Name: Renato D. Nolasco
City/State/Country: RIYADH ,K.SA.
IP Address: 212.118.128.119

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Bravo Mr. President your such a very simple and adorable Man. I hope this is the beginning of new era where corruption would be totally eliminated in all the government Bureaucracies.

Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenue, manila
IP Address: 67.181.17.25

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President Aquino's SONA underscored the importance of exposing the brutal cycles of corrupt leaderships, political-economic injustice, violence, or violations of human rights. I think that his purpose (SONA's theme) is not to manipulate past grievances, ideological conflicts, et cetera, but the importance of preventing the errors committed by the past regimes. As a scholar once said, "there is a distinction between crimes against the state, which the state is entitled to pardon, & crimes against individuals, which the state has no right to forgive."

Name: Steve R
City/State/Country: California
IP Address: 71.198.151.226

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Most posters know that PNoy’s Communication Officer or his/her staff read what we print in this forum thus the new administration should take advantage of all the excellent ideas that we post. There are many ways to reduce corruption but Communication Highway and financial disclosure must be done soonest . Cabinet appointees, elected officials, custom, police and military personnel in leadership position must file their financial disclosure soonest. Files must be monitored regularly and irregularities must be disclosed to the media.

Name: Marie
City/State/Country: Batangas
IP Address: 80.109.30.155

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We have a good president now, and he is starting to declare our freedom, determined to stand against the opposing forces in our country. He's trying to free us from poverty, sickness, and lack. So everyone should fight, help each other until we fully experience the freedom and peace that God has promised.

Name: Oss
City/State/Country: Ca. USA
IP Address: 99.59.25.233

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To Pidro of Cagayan..I like what you said about the change start from with in us Filipinos. I've said it before in this PNL forum that unless Filipinos change their attitude, it will always be the same thing no matter who runs this country. These a*sholes who are corrupt--and you know who you are, including some of my friends and relatives over there--know that unless you do things right and honestly, this country will not go anywhere but down the drain because you idiots only think about money. You people will not do what you're supposed to do unless you get a handout (lagay). Do your job and don't wait for the president to tell you to do it right and honestly for the sake of the future of this country. Simple enough? No excuses.

Name: Glorebe Stone
City/State/Country: VA, USA
IP Address: 68.33.37.210

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One of the many reasons why poverty in the Philippines is so high is because of those who are 28 years old and over could not get a job, age discrimination "kuno." Sana kahit over age or matanda na should still be given an opportunity to work at any department store with benefits para makakatulong sila sa pamilya nila at uunlad ang kanilang buhay. Kawawa naman sila. Look at America - no age limit ang workers nila.

Name: GFJBHEDF
City/State/Country: Hercules
IP Address: 76.103.7.246

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WOWOWEE NO MORE. If you all remember I said so at the outset, when ABS-CBN, chose to stick with radio poison, un-called for Willie Revillame constant detractor, Jobert Sucaldito. WOWOWEE was the face of Willie, and the show was piling tons of money, but the TV channel gave Willie the turned-up nose. I said then, w/o Wil, the show will die, and critics countered, Pokwang and the girls with Robin Padilla and subsequent others will do well w/o Willie. Well, the show's rating has gotten so low, they had to cancel it. The replacement show aired today will not prosper either. Willie will come up with a different show, and will prosper...hopefully w/ a rival station, that have no axe against Willie like ABS-CBN.

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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Butiki Slayer: Thank you for reminding me about creased and greased. Seriously, I was thinking about your face as an octogenarian with lines running across your face because of sheer frustration that you can't outsmart me more than the palm of those who has been accepting bribes (GREASED) Because of that I typed creased instead of greased. All things taken into consideration (your words- pahiram) the mistake turned out to be more of a bonus than an onus. Hi hi hi

Name: tonyo
City/State/Country: pinas
IP Address: 114.108.247.214

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Masyadomg pasikat naman itong si Harry Roque and Senator Pangilinan, demanding sanction against Justice Del Castillo for alleged plagiarism LINK as the ponente of a decision where he cited, but without attribution to the article of the foreign writer notwithstanding it is not plagiarism under Section 184 (k) of R.A. No. 8293 link: LINK

Name: Dustin Campos
City/State/Country: Burnaby, BC
IP Address: 70.50.89.8

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Sana naman si Sucaldito ay hindi na nagcomment kay Willie na kesyo siya ang sanhi ng kanyang downfall kesyo paano niya mababayaran ang kanyang pinagmamalaking mga ari arian na puro utang pa. It means hindi siya makaDiyos dahil kung makadiyos siya hindi na siya magsasalita ng ano pa para makasakit ng damdamin ng isang tao. Alam kong sipsip naman siya kay Kris Aquino. Wala na ngang dignidad ang mga taga show biz lalu pang bumababa. Isa pa itong si Kris Aquino pati menstruation niya ay sinasabi pa sa national television. Me TFC ako para ma-entertain dito hindi para malaman ang mga baho kapatid pa naman ng Presidente. Sana naman umalis na siya diyan sa show business kasi mababa na ang tingin ng tao sa kanya binababoy na siya sa internet.

