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TRIAL OF BONIFACIO: THE ORIGINAL SIN

OCTOBER31-NOVEMBER6,2011P15.00

By BERTENI TOTO CATALUA CAUSING

RAMS MURDER: A SCRIPT BONG WILL NEVER PLAY

By HERNZ CUARE
Revilla in showbiz) was killed by his brother Ramon Joseph was because Ramgen was physically hurting Ramon Joseph. Puzon said that the murder plan was first carried on October 12, but the hired killers missed Ram. On October 28, the dark plan was once more carried out and finally blood showered a bedroom leaving Ram and his girlfriend Janelle Ann Caren Manahan gasping for air. It was already late at night when Ramona knocked on the bedroom of Ram who was then taking a bath inside the comfort room. Janelle opened the door and invited Ramona who was allegedly to take video footages. Just in time, Ram got out of the bathroom

HE initial police script of how the murder of actor Ramgen Revilla was done is one that his halfbrother, actor Senator Bong Revilla, will never play no matter the prize or the price, even if it would be the biggest blockbuster of all time in the world. Who will when it is your brothers death, and the killers being tagged are Bongs half-brother and half-sister? Is the act of physically hurting a brother enough as a reason for the brother who was hurt to plan, hire killers, and ultimately kill the dominant brother by his own hands? According to a witness, Ruel Puzon, the reason Ramgen Ram Bautista (Ram

but he was shot by a masked gunman who tailed Ramona by the door. Despite the gunshot he suffered, Ram rushed to close the door but he was riddled with bullets until he slumped flat on the floor. Janelle saw the whole incident and she too was shot on the face and shoulder. The gunman left the room after Ramona pleaded to the gunman Tama na! Tama na! (Thats enough! Thats enough!). Ram died in the process while Janelle asked Ramona to call her brother Ramon Joseph Bautista or call an ambulance, but she did nothing. Janelle is now recuperating at the

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F the Biblical story in Genesis tells of the first sin committed by man and it is the act of Adam of eating the forbidden apple in Eden, the Book of Beginning of the Philippines has its own: The Trial of Andres Bonifacio. And if the world cannot be free from sin it must have some relation to the wrong beginning: When Eve convinced Adam to eat an apple. The same could be the reason why the Filipinos have not survived from greed for power and wealth, treachery, sexual misconduct, election cheating, moro-moro lying and making a show in justice procedures to annihilate rivals to positions, and a desire for glory even in the most difficult days. Dyaryo Magdalo publishes this story to give substantive meaning to the untold life and works of Andres Bonifacio who ought to celebrate 158th birthday this November 30 against the truth that his real story has never been told in any history book prescribed in all schools. The omission of the Bonifacio trial story may be a part of the bargain for Emilio Agui-

naldos capture by the Americans on March 23, 1901 in Palanan, Isabelan or the fact that Aguinaldos grandson, Cesar E. A. Virata was Marcoss prime minister. This may be the reason because the first civil governor-general, William Howard Taft who became a President of the United States of America, was the one who began the public education system in all the islands by bringing in thousands of Thomasites, or the so-called Peace Corps volunteers from America. So that the purpose of Dyaryo Magdalo is to educate the Filipinos of the real history that has not been taught in all schools since the beginning.

The birth of Katipunan Born in Tondo, Manila, Andres learned reading by his own. And when he learned, he read substantive books on patriotism and struggles of men. He knew how to read and speak English because he worked as a calligraphic artisan at a British-run Fleming and Co. He gave premier importance to books that he would spend substantial income buying them. According to philipinereporter.com, among those read by Bonifacio were the immortal novels of Jose P. Rizal, the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibustirismo, Robiespiers The French Revolution, Eugene Sues The Wandering

Jew, Victor Hugos Les Miserables, The Ruins of Palmyras, the Holy Bible, International Law, Penal and Civil Code, the Lives of the Presidents of the United States, and the novels of Alexander Dumas and his son. Inspired by Rizals novels, he founded a secret society called Kataastaasang Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng Inang Bayan on July 7, 1892 at a house on Calle Ilaya with Ladislawa Diwa, Teodoro Plata and Deodato Arellano. He took in University of Sto. Tomas law student Emilio Jacinto to become the secretary general of the Supreme Council. In San Mateo and Montalban mountains,
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A flashback to Martial Law press days

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TRIAL OF BONIFACIO: THE ORIGINAL SIN

they came upon the caves of Makarok and Pamitinan where they undertook initiation rites and Andres wrote on its walls, Long Live Philippine Independence. The beginning of bloody wars After the Katipunan was discovered on August 19, 1892, Bonifacios group gathered on August 23 in Pugad Lawin, tore their cedulas and declared an open war against Spain. After some skirmishes, there was the first major encounter, called the Battle of Pinaglabanan, on August 31, 1896 in San Juan, Rizal. More than a hundred Katipuneros were killed. It was followed by the Battle of Zapote Bridge on February 19, 1897. This led to the two groups, Magdiwang led by Bonifacio and Magdalo led by Emilio Aguinaldo, to unify. Thus, they first agreed to meet in Imus but it did not push through. On March 22, 1897, they gathered in Tejeros and the assembly elected Aguinaldo in the contest for presidency. Bonifacio placed second. Severino delas Alas suggested that Bonifacio take the vicepresidency but it was not heeded. It led to the election of Mariano Trias as vice-president. Bonifacio was chosen to be the minister of the interior but he was questioned by Daniel Tirona who insisted that a lawyer should be the one who should fit the post. This led to Bonifacio to nearly shoot Tirona, but he was prevailed upon by cooler heads. The group of Bonifacio felt aggrieved by the results because they felt that he should be the president for being the initiator of the armed revolution. This led the Magdiwang katipuneros to sign a decree called Acta de Tejeros declaring the elections as null and void. This was affirmed by Gen. Ricarte by refusing to take the oath as the captain general. This led Bonifacio, his brothers Procopio and Ciriaco, and his Magdiwang followers to leave for Indang, Cavite where they were captured by the men of Aguinaldo. The skirmish led to the death of two soldiers of Aguinaldo and Ciriaco. Colonel Agapito Bonzon, the leader of the team sent by Aguinaldo, was accused by Bonifacio of raping his wife Gregoria de Jesus, then 19 years old. The events that fol-

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lowed showed the mockery of investigation, trial and judgment to ensure that Bonifacio and Procopio were sentenced to a firing squad on charges that the Bonifacio brothers committed treason against the revolution. This led to the story of the countrys Original Sin. The Original Sin Knowing the background where Bonifacios group felt they were cheated in the election and the fact that Magdiwang faction declared the election as null and void, Aguinaldos ego was hurt too much. So that it was expected that the judgment was to end in the death sentences for the brothers. The specific charges against the Bonifacio brothers were that An-

Asian Medical Center in Alabang, Muntinlupa City. After learning of the killing of his half brother, Senator Ramon Revilla asked the police to investigate the case, and he also offered P200,000 for the arrest of his Rams killer . But it was surprising for the Bautista family to be informed by the police that siblings Ramon Joseph and Ramona were tagged as the

perpetrators of the crime that took away their brother Ram. Task force led by Chief Insp. Enrique Sy insisted that the siblings were involved in the killing based on accounts of Rams production assistant, Ronaldo Ancajas, subdivision and Security guard Joyrex Asimbrad. Ancajas claimed that he saw Ramon Joseph left the subdivision and was followed by Ramona before the discovery

of the crime. His claim coincided with Asimbrado who said that at about10:45 p.m. on October 28, he saw Ramon Joseph followed by Ramona leaving BF Homes through the main gate. Star witness Ruel Puzon also claimed that RJ Bautista is the mastermind. Puzon said that he learned of the failed attempt to kill Ram on October 12 and the suspects asked him if he could carry out the murder instead. Their testimonies were further boosted when arrested suspects Michael Cruz Altia and Roy Francis Tolisora admitted that they were

