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Mayor cites some ‘hard lessons’ for Marikina
Mayor cites some ‘hard lessons’ for Marikina
naawa ako sa taga Marikina lalo na sa Tumana. Madami akong kaibigan doon.
No more excuses and favors
By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:12:00 10/08/2009
Filed Under: Ondoy, Flood, Disasters (general), Government, Local authorities, House building
MANILA, Philippines—As the struggle goes on to restore normalcy in flood-devastated Marikina City, Mayor Marides Fernando has learned some “hard lessons.”
Lesson No. 1: No more excuses and favors for riverside squatters living in danger zones.
akala ko ba walang squatters sa Marikina? so meron pala! palagi na lang sinasabi ni bayani at asawa nya na walang squatters sa marikina. bakit kung tuwing panahon ng election at kailangan nyo ng boto eh tawag sa mga squatters eh urban poor, resettled poor, etc. Teka sabi ng kaibigan ko sa Tumana Marikina, ang Tumana daw ay dating squatters colony tapos binigyan ng titulo ni bayani fernando noong mayor pa siya. at sa panahon ni marides fernando ginawa pang barangay ang Tumana.
ang mga taga provedent village bakit hindi paalisin kasi nasa danger zone. ang SM Marikina at Riverbanks mall(pamamay ari ng kamag anak ni BF... father-in-law daw) ay nasa danger zone. so dapat i demolish ang riverbanks mall at SM marikina
“This time around we’ll be very strict. I think now people have no reason to resist when we ask them to move out of these hazard areas,” she told the Inquirer on Tuesday.
Lesson No. 2: There should be a minimum height standard for the construction of residential and commercial buildings, depending on how elevated the place is.
This, Fernando said, would help prevent cases of people drowning inside their homes.
Lesson No. 3: Policies against illegal parking will be more firmly observed.
Ask Jojo Binay and Mapsa for help on that hahaha
“Even just one car blocking the road can impede rescue workers from reaching their destination,” she said.
Lesson No. 4: More rubber boats and rescue equipment should be in stock for emergency situations.
ooopppss. Mayor san napunta yung calamity fund.
“The rescuers had to scramble for equipment so we need more of these prepared,” Fernando said.
Losses could reach P10B
The mayor said the city government would more thoroughly reflect on these lessons learned in the coming days in order to deal with catastrophes similar to that brought by Tropical Storm “Ondoy” (international codename: Ketsana) on Sept. 26.
“All our efforts are still focused on the rescue, relief and rehabilitation of the affected families,” she said.
Of the 300 deaths, 67 were from the Marikina area.
Fernando estimated property losses could reach as high as P10 billion. “Ondoy wrecked barges, footbridges, computer equipment at City Hall, medical equipment in hospitals.”
She said some 2,000 people remained in about 10 evacuation centers. Officials had moved them from schools to barangay halls so classes could resume.
Some 1,000 residing in riverside communities would have to be relocated, possibly in Biñan, Laguna, said the wife of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chair Bayani Fernando, who as a mayor developed the backward town into thriving city. [Biñan is the worst hit among the lakeshore towns in Laguna; see banner story on Page A1-Ed.]
Gargantuan task
Marikina Rep. Del de Guzman said those living at “Riverside A and B” in Barangay Fortune would be better off moving elsewhere.
“I don’t have the power, but I could convince them not to return there,” he said.
Most of the city’s efforts are directed at cleaning muck and debris.
Fernando said workers were using a city property at Barangay Nangka as a temporary dump for garbage, mostly beds, wood scraps, couches and sofa beds, and even appliances like refrigerators damaged beyond repair.
The task is nothing less than gargantuan. “Garbage collected in every four houses is equivalent to one dump truck,” Fernando said. With a report from Leila B. Salaverria
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20091008-228950/Mayor-cites-some-hard-lessons-for-Marikina
naawa ako sa taga Marikina lalo na sa Tumana. Madami akong kaibigan doon.
No more excuses and favors
By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:12:00 10/08/2009
Filed Under: Ondoy, Flood, Disasters (general), Government, Local authorities, House building
MANILA, Philippines—As the struggle goes on to restore normalcy in flood-devastated Marikina City, Mayor Marides Fernando has learned some “hard lessons.”
Lesson No. 1: No more excuses and favors for riverside squatters living in danger zones.
akala ko ba walang squatters sa Marikina? so meron pala! palagi na lang sinasabi ni bayani at asawa nya na walang squatters sa marikina. bakit kung tuwing panahon ng election at kailangan nyo ng boto eh tawag sa mga squatters eh urban poor, resettled poor, etc. Teka sabi ng kaibigan ko sa Tumana Marikina, ang Tumana daw ay dating squatters colony tapos binigyan ng titulo ni bayani fernando noong mayor pa siya. at sa panahon ni marides fernando ginawa pang barangay ang Tumana.
ang mga taga provedent village bakit hindi paalisin kasi nasa danger zone. ang SM Marikina at Riverbanks mall(pamamay ari ng kamag anak ni BF... father-in-law daw) ay nasa danger zone. so dapat i demolish ang riverbanks mall at SM marikina
“This time around we’ll be very strict. I think now people have no reason to resist when we ask them to move out of these hazard areas,” she told the Inquirer on Tuesday.
