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

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!

graft cases of Bayani Fernando

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

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



http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8314316430359076373

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.

The cost of uglifying Metro Manila

Tarpaulin printing = 30 pesos / sq-ft (average price in ebay.ph and sulit.com.ph)
Size of largest Bayani Fernando MMDA poster/billboard = 12 feet by 5 feet (Rough estimate lang)

12 feet x 5 feet = 60 sq-ft
30 pesos/sq-ft x 60 sq-ft = 1800 pesos

number of Bayani Fernando/MMDA posters = 1000 (estimate lang po yan.)
1800 pesos x 1000 = 1,800,000 pesos

1.8 million pesos para lang dito!


yung malaki lang yan. hindi pa kasama yung mga maliliit na posters.

Bayani Fernando and the Urban Poor

In Public Lives by Randy David
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 September 2007

http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=85966

MANILA, Philippines — If there is one public official in our country today who does his work seemingly without regard for the political consequences, that person has to be Bayani Fernando, the current chair of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). In a just society, he would be a model public servant. But in our kind of society, he can only be the blind, uncaring agent of the powerful.

BF, as he is popularly known, is ironically, for the same reason, the modern Metro Manilan’s folk hero. For the city’s most persistent problems –illegal encroachment on public space, traffic gridlocks, rampant criminality, flooding, urban blight, etc. — he finds solutions that are, at one and the same time, capricious and ingenious, impulsive and experimental, outlandish and generally effective. The upper and middle classes hail him as modernity’s champion, and think of him as the kind of president we need. But I doubt that he will ever win an election outside of Marikina City, where he was mayor for many years.

For BF is also possibly the Filipino poor’s most hated figure. This is understandable. To him belongs the unenviable job of dealing with all the illegal improvisations that make up the typical life of those who are forced to spend the greater part of their time trying to survive. BF is right in the frontline of the class conflict that rages daily in our divided society. And he is staunchly on the side of power.

While his political bosses may pay lip service to the needs of the poor even as their policies systematically oppress them, BF has no choice but to face the poor as if they were a perpetual nuisance, in accordance with his assigned role as the hatchet man of an unjust property system.

In this capacity, he must remain blind to the larger societal context of the problems he is assigned to fix. He cannot propose long-term solutions that touch on the structural inequalities from which flow all the problematic outcomes of mass poverty. He is effective precisely because he treats the symptoms, and remains unmindful of the profound social illness that produces them. In countless media appearances, BF speaks of the problems of the city in such folksy commonsensical terms that he leaves you wondering how someone like him can be so insensitive in his dealings with the poor. You expect this lack of empathy to come from a disengaged technocrat who cannot see beyond his theory. It is shocking to find it in a practical man like BF who has lived among the masses. Is it possible that he thinks he knows the poor so well that he actually believes there is no way of dealing with them except by acts of toughness?

A few years ago, he stopped illegal vendors from plying their trade on sidewalks by ordering his men to spray kerosene on the goods they were selling. In this manner, he reasoned, there is no way they can recover their investments. He confiscated their carts, and detained those who persisted in occupying the sidewalks.

The other day, I heard him on radio talking about the demolition of shanties along “esteros” [creeks] and under bridges that impede the flow of rain water and cause flash floods. Asked if there were relocation sites to which the affected families could be transferred, BF had a ready reply: “We cannot reward these lawbreakers by giving them homes.” He wants to send them back to the provinces where they came from. One might wonder where such attitude is coming from. But in fact it is a sentiment that is silently held by many Filipinos who do not have to live dangerously along river banks or pitch their shanties inside cemeteries.

It is difficult not to appreciate BF’s stubborn ideas about how to make the city livable. To him it is all a matter of teaching people how to live in a modern society. There is a lot of truth in this, but it is not the whole story. It omits the one crucial element that determines the character of most of our social problems as a nation: mass poverty.

You cannot have a well-ordered city if nearly one-half of your residents have no regular jobs, no decent homes, and no bright future to look forward to no matter how hard they try. Law-abiding citizens will not thrive in a society in which the very structure of opportunity has collapsed for the many. They will be forced to improvise in order to survive. They will put up their homes wherever they can so they can be close to schools, hospitals and places of work.

You cannot tell people constantly on the verge of starvation to stay away from garbage heaps. You cannot tell them that scavenging is an unworthy way to earn a living. You have to show them that a better way is within their reach. BF knows this. He was irked by the sight of grown men stopping in the middle of the streets to urinate behind the doors of their taxis or on the tires of their jeepneys. He tried shaming them for acting like stray animals, but to no avail. What finally put a stop to this uncivilized habit were the pink urinals he put up on Metro Manila’s sidewalks. If you build public toilets, people will relieve themselves decently. If you build them proper homes, they will voluntarily leave the esteros.