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dres gave ten pesos to Colonel Pedro Giron to assassinate Aguinaldo and that Andres wrote letters to several generals and officials to side with him and kill Aguinaldo. Aguinaldo resented so much the act of all members of Magdiwang in signing on March 23, 1897, a day after the controversial assembly, a declaration of Acta de Tejeros, where they declared the election as null and void due to cheating. So that when Bonifacios group left, Aguinaldo sent over Colonel Bonzon and a company of soldiers to chase the Supremo and they caught up with his group in Limban in Indang, Cavite. When the group of Bonzon came, a firefight occurred resulting in the death of two soldiers of Bonzon and the slaying of Ciriaco Boni-

facio. Andres suffered serious wounds. There was no actual trial that occurred. It was a clear mockery where the result was pre-determined. After Colonel Bonzon reported their own version of the incident about what happened that led to the arrest of Bonifacio that a firefight occurred first, Brigadier General Mariano Noriel issued an official communication dated April 28, 1897 to Emilio Aguinaldo submitting the following: I have the honor to submit to your Excellency (Aguinaldo) the following report rendered to me by Colonel Agapito Bonzon, who, with our soldiers, was detailed to Yndang to investigate the truth of the rumor concerning our Supremo Bonifacio. On seeing the Supremo, Colonel

Bonzon used the best language he could to induce Bonifacio to accept his good offer, but he failed to soften the stubborn heart of the Supremo who, in addition to refusing, acted as a real enemy and ordered his soldiers to fire. Our soldiers fired back, so that the incident resulted in the pitiful shedding of blood, something which our Colonel did not wish to happen for love of his fellow men; still, in the fulfillment of his duties, he deemed this procedure wise. Two of our soldiers died one from Ymus armed with a gun, and another from Gargamo armed with a sword. However they killed one brother of the Supremo and left the latter in the tribunal (town-hall) at Yndang in a serious condition as a result of wounds received in the larynx. They captured twenty

hired by Ramon Joseph for P200,000 to kill Ram. However, at the night of the murder, they said that Ramon Joseph was the one who carried out the plan, and that they were never inside the house of Ram on Phase 6, BF Homes. Following the murder, Ramona confessed that she was dragged by the gunman inside a white van and she was dropped in Alabang. However, upon learning that Janelle was recuperating at the Asian Medical Center, she recanted her story. She said that the truth was, due to her fear that she will also be killed, she ran as far as she can to escape the fang of death from the hands of a masked gunman. She said that her first statement that she was

abducted was only a product of her troubled mind upon witnessing the murder of her brother. Because of the testimonies of the witnesses and admission of the suspects, Ramona, Ramon Joseph Bautista, Michael Cruz Altia, Roy Francis Tolisora, Glaiza Vista, Norwyn Dela Cruz, and a certain Bryan were charged with murder and frustrated murder. Ramon Joseph, Altia and Tolisora are now detained at the Paraaque jail while Ramona was reportedly under the care of Senator Revilla. Vista, Dela Cruz and a certain Bryan were still at large as this writing. Atty. Dennis Manzanal, the counsel of Ramon Joseph and Ramona, filed a motion for

the immediate release of Ramon Joseph and a motion to conduct a preliminary investigation before the Paraaque prosecutors office. Manzanal said Ramon Josephs arrest was illegal, because witness Ruel Puzon has no direct knowledge of the crime. The lawyer also claimed that his client was not at the scene of the crime when his brother Ram was killed. Manzalan said that warrantless arrest in hot pursuit operation cannot apply to his client, Ramon Joseph, because the police officers had no personal knowledge of the crime since the testimony that probers obtained from the witnesses pointed only to the planning and not the commission of the crime.

soldiers with guns and another brother of the Supremo. From this occurrence, it is up to your high sense of fairness to judge the extent of the evil and treacherous intentions of Andres Bonifacio. May God protect us forever. Maguagui, April 28, 1897. MARIANO NORIEL Brigadier General Out of this, Aguinaldo issued an order commanding that a colonel be appointed to act as a special judge, leading Noriel to appoint Colonel Pantaleon Garcia as the special judge. There was actually no trial that took place. What happened was that the special judge just called in all the parties and interrogations were conducted by means of asking the prepared questions and recording the answers. These questions and answers were then compiled by Colonel Garcia and he submitted the same on May 4, 1897 to the Commander-inChief of the Army, who was Aguinaldo. Aguinaldo then forwarded the same to Brig. Gen. Noriel as the head of the Council of War who then called in all members of the council to a meeting on May 5, 1897 to examine the investigations submitted by Garcia. The Bonifacios were brought before the council and the Secretary, Lazaro Macapagal, who was the one who attested to the truth of all the investigation papers, read all the questions and answers before the council. Aguinaldos government appointed Placido Martinez and Teodoro Gonzalez as the attorneys of the two Bonifacios. Martinez, who was Andress counsel, did
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A FLASHBACK TO MARTIAL LAW PRESS DAYS

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By WILLY ESPINA IRINCO

A clipping of the Sunday issue of the Philippines Daily Express when then President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law on September 21, 1972. The declaration was triggered by the zarzuela ambush of Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile.

orty years after the Martial Law was declared by then President Ferdinand E. Marcos on September 21, 1972, anti-Marcos and pro-Marcos news men squeezed the National Press Club (NPC) like the myth of Bernardo Carpio pushing his two hands in opposite directions just to stop two mountains from clashing with each other. It was even characterized by two groups of newsmen suppressing or attacking each other. But then the NPC managed to wade through the darkest days of press freedom to survive until the triumph of liberty cherished by both the pro and the anti. Back then, the NPC was the center of the war between the militant writers and the Marcos-leaning writers. The militants took inspiration from Saturnino Satur Ocampo, a Manila Times top business writer and a die-hard freedom-loving journalist. Soldiers arrested him the night before Marcos proclaimed the iron-fist law. Despite the fear pervading from the power of Marcos, another firm

believer in the freedom of the press and speech, the late Antonio Tony Nieva, became the militant president of the NPC. Nievas act of defying the dictatorial regime is a legend today. He stood firm that Filipino writers should be free and should not be dictated upon by the powers-that-be. Nieva was a Chavacano from Zamboanga City, located at the tip of the elongated land connecting from the left corner edge of Mindanao island through a neck that spreads down to the southwest, stopping right in front of Basilan Island. While still alive, Nieva was a FilipinoSpanish Creole. He was hot-tempered and happy-go-lucky. As NPC leader, he opened the bar at the 4th floor of the NPC building for media men to relax after a day of rigors as journalists. Those who chose not to antagonize Marcos for fear of completely losing the freedom of the press and of losing work were antagonized by anti-Marcos pen men. There was lack of compassion among the brave that they ostra-

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cized or despised the pro-Marcos writers. They did not forgive those who were working for newspapers operated by publishers and editors who reasoned out they behaved in such a way because they believed in strict rules of discipline. The reasoning was looked with disbelief because the truth is these news entities were run or financed by Marcos cronies or relatives. Upon the other hand, the pro-Marcos writers accused those who were in the league of Ka Satur that they were only being used by communists and political oppositions whose agenda were to crush Marcos, a University of the Philippines law scholar, a congressman, and a senator before getting elected President in democratic polls in 1965, defeating then President Diosdado Macapagal, perceived as the complete opposite of his daughter Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who rose to power in a manner described by Susan Roces as one of stealing the presidency, not once but twice. To this writer, Marcos was a visionary, believing that it was only through an iron hand that the people can be disciplined. But this writer believes Marcos erred in his belief because the Filipinos are descendants of freedom-loving Rajah Baguinda, an Indonesian chieftain who left the Sri-Vishayan and Madjapahit Empires. The ascendants were warriors and families who rode balangays, an outsized banca with outriggers, to land on Mindanao and spread later to the Visayas and Luzon islands. Marcos clamped down on the free-wheeling media he looked at as tools of his enemies. He closed down Manila Times, Manila Chronicle, Daily Bulletin, Evening News and other

media vehicles such as radio and television stations. The proofs that Marcos got it wrong are the events that occurred thereafter. Filipinos became enemies of Marcos. He also lost the support of almost all writers, except for those employed in newspapers beholden to him, like the Evening Post published by the late Palanca awardee Kerima Polotan Tuvera, wife of Marcos presidential assistant Juan Tuvera; The Times Journal, published by Kokoy Romualdez, a brother of then First Lady Imelda Marcos; the Daily Express, run by crony Roberto Benedicto. There were only a few newspapers during Martial Law. The only other journalists not critical of Marcos were the sportswriters and those writing for movie magazines. No other political pages that could exist legally that time, other than those that trumpeted the political ideology of Marcos. Only clandestine news entities could dare to exist. The Marcos propagandist news pages were called Marcosism by the late Humanities Professor Pura Santillan Castrence, of Manuel L. Quezon University and a respected writer. The media entities that went against Marcos -- Malaya, Daily Inquirer, Bulletin and the so-called mosquito press were actually little newspapers that had bitten the Palace dictator. The NPC, believe it or not, was then guarded by a Marine soldier. Many journalists who were unrepentant and who did not side with Marcos were incarcerated in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig barracks.

