Selected Comments
(Topic: Will the PCGG Go After Imee Marcos's Offshore Trust Account?)

Name: Abet
City/State/Country: Manila
IP Address: 99.108.249.176

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Shame on you PCGG, how come Greedy Imelda is still a free thief? She stole $billions the whole world knows. Are you all bribed?

Name: wdc
City/State/Country: california
IP Address: 75.38.64.252

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If the Marcoses are really honest people then they should return the money that they didn't work for.

Name: Dragonslayer
City/State/Country: Kingsbridge
IP Address: 216.52.207.102

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Someone says it's time the Philippines settle the case against the Marcos clan over a type of negotiation. I believe this same guy will negotiate with other hoodlums and international terrorists, too. What a show of yellowishness. Someone invaded your home with reckless impunity and took away almost all your life savings and other treasures; now you want to sit down with this thief to give him 60% of your property so you can recover the other measly 40%. Give me a break; the Marcoses, or any government crook must be fully and duly prosecuted and punished for their mockery of all Filipinos, living or dead.

Name: JRH
City/State/Country: Montreal, Canada
IP Address: 70.83.179.172

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The PCGG is a 30-year old task force with a somewhat poor batting average in its history. A lot could have been accomplished in those years if they did their homework right. I think that this is the last straw for this ineffective group or just throw the towel. If they come up short again, then, it must be dissolved or disbanded & replaced by a more energetic & active agency. As the saying goes..'you can't teach old dogs new tricks'. If nothing will happen..it's about time for the these old guards to go cuz we're talking about unrecovered billions of dollars that could benefit a lot of deserving Filipinos.

Name: tonyO
City/State/Country: pinas
IP Address: 182.18.209.2

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The PCGG is mandated to recover the Marcoses ill gotten wealth under ART. II, Sec. 1(d) of the Provisional Constitution promulgated by the revolutionary government of former President Cory Aquino under Proclamation No. 3, dated March 25, 1986 and the recovery of these ill gotten wealth is imprescriptible under the 1987 Constitution. The responsible PCGG official who fails to act on this alleged ill gotten wealth of Imee Marcos may be charged for dereliction of duty.

Name: GFJ
City/State/Country: California
IP Address: 67.188.19.40

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Doubtful the PCGG will go after Sintra Trust. Firstly, the named beneficiaries are Imee Marcos' three sons by former husband Tommy Manotoc. Imee is only named in the private trust as adviser. That is why Imee cannot claim it in her SALN. Whoever/however the trust was formed, it has to be proven that in fact the assets came from Marcos' ill gotten wealth. Who can compel BVI to divulge such information? Not the ICIJ or PCIJ. Not PH Gov't. Not US. Not nobody. Sintra Trust is not even a drop in the bucket of the mega trillion dollars in BVI private trust accounts. Do we think for one split second that BVI will sacrifice its iron clad secretive reputation, & commit hari kiri, just to please PH?

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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If we lacked the political will before in prosecuting the dictatorship, How can we muster enough political will now and expect results? The Marcoses are back in power, in from all indications, they are focused to get back to their seat of power... These political circus is simply a manifestation of the Feudal Nature of Philippine politics where powerful families will not only linger on like Dynasties, but consolidate their political interest as well for generations to come. There is no real democracy in the Philippines but merely a popular adherence to the idealism. Democracy should grow but in the Philippines, it will remain stagnant for as long as powerful families in the country command the idolatry not the idealism, of the population.

Name: Jorge Villanueva
City/State/Country: Canada
IP Address: 47.54.136.40

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Secret bank accounts are no longer a safe haven for tax evaders and "money launderers." Recently, Cyprus have slapped 60% penalty for the mostly Russian oligarchs who have stashed their hidden wealth there. We have already heard of the late Pres. Marcos ill-gotten fortune confiscated in some Swiss banks. However, they are still looking for the rest of the billions in secret accounts somewhere. This recently uncovered offshore accounts by Imee and her relatives, if true, might provide the dictator's victims the long awaited court relief for their sufferings.