Lesson No. 2: There should be a minimum height standard for the construction of residential and commercial buildings, depending on how elevated the place is.
This, Fernando said, would help prevent cases of people drowning inside their homes.
Lesson No. 3: Policies against illegal parking will be more firmly observed.
Ask Jojo Binay and Mapsa for help on that hahaha
“Even just one car blocking the road can impede rescue workers from reaching their destination,” she said.
Lesson No. 4: More rubber boats and rescue equipment should be in stock for emergency situations.
ooopppss. Mayor san napunta yung calamity fund.
“The rescuers had to scramble for equipment so we need more of these prepared,” Fernando said.
Losses could reach P10B
The mayor said the city government would more thoroughly reflect on these lessons learned in the coming days in order to deal with catastrophes similar to that brought by Tropical Storm “Ondoy” (international codename: Ketsana) on Sept. 26.
“All our efforts are still focused on the rescue, relief and rehabilitation of the affected families,” she said.
Of the 300 deaths, 67 were from the Marikina area.
Fernando estimated property losses could reach as high as P10 billion. “Ondoy wrecked barges, footbridges, computer equipment at City Hall, medical equipment in hospitals.”
She said some 2,000 people remained in about 10 evacuation centers. Officials had moved them from schools to barangay halls so classes could resume.
Some 1,000 residing in riverside communities would have to be relocated, possibly in Biñan, Laguna, said the wife of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chair Bayani Fernando, who as a mayor developed the backward town into thriving city. [Biñan is the worst hit among the lakeshore towns in Laguna; see banner story on Page A1-Ed.]
Gargantuan task
Marikina Rep. Del de Guzman said those living at “Riverside A and B” in Barangay Fortune would be better off moving elsewhere.
“I don’t have the power, but I could convince them not to return there,” he said.
Most of the city’s efforts are directed at cleaning muck and debris.
Fernando said workers were using a city property at Barangay Nangka as a temporary dump for garbage, mostly beds, wood scraps, couches and sofa beds, and even appliances like refrigerators damaged beyond repair.
The task is nothing less than gargantuan. “Garbage collected in every four houses is equivalent to one dump truck,” Fernando said. With a report from Leila B. Salaverria
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20091008-228950/Mayor-cites-some-hard-lessons-for-Marikina
Marikina calamity fund misuse
Commission on Audit quizzes Marikina on calamity fund use
By Reinir Padua (The Philippine Star) Updated October 09, 2009 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Marikina City government spent P10 million of its calamity fund, supposed to be used only in times of disaster, for other purposes last year, according to the Commission on Audit (COA).
State auditors noted that since there was no declaration of a calamity in Marikina last year, expenses worth P10,302,549.53 made by the city government were charged to its calamity fund.
These expenses included salaries and wages worth P47,980; rice subsidy of employees worth P250,000; purchase of ready mix concrete worth P151,525 and thermoplastic lane remarkings worth P9,853,044.53.
Based on Republic Act 8185, the calamity fund must be used “for relief, reconstruction, rehabilitation and other works or services in connection with the calamities which may occur during the budget year, provided that such fund shall be used only in the area, or a portion thereof, of the Local Government Unit affected by a disaster or calamity.”
According to state auditors, documents supporting those transactions charged to the calamity fund in 2008 showed that these were not in any way related to disaster or calamity response.
The COA report said this examination of the expenses “casts doubt on the legality and validity of the said transactions.”
State auditors said that when presented with the audit findings, the Marikina City government, “did not comment on this.”
COA auditors said the city government must replace the P10.30-million worth of calamity fund and strictly follow rules governing its use.
The STAR tried but failed to reach Marikina City Mayor Ma. Lourdes Fernando to get her reaction to the COA report. – With Non Alquitran
tsk tsk tsk... bakit ngayon lang na dyaryo ito.
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=512442&publicationSubCategoryId=65
By Reinir Padua (The Philippine Star) Updated October 09, 2009 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Marikina City government spent P10 million of its calamity fund, supposed to be used only in times of disaster, for other purposes last year, according to the Commission on Audit (COA).
State auditors noted that since there was no declaration of a calamity in Marikina last year, expenses worth P10,302,549.53 made by the city government were charged to its calamity fund.
These expenses included salaries and wages worth P47,980; rice subsidy of employees worth P250,000; purchase of ready mix concrete worth P151,525 and thermoplastic lane remarkings worth P9,853,044.53.
