All about NOYNOY AQUINO

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Haven't felt it yet.

Manhid ra jud ang di ka feel.

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So transparent, can’t even see him


The slack of Noynoy has become a stuff for legend and equally legendary have become the alibis Malacañang issues each time he has a bout with lethargy.

The latest inertia seizure happened right after Noynoy’s state visit to Japan which was not anything to crow about since these were mainly social calls to the new prime minister of that country and a courtesy call on the Japanese emperor.

It was said that Noynoy comforted the victims of the recent multiple disasters that hit Japan and had ran out of compassion, not to speak of energy as a result.

The Japanese disaster victims even appeared to have gotten a better shake from Noy as he donated $1 million (P44.5 million) to the second or third richest country of the world as the supposed share of the country for Japan’s rehabilitation.

No arguments there, but it does feel awkward that after the first of two devastating back-to-back typhoons that hit the country struck, the Palace itself was complaining that only P3 million was available in the calamity fund. But that’s from his 2011 budget. He can’t blame that on his predecessor!

So Noynoy returned from Japan and Typhoons “Pedring” and “Quiel” did their destructive worst on the country.

Right after touching down at the airport, Noynoy appeared to have suddenly entered a period of hibernation. For at least five days after Metro Manila and a big swathe of Luzon was inundated by Pedring, Noynoy was never seen nor heard.

The Palace alibi was that Noynoy had suddenly gone camera-shy and that his absence was intended to allow agencies to effectively do their respective jobs.

What happened was completely expected. Without a main sail, the administration’s disaster response mechanism was too slow and the state of the victims of the tragedy was left to their local governments which in turn are complaining that they do not have enough funds and resources, particularly in the provinces that received massive damage from the twin typhoons.

It would be remembered that Noynoy made an issue about the huge infusions of government funds in the aftermath of Typhoons “Ondoy” and “Pepeng” in 2009 during the term of Gloria. There were even insinuations that the funds poured into provinces hit by the eerily similar occurrence two years ago were misappropriated and used in the national elections the next year.

Now Noynoy’s administration has been learning in the most painful way that indeed huge funds are necessary to respond to massive tragedies such as those brought now by the two typhoons.

Still during Gloria’s twin typhoons experience, despite the massive government fund infusions, many then among the victims complained that government was slow in coming.

The only difference then and now about the situation is that the condition today is worse with the way the Noynoy government is responding.

Sanitation which was not a huge problem before, has become a major headache among the affected areas. In the previous administration, at least, equipment such as portalets were immediately dispatched to disaster areas to lessen the probability of the natural disaster breeding man-made epidemics.

Throughout the entire space of about weeks between Typhoons Peping and Quiel, Noynoy was nowhere to be found which made some of his critics liken it to the equally disastrous hostage-taking crisis at the Quirino Grandstand in August last year when Noynoy also made his disappearing act only to emerge after the carnage happened.

The bungled rescue of the Hong Kong hostages then was blamed on the absence of direction on who really should implement the rescue. It apparently resulted in the local police chief taking matters into his hands after the abductor started a shooting rampage inside the hostage bus.

It appears to be the same situation now. Noynoy’s invisibility is leading officials to make patchy reactions to calls for help from the typhoon victims.

Noynoy finally emerged from his stupor the other day and visited Tarlac and Pampanga and there and then found out in a whirlwind inspection first hand the devastation caused by the typhoon and he has not visited Bulacan yet which is the main disaster area as a result of the typhoon.

Only now, for instance, are portalets are being distributed to the disaster zones and more aid is coming since most of the funds releases needed a directive from Noynoy to get untangled from red tape.

Noynoy can be camera-shy for an eternity but his total absence during the period of calamity was a disaster in itself.

His being invisible cannot possibly be what he means by transparency.


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[KlaytoN]

On da way sa TUWID NA DAAN na gyud ta..wohohohoooo!Keep it up PNOY!

This is not only about Abnoy as a person, more important is how our government is taking up measures to strengthen our fiscal management.

While some first world countries are now being downgraded by the credit rating agencies, in our case it's the opposite. We are going up.