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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According to DEO Pinoys are dreaming of three square meals a day and came up with a joke about Paroskies and the dream in the horizon where I see no relevant correlation.Pinoys have stopped dreaming of three square meals a day. They have found instead a square meal that is both nourishing and filling. It is called ALTANGHAP (almusal, tanghalian, and hapunan) Then they go to sleep, make babies and snore! BTW, as a food czar Deo should know that pigs raised in pig pens prefer to eat three meals a day and they gain much weight faster. I wonder what Deo's definition of a square meal is. If he says breakfast, lunch and supper, that is a triangle and not a square. Hi hi hi

Name: latepoca
City/State/Country: SOMEWHERE IN TIME
IP Address: 210.5.212.115

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Look how rampant is tongpats in NAIA. Rep. Singson passed those x-tray machines without detected that he carried drugs. Thanks to Hong Kong airport personnel for apprehending him and we just hope he will rot in prison. By the way, it is NOW confirmed that some lawmakers used PROHIBITED DRUGS. What about subjecting all lawmakers to DRUG TESTING Mr. Speaker Belmonte - this to invalidate perception that some of our so called represenntative of the people are DRUG ADDICTS / DRUG LORDS. Philippines NOW is in NARCO-POLITICS.....MAHIYA NAMAN KAYO

Name: Gene
City/State/Country: Ontario, Canada
IP Address: 174.88.12.125

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Mikey Arroyo's case must be given priority by Pres. Noy. As Executive of the country, he shd. order for the immediate investigation of Mickey now, that the Pres. of Padpao disclaimed the statements of Mikey that he was representing the security guards & tricycle drivers. He is being disowned since they never saw him in their inner circle but in TV appearances. How could Comelec officials under Mr. Melo allow Mikey Arroyo to be a party-list representative when there is misrepresentation & non-compliance of the requirements of party-list system. If P-Noy would not act on this matter then, his campaign slogan "kung walang kurap, walang mahirap" is a farce & voters were duped. BTW, don't forget Cong. Ronald Singson of Ilocos Sur. REMOVE ALL THE CROOKS IN GOV'T.

Name: Rolaz
City/State/Country: Pilipinas
IP Address: 112.198.79.22

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Correction in my comments to MCD my last sentence was edited and say: "You should NEVER introduce your God and your religion in this forum" The exact wording that I want to emphasize is: "You have NOT introduced your religion and your god in this forum"

Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenue, manila
IP Address: 67.181.17.25

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JuanUp (a stupid singkolar par excellence of Ateneo University): You're right that one of the reasons why the ancient Egyptians built the Pyramids was to honor their leaders or kings (the obvious or shallow reason). But the late Professor George Santayana (Harvard), a well-known & respected Philosopher, an excellent & genuine scholar, et cetera once said that "we work dreamings. Consider what dreams must have dominated the builders of the Pyramids---dreams geometrical, dreams of resurrection, dreams of outdoing some other Pharaoh! What dreams occupy that man in the street...; perhaps he is a revolutionist, with a millennium in his heart & a bomb in his pocket..."---( Dreams by Santayana). Iyang utak mong biya ay dapat pakakainin mo ng libro, hindi iyong kayabangan.

Name: Gene
City/State/Country: Ontario, Canada
IP Address: 174.88.12.125

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It is too early to adore & praise P-Noy. Actions must come out ASAP & all cases against Gloria Arroyo & her wicked trapos must be settled once & for all. Singson's case of malversation of public funds i.e. tobacco-excise tax up to now has not been touched by Osbowoman Gutierrez. Mr. Lorenzo who left the country to avoid investigation in the Fertilizer Fund scam remains free, untouch, now that he is in the country. He shd. be scooped & put to jail while waiting for his turn to clear his name, Joc-Joc Bolante included. ITO AY PAALA-ALA SA TAONG NAKAKALIMUT. Tapusin ang mga kaso ng mga salot sa pamahalaan. Unless P-Noy PURGE the undesirables, he would just be a man of rhetoric with nothing to show but his own personality loved by religious.

