DAR chief, son tagged in attack

Grrrr... ano ba itong mga hinayupak na gov't official na ito. akala mo kung sino. matatapang lang kung nasa pwesto at kung may bodyguards.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081228-180271/DAR-chief-son-tagged-in-attack

DAR chief, son tagged in attack

MANILA, Philippines—The son of Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman and several persons beat up a 14-year-old boy and his father at a golf course in Antipolo on Friday, the victims complained Saturday.

The alleged attackers were identified as Nasser Pangandaman Jr., mayor of Masiu, Lanao del Sur, and his golfing companions and armed bodyguards. The victims, Delfin de la Paz and his family, said the Agrarian Reform secretary witnessed the incident at the Valley Golf Club but did not stop his son and their bodyguards from attacking the victims.

ito si mayor golfer o gulpi

Anak ng ...!

De la Paz filed the complaint immediately after the incident on Friday with the Antipolo police, who said the charges, including child abuse, would be filed on Monday.

Breach of etiquette

De la Paz said the incident started when the Pangandamans broke golf etiquette by playing out of turn and over-taking the De la Paz family at the South Course of the Valley Golf and Country Club.

In an interview, De la Paz, 56, said he and his two children—daughter Bambee, 18, and son Bino, 14—were playing golf and were on Hole No. 3 when two golf carts bearing the Pangandamans and their friends overtook them.

Aside from the Pangandamans, the group also included Paysal Abdulaa, Mohammed Hussein, Abdan Pacasuna, Rene Maglaque and Arnel Astacio.

Dela Paz said he complained to the marshal and when the two groups caught up with each other at the tee house on hole No. 5, an altercation ensued.

De la Paz said that at the height of the altercation, Nasser Jr. suddenly attacked him and his son, punching and kicking them and shouting: “Hindi mo ba ako nakikilala? (Don’t you know me?)”

Paano ka naman makikilala mayor eh mayor ka ng 4th class na bayan. Well ngayon kilala ka namin hayop ka. I betcha na mga newbies lang ito sa golf. baka hindi nga nila alam ang mga rules. palo lang ng palo. hataw lang ng hataw. pati tao hinahataw nila.

Bambee de la Paz, who witnessed everything, said the younger Pangandaman continued to attack even when his brother was already on his knees pleading for him to stop.

Bambee, in an e-mail to friends, said they decided to stop playing and retreated to the clubhouse to seek medical attention, but their attackers followed them there. This time joined by their bodyguards, the Pangandaman group again attacked father and son. Bambee said two of the mayor’s bodyguards even pulled out their guns.

She said that while Secretary Pangandaman did not participate in the attacks, he did not lift a finger to stop his son and his companions from beating the victims. None of the golf club’s security guards and managers tried to stop the beating.

‘Golfers are decent’

Dela Paz’s 14 year-old boy suffered various facial, head and back injuries due to the blows he received.

“This is a golf course. I have been a golfer all my life and I have never seen anything like this,” Bambee said. “And I though golfers were decent people. You would think politicians were decent people. I guess not.”

Bambee and Bino de la Paz are both outstanding junior golfers. Bambee is on vacation from the University of Cincinnati where she is a golf scholar. Bino is one of the top golfers in his age group.

Efforts to reach Secretary Pangandaman for comment yesterday proved fruitless. His cell phone was off. The public information officer of the Department of Agrarian Reform promised to call the Inquirer as soon as he got in touch with the secretary but he had not done so at press time Saturday.

Ang tanong, anong palusot naman ang gagawin ng Malacanang? anong utang ang meron si Gloria sa mga Pangandaman. Remember mga taga Lanao ang mga hinayupak na ito.

Bayani Fernando Exposed

Tah da! buking!

hephephep.... Innocent until proven guilty. Kaso. But. Ngunit. Subalit. Datapwat. sa Pilipinas you are guilty until proven innocent. sad but true


Omerta: Graft cases vs Fernando
Written by Butch del Castillo
Monday, 08 December 2008 21:19


When President Arroyo appointed former Marikina Mayor Bayani S. Fernando chairman of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on June 14, 2002, she said in her announcement: “When I called Bayani, I said, `BF, what you did for Marikina, you must do for the whole country.’”

akala ko ba metro manila lang?

That statement seemed odd at the time, considering that Metro Manila is definitely not “the rest of the country.” What she meant by that statement became clear only about six months later when she appointed him public works and highways secretary (on a concurrent capacity) on January 9, 2008.

Apparently, the President—impressed by his accomplishments as Marikina mayor—had high hopes that Fernando, an engineer, would be able to work his magic on a nationwide scale. Thus, she gave him the public works portfolio in addition to his assignment as MMDA chairman.

take note BF is a mechanical engineer doing civil engineering project

(As subsequent events would show, it did not take long before he had to relinquish the much-coveted Cabinet job. For reasons the public has not been able to divine, Fernando seems perfectly at home in his multibillion peso fiefdom that the MMDA is.)

Nobody, of course, could fault the President for openly admiring Fernando, who had racked up quite an impressive pile of accolades for himself and Marikina during his stint as Marikina mayor. After all, the residents of Marikina themselves seemed quite satisfied with him. They elected him mayor for three straight terms from 1992 to 2001. They also elected in his place as mayor his wife, Maria Lourdes C. Fernando, when he had reached the three-term limit set by law.

Hindi lahat bumoto kay BF at sa asawa nya. ang tawag ko sa kanila... well informed voters at hindi nalokong botante

In 1994, Marikina was adjudged best local government unit in the National Capital Region. The other major accolades the city got under his leadership included the following: Best Local Government Unit in the Philippines, by the National Heritage Award (Pamana ng Lahi) in 1995; Most Outstanding City in 1997; and Best Managed City 1999.

But to several people who have had the chance to observe him closely or deal with him and the city government of Marikina, Fernando is hardly the paragon of virtue and excellence in public service that he paints himself to be.

see i told you

At the Office of the Ombudsman are several graft and administrative cases filed against him and practically the entire city council for irregularities involving hundreds of millions of pesos worth of contracts for infrastructure projects, and purchases of materials and equipment.

where there is smoke there is flame... este fire! hahaha

In two two separate cases, complainants Teodolfo T. Macarilao and Dominador M. Domingo have cited Fernando for alleged irregularities in connection with the award of four contracts for the construction of school buildings in various barangays. These projects were allegedly awarded to different contractors in violation of the Article 1B 10.4.1 of the implementing rules and regulations of Presidential Decree 1594.

Fernando also hired a consultant unnecessarily in connection with the construction of Marikina’s Hall of Justice and the City Jail building.


Complainants Oscar L. Reyes and Estrellita Regellana, in another case, denounced Fernando and other Marikina key officials for alleged irregularities in connection with two contracts, one amounting to P31.65 million for the construction of a three-story, 36-room classroom school building in Fortune Parang Parang; and the other one, which was worth P59.6 million, for the construction of the justice and jail buildings.

