Pulse Asia survey says Arroyo is Philippines’ most corrupt president
Posted by: iostream @ 1:06 am in: News & Current Events (8,424 views) December 12th, 2007President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo topped the list of the most corrupt Philippine presidents in recent history according to a Pulse Asia Survey conducted nationwide from October 21 to 31, 2007.
Among 1,200 respondents nationwide, 42% think that Arroyo is the most corrupt followed by Ferdinand Marcos with 35% and Joseph Estrada with 16%. Former presidents Fidel Ramos with 5% and Corazon Aquino with 1% came in at the bottom of the list.
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December 12th, 2007 at 5:27 am
may bago pa ba?
December 12th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
ano ba namang bansa to! alam na pala kung cnocno ang kumoco2rrupt hindi pa hulihin! ano bang magyayari sa bansa natin kung puro bulag-bulagan at bingi-bingihan tayo! haaaay kung pwede lang walisin lahat ng mga nakaupo ngayon eh.
December 12th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Puro aligasyun lang naman yan. At lahat ay hindi directly involve ang President sa mga anumalya sa government. Nadadawit lang siya at ginagawa talaga lahat ng mga Oppositions ang kanilang makakaya para masira sa tao si President Arroyo.
Kawawa talaga bansa natin kung ganyan mga isip ng mga opisyal natin sa gobyerno. Walang kooperasyun sa pagpapaunlad ng bansa at sa proyekto ng pangulo. Antay mo pag may tsismis kay congressman, kay governor o kay FG doon lahat sila maglalabasan at makikisawsaw at ididiin ang nasa mataas na katungkulan na wala naman kinalaman. Yan ang kinalabasan sirang sira na ang imahe ng Presidente at dawit ang Pilipinas. Sana naman matuto na tayo lalo na tuwing eleksyun, hindi kung sino nasa Opposition side nalang ang iboboto natin. Later on makikita natin sa senate na nagpapacute lang at puro satsat. May nagawa ba sila trillanes, escudero, etc.. O di ba wala pa? sana naman meron sa kalaunan
December 12th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Puro alligations lang naman yan. At lahat ay hindi directly involve ang President sa mga anumalya sa government. Nadadawit lang siya at ginagawa talaga lahat ng mga Oppositions ang kanilang makakaya para masira sa tao si President Arroyo.
December 12th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Parang mga avid viewer ng KApamilya. Alam nang walang kwenta ang Station na yon, nood pa din ng nood. Palibhasa mga utak tungaw. Kaya ayon, kahit niloloko na ng harap-harapan. Niloloko na lahat-lahat e nakatunganga pa din. O e, ano pa ba bago. Magdusa tayo, pinili natin sya na maging presidente o ayan. Lalo lang naghirap ang mahihirap. Ciao
December 12th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
hahaha nn bago un tlaga nm corrupt c gloria ang kapal ng mukha mgabgo kna
December 12th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
bakit kapumilya alam mo b ang ginagawa ng presidente
ha
at ngrereact k ng ganyan
December 12th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Ang sa akin lang naman opinyun. At bakit meron din bang matibay na ebidenya na corrupt sya? Bat di natin itulad K Erap kung ganoon? Diba puro paratang lang naman ng mga tsismoso at ingitero sa senado.
December 12th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Kawawa na nga ang Pilipinas
December 12th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Paano uunlad ang pilipinas nyan kung puro siraan at inggit nalang ang ginagawa ng mga inihalal natin sa senado at kongreso. Walang kooperasyun, naghihintay ng mga tsismis tungkol sa alipores ni GMA at pag may nasagap si GMA ang ididiin. O diba?
Puro satsat at pa cute lalo na mga bagong halal kelan lang at meron pa mahilig magpunta sa 5 star hotel at doon gagawa ng eksena.
December 12th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Paano uunlad ang pilipinas nyan kung puro siraan at inggit nalang ang ginagawa ng mga inihalal natin sa senado at kongreso.
December 12th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Puro satsat at pa cute lalo ang ilang bagong halal kelan lang at meron pa mahilig magpunta sa 5 star hotel at doon gagawa ng eksena.
December 12th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
di namn kaslan ng prsidente kung bakit naghihirap tayo, tayo mismo ang gumagawa ng paraan sa ikakabagsak natin eh, panay tayo sisi, bat kaya di nalang pagtuunan ng pansin ang paghahanapbuhay nang marangal,
Its our fault not those persons on top, but they need also to look back for us who needs help, Mabigyan man lang ng trabaho eh ok na, may pangkain man lang ok na yan.
Kung corrupt man si Gloria, i think parang hanggang sabi sabi nlng yan,Pero one thing for sure madami nakapaligid sa kanya ang tunay na corrupt!
I salute Mrs. Gloria Arroyo for those nagawa nya sa bansa, at di laht nakikita kc panay naman paninira ang iba, Para nga naman network wars ito, panay paninira ng GMA sa ABS, then ABS wla naman ginagawa kaya ayun, ung uto uto naman na juan de la cruz eh naniwala sa serbisyong totoo kuno, eh sa likod nyan kung andun lng kayo sa trabaho eh puro kaplastikan….
Kaya Gloria, proove them na malinis ka, proove them na tlagng wla kang ginagwa. Although minsan may mali ka tlga, pero sana marunong ka din magsorry kahit na nasa taas ka na.
December 12th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Di na ngayon uso ang people power, ok din naman kasi ekonomiya natin kaya ung iba wlang gana basta may trabaho sila eh ok na at wla sila pakialam sa iba, basta buhay sila.