Based on Republic Act 8185, the calamity fund must be used “for relief, reconstruction, rehabilitation and other works or services in connection with the calamities which may occur during the budget year, provided that such fund shall be used only in the area, or a portion thereof, of the Local Government Unit affected by a disaster or calamity.”
According to state auditors, documents supporting those transactions charged to the calamity fund in 2008 showed that these were not in any way related to disaster or calamity response.
The COA report said this examination of the expenses “casts doubt on the legality and validity of the said transactions.”
State auditors said that when presented with the audit findings, the Marikina City government, “did not comment on this.”
COA auditors said the city government must replace the P10.30-million worth of calamity fund and strictly follow rules governing its use.
The STAR tried but failed to reach Marikina City Mayor Ma. Lourdes Fernando to get her reaction to the COA report. – With Non Alquitran
tsk tsk tsk... bakit ngayon lang na dyaryo ito.
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=512442&publicationSubCategoryId=65
Malacañang is asking....
.... san napunta ang budget para sa flood control!
MMDA asked to explain ‘wasted’ P1-billion flood warning system
October 10, 2009, 7:24pm
Malacañang said on Saturday that it will ask Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando to explain the P1-billion flood warning system allegedly put to waste, which could have prevented the massive flooding during the onslaught of tropical storm “Ondoy” in the metropolis.
“We’re asking MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando to explain this both to the public and to the Cabinet to the satisfaction of all because this is a serious issue indeed,” Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said.
moro moro lang yan cerge. pero just in case hindi sagutin or bolahin ka ni BF.... baka napunta dito.
Reports said that the P1-billion flood warning system had been neglected following its transfer to the MMDA.
The flood warning system could have cushioned the adverse effects, particularly the heavy flooding experienced in the metropolis in late September during the lashing of tropical storm “Ondoy.
Based on a report by Newsbreak, the Japanese project Effective Flood Control Operation System (EFCOS) could have minimized casualties if the flood warning equipment and devices had reportedly been well maintained when it was transferred to the MMDA.
The flood warning system reportedly amounted to P1.1 billion, aimed at controlling flood control operations for the Pasig-Marikina-Laguna Lake.
The Japanese government had pegged P600-million for the first phase of the project, which was completed in 1992 while the second phase, at P500-million was funded through a grant by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, which was completed in 2001. The project was turned over to the MMDA in 2002. (Madel Sabater)
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/224132/mmda-asked-explain-wasted-p1billion-flood-warning-system
MMDA asked to explain ‘wasted’ P1-billion flood warning system
October 10, 2009, 7:24pm
Malacañang said on Saturday that it will ask Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando to explain the P1-billion flood warning system allegedly put to waste, which could have prevented the massive flooding during the onslaught of tropical storm “Ondoy” in the metropolis.
“We’re asking MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando to explain this both to the public and to the Cabinet to the satisfaction of all because this is a serious issue indeed,” Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said.
moro moro lang yan cerge. pero just in case hindi sagutin or bolahin ka ni BF.... baka napunta dito.
Reports said that the P1-billion flood warning system had been neglected following its transfer to the MMDA.
The flood warning system could have cushioned the adverse effects, particularly the heavy flooding experienced in the metropolis in late September during the lashing of tropical storm “Ondoy.
Based on a report by Newsbreak, the Japanese project Effective Flood Control Operation System (EFCOS) could have minimized casualties if the flood warning equipment and devices had reportedly been well maintained when it was transferred to the MMDA.
The flood warning system reportedly amounted to P1.1 billion, aimed at controlling flood control operations for the Pasig-Marikina-Laguna Lake.
The Japanese government had pegged P600-million for the first phase of the project, which was completed in 1992 while the second phase, at P500-million was funded through a grant by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, which was completed in 2001. The project was turned over to the MMDA in 2002. (Madel Sabater)
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/224132/mmda-asked-explain-wasted-p1billion-flood-warning-system
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Bayani Fernando's Favorite Charities
COA: Giving cash gifts to MMDA chair irregular
Money went to charities, says Fernando
By Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:27:00 06/02/2009
Filed Under: Government, Graft & Corruption, Politics, Festive Events (including Carnivals)
hahaha carnivals
MANILA, Philippines--Giving P1.6 million in cash to Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando was "irregular," a government auditor told senators yesterday.
"It's irregular because it's not compliant with rules and regulations," said Ireno Manalo of the Commission on Audit, referring to the cash gifts the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) gave to Fernando on four separate occasions.
Manalo, who is also the MMDA's supervising auditor, made the statement after Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. asked him whether the cash gifts were "illegal or legal."
The Senate yesterday started looking into the matter after Senate President Pro Tempore Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada's privilege speech last month questioning the cash gifts given to Fernando.
According to Estrada, the MMDA chief received a total of P1.1 million when he celebrated his birthday in 2003, 2005, and 2006. The amount was deducted from the MMFF's nontax revenues as well as the shares of beneficiaries from the proceeds of the annual film festival.