Haven't felt it yet.

Because you refuse to, or just blinded because the one in malacanang is not your idol (that is if you're a fan of somebody else).

The truth is I didn't vote for Abnoy, but we have to support this admin just like what we did to the previous admins.

Ako dinhi sa business sector, we really are affected of the BIR crackdown. Grabe strikto na kaayo karon. I won't go into the details.. I've known a former RDO and now he wants to dispose of most of his properties kay naa daw agents from manila sige surveillance sa iyang mga mansion ug commercial buildings. Daghan sa akong mga kaila nga professionals especially doctors and lawyers, many of them are now starting to issue Official Receipts in their transactions.

[networkguy]

Noy blinks; Palace won’t impound SC hiring funds

Malacañang virtually backtracked from its plan to impound billions worth of budgetary allocations for unfilled positions in government in the Judiciary and constitutional bodies in the proposed 2012 national budget.

This Palace impounding of the hiring fees of these constitutional offices has been the bone of contention between the high court with other constitutional offices, and Malacañang, which insisted on controlling their hiring budgets, on claims of transparency, while the high court insisted on the unconstitutionality of the Palace’s control of the budget for hiring personnel, saying that the Constitution mandates fiscal autonomy for the judiciary.

But Malacañang apparently blinked when push came to shove, as the chairman of the Senate finance committee, Sen. Franklin Drilon, an ally of President Aquino who toes the presidential line, yesterday said that the Senate will stick to the provisions of the law granting such privilege to the Judiciary and other constitutional bodies on the disbursement of such which is based on the principle of so-called “fiscal autonomy.”

The Speaker of the House of Representatives a day earlier had also stated the same thing.

“We will adhere to the constitutional provision which grants fiscal autonomy to the constitutional bodies and at the same time provide for transparency in the budget so that we will know through a reporting system how the



budget allocated to each agency is being spent,” the senator said during a weekly news forum in the Senate.

When Malacañang was insisting on having control of the judiciary hiring funds, Drilon, along with all the allies of Aquino in the House, claimed that there was nothing unconstitutional about the Palace controlling the judiciary’s hiring funds, as the funds would be released anyway on a pieve meal basis, as in whenever positions in the judiciary are filled.

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, hearing Drilon’s statements, was no longer surprised at this development, pointing out that such scheme by Malacanang would not work as this runs contrary to the principle of the separation of powers.

“They cannot change the policy even here in the Senate. None of the three departments – Executive, Judiciary and Legislative - is lower or higher than the other. Whatever is the budget provided to us, should be released to us. It is our responsibility. Our responsibility is to the people. Our responsibility is not to, with due respect to the Palace, misuse the budget because if we do so, we can be chastised by the media, by the people and we can be charged.

“In fact I have asked the budget officer to prepare a listing of the amounts that we have returned to the general fund, that whenever we do not use any money, we do not realign any portion of the savings. We return it to the general fund,” Enrile said in a separate interview with reporters.

The executive, however, is hardly transparent, as it has never given any indication of what it does with the budget savings.

Enrile added: “I think it’s for the good of the country that we respect the Constitution and strengthen the check and balance between the three departments.”

The Senate chief said such decision only goes to show that indeed there is something wrong with the policy earlier taken by the Executive.

“It’s nothing personal to me, I’m just trying to protect the interest of the Senate in the same way the Supreme Court is protecting the interest of the Judiciary and the Constitution of the nation,” he said.

“They (Palace) cannot control the power of the Speaker and the Senate president as they cannot control the power of the president or the chief justice, to realign (the funds). They cannot put any limitation on the budget of this institution,” he pointed out.

Constitutional offices that enjoy fiscal autonomy such as the Supreme Court, Office of the Ombudsman, Civil Service Commission, Commission on Audit, and Commission on Elections, have protested what they called “budget cuts,” saying the fund should be automatically and unconditionally released to them.

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) had said it will release funds for state agencies in the MPBF when actual hiring of unfilled positions is done.

A total of P23.4 billion in funding requirement for 66,957 unfilled positions in the entire bureaucracy is included in a special purpose fund called the MPBF.