Name: Gene
City/State/Country: Ontario, Canada
IP Address: 174.88.12.125

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"Six Comelec officials in poll scam suspended." How about Cong. Ronald Singson who is in Hong Kong jail found drug trafficking? Found guilty having possessed illegal drugs, Mr. Singson shd. be stripped of his position. It is a crime & therefore, he is unfit to serve the country & must not be allowed to run for public office for the rest of his life. I remember during the Marcos era, a drug pusher was executed by firing squad. DOJ de Lima, your attention please. Remember Nora Aunor who was found by U.S. Immigration Agents for possession of illegal drugs upon entering U.S.?

Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft a venue, manila
IP Address: 67.181.17.25

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JuanUp (a hyper-stupid & self-imposed scholar) wrote: "When the government creates bureaucracy, corruption is born." This is plain ignorance & intellectual voodooism. No Western scholar will accept this irrational argument from a self-imposed pseudo-scholar of Ateneo University. What accounts for the persistency of corruption in institutions? Critics suggest from declines in values, pluralism, economic competition, family breakdown, and so forth. In other words, a genuine scholar says that one of the most common explanation for political corruption places the blame on the individual's faulty moral character. Indee---JuanUp is like a low-flying bird (seagull) feeding on the obvious rotten & decomposing flotsam.

Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenuea, manila
IP Address: 67.181.17.25

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JuanUp wrote: "When government creates bureaucracy, corruption is born." Ano ito ipot ng seagull. Sana inalam mo muna ang definition ng bureaucracy bago mo kinain ang bulok ng karne na itinapon ng mga navies (navy kangkong or hammerburger) bago mo sinisid ang basura sa dagat. What are the characteristics of bureaucracy?---a type of formal organizational structure noted for its impersonality & characterized by a defined division of labor, hierarchy of authority, professional expertise, written communication, & a career system. Galing yan kay Mr. Weber at libre hindi mo na kailangan magbayad sa Ateneo University para matutunan. Tonto.

Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenue, manila
IP Address: 67.181.17.25

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Oil-Up pelican (JuanUp) quacks "the Egypians build the Pyramids for their kings." Shallow or Baloney. The builders of the Pyramids of Giza (4500) years ago had access to astronomical detail, without telescopes, of course. How did they achieve such an alignment singkolar? The magnetic compass was unknown to the Ancient Egyptians. Father Bernas is just a phone call away. When President Aquino said that "we can dream again," this is no different than hope with optimism or with action. As a scholar once said that we can all predict without knowing the underlying cause. This will not make you a scientist, of course.

Name: Marie
City/State/Country: Batangas
IP Address: 80.109.30.155

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Bravo PNP for good works! They should be given the award of appreciation for their sincerity of doing the job. Versoza must be promoted!.

Name: Marie
City/State/Country: Batangas
IP Address: 80.109.30.155

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I like the idea of modest/decent dresses and not plunging necklines/backless for congresswomen attending sessions and other meetings. More respectable!

Name: WDC
City/State/Country: California
IP Address: 66.126.39.40

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Executive Truth #1 by Noynoy Aquino is politically motivated. It will be a waste of time because whatever the independent findings are, it will be Congress decision if criminal charges be filed. Forget this BS; let us go forward as what one of the panelists here said before, it will be a waste of time and money if we does. Noynoy stop acting that only your family is clean, they are just corrupts as other politicians do, referring to your Danding and Peping Cojuangcos.

Name: GFJBHEDF
City/State/Country: Hercules
IP Address: 76.103.7.246

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"Kung Walang Kurap Walang Mahirap." That was the campaign slogan of "P"Noy. That's what the president hit the ground running as soon as he was affirmed, and is pursuing relentlessly. Certainly the country has enormous problems in various sectors, and they will be addressed accordingly as best as are doable. Every administration have its critics and detractors, and this one is not exempt.

Name: GFJBHEDF
City/State/Country: Hercules
IP Address: 76.103.7.246

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After 3 Wks US yang-yang, Kris, "P"Noy's nutty sis, is back in RP yapping, and already mouthing about future dating. 2 kids from 2 different fathers? What else is new? Who wants to be next in line? That is, if you got the mula like Trump, or you are on top of the sports world like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Lesser gods need not apply. You'll be ejected, like Yap.

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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On the issue of roads. To Deo all roads are pare-pareho lang. It is common sense that when you drive, you avoid the local roads for there are intersections, pedestrian crossings, signal lights, and many commercial activities. You compare this now when you take the highway to make your commute faster and hassle free. THIS IS THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU ASSUME TO BE A ROAD EXPERT WITH NO DRIVING RECORD. Hello there, buhay ka pa ?