At the first joint hearing of the Senate blue ribbon and public information and mass media, Assistant Secretary Edenison Faisan, head of the MMFF finance committee, said that Fernando also received a cash gift of P500,000 in 2004, bringing the total amount to P1.6 million.
Estrada and Revilla learned from MMFF officials that Fernando was given the birthday cash gifts for his role in making the annual filmfest a moneymaker. The MMDA chief is the overall head of the MMFF.
Espiridion Laxa, chair of the Film Academy of the Philippines, said the money did not come from amusement taxes but from private funds, specifically from sponsorships.
The senators expressed surprise when Manalo told them that there was no record of the amount of amusement taxes collected or disbursed in the MMDA's books of account.
so saan na punta ang pera?
Meanwhile, Fernando said he saw no need to defend himself in the Senate because the cash gifts given to him came from "private funds."
private or public you need to explain these Mr. Chairman. You are being accused of corruption
"I don't know why they said it was irregular. I didn't do anything wrong. In the first place, it's private funds kaya hindi ina-audit ng COA 'yan (that's why these are not audited by COA)," he told the Inquirer over the phone.
Fernando said he did not attend the hearing because it was "pointless." He added, however, that he would present himself before the Senate "in due time."
At the same time, he confirmed that he received the cash gifts although he said the money went to his "favorite charities."
anong mga charities kaya yon?
With Allison W. Lopez
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20090602-208328/COA-Giving-cash-gifts-to-MMDA-chair-irregular
Money went to charities, says Fernando
By Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:27:00 06/02/2009
Filed Under: Government, Graft & Corruption, Politics, Festive Events (including Carnivals)
hahaha carnivals
MANILA, Philippines--Giving P1.6 million in cash to Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando was "irregular," a government auditor told senators yesterday.
"It's irregular because it's not compliant with rules and regulations," said Ireno Manalo of the Commission on Audit, referring to the cash gifts the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) gave to Fernando on four separate occasions.
Manalo, who is also the MMDA's supervising auditor, made the statement after Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. asked him whether the cash gifts were "illegal or legal."
The Senate yesterday started looking into the matter after Senate President Pro Tempore Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada's privilege speech last month questioning the cash gifts given to Fernando.
According to Estrada, the MMDA chief received a total of P1.1 million when he celebrated his birthday in 2003, 2005, and 2006. The amount was deducted from the MMFF's nontax revenues as well as the shares of beneficiaries from the proceeds of the annual film festival.
At the first joint hearing of the Senate blue ribbon and public information and mass media, Assistant Secretary Edenison Faisan, head of the MMFF finance committee, said that Fernando also received a cash gift of P500,000 in 2004, bringing the total amount to P1.6 million.
Estrada and Revilla learned from MMFF officials that Fernando was given the birthday cash gifts for his role in making the annual filmfest a moneymaker. The MMDA chief is the overall head of the MMFF.
Espiridion Laxa, chair of the Film Academy of the Philippines, said the money did not come from amusement taxes but from private funds, specifically from sponsorships.
The senators expressed surprise when Manalo told them that there was no record of the amount of amusement taxes collected or disbursed in the MMDA's books of account.
so saan na punta ang pera?
Meanwhile, Fernando said he saw no need to defend himself in the Senate because the cash gifts given to him came from "private funds."
private or public you need to explain these Mr. Chairman. You are being accused of corruption
"I don't know why they said it was irregular. I didn't do anything wrong. In the first place, it's private funds kaya hindi ina-audit ng COA 'yan (that's why these are not audited by COA)," he told the Inquirer over the phone.
Fernando said he did not attend the hearing because it was "pointless." He added, however, that he would present himself before the Senate "in due time."
At the same time, he confirmed that he received the cash gifts although he said the money went to his "favorite charities."
anong mga charities kaya yon?
With Allison W. Lopez
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20090602-208328/COA-Giving-cash-gifts-to-MMDA-chair-irregular
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Tambunting arrested for stealing gold
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04302009/news/regionalnews/gold_digger_166944.htm
Ang tanong, kamag anak nya ba si pawnshop king tambunting?
What a gold digger!
A larcenous longtime employee of a major Queens jewelry manufacturer walked off with a staggering 500 pounds of gold she smuggled out piece by piece over six years -- in her handbag, prosecutors said yesterday.
Teresa Tambunting, 50, of Scarsdale, sneaked the hoard out of a Long Island City vault by stashing "a few ounces" at a time in a false bottom she created in the lining of her pocketbook, authorities said.
"I am a very sick woman. I took the gold," she told her stunned bosses once the jig was up, according to sources.
Officials at Jacmel Jewelry caught on that they were being bled dry after doing an internal audit in January and noticing they were missing as much as $12 million worth of gold, which now trades for around $900 an ounce.
