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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Thursday, April 07, 2016

Why Is MIAA GM Honrado So Unexpendable?

After the black out in NAIA Terminal 3 last week, it puzzles us why MIAA General Manager Honrado can still hoodwink all of us into an assertion that he is still the best person for the job at the world's worst international airport.

The DOTC Secretary is of no help as well pinning the blame on bad luck. Bad luck?!!!...Secretary Abaya of all people should be the perfect person to understand what went wrong being a mechanical engineer. As a person adept with numbers and statistics the probability of this happening and an ensuing generator breakdown could have surely been avoided and not left to luck. Duhhh.

Back to Honrado. We are starting off with the label that NAIA is one of the worst international airports in the world. With that setback, I ask, "Why didn't we field the best there is to handle this?". In the Senate hearings on the Laglag Bala issue, it was very clear on TV that Honrado does not comprehend the impact of his role as MIAA GM and the responsibility which comes along with it. It is also evident that the job is way above Honrado's league. As a housewife, I even wonder if he can manage the frenzy I handle each day here at home. Seriously. PNoy should have gotten a woman for the job if there was fixing to be done.

So why is he still there and so unexpendable? My simple mind can only think of one thing. That he could be protecting the web of unaudited income which goes around the entire NAIA terminals. Think of concessions, all the unnecessary rituals concessionaires even have to deal with before they finally get their concessions. And where does the money trail lead back to?

I pity sobrino Mar. All of this negative flak is hurting his campaign for President. For all the travel-loving Filipinos who find joy in taking advantage of the cheap flights, they cannot take another six more years of this ineptitude which results into obvious inconvenience.

I said that because yesterday, in convincing relatives to go for Mar, I received piercing words which went into me like a hot knife into a stick of butter. "Tita, I am sorry but I cannot accept another six years of this kind of incompetent leadership".

The truth really hurts.

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Meet The Man Who Helped Marcos Bring Negros Island To Its Knees

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Meet The Man Who Helped Marcos Bring Negros Island To Its Knees

#disgusting, Business

Negros Island was in a woeful state at the eve of the snap elections in 1986. Negros as a word was synonymous to "Crisis" in those days. For the longest time, the sugar industry, romanticized by the well-heeled landowners of Negros and Iloilo, was the prima donna of Philippine society. It was a firm circle which not even the imperial Manila politicians could easily penetrate.

Negros, the rich land of sugar now had to contend with the criticism of many. The lady had fallen into disgrace as pillaged by one of its own, strategically placed by the dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.

Roberto S. Benedicto, a law school classmate and fraternity brother of Marcos, who became president of the government-owned Philippine National Bank, ambassador to Japan and head of the national sugar monopoly, aided Marcos in a systematic plunder of the sugar industry. While Benedicto had been made to control various media interests, RSB as he was most easily know in Negros was the Marcos crony for sugar. Benedicto later bought the Traders Royal Bank, which loans money to sugar planters, and Northern Lines, which carries sugar to the U.S.

The charges pointed to the gross and deliberate mismanagement of the billion peso sugar industry by the National Sugar Trading Corporation (NASUTRA), Philippine Sugar Commission (PHILSUCOM), and the phased-out Philippine Exchange (PHILEX).

Because of the dire straits the sugar industry and Negros as in, an unsettling atmosphere was felt throughout the cities of Bacolod and Silay, but more so in the countryside where the insurgency was brewing. The New People's Army was strong and energized with the bravado of vengeance from the fresh wounds of the Escalante Massacre. Overall, it was the domino effect of RSB's raiding the sugar industry for and in behalf of Marcos.

By 1986, sugarcane planters and millers in Western Visayas and elsewhere in the country slowly mustered their guts and were reported ready to testify before the Batasan foreign trade subcommittee on the charges of graft, corruption, and other irregularities which allegedly caused them losses of P116 billion to P144 billion since 1974 thereby contributing to the downfall of the sugar industry which greatly affected everyone in the chain, especially the impoverished in the countryside.

The EDSA revolution came at the right time. The planters had enough.

It may be an exaggeration but there is truth in the fact that words cannot describe what kind of bloodshed would break out in Negros in the summer of 1986 if EDSA had not happened in February.

I leave this story here for all Negrenses to retell the story of the horror of Negros in Crisis - a crisis aggravated by a man who played traitor to his "kasimanwas". For those who don't know about it, ask a Negrense.