Ayan ang pinoy ngayon, wla ng tym sa mga people power na yan dhil nakakaistorbo lang pwera nlng sa mga mahilig kc wla sila magawa sa buhay, why not magtulungan nlng di po ba?
December 12th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
hoy monay, alam mo ba pinagsasabi mo. alam mo kasalanan yan ng presidente natin no. inihalal sya ng taong bayab sa pag-aakalang mabigyan nya at masolutionan ang economic crisis ng bansa. O, e ano ginagawa nya, ayon at binabayaran ang mga congrisista at nilibre pa ng European Tour. Tama ba yan???? O baka naman dada ka ng dada pero wala ka alam. Parang Network war yan. Sabi ng Ebs, kami ang magaganda ang shows at malawak ang Network namin, like sa sinabi ni Gloria na Magaling akong Economista pero Masamang Politiko. Hello????di kami Bobo no. Kailan pa naging magaling na Economista ang Masamang Politiko????Di ba tingnan mo ang Kapuso kahit anong lait ng Ebs na ilalampaso sila ng Maging Sino ka man at Lobo e sadsad pa din ang ratings parang si Madam President as in sadsad and ratings.
kaya sa mga pilipinong nasa ibang bansa wag na tayo magpadala ng pera. Pilitin natin ang pamilya natin na magtiis muna at maghanap-hanap ng ikabubuhay sa pinas at wag umasa sa padalang dollars. Tingnan lang natin kung hindi iikot ang pwet ni Madam President, sampu ng kanyang mga tuta 
December 12th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
monay, mukhang dada ka ng dada pero walang wenta. Ang mahal na madam president ang syang may kasalanan ng lahat. Alam mo kung bakit, kung manuhol ang mga presidential office e akala mo namumulot lang ng pera sa taong bayan. Kung manglibre ng Europian tour e, akala mo may mina ang pilipinas ng gasolina.
December 12th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Parang Network war yan, Sabi ng Ebs, kami ang magandang station pero bulok ang programa. Gaya ni Gloria, Ako ang magaling na economista pero masamang politiko. Kailan pa naging magaling ang masama???? Ang Ebs, halos sadsad ang ratings at consistent na mababa gaya ni Gloria as in negative pa. Hindi mo monay pwede isisi sa mamamayang pilipino ang lahat ng sisi. Inihalal sya dahil may tiwala ang mamamayan sa kanya pero tini-take advantage nya ang Power bilang Presidente.
December 12th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
kaya sa mga kabayan natin sa pinas, magbanat ng buto at wag umasa sa mga kamag-anak na nasa ibang bansa. Magbanat naman kayo ng buto. Paano kung hindi magpadala ng dolyares ang mga kamag-anak nyo? o e di namatay kayong dilat ang mata. Tingnan mo ang peso, magaling at mababa ang palitan ng dolyar. Isipin mo nga naman 41.43 o mababa pa pero ang bilihin naman ay halos nagtaasan na. Asan ang sinasabing maunlad na ekonomiya dyan. Balibaliktarin mo man ang mundo wala akong makitang logic na maganda ang takbo ng kalakalan dyan sa Pinas. E, di na sana kami na mga OFW umalis ng bansa kung sobrang ganda ng ekonomiya dyan sa Pinas. Masasabi mo lang na maganda ang Ekonomiya ng Bansa kung ang mga tao ay di na nag-aalisan at di na dumadaing sa sobrang mahal na bilihin
December 12th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Sometimes I think that Madam President is misunderstood by her people.
Maybe we should switch places with her once in a while, and see how it feels like to be the President of a developing country.
I admire her for her patience.
Corrupt or not.
Ciao.
December 12th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
sang tanong Kristita de Bundat kung ikaw ba gagawa ng ikakasira mo gagawin mo ba yun sa mismong bahay mo sa harap ng judges mo? My point eh di naman nila deretsahang masabi na galing k presidente yun mga suhol. Malay ba natin gawa-gawa din ng mga taong matagal na siyang sirain na hindi naman magawa dahil puro lang tsismis at hinala ang pruweba.
Yang pag ganda ng ekonomiya hindi naman in an instant mangyayari yan darating din tayo dyan huwag lang harangin at sirain ng mga ingiterong pulitiko ang magagandang plano ng ating gobyerno. Huwag natin ipasa lahat sa nakaupo sa palasyo ang problema ng bansa. Makakatulong tayo sa pag unlad ng pilipinas simulan natin sa sarili nating mga tahanan.
December 12th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
December 12th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
My point eh di naman nila deretsahang masabi na galing k presidente yun mga suhol. Malay ba natin gawa-gawa din ng mga taong matagal na siyang sirain na hindi naman magawa dahil puro lang tsismis at hinala ang pruweba.
December 12th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Opinyun ko lang ano, Kung ikaw ba gagawa ng ikakasama mo gagawin mo ba mismo sa pamamahay mo yun na alam mo namang matagal ka ng hinahanapan ng kasamaan ng iyong mga kritiko?
December 12th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Gagawin mo ba ang ikakasira mo sa sarili mo pa mismong tahanan sa palayo na alam mo namang matagal ka ng hinahanapan ng kasiraan ng iyong mga kritiko?
December 12th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
di ako nagbubulag bulagan…hu hu hu..
December 12th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
paano kaya yon, di ba nalaman ng mga tagapalasyo na may namimigay ng tig-500k sa mismong bakuran nila? di na ba secured ang palasyo? paano kung bomba na pala yong mga nasa loob ng bag? ang hirap talagang unawain na wala silang alam. siguro bobo lang ako kaya di ko maunawaan o baka yong taga-palasyo tutulog-tulog sa pansitan o baka naman nagbubulag-bulagan lang, haayyyy, kakabobo talga?