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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On the issue of Noynoy Aquino's commuting sans wang wangs. This retarded retiree from the US Navy (who uses the moniker, Buti Molester) posted that P-Noy should be provided with a Marine helo (meaning helicopter) and a rest house similar to Camp David. Is he aware of the cost when the country has to borrow money to close the budget gap? What an imbecile! No wonder he could never become a commissioned officer in the US Navy. All US ships will be torpedoed and sunk. At least for a petty officer you are relegated to PETTY JOBS. Hi hi hi. Hello, OK ka pa ba?

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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I could not trust these two schumcks (Deo and Butiki Molester) to handle my books. They will bankrupt me in a day. Here is a man (called Deo) who could not distinguish a value added tax from a road tax. That jueteng is some kind of STL that is legal (that got Isidra, Paquiao's elder sister arrested). The other guy (Dragons slayer daw) is even recommending buying a Marine helicopter and building a retreat house for P-Noy when the coffers (not coffins) are empty. I will put these two bozos is the same coffin and build a pyramid kasama na si Mockingbird inside as security guard. SEAL THE PYRAMID FOR GOOD!

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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As I have repeatedly said, we are here to inform and not mislead readers. This is a classic example : ONE UP: Re Soldiers receiving packages and mail during WWII or any other war. You said during the war "there was no movement of travel or commerce" or something like that. Palibhasa you haven't heard of Army Post Office or Military Postal Service during WWII." The country was under Jap rule until liberation day. Does this mean that the Japanese Imperial Army allow US soldiers to receive mails through APO (Army Post Office) or relatives of Pinoys in the US to get a shipment of CAVIAR in this manner too?

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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1/2 continue .. YOU ARE NUTS DEO. You are really a work of art like the retired and retarded petty officer from the US Navy who brags of his double retirement income. TOO PETTY (NOT PRETTY) TO TALK ABOUT.

Name: JRH
City/State/Country: mtl can
IP Address: 173.178.222.111

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Civility has gone out of the window when a poster can hide behind the anonymity of the internet. It's easier for some at PNL to be rude, even hateful (Ex. Edward). This Forum welcomes reasonable arguments, but repetitive & redundant ping-pong comments, name-calling, & insulting remarks are very unproductive. There's no excuse for indulging in it just because you can get away from it. So far, PNL is very liberal in allowing some posters to go beyond the 4 posts as specified in the guidelines. Some posters here must unplug themselves once in a while. This is just an observation & not criticism to anyone in particular. Maraming salamat po.

Name: Gene
City/State/Country: Ontario, Canada
IP Address: 174.88.12.125

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Red China is demanding the release of 80 Chinese Communist caught mining illegally chromium ore in Masinloc, Zambales. How about Filipino workers caught drug trafficking & punished ASAP? These communists must respect Phil. law & bullying shd. not prevent the country's exercise of sovereignty. How did these Chinese Communists entered the country? Who were the satanic, corrupt officials bribed & sold their country's natural resource? Someone mentioned about a submarine owned by a vicious Ilocos official smuggling illegal Chinese into the country for the right price before. What happened to the Chinese found working illegally inside Chavit Singson's cpd. when PNP raided the illegal manufacturing of cigarettes? It is in your hand Pres. P-Noy.

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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7gtg: In response to your post that you did not sign up on the "freeway" debate I was having with the old dude. This was what you wrote: "Deo: " Paano hindi mahuhulaan ng mga posters dito na itong si ONE UP and TITO JESS ay iisa eh, ang pagkakaintindi nila ng "freeway" ay toll free!.." Hoy Deo, tama na. Lamog na ang kalaban. You only need to neutralize not destroy. " Now, must I say more? How could you be so presumptive to say that One Up and Tito Jess are one and the same? Gosh! am I that lucky to have dead ringer?

Name: Gene
City/State/Country: Ontario, Canada
IP Address: 174.88.12.125

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After demanding the release of 80 Communist Chinese, the Gov't. of Mainland China is upset w/ Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's stance about resolving the Spratley Islands before the U.N. to determine its right owner. Red China is claiming South China Sea as their own to prevent foreign vessels pass through esp. U.S. Naval Fleet. Americans shd. learn by this time that cooperation could hardly be achieved now, that Mainland China is now an economic power after U.S. struck economic ties under Pres. Nixon. Chou-En-Lai & Mao-Tse-Tung used Ping-Pong diplomacy & Teng-Shiao-Peng perfected the art to the advancement of Communist China. U.S.S.R was outsmarted & disintegrated.