People in general are not unreasonable. They may stall, negotiate and try to assert the primacy of their interest — but such behavior is pretty much distributed across social classes. Poverty is certainly no excuse for recalcitrance. But even under a rule of law, the MMDA’s forcible demolition of poor people’s shanties, leaving them without a roof over their heads, constitutes an unspeakable atrocity.

AMEN!

MMDA and DPWH

Galing talaga ni Chairman
Do you want a president like this creature?

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/87352/MMDA-DPWH-rift-cancels-project

MMDA, DPWH rift cancels project


The National Economic and Development Authority in 2000 approved the P1.98 billion Metro Manila Interchange Construction Project Phase 5, which was expected to help alleviate the metro's traffic problem.

Disagreements between the Metro Manila Development Authority and the Department of Public Works and Highways over the design, however, delayed the project's implementation and eventually led to its cancellation.

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/88939/Experts-criticize-MMDAs-Arroyo-approved-elevated-u-turn

Experts criticize MMDA's Arroyo-approved elevated u-turn

In the DPWH-MMDA rift over the P1.98 billion Metro Manila Interchange Construction Project, President Arroyo favored MMDA's proposed elevated u-turn. Experts question the safety of the project, which was approved without a feasibility study, while MMDA defends it.






A statement from the experts and fellow engineers

http://www.pice.org.ph/Statement%20PICE-U%20Turn.pdf

Statement from the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers
The Philippines is falling behind most of its Asian neighbors due to its poor
infrastructure. Hence, the attempt of the present administration to increase (the
historically-low) investments in infrastructure – in the transport sector, more specifically
- is to be lauded.
But spending for poorly-conceived, mediocre, and ill-designed projects will only
increase the number of poor infrastructure, rather than raise our country’s
competitiveness. The construction of elevated U-Turns in Metro Manila belongs to that
genre. Instead of building world-class structure, the MMDA is spending hundred of
millions of pesos on a structure that violate national and international highway
standards.
Perhaps, the original plan for the intersection may have been over-designed. In the
world of professional practice, the same issue can only be resolved through Peer
Review, and not by sheer “political will.” An “over-designed” structure is more tolerable
in the long run than an ‘under-designed” one. Also, a peer review process would have
shown that the construction cost of a straight viaduct is lower than a curved one, for
the same length and number of lanes, aside from having a lesser number of traffic
hazards. Strangely and unfortunately, in this case, there is also no duly-licensed “Peer”
to talk about.
The objective of grade separation at major intersections is to achieve maximum road
capacity (or passenger throughput) per lane. Gaining “pogi points” is not an explicit
objective in building of transport infrastructure. This can not be achieved by the
elevated U-Turn scheme for two basic reasons: (a) a roundabout way can never be
shorter or faster than a straight line from point A to point B, (b) the potential conflict
points between vehicular movements have not been reduced. The high-volume
through-traffic get intermixed with local, low-volume, slower-speed, and left-turningtraffic;
thus, reducing the overall flow to the least common denominator – especially
severe during peak hours. Vehicles can only be as fast as the slowest ones in front of
them.
Bragging that the structure is the first of its kind in the world may be a cause of pride
for its proponent. It is, however, a cause of shame for Filipino civil engineers who are
supposed to be responsible, by law, for this kind of structure but were not involved in
the first place. A mediocre design that ignores fundamental rules of road safety is not
something Filipino civil engineers (as it would be wrongly ascribed to the profession as
a whole) – or for that matter, patriotic Filipinos - can be proud. Neither is it the path to
progress.
The Philippines can only move into the faster lane of development and progress – if it
builds the right infrastructure in the right way and under the exacting yardstick of
globally-accepted engineering standards.

MMDA’s Claim of Cleaner Air, Pure Air – Environmentalists

image from http://nicolevelazco.blogspot.com/

BY BULATLAT
September 1, 2008 - 6:21 p.m.

http://www.bulatlat.com/2008/09/mmdas-claim-cleaner-air-pure-air-environmentalists-0

An activist environmental group is not convinced at all in the Metro Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) claim of cleaner air. Clemente Bautista, national coordinator of the Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment (KPNE) branded MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando's claim as pure air.

Hahaha! LOL Busted!!! buking hahaha

Fernando declared that there was a 50-percent drop in the air pollution level of Metro Manila due to the massive sweeping and vacuuming of roadways initiated by the MMDA.

Bautista said, "Maybe the ever-arrogant Chairman is hallucinating from the polluted air he breathed in EDSA or just campaigning for 2010."

no he is hallucinating from the smell of his pink urinals

The group pointed out that they found no scientific study or data showing that air pollution levels in Metro Manila have dropped. "There is no recent air quality status report, which just goes to show that clean air monitoring in the country is ineffective," said Bautista.