December 12th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
paano kaya yon, di ba nalaman ng mga tagapalasyo na may namimigay ng tig-500k sa mismong bakuran nila? di na ba secured ang palasyo? paano kung bomba na pala yong mga nasa loob ng bag? ang hirap talagang unawain na wala silang alam. siguro bobo lang ako kaya di ko maunawaan o baka yong taga-palasyo tutulog-tulog sa pansitan o baka naman nagbubulag-bulagan lang, haayyyy, kakabobo talga?
tsismis ba yong video ng mga may dala-dala? paano yong kay Gob. Among at yong kay Gob. Mendo? tsismis rin ba? hayyyyy dami na nga bulag sa bansa?
December 12th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
malakas na piso natin, malakas rin stock market. nakikinabang ako dyan kc me mga bond funds ako. malaki na tubo. Marami na nagiinvest sa atin kc nakikita ng mga foreign investors na di na tyo pumapatol sa people power. marami na rin call centers and off-shore support centers. sana nga tuloy tuloy na at wag naman na pati utot natin eh isisi ke arroyo. 2 years na lang, sana may mapatapos naman tyong pangulo, wag naman tanggal na lang ng tanggal. sa totoo lang kulelat na tyo sa Asya dahil sa kaka people power natin.
December 12th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Alam mo Penny lane and the rest of the gang here. Totoo na mahirap ang maging presidente. Pero hindi isang rason ang sabihin mong ikaw kaya maging presidente. Sya ang nangampanya na kaya nyang pangalagaan, ayusin at bigyan ng tamang pagpapahalaga ang kanyang tungkulin. Sampu sa kanilang lahat na pulitiko pero hindi ko nilalahat ay mga walang itulak kabigin kundi mga corrupt at makasarili lamang. Kung hindi ba naman e di sana ang mga pilipino ay di na umalis ng bansa at dyan na lamang mag-trabaho. Pero sa hirap ng buhay, at dahil ayaw naming mga OFW na mamatay ng dilat e, nakipagsapalaran kami kahit mahirap sa dayuhang bansa para paka-inin ang pamilyang gutom.
December 13th, 2007 at 10:02 am
gago.kung kayu nalang kaya mag president
December 13th, 2007 at 10:12 am
Do you really believe the polls done by Pulse Asia to be true and unbiased? At one time, FALSE Asia’s survey said that MORE THAN 50% of the FILIPINOS want PEOPLE POWER. Just assume there are 50million Filipinos. 50 percent of 50milyon is 25milyon. UMABOT NA BA NG 25 MILYONG TAO ANG DUMATING SA TAWAG NG MGA PARI AT NI CORY AT MGA????
No matter how much you hate the President and how misinformed you are, like most of you are (and majority of Filipinos), and some of you are downright stupid, you cannot take away the fact that investors are coming in fast and furious to our shores, foreign businesses are setting up shop here, GMA is working damn hard to get concessions from foreign govts and solicit businesses from them more than any president before her bar none, that we have over $30 BILLION foreign reserve which is unprecedented, inflation is at an all-time low and almost non-existent, GMA is the only president who produced over 1 MILLION jobs (all the presidents combined did not even come close), and if the economy is not as robust and strong as it is, you would be paying a lot more for goods, fuel, and services. What is wrong with you people? All over the world, even in the US, prices are going up. What makes you think we are immune? Pag si Erap at si Cory ang naka-upo patay na lalo tayo sa presyo. If inflation is double-digits you would start prostituting yourself to eat.
December 13th, 2007 at 10:12 am
wawa
December 13th, 2007 at 10:30 am
ang mga isyung gaya nito ay hindi dapat pinapatulan..
mas masarap patulan (at ready ang mga tao) kapag ratings na ng ABS vs GMA na ang pinag-uusapan.. talagang lalaban ang bawat kampo sa kanikanilang mga opinyon..
boo-hoo..
tignan mo dito, iilan-ilan lang ang nagsasalita.. eh kapag naglabas na ng Ratings Thread, lahat may naibubulalas.. yehey!
December 13th, 2007 at 10:30 am
HANEP KA GLORIA!!! SIKAT KA SA BUONG MUNDO NGAYON!!!!
GINAYA MO NA ANG IBANG BANSA TULAD NG SINGAPORE NA PINAKAMAGALING PAGDATING SA INFASTRUCTURE, HIGHTECH AT WALANG TRAPIC!!!!
PERO ANG VERSION MO E KAKAIBA… MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE WORLD!!!!!!
HANEP!!! MABUHAY KA PRESIDENT GLORIA!!!
December 13th, 2007 at 11:06 am
kung baka ano awareness, other country will see the president of the Phils. as in top C….ang masama sumikat sa hindi magandang pagtingin ng ibang bansa…
December 13th, 2007 at 11:54 am
Do you really believe the polls done by Pulse Asia to be true and unbiased? At one time, FALSE Asia’s survey said that MORE THAN 50% of the
FILIPINOS want PEOPLE POWER. Just assume there are 50million Filipinos. 50 percent of 50milyon is 25milyon. UMABOT NA BA NG 25 MILYONG
TAO ANG DUMATING SA TAWAG NG MGA PARI AT NI CORY AT MGA????