In a separate case, complainants Mario F. Fontanilla Sr. and Edmundo B. Mission denounced irregularities in three city construction projects in different barangays “with a total project cost of P96 million, disclosed deficiencies totaling P5.737 million, including liquidated damages not imposed.”

In this case, which implicated city engineer Alfonso P. Espiritu; Melvin A. Cruz, city administrator; and Councilor Larry Punzalan, just to name a few, statements of work accomplished and certifications of completion and acceptance were all falsified.

In another case, complainants Romulo G. Borja and Arcangel L. de la Paz, denounced Fernando and several others in the city government for alleged irregularities in the procurement of some P5 million worth of “various deformed bars.” The procured bars were not subjected to material testing as required by Commission on Audit rules. The purchase was overpriced, as borne out by test results of samples taken from the City Central Warehouse.

Complainants Macarilao and Domingo filed yet another case with the Ombudsman against Fernando for irregularities in the purchase of P19.99 million worth of personalized notebooks and P1.99 million worth of schoolbags. These items were allegedly paid for with funds taken from the city’s Special Education Fund (SEF), which is not allowed, and therefore illegal. The schoolbags were also found overpriced.

Complainant Alberto S. Lamayo, president of the Federation of Marikina Public Schools Parents and Teachers Associations, also denounced Mayor Bayani F. Fernando in connection with a P100 million loan taken out by the city from the Philippine Veterans Bank. By deducting P25 million a year from the SEF to amortize the loan for five consecutive years, Fernando allegedly violated sections 272 and 100 of Republic Act 7160, the Local Government Code, governing the utilization of the fund, as well as the creation of indebtedness by the city as provided for in sections 296 and 313 of the same Code.

These specific cases are among those that have gathered dust at the Office of Ombudsman since 2001. They are apart from the cases involving irregularities “in community mortgage programs in Marikina City” that have also been filed with the Ombudsman and are still awaiting resolution. It is in the mortgage programs case that Fernando’s wife, Mayor Maria Lourdes C. Fernando, is also named along with dozens of respondents, including key officials of the city government.

The criminal cases of graft are apart from the administrative cases for grave misconduct and abuse of authority that the respondents are facing.

We can only surmise that these cases have not been allowed to prosper because Fernando, until now, seems to be doing well—in the eyes of the Arroyo administration. Nowadays, it seems, it doesn’t matter what the public may think about the MMDA chairman. What only matters is what GMA thinks about him.

ano ba meron itong si BF kay GMA at ganon ka lakas. hmmm... ?

More and more people are coming out to denounce Fernando, just like the ones who sent me the above-mentioned Ombudsman cases. We will try to accommodate as much of their inputs as this column can possibly allow.

ang dami no? I'm sure hindi lang ito ang mga kaso ni BF

http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3054:omerta-graft-cases-vs-fernando-&catid=28:opinion&Itemid=64


PS: nagoogle ko ito
http://bayanifernandox.tripod.com/baho/baho.html

luma na siya. karamihan dead links. hahaha

My Blog is

not fair. that's right. this is my blog. my house. if you want a site that is balanced and fair go to the leading news sites (hahaha good luck kung makakahanap ka). your pro BF bull shit is not allowed in my site. matanong kita, ano gagawin mo kung kapitbahay mo nagtapon ng tae sa bakuran mo. ano gagawin mo? yes my site is anti-BF... so what mother f@ck. this is my site. i'm the king, god, president, judge and executioner of this site. ako ang censor. i'm blogging not to win awards or praises. gusto ko lang mag blog... tapos. so kung meron kang pro-BF or pro- anything na kontra sa contents sa blog ko... post mo sa blog mo! the internet is a democracy. my blog is not a democracy. i'm the dictator tyrant of my blog. pasensya na kayo kung ganito ako magsalita o mag blog. ito style ko. sabihin nyo na barubal o wala akong modo... wala akong paki! most people like my style... well thanks... just being honest. kilala nyo na kung sino ang pinapatamaan ko. hindi naman porno blog ko. wala namang bastos o hubag. madami lang picture na panget. (hahaha kilala nyo na kung sino yon).

Merry Christmas to All!

Maligayang Pasko sa inyong lahat!
Happy New Year!
para maging politically correct... i say HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
hinay hinay lang sa pagkain

sorry for not posting new stuff here... wait lang kayo hahaha. =)

Militants Beautifies Metro Manila

Militants deface Bayani Fernando posters in QC

MANILA, Philippines - Militants resumed Sunday their spray-painting of posters and tarpaulins of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando, focusing their efforts in Quezon City.

Radio dzBB's Allan Gatus reported that members of Kadamay defaced the posters of Fernando, including those calling for discipline and those congratulating him for winning a TV singing contest.

The group concentrated its activities in some areas of Quezon City, including Commonwealth Avenue, Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) and Kamuning.

Thank you for making Metro Manila beautiful. Sana kinuha nyo na lang yung mga posters at itapon.

Also, the group said it is planning a protest march to Mendiola Bridge against Fernando scheduled Dec. 1 and 2.

Militants accused Fernando of violating human rights with the MMDA's clearing operations targeting sidewalk vendors.

But a Q-11 television report Saturday night quoted Fernando as saying the vendors who are the targets of clearing operations should pay legitimate rent in markets instead of protection money to syndicates that let them place stalls in the sidewalk. - GMANews.TV

dapat BF tinatarget mo eh yung mga syndicates. baka nga mga tauhan mo yon.


http://www.gmanews.tv/story/133822/Militants-deface-Bayani-Fernando-posters-in-QC

Metro Gago

Funny but true

courtesy of pakshet101

RP loses int’l court justice bid

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20081107-170752/RP-loses-intl-court-justice-bid

the headline should be "Miriam loses international court justice bid"

to Miriam Santiago i have three words for you.

Beh buti nga!

President Barack Obama

Thank you America! Today we are all Americans.


Now give me a Filipino politician who is like Obama. Charismatic, highly educated, does not come from the social elite, a uniter, open minded, and compassionate.

Aswang sa Libingan

Marikina Loyola Memorial Park

more pictures here courtesy of pakshet101

Libingan ni Bayani

Lintek talaga itong Bayani Fernando na ito. pati sementeryo tinadtad ng mga panget na posters. nagkakalat ng lagim sa sementeryo. too bad hindi ako nakapunta sa loyola today kasi masama ang pakiramdam ko, baka hindi ko kayanin yung biyahe at yung mukha ni BF. ito na lang ang ilalagay kong picture.



pinoyweekly.org

wala ka talagang hiya ito BF at asawa nya. bakit ba sobrang desperado si bf maging presidente ng pilipinas? kahit sementeryo binaboy! bakit? may tinataguan bang multo...? o graft cases?

Fernando’s tarpaulins, posters at Marikina cemetery rile Golez

http://www.tribune.net.ph/metro/20081031met2.html

10/31/2008

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Bayani Fernando is not letting the All Saints’ Day pass without a pitch for the presidency.