“We will not impinge on the fiscal independence of the constitutional agencies. But we maintain that as the guardians of the purse, we have the right require that such usage of the funds be made transparent. I would advocate strongly that there will be transparency,” added Drilon.

In the judiciary alone, Drilon noted, about P2 billion is included in the MPBF as budget for unfilled positions.

Drilon said he will “review” and consult with Budget Secretary Florencio Abad regarding a House proposal that would prevent the realignment of the MPBF to other items.

The high court now sees smooth sailing for its P15-billion budget next year.

Speaking to reporters, Court administrator Midas Marquez said the judiciary welcomed the decision of the leadership of the House of Representatives to no longer transfer the P1.98 billion from the Judiciary’s proposed 2012 budget to the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund. Marquez questioned the House’s move to require the judiciary to use the contested portion of the budget for filling up vacancies in courts nationwide.

“I hope when it (proposed budget) reaches the Senate, that footnote will be deleted. To our view, that still runs afoul to the provision of the Constitution. That’s against fiscal autonomy,” he told reporters.

The SC official said they are banking on the support expressed by the Senate President and Sen. Joker Arroyo against the earlier proposal to transfer the nearly P2 billion funds of the Judiciary to the MPBF. This, he believes, gives the judiciary high hopes that the condition of the House would be scrapped when deliberation of the proposed budget reaches the Senate and eventually the bi-cameral committee.

“Fiscal autonomy is expressly provided in the Constitution. So I hope when that goes to the Senate, the senators will move for the removal of that footnote,” he appealed.

The Judiciary originally wanted P20 billion for its budget next year. The DBM, however, cut it to P15 billion, and proposed that P2 billion of which be placed in MPBF to cover unfilled positions. This will result in an operating budget for the judiciary of about P13 billion, which is less than this year’s P14.3-billion budget.

Court employees had staged their “black Monday” protest against this budget cut.

Marquez pointed out that pushing the use of the P2 billion funds for unfilled positions in court would in fact result in the waste of public funds – especially since there already is an existing mechanism in the Judiciary that effectively handles the average of 16-percent vacancy in trial and first level courts.

“In the Judiciary, we’ve been very judicious in spending our savings. If we fill courts that don’t have cases, will that not lead to waste of the people’s money?” he argued.

Still, he stressed that courts with high caseloads are a priority when it comes to the appointment of qualified permanent judges.

Marquez reiterated that the proposed cut in the Judiciary’s budget would be a possible violation of the constitutional guarantee on fiscal autonomy of the judiciary.

“The Constitution is very clear, it is not subject to any other interpretation,” he pointed out.

He cited Section 3, Article VIII of the charter, which states: “The Judiciary shall enjoy fiscal autonomy. Appropriations for the judiciary may not be reduced by the legislature below the amount appropriated for the previous year, and, after approval, shall be automatically and regularly released.”

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[who_cares?]

This is not only about Abnoy as a person, more important is how our government is taking up measures to strengthen our fiscal management.

While some first world countries are now being downgraded by the credit rating agencies, in our case it's the opposite. We are going up.



Because you refuse to, or just blinded because the one in malacanang is not your idol (that is if you're a fan of somebody else).

The truth is I didn't vote for Abnoy, but we have to support this admin just like what we did to the previous admins.

Ako dinhi sa business sector, we really are affected of the BIR crackdown. Grabe strikto na kaayo karon. I won't go into the details.. I've known a former RDO and now he wants to dispose of most of his properties kay naa daw agents from manila sige surveillance sa iyang mga mansion ug commercial buildings. Daghan sa akong mga kaila nga professionals especially doctors and lawyers, many of them are now starting to issue Official Receipts in their transactions.

Aw naka feel gyud diay ka brader nga padung na ta sa tuwid na daan..Ok sab na imo brader nga maski wa ka ni botar ni abnoy ni appreciate kas iyang mga nabuhat..Mabuhi ka brad! Uban ta sa tuwid na daan..ibilin na lang nato ang mga utak wang2x hehehe!