No matter how much you hate the President and how misinformed you are, like most of you are (and majority of Filipinos), and some of you are
downright stupid, you cannot take away the fact that investors are coming in fast and furious to our shores, foreign businesses are setting up shop here,
GMA is working damn hard to get concessions from foreign govts and solicit businesses from them more than any president before her, bar none, that
we have over $30 BILLION foreign reserve which is unprecedented, inflation is at an all-time low and almost non-existent, GMA is the only president who
produced over 1 MILLION jobs & increasing (all the presidents combined did not even come close), and if the economy is not as robust and strong as it
is, you would be paying out of your ass a lot more for goods, fuel, and services. The biggest car manufacturer in China will open here and Hanjin of
Korea, the ship-builder, is also half-way done with the building of their shipyard here. These are just two of the things that are happening here affecting
our economy. What is wrong with you people? All over the world, even in the US, prices are going up. What makes you think we are immune? Pag si
Erap at si Cory ang naka-upo patay na lalo tayo sa presyo. If inflation is double-digits you would start prostituting yourself to eat. For your sake, read the
real news that matter to your life, not just read the sports, comics and what the priests and the opposition are saying. They are poisoning your mind. If
you believe them so much, and have no hope left, just put an end to your misery and pull the trigger. Most of you see the glass half-empty. I see the glass
half-full. When we were growing up, I never heard my mom and my dad blame our poverty on the govt. Fast forward to today, everyone in our family
worked hard to improve our lives. And we succeeded. But we won’t thru the same economic hardship. You people should learn how to shut up and
concentrate on how to improve your lives and open a business, no matter how minute it is. If you have an OFW spouse, you should save for that seed
money to open a business, and get some advice and funding from the negosyo plan instituted by GMA. Yakking about how bad GMA and the economy
are will lead you to more misery. It is Christmas, so think POSITIVE. Shun the naysayers and open your mind to great possibilities.
December 13th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Corrected by Claudia, Sumikat nga, negative naman. Isipin mo Maganda na daw Economy sa Pinas. Pero tingnan mo, kabi-kabila ang Pag-aalsa. Andyan ang kay TRillanes, Ang mga Jeepney at Bus Driver, OFW Remittance halos sadsad na. Ano ba yan???? Iyan ba pinagmamalaki ni Gloria. E, kahit galungong ang mahal na. Wala na makain ang sambayanang Pilipino tapos Nag-European Tour pa ang mga Mababatas courtesy of Madam Gloria.
Waaa.waaaa na talaga…..
December 13th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Wag ko lang makasalubong yan si Gloria, sasaksakin ko talaga yan
December 14th, 2007 at 9:10 am
Ally wants GMA ‘most corrupt’ poll probed
By Angie M. Rosales
12/13/2007
In a bid to kill the messenger for coming up with a survey message showing President Arroyo as the “most corrupt president” in Philippine history, her staunchest ally, Sen. Miriam Santiago, yesterday vowed to unmask the alleged “culprit” behind the latest Pulse Asia survey that dared to make public the unfavorable results of its poll on who among the Philippine presidents earned the tag as the most corrupt.
She also reportedly threatened to have survey firms probed, as the senator claimed that they never conduct surveys unless they are paid for and financed by certain personalities.
Santiago said she is bent on filing a resolution today to investigate not only the particular survey firm but all major survey firms that have their results published in the media.
The woman senator pointed to a known member of the opposition, a former senator whom she did not name, but who she said was behind the Pulse Asia survey.
While she mentioned no names, it was already out in the
news Tuesday that former Sen. Sergio Osmena had commissioned that particular survey question.
Sources in the opposition said it was a rider question.
Santiago, in an interview with reporters, bared her plans of calling for a probe on this specific issue as soon as possible.
But Santiago’s colleagues, including the Senate leadership, are cold to her proposal, saying such results cannot be helped since this is the perception of the public of Mrs. Arroyo.
Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. twitted Santiago on her position, saying there was nothing wrong with the opposition commissioning the survey on corruption issues.
Mrs. Arroyo’s staunch ally said she wants to know who paid for these surveys, as she does not buy the claim that these polls are not commissioned and insists on knowing just who funded these surveys.
She also stated that she does not believe that the Pulse Asia survey results tagging Mrs. Arroyo as the “Most Corrupt President” in history are accurate.”
“Apart from the usual criticisms of accuracy of surveys, I don’t think that any right-minded scientific professional survey firm will conduct a one-sided survey. There will always be a positive part of the survey. For example, it may ask: ‘Who is the most corrupt president?’ but it should ask also ‘Who do you think is the most successful economically among the presidents we have had’?” Santiago stressed.
“My unconfirmed report is that a member of the opposition commissioned the survey and was able to convince a major daily to use it as a banner headline. This is not a coincidence,” she said, and claimed she was outraged at these survey results and their publication.
Condemning Pulse Asia, Santiago claimed: “This survey firm has always been associated with a former president. I would not say that there is a direct connection between that former president and this firm. I do know however that there is an opposition figure who commissioned the survey and paid the firm. He is very slippery. It (the survey) does serve the purpose of the opposition to put President Arroyo down,” she noted.
Villar disputed the assessment of Santiago as he hinted that it would be unlikely for the matter to be even taken up by them, saying it would be better for the President to address this current perception of the public on her.
“She (Mrs. Arroyo) should just accept this (opinion of the Filipinos of her),” he stressed.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson, opposition member, joined Villar in chiding Malacañang and the chief executive on their response to the issue of Mrs. Arroyo as most corrupt president, tossing the blame on the series of scandals that continue to rock the administration.
“In other societies, such widespread indictment would be enough to make a leader resign. In Mrs. Arroyo’s case, it further fuels her motivation to work for the extension of her term via Charter change. Only in the Philippines,” Lacson said.