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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BUTIKI MOLESTER wrote " At this time, as far as most foreign employers are concerned, PI education is below accepted standards world-wide. If you know what I mean." This is an assumption. This does not mean that even if the country may not have the best educational facilities and tools the Filipino brain has become a victim of "arrested development." The truth of the matter is that more Filipino IT people and software developers are headed to Malaysia and Singapore and even Japan and the US. Microsoft is tapping local IT practitioners and software developers. The truth of the matter is that some US companies are even outsourcing their software needs in the Philippines.

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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BUTIKI MOLESTER 1/2 continue .. YOU JUST LOVE TO TALK GENERALITIES WITHOUT PROOFS. Go Google, Ask.com, or bing.com. Don't be shy. You are not that smart anyway. HAVE A NICE DAY. .

Name: Rolaz
City/State/Country: Pilipinas
IP Address: 112.198.79.1

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MCD: You've been emphasizing the word "ass" in ridiculing some posters in this forum. But if you want to know the real ass just take a closer look at your Surname DIAZ sounds more like "The A*s" - Manuel The A*s!?

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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Lloyd Anthony of Texas wrote : "Philippine government needs to audit all its employee from janitor to the president before allowing them inside the government." Is this necessary? Getting rid of corruption in government is no different from the practice of medicine. You excised only the cancerous part and leave the other healthy parts intact. Auditing is a tedious process and expensive too. Don't bother to ask Deo and Dragonslayer for their views on auditing. They will give you bad advice. These two bozos are retirees and retards.

Name: Gene
City/State/Country: Ontario, Canada
IP Address: 174.88.12.125

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"Why just now, they shd. have done it in 2006." Statement of ex-Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. who lost in the last election in Pangasinan. The fact is Mr. Esperon, majority of the members of the AFP were afraid to stand up for righteousness unlike the Oakwood Mutineers. Do you think Mr. Esperon justice could be served under Gloria Arroyo? W/ her EOs like 464, gov't. officials were not permitted to submit & subject themselves to senate inquiry. Kidnapping of witnesses, suppression of evidence, coercion to recant, oppression were the hallmarks of Gloria's illeg. rule. It is stupid to say that justice could be attained under illeg. Gloria. You knew that Mr. Esperon. Filipinos certainly would like to hear you before the court of law when the "Hello Garci" re-opens.

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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I am rather skeptical on the role of truth commissions. I am skeptical in the sense of the purpose, composition, and implementation of the commission's findings. Is the commission some kind of transitional justice? Is it healing or justice? Does it investigate and not to prosecute? To many, skeptical minds like me, I ask: IT THIS MORE OF A POLITICAL GIMMICK/ HYPE/ PLOY (to elevate people's anger against the past administration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who now sits as a member of Congress) OR IS THIS FOR REAL? But how about the abuses and excesses of Marcos (the Grand Daddy of Corruption)?

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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ROBERT of Canada: When the business climate is good, no president has to comes to a foreign country to beg for investors to come in and participate. They (investors) will come because they see the honey and the smell of it. Hedge fund managers look at the debt ratings of countries and make that determination to invest or take the risk. To have access to money the country has to borrow. We do the same thing as a person when we are "kinda short" of cash and apply for a credit card. Here again credit scores count.

Name: deo
City/State/Country: flour city
IP Address: 67.240.217.75

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In the news: "Author Files Complaint In SC". This is the case of alleged plagiarism levied against the SC associate justice del Castillo when he lifted from published articles portion of the SC decision about the "comfort women" case of WWII. So much for "comfort women" It is moot. Going to this issue of plagiarism, it is a typical case of Pinoy putting down Pinoy. The obviousity is as clear as mud that the passages could not have been thought of and written by the "amuyongs" of the associate justice because the language is "too good to be coming from Pinoys," the authors may have looked the other way (charge it to "fair use") until the losing counsel of the "comfort women" raised plagiarism to get back to the SC for their negative decision in the case.

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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PHIL RESEARCHER: The country has to import because the government ignored the agricultural sector for many years. I have witnessed the long line of people buying rice imported by the government in '08. I have never seen a rice line in my lifetime. When the government engages in procurement of anything there is always the temptation to over price. The local term for that is "tongpats"

Name: ONE UP
City/State/Country: GOTHAM CITY
IP Address: 74.66.135.64

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Commenting on praying with the rosary WDC wrote: "This is the problem with us Filipinos, we like to put our noses where they are not suppose to be.' That was how Filipinos got flared nostrils and Dr. Calayan and Belo got their fortunes.