Name: Arch.Lito L. Mallonga
City/State/Country: Pinas Ating Mahal
IP Address: 24.84.220.179

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When they created the PCCG during the time of the late Pres. Corazon Aquino, they wasted no time to try to recover the Marcos Funds, yet nothing has been done till now. Salonga, Abcede and the rest just failed, so time to scrap it once and for all. Too much FUNDS of the Filipinos on its taxes. And here we also have this American Lawyer who said he represents those Filipinos being abused during Martial Law. All our people got affected during that time including myself economically. Now, I am just wondering why during Marcos first term of office he ask to build a Central Bank in La Union. For what reason. I know why. Abangan na lang natin ito.

Name: Haka Haka
City/State/Country: Pulo ng mga Hambog
IP Address: 64.40.183.70

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Editorial sez: "By the PCGG own admission it had no clue Marcos Manotoc’s Caribbean trust account—called the Sintra Trust—even existed." There lies the rub!!! The very agency whose only mandate is to recover plundered assets is inutile and ineffective-- and NOYNOYING!! God save the country--- if there is a god!

Name: Jorge Villanueva
City/State/Country: Canada
IP Address: 142.134.142.254

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The remnants of an ugly part of Philippine history is revisiting the country headlines once again. It's the late dictator Marcos ill-gotten wealth and where it has been stashed away. Somehow, the family has came back and has regained their standing in the Philippine society. However, the family has remained steadfast in their innocence and have not shown empathy to the victims of the regime. Hopefully, there is truth to this uncovered offshore accounts and reparation can be achieved.

Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, Ca USA
IP Address: 71.165.114.106

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RE: J.Y. Campos and the PCGG..Jose Yao Campos who owns Mercury Drug among others was one of the first cronies of FM who signed a compromise agreement with the PCGG in 1987 with PCGG Chairman Jovy Salonga..Basically JY agreed to deed back to the government certain properties he was holding for and in behalf of FM, JY's own properties were not touched by the PCGG.

Name: ASTIG AKHO
City/State/Country: EMPIRE STATE
IP Address: 207.38.182.120

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How much more could PCGG do? The prescription period to prosecute Marcos and cronies had lapsed. Witnesses have disappeared. Evidences collected were not enough to secure conviction. Disband PCGG and transfer the task of collecting the ill -gotten wealth of Marcos to DOJ and Dept. of Finance. Come to think of it. Much of these ill gotten wealth are still here in the Philippines. If they were as overseas accounts, money transfers could have been seen. Imelda and her children would have made a lot of foreign trips to repatriate the money and sustain the family's lifestyle.

Name: Edward
City/State/Country: Angeles City
IP Address: 70.180.202.8

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Why hasn't the money Marcos and his family stole from the Philippines been taken back? It's hasn't because there are still people in power and still living that also stole while Marcos was president. The scale of theft is way larger than anyone knows. Your government for all it's talk won't dare do an honest investigation. Talk talk talk, Imelda will be dead and laying next to her wax husband for 50 years and you all will still be talking about this same BS.

Name: HMS
City/State/Country: new York, ny
IP Address: 108.183.75.178

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To [someone] about "the buck stops here". Your partiality to the Marcoses makes Aquino your scapegoat. Marcos, Estrada, Arroyo brought the country to its knees. In effect you are saying those people had already done their stealing and so let's move on and blame Aquino for everything. Did I hear you talking about the Offshore accounts of the Marcos family? Why not? Is this Aquino's fault too? Your unfair criticism of Aquino will not take anything away from him. He is trying to do an honest job in spite of harassment and criticisms of people like you. I certainly prefer him than Marcos, Estrada or Arroyo, as do the great majority of the Filipino people. Are you saying 70% of the Filipino people are wrong and you are correct?

Name: tonyO
City/State/Country: pinas
IP Address: 182.18.209.6

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It’s one thing to allege that Imee Marcos has ill gotten wealth stashed in an offshore trust account in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) but another thing to prove its factual basis. The PCIJ report, based on the ICIJ report, is a mere kwentong kutsero as far as the Courts are concerned. The BVI is similar to Switzerland. It is a tax haven country whose banking business is to hide ill gotten money of criminals worldwide. The PCGG will have a lot of headaches to establish the truth or falsity of the PCIJ/ICIJ ghost story. THE BVI banks will certainly refuse to cooperate. Without evidence against Imee Marcos it’s gonna be kaput. This report is good only for rumor mongers.