The KPNE said that even the technical paper published by the World Bank concluded that average Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) concentrations of Metro Manila are frequently five times higher than the World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines. Higher than standard TSP means higher pollution. TSP is used to measure particulate matter (PM) present in air. PM is the generic term used for a type of air pollution that consists of complex and varying mixtures of particles suspended in the air.

come on BF. kahit mga mmda truck mo eh smoke belchers.

Based on the weekly Ambient Air Quality Monitoring of EMB, Pasay, Makati, Valenzuela are among the areas that usually exceed the standard 230ug/Ncm for TSP.

Bautista further said, "Manila itself is known to be one the most polluted areas in the Philippines. The areas of Pasay and EDSA, which Mr. Fernando claims to have significantly improved are still among the most polluted areas in Metro Manila in terms of amount of TSP. Now, he wants people to believe that air quality has improved because of his mechanized street sweeping? No sane person would buy that claim," declared Bautista.

Last year, the joint report of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and World Bank showed there were nearly 4,968 premature deaths each year in Manila due to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases from exposure to poor air quality.

Bautista said, "Mr. Fernando can weave all the tales that he wants but experience and facts tell us that the problem of air pollution, or any environmental issue, has not been resolved. What the government is doing are only palliative measures. The policies and programs of the government do not address the root causes of pollution, much less of environmental degradation in the country." Bulatlat

BF will do and tell anything....tsk tsk tsk. will you vote for a person like this as president of the philippines?

other side comments here

Fernando will run for president with or with Lakas support

Fernando to run for prexy sans Lakas support

09/07/2008 | 01:45 PM

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/118727/Fernando-to-run-for-prexy-sans-Lakas-support

MANILA, Philippines - Bayani Fernando of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will run for president in the 2010 elections with or without the support of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD).

Why? bakit ba talagang gustong tumakbo ni BF as president? at napaka desperado nyang maging presidente?

In a report over dzBB radio, Fernando was quoted as saying that he will pursue his political ambitions even if the Lakas-CMD would refuse to pick him as the administration’s standard bearer.

Fernando, a former mayor of Marikina City, also reportedly said that should Lakas ignore his presidential bid he will be forced to leave the party and form his own political party.

wow kapal! feeling... san kukuha ng pera si BF para sa election. eh

Earlier reports said Lakas is wooing Vice President Noli de Castro to be the party’s presidential bet in the 2010 elections.

Fernando shrugged off his current poor ratings from the people, saying Lakas has the power to make those ratings favorable towards him.

kung mataas ang rating sa survey ok lang...dedma. sasabihin na totoo yang survey na yon. pero kung kulelat eh magpapalusot. hoy BF kaya ka kulelat kasi kitang kita ng mga tao sa buong pilipinas ang ginagawa mong pag aapi sa mga mahihirap at yung mga gimik mo na kalokohan.

Meanwhile, Fernando’s wife, Marikina City Mayor Maria Lourdes Fernando, said she will no longer seek political post in 2010 and would just dedicate her time to support her husband’s election. - Aie Balagtas See, GMANews.TV

i bet tatakbo for mayor ay yung babaeng anak nila na 28 years old pa lang.

Mga side comments ko na LOWDOWN

Naykupo! blog ko nasa column ni Jojo Robles
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=jojoRobles_sept2_2008

wow! salamat po Jojo Robles at yung iba pang bloggers
http://kurkeh.wordpress.com/
http://pindutinmoto.blogspot.com/
http://bambit.kusangpalo.com/

thanks din sa flickr.com, google.com, yahoo.com, at picasaweb.com. kung wala sila hindi ko mahahanap si bayani. hahaha



ito na side comments ko.


Who will stop Bayani?

Jojo Robles
Manila Standard
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=jojoRobles_sept2_2008

One of my favorite blogs these days is something called “Mga Side Comments Ko” on Blogspot. The site has a map which shows where probably the most thick-faced official of this government has been lately, under the heading “Where in the Philippines is Bayani Fernando?”

Yes!

Clicking on the face of the Metro Kwago (as another blogger calls the owlish-looking chairman of the Metro Manila Development Authority and early-bird presidential candidate) will lead a visitor to the map—which is supported by photographs of places around the country where Fernando has been.

kilala ko yung blogger na yon ah

Bayani’s itinerary has been backbreaking: Ilocos, Zambales, Bulacan, Quezon, Aklan, Iloilo and Davao are some of the locations where the supposed chief traffic aide of the metropolis has been recently. In the photographs, Bayani is shown glad-handing the locals, dancing during their town fiestas, distributing relief goods and generally spreading his luridly pink-and-baby blue largesse throughout the country.

hindi lang photo may video pa hahaha

In nearly all the photographs, Bayani is escorted by official vehicles of the MMDA sporting red government plates —giving the lie to the MMDA chairman’s claim that he is using his own resources to campaign (illegally, it must be added, since he still has not resigned) for the presidency two years before the elections. Even assuming that he is, as he claims, using his own money for the plywood boards and other stuff that he’s donating all over, what about the cranes, trucks and various other vehicles that he’s been using to deliver them?