This was the reaction of Parañaque Rep. Roilo Golez yesterday after seeing Fernando’s posters and tarpaulins at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City whose mayor, Marides Fernando, is the wife of the presidential aspirant.

Golez said he was at the memorial park to pay his respects to his father, sister and parents-in-law only to see the tarpaulins of Fernando all over the place.

“Dito ako sa Loyola Marikina...dalaw sa puntod ng father, sister and parents-in-law. Yong gate ng Loyola, tadtad ng tarpaulins ni Bayani (Fernando). The guy is really running a shameless campaign,” Golez said in a text message sent to House reporters.

Golez has filed a case against Fernando before the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with alleged misuse of public funds.

Golez posited that Fernando has diverted flood control funds for Metro Manila to the printing of his tarpaulins and to the construction of the U-turn slots. The Ombudsman has yet to act on the charges.

Gerry Baldo


more reactions from Leslie Bocobo

BF, hypocrite or dumb?

Blog of the Promdi Novice Traveler

..."What galls me the most is the supposed message he was saying, "Ang mga batas ay solusyon, dapat alamin at sundin". Shouldn't he be saying this in front of a mirror? If you yourself cant follow the law, then you have no business telling others to do so!"...




Zoom shot




BF, for your information
May speed limit sa EDSA.
Using public funds for personal gain is a crime

hypocrite - a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings
http://mw1.meriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypocrite

dumb - lacking intelligence, not having the capability to process data
http://mw1.meriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumb

Hindi ko alam kung hyporcrite o dumb si BF... baka both? nagtatanong lang po... you be the judge

Bayani Ferando: Buking sa Cavite

MANILA, Philippines--Posters of Bayani Fernando, chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, are being put up outside the jurisdiction of his office -- in Bacoor, Cavite. Video taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Veronica Uy along the highway in Talaba.

HULI KA!

Bayani in Cavite

http://www.inquirer.net/vdo/player.php?vid=1794

more here

No Limit

Good news for bus drivers: No speed limit along EDSA

The sky is the limit in EDSA!

Chairman Bayani Fernando of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Wednesday that the agency has not imposed a speed limit along EDSA, the main highway across Metro Manila.

"There's no specific speed limit," Fernando told ABS-CBN's morning show, "Umagang Kay Ganda," adding that the MMDA is still in studying traffic along the longest highway in the capital region.

He said in a highway like EDSA the speed limit is usually 100 kilometers per hour. "That's really fast, but that is the usual speed limit on highways."

There's no limit to the idiocy, stupidity, arrogance, and insanity of Bayani Fernando! if BF was an ordinary bureaucrat, in Arroyo's stolen administration, he would had been fired on the spot. I don't know why he is still working for this gov't. ano ba meron si BF kay Gloria?

to the dwindling BF supporters... is this the person you want to be president of the philippines?

Before dawn Tuesday, Dr. Francisco "Toto" Sarabia burned to death after a racing bus crashed into his car, which instantly exploded during the impact.

BF should be held liable for Dr. Sarabia's death. BF you are an idiot! EDSA is not the SLEX nor NLEX...you dick!

Footage taken by ABS-CBN News on Wednesday dawn showed speeding buses and private cars along EDSA. It was as if the tragic road accident that killed the doctor did not happen.

Sarabia's Mercedes Benz was following a bus, which was parked outside the loading and unloading bay of EDSA in front of Camp Aguinaldo, when a speeding Joana Jesh bus crashed into it.

The Mercedes Benz's gas tank exploded and created a blaze that totally gutted the vehicle and killed the doctor. The doctor's legs were reportedly cut off at the impact and he was already unconscious when the fire consumed his body.

ilang aksidente pa BF... ilang tao pa ba ang kailangang mamatay BF? Resign Now!

Meanwhile, ABS-CBN News also caught on video a Joana Jesh bus plying the northbound lane of Cubao, Quezon City.

This, despite the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) issued a 30-day suspension on the Joana Jesh Transport.

LTFRB Chairman Thompson Lantion said the agency issued the suspension pending the investigation on the possible neglect of the bus company, which could have led to the freak road accident.

LTFRB... dapat i-drug test at neuro-psychological exam nyo lahat ng mga bus drivers...sama nyo na rin sa test/exam na yan si BF.

as of 10/22/2008 8:48 AM

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/10/22/08/good-news-bus-drivers-no-speed-limit-along-edsa

Rosales: RH bill a matter of ethics, not just population

Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales spoke on Sunday about the controversial House Bill 5043, or the Reproductive Health Bill, and said that the Catholic Church cannot stay on the sidelines on the issue. He said the Church should have a say on the matter since ethics, not just the population, is involved.

Well, when it comes to God, gays, and gambling... kelan ba nanahimik ang Catholic Church. how about kung corruption ang pinaguusapan? nasaan ang "outrage" ng mga bishops? Ano stand ng CBCP kung corruption sa Arroyo gov't ang pinaguusapan?

"Very sensitive and delicate 'yung RH bill sapagkat, see the governtment masyadong marurunong ang ating congressmen, they take this population as an economic, purely economic and social issue. [For] the Church it’s otherwise. It's an ethical issue. Not just pure sociology and economy, it's an ethical, it's a moral issue. Maging ang pulitika ay moral issue. Maging ang economy ay moral issue," Rosales said during a visit to Baseco, Tondo in Manila, where he led a Mass for the urban poor.

Sorry cardinal para sa aming mga ordinaryong tao ito ay social at economic issue...plain and simple.

The statement came amid the latest Social Weather Systems (SWS) survey which showed 71 percent of respondents, or majority of Filipinos, favor the passage of the bill.

In the latest SWS survey conducted September 24-27, some 68 percent of the respondents agreed that there must be a law that obliges the government to distribute legal contraceptives like condoms, Intrauterine device (IUD), and pills to people who want to avail themselves of these.

The remaining 15 percent disagreed while 16 percent were undecided.

“It is undeniable that the Filipino people are the ones demanding information and services,” Benjamin de Leon, president of The Forum for Family Planning and Development (The Forum), said in a press conference.

In the survey, the respondents were asked to agree or disagree with three statements: 1) The use of legal contraceptives like condoms, IUDs and pills can aslo be considered as abortion; 2) There should be a law that requires government to distribute legal contraceptives; 3) If family planning would be included in the curriculum, the youth would be sexually promiscuous.

Out of the 1, 500 respondents, 50% do not agree that the use of contraceptives is a form of abortion, 68 percent agree that there must be a law that requires the government to distribute legal contraceptives and 54% disagree that including family planning in the school curriculum would lead the youth to be sexually promiscuous.

The respondents were composed of 81 percent Catholics and 19 percent non-Catholics; 50 percent are males and 50 percent females; eight percent come from classes ABC, 64 percent from class D and 27 percent from class E.

