All about NOYNOY AQUINO

[Romeojin]

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Transactional politics lives again

10/10/2010 The “boss ko kayo” (you’re my boss) principle of Noynoy appears to have been applied to the 278 or so members of the House of Representatives in striking a deal for the 2011 budget, that, despite Noy’s incessant harping about his administration’s commitment not to waste a single centavo of public money, has been compromised with the Speaker, with blessings from Malacañang, divvying up lump sums on top of the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) or more bluntly, pork.
Thus, while now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo was all black and blue from the bashing that Noynoy dealt her in his 100-day report, which was mainly a continuation of his bravado about change since the campaign period, she in turn was rewarded with a healthy P2.2 billion in pork to keep her in the pink of happy health.
Also apportioned out were Road Users Tax (RUT) proceeds that would give each congressman except for party-list representatives P25 million despite Noynoy and his allies hitting the practice in the past of using RUT money as political doleouts.
The fact that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has agreed to the financial packages for House members in the 2011 budget showed Noynoy’s imprimatur on it.
The pork barrel bonanza was in exchange for Congress letting go of the questionable P21 billion cash transfer fund in the 2011 budget to be administered by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and other Palace lump sum appropriations.
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte had committed to pass the proposed cash transfer allocation without any cuts. Despite the noble nature of the cash transfer program that is to provide the poorest Filipinos with government assistance provided that they meet set criteria such as the schooling of their children, it has been proven to be easily turned into bribes for the incumbent dominant political party.
The conditional cash transfers have always been used for election purposes — made out to be a big part of the presidential largess — mostly to get the votes.
And in the hands of Dinky Soliman, one can be certain that politics is at the core of it, not the poverty angle.
Recall a lachrymose Dinky, admitting cutting off her ties with Gloria, because she could no longer bear to see what she had become: One who used the poor to buy their political support for her then patron, Gloria.
No doubt, she will also be using the poor and the cash doleouts to buy political support for her now patron, Noynoy Aquino and some of his allies — of the Balay Puti variety.
The next national elections will be in 2013 when the cash transfer program would have taken a strong hold over their recipients who, in turn, will not have second thoughts about their political preference at the polling booth.
Aside from the bravura about walking the straight path, there is nothing now or forthcoming that Noynoy’s administration is likely to achieve in terms of improving the lives of Filipinos. His Palace minions have been stressing the short time that Aquino has spent as president for his strings of failures but what Filipinos are not seeing is the potential for improvement.
Thus, what is being highlighted is the 71 percent or thereabouts satisfaction rating on Noynoy, which is also an old figure since the latest surveys showed that the approval rating had dropped to somewhere around 60 percent.
The last administration had developed an expertise on the field of transactional politics that was effective in plugging the void in terms of mandate on Gloria.
With Gloria now in Congress, Noynoy appears ready to give Gloria, who remains Noynoy’s most prominent rival in the House, a dose of her own medicine.
Gloria would only be too happy to oblige and she would likely marshall her allies which make up the dominant minority to let Noynoy’s own pork to pass Congress.
Gloria, without saying much, has given Noynoy a free lecture on the advantages of transactional politics and Noynoy, just like the old times at Ateneo, is an attentive student.
Noynoy had said Gloria was a “brilliant teacher.”
It seems he was not joking.

The Daily Tribune - Without Fear or Favor

[estor_boot]

maka sabot raman ko nga lisod jud i defend ang gi buhat ni noy2x mao nang ingon ana ra imo reply

iyang gi himo tong head sa pag asa sauna nga example sa mahitabo kung dili maayo performance sa trabaho
tang tangon ang mga dili low performers/mo palpak..
karon ang DILG incharge sa peace and order wala na tang2x maski na palpak

relax lang brad, wla pa gani ni decide ang Malakanyang sa IIRC report. i don't need to defend Pnoy.. from where? from the 60 % apporval ratings?

you did not answer my question, UNSAY PALPAK NGA NAHIMO SA PAG-ASA AFTER NILO LEFT? you were insinuating nga si nilo ray makamao sa Pag-asa. tubag!

[hide]move on.[/hide]

[estor_boot]

LOL at Security Guard Arroyo lecturing Pnoy. i wonder if mikey had memorized the 11 GOs.