Amen

Does Bayani own all these vehicles, as well? And does Bayani think that just because he’s doing all these things outside Metro Manila, no one will notice?

Baka naman akala ni BF na 1800's pa at ang takbo ng balita eh kasing bilis ng asong hindi matae. hoy bayani may Internet na po. kitang kita ka na. may video phones pa. so wala kang lusot.

The abuses committed by Bayani Fernando boggle the mind, and yet the man thinks he is being persecuted. To the House of Representatives, for instance, he has replied that he will not appear at a congressional investigation of his activities because the lawmakers who are accusing him of wrongdoing are “politically motivated.”

This is just the latest of Bayani’s transgressions, that of ignoring a Congress summons without even the benefit of an executive gag order from his boss, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Where most government officials would quake in fear of appearing before a congressional investigation, Bayani actually thinks he can get away with this cavalier dismissal of the House invitation on the grounds that his interrogators have a political motive.

kapal talaga. sabi pa ni bayani hindi naman daw nya congressmen yung mga nagpapatawag sa kanya? ano ibigsabihin nya doon? hindi nya ka distrito yung mga congressmen, hindi nya kapartido, hindi nya hawak?

And I guess plastering your sleepy-eyed mug all over the country is not politically motivated—if not outright criminal on so many levels that it would make anyone’s head spin? Who will stop Bayani Fernando from violating nearly every law in the land before he’s through?

Who? si Jojo Robles! Mabuhay! hahaha =) peace tayo ah. hehehe pwede ring Jojo Binay. hahaha

* * *

One of Bayani’s most treasured myths about himself is that he is all about discipline. And yet, given the many and repeated transgressions of the MMDA chairman, you have to wonder who will discipline him.

Bayani has run afoul of the law so many times and yet he is allowed to thumb his nose at anyone who dares cross his path. He can even go on a television talent show and claim that he wants to win because he is raising funds for his election campaign in 2010—and no one even asks anymore if this blatant fund-raising by a sitting government official is illegal or not.

WTF! talaga sinabi nya yon!?! sorry hindi na ako nanonood ng local TV programs. Naiinis lang ako.

He has crossed swords with an entire Cabinet’s worth of government agencies and nearly all of the mayors of Metro Manila (who supposedly are his bosses and funders), and yet he goes on his merry way—disregarding laws, ordinances, human rights and simple courtesy as he barrels his way through with his pink-and-blue army of traffic terrorists, mulcters and bus-jackers, sidewalk-vendor scourges, squatter demolishers and sticker-and-tarpaulin plasterers.

Jojo Robles, ano sa palagay mo at bakit gustong tumakbo ni BF as president of the Republic of the Philippines? Power, pera, attention, para ba maabswelto sa mga kaso?

No one has asked Bayani to present an audit of his expenses, to show which funds are his and not his to spend, and which was spent where and how much. No one has filed charges against Bayani for ordering the illegal confiscation of property in the form of the buses his men take over or the wares of the sidewalk vendors that they grab and never return.

Even the usually quick-on-the-draw human rights groups have not taken up the case of Bayani’s lightning demolition of squatter shanties, nor have they challenged his explanation that it’s not his job to relocate squatters, only to demolish them. No real opposition has been encountered by the government employees who do nothing but put up his tarpaulins and stick his stickers—even if the taxpayers cough up the money for their wages. No official inquiries have been made about his questionable infrastructure projects like the abominable elevated U-turn on C-5 Road or his dangerous (and BF Corp.-fabricated) railings, pedestrian overpasses and the absolutely free gift of a on-off ramp that he gave to the owner of a mall in his home turf of Marikina.

Nobody in authority has really asked why he can declare for the presidency and yet not resign.

Unfortunately, the undeniable effect of letting Bayani do whatever he wants and not forcing him to account for his actions afterward is the breakdown of order, respect for the law and common decency. Ironically for the man who prides himself with a genius for instilling discipline and restoring order, all he’s been doing lately is to show that if you’ve got the power, you can actually get away with anything.

Of course, government officials have been running afoul of the law probably for as long as there’s been a government. But no one in memory has so cavalierly declared himself to be so high above mere legal questions as Bayani Fernando. And the saddest part of it all is, he still has his job.

Maybe, just maybe, somebody will remedy that soon.

Pathetic Bayani Fernando Tshirts

Pathetic talaga itong BF na ito. iniinsulto ang masa. sinira na nga ang kabuhayan mo iinsultuhin ka pa, bibigyan ka ng konswelo de bobong kamiseta. mababa talaga ang tingin ni BF sa mga mahihirap.

