Comments on Former president NOYNOY AQUINO.

[cobraKing]

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asa nman inyohang maayong presidenti..wala na molingkod sa palasyo kay na busy ug kompaya pra mo daghan ang yellow zombies??

[Romeojin]

Smuggling in the Philippines is at its worst under President Aquino's ... ang mga pro pnoy dili mo tuo ani kay si GMA jud .... basa

SMUGGLING ESTIMATES: ANNUAL AVERAGE

IN $ BILLIONS

Estrada (July 1998- Jan 2001) 3.1

Arroyo (Feb 2001 – June 2010) 3.8

Aquino (July 2010 – June 2012) 19.6




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Smuggling at its worst under Aquino | Inquirer Opinion
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Smuggling

dili tana worst under Penoy..

Smuggling at its best under Penoy

record breaking...

[KlaytoN]

Mutuo na gyud ko basta sina T&T . . .

Spoiler! 

Tiglao and Tribune...

[mj.pocholo]

murag layo2 rjud ug agwat pwerting layoa, arang2 nlang ni kay sa kaduha na nkalingkod negative japon...tsktsktsk

[Apollo24]

A Response to Mr. Tiglao’s Opinion Article on Smuggling : “Smuggling at its Worst Under Aquino”

Last November 14, 2012, Mr. Rigoberto Tiglao, who once served as Presidential Spokesperson of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as well as her Press Secretary, Presidential Chief of Staff and subsequently as Ambassador to Greece, wrote an article about smuggling in his opinion column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Entitled “Smuggling at its Worst Under Aquino”, Mr. Tiglao presented his conclusion about the subject matter citing figures from the IMF’s Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS), which is a compendium of data submitted by countries pertaining to their imports and exports. It is similar to the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics (UN Comtrade), which compiles information gathered in a similar fashion.

(Mr. Tiglao’s article may be viewed online here )

While the title is indeed explosive and the presentation logical, the article needs to be put in the proper perspective and the information contained therein validated.

It must be pointed out that the article is an opinion piece by the writer, not a news item by a correspondent of the newspaper. As such, it is published as an opinion of a columnist, that’s why towards the end of his article, there was a sideswipe to the Commissioner of Customs and his Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence with insinuations to the motives of their decision not to participate in the 2013 elections.

Nevertheless, the article deserves a closer look particularly the figures cited which were the basis for the conclusion made by Mr. Tiglao.

There is a need to validate the figures which is said to have come from IMF’s DOTS. In the first paragraph of the article, the writer claimed that “In Mr. Aquino’s first two years in office, the value of smuggling totaled $39.2 billion, more than the $35.6 billion during Arroyo’s nine years in office.”

Basing it on the figure $39.2 B, he wrote that “Smuggling in the Philippines is at its worst under President Aquino’s administration, with the smuggled value averaging $19.6 billion annually.”

Mr. Tiglao was referring to the period July 2010 to June 2012, or the first two years of President Benigno Aquino III. Presenting Table 1 of his opinion piece, he noted that $19.6 B was the value of alleged smuggled goods. It means that in his table, the $19.6B covers a period of two years, or $9.8 B annually.

Immediately, it is noticeable that the opening statement of the article, which claimed that the value of smuggling in Mr. Aquino’s first two years totaled $39.2 Billion, is not supported by Table 1 presented in the same article, which shows $19.6 Billion for the same period. Annually, that translates to $19.6 Billion and $ 9.8 Billion respectively.

One example is that what may be reported by China as an export to the Philippines may not be reported by the Philippines as an import if it is meant for the Freeport Zones and Economic Zones which utilize imported products in the production of goods which do not enter the domestic market for local consumption. Transhipments are likewise sometimes reported as exports to the transition country instead of the ultimate destination.

This acknowledgment is shared by the UN Comtrade, which also has a similar notice in their database publication.

Even the Export Tax Rebate program may be a factor in the difference between the reports of China exports versus reports of Philippine imports. In China, exporters are practically subsidized by being given tax refunds on their exports. Higher export values mean higher tax rebates.

Therefore, it is not conclusive to do a simple subtraction of numbers reported by the exporting country and the numbers reported by the importing country.

Kindly Click here to view the full context : A Response to Mr. Tiglao’s Opinion Article on Smuggling

Another Good News from IMF: IMF chief lauds PH: It's the only nation ugraded

[estor_boot]

^maghuwat ko sa rebuttal ni amingb. interesting na nga topic kay dako kaayo nang nga amount kun tinood oi pero morag si tiglao ra man ang saba.

[cmac2]

Opinions are only opinions.
Sad to day people who have access to the media tend to base their opinions not on facts but to their own interests.
Wish Mr. Tigalo would base his report on credible international organizations with statistical facts.

[amingb]

Mis-Interpreted or sayop diay ang IMF base sa report ni tiglao ? meaning wala na diay smuggling karon ? .. how about sa Rice Smuggling musta naman to nahilom naman ...

sa ako tan-aw ba gi match mani sa IMF ang trade between 2 countries .... assuming naa sayop pero gamay ra dili pud pataka nang IMF Siguro ....

Rice smuggling explodes under Aquino | Inquirer Opinion -- Deny napud sila ani kay sayop misleading ang IMF ..

BusinessMirror - Smuggling is on the rise

Smuggling still thrives despite Noynoy

[amingb]

^maghuwat ko sa rebuttal ni amingb. interesting na nga topic kay dako kaayo nang nga amount kun tinood oi pero morag si tiglao ra man ang saba.

Hi sir ... kanang nga report about IMF report tanan man nga Newspaper naa man ana sir gud ... dili lang si tiglao nag report ana ...

Example sir kini nga report sa IMF .... mao ni ilaha gi conclude nga daghan smuggling ...

"To explain, China reported that its exports to the country from July 2010 to June 2012 amounted to $33.3 billion. On the other hand, the Philippines reported that its imports from China during the same period totaled only $14.7 billion."

Parijas mani anang program sa BIR ... inputted tanan purchases ug manikas ka sakpan

[estor_boot]

mer, ato ning klarohon ha. mao ni ako nasabtan sa akong gibasa. IMF HAS NO REPORT ABOUT SMUGGLING IN THE PHILIPPINES. what IMF have were data of exports and imports of countries. of course, there is still smuggling in the Philippines but Tiglao's figure based on IMF's data is exxagerated and biased according to Com. Biazon. kanang analysis ni Tiglao pinabarberohan style na and it's not the right way to compute the amount of smuggled goods on the Philippines. basaha gud ang possible reasons ni Biazon why the disparity of China's exports and PHL's imports.