Ang Kawawang Sundalo

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
George S. Patton



Ex-defense chief hits Arroyo for failure to upgrade AFP equipment

abs-cbnNEWS.com | 09/13/2008 1:34 PM

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/09/13/08/ex-defense-chief-hits-arroyo-failure-upgrade-afp-equipment


The Arroyo government has failed to release badly-needed funds the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) needs to buy equipment it needs to effectively protect civilian communities in Mindanao, according to a former defense secretary. In an interview by Ricky Carandang on ANC's The Big Picture, former Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz said the AFP lacks essential equipment that would raise its capability to protect civilian communities in the south. "It’s very clear that they need an additional funding to purchase mission-essential equipment. They lack mobility," Cruz said.

no shit! talagang kailangan nila

Among the urgent equipment the AFP needs, Cruz said, are trucks to transport soldiers, C-130 planes, helicopters, bullets, and hand-held radios. “For instance, they are short of about 5,000 trucks in the AFP. On top of that, you need medium-lift vessels. We had only two C-130s and now, it’s down to just one,” he said.

Gezas!!! one C-130 transport plane! Mag cecebu pacific na lang ang mga sundalo natin kung pupunta ng mindanao.

As a result, Cruz said the AFP's equipment readiness rate is "just on the border line of passing." "Our estimate before was, we need P10 billion for mission-essential equipment, for six years, in order to raise the readiness rate of our equipment from 45% to 70%. The passing is 50%," he said. "So we’re just on the border line of passing. So we have to raise it to 70% so that our AFP can be effective in protecting our civilian communities in Mindanao," he added.

"The expectations are high, the demands are very high on them to protect these communities. They will be spread out, they need mobility, they need firepower. They lack helicopters, they lack airplanes, bullets, trucks, hand-held radios. At that time when I was still at DND, they still lacked 12,000 hand-held radios," Cruz said.

Binigyan tayo ng US ng Huey helicopters a few years back. ok naman ang Huey kahit luma na. yung binigay ni uncle sam eh ginawa noong early 1980's. itsura pa lang alam ko na early 1980's silang ginawa. hindi naman sila vietnam 1960's model. my friend in the PAF told me na top condition pa yung mga Hueys.



nagamit ba kaagad ng mga sundalo natin? hindi. yung first three helos according to my friend sa PAF were converted to presidential choppers. ayos ba!? first "combat mission" of those choppers? rescuing udong mahusay... remember him?




mukha siyang bakla


He said the AFP needs P10 billion yearly to be able to purchase these equipment, but the Arroyo government has failed to release the money even if the item has been appropriated in the budget. "My frustration then was, the money was not being released. It was in the AFP budget, it was approved by the Office of the President. We had completed the circular of requirements, it could already be bidded out but no money was released,” he said.

binulsa na ng mga trapo at corrupt dyan sa gobyerno

“So I pity the soldiers. We assign them a big task, run after the rogue MILF commanders, protect the community in Mindanao.” He said the Arroyo government could easily have funded these items in the budget with the expansion of the Value-Added Tax from 10% to 12% and other tax measures passed.

kawawa talaga. tapos itong si gloria pa trip trip lang sa iba't ibang lugar sa pilipinas. papunta punta sa mga beaches...you bitch!

tapos mga sundalo natin hindi ma medivac

But the government still failed to release the funds. “In fact, with the increased collection of VAT, when we were collecting the 12% VAT, the price of oil was $30 or $40 a barrel, then it went up to $100 a barrel, that’s a lot of extra revenue of government,” Cruz said. He said the P10 billion is again part of the P1.4 trillion budget for 2009, so it's just a matter of releasing the money. “I was able to talk to [DND Secretary] Gilbert Teodoro at the US embassy, and he’s continuing it, this capability upgrade plan. But it appears the money isn’t being released,” he said. "In light of the hostilities in Mindanao, it’s so urgent to release funds for the AFP so they can buy mission-essential equipment," Cruz said.

forget about it Mr Cruz. malapit na ang election. gagamit na yung pera na yon sa kampanya, pambili ng boto at pandaraya.

Pacquiao joins GMA’s party: as party bouncer

Pacquiao joins GMA’s party

By Jaime Pilapil

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=sports1_sept2_2008

BOXING icon Manny Pacquiao yesterday was sworn in as a member of Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino at Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno’s office at Camp Crame.

Pacquiao is reportedly interested to run for a congressional seat either in General Santos City or in nearby Sarangani Province. He ran and lost for the 2007 congressional post opposite Darlene Antonino Custodio, who is now on her third and last term.

Puno is Kampi’s chairman while Pacquiao is currently the World Boxing Coucil lightweight champion slated to fight Oscar de la Hoya on Dec. 6 at MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Interviewed by reporters, Pacquiao said he might retire from professional boxing next year or two fights after the Dec. 6 bout with the Golden Boy.

Pacquiao reportedly spent a whopping P100 million in his first bid for an elective post. With no less than P1 billion he would get from fighting De la Hoya, the four-weight division champion will have the most important arsenal in 2010 elections.

pera lang ni pacquiao ang habol ng mga lintek na buwaya. hindi pa nga nananalo sa laban umaaligid na ang mga hinayupak.

Kampi is a political party founded by then Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in late 1990s in preparation for her presidential bid.

Asked why he joined Kampi, he said: “I would like to show to Filipinos that I could be champion when it comes to helping our countrymen. Ang pagpasok ko sa pulitika ay para ipakita na champion din ako sa pagtulong sa ating mga kababayan.”

orangejuicekopo! madami ka pang matutulunggan kung wala ka sa politika. masyado na bang lamog yang utak mo manny?

Puno said Pacquiao is a “plus factor” to the ranks of Kampi and would prove to be a big influence in convincing Filipinos in Mindanao, especially in South Cotabato, to abandon violence and trust ongoing government efforts to bring just and lasting peace in the island.

“Napapanahon ang pagsali ni Manny sa Kampi lalo na ngayon at may problema tayo sa Mindanao. Palagay ko ay malaki ang kanyang maitutulong, lalo na para sa South Cotabato, para matahimik ang Mindanao ,” Puno said. “Alam naman natin na mataas ang pagtingin ng ating mga kababayan kay Manny.”

the master bullshit aristist has spoken

Kampi, the second largest political party in the country, has for its members 55 congressmen, 15 governors and thousands of other local chief executives in vote-rich areas nationwide.

not for long

Also present during the oath-taking were presidential son, Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo of the Second District of Pampanga; Representatives Trisha Bonoan-David, Fourth District of Manila; Albert Garcia of the Second District of Bataan; Rodolfo Albano III of the First District of Isabela; and Antonio Alvarez of the First District of Palawan.

mga buwaya

Puno said that Kampi is now discussing plans with Pacquiao on whether he should run either as congressman or for any other local government post in Mindanao come the 2010 elections. Puno noted that Pacquiao could run for senator and win handily in 2010, but the prizefighter is only 30 years old, making him ineligible for the post. Thirty-five is the minimum age requirement for senatorial candidates.

sus kahit bouncer ok lang basta manny basta makuha namin yung pera mo. uto uto ka talaga manny

Kampi, Puno noted, has a strong presence in Central Mindanao, especially in the provinces of South Cotabato and Sarangani. Kampi is presently working double time in its bid to merge with Lakas-CMD.