Name: lee of buyagan
City/State/Country: la trinidad
IP Address: 94.96.141.165

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Without further ado, this family portrays how a thief will live longer and happier.

Name: As I See It
City/State/Country: Cebu City/SD,CA
IP Address: 68.7.248.64

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For me it is not surprising that for the 'nth time' the yellow group (like the ABS-CBN) including this pro-Aquino PNL zero in on their political foes especially the Marcoses. It was also reported by these yellow media that Manuel Villar and J.V. Ejercito do have offshore trust accounts as alleged; but the yellow media including the PNL seem not yet interested in training their guns against them. Let's see what happens next. Abangan.

Name: Berdugo
City/State/Country: Execution Lane
IP Address: 198.228.200.16

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Unless the gov't could get credible witnesses and solid evidences, the chance of recovering. Marcos's ill gotten wealth is remote. Perhaps stripping Lucio Tan of his citizenship and sending Danding to jail on tax evasion charges will lead the government to where the treasured were.

Name: As I See It
City/State/Country: Cebu City/SD,CA
IP Address: 68.7.248.64

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YOU'RE the ONE of Pinas says, "Forget PCGG... If the PCGG got the evidences then they ought have the Marcoses in Jail! But see, reality will show that there is no transparency on who really benefited from PCGG! Some are using the Marcos issue again to cover up Corrupt Govt Officials after the Marcos Regime! nakakasuka na yan!" Good observation!!! No transparency! If Abnoy is serious about his 'tuwid na daan' then he has to lead by example by divulging all his assets and liabilities including interest in Luisita, bank accounts 'in-shore or off-shore'. So that Roxas, Drilon, Enrile, Chavit, Pangi-linan, Jinggoy, Belmonte, etc. will follow in divulging theirs!

Name: GFJ
City/State/Country: California
IP Address: 67.188.19.40

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Revelation in Sintra Trust named Imee's three sons the beneficiaries. Imee is not named as one of the beneficiaries. Imee is named the advisor of this private trust, not a beneficiary of it. She did not set it up. It was set up by yet to be identified some other. Imee has no financial or business ownership or interest of the trust. Hence, she can't declare it in her SALN. Aside what's been revealed by ICIJ, garnered from leaked hard drive, PCGG is up the creek, face by BVI stone wall.

Name: GFJ
City/State/Country: California
IP Address: 67.188.19.40

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Aside from Imee Marcos implicated in the Sintra Trust, Sen Villar and Rep Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito, son of ex plunder convict former president Estrada, and 500 prominent and Filipino businessmen also have secret offshore bank accounts.

Name: Dragonslayer
City/State/Country: Kingsbridge
IP Address: 216.52.207.102

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Nothing is further from the truth that anyone and anything can be bought in a corrupt society. It's not a far-fetched idea that PCGG will someday also face close scrutiny just like any bureaucratic agency susceptible of being bribed by anyone capable of acting above and beyond the reach of the long arm of the law. Our country and its people are still miles after miles away from their much-awaited arrival at what we really need for a change, namely, selfless trustworthiness and die-hard loyalty and patriotism wherein the nation's good comes first before self-aggrandizement. In the light of all the troubles the Marcoses have wrought upon the Philippines, their final demise will be a welcome sight for many. A weed is just another plant that sprouted at the wrong place where it's not wanted.

Name: ReyBatoCatPhil
City/State/Country: Reno, Nevada
IP Address: 99.46.25.26

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Every time I see these Marcoses I feel sick because they seem to hide smiles that say Stupid and super moron Filipinos

Name: Dragonslayer
City/State/Country: Kinsbridge
IP Address: 216.52.207.102

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The administration of justice in PI is just that: a big joke wherein the poor have no part of and the rich can sidestep issues against them and practically behave as if above the law. The country may be economically sound but that doesn't mean it is also be politically stable because regional disunity (and ignorance?) remains a stumbling block in the national efforts to remove the leeches and parasites bleeding the coffers to dry. In our country, being a crook and a thief brings no more shame to the guilty. Instead that notoriety seems to be worn as a type of badge for pride and distinction.

