made but I won't do it here. I would be surprised if these two were not suddenly killed.
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| http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/09/19/garin-ubial-reckless-imprudence-charge-dengvaxia.html |
"It is unfortunate that several complaints were filed against me and other DOH officials when in truth only Sec. Ubial's negligence contributed to the alleged reported deaths," the complaint read.No one wants to take the blame for the mess-up with the Degenvaxia program. Blame passing all around.
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| http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/668400/public-transport-should-not-be-a-source-of-livelihood-says-dotr-exec/story/ |
According to a report by Joseph Morong in “24 Oras”, DOTr Asssistant Secretary Mark de Leon said those involved in public transportation should already be "financially capable."
"Mali po 'yung pagtingin na livelihood ang isang public transportation,” De Leon said at a news briefing in Malacañang.
This frame of mind, he said, has contributed to the traffic congestion on the country's roads.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1034513/poe-hits-dotr-exec-over-insensitive-remark-vs-jeepney-drivers-operators |
“Walang pakiramdam itong mga taong ito,” Poe said. “Ano, gigising ka nang napakaaga para mamasada, trip-trip lang ‘yon, para lang pampalipas oras?”
“‘Yung mga driver na nakapagtaguyod ng kanilang mga anak na nakapagtapos ng pag-aaral, bakit kaya nila ginagawa ang sakripisyong ito?” she added.Poe is right. De Leon is stupid.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1034523/international-police-tribunal-finds-duterte-guilty-of-human-rights-violations |
“The Defendants Duterte, Trump and all other Defendants are guilty of all the charges specified in the Indictment, which account for their accountability for crimes against humanity, war crimes and violations of law and legal instruments referred to in the Indictment,” IPT said in the final verdict filed in Brussels, Belgium.LOL!
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| https://globalnation.inquirer.net/169972/palace-shrugs-off-ipts-guilty-verdict-vs-duterte-sham-decision |
“They appear to be a propaganda body of the international left and therefore we set it aside as being a useless piece of propaganda against the government,” he added.
The IPT is a global court convened by the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, International Association of Democratic Lawyers, IBON International, and the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines.I think Roque is right about that.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1034533/ex-cop-slain-in-tuguegarao-city |
Lucas Mangada was driving his motorcycle, with his three-year-old son strapped in front, and a backrider, Kurt Javier, when they were attacked along Washington Street in Barangay Centro 4.
The gunman, who was trailing behind Mangada’s motorcycle, fired at the former cop, killing him and wounding Javier in the arm. Mangada’s son was unhurt.Sad that another government official has been assassinated by motorcycle riding men but why was his son strapped to the front? And how was his son not hurt? If they killed the driver wouldn't that mean the motorcycle wrecked? Surely this former PNP officer knows it is illegal to have toddlers riding motorcycles.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1034330/no-laws-yet-to-enforce-boracay-tourist-cap-denr-aklan-execs |
“We’re still looking in that direction. Indeed, there must be some legal mandate on this, so we’re talking about … how to be able to control the influx of people in Boracay,” he said.They better hurry up. Opening day is only a month away!
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| https://www.manilatimes.net/sk-chairman-cohort-nabbed-in-cebu-sting/443072/ |
Police arrested a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK or Youth Council) chairman and his cohort in a buy-bust along the national road in Barangay Gaas, Balamban town, in southwest Cebu on Tuesday.Another local politician charged with drug offences.