"The defendant is accused of establishing a virtual mining operation in Long Island City which siphoned off millions of dollars' worth of the precious metal," said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Tambunting had worked for Jacmel for 28 years, joining the company shortly after emigrating from the Philippines, and had been made a vault manager in 1991. She was paid $160,000 a year and was one of only a handful of "highly trusted" employees who had access to the company's safe, sources said.
But even those people were subject to searches by security -- which Tambunting got around with the makeshift hole in a beaten-up black leather, banana-shaped purse she carried for years.
A few days after company officials started going over their books to see if they had made an accounting error, Tambunting walked into work wheeling a piece of luggage containing 60 pounds of "fine gold" -- or buck-shot-sized pellets of unrefined precious metal.
When asked if that was all she had taken, she said yes, but days later, she changed her tune and came in with her lawyer --and a couple of dozen five-gallon paint buckets filled with 447.8 pounds of gold necklaces, rings, earrings and other jewelry. There was enough gold to fill 12 large storage bins.
The size of Tambunting's haul stunned employees.
"When they walked in the first time, they were shocked and their jaws dropped," a source said. "When she came back three weeks later, their jaws dropped even heavier."
The stash took company officials nearly three weeks to inventory. During that period, they discovered some pieces that dated back to early 2004. Then they went to the DA.
In all, the value of the returned gold is roughly $7.3 million, meaning $4.7 million remains missing. Some of that, sources said, could have been lost in routine manufacturing processes.
They said Tambunting and her husband, Edgardo, a director at Cantor Fitzgerald, appeared to be living within their means, but probers were still investigating their finances.
The couple lives with their three children in a million-dollar home.
Jacmel Jewelry President Jack Rahmey called Tambunting "a longtime employee and a trusted one," but declined to comment any further.
She was released Tuesday on $100,000 bail. She faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. Her lawyer did not return messages.
Officials say as much as $12 million worth of gold -- which trades at roughly $900 a troy ounce -- disappeared. With a single gold bar weighing 400 troy ounces, or 27 pounds, that's the equivalent of 833 pounds of gold, or just shy of 31 gold bars.
Ang tanong, kamag anak nya ba si pawnshop king tambunting?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
News Story Number One: Swine Flu
major news sites at tv programs number one news story ang swine flu
new.yahoo.com
foxnews.com
fox tv news
abc.com
abc news
nbc
cnn
etc
except abs-cbn. ito ang number one story ng TV patrol
number two ang swine flu. juice ko po! hello abs-cbn nasaan ang priorities ninyo? cover you own talent first... rico yan, ted failon, korina sanchez...then the rest of the philippines/world.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Gawain ng isang baliw
Ang baliw at gawain ng isang baliw ay hindi dapat pinagtatawanan. kasi ang baliw wala sa tamang pag iisip. dapat sa kanila itapon sa mental hospital.
picture got from frumpyandgrumpy
nagpapatawa ba ang MMDA? bakit hindi ako natatawa. mga baliw!
U-turn slot = likuan u? HINDI! gawain nga ng baliw eh
Lee Kwan Yee = BF? HINDI! magbasa muna kayo ng history books
Singapore = Marikina? HINDI! galing na ako sa singapore at marikina... malayong malayo
mga tarantado!
picture got from frumpyandgrumpy
nagpapatawa ba ang MMDA? bakit hindi ako natatawa. mga baliw!
U-turn slot = likuan u? HINDI! gawain nga ng baliw eh
Lee Kwan Yee = BF? HINDI! magbasa muna kayo ng history books
Singapore = Marikina? HINDI! galing na ako sa singapore at marikina... malayong malayo
mga tarantado!
Parang kailan lang...
Dahil Sa'yo...
Ferdinand and Imelda on their wedding day, 1954
Wowowee sinong di mawiwili
Dahil sa game na to ay di ka magsisisi
Wowowee panalo ang marami
Pagkat walang talo sa wowowee
Handa ka na ba? Kampanya na!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Arroyo shows what’s done to Palace waste
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090123-185200/Arroyo-shows-whats-done-to-Palace-waste
MANILA, Philippines—As if to prove she means business, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday showed the media around Malacañang's own Material Recovery Facility (MRF) that recycles and turns garbage from her official residence into fertilizer.
Gloria, isama mo na sarili mo sa basura. Basura ka!
MANILA, Philippines—As if to prove she means business, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday showed the media around Malacañang's own Material Recovery Facility (MRF) that recycles and turns garbage from her official residence into fertilizer.
Gloria, isama mo na sarili mo sa basura. Basura ka!
Monday, January 12, 2009
BF Labs MMDA
picture courtesy of pakset101
sa tingin ninyo, ano ba lab ni BF... taong bayan, MMDA o pera?