Name: Dragonslayer
City/State/Country: Kingsbridge
IP Address: 216.52.207.121

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Someone presented an almost accurate opinion on how this stolen money, if it will ever be recovered either legally or by persuasive force, will be handled by government vultures already salivating to get their lion's share of the carcass. With today's money-hungry government officials all around us, it really is not hard to guess the obvious especially when the wheels of justice are rusty, ineffective, overwhelmed, and are almost a laughing matter.

Selected Comments
(Topic: Crucifixions, They're More Fun in the Philippines ...)

Name: deo
City/State/Country: flour-flower city
IP Address: 66.66.169.37

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Food for thought. Although the editorial raised the issue of Pinoy penitents actually have themselves nailed on a cross, it might be of interest to you that these penitents have the luxury of being nailed to a wooden cross. JC may not have that luxury. Recent documentaries say that crucified criminals, rebels and including JC may not have been nailed on finished wooden crosses. Check this out: Wood, particularly finished product, is hard to come by in the Middle East during that time, so crucifixions, including JC's may have been done on any standing fixtures or even trees, anywhere. The movie "Nativity Story" depict crucifixion on trees. Finished wooden crosses were probably reserve for big shots (which JC was not).

Name: deo
City/State/Country: flour-flower city
IP Address: 66.66.169.37

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Re Crucifixion and Executions. History tells us that royalties were beheaded at the London Tower, so it is obviousity to say commoners were beheaded just about anywhere, say, behind a "portolets" "E-Z Does It" or even in the old phone booths. As in my preceding entry, crucifixions during the time of JC, were not on finished wooden crosses. It would have been a waste of good building materials if wooden crosses were used considering that at the time olive are the only bigger trees in the Holy Land. They did not import that much timber and finished wood then from Canada and Pinas, you know.

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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Someone said, WRONG! "Crucifixion was practiced by Persians, Carthaginians, Macedonians, Greeks and Romans as a form of execution. My reaction: If you want to prove the worth of your intellect, please improve your reading comprehension first.. The point of my statement is, Who brought the practice to the Philippines and not the practice's ORIGIN... DA! It was mainly the Spanish who brought the practice to our mindset and culture..."Penitensya!" Duh!

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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Someone said, "These practices (crucifixion and self flagellation) didn't start in the Philippines but were carried into our culture from Europe.." WRONG! Crucifixion was practiced by Persians, Carthaginians, Macedonians, Greeks and Romans as a form of execution." My reply: Please improve your reading comprehension. I am speaking of how the practice was imported into the Philippines and NOT the ORIGIN of the practice.. We call it "Penitensya," so that should give you a clue.. DA. Even in the United Kingdom, they have these practices too. I personally witnessed it myself.

Name: deo
City/State/Country: flour-flower city
IP Address: 66.66.169.37

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[Someone]: You made a "wrong mistake again" interpreting what "someone" tried to convey re practice of crucifixion and self-flagging coming from Europe and other cultures not in Pinas. You said he is WRONG because it's an execution practice by and you begin to enumerate, by so and so. It's you who are wrong! That "someone" talked about punishing oneself; he was not talking about punishment inflicted by the authorities at the time. Got that?

Name: ASTIG AKHO
City/State/Country: EMPIRE STATE
IP Address: 207.38.182.120

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It has been reported that 1 out of 11 Catholics in the Philippines is leaving the church. I don't blame these people. They have lost their faith with the church particularly the abuses of priests since 1950. The priests had become too political instead of spiritual when delivering their homilies or sermons. The church is becoming a divisive force. You are seeing these servants of Christ in this forthcoming May election endorsing candidates that are against the RH bill (buhay party). Crazy isn't it?

Other Comments

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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A statement like this is truly ignorant and misleading, it goes, "When one said that USA could be oil independent, the conclusion was based on the potential of shale oil (trillions of deposits in the Green River region of Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado) which has yet to be extracted and processed." My reply: Truly misleading. There's a new discovery now of oil beds in North Dakota. American has more oil resources than Saudi Arabia and is posed to be biggest producer of oil in the near future.. We can be independent if we want to, if we have that political will, but it seems making America dependent creates that balance that establishes the world order.