Another (self serving) message from your MMDA chairman

Mechanized street sweeper helps improve Metro’s air quality

The Philippine Star

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=129696

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said that air quality along Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) is improving because of the agency's continuous dust and litter sweeping and vacuuming operations.

nasaan ang independent/third part study na magpapatunay na nag improve ang air quality sa EDSA

MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando said air circulating in the major thoroughfare which connects the Northern and Southern parts of Metro Manila is now fresher and cleaner.

Wow! sandali lang ha. bubuksan ko lang bintana ng opisina. along EDSA lang kasi....

ubo ubo ubo... shit! kahit linggo ganon pa rin. mausok at amoy mmda urinal pa rin

He said air quality along C-5, Roxas Boulevard and other major roads in Pasay City has also remarkably improved because carbon dust and other pollutants coming from trees and plants and those emitted by vehicle engines are regularly swept and vacuumed by Roadways Cleaning Operations Group (RCOG) personnel using truck-mounted giant sweeping machines as well as gutter and wall cleaners who work round-the-clock on two shifts.

Fernando reported that since the agency launched its massive cleaning and vacuuming operations initially along EDSA along with the crackdown launched by relevant agencies on carbon gas-emitting vehicles, the air that people breathe in these areas is 50 percent cleaner.

geez i can smell the bullshit

He announced that as soon as the ongoing upgrading of sidewalks along Edsa is completed, the RCOG will start to clean walkways regularly and even at night to brush away much dust from gutters and walls of the main thoroughfare.

"Offhand, I can assure everyone that before the year is over, when our sidewalk upgrading program is done, the entire stretch of sidewalks of Edsa would be walkable and people would shun riding jeepneys and buses for short trips," he said.

RCOG chief Francis Martinez said that apart from Metro aides manually sweeping and tending the plants on the road, seven giant mechanized sweepers, three gutter cleaners and four wall cleaners are out in the streets at the break of dawn to clean and vacuum the major roads until 4 p.m.

The second shift of RCOG personnel, with truck-mounted sweepers and cleaners in tow, takes over at 10 p.m. and works until 6 a.m. to clean and vacuum loading and unloading bays, underpasses and tunnels, Martinez said.

He said the difficult and dirtier job of cleaning the street infrastructure is being done by mechanized sweepers due to the spate of road accidents.

main reason bakit mausok ang metro manila. simple.. mga sasakyan. mas mausok sa mga lugar kung saan may u-turn slot kasi sobrang traffic.

by the way nakita ko ito oh. MMDA truck na smoke blecher. hahaha

Bayani won't go to congress

House to force Fernando to attend hearings

By DELON PORCALLA and RHODINA VILLANUEVA
The Philippine Star

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=129761

Two senior House members have filed a resolution that would compel Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Bayani Fernando to attend hearings after he snubbed a recent Commission on Human Rights (CHR) hearing over MMDA’s cases of alleged unlawful evictions of sidewalk vendors.

Its about time

House Resolution 723, authored by Reps. Roilo Golez of Parañaque and Matias Defensor of Quezon City, directs the committee on human rights to hold hearings on human rights violations of the MMDA and force its chairman to rebut the charges.

Fernando, however, shrugged off reports that the two congressmen filed a resolution to question him on alleged human rights violations committed by the agency against sidewalk vendors.

"The proper venue for that is the court. I will only submit myself to investigation or interrogation only if it will be done through court proceedings," Fernando said in an interview.

Investigation nga ito. wala ka bang alam sa batas? may powers ang congress para tawagin mga opisyal ng executive branch. kasama doon si bayani. baka naman akala ni bf monarchy tayo at siya ang hari.

He said "it is already outside the power of Congress to intervene in such matters which... are being treated as a political issue."

ano tawag mo sa mga billboards ni bayani? hindi ba may political motives siya. praning lang si BF.

"Not one of them is even my congressman. They should not interfere on things like this. What they should attend to are the needs of their respective constituents," Fernando added.

The statements of Bayani Fernando only shows he's not fit to be president of the philippines. walang alam sa batas. sus kahit anong committee sa congress pwede kang tawagin. bakit ba ayaw pumunta ni bayani fernando sa congress? ano ba kinatatakot nya? akala ko ba matapang siya. baka naman ang kaya nya lang eh ang mga sidewalk vendors. teka hindi pala nya kaya mga sidewalk vendors. sige nga bayani, punta ka sa quiapo at paalisin mo lahat ng mga vendors doon na nag iisa. hindi mo kasama ang mga goons mo ha. ewan ko lang kung makakauwi ka ng marikina ng buhay.

In a joint statement, Golez and Defensor branded Fernando as "callous" after he continuously refused to answer complaints against the MMDA filed before the CHR by sidewalk vendors and informal settlers in Metro Manila, who have all been victims of the agency’s harsh and "inhuman eviction."