Because newsmen are like blood brothers, Ka Satur was given a pass to attend an NPC anniversary at the NPC Bldg. along with big men of Marcos, including then Blas Ople. Ka Satur escaped by passing through a secret staircase at the back of the building. At one instance, anti-Marcos newsmen got a chance to hit at some pro-Marcos journalists when a big fire hit a big hotel along Epifanio delos Santos Ave. (EDSA) corner Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. Heritage Hotel is now the one standing at this spot. It was one occasion the pros and the antis met. They reported the conflagration that trapped foreign tourists. Hotel waiters entertained media men with the consent of the hotel management, enjoying free foods, beers and other amenities in an open veranda at the safe side of the hotel facing Roxas Blvd., when the other side of that road was still part of the waters of Manila Bay. The antis, mostly covering Pasay City Mayor Pablo Cuneta, maliciously reported the next day that three reportersthis author who was writing for of Evening Post, Boy Tingzon of Balita and Joseph Lariosa of Bulletinstole cloth napkins, novels and

what-have-you from the hotel. Roberto Bobby Burgos, brother of anti-Marcos Malaya publisher Jose Joe Burgos, led the tirade against the three. Daily, the militant newsmen reported intrigues against the three they considered enemies although they were all NPC members-brothers. Irinco (this writer) was bothered by the turmoil. He sought the advice of lawyer Demetrio Loresca, an anti-Marcos opposition leader from Muntinlupa City and a survivor of the Plaza Miranda bombing used by Marcos to justify the proclamation of Martial Law. Willy, dont worry, they (anti-Marcos newsmen) are just on a fishing expedition, Loresca said. Irinco kept his cool. But he checked if he had a criminal case with the police that he dropped by the office of then Brig. Gen. Ruben Escarcha, Southern Police District (SPD) director, a friend and often a subject of his stories about police incidents happening in the cities of Makati, Pasay, Paraaque, Taguig, and Muntinlupa. Dont worry, Willy, youve no case in my jurisdiction, Escarcha, a former Manila Police District ace policeman

who rose from t h e ranks to a one-star general rank, assured this writer. Then Lt. Gen. Fidel V. Ramos, who was the Armed F o r c e s of the Philippines (AFP) Deputy Chief of Staff and the chief of the Philippine Constabulary-Integrated National Police (PCINP), called a press conference in Manila Hotel to patch up the media war. After the Ramos meeting with the antis and pros, the intrigues weakened. But Nieva, a hardcore anti-Marcos journalist, likewise called a press conference at the NPC Bldg., inviting Irinco, Tingzon and Lariosa. This writer did not attend on an advice of Atty. Loresca. Tingzon and Lariosa joined the meeting and the result was devastating. The two were forced to leave the country. Tingzon went to Canada and Lariosa fled to New York City. Irinco kept calm, stayed and chose to weather the storm. Whatever each journalist did during those dark days, they all contributed to the birth of the Peoples Power Revolt that gathered all freedom-loving Filipinos to crush once and for all the dictatorial regime and compel Marcos to flee. At last, this writer who is now a lifetime member of the NPC and the rest of his countrymen tasted freedom anew.

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Sacrifice the queen to win the game

I am sorry. This phrase can never be forgotten by the Filipinos who moved heaven and hell just to forcibly remove from Malacaang the former palace queen, Gloria MacapagalArroyo (GMA for brevity), on June 28, 2005. But they, especially her political opponents, were proved wrong for after her confession, the Church rallied its support for GMA. But how did the I am sorry idea crop up? Actually, three days before the speech of GMA, I was phoned by a friend, Jun Cobarrubias, for political advise. He offered me drinks at Hao Bee at the foot of the historic Jones Bridge near Savory restaurant. At 10 in the evening, while we were drinking bottles of beer, a much younger journalist, Rex Borromeo, arrived and joined us. We talked about the political turmoil besetting the country and the shaky administration of GMA. Cobarrubias started his story of his company that day with former Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano somewhere in Batangas. This fact ultimately belied news reports that the most beleaguered election operator had shipped out of the country. Because the issue that shook GMA was her wiretapped conversation with Garcillano on manipulation of votes in Mindanao in the contested 2004 elec-

Hernz quarry
By Hernani Cuare
tions the undying Hello, Garci tape, the aid of Garcillano was sought by GMA. In turn, Garcillano asked advise from his men, including Cobarrubias who likewise sought the minds of his friends, but we first took it as a joke. However, we came to a serious part when he divulged that on top of the plans to survive the rule of GMA was the idea of an ambush me in front of the Palace. He further divulged that for the ambush me to look real and convincing, a member of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) was to die in the process. After the ambush me, it was planned that GMA will declare a State of Emergency. The plan was a copycat of the ambush me zarzuela of now Senator Juan Ponce Enrile that triggered the declaration of martial law in 1972 by strongman Ferdinand Marcos. Rex and I were troubled by the ambush me plan for blood was its unacceptable part. I asked whats the other plan. Cobarrubias answered that either Secretary Leandro Mendoza or Angelo Reyes was to take the cudgels for GMA by making their new story on Hello Garci tape. Rex and I commented that as proved by events, the taking of attacks directed to GMA was of no use. We narrated the part of then Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye in stonewalling GMA. Bunye was only perceived as adding more fire when he presented two CDs saying that one was original and the other was spliced. We also failed not to part the denial of then Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos that turned to have no positive result. Abalos was left

in silence after failing to turn the political tide. Left with no other positive move, the ambush me plan was the last line of defense. But why should blood be shed for a mere drama just to survive the president called by Filipinos as fake? Cobarrubias opined that it was actually the plan of the generals, somewhat like the game of the generals. In a quick turn I respond no. It should not be a game of the generals. Rather it should be a game of chess. In analysing the game of chess, sometimes you have to sacrifice the queen to survive the crown and ultimately win the game. However, I told Cobarrubias that our

group must be the architect of the plan and the implementor of the same. After a few more discussions to wrist aside the plan of shedding blood, Cobarrubias was convinced. He immediately called on his cellphone and relayed our plan to the man he identified as Garcillano. We adjourned our conversation at 2:00 in the morning. Three days after drinking those two cases of beer, I was amazed by the appearance of GMA on television addressing the Filipino people: I recognize that making any such call was a lapse in judgment. I am sorry. The rest is history. This was my quarry.

STOP KOTONG AT MALL OF ASIA

WORDS are spreading that Malacanang is moving heaven and earth to contain the controversy surrounding the massacre of our soldiers in Mindanao. Just like the palace miscommunication group led by spokersperson Edwin Lacierda, government peacemakers Ging Deles and Marvic Leonen are fast becoming synonyms of incompetence and inefficiency in government. They can no longer shield President Benigno Aquino III from the flak brought by his adminsitrations slow response to the Basilan massacre and its inability to uphold the peoples interest in the peace talks. So desperate are the governments damage control men that they are already floating the idea of destabilization moves being hatched by the former administration. The idea suggests that those fanning the fire arising from the Basilan massacre are supporters of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and could be part of plans to mount a coup d etat. Thus, anybody critical of Malacanang and Aquino at present can be considered an Arroyo supporter and a threat to government stability. Thats a baloney. The only way to appease the people and the families of the slain soldiers is to let the military do its job and perform what it is trained for. Hoorah! *** TOP businessman Henry Sy and Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Nicanor Bartolome must get rid of kotong cops at the Mall of Asia (MOA) in Pasay City at the