The same call was issued by another member of the opposition, Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, who strongly advised Mrs. Arroyo the following: To issue the release of the Neda-ICC documents on the broadband project so that the public can see how the government approved this project; order the return home of former controversial Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante to face the music in the proper venues and make sure that the fertilizer fund scam will finally be resolved; cancel all foreign loans that are associated with questionable big-ticket projects including the P25 billion Cyber-Ed project; and go after the big-time smugglers and tax evaders, sparing no political sacred cows in the process.
“I humbly put forward these areas where the administration can start walking the talk and hardening its resolve against corruption.”
For former President Estrada, he said that “if the surveys and majority of the Filipinos believe that Mrs. Arroyo is corrupt, then perhaps she indeed is (the most corrupt).”
Estrada was reacting to the “Most Corrupt President” tag, earned by Mrs. Arroyo, topping former strongman Ferdinand Marcos in corruption, as measured by Pulse Asia.
“If that is what the survey shows then it is true. I am a believer of surveys. Even when I first ran for Mayor of San Juan I was given 50-50 chance from that time, I won. I am a true believer of surveys as a mayor, as a senator, and as President, even at the height of my popularity,” Estrada said.
He stated that he is willing to help the Arroyo regime provided it shows sincerity in its treatment of the Filipino people the Arroyo government claims to be helping. “They (government) must decide for the good of the greatest number which is the poor,” he said.
Asked if he has already seen or felt the sincerity by the government Estrada shrugged and said: “No.”
The survey, conducted last October showed Mrs. Arroyo being widely viewed by the Filipino people as the most corrupt ever, topping the most corrupt list with a 42 percent rating nationwide.
Marcos came in second, with a 35 percent rating. Estrada came in as a far third, with a mere 16 percent of the respondents rating him in the same corrupt listing.
He came in second, however, in the same survey as the “least corrupt president” or not corrupt president after Corazon Aquino.
The findings on Estrada validate past surveys where the majority of the people saw him as not having enriched himself while in office, as against the great majority of the respondents also saying that Mrs. Arroyo definitely enriched herself while in the presidential office.
For its part, Malacañang yesterday branded as “unfair” and “baseless” the latest Pulse survey findings.
Both Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye and Presidential Management Staff (PMS) chief Secretary Cerge Remonde claimed to be in disbelief over the survey results, claiming that the poll does not represent the sentiments of the majority of the 84 million Filipinos, and only a handful, or 1,200 who were polled expressed these sentiments.
“How can you compare 1,200 respondents to the majority of the 84 million Filipinos? We have to check the line of questioning used. Were the questions leading? We have to consider also the kind of respondents chosen. All these must be considered before making any judgment,” Bunye said.
When asked to comment if the survey has no credibility, Bunye said “ Let us just say, we don’t agree with the characterization (of Mrs. Arroyo as the most corrupt president ever).”
Remonde, for his part, said the survey is baseless because it does not look at the positive developments done by the Arroyo administration but merely relied of perceptions.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermtia, however, expressed belief that the opposition is behind the survey and that this is part of yet another plot to destabilize the government.
“Just like in boxing, they try to do body punching on the President because they cannot give her a straight cut. It’s fortunate that we have a strong contender (Mrs. Arroyo) ,” Ermita said, adding that the people behind the survey are known to be “unfriendly” toward Mrs. Arroyo but stressed that he is not referring to the political opposition.
“Some elements from the opposition, not really the political groups, might be behind this (survey) so they can continue to criticize the President,” Ermita said.
Ermita also urged the media to be more positive in reporting so the good deeds done by Mrs. Arroyo can be made known to the public, citing as example the effort of the chief executive in saving Overseas Filipino Worker Marilou Ranario from her death sentence in Kuwait.
The Palace official also observed that some media men “glorified” opposition Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV despite his wrong deeds in leading the standoff at the Manila Peninsula last Nov. 29.
With Sherwin C. Olaes and Tesa Gaila Medina
December 14th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Do you really believe the polls done by “FALSE” Asia to be true and unbiased? At one time, FALSE Asia’s survey said that MORE THAN 50% of the FILIPINOS want PEOPLE POWER. Just assume there are 50million Filipinos. 50 percent of 50milyon is 25milyon. UMABOT NA BA NG 25 MILYONG TAO ANG DUMATING SA TAWAG NG MGA PARI AT NI CORY AT MGA???? Eh ni 1 MILLION nga eh wala pang dumadalo sa mga rally na yan. Then we find out that some of the opposition people are behind the survey. SHAME SHAME. You people are easily manipulated.
No matter how much you hate the President and how misinformed you are, like most of you are (and majority of Filipinos), and how some of you are just downright stupid, you cannot deny these facts attributed to PGMA:
1. that investors are investing in our economy, buying our currency & coming fast and furious to our shores
2. foreign businesses are setting up shop here
3. GMA is working damn hard to get concessions from foreign govts and solicit businesses from them more than any president before her, bar none. Every time she leaves the country she brings home a big package to the Filipino people (jobs, jobs, and more jobs)
4. that we have over $30 BILLION foreign reserve which is unprecedented – this prevents currency raiders to bring our economy down willy-nilly
5. inflation is at an all-time low and almost non-existent
6. GMA is the only president who generated over 1.09 MILLION jobs & increasing in the first five months of 2005 alone. GMA is targeting to create 5 MILLION MORE JOBS!!! All the presidents combined did not even come close – all the previous presidents COMBINED were only able to produced around 300,000 jobs.
7. the Philippines is now paying debts even before they are due
8. that our government will balance the budget in 2008, two years ahead of schedule to save on the interest of debt service and ensure investment in vital social and economic needs
9. during her term, extreme hunger and poverty dropped to 27.6 percent in 2004 from 34.5 percent in 1990
10. in a span of one year 5,260 barangays was energized and 8,020 waterless households were served in Metro Manila – this is part of GMA’s Electricity and Water for all.