Name: Matanovic Klundt
City/State/Country: Kamloops, BC
IP Address: 173.180.12.21

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I cannot see the logic of why the senate is assigning to Lacson the headship of committee of defense and account, when this Lacson does not surface to face the charges against him? He keeps on saying that he is innocent and yet he does not have his balls to come out and defend himself? It is better to assign these said committees for senators who have been sincerely attending the senate sessions and have the capability to head the aforementioned committees. I believe there are capable senators. Worst scenario. choosing between 2 evils, at least Trillanes is in the country while Lacson is nowhere to be found.

Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenue, manila
IP Address: 67.181.17.25

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Most distinguished thinkers & scientists were self-taught, like Newton, a self-taught mathematician. Galileo wasn't the first innovator who observed that the earth is round, not flat. Thales of Miletus (today's Turkey) was the first scientist (from his mathematics---he introduced geometry from Egypt to Greece). Pythagoras also realized that the earth is spherical, not flat. But Archimedes outshone them all; he laid the foundation of physics: "Give me a fulcrum & I will move the world." But as a scholar once said, "We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of GOD." Good luck President Nonoy Aquino. If your parents were still alive today they would be very proud of you. History will not lie---great men were dreamers, innovators, and so forth.

Name: Ramon C. Balde
City/State/Country: Oxford, Michigan
IP Address: 76.238.195.8

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Are you kidding me? Lacson to head two Senate committees. Isn't there anymore brighter ideas than trying to protect each other's behind? This guy is charged with murder. I mean, MURDER, come on! He may innocent but he still has to prove that. Although running from the law is not a good sign of innocence. Where is the Ethics Committee? I see the future - Lacson is convicted of murder, goes to jail, campaigns in jail for re-election, wins another term with blessings from the Philippine Catholic organization. And we all say AMEN.

Name: Manuel C. Diaz
City/State/Country: Montclair CA USA
IP Address: 76.174.219.92

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Noynoy Aquino instead of signing the EO for this truth commission should have asked Philippine Congress to pass a law similar to the USA Independent Council that was the offshoot of President Nixon trying to influence Watergate Investigation. The independent Council is a law that allows the investigation of the Executive Branch bypassing the Justice Department which is under the office of the President. This truth commission will be mired in court litigation questioning the legitimacy of this commission. Another learning curve of Pnoy.

Name: Manuel C. Diaz
City/State/Country: Montclair CA USA
IP Address: 76.174.219.92

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To Ramon C. Balde the answer to your query is "Men were not created equal" but if you ask the believer of evolution the answer will be "adaptation".

Name: Ramon C. Balde
City/State/Country: Oxford, Michigan
IP Address: 76.238.195.8

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Let's face it. We are in an abyss. I don't agree with communism economy but at least they are fighting for their ideals no matter how wrong it is. I see it wrong and they see it being right. That's a matter of opinion. The point being is that the majority has been in the stage of stagnation. We are easily set back by flashes of someone's wealth and power. Bewildered by religious dogmas. "God will provide" only goes a short way. God provides the way but we ultimately travel the journey.

Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenue, manila
IP Address: 67.181.17.25

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Do we have the right to know about political corruption, the Maguindanao massacre or other social, economic, & political anomalies as a whole---to determine which is fantasy of shared corrupt practices by the Arroyo's regime? When President Aquino inks Executive No. 01 (the Truth Commission), the political-economic corruption & the alleged crimes committed by the past regime are not unconscious historical anomalies that can be ignored. Again, when President Aquino exposed Arroyo's regime corrupt practices, it was the right thing to do.

Name: GFJBHEDF
City/State/Country: Hercules
IP Address: 76.103.7.246

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"Walang kurap walang mahirap," exhumed tons of rotting rice buried in warehouses since 2007, now unfit for human consumption.> LINK 'Tis just tip of the iceberg, in "P"Noy's "Calvary" of ridding the RP of this malady, oozing profusely all over the country since Mcoy. It is indeed "calvarious" task. "P"Noy need the help of all, specially the media in all its form, constantly reminding us all to cleanse ourselves of this cancer.

Name: Marie
City/State/Country: Batangas
IP Address: 80.109.30.155

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If the administration can only propose to have a yearly, monthly and weekly ticket fare for LRT, it's better. That is only for those who can afford to buy. Others, every time but there should also be a whole day, an hour, and per zone ticket. But be aware for a surprise inspector anytime. Pay for penalty if caught with no ticket - of course! Be strict.