Why Fernando loves it at the MMDA
| Written by Omerta / Butch del Castillo |
| Thursday, 08 January 2009 22:09 |
http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4322:why-fernando-loves-it-at-the-mmda&catid=28:opinion&Itemid=64
Of all the government agencies, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) under Chairman Bayani Fernando seems to be the most “autonomous,” as far as running its financial affairs are concerned. Through the MMDA, Fernando has been carrying on as if he were the chief of state of an independent republic. It looks like he will continue to enjoy this privileged status for as long as he remains on the good side of President Arroyo.
Nobody with oversight powers has so far questioned him on how he has been running MMDA finances. And that’s just the way he likes it, it seems.
The Commission on Audit (COA), as a rule, is averse to the idea of zealously exercising its mandated power of review on a fellow agency directly reporting to the President. Only if and when President Arroyo herself specifically directs it to step in and review this agency’s books of accounts will the COA dare do its mandated job. But the President, who has been dotingly giving Chairman Fernando a free hand in running the MMDA, never once ordered such an audit over the past six years. Sad, but true. If only she knew what a devastating effect the MMDA’s excesses and crazy schemes have had on her own satisfaction rating in Metro Manila, she would have long booted him out.
As things now stand, the COA leaves the MMDA pretty much to its own devices. There has been no directive to that effect from the mountain- top so far.
What we have in the MMDA is an agency that has been handling untold billions in revenues, whose annual budget and expenditures have not once been subjected to a meticulous audit since Fernando took over six years ago. The MMDA’s financial affairs have never been conducted in “open sunlight” for the public to readily behold.
The MMDA’s virtual immunity from audit, plus its unwillingness to open its books, can only give rise to the suspicion that a lot of financial hanky-panky must be going on in this highly controversial agency.
Already, Fernando’s aggressiveness in promoting the use of those iron railings, iron urinals and overhead pedestrian walkways (also made of iron) all over the metropolis has provoked all sorts of speculations, all of them derogatory to Fernando.
Who is supplying these iron contraptions? Which metal fabricators are getting a bonanza of orders from the MMDA? How are these procurements priced? Are such purchases in accordance with the provisions of the procurement law? Are honest-to-goodness public biddings being held, or are they routinely rigged to favor favored suppliers and contractors?
The fact that Fernando is a civil engineer and that he owns several companies in the construction and steel-fabrication business only makes the public all the more suspicious. It may be strictly happenstance, but add to that input his public declaration that he would run for the presidency in 2010, and the public can’t help but put two and two together.
Fernando has blanketed the countryside with his expensive two-by-three-meter kaayusan all-weather posters. The question is, who paid for these posters? Let’s hope it wasn’t the MMDA, but only an audit can determine this for sure. In any case, the question that must be on the minds of prospective rival presidential candidates is this: How did Fernando build up the political war chest that he has begun to use for his precampaign propaganda?
To sustain a decent presidential campaign, one needs a minimum of P5 billion. As speculation would have it, Fernando has amassed more than double that amount.
The question is inevitably this: Can being chairman for six years of an audit-free MMDA be that lucrative? The public recalls quite vividly that about four years ago, the President had appointed Fernando as public-works secretary in a concurrent capacity (he didn’t want to let go of the MMDA). It did not take long before he casually chucked the public-works portfolio.
Why? I can only think of one reason: Technically, the government agency charged with the responsibility of taking care of national roads everywhere, including those in Metro Manila, is the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
(In Metro Manila, that function has all but been taken over by the MMDA. All contracts pertaining to these national roads are awarded by the MMDA.)
As public-works secretary, in short, he would be in constant conflict with himself.
Moreover, as public-works chief, all DPWH expenditures and contracts would have been subject to regular auditing and review not only by the COA, but also by the House appropriations committee, which decides on the size of the government’s yearly infrastructure budget.
At the MMDA, in stark contrast, public funds are practically audit-free, just like the intelligence fund of the President, which is exempt from pre- or postaudit regulations. So Fernando sacrificed the DPWH portfolio and retained the MMDA chairmanship. As MMDA chairman, he has the best of both worlds.
How very clever of him!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Metro Pink Panget
Metro in pink irks left-wing solons
House probe sought
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20090105-181421/Metro-in-pink-irks-left-wing-solons
MANILA, Philippines—For these “Reds,” Metro Manila hardly looks pretty in pink.
A group of left-leaning lawmakers wants the House of Representatives to investigate—in aid of legislation—the use by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) of bright pink as standard color for road signs and structures.
The group says the pink signs and structures not only mar the urban landscape but also violate local and international safety regulations.
“[They] are, at best, eyesores that worsen the visual blight plaguing Metro Manila,” according to a resolution filed last month by Bayan Muna Representatives Satur Ocampo and Teodoro Casiño; Gabriela Representatives Liza Maza and Luzviminda Ilagan; and Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano.
MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando, however, is standing by his motif, saying the national capital’s “drab environment” can use a rosy accent here and there.
BF's poor attempt at humor. drab environment! mas pinapanget nga ni BF ang metro manila dahil sa mga posters nya. dagdag mo na dyan yung mga pink sinks nya.