11. 300 million pesos loans was granted by President Arroyo to almost 50,000 college students under the Students Assistance for Education for Strong Republic (SAFE-4-SR)
12. in a very short time, the President was able to built 10,765 classrooms and 3,334 public high schools with computers. 2,000 indigent famillies under the Iskolar ng Mahirap na Pamilya received Certificates of Educational Assistance from the President.
13. in 2004, our country was ranked as the 24th largest economy by the World Bank according to purchasing power parity. It is the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia, posting a GDP growth rate of 7.5% in the second quarter of 2007, and has been compared to the economy of India in its sudden and rapid growth.
14. unemploymet rate went down from 10.4% in 2003 to 7.9% in 2007.
15. we are the biggest producer of geothermal power in Asia and I think 2nd in the WORLD! Even President Clinton praised GMA for that.
16. stocks are at an all-time high
17. tourism is on the rise
18. real-estate value is rapidly increasing
19. for all the talk about China being the world’s factory, the fact remains that the Philippine manufacturing sector has been doing well at 4-percent to 5-percent growth rates in the last three years
There are more positive news going on with our economy. And these are happening against the backdrop of our ballooning POPULATION – it went up by a whopping 20%!!!! Do you know what that means? More mouth to feed, more people to employ, more housing to build, more schools and roads to construct, more aids and medicine to help the poor, more free services, ad infinitum! The job of the president is not easy.
Asian tigers like Taiwan and South Korea took a decade or two of sustained 5-percent to 7-percent economic growth before they could address massive poverty. These days, China and India have been growing at 8 percent to 10 percent and yet, if we look beyond the surface, they still have a lot of things to do to touch the lives of their miserable masses. The same is true for us. To the naysayers, READ and be informed, instead of parroting the opposition lines and mantras becoz it is not only bad for GMA but for all Filipino across the board. If you continue to speak ill of this govt, no investors will come to the Philippines. No loans will be granted to us by the lending institutions of the world. We will be put in a box with little to go on. In international conferences, one often observes that while other countries discuss their gains and the “challenges” they need to overcome to usher in growth, Filipinos are beating their breasts — telling the whole world things are not changing, the Philippines is doomed forever and only the Second Coming of Christ could save the Filipino from damnation. No wonder other countries look down on us despite positive changes we’ve achieved. Such self-defeating negativity from what should have been more enlightened Filipinos, are aggravated by the sweeping remarks of political leaders from either side of the fence who interpret the data to either demolish the other or embellish one’s accomplishment.
If the economy is not as robust and strong as it is, you would be paying out of your ass a lot more for goods, fuel, and services. The biggest car manufacturer in China will open here and Hanjin of Korea, the Iship-builder, s also half-way done with the building of their shipyard here. The ABS system used in Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volvo cars are made in the Philippines. 2005 was the first year that the Philippines exported cars in quantity courtesy of Ford Motor Company. Further investments in this sector are expected to grow in the next following years. Intel continues to operate in the Philippines as major producer of Intel’s advanced products including the Pentium 4 processor. Texas Instruments expanded their operation here and is the largest producer of DSP chips in the world. TI’s Baguio plant produces 100% of all the chips used in Nokia cell phones and 80% of all chips used in Ericsson cell phones in the world. Until 2005, Toshiba laptops were produced in Santa Rosa, Laguna. Presently the Philippine plant’s focus is in the production of HDD’s. One of the software houses established in the country is Trend Micro, an anti virus software maker with its main product PC-Cillin. The company develops its “cures” for viruses in Eastwood City, Libis, Quezon City. These are just a few of the things that are happening here affecting our economy. What is wrong with you people? All over the world, even in the US, prices are going up. What makes you think we are immune? Pag si Erap at si Cory ang naka-upo patay na lalo tayo sa presyo. If inflation is double-digits you would start prostituting yourself to eat. For your sake, read the real news that matter to your life, not just read the sports, comics and what the priests and the opposition are saying. They are poisoning your mind. If you believe them so much, and have no hope left, just put an end to your misery and pull the trigger. Most of you see the glass half-empty. I see the glass half-full. When we were growing up, I never heard my mom and my dad blame our poverty on the govt. Fast forward to today, everyone in our family worked hard to improve our lives. And we succeeded. But we won’t thru the same economic hardship. You people should learn how to shut up and concentrate on how to improve your lives and open a business, no matter how minute it is. If you have an OFW spouse, you should save for that seed money to open a business, and get some advice and funding from the negosyo plan instituted by GMA. Yakking about how bad GMA and the economy are will lead you to more misery. It is Christmas, so think POSITIVE. Shun the naysayers and open your mind to great possibilities.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Trabaho lang Mdm President. Sour grape lang c Osmena matapos walang nangyari sa coup attempt ni Trillanes. Naudlot power grabbing nila. After a powerful right hook na sablay, eto pa jab jab na naman.
After all, the silent majority is all tired of this.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Who is Serge Osmena anyway? A traditional trapo na wala namang nagawa nung nasa senate sya. Pumapapel lang yan dahil malapit na ang 2010 and he’s going to run na naman for senator.
Most corrupt? may mananalo pa ba kay Marcos? More than 10 billion pesos nakalimutan na agad ng mga Filipino. Yung nga lang ang diprensya sa mga Filipino may short memory at madaling magpatawad. At isa pa mahilig maniwala sa tsismis. Ang gawa lang naman ng mga opposition ay siraan ang current admninistration at kung opposition na ang nakaupo may susulpot na naman na oppostion o yung mga naghahangad ng position na natalo yun naman ang magiging opposition. Full Circle lang yan. Yung kampi kampi ngayon magkakaaway na yan sa 2010.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:48 am
corection pala 10 billion dollars pala nakurakot ni Marcos.