Vox Populi!!!

Survey 'manipulated'

Meantime, the group Pro-Life questioned results of the latest SWS poll.

They insisted the survey, which showed strong public support for the reproductive health bill, is a result of manipulation.

Ya right!. I bet kung paborable ang survey sa side nyo eh hindi kayo magrereklamo..please!!!

However, Pro-Life president Ed Soretta said they don't plan to request for the conduct of another survey, adding the issue is one of morality and not population.

the leaders of the church are so out of touch!

On the other hand, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, the bill's primary sponsor, said the questions asked in the survey were fair.

Lagman added the group cannot accept the fact that the bill is already making progress in the Lower House.

The Catholic Church’s position against contraceptives is based on one of the seven encyclicals published by Pope Paul VI in 1968 called Humane Vitae. It states that sex is only permissible within a marriage, and married couples are not allowed to engage in sex outside of procreation. With reports from Zyann Ambrosio, ABS-CBN News and ABS-CBN News Channel

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/10/19/08/rosales-rh-bill-matter-ethics-not-just-population

Rail loop stalling blamed on Fernando

THE Light Rail Transit Authority is taking to task Chairman Bayani Fernando of the Metro Manila Development Authority for delaying the P6.4-billion billion government-financed project to connect the Metro Rail Transit on Edsa and the Light Rail Transit Line 1.

LRTA Administrator Mel Robles said the MMDA was yet to issue permits to contractor DMCI-First Balfour, including approvals for changes in the infrastructure.

“The delay is not of our making. It’s actually the MMDA and Chairman Bayani Fernando who are holding up the construction,” he told reporters.

i wonder why is he delaying this project?

“We have already broken ground for the construction work last June. But the MMDA has failed to issue excavation permits because of some issues it raised about the railway construction design.”

The project will add 5.4 kilometers to the MRT line from its North Avenue station in Quezon City to link up with the LRT Line 1 terminal in Monumento, Caloocan City.

Robles said Fernando wanted the height clearance of the elevated railway section changed from the planned 5 meters to 14.7 meters.

ano ba pake ni BF dito? hindi naman siya civil engeer (mechanical engineer po siya).

5 meters = 16.4041 feet

14.7 meters = 48.2283 feet

Such a major change would set back construction by about six months at the cost of P1.2 billion.

need i say more

“That is a big problem. We can’t make any changes to the design just like that. First, because the design we will be following was the approved design by all the government agencies such as the Neda [National Economic Development Authority] and the DoTC [Department of Transportation and Communications] after so many studies.”

eto na naman ang magaling na mechanical engineer na pumapapel sa isang project na pang civil engineer. remember the C5 elevated u-turn (or what my civil engineer friend calls..."the monument to Bayani Fernando's stupidity")

http://mgasidecommentsko.blogspot.com/search/label/C5

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=police2_oct16_2008

By Florante S. Solmerin

Junket Galore

lanyang mga senators na ito oh... parang hindi naghihirap ang pilipinas ah.

5 more senators leaving

AT LEAST five senators are either traveling abroad or have already flown out of the country during Congress’s month-long recess, a Senate source said yesterday.

He identified the officials as Miriam Defensor Santiago, Richard Gordon, Panfilo Lacson, Juan Ponce Enrile and Jamby Madrigal.

Santiago is leaving for New York to wrap up her campaign to join the International Court of Justice.

Gordon flew to the United States on Thursday to meet with officials of the Bush administration and members of the US Congress. He proceeds to Geneva later to attend a meeting of the International Red Cross.

Lacson is due to fly to Australia, but details of his trip were not available.

Enrile and Jamby Madrigal are scheduled to visit Rome.

Senate President Manuel Villar led a Philippine delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva on Oct. l3-l6. With him were Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Pia Cayetano, Rodolfo Biazon and Gregorio Honasan.

From Geneva, Villar proceeds to Moscow with Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan, Alan Cayetano, Lito Lapid and Juan Miguel Zubiri.

Pimentel is now in London to attend a conference on environment protection.

Edgardo Angara and Jinggoy Estrada are taking part in the ongoing International Monetary Fund-World Bank meeting in Washington D.C.

Zubiri is scheduled to go to Paris on Nov. 2 to address a conference on bio-fuels.

Biazon is also visiting the French capital to attend a meeting on housing and human settlements.

Honasan is scheduled to visit San Francisco. Fel V. Maragay

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news6_oct18_2008

Bayani Fernando Tarpaulin 2.0

Still ugly --- Bayani Fernando and his posters
Still funded by the MMDA --- funded by YOU the tax payer


pictures courtesy of Bambit
http://pindutinmoto.blogspot.com/2008/10/bf-tarpaulins-remixed.html

Fernando bows to interpellators at hearing of MMDA budget

10/14/2008

Flamboyant as he is, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando was almost reduced to smithereens during the late Friday night deliberation on his agency’s budget at the House of Representatives.

The interpellation on MMDA budget was actually one of the much awaited episodes of the recently concluded House budget debates and minority solons Senior Deputy Minority Leader Roilo Golez and Rep. Abby Binay did not disappoint the audience of lawmakers and the people in the gallery.

Using a powerpoint display of pictures and documents, Golez gave a blistering critique of Fernando’s controversial MMDA projects.

Ah yes the power of microsoft power point...hahaha

Saying MMDA personnel have been involved in the theft of the LRT vertical clearance post and with their headquarters fronting Edsa reminiscent of a junkyard, Golez said the MMDA tarpaulins should be directed to themselves instead of the public.

As expected, Golez lashed out at Fernando for trying to convert the highly urbanized Metro Manila into a giant tapestry of pink.

“Fernando’s color in Marikina is pink and he is using government funds to make Metro Manila a giant pink poster for his political ambition,” Golez said.

political gimik lang talaga yang pink pink na yan.

Golez also sought an explanation why Metro Manila still continues to suffer from floods in spite of the promises by Fernando there will be no more floods in the metrpolis after being granted billions of pesos for flood control project.

ang tanong... saan napunta yung pera para sa flood prevention/control ng MMDA.
napunta ba sa mga mmda billboards/posters?
ginastos ba ng mmda ang pera para sa mga bayan at lungsod na hindi naman sakop ng metro manila?
ginamit ba sa personal interest?

nagtatanong lang po

On top of that, Golez accused Fernando of overpricing in the Bicutan footbridge which was constructed to the tune of P98 million.

holy shit!!! wow! mr uncorruptable... sabi nga ng isang BF supporter.

For her part, Binay questioned the MMDA’s P22-million intelligence fund which is almost the same as that of the intelligence fund of the Army.

buking! ano ang dahilan bakit may intelligence fund ang mmda? is it to spy on mmda critics? is it to snoop on online BF bashers (like me). is it to increase the intelligence of mmda traffic enforcers (most of them don't know traffic rules, starting with BF himself...lintek hindi nya nga alam na may speed limit sa edsa). is BF affraid of something or someone?