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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Back on the Benghazi security failure, Someone in the forum is very insistent that the very reason for the failure is lack of intelligence specifically, the inability of our forces in determining how Muslims look (All Muslims look alike according to this person) From this standpoint alone, I can easily tell this someone has limited knowledge in security intelligence. You can have the best intelligence but you can only find out you lacked more intelligence when it is already too late.. and therefore, physical security and standard operating procedures are the very measures you can rely on to minimize the damage..

Name: HMS
City/State/Country: new York, ny
IP Address: 108.183.75.178

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To As I See It who asked: "Is that separation of powers?" Yes, It was. Aquino never told them what to do. He told Congress the need for action because Arroyo was trying to escape thru the courtesy of Corona, and Congress went into action. When he said Arroyo will go to jail he was talking to the Filipino people not the judiciary. Would you prefer that Aquino not say or do anything and just allowed Arroyo to leave? What kind of leadership is that? That Luneta thing was the problem of the city government not Aquino's. But his political enemies saw it as an opportunity for propaganda against him.

Name: Edward
City/State/Country: Angeles City
IP Address: 70.180.202.8

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This Imee is a beautiful woman. For sure without a doubt she and Manny will be future presidents someday. To be honest with you I hope so because what does it matter who is president, The country is full of crooks and nothing changes from one president to the next. At least these people will be interesting.

Name: HMS
City/State/Country: new York, ny
IP Address: 108.183.75.178

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To Kali: I got your point. What I am saying is, things came down to this because of the unilateral decision that Kiram took in attacking Sabah. If Aquino sided with him there would have been a war with Malaysia. If in the end diplomatic solution would be recommended why was it not explored first before Kiram launched his attack? All of a sudden diplomatic resolution was being recommended. The point is, lives have already been taken. There had been blood. How could Aquino undo what Kiram had already done? Kiram gave Malaysia an excuse to cement its claim on Sabah. All Kiram can do now is engage in Guerilla warfare. But that's neither here nor there.

Name: tonyO
City/State/Country: pinas
IP Address: 182.18.209.5

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“The Philippines has become known as “the smuggling capital of Asia” ..LINK It’s easy to control smuggling of petroleum products because this is flammable and dangerous, hence, stored in oil depots with guards and inspectors from the BIR, Bureau of Customs and other government monitoring agencies starting from the tanker/ship to the refinery. Why this rampant smuggling remains unabated is very abominable. Government inspectors monitor the inventories of these depots, They know the movements of inventories. Customs Commissioner Biazon is lying, if not incompetent. Penoy must remove and replace Biazon from his post, otherwise Penoy might be accused also involved in these criminalities.

Name: tonyO
City/State/Country: pinas
IP Address: 182.18.209.3

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Phreng Deo said “tonyO: Have you seen in YouTube, the military of China and North Korea...” Adre, ganyan rin ang pananakot ni SADAM Haussein of Iraq until inupakan ng magamang Bush (US Presidents). Todas ang bansang Iraq at binitay si Sadam. Ganyan rin ang panakot ni Omar Qaddafi of Libya until inupakan ng USA. Sabi nga ni SK President Park, kaya nilang paraanin ang kanilang guided missile sa bintana ng kuarto ni NK leader KIM JONG UN. Sira ang kokote ni Kim Jong Un. Sabi na nga mga KM members, HUWAG MATAKOT, MAKIBAKA.

Name: As I See It
City/State/Country: Cebu City/SD,CA
IP Address: 68.7.248.64

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This someone put words into my mouth by way of a question: "What benefit would a war with Malaysia give to the Philippines? This is the 3rd time I have asked you this." Mister, did I say that we go to war vs. Malaysia? Refer to my previous postings.

Name: As I See It
City/State/Country: Cebu City/SD,CA
IP Address: 68.7.248.64

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To [someone] who is still asking, " Do you really think Aquino would do something like a midnight appointment and give his political enemies ammunition they could use against him and his candidates?" SIR, I have provided you with the link, please read it! Okay?