December 14th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
I heard from a friend that the latest news on this is saying that a former president was behind this. Who would that be?
Cory? FVR? Marcos is dead so it can’t be him. HMMMMM…ESEP ESEP ESEP 
Sino kaya….hehehehe (WINK WINK WINK)
December 14th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
oo nga cool2BeMe, mula nang nakalabas sa kulungan, nagkakagulo na naman. sana di na lang pinalabas yan eh. noong nang gulo c trillanes sa manila pen (sosyal talaga mamang yan, me sogo hotel naman dyan banda, di sya dun pumunta) nag medical mission kuno cla ni binay. what a coincidence!!
December 14th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
TOL “MEG” BAKIT MO SINISISI SI MARCOS NA PINAKA CORRUPT?
ALAM MO BA ANG KASAYSAYAN NG PILIPINAS HA?
NATURAL LANG NA MAGKAUTANG TAYO NG BILYON BILYON DAHIL MARAMING PINAGAWA SI MARCOS NA INFASTRUCTURES SA PILIPINAS! AT KUNG HINDI PA SYA NATANGGAL SA PAGKA-PANGULO MAS MAYAMAN NA ANG PINAS SA BUONG ASYA!
HINDI SA GUMAGAWA AKO NG ISTORYA MGA TOL HA….
LAGING SINASABI NG MAYARI NG COMPANY NA PINAPASUKAN KO TUWING PUPUNTA SYA SA IBANG BANSA PARA DOON MAGRESEARCH KUNG ANO NA ANG LATEST NA HIGH-TECH MACHINE AT KUNG PAANO MAGTRAAHO ANG MGA IBANG BANSA, LAGING SINASAI NG MGA HAPON, INTSIK, KOREANO NA “ANO NA ANG NANGYARI SA PILIPINAS? DATI E KAMI ANG PUMUPUNTA SA INYO PARA MALAMAN KUNG ANO ANG SEKRETO NYO SA PAG-UNLAD PERO NGAYON KAYOY NAGHIHIRAP NA!”
December 14th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Ate Glo: Kaya nga na hinto ang pagunlad natin dahil kay Marcos dahil before sya naging president during time ni Garcia ay number 2 tayo sa Japan at dahil nga sa mga luho ni Imelda at mga kurakot ng mga cronies nya ayan na tuloy ang nangyari. At wala naman naging matinong presidente at mga government officials puro pagnanakaw na lang ang inatupag. Kaya ano na tayo ngayon. Kay Marcos nagsimula ang paghirap natin. Totoo nuon ang mga Malaysian nagpunta pa dito para nga tignan kung paano tayo magpalakad sa pier kasi nga tayo ang naging role model nila pero sa kasakiman ng iilang tao ganito na ang nangyari sa atin.
December 15th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Ate GLO, you are delusional. Magbasa ka naman. Lumaki kang tang-na! BUSIT!
December 15th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Sharing this from the forums here. Someone posted this (I modified it a little):
Do you really believe the polls done by “FALSE” Asia to be true and unbiased? At one time, FALSE Asia’s survey said that MORE THAN 50% of the FILIPINOS want PEOPLE POWER. Just assume there are 50million Filipinos. 50 percent of 50milyon is 25milyon. UMABOT NA BA NG 25 MILYONG TAO ANG DUMATING SA TAWAG NG MGA PARI AT NI CORY AT MGA???? Eh ni 1 MILLION nga eh wala pang dumadalo sa mga rally na yan. Then we find out that some of the opposition people are behind the survey. SHAME SHAME. You people are easily manipulated.
No matter how much you hate the President and how misinformed you are, like most of you are (and majority of Filipinos), and how some of you are just downright stoopid & gullible, you cannot deny these facts attributed to PGMA:
1. that investors are investing in our economy, buying our currency & coming fast and furious to our shores
2. foreign businesses are setting up shop here
3. GMA is working damn hard to get concessions from foreign govts and solicit businesses from them more than any president before her, bar none. Every time she leaves the country she brings home a big package to the Filipino people (jobs, jobs, and more jobs)
4. that we have over $30 BILLION foreign reserve which is unprecedented – this prevents currency raiders to bring our economy down willy-nilly
5. inflation is at an all-time low and almost non-existent
6. GMA is the only president who generated over 1.09 MILLION jobs & increasing in the first five months of 2005 alone. GMA is targeting to create 5 MILLION MORE JOBS!!! All the presidents combined did not even come close – all the previous presidents COMBINED were only able to produced around 300,000 jobs.
7. the Philippines is now paying debts even before they are due
8. that our government will balance the budget in 2008, two years ahead of schedule to save on the interest of debt service and ensure investment in vital social and economic needs
9. during her term, extreme hunger and poverty dropped to 27.6 percent in 2004 from 34.5 percent in 1990
10. in a span of one year 5,260 barangays was energized and 8,020 waterless households were served in Metro Manila – this is part of GMA’s Electricity and Water for all.
11. 300 million pesos loans was granted by President Arroyo to almost 50,000 college students under the Students Assistance for Education for Strong Republic (SAFE-4-SR)
12. in a very short time, the President was able to built 10,765 classrooms and 3,334 public high schools with computers. 2,000 indigent famillies under the Iskolar ng Mahirap na Pamilya received Certificates of Educational Assistance from the President.