Charlie V. Manalo

http://www.tribune.net.ph/metro/20081014met4.html

Stupid Republicans

these creatures voted for Dubya.

Market in turmoil

oh shit!

U.S. consumers lose faith in Fed, financial system

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081010/ts_nm/us_usa_economy_umich_financial

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The credit crisis has shattered U.S. consumers' faith in financial institutions, including a stunning loss of confidence in the Federal Reserve, and that is likely to trigger the biggest drop in consumer spending in more than three decades and a deep recession, according to a survey released on Friday.Fifty-seven percent of U.S. consumers surveyed reported having lower confidence now in the Fed than five years ago, including 29 percent who said they had "a lot less" confidence, the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said.

Compare that with confidence in the Fed after the 1987 stock market crash. Then, after U.S. stocks fell more than 20 percent in a day, just 19 percent of consumers said they had less confidence in the U.S. central bank, including only 7 percent who said they had "a lot less" confidence.

Faith in banks, thrifts, brokers and mutual fund companies took hits across the board, the new report showed. Only credit unions were spared from consumers' fast-evaporating confidence in the financial system.

"This loss in confidence will cause consumers to accelerate their spending cutbacks and those reductions are likely to persist through most of 2009," survey director Richard Curtin wrote in the report. "These data indicate that a longer and deeper recession is now likely."

The loss of trust in the Fed comes as the U.S. central bank, working with the Treasury Department and other central banks around the world, scrambles to unclog key credit markets that provide the basic plumbing for the global economy.

So far, however, those efforts -- ranging from massive liquidity injections to the financial system, to a $700 billion bank rescue fund approved by the U.S. Congress, to coordinated global interest rate cuts -- have met with resounding votes of no confidence by investors.

Stock markets around the world have crashed through early October, and the U.S. market has now fallen for seven straight sessions, wiping out 21.8 percent of the value of the Standard & Poor's 500 index. That is the U.S. benchmark's worst stretch since the October 1987 crash, with more than $2.2 trillion in market capitalization wiped out since September 26, the last day U.S. stocks rose.

U.S. consumer spending is expected to decline through the first half of 2009, with total personal consumption expenditures falling by 0.5 percent in 2009 compared with 2008, the survey's director wrote.

Consumption has fallen in only two of the past 50 years -- in 1974 by 0.8 percent and in 1980 by 0.3 percent.

"In historical perspective, this is quite a negative outlook," Curtin said. "The longest period of decline in consumption during the past half century was four quarters, which the current downturn is expected to equal."

"To be sure, the current forecast is not comparable in any way to the depth or the length of the downturn from 1930 to 1933, when consumption spending fell on average by 4.9 percent per year for four years," Curtin said.

Among other survey findings, two-thirds of U.S. consumers see the credit crisis significantly hurting the economy, while one in five households expects a large negative impact on their personal finances.

Further, a majority of U.S. consumers have altered spending plans due to the crisis, with nearly one in three anticipating a substantial cutback.

Access to consumer credit for purchases is an increasing problem. Ten percent of households surveyed said they had problems obtaining credit during the past year.

"In response to questions about buying conditions for a wide variety of purchases, consumers much more frequently mentioned that tighter credit conditions was a cause to postpone purchases," Curtin wrote. This was in addition to growing uncertainty about future jobs and incomes.

(Editing by James Dalgleish)

Empty talk from Bayani Fernando

Fernando sidetracks Golez’s tirade aimed at discrediting him

10/09/2008

Instead of reacting to Parañaque Rep. Roilo Golez’s tirade that he would just be a nuisance candidate in 2010 presidential elections, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando yesterday simply sidestepped it.

He said the attack on him is just part of a series of calculated media campaigns designed to discredit him because the evolution of Metro Manila into a vibrant and livable metropolis by 2010 is now well within sight.

Teka... mabasa nga uli... "the attack on him is just part of a series of calculated media campaigns designed to discredit him because the evolution of Metro Manila into a vibrant and livable metropolis by 2010 is now well within sight." ...bakit ang mga trapo kung binabatikos o na pupuna eh palaging sinisisi ang media. vibrant naman ang metro manila. hirap kasi sa mga mayayaman at mga politiko eh hindi marunong makisalamuha sa masa. o sige nga sabihin na natin malinis ang mga bangketa... wala naman trabahong marangal ang mga taong pinalayas mo.

Fernando disclosed that the initial phase of the comprehensive program of the MMDA to transform Metro Manila into a decent, orderly and disciplined metropolis which he described as “Metro Gwapito” will be achieved by the end of 2008.

pustahan tayo magpapalabas ng isa pang self serving statement yan si BF by January 2009 na natupad na ang kanyang mga plano. sabi noong 2007 na hindi na babaha sa metro manila ngayong 2008. ano nangyari? well alam na yan ng mga taga metro manila..

He said the program will succeed towards its completion by 2010 if the development programs now being carried out by the agency will be supported by the majority of the more than 12 million people who currently populate the National Capital Region.

The MMDA chief added there is now a high awareness level among the residents of Metro Manila on the mission and objectives of the MMDA and that is to instill order and discipline in the metropolis that will in the long run be beneficial to the people living in it.

yes! the mission of the MMDA is to get Bayani Fernando elected as president of the Philippines. NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!!

“The choice is just between wallowing in misery and decrepit environment and a community that is clean, sanitary, orderly, environment-friendly and therefore livable,” Fernando said.

“What the MMDA is doing to turn Metro Manila into a showcase of urbanization is not for us,” Bayani explained, “but it is for the people of the metropolis because a livable community such as what we envision will restore the dignity and pride of the citizens of the metropolis, especially the so-called marginalized, including the thousands of families living in squatter colonies in the 2nd district of Paranaque City.

How can a community or society trive if majority is jobless?

A totally transformed Metro Manila which Fernando dubs “Metro Gwapo” is being envisioned to be completed by 2010.

Parang nicho... malinis at maputi sa labas pero bulok at madumi sa loob.

Fernando said by that time, order and discipline, especially in the use of roadways and sidewalks, shall have been restored throughout the metropolis.

He stressed with the measures that are now in place, major thoroughfares will be rid of sidewalk vendors and the people will have an unhampered use of sidewalks which belong to them in the first place.

He said the traffic situation will have vastly improved and informal settlers that clog the waterways and esteros will have been dismantled and relocated by 2010 to help minimize the occurrence of flash floods during a heavy downpour.

Talaga lang ha? Neknek mo!

He stressed there is no longer a need to answer the verbal attacks of Golez, saying this will only distract him from pursuing his vision to transform Metro Manila into a livable community the way he has transformed Marikina City into what it is now.

verbal attacks of Golez will only distract him from pursuing his personal ambitions

He also pointed out that the MMDA must be doing something right as it is now generating as much interest from Golez.