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clean and honest "kuno"

Noynoy has also no record of dishonesty simply because he has no record of accomplishment at all. He was one of the prominent members of the COMMITTEE OF SILENCE. I goggled his name to find out if, except for his name, there was anything he did that he should be proud of. I am sorry that I found nothing. It is time he reveals what he had done in congress for nine years, plus two years in the senate, to deserve the presidency. When he ran for Senate, he simply relied on his family name and the endorsement of his mother. Being in the senate with no accomplishment will not hurt the nation except wasted money paid to him as a public servant.


His involvement in the unresolved Hacienda Luisita massacre that occurred just over a week after Noynoy Aquino was made House Deputy Speaker. Records also show that Noy’s henchmen were involved in the liquidation of very vocal protesters and leaders (check GMA7’s website for details).

SCTEX otherwise known as the Arroyo-Aquino Friendship Highway. The Aquinos think that we’re all stupid; that they can get away with theft. How can they overvalue the 83 hectares they sold to the government at P100 per square meter when other land of this type fetches only P10 and no higher? All told, the Cojuangcos and Aquinos got P80 million. This happened, of course, when the Arroyos and the Aquinos were still giddily in love post EDSA II. What else? The government paid for the PRIVATE Cojuangco/Aquino access road from SCTEX to the Hacienda to the tune of P170 million.

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Tama na mga utak wang2x!Tayo na sa tuwid na daan..kung ayaw nyo di huwag nyo..

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DOTC unveils P426-B five-year plan

Thursday, 06 October 2011 21:58 Lenie Lectura / Reporter



A P426-billion five-year plan to rehabilitate and modernize the country’s transport sector was unveiled on Thursday by the Department of Transportation and Communications.


Speaking before the Makati Business Club (MBC), Transportation Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II said he sees his team at the DOTC as a “problem solver” and vowed results when he returns next year to grace again the MBC’s membership meeting.


“Our role is to solve the country’s transport problems. I see my team as a problem solver. If invited next year, there will be a rate card so that you can rate the performance of this agency,” Roxas told MBC members, as he unveiled the department’s five-year transport-infrastructure plan estimated to cost P426 billion.


“The amount is just an estimate, as some of the projects will still have to undergo the bidding process. But we are confident the projects will start to take off in five years,” said Roxas.


He said he was confident his team will resolve problematic contracts entered into by the previous administration. These include the NorthRail, Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 and the roll-on, roll-off (Roro) projects.


Roxas said the DOTC will pursue the speedy and just resolution of past infrastructure projects that “simply did not fit the standards of a sound deal, either by dint of corruption or technical fault.” The NorthRail project is one of them, he said.


“We are reconfiguring this project after our productive discussion with top Chinese officials during our recent trip there with the President,” he said. “This time, we want to rewrite the lopsided contract to our mutual advantage. Instead of just a train that will run from Caloocan to Mabalacat in Pampanga, we want this to stretch out from Metro Manila to Clark. We are resolved to get the biggest bang out of every peso spent—no overprice, no fancy specs that we don’t need,” Roxas added.


The “new” NorthRail project will be called Naia-Clark Express Rail Link. It will involve the development, operation and maintenance of a newly constructed high-speed NorthRail, a 100-kilometer-long railway from the Central Business District to Clark Freeport in Pampanga, with a total travel time of 45 minutes. The project will cost P108 billion, said Roxas. He added that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has agreed to undertake the feasibility study.


Other rail projects include the P5.1-billion operation, management and revenue contract of Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT 1), the P30-billion modernization of the Philippine National Railways’ south line; P7.5-billion privatization of Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT 3) operation; the P3.4-billion rehabilitation of MRT 3 coaches; the P79-billion LRT 1 extension to Cavite; and the P12-billion LRT 2 extension to Antipolo.


Overall spending to improve the railway sector of the country is estimated to cost P245 billion.
For airports, the DOTC will set aside P2.07 billion for the rehabilitation of Naia terminals 1, 2 and 3.
Roxas said plans are under way to decongest Naia through the reduction of corporate and air taxi flights by 50 percent of the current number of sorties during peak hours.