Name: Manuel C. Diaz
City/State/Country: Montclair CA USA
IP Address: 76.174.219.92

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To PJ if this Character Carmina Burina is questioning my manhood I am inviting her to an orgy. Unless she is already in the BIR condition Carmina Burina can also invite Marie and join the fun. How about it PJ and Deo. Back to the Islas de Ladrones the Public Work Secretary appointed by PNoy Secretary Singson was involved in a midnight transaction between the Pangilnan Controlled Maynilad Water MWSS and Pagcor. Now Singson is guarding the hen house. Poor Pnoy at this early stage his appointees are already showing their greed.

Name: deltab
City/State/Country: ug
IP Address: 216.220.216.197

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Hayyyy naku po! Is it possible that Pinas has received an infested/rotten rice import to maximize the kurakots? Gaanong tatagal ang rice kung ito ay walang problema sa warehouse? Probably the reason why it was not distributed from the beginning......maaaring alam nila na rotten, kaya hindi linabas...just a thought!!

Name: GFJBHEDF
City/State/Country: Hercules
IP Address: 76.103.7.246

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Going after corruption and prosecuting is only one way. "P"Noy is also after our hearts, mind and soul, to avert from this malignancy. Therein lies and emanate this cancer pervading malady. Let us therefore, henceforth reject the kurap within us. Thus we help "P"Noy succeed. Thus we help the RP rid itself of maraming mahirap.

Name: WDC
City/State/Country: California
IP Address: 75.38.75.228

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Now let us go back to the country rather than talking sh#t about somebody's god. Rogelio Singson should stay in Hong Kong to serve his days in prison, if he is guilty about possessing drugs. When he comes back, he needs to go to jail if found guilty for being linked with this “Midnight Deal” case. Again I was right that the Philippine Congress lost its credibility, this place are composed of drug kingpins and thieves.

Name: 7gtg
City/State/Country: regnsk
IP Address: 24.72.90.88

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I don't think it is the 'original Gene' that is debating with P.J. right now. Posts sounds like that of a younger generation..

Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenue, manila
IP Address: 67.181.17.25

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JuanUp (a graduate of Ateneo University) once pointed out that the purpose of PNL is for illumination..." Well, his argument that "when government creates bureaucracy, corruption is born" doesn't constitute an illumination, but irrationalization par excellence. Do you call this statement an illumination. Your mentors at your Alma Mater look stupid because of your ignorance of the characteristics or structures of modern government. Moreover, when a great thinker (George Santayana) once stated that "dreams must have dominated the builders of the Pyramid..." (take note JuanUp interpreted this as a gift for the kings of the Egyptians), he didn't mean dangerous fanaticism that guides some singkolars, like JuanUp.

Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenue, manila
IP Address: 67.181.17.25

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JuanUp wonders "Who guides you?" May be books. Most explorers were guided by what they read & believed them. For example, according to scholars Christopher Columbus or Critobal Colon (as he liked to be called), was the one of the most persistent contemporary men of his times, believing what he had read---in the apocryphal biblical Second Book of Edras, in the writings of Ptolemy & cosmographer Paolo Toscanelli that the earth was actually round. JuanUp has been guided by psuedo-singkolars, not books at his Alma Mater.

Name: As I see it
City/State/Country: South San Francisco
IP Address: 67.188.206.208

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The case of Rep. Ronald Singson who was able to pass through 2 government agencies with his "hot goods" intact in his luggage at the Manila airport is I believe not new to me. We balikbayans ourselves could attest how strict the Immigration dept. and Customs are when checking documents and what stuff you are bringing in and out of the country. There must be connivance between the two agencies as we can see from the video wherein Singson is being given 'special treatment' by airport personnel. What are we in power for? If P-Noy has balls he must start the ball rolling cleaning up and eradicating the old vestiges of the past at the airport.

Name: WDC
City/State/Country: California
IP Address: 75.38.70.134

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Who gives a damn if he is a Jew, Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, atheist, etc.; this is what I loved in the US military, nobody asks what religion you belong to. We have one aim: to just do our assigned job and go home. Only the people who are empty minded, like you folks in this panel that are talking BS and nothing after that.

Name: MARNY V
City/State/Country: via Phil/Africa/Euro
IP Address: 69.141.41.243

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Update: Sign of new hope for the cruising industry. Subic is eyed to be the 1st cruise ship destination in RP. This signals the return of investors who are slowly restoring confidence due to the new gov't. of P-Noy. The cruise liners who are including Subic as their stopover under the Asian Cruise Terminals Ass. are the Royal Caribbean, Silver Seas, Star Cruises & Costa Crocere. The economic impact will travel down to local businesses in terms of providing supplies, fuel, food, & jobs. After all TITANIC, really comes alive. But let's observe how our new custom officials will behave this time. Mabuhay Ang Bagong Pag asa ng Pilipinas! Thanks for the inspiration, parrot.