Name: As I See It
City/State/Country: Cebu City/SD,CA
IP Address: 68.7.248.64

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If [someone] is telling the truth that BONGBONG Marcos is actually running for president in 2016 then in all honesty I would be very very happy just like HMS who was ecstatically very very happy after he has heard from Oscar Cruz that KRIS Aquino is running as VP comes 2016. Yeeeehhhheeeyyyy!!!

Name: As I See It
City/State/Country: Cebu City/SD,CA
IP Address: 68.7.248.64

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Re: Midnight appointments. Someone from Hawaii opines, "Phre mom’s mandated constitution is history already. PNoy has his own “tuwid na daan”, is it? You know what I mean? Tsk tsk tsk." Phre, you are right. However you look at it, kahit baligtarin ni 'someone' VIOLATION pa rin! Para sa kanya ang 'CROOKED path' ay 'STRAIGHT path' pa rin! That is distortion in the highest order!

Name: tonyO
City/State/Country: pinas
IP Address: 182.18.209.4

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Phreng Deo also said “It is not easy to wipe out a swarm of attacking, say, a million soldiers even with the use of "weapon of mass destruction". Adre, WW II history tell us that the millions of Japanese fanatics did not last with the Atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. With one bomb each tiklop na agad ang mga hapones. WW II ended. It’s not remote that North Korea may suffer the fate of the Japanese victims because of their crazy leadership. Had US President Truman acceded to Gen. Douglas MacArthur recommendation to nuke the communist Korea, wala sana itong mga gagong North Koreans. Now its crazy leader Kim Jong Un threatens the world with their nuclear capability, sanamagan sanamabits.

Name: tonyO
City/State/Country: pinas
IP Address: 182.18.209.4

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Phreng Deo, I understand your dismay over the Supreme Court decision on the Party List System of the House of Representatives. But you must consider that the Constitution and its enacting law do not limit the party list to marginalized sectors. The Comelec rule and the SC prior decision were unauthorized legislation, hence, void. Ergo, the Supreme Court interpreted the Constitution and the law as provided in the Constitution and the law and accordingly reversed the Comelec rule and the SC prior decision. Only the Legislature can reverse this latest SC decision.

Name: ASTIG AKHO
City/State/Country: ENPIRE STATE
IP Address: 207.38.182.120

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This thing about N. Korea aiming its missiles as far as Austin, Texas, is a classic example of western journalism hype. Dubya used his mushroom cloud to justify attacking Iraq. Manila is 2,600 km away from Guam and 8,600 km away from Hawaii. A medium range ballistic missile has a range of 1,000 to 3,000 km. Pyongyang is 2,700 km away from Manila. PI has "nothing to fear but fear itself. "THINK PEOPLE THINK.

Name: ASTIG AKHO
City/State/Country: EMPIRE STATE
IP Address: 207.38.182.120

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North Korea will never fire an intermediate range or long range ballistic missile unless it could carry a nuclear warhead to make a statement. The fear that an open conflict of US with Pyongyang would affect PH is a classic over amplified paranoia. The missile North Korea fires at Guam will hit the waters along Marianas Island (malayo sa Pinas dong)

Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenue, manila
IP Address: 67.182.75.243

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Philippines can be considered as a "bandit democracy" because of its inability to curb smuggling, tax evasion, & the influx of Communist Chinese immigrants, Indians, and so on (see Biazon: No reason to resign). It is a fact, that most Chinese immigrants in the are smugglers & exploiters of Philippine natural resources. Is the Philippine public too stupid?

Name: As I See It
City/State/Country: Cebu City/SD,CA
IP Address: 68.7.248.64

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This someone says, "Media does not harp on the Aquino family because the Aquinos do not have a history of PLUNDER/THEFT-/CORRUPTION..." SIR, I don't think you know the definition of 'dynasty!' For your benefit I give you this LINK. In Cebu alone we have Tomas and his wife Margot Osmena, Pablo Garcia with his daughter and sons in politics. In Ilocos Sur we have Chavit and his sons Ronald and Ryan. And talking about corruption pork barrel is a form of legalized bribery and Abnoy practices just that; and what about the KKK's shenanigans?