"Fernando… has not attended the hearings before the CHR, showing his disregard not only for the rule of law but also for his responsibility to account and be responsible for his actions and the enforcement and implementation by his men," they said.

di ba ang mga taong may ugaling urbanidad eh masunirin sa batas? eh ano itong ugali ni bayani? bakit ayaw nya pumunta sa mga hearings na ito. may tinatago ba siya? hmmm....

Golez, a known critic of Fernando, said there is a need for a House probe, as he cited a news report in which CHR chairwoman Leila de Lima said the MMDA is being "very highhanded. Their approach is authoritarian, and that is not good. The illegal settlers should be helped, not treated that way. It has become really alarming."

Golez, who belongs to the opposition bloc, said the MMDA "should not employ excessive or unnecessary violence on street vendors and resort to the destruction of their means of livelihood, nor resort to illegal or unlawful means in carrying out their functions."

Defensor, chairman of the House committee on justice, said even the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor, in its report, observed flaws in the conduct by the MMDA of its demolition and eviction operations in urban poor communities.

"The patently harsh and whimsical method by which the MMDA is carrying out its operations constitutes human rights violations," he said.

Fernando’s AM station on hold

Meanwhile, several congressmen have decided to hold in abeyance a legislative franchise sought by the MMDA to put up a nationwide AM radio station , even if the agency’s scope is just within the metropolis.

Ano!?! Meron na ngang radio station ang MMDA at Marikina City, gusto pa nya ng isa. sobra na ito. by the way may nakikinig bang tao sa mga radio stations ng MMDA at Marikina? what a waste of public funds.

DZBF (Radyo ng Marikina 1674 kHz Metro Manila)

The franchise is covered by a bill filed by Fernando’s townmate, Marikina Rep. Del de Guzman.

I bet utos ito ni BF na magfile ng bill ang kanyang townmate

Defensor, Judy Syjuco of Iloilo and Nanette Castelo-Daza of Quezon City and Ruffy Biazon of Muntinlupa City expressed apprehension that Fernando might use it as a campaign vehicle for his presidential bid in 2010 "with or without the support" of his party, the ruling Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats.

Iloilo Rep. Ferjenel Biron, who heads the House committee on legislative franchises, is "doubtful" of the radio station’s objective, as MMDA already has a newspaper known as Pahayagan ng Bayan in which pictures of Fernando are the "main features" of its issues.

kapal talaga. ano akala nya sa taong bayan, tanga?

"We will give him (Fernando) the benefit of the doubt that the proposed radio station is not in pursuit of his political plans," Biron said, who hinted that if ever a franchise is granted to MMDA, the congressional permit will only be confined to Metro Manila.

The lawmakers said that the station could duplicate the functions of existing government broadcast facilities.

The deliberations were also suspended because Fernando did not attend the hearing, no documents were presented to prove the MMDA Council – composed of Metro Manila’s 17 mayors – approved the application for franchise, and the lack of endorsement from the Office of the Press Secretary.

hahaha... BUKING!!!

Is SM Marikina structurally safe?

May article si Jojo Robles ng Manila Standard tungkol sa presidential ambitions ni Bayani Fernando. http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=jojoRobles_aug27_2008 Napaisip ako doon sa part tungkol sa SM Marikina... "Speaking of Bayani’s friends, we wonder if mall magnate Henry Sy isn’t among those people that the MMDA chairman is counting on to provide major funding for his early-bird campaign to become president. That’s because some people in Bayani’s home turf of Marikina City (where Bayani’s wife Marides Carlos Fernando, or MCF, is mayor) are asking why Sy’s newest mall on the eastern bank of the river on Marcos Highway was provided a free off-and-on ramp complex by the government—which is supposedly short of funds for any major infrastructure project that presumably has higher priority. And how true are reports that the contractor for the new SM Marikina mall is none other that Bayani’s own BF Corp.? With Bayani acting as Metro Manila regional development council boss, his wife as the local chief executive providing all the city permits and his construction company building the mall and the taxpayer-funded ramps, you have to wonder if Sy isn’t way up there in the list of Bayani’s most favored."


Safe kaya itong mall na ito? Folks isipin ninyo
1. itong building na ito ay tinayo sa tabi ng Marikina River flood plain. di ba malabot ang lupa sa mga ganitong lugar? at malapit lang ito sa marikina fault line

http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/6466/riverjpgdx4.jpg


2. Ito ay ginawa ng BF Constrution. Sabi pa sa akin ng mga kaibigan ko sa Marikina na ang lupa kung saan itinayo ang SM Marikina ay nabili ng SM sa biyenan ni Bayani Fernando.



http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/9453/smmarikina01al8.jpg

3. Pumasa kaya sa building regulations ang building na ito? remember mayor ng marikina ang asa ni Bayani Fernando.

First out of the nutbox

First out of the gate
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=jojoRobles_aug27_2008
Jojo Robles

And the first declared candidate in the 2010 presidential elections is none other than... Bayani Fernando? I don’t know if I should laugh or cry.