Lintek ang babaw... sa psychology... you are what you think and what you say. sinanasabi ba ni BF na naiingit si Golez sa kanya? trabaho ng congress at senate, eh to check the executive branch. MMDA part ng executive branch. talagang mapapansin ang MMDA, eh ang daming posters si BF sa Metro Manila at iba pang bahagi ng bansa.

“The choice we have to make is really easy. Gusto ba natin ng kaayusan upang tayo ay umunlad o nais nating panatailihin ang magulong pamayanan,” Fernando said.

However, Golez belittled Fernando’s Metro Gwapito program, saying it is nothing but another of the MMDA chairman’s jargons.

“Nothing but empty talk. How would he make Metro Manila livable? By painting the entire metropolis pink?”

Ayos!

Golez also refuted the statement of Lakas official Ed Malay who said the Parañaque solon is in no position to claim that no Lakas member is taking Fernando seriously.

In a text message, Malay, a known ally of former President Fidel Ramos, chastised Golez for issuing statements as if he is speaking in behalf of Lakas.

“Rep. Golez can’t say (Chairman) Fernando is not taken seriously by his partymates in Lakas. How would he know that?” Malay said in his text message.

“He should not speak of our party since he doesn’t know what’s going on within us. Talking to two or three Lakas solons does not represent the sentiments of the entire party.”

But Golez answered Malay, saying he is, in fact, in a better position to pulse the sentiments of solons identified with Lakas.

“Contrary to his claims, I am in a better position to know the sentiments of Lakas congressmen. I am with them every session day and only one congressman has spoken positively of Fernando,” Golez said, adding

“I would rather not mention the unkind remarks.”

Teka isa lang? eh dalawa ang congressman ng Marikina City ah? pareho pang Lakas

Charlie V. Manalo

http://www.tribune.net.ph/metro/20081009met2.html

Facelift mo mukha mo

MMDA: Metro ‘facelift’ almost complete

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20081006-164794/MMDA-Metro-facelift-almost-complete

By DJ Yap Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 04:24:00 10/06/2008

MANILA, Philippines—Metro Manila is on the verge of achieving what the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority calls "Metro Gwapito" status by yearend, with almost half of all sidewalks and roadways cleared of obstructions, its top official said Sunday.

Talaga lang ha. another self serving message from BF.

"We're at the tipping point. By December 2008, Metro Manila will have reached Metro Gwapito status," MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando said in the radio program, "MMDA sa GMA" over dzBB.

facelift mo mukha mo!

kahit mga doctor sa america mahihirapan sa mukhang ito.

"Metro Gwapito" is the first phase of Fernando's "Metro Gwapo (A Handsome Metro)" campaign, which seeks to beautify the metropolitan landscape by 2010 but has drawn brickbats from urban poor communities displaced by such operations.

parang nicho. malinis at maputi sa labas pero bulok sa loob

Fernando, who has expressed a desire to run for president, said the agency has cleared some 2,000 kilometers of paved roads of obstructions like vending stalls and shanties – close to half of the metropolis' 5,000 kilometers of roads and sidewalks.

"Our campaign to rid the streets of all these unsightly obstructions is getting lighter and lighter as more residents become more conscientious. Now they're aware of their limitations and do not think like thugs," the official said.

Speaking of "unsightly" and "thug"

http://bambit.kusangpalo.com/2008/bayani-bf-fernando-is-watching-you.html

Not everyone, however, is as appreciative of Fernando's take-no-prisoners stance against sidewalk vendors, squatters and other inhabitants of urban poor communities.

Last week, a group of young militants labeled the MMDA chair a "berdugo" (executioner) as they picketed the MMDA offices to protest the agency's policy on street hawkers and illegal settlers.

The protesters belonging to the urban poor group, Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap, assailed the MMDA's operations around Metro Manila, which they said displaced many of them from their homes and made them lose their only source of a decent income.

Such criticism has not perturbed Fernando, who has said in several interviews that more city residents prefer his strict management practices in preserving order in the metropolis.

talaga lang ha?!

He said this type of consciousness about maintaining order and cleanliness had even reached the barangay (village) level in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.

speaking of nearby provinces

"It's high time that we inspire the people to be more productive and to rise up from the shackles of poverty," Fernando said in a statement prepared by the MMDA's public information office.

ha? paano mo ma iinspire ang mga tao eh nagtratrabaho na nga ng marangal tratratuhin mo naman parang basahan.

He said MMDA personnel had already finished the "facelift" along the length of Quirino Highway in Novaliches, Quezon City, as well as the center islands on Balintawak.

Nuisance candidate

Nuisance - one that is annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuisance

Bayani Fernando nuisance candidate
1. annoying - check!
2. unpleasant - check!
3. obnoxious - check!

Wow! triple whammy ka bayani!

Bayani a nuisance bet in 2010 — Golez

http://www.tribune.net.ph/metro/20081007met1.html

10/07/2008

Parañaque Rep. Roilo Golez sees Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando as just another nuisance candidate in the 2010 national elections.

Yehey! kasama na ni chairman si Ely Pamatong at Eddie Gil!!!

dapat mag form sila ng partido. PH. parang Philippines... hindi Partido ng mga Hibang

“He doesn’t even rank in the top 10 presidentiables. No one is taking him seriously, not even his partymates,” said Golez in an interview, adding the MMDA chief was “a laughing stock in Philippine politics.”

“His rating, after almost a year of tarpaulins, stickers, pink paint and provincial sorties, is zero,” Golez averred. “His name has not appeared in any survey. He is even outside the top 24 in a senatorial survey I saw. He is sabotaging his bid with his shameless politicking using government funds.”

baka maling survey yung tinitingnan ni golez. nasa top clowns of the philippines si bayani fernando.

Golez added Fernando had made enemies with almost all agencies including the Department of Public Works and Highways, the Department of Transportation and Communications and all Metro Manila mayors.

“He has only one ally-mayor in Metro Manila, the mayor of Marikina City,” he said referring to Mayor Marides Fernando, who is the MMDA’s chairman’s wife.

Golez made the remark in reaction to Fernando’s earlier statement that the solon was embarking on a demolition job against him (Fernando) as he (Golez) is “most probably working for someone else, probably an opposition presidential candidate.”

praning ka bayani

“How could he accuse me of such when I am an independent lawmaker? I don’t belong to any political party,” Golez retorted.

“Maybe the visual pollution he has created has already taken its toll on his mind,” Golez said referring to the Fernando tarpaulins all over the metropolis.

baka naman sumisinghot ng tarpaulin ink ito si bayani kaya ganyan na pag iisip nya.

Fernando said he is working 24/7 five days a week for Metro Manila and goes on provincial sorties only on weekends. However, Golez said Fernando’s provincial sorties are illegal as he is using MMDA funds.

Charlie V. Manalo

Nasaan na ang pera BF?