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Thursday, November 05, 2015

How My Nephew Foiled An Attempt By The Laglag Bala Hoodlums

#disgusting, Issues

This thing is really getting out of hand. Laglag Bala as it's commonly called has to be brought out in the open. So here's the account of my nephew JD who related how he foiled an attempt by the coddled tulisanes at the NAIA 3 to turn him into their next Laglag Bala victim.

JD tells us, "I just remembered my pre-departure experience last September 25, 2015. I just flew in from Hong Kong en route to Bacolod. I had three (3) bags. Two (2) for check in and one back pack for my hand carry which has my laptop. During the final security check, an elderly lady clad with the airport police uniform was claiming that my back pack has a "bullet". She was rescanning my bag for three times. and kept on saying "may bala (there is a bullet)". I knew something was not right. So I approached the monitor. I asked, "Where?". Making sure that she hears the tone of my voice being sarcastic and near snapping (try talking to me after a red-eye flight and airport transfer from Terminal 3 to Terminal 2, then you would understand why I have such short patience for shenanigans). She pointed the metal looking strand (which was colored brownish to orangeish on her monitor). I looked at her and told her "Get me somebody who knows how to identify if that is a bullet or not. But do not dare open my bag".

An elderly man (quite in his early 50s) approached me. Without batting an eye I asked him, "Can anybody give me somebody who can identify if that is a bullet without opening my bag?". Instead of contesting my request he told the lady, "Di yan bala. Mahirap pabuksan yan. (That is not a bullet and it's hard to get the bag opened)". He delivered the lines with a matching "kindat" (sly wink) to the lady. Apparently the lady just asked for an apology from me. "Sorry sir, akala ko kasi bala (I thought it was a bullet)". I was too tired to answer back and just picked up my bag and proceeded to my boarding gate. I have just let it pass. But after reading all the "laglag bala gang" incidents and helpless people getting sacked because of it, I FEEL THE FRUSTRATIONS OF EVERY FILIPINO. SOMEBODY HAS TO ANSWER FOR ALL OF THESE!

Nonoy JD, just like you and me, we both wonder, why is Tourism Secretary Mon Jimenez so silent about what directly affects his efforts?

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Sunday, July 5, 2015

Sunday, July 05, 2015

Globe Just Created The Most Disgusting Online Video Portraying Distorted Values

#disgusting, People

I am a writer. This time though, I will be a woman of few words. This may be perhaps the most disgusting video I have ever watched this year.

I say, resign the agency who did this and fire the managers who approved it.

Watch it for yourself.

https://www.facebook.com/globeph/videos/10153139744454748/

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Friday, January 1, 2010

Friday, January 01, 2010

A family reunion turned feud

#disgusting, #heytita

Dear Tita,

Every year, our mother always wants a big family reunion here with all the members present. I had been working abroad for a number of years and couldn't come home for the holidays. This year, I arrived from abroad loaded with gifts for everyone. My husband and two kids came along to enjoy with the rest of the family. However, when I distributed the gifts, I noticed some relatives were disappointed as they were expecting more. I could hear grumbling from some members which I tried to ignore.

Last Christmas eve, our relatives came to the house asking for money. I could only give what I could afford, which wasn't much after all the expenses for our trip and the presents I brought. Instead of appreciating what I gave, they complained that I was selfish and kuripot. When my mother heard the talks, she reacted and got mad at our relatives. This caused our relatives to quarrel with my mother and my sisters. I never expected this to happen.

My husband Peter (a Canadian), was shocked at what happened. He didn't expect it in our family. Now he wants us to leave immediately after the New Year. He says we shouldn't come back again if this happens among our relatives. I am also ashamed of what my relatives have shown. In their greed, they have given the impression that money is more important than family ties. Why can't they understand that even if we came from abroad, we are not that rich, especially with the recession? I hope our relatives realize how wrong they are.

Thank you for giving my letter your kind attention.

SAD BALIKBAYAN

Dear Sad Balikbayan

It is unfortunate that what should have been a happy occasion, turned out into a family feud. Your relatives have shown bad manners in insisting on more extravagant gifts and money from you and your husband. Peter must have been appalled at their bad behavior. I hope he doesn't think all Filipinos are like that. When things have settled down, your mother must try to have a dialog with your relatives and set them straight, especially about the worldwide recession.

I'm sure you have a lot of friends here who are more than willing to show you and your family a good time during the rest of your stay. Hopefully, they can make Peter see the true hospitality and warm nature of Negrenses.

TITA

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