Name: Manuel C. Diaz
City/State/Country: Monrtnclair CA USA
IP Address: 76.174.219.92

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Senator Legarda wants to peg the Salary of maids to only pesos 4000 an month why not just implement the minimum wage to cover domestic workers 8 hour/day and SSS membership? Why should domestic workers be paid less than minimum wage?

Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenue, manila
IP Address: 67.181.17.25

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I do agree with Renato Reyes Jr. comments on the provisions of the Executive Order Number One that investigations should include crimes committed against humanity by the previous regime. I think it's essential that the fundamental laws of a civilized or democratic society should not be flouted with impunity. It underscores the reaffirmation of the idea of law that prohibits the crimes of corruption, massacre, rape, electoral fraud, & so forth. In other words, Executive Order Number One must have the authority or power to restore the "equilibrium so severely disturbed by atrocious crimes." Saludo ako sa iyo Mr. Reyes.

Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA county, CA
IP Address: 96.251.65.123

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Re: Ang Galiing Pinoy-- This is the marginalized group of security guards and tricycle drivers now being represented by GMA's eldest son Mikey Macapagal Arroyo. Obviously Congressman Mikey is not marginalized according to Rep. Edsel Lagman a person doesn't have to be marginalized to represent marginalized people like security guards and tricycle drivers..But if these security guards had a right to choose their representative would they choose someone who is a symbol of the excesses of the GMA regime (house in suburbs of San Francisco). Please see U Tube interview with Winnie. Monsod & A. Clavio (the title of the Video should be changed to inadequate & embarrassing explanation of unexplained wealth).

Name: 7gtg
City/State/Country: regnsk
IP Address: 24.72.90.88

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Someone: "does that mean that things have gone so very well for atheists they possess everything for the asking that they forgot about God and don't even believe there is one?". All these debates between atheists and the religious... they are nothing but ego tripping. Both sides are guilty of trying to feel superior because of what they believed in. In short, I suggest itigil na ninyo. If the religious continue believing in God, why should the atheist care to tell them they are wasting their time? If the atheists do not believe in God, what is it to the religious? - a promised big house in heaven as commission for saving a soul?

Name: 7gtg
City/State/Country: regnsk
IP Address: 24.72.90.88

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Deo: " But if they can not dispose off the imported rice as fast as it arrived which led to the rotting of the staple in the FA warehouse.." Easy. there are government agencies (CB, PNR, etc..) where one of the benefits is a sack of rice every month for each of their employees. they will use these 'nangamoy' na na sakong bigas for the employees. 7gtgs bro had this kind of rice before. Kasi Libre pinagpilit naming lutuin. then when the bro was nalingat, ibinaba ko sa labas ng gate iyong 2/3 sack of bad rice. It was gone within 3 minutes. Dinampot ng nagkakariton.

Name: Gene
City/State/Country: Ontario, Canada
IP Address: 174.88.12.125

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"I would not have become Pres. if my mother would have been alive." It is the truth that's why I've said all along in the last election that there shd. be no sympathy vote for Noynoy. My point of view.

Name: deo
City/State/Country: flour city
IP Address: 67.240.217.75

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One of the more compelling reasons was "volunteered" recently why the NFA keeps on importing rice when there was already a glut was that the Pinoy people, especially the taga-Luzon will not be forced to eat "kaning mais" again. Check this out: This is a recycle. In the early 70s there was shortage of rice so Marcos ordered that restaurants serve rice mixed with corn (giniling mais) at about 70-30 ratio. Rice-eating people resented the order. In fact one officemate of mine complained that "hindi siya manok bakit siya patutukain ng mais!". Bilibit or nat!

Name: deo
City/State/Country: flour city
IP Address: 67.240.217.75

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Shane do not Knowell: If 7gtng and tonyO can make you put into actions your recent ranting, it would be terrorism borne out of frustration from a bakla/bading terrorist. Bading, temper your emotion. hinay-hinay lang. hehehehe.

Name: Marie
City/State/Country: Batangas
IP Address: 80.109.30.155

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Where is Lozada? He must be given the chance to live free. We can consider him a hero, brave to have voiced out about Arroyo's hidden evil works. That helps the country.

Name: WDC
City/State/Country: California
IP Address: 69.110.192.164

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Now Noynoy's SONA is over, Filipinos are joyous because of what he said but actually what he said has no substance. If he is really sincere, show us the beef (evidence). Start filing criminal charges against Arroyo, and if you can not do it, you are just like those other politicians who just run their big mouths. Filipinos want the facts and justice. If this President can't deliver this, he needs to shut up.

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