Ako naiinis

Finally—and to no one’s surprise—the metropolis’ chief traffic aide, the father of the U-turns and of state-sanctioned bus-jackings, has declared his intentions. Typically, Fernando says he will run for president in the next elections with or without the support of the ruling Lakas-CMD coalition.

All the same, Bayani told an interviewer that he is confident of the endorsement of President Arroyo and other party leaders because he is qualified to be the next “no-nonsense president of this country.” Never mind if his name isn’t even one of those being considered by the coalition for the position.

baka no singing talent president of this country

“I’m the only one of the presidential hopefuls who has declared my intention to run this early,” he declared. As if that would improve his chances of winning.

But Bayani hinted that he already has the money and the organization to run a nationwide campaign. “Even if the party doesn’t pick me, I will continue with the campaign because I have a lot of friends who will help me,” said the MMDA chairman, who likes to be addressed “Secretary Fernando.”

Money: pera ng bayan

organization: MMDA at Marikina City Gov't

But President Fernando? To paraphrase the old joke, I was told when I was young that anyone could become president. With Bayani gunning for the highest office in the land, now I know that to be true.

In a way, we should be grateful that Fernando has announced his candidacy. Being a mere appointed official, he must now resign from his post if he has any shame and sense of propriety—or be fired posthaste by his boss.

Why? Because from here on in, anything Bayani does can and should be interpreted as being done in furtherance of his declared ambition. And he retains an undue advantage over other candidates who do not have taxpayers bankrolling his high profile—including the giant posters of himself that do nothing but add to the billboard forest that blights the city.

Of course, the Omnibus Election Code’s Article IX, Section 66 states that “any person holding a public appointive office or position, including active members of the Armed Forces and officers and employees in government-owned or -controlled corporations, shall be considered ipso facto resigned from his office upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy.” But since Bayani has declared for the presidency this early, he must understand that not all of us taxpayers are among the “friends” he brags about, and some of us will not foot the bill for his overweening ambition.

There is a reason why the law prevents people holding appointive office like Bayani from using their position to further their political plans. And just because he has declared but has not filed his certificate (something he can’t do anyway, because Comelec isn’t accepting any at the moment) doesn’t mean that Bayani can’t launch his campaign using money that he doesn’t own or wasn’t donated to him by his so-called friends.

ano ngayon ang pinagkaiba ni bayani fernando sa iba pang trapo dyan? wala. pareho lang sila

As soon as Bayani steps down, he can campaign all he wants using his own money. But until he does, will the voters please remember that the MMDA chairman is using taxpayer funds and is even getting a salary to get to Malacanang?

Where are those eager-beaver Senate investigators—many of them also undeclared presidential candidates quick to strike down any potential rival in 2010—when you really need them?

* * *

Speaking of Bayani’s friends, we wonder if mall magnate Henry Sy isn’t among those people that the MMDA chairman is counting on to provide major funding for his early-bird campaign to become president. That’s because some people in Bayani’s home turf of Marikina City (where Bayani’s wife Marides Carlos Fernando, or MCF, is mayor) are asking why Sy’s newest mall on the eastern bank of the river on Marcos Highway was provided a free off-and-on ramp complex by the government—which is supposedly short of funds for any major infrastructure project that presumably has higher priority.

hmmm i smell something...

And how true are reports that the contractor for the new SM Marikina mall is none other that Bayani’s own BF Corp.? With Bayani acting as Metro Manila regional development council boss, his wife as the local chief executive providing all the city permits and his construction company building the mall and the taxpayer-funded ramps, you have to wonder if Sy isn’t way up there in the list of Bayani’s most favored.

true nga eh...ito ang link oh...

SM Marikina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_City_Marikina

Doesn’t the construction of the ramp complex to favor one mall—probably the only mall in the country to receive such preferential treatment from the people who identify priority infrastructure projects—sound suspicious? Especially since the contractor for the project is none other than the one owned conjugally by the two government officials who have the power (and the chutzpah, really) to “facilitate” its construction?

sounds like the voice of bayani fernando

As for the less moneyed people who seem to want to be counted among the friends of the MMDA chairman, how true are the reports buzzing all over the Internet that vehicles that carry the overly large “BAYANI” banners with the flag on them are routinely waved off by MMDA traffic enforcers when they violate traffic laws? And, like the tarpaulins along Edsa and elsewhere that feature Bayani’s face, is taxpayer money being used for these rolling campaign streamers, as well?

To the people who have asked me if the report that traffic aides give stickered vehicles a free pass is true, I routinely reply that I wouldn’t really know. The last thing I would do to my own car is to plaster the name of Bayani along its entire length—and I drive a very small car.