“We will construct a rapid-exit taxiway to reduce runway occupancy time. We are also studying the transfer of noncommercial flights to other areas such as Sangley Point,” he said.


To transform Clark airport as a premier gateway, some P12.4 billion must be set aside to be able to accommodate expected passenger growth, he said.


1. A new passenger terminal worth P10.15 billion will be built in Mactan, Cebu.



Roxas said P3 billion should be earmarked for the Kalibo airport upgrade; P1 billion for the construction of a new passenger terminal at the Tacloban airport; and P8 billion for the upgrade of various airports nationwide.


The Puerto Princesa Airport would need P4.2 billion to be upgraded; P7.8 billion for Laguindingan airport; and P8 billion for the New Bohol airport.


2. For the road sector, Roxas said several “greenfield” projects are being planned, such as the proposed Cebu Bus Rapid Transit.


Under a study completed in June 2010, the 15-km Bus Rapid Transit line from Bulacao from the southwest to Talamban northeast of the city will have 22 stations and three terminals. This will cost P5.2 billion.


The DOTC, he added, will enforce policies that will make fleets of taxes, buses and jeepneys younger.



“With younger vehicles in our traffic, this will mean less carbon dioxide in the air we breathe, less accidents and less inconvenience for commuters. We will enforce a phase-out period of 10 years for taxis, 15 years for UV expresses and 10 years for multi-cabs,” said Roxas.


For ports projects, a central Roro Spine project worth P49.3 billion will be constructed linking Manila-Panay-Negros-Cebu-Bohol-Northern Mindanao. This project is expected to reduce overall travel time of passengers from nine to five hours from Luzon to Caticlan, 10 to four hours from Luzon to Roxas, and 21 to 10 hours from Manila to Cebu.


3. A new container and multipurpose terminal in Cebu worth P10.2 billion will be developed to expand port capacity in handling container traffic.


A P5-billion upgrade of the Davao Sasa port will be carried out to accommodate more passengers and cargo.


Also, P7.64 billion will be allocated for the improvement, expansion of various municipal ports nationwide.


All these projects, according to Roxas, will adhere to President Aquino’s 5Rs—right project, right quality, right people, right cost, and right on time.
Meanwhile, the President has appointed Cosette Canilao as executive director of the Public-Private Partnership Center (PPP Center), Malacañang said on Thursday.


Canilao has been PPP Center officer in charge since Philamer Torio resigned as executive director last month to pursue further studies.
Secretary Ramon Carandang of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office said Canilao is the “logical choice” for the job.
“She’s performed well and this eliminates the need for transition since she’s already there. She’s been there since the start,” Carandang said.


Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda and Carandang said interest in the PPPs remains strong despite the perceived delay in bidding them out.


“There are still queries from investors. We just wanted to be sure that when we launch a project, it will be fully reviewed. In some of the projects, we have retained advisers or consultants to make sure that the project would be properly launched and when it’s bid out, it will be a complete project without attendant concerns anymore,” Lacierda said.
(With Mia Gonzalez)


Source: http://cebu-airport.com

[CocoCrunch]

Pnoy get after the tax evaders and the kawatans in government! Gusto ko yan! It's SHOWTIME! Tayo na sa tuwid na daan!

ahaha this made me laugh. I bet mahuman nalang iyang term wala japon silay masikop. Where is Gloria now? sa kadaghang evidence and witness wala jud siya mapriso. so i wonder unsay buhaton ni pnoy sa mga tax evaders and kawatans.

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ahaha this made me laugh. I bet mahuman nalang iyang term wala japon silay masikop. Where is Gloria now? sa kadaghang evidence and witness wala jud siya mapriso. so i wonder unsay buhaton ni pnoy sa mga tax evaders and kawatans.

Katawa lang brader..ang ako ra masulti let's cross the bridge when we get there..Pnoy has 4 more years to go after the Arroyos and the big time kawatans..Remember new admin na ta ron..dili na Gloria Arroyo days nga gawasnon ang mga tax evaders and kawatans in government.Maybe in Gloria days usad pagong ang justice system sa pinas.Patungo na tayo sa tuwid na daan brader. Just sit back and relax..hehehe!