Name: As I See It
City/State/Country: Cebu City/SD,CA
IP Address: 68.7.248.64

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Someone opines, "But if the Malaysian conducts “a killing field” of Pinoys in Sabah then “you know the rest of the story”. Phre, again you hit it right on the groin! A strong president will have to step in and protect his own people granting diplomatic channels and international fora proved to be of no avail. A president with empathy on the plight of the heirs of Sulu sultanate & claimants would not call them terrorists as if giving Malaysia the 'green light' to butcher them. A Filipino president acting as spokesperson for a foreign land is first in Phil. history!

Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 71.165.114.106

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Re: Sen Manny Villar was one of the 20 senators who voted to convict the former CJ Renato Corona thus was removed from his office with perpetual disqualification from Government service. Now , one of the charges that led to the CJ Corona's conviction among others, was his failure to disclose in his SALN some properties in the PH.. Manny Villar according to Investigative Reporter Raissa Robles, owns 2 real estate properties in Glendale CA..likewise not disclosed in his or his wife's SALN..Is there going to be any inquiry on this or call it investigation in aid of legislation.. If I were a PH journalist I would be knocking at Sen. Villar's Sen office or mail him a questionnaire.. Why are those homes not in your SALN..Sen. Villar?

Name: GFJ
City/State/Country: California
IP Address: 67.188.19.40

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The alternative for Kiram III goons still in Sabah are starve, escape, surrender, be captured, or die fighting for a lost cause. They went there uninvited. Caused death, chaos and destruction. There won't be any peaceful resolution until they are completely out. That is the bottom line responsibility of a sovereign nation, such as Malaysia. So, Kiram III et al can comb the entire globe for help, but no help will come until the intruders are either gone or wiped out. However long it may take. Meanwhile, it gives Malaysia security forces the necessary training in jungle guerrilla warfare.

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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Someone said, " My point is that Ateneo is a reputable and recognized diploma granting university. My reaction: Ateneo is reputable in the Philippines.. but it is very laughable to compare it to Ivy league schools.. it doesn't merit the prestige and credit.. Why then do numerous Ateneans work in 7-11's, Macdonald's, Wal-Mart and so forth? Here in the United States, Ateneo Education, like most college education in the Philippines, is just another step in the ladder towards higher education.. I wont even compare Loyola with Ateneo even though they're both run by Jesuits.

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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Someone said this about community colleges and Ateneo University, " These schools are publicly funded and their tuition rates are much lower than privately funded colleges or universities. Remember the saying: "You get for what you paid for." My reaction: So money plays the ultimate factor now in the quality of education? State funded colleges and universities are more inferior to private institutions? How do you explain Pamantasan ng lungsod ng Maynila? University of the Philippines? So if the student pays more, they are guaranteed intellectualism with greater IQ's? The reputation of a school lies on three things, integrity, credibility, and consitency.

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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Someone said "These schools are publicly funded and their tuition rates are much lower than privately funded colleges or universities. Remember the saying: "You get for what you paid for." My reply: The goal of the community colleges is not to compete, but to provide a ladderized pathway for aspirants in order to obtain higher quality degrees.. It will be impossible for the U.S. to create a uniformity for collegiate admissions because this is a country of immigrants with a variety of tertiary backgrounds.. therefore, community colleges is the perfect opportunity.. Does that mean the education level is less? Not one bit, most professors in community colleges have PHD's from very well known Universities...

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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On this thing about Ateneo being compared to Ivy league schools, This is hilarious at best.. Even Loyola students are not familiar with Ateneo unless you explain it to them.. After witnessing for myself Ateneans working in MacDonald's, Taco Bell and even as ticket rippers in Movie Houses, and there's nothing wrong with that, but I have to say putting Ateneo with Ivy league schools is the statement of the delusional. Here in the U.S., Life meets no one, halfway.

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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Deo, in your message to someone here, (you know who, as usual) you said, "Attending Ateneo University vs Samson Beauty Institute, hehehe, are prapreho because nasa estudiante iyan. My reply: I have to agree with you. It's about the specialization. Now, this character keeps on telling everyone that Ateneo is comparable to an Ivy School! and not for the quality of education, but for its elitist nature! Isn't that a product of a feudal, colonial, mentality?