Bayani, of course, has been known to brush aside any criticism of his official acts—especially about their legal aspects. Which should give anyone who considers his candidacy pause.

I get it bakit hindi manakikinig si BF sa mga critics nya. nabingi na siya sa sarili nyang boses. hahaha

But that’s Bayani all over. Except that now that he’s a declared presidential candidate, he must know that he cannot brush aside all questions about his actions, official or otherwise.

No-nonsense president? We should be thankful that the presidency is one of those positions Bayani can’t get appointed to and abuse.

Bayani stickers: Buking!!!

Hindi daw galing sa MMDA ang mga bayani stickers. Or hindi daw pinagawa ng MMDA ang mga stickers. Galing daw lahat ito sa private funds ni bayani fernando. hindi lang sa mga buses...
pati dito oh.

courtesy of http://pindutinmoto.blogspot.com/


http://pindutinmoto.blogspot.com/2008/08/nyahaha.html


http://pindutinmoto.blogspot.com/2008/08/leniency-in-exchange-for-bayani.html

MMDA disowns ‘Bayani’ stickers on buses

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/114616/MMDA-disowns-Bayani-stickers-on-buses

MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Tuesday disowned the "BAYANI" stickers displayed on the windshield of passenger buses.

However, MMDA general manager Roberto Nacianceno admitted the stickers with the words "BAYANI" and the Philippine flag beside it were from the private fund of MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando.

"Pera ni chairman (Fernando) 'yun...sariling pondo ni chairman (That is from chairman Fernando's private fund)," Nacianceno said in an interview with radio dzBB's Mike Enriquez.

ok so pera ni chairman... sino niloko nyo?

The MMDA official said the distribution of stickers was a private effort of Fernando and the MMDA has nothing to do with it.

ano kami mga tanga!

He added MMDA employees were not authorized to distribute it.

"We are not authorizing them to do that (posting of stickers on the buses)," Nacianceno said.

He said only those posters and tarpaulins which indicate "Government Property" or "Printed by MMDA" are funded by the agency.

He believed some private individuals have put on "BAYANI" stickers on their vehicles.

"'Yung iba baka ginagawa na lang at dinidikit on their own (Maybe some, on their own, posted a similar sticker)," Nacianceno said.

talaga lang ha

Fernando had earlier expressed desire to run for president in the 2010 elections. - Amita Legaspi, GMANews.TV




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http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storyPage.aspx?storyId=128497

Motorists, commuters question 'Bayani' stickers

Stickers bearing the word "BAYANI" are on buses plying Metro Manila's roads.

The stickers are synonymous to the word "hero," a fitting tribute as the country commemorates Ninoy Aquino's death anniversary and the upcoming National Heroes' Day.

But "Bayani" is also the name of Manila's traffic czar, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando.

With the long vacation up ahead, passengers could not help but react to it.

"Para saan... Wala pa namang personality si Fernando na magkaganyan di ba?," said commuter Mario Rafael.

"Double purpose siguro.... So OK lang siguro na magdikit ng bayan but not for personal [reasons]. Magpakabayani na lang siya," said commuter Brenda Caingol.

But the Integrated Metropolitan Bus Operators Association (IMBOA) defended the posting of the stickers.

Posted two months ago, it was meant to celebrate the country's independence.

"Kung kay Chairman Fernando yan, marami sigurong operator na natutuwa kay Chairman dahil iba na yung ugali niya ngayon," said IMBOA president Claire de la Fuente.

o baka naman ninyo nilagay para makalusot kayo sa mga MMDA kotong boys

The MMDA admitted they ordered the bus operators to post the stickers, but clarifieed it was not meant for politicking.

Teka..ano nga sabi ni Nacianceno ...."We are not authorizing them to do that (posting of stickers on the buses),"

"Ang inilagay natin ay "Bayani." Nagkataon na ‘yong ating Chairman ay Bayani. Hindi na nila natanggal," MMDA Traffic Enforcement chief Bobby Esquivel.

"Ako, ako mismo nagpalabas kami niyan. Bayani. Eh hindi ko na alam. Siguro ginaya na ng mga tao kasi nagagandahan sila," said Fernando.

so Nacianceno is lying...straight from the gwapo's mouth

Institute for Political and Electoral Reform executive director Ramon Casiple however did not conform with their opinion.

"Lusot siya pero magkakaroon ng epekto yan sa mga botante. Merong mga botanteng maiinis sa ginagawa yan. Ilan diyan pera ng bayan," Casiple said.

in short mr director casiple ginagago ang mga tao ni bayani fernando

A vocal presidential candidate for 2010 polls, Fernando even went as far as Cabanatuan City to boost his popularity.

Cabanatuan motorists earlier thought they were in EDSA, the capital’s main thoroughfare, when they saw his giant posters all over the city, telling the motorists to adhere to traffic rules and regulations. Israel Malasa, ABS-CBN News