The Last Mohican

By Mario F. Fetalino, Jr.
soonest possible time. In the guise of protecting the riding public, a bunch of enterprising policemen are turning MOA into a lucrative place for their illegal business by milking the erring taxi drivers. MOA and other SM malls, despite employing an army of security guards, are notoriously known for accommodating taxis that refuse rides to commuters. Sy must seek to replace the cops stationed at his largest mall because they further compound the problems being confronted by SM. SM is currently trying very hard to recover from the blows it got from the recent twin fatal shooting incidents inside its malls and the twin typhoons that hit MOA weeks ago. The unfortunate incidents rocked SM as it put a big question mark on the safety of the thousands of Filipinos who visit its malls everyday. Bartolome, on the other hand, must discipline the MOA cops this early as this brand of policemen is the kind that grows into a huge menace such as the multi-million PNP chopper scam if it remains unchecked. The good general is at the forefront of reforming the PNP and all his efforts to provide the organization a better image are being wasted by the kotong cops stationed at the MOA. Sy and Bartolome may start dealing with a certain Capt. Ferrer who proudly claims as the hepe of the police outpost . Aided by young policemen, Ferrer, the name indicated by the nametag in the captains light blue tshirt PNP uniform, is inexplicably the one flagging down erring taxi cabs, confiscating taxi drivers licenses, and bringing them inside the outpost for interrogation. Whats sickening is that after all, the real victims -- the mall goers waiting for centuries for a taxi ride -- are forgotten and ignored by the cops and the taxi drivers. Aside from being a very bad model for his young subordinates, the captain is a big insult to the young Army lieutenants and

soldiers who died in Basilan recently in the name of law enforcement. *** The Department of Agriculture (DA) is in a hurry to disburse billions of government funds to finance farm-to-market roads. In Mindanao alone, the DA has P8 billion to spend for infrastructure projects and has stepped up efforts to meet the deadline. The fund could be part of the more than P72 billion stimulus package recently released by Malacaang to perk up the ailing local economy. But the problem is that contractors may not be able to meet the deadline simply because they lack the time. Despite this, Malacanang reportedly gave instructions to the DA to finish the projects on time. Just like the DA, the Department of Public Works and

Highways (DPWH) is now overflowing with funds for infrastructure projects and facing the same problem. A district engineer admitted that the DPWH cannot finish the projects on time even if it works 24 hours a day but is also being pressured to meet the dealine by the higher ups. Now, we know what happens when projects are done in haste. They result in sub-standard bridges, school buildings and roads. Aside from wasting precious funds, it puts peoples lives in great danger. The culprit? The Department of Budget and Magement (DBM) headed by Sec. Butch Abad. The agency hoarded the peoples money for so long because it thinks that the honest people can only be found in Malacanang.

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Houses love built for journalists

THIS is a story of how a group is using its small assets to produce a project that is worth at least six times more and at the same time retain the same assets with additional small profit at the end of two years. What is the project? It is called National Press Club Village, consisting of 48 houses at a piece of lot located right near beside the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and right next the Pulilan Exit in Bulacan. How much is the project? It is about P40,800,000, if each of the 48 units to be built has an average worth of P850,000. How much is the capital? The National Press Club has P6,000,000 only. How did the Club make it possible? Knowing the cash on hand is not enough, it convinced the landowner to pair the about 3,000-square-meter lot with the Clubs money to build homes for the newsmen. If each square meter costs P1,500, that is conservative for lands beside NLEX, then the contribution of the lot owner to the project is P4,500,000. The Press Club arranged with the landowner that the 48 houses shall be built in four phases, with each phase projected to be costing enough for the P6,000,000. Further, to remove the cost of development, the Press Club was lucky to have an architect offering his services to do the same without cost to him except for reasonable service fees and salaries of his workers and other attendant contingent costs. In short, the capital of P6,000,000 will go to actual cost of building houses only and no more margin for profit for the developer. For removing the developer costs, the Club can be assured of building houses that are of minimal cost compared to the usual offered by commercial developers. The first phase of 11 units shall then be sold to NPC members on a firstcome-first-serve basis. The proceeds of the sales of the first-phase houses shall then be used to build the second phase. The system goes on until the four phases are completed and sold. Will these units sell to NPC members? Yes, easily saleable to them. How? Those who have ready cash can buy a unit outright. Otherwise, they can enjoy the arrangement of the NPC with the National Home Mortgage Finance Corp. (NHMFC), which is commonly called PagIbig. The Pag-Ibig committed to fast-track the processing of the applications for housing loans of NPC members to ensure the release of payments in two weeks. Additionally, the requirement of a cash equity from applicants that amounts to at least 10% of the cost of one housing unit equity would most likely be waived or paid for by the NPC. How can the NPC be able to answer or waive the cost of equity when the cost is substantive so as not eat up into the P6,000,000?

Privileged spits
By Toto C. Causing
For those lucky to be awarded, the NPC will stage fund-raisers for the P600,000 needed to answer the equity requirement for all houses of the first phase. How much would each NPC member pay every month as amortization? The monthly installment could go down to as low as P3,000 or an average of P5,000. However, the amount of installment depends on how old is the applicant. By the formula of PagIbig, the maximum number of years that can be allowed is 70 minus the present age. So that if one is 40 years old, one awardee can choose the payment period of 30 years or 360 months. Can we have a specific example? Yes, and this is it. If the amount of loan is P800,000 and this shall be repaid in 30 years or 360 months, apply first the interest of loan at 7% per year and multiply it by 30, or 210%. This means that the total amount to be paid for all 30 years shall be 2.10 x 800,00 = P1,680,000. Then, divide this by 360 months and the loan is payable with a monthly amortization of P4,666.67. This is about the same cost one will pay if he rents a place in Metro Manila. So that, rather than paying monthly without the prospect of owning, it is much better to take one. What are the assurances of those many members who fear the P6,000,000 invested may go to waste because the project might not go as expected? There are sufficient safeguards written in the tri-partite contract. First, the three partiesthe landowner, the NPC, and the developercontractorcommitted their selves to be sureties of each other. This means that if one or two back out, the remaining party shall have the responsibility to complete the project. Second, the contract limits the release of the P6,000,000 to two. Only P3,000,000 shall be released to the contractor. After showing physical proof that all the P3,000,000 were spent to the work as scheduled, the next P3,000,000 shall then be released. This is to ensure the NPC that the first half of the works is done before the next trance is released. Third, the contractor is required to post a bond of P3,000,000 to ensure that in case he runs away or fails to comply with the obligation, the NPC can get the P3,000,000 bond. Fourth, daily and weekly monitoring and reporting are required by the contract to ensure that the project is moving. Fifth, the NPC has its hands full in processing the loan applications of NPC members to ensure that the loan proceeds are released on time as payments to the NPC that the Club will use for the next phase. Is the P6,000,000 enough to complete the first 11 houses? Yes, it is. While the equivalent of P6,000,000 for each of the 11 houses is only P545,545.60 for each unit, the contractor commit to lend his funds to ensure that the first phase is complete. Is it not that this author was very vocal against the handling of P6,000,000 when he ran and lost in 2010 for vice president of NPC and yet he is now vouching for this project that is the brainchild of his nemesis then? In answering this, the author sticks to his motto. He writes in the language of truth and in the spirit of liberty that is the mark of press freedom. Yes, during the height of NPC elections in 2010, the author ran for vice president and raised an issue out of former NPC president Benny D. Antiporda about the latters handling of P6,000,000. This was because the author expressed what he believed in as genuine fears that the funds might be embezzled. The author was the one tasked by the board then to take care of the money when the Regional Trial Court of Pasay issued a garnishment order on the case filed by the GSIS against the Press Club. After a year, the author turned over the funds in full up to the last centavo to Mr. Antiporda, then the president. The turnover was mandated by a board

resolution upon the pledge of the latter that if the funds were to be left under his care, he would use it in a sure way and that the NPC will get P60,000 a month. In fact, the author and Mr. Antiporda had heated exchanges during the board meeting where the latter raised a concern that the author had taken some from the funds. The acid arguments cooled down, nevertheless. Second, there were circumstances and rumors that reinforced those doubts and the author had no reason to have assurance that the P6,000,000 would remain intact in the hands of Mr. Antiporda. Third, there was an incident that built a wall between the author and Mr. Antiporda who misunderstood the actions of the author in handling that potentially-explosive situation. This was heightened by the impulsive man that was the mark of Mr. Antiporda. But the test of time showed Mr. Antiporda proving his pledge, and showing him already a quite good anger manager. During their one-on-one honest talk, Mr. Antiporda even agreed to the authors suggestion for him to always observe the rule of letting 30 minutes pass before confronting a person who may have sparked his blood to surge. While he was quiet when the author asked him to forgive NPC treasurer Amor Virata, time will heal the wounds sooner between them. When Miss Virata raised the issue of P6,000,000, the author did his own investigation and he found out that the money remained intact as it was turned over by Mr. Antiporda to the present president, Jerry S. Yap.