[masakiton]

relax lang brad, wla pa gani ni decide ang Malakanyang sa IIRC report. i don't need to defend Pnoy.. from where? from the 60 % apporval ratings?
you did not answer my question, UNSAY PALPAK NGA NAHIMO SA PAG-ASA AFTER NILO LEFT? you were insinuating nga si nilo ray makamao sa Pag-asa. tubag!
[hide]move on.[/hide]

wala man tingali ko gi ingon nga current ka palpakan sa pag asa
wala man tingali nakig lalis anang approval rating ni noy2x (mao raman na iya ika pang hambog)
dali kaayo siya naka pangasaba sa head sauna sa pag asa kai ni palpak pero ang iyahang amigo nga head sa peace and order ni palpak.. wala lang

[gallywow]

It's still too early to judge Pnoy. He may have some lapses considering that some of the challenges are new to him but as what we can see, he's been responsible to his decisions. Please don't belittle him as we don't know what he's really capable of. Let's give him a chance. He's been trying to be a good President ba ya.

[FranZeno]

My Gosh. Expect dayon mo og dakong changes sa atoa nasud nga pila paman intawon na ka bulan naa si Pnoy oi. Murag sad mo og correct. Kamo kaya sa iya position lalim ba! Pilipinas iya usbon expect longer years para makita ang pagbabago..Kung ang Japan nga needed 10 years to restore its nation kita pa kaha.

Mao way pagbabago ani atoa nasud kay tungod ninyo nga hot ra kaayo..mag sige'g pangita og changes pero kamo unsa inyo nabuhat para magkaroon ng changes? If I know most of you are not paying taxes!!!!

How can we not pay taxes? i.deduct mn na sa sweldo, deducted nmn na pg.payroll! saon! hahahaha! I wouldn't risk not paying a small amount of tax just to be imprisoned for tax evasion. It's an insult to say we don't pay taxes, and you even act like you're too sure of it. How about you? Do you pay? Or you pay it to CITOM when you get caught for traffic violations?

I did my job as a citizen, work, pay taxes, follow the laws even volunteer for them when needed, even started my own legal business. What has the government done for me? roads? bridges? philhealth? books for public libraries? cmon, I paid for that with my taxes and monthly contributions..at least the government should have done something like boost the economy or did a good job with the handling sa hostage crisis (sori kung g,ungkat) para m.salig pa ang foreign investors nato to invest and with that hopefully INCREASE OUR SALARY! And now, look what we got, donation from the US? m.asa nlng ta ani og donations. I'm happy with what the US gave, but we can't cling to them all the time, we should live for our own.

I've always commend Sen. Joker for saying our govt is run by a student govt. Yeah, it's still too premature to judge him, but at least he could have shown that he's not on OJT.

[DarkCode]

Aquino to meet with Puno, Robredo to ‘thresh out’ feud

great leadership... hehe

[dark_phoenix]

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/2010101...r-d6cd5cf.html

More Palace appointees: FPJ daughter is new MTRCB chief

[mattotoy(Matoy)]

pursue the RH bill!!! daghan pa kaau problema ang atong nasod PILIPINAS nga dapat niyang atubangon ug pangitaan ug mas maka ayung solusyon! crimes and poverty, sa ako lang opinyon dapat gyud niyang e face unsai reality sa atong crimes and poverty, ang mga kurakot ug korapsyon kai d jud na cla mawala kung usa ka nato mga hangol ug kwarta. mga opisyal sa gobyerno maluoy intawn mu sa mga kabus ohh maoy ga antos. dapat sa mga corrupt ibitay kng masakpan dapat ibalik ang death penalty bitay, silya elektrika o lethal injection! para mu tagam tang mga pinoy ug para ma disiplina usab ta yg mahapsay atong pagpuyo aning nasora. opinyon ko lang na mga kahigalaan!

[Pi2plank]

I've always commend Sen. Joker for saying our govt is run by a student govt. Yeah, it's still too premature to judge him, but at least he could have shown that he's not on OJT.

at least ang studyante mo mata og sayo, mga 6am.. pero si pnoy, 10am pa mo duty.. hayahaya gud, dapat hardworking unta ang presidente, pero unsaon nalang maski pag mata og sayo di man gani mahimo.. ana nasad ang mga pnoy supporters, hatag chance nasad... chance nalang pirmi..