He maintains there is no “ban” on the use of pink for such public structures.
The lawmakers describe the pink signs and structures as nuisances that “offend the senses” and are prohibited under the Civil Code.
The group also argues that Fernando’s choice of color violates the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals and similar international agreements in which the Philippines is a signatory.
The convention, the lawmakers say, specifies white, yellow, red, black, blue, green, orange and gray as internationally accepted colors for road signs, road markings and traffic lights. It also sets a standard size and shape for particular types of traffic signs, the lawmakers add.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_sign
http://www.lto.gov.ph/traffic1.html
Nuisance defined
The agreement, forged in 1968, took effect on June 6, 1978.
The lawmakers say the MMDA traffic signs violate the country’s own Civil Code, which defines public nuisances as “any act, omission, establishment, condition of property, or anything (which) annoys or offends the senses.”
hindi lang mga pink signs ang nakaka offend. pati ito o nakaka offend
Under the code, public nuisances can be the subject of a court case or a claim for damages.
Administrative Order No. 160-A, based on the National Building Code, also bans billboards and signboards that defile, debase or offend the aesthetic and cultural values and traditions of the Filipino people, according to the lawmakers.
sama nyo na rin dyan yung mga posters ng mga politico sa metro manila. lalo na sa quezon city.
The resolution is urging the House committee on Metro Manila development to check whether the use of pink had the approval of the Metro Manila Council—the policy-making body of the MMDA—and how much public funds had been spent for the structures.
‘Help for pedestrians’
Fernando, who had earned both praise and criticism as a no-nonsense, iron-fisted enforcer since becoming MMDA chair in 2002, has early on defended his preference for pink traffic signs, fences, walkways and sidewalk urinals.
mostly criticism. sira ulo na lang ang mag pupuri sa kanya
Reached for comment on the House resolution, Fernando insists that his agency has not violated any Philippine law or international standard. “There is no ban on the use of pink,” he says in Filipino.
“The pink signs are for pedestrians so they can easily [tell] that it’s for them, because most of the signs are for motorists. It’s there to help them,” Fernando says.
check mo ito
" Fluorescent pink signs are sometimes used for incident management warning."
And besides, pink is perfect for the “drab environment”’ of Metro Manila, he says. “It’s different and attractive.”
tado! green ang tamang kulay! lahat ng lungsod sa mundo eh green ang ginagamit para pagandahin ang lugar nila. hindi sa pamamagitan ng pagpintura ng verde kundi sa pagtatanim ng mga puno. dito nga sa metro manila pinagpuputol pa ng mmda yung mga puno tapos yung iba nilalagyan pa ng posters nya.
Pink of health
Fernando says the MMDA has chosen pink for its footbridges, for example, so pedestrians could easily spot them.
paint them in red or in orange to dick!
“I [first] used the color green when I was mayor of Marikina. The pink evolved when the World Health Organization designated Marikina as outstanding healthy city. So we came up with a motto: ‘Marikina, the City in the Pink of Health.’ To dramatize this, we began using pink,” he says.
“It’s the same thing we want for Metro Manila—for it to be in the pink of health.”
cheap political gimick. neknek mo BF. pink ang ginamit ng asawa mo noong election. WHO ka pa dyan. gimik lang yan. si Marcos pula, si cory yellow...
sinasayang pera natin. im sure after mawala na yan sa pwesto si el gwapo mawawala na yang pink signs na yan. kasi pipinturahan yan ng next political appointee na chairman.
The MMDA chair says he welcomes the House investigation and takes it as an opportunity to explain his color preference. “Hopefully, we will also get them to love pink,” he says.
House probe sought
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20090105-181421/Metro-in-pink-irks-left-wing-solons
MANILA, Philippines—For these “Reds,” Metro Manila hardly looks pretty in pink.
A group of left-leaning lawmakers wants the House of Representatives to investigate—in aid of legislation—the use by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) of bright pink as standard color for road signs and structures.
The group says the pink signs and structures not only mar the urban landscape but also violate local and international safety regulations.
“[They] are, at best, eyesores that worsen the visual blight plaguing Metro Manila,” according to a resolution filed last month by Bayan Muna Representatives Satur Ocampo and Teodoro Casiño; Gabriela Representatives Liza Maza and Luzviminda Ilagan; and Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano.
MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando, however, is standing by his motif, saying the national capital’s “drab environment” can use a rosy accent here and there.
BF's poor attempt at humor. drab environment! mas pinapanget nga ni BF ang metro manila dahil sa mga posters nya. dagdag mo na dyan yung mga pink sinks nya.
He maintains there is no “ban” on the use of pink for such public structures.
The lawmakers describe the pink signs and structures as nuisances that “offend the senses” and are prohibited under the Civil Code.
The group also argues that Fernando’s choice of color violates the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals and similar international agreements in which the Philippines is a signatory.