Fernando fails to account for flood control funds; MMDA budget deferred

http://www.tribune.net.ph/metro/20080927met1.html

By Gerry Baldo

09/27/2008

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando could not account for the millions of pesos in flood control funds being used by his agency even as lawmakers were surprised to learn that Fernando is ignorant of the basic speed limit along Edsa, the major artery that links the north and southern part of Metro Manila.

tsk tsk tsk.... nasaan ang pera? ano nangyari sa pera na dapat ginamit sa flood control dito sa metro manila? saan napunta? baka naman eh nandito o dito napunta

http://mgasidecommentsko.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-in-philippines-is-bayani-fernando.html

According to House deputy minority leader Rep. Roilo Golez, he moved to defer the MMDA budget on the note of Fernando’s statement that there was no speed limit on Edsa.

“I moved to defer, and this was carried, the consideration of the budget of the MMDA when Chairman Fernando said at a formal hearing that there was no speed limit on Edsa and that he was even encouraging motorists to go as fast as they can,” Golez said yesterday.

Golez added it was reckless and irresponsible on the part of the MMDA chairman, who is tasked with managing Edsa traffic, to say there was no speed limit on Edsa.

“If drivers heed his statement, Edsa would become a death avenue with all the resulting deadly collisions,” Golez said.

In spite of the “many unanswered questions on flood control, travels and tarpaulins,” the hearing was moving smoothly prior to that statement.

The move to defer the MMDA budget started when Fernando refuted Golez’ s statement, in the course of the budget hearing that touched on several issues, including Fernando’s use of several police escorts, the huge tarpaulins, the U-turn slots and the MMDA’s use of flood control funds, that motorists should comply with a 60-kph speed limit along Edsa.

Fernando said there was no such limit and that he is encouraging motorists to go as fast as they can on Edsa.

“Actually, it’s more than that (60 kph), your honor. They can run as much as they can. We have to speed up the vehicles (along Edsa),” Fernando told members of the House appropriations committee.

Golez said he was willing to withdraw his motion if Fernando takes back his statement and tell the lawmakers that he was only joking.

“No, I’m not kidding your honor. I encourage motorists to move faster (along Edsa),” Fernando answered back. On that note Rep. Abigail Binay seconded Golez’s motion.

“I move to defer because this budget may be used to promote traffic accidents on Edsa. It’s a reckless, irresponsible statement coming from the MMDA chief,” Golez said.

“If drivers heed his statement, Edsa would become a death avenue with all the resulting deadly collisions.”

Golez maintained the statement, coming from the MMDA chief, would have dire implications.

Muntinlupa City Rep. Ruffy Biazon, who heads the sub-committee on appropriations which heard the MMDA budget yesterday, concurred with Golez and Binay.

Biazon said “the budget deserves to be deferred.”

Earlier at the hearing, lawmakers also lamented Fernando’s failure to produce a copy of an approved resolution coming from the Metro Manila Council — composed of 17 mayors — that is required before the MMDA budget is discussed.

Upon the warning of Biazon that the committee will not allow another failure to bring the resolution, Fernando said he would try his best.

“Best efforts, your honor. I cannot promise (that we will deliver), but we will exert efforts. We will try to give that in time for plenary deliberations your honors,” Fernando said.

“We do hope that your best will be good enough. But next time we will not allow that,” Biazon said.

Fernando could not likewise provide lawmakers a breakdown of the flood control funds and projects for each local government unit in Metro Manila.

Fernando told lawmakers that it might take him “too long” to produce documents pertaining to the flood control funds.

ano ba yan! yan ba ang presidential candidate? yan ba ang owner ng isang contruction company? hindi alam kung saan napupunta ang pera ng kanyang opisina o company? why too long? sabi nga ng kaibigan kong auditor, kung malinis at matino mga libro mo, hindi mahirap itong ipakita sa mga auditors.

Golez, Fernando in word war

http://www.inquirer.net/vdo/player.php?vid=1634

Tingnan ninyo kung gaano kababaw si BF. hahaha hindi daw nakikinig si golez at namumulitika lang si golez. well may kilala akong non-elected official na hindi nakikinig sa mga tao kahit na mali at palpak ang ginagawa nya at naglalagay ng panget na picture sa metro manila na lantarang pamumulitka.

yan ba ang presidente nyo... hindi alam ang tungkulin ng Congress. trabaho ng congress ang mag approve ng budget ng gov't. kaya nga may budget hearing.

Bayani goes to congress

House panel defers MMDA budget hearing over Bayani statement

utak tabutso statements from BF

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/123164/House-panel-defers-MMDA-budget-hearing-over-Bayani-statement

MANILA, Philippines - Opposition lawmakers on Friday succeeded in deferring the hearing for the Metro Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) proposed 2009 budget after MMDA chief Bayani Fernando said drivers can go as fast as they can along the almost 24-kilometer EDSA road that traverses the northern and southern parts of Metro Manila.

siguro kung merong police / traffic escort

"I move to defer the budget of the MMDA because this budget may be used to promote traffic accidents in EDSA," said Senior Deputy Minority leader Roilo Golez.

Makati City Representative Mar-Len Abigail Binay, daughter of former MMDA chief and current Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay, seconded the motion.

During the subcommittee hearing, Golez questioned Bayani's use of motorcycled police escorts, saying that a circular distributed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said only the President, Vice-President, Supreme Court Chief Justice, Senate President, House Speaker, and Philippine National Police chief can have them.

oh kaya naman pala sinasabi nya na mabilis ang traffic sa edsa, may escort na hagad si gago...este gwapo.

Bayani justified his hiring of police escorts by saying that the cops accompanying him on his travels are traffic enforcers who attend to traffic problems that they may encounter along the way.

"We manage the traffic in Metro Manila, and my escorts are traffic enforcers," Fernando replied.

wow pare! may brain damage na yata itong si BF. anong klaseng statement yan. anong klaseng pagiisip ito! eh hindi lang traffic enforcers ang kasama ni BF pati ambulance sama din. i know nakita ko na dati convoy ni el kwago sa edsa.

Fernando added that he has police escorts to manage the traffic so he would get to his destination on time--a statement which Golez questioned, saying Fernando has been bragging that Metro Manila traffic has now eased and drivers can now go as fast as 60 kilometers per hour along EDSA.

sino niloko nito? siguro kung mahal na araw ka lang makaka 60kph sa edsa.

Fernando replied by saying drivers can even go beyond 60 kilometers per hour because the MMDA wants as little traffic congestion as possible.


"More than that, as much as you can," Fernando retorted.

A visibly bothered Golez then moved to defer the budget.

"That to me is a very reckless, irresponsible statement on the part of the MMDA chairman," Golez said.

halatang nagyayabang si BF

Golez said he would withdraw his motion to defer if Fernando says he was kidding about his statement that there is no speed limit along EDSA, but the MMDA chairman replied, "I'm not kidding."

Earlier, the opposition solon also grilled Fernando on other rules that the MMDA chairman supposedly violated, particularly in connection to the MMDA tarpaulins strewn across Metro Manila highways.