Moreover, Mr. Antiporda fulfilled the pledge of giving P60,000 a month to the NPC for about two years or for a total of P1,440,000 in exchange for him having the custody of the P6,000,000. Fourth, the author found the housing project very doable and the NPC can get back the P6,000,000 in addition to a small margin. With these, how can the author have any reason to remain a devil advocate? And to smoothen further the project, the author volunteered to complete the design of the contract to ensure that at the end of the two-year period required to complete the project the NPC Village is a reality, the P6,000,000 is intact, and all parties, particularly the NPC and all the NPC members, laugh out loud. How can the housing project now be described? It can be described as houses love built for journalists. This is because there is no element of gain. The contractor committed his time, talent, and other resources that he agreed not to add a profit margin. The landowner allowed her land to be used although she may have other prospects. The NPC did all the works needed for free. Its officers, led by director Tina Maralit, make sure that all the Pag-Ibig matters and problems are resolved just so the loans of NPC members are approved and released on time. So how does one call a work that gives pain without gain?

Senador tinanggihan ni Ruffy sa pwestong CIIS ....

pleyado na may mga sakit ang kamag-anak kaya nag-request na marelease na ang kanilang benefits. Kalakaran na kasi sa mga nakaraang MIAA General Manager na ibigay na ang 13th month pay tuwing Nobyembre. Pero natapos umano ang usapan na walang kasagutang nakuha ang mga kausap ni SAGM Bautista. Ayon sa ating SOURCE, hindi na nila alam kung ano pa ang nangyari pagkatapos non. Hanggang mabalitaan na lang nila na nasa ICU na nga si SAGM Bautista. Well, nauunawaan natin ang damdamin ng pamilya ni SAGM Bautista. Syempre TOSGAS yan saka nakapag-aalala talaga dahil kalusugan at kaligtasan ang pinag-uusapan dyan. Sana naman e maka-recover siya. Totoo po yan from the bottom of my heart! Pero syempre kailangan din isaalang-alang ang damdamin at kalagayan ng mga empleaydo ng MIAA lalo na ngat pinagtrabahuan na nila ang hinihingi nila sa MIAA administration sa pamamagitan ni SAGM Bautista. For the meantime, wait and see muna ang mga EMPLEYADO ng MIAA? OOOPPPPSSSS TWO MEN DOWN? HABANG pinag-uusapan ang nangyari kay MIAA SAGM Antonio Bautista, bigla na lang din pumutok ang balitang NAOSPITAL din si Airports chief of the Intelligence and Investigation Division (IID) & Pass Control ret. Gen. SALVADOR PEAFLOR. Kung matatandaan ninyo mga suki, itong si GEN. PEAFLOR ay nakagiriian ni Major Mel de los Santos a few weeks ago na muntik na raw umabot sa barilan. Kaya nga nagulat na lang ang marami nang mabalitaang NAOSPITAL din siya last week halos kasabay ni SAGM BAUTISTA. Mayroon bang KRUS sa DILA ang mga empleado ng MIAA? Sonabagan! Huwag naman sanananiniwala na ako sa power of prayer ng mga MIAA employees. Malakas lang siguro ang dalangin nila!? Anyway, sanay wala nang sumunod na MIAA officials na magkasakit nang malubha.

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Let us pray for them, aaway pa na pasahero sa especially GM Bodet Hon- pag-aagawan sa push cart. rado. Luma na nga ang mga push cart, ay wala pang NAIA KA-PUSH NA KA-PUSH magamit! Susmaryosep! PA RIN SA PUSH CARTS! Anong klaseng AirHUWAG na po tay- port manager meron tayong magtaka kung bakit ong mga Pinoy e PUSH nababansagan na WORST CART lang hindi pa magaAIRPORT ang Ninoy wan ng paraan. Aba e MAHIYA naAquino International Airman kayo sa mga PASAport (NAIA) Terminal 1. Aba e sa PUSH CART HERO na nagbabayad ng pa lang, BAGSAK na TRAVEL at TERMINAL FEE. BAGSAK na tayo. Kumbaga, BASIC Dyan lang sa NAIA Terminal 1 kapag NAG- NEED yan sa isang AIRKASABAY ang dalawa o PORT dahil malaking tutatlong FLIGHT e UBOS long yan para magaang na agad ang PUSH CART. na madala ang bagahe ng Yun bang TIPONG mga pasahero. Tapos KAwalang magagamit na POS?! Ano ba yan? Ano PUSH CART yung isa pang FLIGHT. Kaya ang na lang ang sasabihin mga pasahero paglabas ng mga PASAHERO o mula sa Immigration ang TURISTANG dumaratunang hinahanap ay push ing sa ating bansa?! Isang cart. Madalas ay may nag- MISERABLENG bansa

ang Airport ng Philippines my Philippines dahil PUSH CART lang e hindi pa mai-PRODUCE?! NAIA Terminal 1 manager DANTE BASANTA, hindi ka man lang nakakuha ng TIP kinaex-GM AL CUSI at kay Engr. BING LINA kung paano magPRODUCE ng MARAMING PUSH CART?! ESEP-ESEP, Mr. BASANTA, nasasayang ang PORMA mo Hak hak hak!!! ANG MASAKLAP NA KAPALARAN SA AIRPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT OPISYAL nang lumabas ang MEMORANDUM para sa Airport Police Department (APD). Wala na silang OVERTIME PAY. OTSO ORAS/3 SHIFTING na silang magtatrabaho.

Okey, wala na. Walang problema at unti-unti na nilang tatanggapin ang katotohanan na hindi na sila babayaran ng OT. Wala na silang overtime benefits sa administration ni GM Bodet Honrado. Pero ito pa ngayon ang masaklap, naglabas ang Commission on Audit ng report, na sila pa ang may UTANG sa MIAA. SONABAGAN!!! DOSE ORAS silang pinagtrabaho sa nakalipas na ilang buwan na yung iba ay hindi pa sila nabayaran ng overtime tapos sila pa ang may utang sa MIAA?! Tsk tsk tsk KASAKLAP naman ng kapalaran na yan nawalan na ng OT e may UTANG pa sila?! Oh my God!!!

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Simplified Libel Law in the Philippines