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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Deo, in your message to someone here, (you know who, as usual) you said, "Graduate ka nga ng Ateneo, hindi ka naman marunong mangulot ng buhok, hehehe, what's your diploma for? As what some of your critics says. My reply: I totally agree. What works in the Philippines doesn't always work here in the U.S., you have to earn your keep. That Atenean pedigree is a myth in the Philippines w/people subscribe to because of the feudal-colonial, elitist mentality. That will never work here in the U.S.. I have Atenean friends here who work in department stores.. fast food joints, movie houses, So how's that for Ivy leaguers?

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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Deo, in your message to someone, You made mention of the quality of community colleges.. You know what? I agree. I studied for about a year and a half in a community college before I studied in SDSU and I must say that I had the time of my life.. My classmates are very bright and experienced and my professors were very sharp... When I transferred to State, I had to create my own approach, the atmosphere was a bit impersonal. I found it a bit weird because you have to study in a hall with 300 students! So I actually missed my community college days, it was fun, very accessible and the quality was just the same.

Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158

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Deo, in your message to someone (you know who, as usual), You made mention of the quality of community colleges.. If I may add, the purpose of Community Colleges is to create a pathway for students who obtained their tertiary levels elsewhere.. The U.S. is a country of immigrants as they say... so there's really no competition but the quality of education is great because it is very relevant, very practical and the professors encouraged critical thinking and analysis.

Name: ASTIG AKHO
City/State/Country: EMPIRE STATE
IP Address: 207.38.182.120

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[Someone] is very unhappy to learn that Phil Researcher has an education masters degree in the US. The bird could only get his from PNC in Taft Avenue. The bird will argue that it is the man and not the school that matters. The form, the logic and the substance of one's blog will tell who the better teacher is. You be the judge.

Name: marns
City/State/Country: Pataasan ng ihi !
IP Address: 76.117.48.89

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My story, early years re circumcision: All boys sch., 6 pupils decided on a peeing contest. The longest pee will be the winner & losers have to share/give free recess lunch. So we were all lined up, when we started & have to look at each other to avoid cheating. The leader went ballistics when he saw mine & laughed coz it was different fr the rest. I was so ashamed & they started bullying me. The ff. day, they all gave me their lunch moolah & requested me to keep quiet. I was really confused at that time. Maybe their parents were not in favor & punished them for the humiliation they did to me, I got no idea. I found out later the reason why. I was the only one circumcised. Who got the last laugh, ha!

Name: HMS
City/State/Country: New York, NY
IP Address: 70.138.67.107

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To [Someone]: Oy, have you seen the latest wikileaks on the Marcoses? They made their Generals parade in drag! Bakla pala yong bata mo! You are not gay, are you? Kaya pala ganoon na lang ang support mo sa mga Marcos.

Name: GFJ
City/State/Country: California
IP Address: 67.188.19.40

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DRONES. Are we looking at a new type of battle field in the skies in the making? WAR OF THE DRONES? China, in its attempt to thwart US sea and air power in the pacific, is looking to mass produce UAVs, unmanned aerial vehicles, to spy on the US navy in the Pacific. Certainly, on its neighbors as well.., like the Philippines. US military has close to 700 UAVs. China has approximately 300 now.

Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 71.165.114.106

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Re: A critique on bloggers who write in Tagalog..If you want to exclude some people to understand your blog by writing in Pilipino language, please make sure that your Pilipino is correct.. there is no word "maga" I believe the writer..must mean "mga".. if one cannot spell Pilipino words correctly it lessens the impact of what you are writing. Please write the correct spelling of the Pilipino word. I'm sure there must be on the internet a spell check for Tagalog or Pilipino words.

Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenue, manila
IP Address: 67.182.75.243

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I do believe that Prime Minister Abe sincere statement of "deep remorse & heartfelt apology" for Japan's history of colonial rule & aggression is a mark of a great leader: adaptability---not tied to Japan's past or history, success, or defeat in war. Remember that "the greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory."