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

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!

Metro Gago

Funny but true

courtesy of pakshet101

RP loses int’l court justice bid

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

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

to Miriam Santiago i have three words for you.

Beh buti nga!

Aswang sa Libingan

Marikina Loyola Memorial Park

more pictures here courtesy of pakshet101

Libingan ni Bayani

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



pinoyweekly.org

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

Fernando’s tarpaulins, posters at Marikina cemetery rile Golez

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

10/31/2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gerry Baldo


more reactions from Leslie Bocobo

BF, hypocrite or dumb?

Blog of the Promdi Novice Traveler

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




Zoom shot




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

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

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

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

Bayani Ferando: Buking sa Cavite

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

HULI KA!

Bayani in Cavite

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

more here

No Limit

Good news for bus drivers: No speed limit along EDSA

The sky is the limit in EDSA!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

as of 10/22/2008 8:48 AM

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

Rail loop stalling blamed on Fernando

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

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

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

i wonder why is he delaying this project?

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

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

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

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

5 meters = 16.4041 feet

14.7 meters = 48.2283 feet

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

need i say more

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

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

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

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

By Florante S. Solmerin

Junket Galore

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

5 more senators leaving

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

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

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

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

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

Enrile and Jamby Madrigal are scheduled to visit Rome.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bayani Fernando Tarpaulin 2.0

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


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

Facelift mo mukha mo

MMDA: Metro ‘facelift’ almost complete

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

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

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

Talaga lang ha. another self serving message from BF.

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

facelift mo mukha mo!

kahit mga doctor sa america mahihirapan sa mukhang ito.

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

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

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

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

Speaking of "unsightly" and "thug"

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

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

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

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

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

talaga lang ha?!

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

speaking of nearby provinces

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Early Coocoo bird

Early bird and heel
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20080829-157453/Early-bird-and-heel

gulat ako dito ah. sa wakas nagising na rin sa katotohanan yung mga tao dyan sa inquirer.

MANILA, Philippines—It’s a case of too early the hero for Bayani Fernando, it seems. The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman has made his political intentions clear by plastering his face all over MMDA-managed traffic islands and posts some two years before the presidential election, and he is threatening to do the same thing all over the country. The self-promotion is calculated and well-engineered (it’s not for nothing that Fernando is an engineer and construction businessman). It ensures he’ll be in the public’s reckoning when the time to pick presidential candidates comes around. If he does not make it, he can still be in the running as a running-mate or falling short again, as a candidate for the Senate, that chamber of presidential pretenders.

ginagawa na po ni bayani yung pag paplaster ng mga pictures/billboards nya sa buong pilipinas.

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

Fernando is already a pretender and interloper—at the expense of the public. And his pretentiousness knows no bounds. In the run-up to the Ninoy Aquino Day and National Heroes Day, the MMDA distributed stickers and other paraphernalia bearing his name, which means “hero” in English. Motorists put the stickers on their windshields and those who violated traffic rules were reportedly treated leniently by MMDA traffic enforcers. Pressed to explain the stickers, the Land Transportation Office said it’s illegal to put just any sticker on windshields and asked motorists to remove them.

pretender -- panggap

matagal ko nang alam na panggap lang ito si bayani fernando. trapo talaga yan. kita ninyo lumabas na ang tunay na kulay.

interloper -- pakielamero dahil sa sariling madamot na intensyon. lalim naman non. hahaha sorry na.

naisip nyo na ba bakit gustong tumakbo for president si bayani fernando? hmmm.... research mode....

The attempt at self-canonization is both pathetic and sacrilegious. Only the extreme egoist could put himself on the level of patriots and heroes, who are there in the pantheon not by self-aggrandizement but by collective acclamation. And if heroism, in the case of Aquino and others like him, is self-sacrifice and self-immolation, how can Fernando claim to be in their league? He is making martyrs of us all by his insufferable arrogance.

sa pangalan ka lang bayani, bayani... sabi nila bayani ka dahil sa ginawa mo sa marikina... talaga lang ha. ikaw lang ba ang opisyal sa marikina? did you gave credit to those people (kakkapi at kritiko mo) who transformered marikina. heroes are not selfish. ikaw bayani ganon ka ba? ito na itatawag ko sa iyo... Max Alvarado, Paquito Diaz, at Romy Diaz... teka wag na lang. insulto ito kela Max baka dalawin pa ako ng mga yumaong kontrabida.

Parañaque City Rep. Roilo Golez has asked Fernando to junk his presidential ambition. He pointed to recent surveys showing Fernando nowhere near the magic circle of presidential hopefuls. Making fun of Fernando’s propensity to put U-turns at just about every busy street in the metropolis, Golez said, “It’s time he makes a U-turn on his presidential ambition.”

hahaha LOL

The issue is more than popularity and whether or not Fernando has a fighting chance in his presidential bid. The issue is using the people’s money for electioneering. By filling the streets with his self-advertisement, Fernando is using public funds for self-aggrandizement. The widespread and sustained campaign to put his face and name at just about every corner of the metropolis goes way beyond the bounds of public information. Who is paying for his huge tarpaulins hanging along major roads? Who is paying for his provincial trips, including the one in Aklan province where he brought along the MMDA band?

naku hindi tanga ang mga tao. alam na nila kung sino.

In fact, Fernando has gone beyond mere self-promotion. Some eager-beaver senators who harbor presidential ambitions may have suddenly become very visible around the country via giant billboards and print and broadcast advertisements where they espouse their favorite advocacies and pet projects. In some instances, they have become endorsers and image models of skin whiteners and other vanity products. But at least they are not using public funds for their visibility campaign.

This is not to say that Fernando’s very evident electioneering should be stopped, and those of the other tolerated. This is why we join the call of Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago for the Commission on Elections to enforce the Omnibus Election Code of 1985, particularly Sec. 80, which makes it unlawful for any person to engage in an election campaign or partisan political activity, except during the campaign period.

As Fernando and the others have shown, the prohibition against premature campaigning has been blatantly circumvented by self-advertisements disguised as advocacy or lifestyle ads. The presidential hopefuls may not have declared their intentions, but this is specious and a manifestation of bad faith at the least. They have been campaigning all along at the cost of public resources and, in the case of Fernando’s tarpaulin madness, at the cost of public space. All of this vainglorious self-promotion has made Metro Manila a terrible eyesore. Fernando and the other presidential aspirants should stop inflicting their images on the motorists and the general public.

teka trapo ba tawag mo sa kanila?