By BERTENI TOTO CATALUA CAUSING

Chapter VI QUALIFIEDLY-PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION

A. THE DOCTRINE OF PUBLIC FIGURE In most cases of libel that have been filed against newsmen, it is common to see the application of a defense of qualifiedly-privileged communication by reason of the fact that the persons against whom the imputations were attributed are public figures. The jurisprudence is settled that public figures in the context of libel law refer to three kinds of persons: (a) public officers or persons employed in the government service of whatever rank; (b) persons who are well known or notoriously known or pervasively known in the community where the publication took place; and (c) persons who are actually private persons but are regarded as public figures when they voluntarily threw themselves into the vortex of the controversy to influence the minds of the public. Under this doctrine, if the complainants for libel are established as public figures as defined above, the defense is easy for the newsmen concerned. This is so because the doctrine compels the complainant for libel to prove actual malice in order to convict the accused. The doctrine removes the presumption that in every defaming word or phrase or article there is always malice or intention to defame. This doctrine is founded on the theory that public figures have the obligation to behave well before the public because people look at them as examples. As such, the public figures are valid subjects of criticisms to ensure they always act uprightly. Actually, the justifications are the same as that of the author wrote about GIJUMO defense. So that, if it is really to be dug into, the wisdom behind these qualifiedly privileged doctrines are the inherent good intention and justifiable motive (GIJUMO) that are always present in articles having public figures as subjects. Public officers For public officers, it is always the right of the public to criticize because it is an obligation of the public officers to perform their official functions within the satisfaction of the people. With this, the acts of the officials that may be considered as private acts but that will affect their efficiency are included as valid subjects of criticisms. Included in these are the acts of taking mistresses or paramours, for indulging in the same will tend the public officers to steal money from their offices just to sustain the partners other than their spouses. Actually, even if there would be no stealing because the officers concerned may have been rich, still sex escapades are acts of immorality that always go with the requirements in behaving to give high respect to the offices they serve. If public office is a public trust, how then can it be said that immorality does not breach the trust? The most common subject matters involving public officers are corruption cases, particularly bribery and manipulations to embezzle funds for public expenditures. Common acts of defalcations are done through public biddings or faking of biddings or other forms needed for procurement of goods and services. So that if it was reported that a public official, for instance, was reported to have rigged the bidding of a public market or a contract for garbage collection, even if the truth is there was no rigging that took place, the public official concerned cannot complain. Unless of course there is actual malice on the part of the news reporter. If it was reported that a mayor was seen in a nightclub, he cannot complain if he cannot show a proof first that there was actual malice on the part of the one who wrote and published the report. A governor who was criticized for sponsoring and protecting illegal gambling in his province cannot complain if he has been reported in the newspaper as such. Of course, by the Libel Law in the Philippines and the jurisprudence, he should first prove there was actual malice on the part of the reporter and publisher. A congressman reported as having received lobby bribes in exchange for his support to a bill being proposed cannot also complain. Of course, that is only until he could show proofs of actual malice. Even a policeman who was reported to be coddling criminals cannot complain for libel. That is so until he can come up with proof of actual malice on the part of the reporter and publisher. Well-known persons For persons who are well known, like basketball players, boxers, actors, actresses, politicians who are either incumbent or not, a rich man, society personalities, or any persons who are known in the community where the publication of the allegedly defaming words occur, any matter that was reported about them are valid interests of the public. As such, they cannot also complain unless they can show proofs of actual malice. If Manny Pacquiao is being accused by Floyd Mayweather as taking drugs before each fight, Pacquiao cannot complain until he can prove that there was actual malice on the part of Mayweather. If a basketball player was written and published as having fixed the game, he cannot also complain if he cannot prove that the sportswriter had actual malice in publishing the same. If an actor was published as having dated with another man, he cannot complain for libel unless he can show proof that there was actual malice on the part of the one who wrote and published the item. If a well-known priest is published as receiving funds from the government in exchange for cooperation with a public official, he cannot complain if he cannot prove any proof of actual malice. Voluntary public figures These types of public persons are actually private persons to begin with. They become considered as public figures if they have come out of the privacy of their homes or private offices to commit crimes or to join a controversial matter and made some acts to influence the resolutions of issues. An example is a very private man who maltreated his children and wife, he cannot complain for libel if it has been reported that he did these acts. A private woman who agreed to be a mistress becomes a valid subject of criticism and she cannot complain if it was so published as such. A private corporation can become a public figure if it engages in pyramiding or Ponzi schemes that victimizes the public duped into investing in it. B. THE DOCTRINE OF FAIR COMMENTS Under the Doctrine of Fair Comments, fair commentaries on matters of public interest are qualifiedly privileged. Under this doctrine, fair comments mean as opinions that are fairly logical to be inferred from a given set of facts. It is not an issue if the inferences turned out to be incorrect; what is important is there is some relevance in coming out with the inferences in the form of opinions. It is important, however, that at the time of writing the article, it is required that the writer believed in good faith in the facts he used as bases for his opinions. So that it does not matter if after the publication the writer found out that the facts he used as bases turned out to be false. So that good faith belief in the facts are marks of innocence. Additionally, it is an additional requirement that the matters are of interest to the public. With these present, it is no longer required whether the person being defamed is a private person for what is important is the meat of the topic, and the topic must be one of valid interest of the public. As said in the earlier chapter, this doctrine is actually a creation of the Philippine Supreme Court, spun off by Justice Bellosillo from the principles of the public figures doctrine. To understand this doctrine further, it is proper to quote here Borjal vs Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 126466. January 14, 1999, to wit: To reiterate, fair commentaries on matters of public interest are privileged and constitute a valid defense in an action for libel or slander. The doctrine of fair comment means that while in general every discreditable imputation publicly made is deemed false, because every man is presumed innocent until his guilt is judicially proved, and every false imputation is deemed malicious, nevertheless, when the discreditable imputation is directed against a public person in his public capacity, it is not necessarily actionable. In order that such discreditable imputation to a public official may be actionable, it must either be a false allegation of fact or a comment based on a false supposition. If the comment is an expression of opinion, based on established facts, then it is immaterial that the opinion happens to be mistaken, as long as it might reasonably be inferred from the facts. To re-state, this means that the doctrine of fair comments merely says that if what are involved are fair commentaries on matters of public interest, the same is qualifiedly privileged if the comments are based on established facts. The same doctrine says that it is immaterial if the opinion is mistaken so long as it might be reasonably inferred from the established facts. And like in the case of the doctrine of public figures, the complainant for libel cannot win against a reporter if the complainant cannot show proofs that the reporter had actual malice in writing and publishing such matter that was of public interest. The same decision of the Supreme Court explained that the Fair Comments Doctrine still applies even if the person subject of a defaming article was a private person at the time of the publication. Thus, the Court said: But even assuming ex-gratia argumenti that private respondent, despite the position he occupied in the FNCLT, would not qualify as a public figure, it does not necessarily follow that he could not validly be the subject of a public comment even if he was not a public official or at least a public figure, for he could be, as long as he was involved in a public issue. If a matter is a subject of public or general interest, it cannot suddenly become less so merely because a private individual is involved or because in some sense the individual did not voluntarily choose to become involved. The publics primary interest is in the event; the public focus is on the conduct of the participant and the content, effect and significance of the conduct, not the participants prior anonymity or notoriety So that if it is going to be analyzed deeply, the wisdom underlying behind the Fair Comments Doctrine is the same as in the GIJUMO defense the author wrote in Chapter V. And like the Public Officers Doctrine, once it is proved that the article in question is within the ambit of Fair Comments Doctrine, the burden of proof of actual malice is now thrown at the complainant for libel. Because of the length of the topic, actual malice shall be dealt with in Chapter VII.

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not defend the Supremo. Instead, his speech before the council stated that he was already conceding the guilt of the Magdiwang leader but just pleaded for mercy that the Bonifacios be spared of the death penalty. Andres requested to be allowed to speak and when he did he spoke with fervor, arguing in the main that while he was aggrieved of the election, all the accusations were not true. Andres further stated that the truth of the matter was that what happened was that Colonel Bonzon arrived in the place in Indang where they were taking a sojourn while waiting for a guide back to Manila and there was no firefight that took place. Andres then insisted that he even treated Bonzon to a tinola inside the house where they stayed. He added that after eating, it turned out that Bonzon had with him his soldiers disarming the men of Andres. Andres continued that his brother Ciriaco

reacted and killed outright two soldiers of Aguinaldo. Yet, despite that, he still managed to keep his men not to fight for they were all brothers anyway. Then Andres revealed to the council that Colonel Bonzon

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even chased his wife Gregoria De Jesus, then 19 years old, and tried to drag her to another hut and tried to rape her. But that the colonel was prevailed upon by oth-

ers in their ranks. But Bonzon attempted for the second time to rape Bonifacios wife. The audience in the trial, demanded for Andres to be stopped

because he was just repeating what he stated in the investigation question-and-answer. But the Supremo continued and he delivered the best arguments thus

far: where he invoked he could not be guilty of treason because Aguinaldo was calling their organization as Republica De Cavite or Republica De Tagalog,

ARMMs mobile clinic rolls out maiden mission

By JULMUNIR I. JANNARAL Correspondent

COTABATO City - The Department of Health in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DOH-ARMM) has dispatched a group of health workers on-board the mobile clinic recently purchased by the regional government to conduct a series of medical outreach programs in some selected towns in Maguindanao. ARMM Executive Secretary Naguib Sinarimbo on Sunday said the outreach health service forms part of a barrage of relief and humanitarian aid organized by the ARMM government in partnership with the Philippine Armys 6th Infantry Division to help indigent families in the province especially those affected by the recent flooding. This will be the maiden mission of the newly acquired mobile clinic, Sinarimbo said. The mobile clinic along with the rest of the relief and humanitarian aid is set

to go to at least four towns in successive days. The missions first stopover was the municipality of Pagalungan on Thursdaywhere hundreds of residents from four flood-affected villages turned up at the municipal governments compound to avail of the free medical and dental service, and eye examination. Young boys also lined up to get circumcised. Moreover, the ARMM government distributed relief goods and fishing nets to affected families. Children from enlisted schools of the Adopt-a-School program of the Office of the Regional Governor (ORG)-ARMM, on the other hand, received new pairs of slippers and a set of school supplies. Pagalungan Mayor Norodin Matalam expressed gratitude to the regional government for the array of assistance that was provided to his constituents. Matalam said the relief and humani-

tarian aid convergence was unprecedented and a big help to the families whose lives were disrupted due to the flood. Sinarimbo also took the opportunity to visit the Dataya Elementary School in the village of Kudal where at least 415 children from six grade levels are forced to take classes in makeshift classrooms or under trees since February of this year. According to the schools principal, Buwao Samad, they had to abandon the former school grounds due to the frequent and severe flooding in the area. A six-classroom school building now being constructed at the new site with the help of the Philippine Armys Special Forces and Task Force Bigkis Lahi was made possible after the school was taken in by the ORG-ARMM in its Adopt-aSchool program. The classrooms should be ready by next month, according to Sinarimbo.

that they were Magdalo and Bonifacios group was Magdiwang, and that there was no country yet to be offended with treason. In addition, not one document was produced as evidence to prove the claim that Andres wrote generals and other officials urging them to assassinate Aguinaldo. The prosecutors did not even submit names of alleged generals or officials who were written by Andres to urge the assassination of Aguinaldo. The prosecutors also did not submit the alleged P10.00 bill that was claimed to have been given by Andres to Col. Giron. Despite the complete lack of evidence and the soaring arguments of Bonifacio, the council membersMariano Noriel as the head, Mariano Riego De Dios, Crisostomo Riel, Esteban Ynfante, T. Mascardo voted unanimously finding the Bonifacios guilty and recommended to Aguinaldo the execution of the Supremo and Procopio. In an act seen as an attempt to disguise, Aguinaldo commuted the sentence to indefinite exile for Andres and Procopio. However, it was obvious that he made it appear that he was prevailed upon by his allies that he approved the execution by firing squad with five bullets to be fired at each of them. But at the same time, the soldiers who were with Bonifacio were just slapped with a one-year service in the camp like slaves. It was Colonel Macapagal who was tasked to carry out the execution.

Thus, when they were already in the mountains of Maragondon, Andres and Procopio were killed like chicken. The root causes of never-ending greed, crab mentality etc Thus, right during the beginning of the birth of the republic there was already election cheating to explain the massive election fraud happening in all elections nowadays, particularly the Hello Garci scandal and the Lintang Bedol scams. Then it was marked by deep-seated envy by the rich Aguinaldo against the poor Bonifacio, typical of the present scenes where only the moneyed can win in all contests in all aspects of life. There was also the extreme desire for power, wealth and glory, that the Magdalo group wanted to eliminate altogether the Magdiwang faction for them to corner all the goodies and the glories. There was also the occurrence of acts depicting that the characters of leaders as sex maniacs like the act of Colonel Bonzon desiring to destroy the purity of the wife of Andres. There was also the occurrence of people who despite their bravery in facing the enemies were actually willing to serve as tools of injustices. These happened in many instances during the Marcos and the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo administrations. There were also the habits of staging a mockery of justice system, including trials. These are the Original Sins.

SENADOR TINANGGIHAN NI RUFFY SA PWESTONG CIIS! PWESTO SA IMMIGRATION, BATA-BATA LANG

GAYA nga ng sinabi ng mga eksperto sa larangan ng public administration, ang korapsyon ay hindi kayang pawiin ng isang termino lamang. Pero ang GENUINE na POLITICAL WILL ng isang pinuno sa isang ahensiya ng pamahalaan ay sapat na para magtiwala ang mamamayan na kaya niyang magpasimula ng pagbabago sa kanyang pinamumunuan. At yan po ang nakikita ng ilang OBSERVER sa BoC ngayon sa pamumuno ni Customs Commissioner RUFINO ROZZANO Ruffy BIAZON. Ang unang pinapawi ngayon ng administrasyon ni Commissioner Biazon ay ang PADRINO SYSTEM. Meaning QUALIFICATIONS FIRST before REFERRALS (POLITICAL BACKERS). Ibig sabihin kahit may NOTA BENE (NB) ang House of the Representatives, Senado at Malacaang, susuriin pa rin ni KOMISYONER ang qualifications ng inirerekomenda nilang TAO. Ibig sabihin pa rin nyan, hindi PUMAPAYAG si Commissioner Biazon na ang ahensiyang kanyang pinamumunuan ay maging milking cow ng inirerekomenda o kaya ay maging GWARDIYA sa INTERES ng nagrekomenda sa kanya sa loob ng Bureau of Customs. Ang katunayan nga raw nyan ayon sa isang taga-Palasyo na nakausap natin, isang Senador ang nagpadala ng recommendation ng kanyang bata sa Malacaang para sa posisyon ng CIIS Director. Para sa protocol ay ipinasa muli ng Malacaang sa Bureau of Customs pero dahil LACK OF QUALIFICATIONS ay OUTRIGHT DENIED kay Commissioner Biazon. At ganyan daw po ang ginagawa ng Malacaang ngayon. Lahat ng inirerekomenda ng mga politiko ay ibinabalik ng Malacaang kay Commissioner Biazon for necessary comments at approval. Bukod nga raw don sa Senador ay may inirekomenda rin ang isang maliit este mataas na opisyal ng Noynoy administration pero dahil LACK of QUALIFICATIONS at RETIRADO na e TABLADO rin kay Commissioner Biazon. Hindi kasi alam ng mga pulpolitiko ste politiko na may direct line si Biazon kay PNoy ... at may instruction pa si Presidente sa kanya, na isumbong kung sino-sino ang gagamit ng political pressure para makakuha ng juicy position sa BoC. TUMPAK ka dyan sa ginagawa mo Commissioner BIAZON. Tuhog na tuhog mo ang DAANG MATUWID ni Pangulong NOYNOY! APRUB na aprub kami dyan! CHIEF OF STAFF NI CUSTOMS COMMISSIONER RUFFY BIAZON BIKTIMA NG DEMOLITION JOB DUMARAAN daw ngayon sa tinatawag na BAPTISM OF FIRE ang chief of staff ni Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon. Yan ay matapos kumalat ang isang white paper at may mga email pa laban sa chief of staff ni Commissioner na si Atty. Hilario Jet delos Santos. Mahigit isang buwan pa lamang sa kanyang pwesto si Commissioner Biazon pero sunod-sunod na UPAK na ang ginawa sa kanyang chief of staff. Pero sabi nga e, talagang ganyan sa BoC, hindi pwedeng hindi ka dumaan sa BAPTISM OF FIRE. Tatantiyahin ka muna nila at paglalaruan para subukin ang iyong ITATAGAL sa Bureau. Kaya naman hinihiling ni Atty. Delos Santos, ano mang kumakalat na paninira sa kanya ay pwede muna siyang tanungin. Mahigpit din niyang pinasisinungalingan na hindi siya nanghihingi ng BLOOD MONEY. Una sa lahat, hindi raw niya papayagan na mamantsahan ang kanyang pangalan lalo nat pinagkakatiwalaan siya ni former Sen. Pong Biazon at Commissioner Ruffy Biazon na itinalaga naman ni Pangulong Noynoy. Well said, Attorney! The next thing to do is to be very CAREFUL, dahil nariyan ka na ngayon sa tinatawag na SNAKE PIT. Walang nakalalabas dyan na hindi natutuklaw ng AHAS! Gets nyo Attorney?! SARILING TAO IPINATIMBOG NI COMMISSIONER RIC DAVID? NAKAAALARMA raw ang mga kaganapan sa Bureau of Immigration nagpapatimbog si Commissioner Ric David ng kanyang sariling tauhan sa loob mismo ng Bureau of Immigration main office sa Intramuros, Maynila. Isang legal officer na halos dyan na tinahiran sa Immigration ang IBINUSLO sa pamamagitan ng set up este entrapment operation ng mga operatiba ng National Bureau of Investigation (BI). Ginawa ang ENTRAPMENT doon mismo sa loob ng kanyang opisina sa BI main office. Ibig sabihin, doon mismo sa kanyang opisina na pwedeng itinuturing na sanctuary ng isang empelyado sa oras ng kanyang pagtatrabaho. E di lalo na kung isa pa siyang LEGAL OFFICER. Tsk tsk tsk Masamang precedent daw yan Komisyoner. Hindi bat ang una mong tungkulin ay protektahan ang iyong mga tauhan? Kung totoo man na may kabulilyasohan na ginagawa yang mga dinatnan mong tao dyan sa BI, bakit hindi mo paimbestigahan? I-lifestyle check saka kasuhan sa kaukulang ahensiya ng pamahalaan. Ang balita, basta na lang daw inilagay sa mesa nong legal officer ang marked money pero hindi hinawakan. Pero kahit ganon ang sitwasyon, sapilitan pa rin siyang inilabas sa kanyang opisina at PINOSASAN pa. Ang pagpoposas daw ay special request pa mismo ni Komisyoner?! Malala na nga yan! Malala nang mag-isip, meaning PARANOID, ang isang PINUNO ng isang ahensiya ng pamahalaan na nagpapa-entrap sa loob mismo ng kanilang teritoryo. Lalabas din na walang LIDERATO o COMMAND ang pinuno sa kanyang nasasakupan. Ano sa palagay mo Komisyoner David?! na makapagsumbong kay Commissioner David nang diretso ang dalawang bombay na may pakana ng entrapment. Alam naman ng lahat sa BI main office na walang basta-basta nakapapasok sa kwarto ni Comm. Ric Weiller David dahil takot nga humarap sa tao!? Ano sa tingin ninyo Atty. Santos at Atty. Mangrobang? Totoo kaya ang tsismis na to?! IMMIGRATION PROMOTION PALAKASAN/BATA-BATA SYSTEM PA RIN? MABIGAT ang pronouncement kamakailan ni Commissioner Ric David ng Immigration, wala raw palakasan sa promotion kanyang termino. Baka naman AKALA lang nya yun? Alam ba niya na mayroong isang empleyado agad na-promote bilang IMMIGRATION OFFICER 2?! Mantakin naman ninyo, hindi pa nagiging Immigration Officer 1 e biglang naging IO2 na?! Isa palang GUNIGUNI at HAKAHAKA ang sinasabi ni Commissioner David na walang palakasan sa kanyang termino e bakit may NAKALUSOT? Hindi yata alam ni Commissioner David na mayroong isang VILLANUEVA na sinabing malapit kay Justice Secretary Leila De Lima na biglang naging IO2?! Sonabagan! Press release lang pala yung sinasabi ni Commissioner na NO PALAKASAN SYSTEM? Na wala na raw PADRI-PADRINO system. Owwsss talaga? Kahit si Secretary De Lima? Sige nga patunayan mo nga Commissioner David! SI EPAL AGENT NG DAVIDS ELITE TEAM MUKHANG malaki na raw ang inilaki ng ulo o iniangas ng ilan sa Elite Team kuno ni Comm. Ric David mula raw noong magsagawa ng operation sa mga Bombay sa Davao. Ang ilan sa kanila ay nagyayabang at nagsasabi pa na matindi raw ang naging resulta ng kanilang operasyon dahil nalinis daw nila ang mga illegal alien sa Davao?! Owws, talaga lang ha? Isa sa Davids elite team na maepal at feeling superstar ay yung isang alyas LOREX na may style-bulok pa na makikipagkaibigan kuno sa ibang BI Agents at pagkatapos ay magre-report sa amo niyang si Col. Orot-papel este Orople para ilaglag ang karamihan sa kanyang mga kasamahan! E mukhang idol pala nito si Richard Gomez na pumapel bilang Tuklaw sa isang pelikula noon. Ibang klase pala kung lumaro si alyas Lorex. Kasama sa huling biktima si CA Bernard Cruzata na balitang sinasabayan pa sa pag-uwi para makuhaan lang ng impormasyon laban sa ibang empleyado. Ang resulta kasama sa nalaglag si CA Bernard Cruzata sa Bureau. Kaya kayong mga taga-BI main office, magingat po kayo kay alyas Lorex!!! BI HAO-SHIAO AGENT HUMAHATAW! N A K AT A N G G A P tayo ng INFO na may isang pusakal, notoryus at hao-shiao na nagpapanggap na Immigration Agent ngayon ang gumagala at nag-o-operate kasama ang ilan dating Confidential Agents ng Bureau of Immigration. Ang notorious Haoshiao na Agent ay si Salvador, Jr., na mas lalong kilala sa tawag na Buddy o Badong! Ang modus operandi ng grupo ay manghuhuli ng mga Bombay sa mga probinsya at Metro Manila gamit ang pekeng Mission Orders para ipanakot sa mga bombay na hindi nakakikilala sa kanya. Ginagamit din nitong panakot ang GRUPONG MAGDALO dahil alam din niya ang nakaraang operation sa Davao. Dati nang nakulong at na-entrap ang grupo ni Badong sa Angat, Bulacan dahil sa pangingikil sa isang Intsik na nagmamay-ari ng hardware pero nakapagpiyansa ang damuho. Dati rin Asset ng kung sinu-sinong intelligence agents si Badong kaya nang matuto, biglang kumaliwa at gumawa ng sariling grupo kasama pa ang isang alyas Vincent Bakla at Bobby Waray at iba pa. Kaya nananawagan tayo sa mga foreigner na kung sakalaing puntahan kayo ng grupong ito, mangyaring i-report agad kay Immigration Comm. Ric David at sa NBI. Paging Comm. Ric David, lagi raw nakikita at nagpupunta si Badong hao-shiao diyan sa main office para makahanap ng foreigner na bibiktimahin. Ipa-monitor mo sa iyong elite team ang aktibidades niya dahil baka nakasasalisi pa yan dyan sa opisina mo! IMMIGRATION NAIA, KULANG SA COMPUTER AT WALANG OFFICE SUPPLIES?! plies?! Wala na ngang OVERTIME PAY, WALA PANG SUPPLIES?! Sino ang mag-AABONO?! Syempre yung gagawa ng mga report. Kaysa naman magkaroon sila ng BACKLOG e di bumili na lang sila ng mga office supplies para makagawa sila ng trabaho nila. Ang tanong, ire-REFUND ba naman yan?! KELAN?! Paging Commissioner Ricardo David! Alam mo bang WALANG OFFICE SUPPLIES ang opisina ninyo sa NAIA?! Baka naman hindi mo alam yan?! Aba e kapag NAMASYAL ka sa BINAIA ay alamin mo ang tunay na sitwasyon diyan. Huwag yung pa-displaydisplay ka lang ala-Paquito Diaz. ITAAS mo ang MORAL ng mga empleado mo roon na tila na-DESTIERO sa DISYERTO. MAKIKISUYO na po KOMISYONER DAVID!