Citing MMDA Regulation 04-004 signed by Fernando on Sept. 2, 2004, Golez pointed out that it was unlawful for any person or corporation to install or display billboards along major thoroughfares and other roads without the approval of the MMDA and permits from local government units (LGUs) concerned.

He then questioned the MMDA chairman if he is violating the regulation which he himself signed.

Fernando defended the posting of the MMDA tarpaulins, which carry his image, by saying they are posted on national highways that LGUs "understand" to be under MMDA jurisdiction.

"These are on national highways which are under our jurisdiction," said Fernando. "We have an understanding with LGUs that national highways are under MMDA."

"Somehow I have administrative prerogatives," the MMDA chairman added.

wow pare! ang babaw! ok sabihin natin pwede kang maglagay ng billboard...why the fuck mukha mo pa!? eh halatang pang election.

Fernando, who had publicly announced his intention to run as president in the 2010 elections, also said there is nothing political about the tarpaulins, which bear road safety reminders, except "perhaps my picture."

The subcommittee hearing on the MMDA's proposed budget was almost deferred at the very beginning of the hearing when, upon the inquiry of Golez, Fernando admitted that the MMDA 2009 budget proposal has not been approved by the Metro Manila Council and that this has been the "practice" for a long time.

Golez had earlier pointed out that under Republic Act 7924 or "An Act Creating the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority," the MMDA must first secure the Metro Manila Council's approval of the proposed budget before presenting it to Congress.

The opposition lawmaker conceded to hearing the budget, however, after Fernando assured that they would give their "best effort" to obtain the approval of the Metro Manila Council before the plenary hearings on the 2009 budget.

The Department of Budget and Management has allotted P1.79 billion for the MMDA's 2009 budget, only about one-fourth the P5.9 budget being requested by the MMDA. - GMANews.TV

laki ng budget ah... pero kagabi ang lakas ng ulan. binaha nanaman ang metro manila. sabi ni bf hindi na daw babaha sa metro manila ngayon taon.

http://mgasidecommentsko.blogspot.com/2008/08/no-more-floods-in-metro-manila-next.html

ang tanong... san napunta yung pera para sa flood prevention ngayon taon?

BF for president 2010.... and Panalo ka!

BF for president 2010 ... ARE YOU SHITTING ME!?!

and

Panalo... ito ang panalo

http://anawayaday.blogspot.com/

All the chairman's men

ok hindi lahat. yung mga nasa baba ng food chain.

Golez: BF `di mananalo sa MMDA employees
(Nilo Marasigan)

http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/sep1408/news_story3.htm


Kahit magpa-survey sa sariling bakuran ay lalabas na talo pa rin umano si Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando dahil sa inaayawan ito mismo ng mga sariling empleyado.
Ito ang ipinukol na pang-aalaska kahapon ng numero unong kritiko ni Fernando na si House deputy minority leader at Parañaque Rep. Roilo Golez sa pangungulelat ng MMDA chief sa ika-32 puwesto sa kabuuang 45 personalidad ng senatoriables na isinailalim sa survey ng Social Weather Station (SWS) para sa 2010 elections.
“Kahit sa loob ng MMDA, matatalo siya. Masuwerte kung makakuha siya ng 10% sa mga employees ng MMDA,” pambubuska pa ng kongresista.

hmmm..bakit kaya?

Magugunitang sa isinagawang survey sa mga presidentiables kamakailan, ni hindi nakakuha ng anumang boto si Fernando sa kabila ng maagang pagdedeklara ng ambisyong maging kandidatong pangulo sa susunod na halalan.
Patuloy naman ang ginagawang pagbira ni Golez kay Fernando sa hinalang ginagamit na umano ng huli ang pondo ng pinamumunuang ahensya para lamang maisulong ang kanyang political agenda.


hahaha LMAO.... thank you Bert for sending this story.

hmmm... bakit kaya matatalo si BF sa sariling bakuran...hmmm




http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/jan/25/yehey/metro/20070125met8.html

Uniforms overpriced, metro aides complain

By Jefferson Antiporda, Reporter

Street sweepers from the Metro Manila Development Authority are considering filling a graft case against officials of the agency involved in the procurement of allegedly overpriced uniforms.

Some 3,000 street sweepers or metro aides, who are members of the MMDA employees’ union, Sakamay, claim that the uniforms are not only overpriced but are of poor quality.

They refused to accept the uniforms until the MMDA management acted on their complaint.

The MMDA officials “claimed that they have taken into account our complaints about the uniforms they would be distributing to us... but they have pushed through with it, disregarding our questions on the quality of the gear,” said Luisa Estacion, Sakamay secretary-general.

Estacion said some of the equipment like rubber boots, thongs, raincoats and belt pouch are regularly issued to metro aides and should not be deducted from their P4,000 annual clothing allowance.

Estacion also questioned why jogging pants were issued to the sweepers instead of regular pants.

She said the sweepers’ clothing allowance used to include a long-sleeved, collared shirt and pants. Now the agency gives them garterized jogging pants, an ordinary shirt and an armband.

She also said that the clothing issued to them only costs P3,202, P798 short of the P4,000 annual clothing budget.

The MMDA started distributing new uniforms to its personnel last January 15. Only the street sweepers’ group refused to accept the uniforms.

The group also said the contractor who made the uniforms was endorsed by one of Chairman Bayani Fernando’s consultants.

Edison Fainsan, the MMDA general manager for finance, dismissed the claims of the group and said that the procurement of uniforms went through the regular process and competitive bidding.

“We are willing to open our books in order to prove that there’s no irregularity in the procurement of the new uniforms and that it was made in a very transparent process,” Fainsan said in an interview



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Ombudsman asked to file charges vs MMDA chief

By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 14:26:00 04/30/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- The filing of appropriate charges before the Office of the Ombudsman against Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando has been formally sought by a lawmaker at the House of Representatives.

Deputy Minority Floor Leader Roilo Golez, in a letter to Ombudsman Ma. Merceditas Gutierrez, requested an “investigation of and the filing of appropriate charges, if warranted” against Fernando for alleged misuse of funds and other irregularities.

Golez cited the alleged non-payment of clothing allowance of MMDA employees for two years, destruction of government property with the “dangerous and unsightly” three-lane U-turn slots, violation of the MMDA regulation on billboard and advertising signs, and alleged expensive trips here and abroad purportedly to improve the performance of his office.

Golez cited the “massive tarpaulin campaign” of the MMDA featuring the giant photos of its chairman and the installation of pink traffic signs purportedly in preparation for 2010.

The MMDA chief has openly declared his intention to run for president in 2010.

“The MMDA chairman has misappropriated the color pink for non-civil defense purposes, thus jeopardizing future civil defense activities,”
Golez said.

“It is public knowledge that pink is the political color of the Mayor of Marikina, the wife of the MMDA chairman, and is therefore for the chairman’s personal political ends and not for the public interest,” he said.