The convention, the lawmakers say, specifies white, yellow, red, black, blue, green, orange and gray as internationally accepted colors for road signs, road markings and traffic lights. It also sets a standard size and shape for particular types of traffic signs, the lawmakers add.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_sign
http://www.lto.gov.ph/traffic1.html
Nuisance defined
The agreement, forged in 1968, took effect on June 6, 1978.
The lawmakers say the MMDA traffic signs violate the country’s own Civil Code, which defines public nuisances as “any act, omission, establishment, condition of property, or anything (which) annoys or offends the senses.”
hindi lang mga pink signs ang nakaka offend. pati ito o nakaka offend
Under the code, public nuisances can be the subject of a court case or a claim for damages.
Administrative Order No. 160-A, based on the National Building Code, also bans billboards and signboards that defile, debase or offend the aesthetic and cultural values and traditions of the Filipino people, according to the lawmakers.
sama nyo na rin dyan yung mga posters ng mga politico sa metro manila. lalo na sa quezon city.
The resolution is urging the House committee on Metro Manila development to check whether the use of pink had the approval of the Metro Manila Council—the policy-making body of the MMDA—and how much public funds had been spent for the structures.
‘Help for pedestrians’
Fernando, who had earned both praise and criticism as a no-nonsense, iron-fisted enforcer since becoming MMDA chair in 2002, has early on defended his preference for pink traffic signs, fences, walkways and sidewalk urinals.
mostly criticism. sira ulo na lang ang mag pupuri sa kanya
Reached for comment on the House resolution, Fernando insists that his agency has not violated any Philippine law or international standard. “There is no ban on the use of pink,” he says in Filipino.
“The pink signs are for pedestrians so they can easily [tell] that it’s for them, because most of the signs are for motorists. It’s there to help them,” Fernando says.
check mo ito
" Fluorescent pink signs are sometimes used for incident management warning."
And besides, pink is perfect for the “drab environment”’ of Metro Manila, he says. “It’s different and attractive.”
tado! green ang tamang kulay! lahat ng lungsod sa mundo eh green ang ginagamit para pagandahin ang lugar nila. hindi sa pamamagitan ng pagpintura ng verde kundi sa pagtatanim ng mga puno. dito nga sa metro manila pinagpuputol pa ng mmda yung mga puno tapos yung iba nilalagyan pa ng posters nya.
Pink of health
Fernando says the MMDA has chosen pink for its footbridges, for example, so pedestrians could easily spot them.
paint them in red or in orange to dick!
“I [first] used the color green when I was mayor of Marikina. The pink evolved when the World Health Organization designated Marikina as outstanding healthy city. So we came up with a motto: ‘Marikina, the City in the Pink of Health.’ To dramatize this, we began using pink,” he says.
“It’s the same thing we want for Metro Manila—for it to be in the pink of health.”
cheap political gimick. neknek mo BF. pink ang ginamit ng asawa mo noong election. WHO ka pa dyan. gimik lang yan. si Marcos pula, si cory yellow...
sinasayang pera natin. im sure after mawala na yan sa pwesto si el gwapo mawawala na yang pink signs na yan. kasi pipinturahan yan ng next political appointee na chairman.
The MMDA chair says he welcomes the House investigation and takes it as an opportunity to explain his color preference. “Hopefully, we will also get them to love pink,” he says.
Friday, January 2, 2009
VIDEO: BF uses 150 MMDA trucks to celebrate his singing contest victory
Miriam, kinatigan ni Golez vs Bayani sa paggamit ng l50 trak
December 18, 2008 05:38 PM Thursday
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-12-18&sec=4&aid=80759
Sinuportahan kahapon ng isang Metropolitan Manila solon ang panawagan ni Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago na imbestigahan kung pondo umano ng Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ang ginamit ni Chairman Bayani Fernando sa 150 trucks at mobiles ng ahensiya na sumama sa parada para ipagbunyi ang tagumpay nito sa Celebrity Duets ng GMA 7.
Nanindigan si Parañaque City Rep. Roilo Golez sa kahalagahan na malaman ang katotohanan sa likod ng mga alegasyon na nagagamit umano ang pondo ng ahensiya para sa presidential bid ni Fernando.
December 18, 2008 05:38 PM Thursday
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-12-18&sec=4&aid=80759
Sinuportahan kahapon ng isang Metropolitan Manila solon ang panawagan ni Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago na imbestigahan kung pondo umano ng Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ang ginamit ni Chairman Bayani Fernando sa 150 trucks at mobiles ng ahensiya na sumama sa parada para ipagbunyi ang tagumpay nito sa Celebrity Duets ng GMA 7.
Nanindigan si Parañaque City Rep. Roilo Golez sa kahalagahan na malaman ang katotohanan sa likod ng mga alegasyon na nagagamit umano ang pondo ng ahensiya para sa presidential bid ni Fernando.
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