Vol. II No. 73

October31-November6,2011

BI OFFICIAL KASABWAT SA LAGLAGAN MATAPOS masilayan ng BI employees sa main office ang huling set-up ste entrapment ng NBI operatives sa isang Legal Officer ng Bureau, umugong ang balita na may malaking kinalaman daw sa pangyayari ang dalawang hepe ng isang dibisyon sa nasabing Bureau. Ang dahilan, malaking threat daw sa kanilang posisyon ang nasabing Legal officer dahil malapit umano siya kay DoJ Secretary Leila De lima. Mukhang nagseselos daw at natatakot ang dalawang hepe na maungusan o biglang masipa sa kanilang mga posisyon kaya naisipan nila na ipahamak ang kaawa-awang Legal officer na halos diyan na namuti ang buhok sa Bureau. Imposible naman daw

MIAA SENIOR ASSISTANT GM ex-MAJOR GEN. ANTOAKALA natin e sa NIO BAUTISTA NA-STROKE hanay ng mga PULIS lang at NASA ICU nangyayari na wala silang OFFICE SUPPLIES at UNA, hangad natin ang computers... recovery ni Manila InterGanyan din pala ang national Airport Authority sitwasyon ng mga IM- (MIAA) Senior Assistant MIGRATION OFFICE sa General Manager, retired Ninoy Aquino Internation- Major Gen. Antonio Baual Airport (NAIA)?! tista na iniulat na naipaTalaga naman mapa- sok sa intensive care unit paisip ka talaga. (ICU) matapos ma-stroke A government agency nitong nakaraang linggo. that is dealing with peoPero bago raw maples travel papers kulang STROKE si SAGM BAUsa computer at walang OF- TISTA nagkaroon muna FICE SUPPLIES?! siya ng maraming bisita sa SONABAGAN! kanyang tanggapan. No supplies, no bond Ang mga BISITA ay papers, no ballpens, no organic employees ng computers, no computer MIAA kabilang ang gruink. Lahat wala?! po ng Samahan ng mga Hindi bat ipinagyaya- Manggagawa sa Paliparan bang ni BI notorious fixer ng Pilipinas (SMPP), ang Betty Chuhuahua na siya kinikilalang unyon ng mga ang No. 1 supplier ng Bu- empleaydo sa airport. reau ng office supplies!? Hinihiling umano ng Bakit walang supplies sa mga kausap ni SAGM BI-NAIA!? Bautista na makakuha Paano na ang WRIT- na sila ng kanilang 13th TEN REPORTS na kailan- month pay dahil ilang emgan gawin ng mga IO?! pleyado ang magbabayad Aba Mr. Commissioner ng tuition fee ng kanilang David, baka hindi mo alam mga anak ngayong papapuro ABONO ang mga sok na semestre. tauhan mo sa BI-NAIA Mayroon din ilan emsa pagbili ng office supTo page 4