13. in 2004, our country was ranked as the 24th largest economy by the World Bank according to purchasing power parity. It is the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia, posting a GDP growth rate of 7.5% in the second quarter of 2007, and has been compared to the economy of India in its sudden and rapid growth.
14. unemploymet rate went down from 10.4% in 2003 to 7.9% in 2007.
15. we are the biggest producer of geothermal power in Asia and I think 2nd in the WORLD! Even President Clinton praised GMA for that.
16. stocks are at an all-time high
17. tourism is on the rise
18. real-estate value is rapidly increasing
19. for all the talk about China being the world’s factory, the fact remains that the Philippine manufacturing sector has been doing well at 4-percent to 5-percent growth rates in the last three years
There are more positive news going on with our economy. Infrastructures to support social and economic programs (roads, bridges, etc) are being built all over the Philippines. And these are happening against the backdrop of our ballooning POPULATION – it went up by a whopping 20%!!!! Do you know what that means? More mouth to feed, more people to employ, more housing to build, more schools and roads to construct, more aids and medicine to help the poor, more free services, ad infinitum! The job of the president is not easy.
Asian tigers like Taiwan and South Korea took a decade or two of sustained 5-percent to 7-percent economic growth before they could address massive poverty. These days, China and India have been growing at 8 percent to 10 percent and yet, if we look beyond the surface, they still have a lot of things to do to touch the lives of their miserable masses. The same is true for us. To the naysayers, READ and be informed, instead of parroting the opposition lines and mantras becoz it is not only bad for GMA but for all Filipino across the board. If you continue to speak ill of this govt, no investors will come to the Philippines. No loans will be granted to us by the lending institutions of the world. We will be put in a box with little to go on. In international conferences, one often observes that while other countries discuss their gains and the “challenges” they need to overcome to usher in growth, Filipinos are beating their breasts — telling the whole world things are not changing, the Philippines is doomed forever and only the Second Coming of Christ could save the Filipino from damnation. No wonder other countries look down on us despite positive changes we’ve achieved. Singapore mass media criticized our mass media here for being too negative and too political. Such self-defeating negativity from what should have been more enlightened Filipinos, are aggravated by the sweeping remarks of political self-serving foes of GMA who interpret the data to demolish GMA’s accomplishment.
If the economy is not as robust and strong as it is, you would be paying out of your wazzo a lot more for goods, fuel, and services. The biggest car manufacturer in China will open here and Hanjin of Korea, the Iship-builder, s also half-way done with the building of their shipyard here. The ABS system used in Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volvo cars are made in the Philippines. 2005 was the first year that the Philippines exported cars in quantity courtesy of Ford Motor Company. Further investments in this sector are expected to grow in the next following years. Intel continues to operate in the Philippines as major producer of Intel’s advanced products including the Pentium 4 processor. Texas Instruments expanded their operation here and is the largest producer of DSP chips in the world. TI’s Baguio plant produces 100% of all the chips used in Nokia cell phones and 80% of all chips used in Ericsson cell phones in the world. Until 2005, Toshiba laptops were produced in Santa Rosa, Laguna. Presently the Philippine plant’s focus is in the production of HDD’s. One of the software houses established in the country is Trend Micro, an anti virus software maker with its main product PC-Cillin. The company develops its “cures” for viruses in Eastwood City, Libis, Quezon City. These are just a few of the things that are happening here affecting our economy. What is wrong with you people? All over the world, even in the US, prices are going up. What makes you think we are immune? Pag si Erap at si Cory ang naka-upo patay na lalo tayo sa presyo. If inflation is double-digits you would start prostituting yourself to eat. For your sake, read the real news that matter to your life, not just read the sports, comics and what the priests and the opposition are saying. They are poisoning your mind. If you believe them so much, and have no hope left, who is stopping you from putting an end to your misery and pull the trigger? Most of you see the glass half-empty. I see the glass half-full. When we were growing up, I never heard my mom and my dad blame our poverty on the govt. Fast forward to today, everyone in our family worked hard to improve our lives. And we succeeded. But we won’t thru the same economic hardship. You people should learn how to work more and talk less and concentrate on how to improve your lives and open a business, no matter how minute it is. If you have an OFW spouse, you should save for that seed money to open a business, and get some advice and funding from the negosyo plan instituted by GMA. Yakking about how bad GMA and the economy are will lead you to more misery. It is Christmas, so think POSITIVE. Shun the naysayers and open your mind to great possibilities.
It is amazing how demonized the FIRST Family is in this country. Who could be more corrupt that the Marcos regime? Known estimates to Marcos loot is around $10 BILLION. How fast people forget.
I will give you some background information about the FIRST FAMILY. They are extremely awfully nose-bleed rich. They are worth billions due to their land holdings and businesses here and in the US. To those radicals in UP, they should be thankful to the family of Mike Arroyo becoz they were the ones who gave up that land to donate to UP DILIMAN. Their philontrophy was again shown when they gave a big chunk of their land to the University of Santo Tomas for free. Mike Arroyo continue to help the poor privately and hopeless cancer patients to get medical treatment. No fanfare. Mike Arroyo owns huge buildings in the US. Gloria’s mom is/was filthy rich as well (Makaraeg? spelling not sure). So the Mr. & Mrs. combined belong to one of the richest family in the world. Still people think the first fam is out to enrich themselves when they already have billions in assets, cash and investments. I do believe there are people around them that are influence-peddlers and they cash in on who they know in the govt. In the US, they call them lobbyists.
Before you hate the first family, check your facts.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Ate GLO, magkumpisal ka dahil sa kabastosan mo and pagsisinungaling. Nakakahiya sa mga Pinoy na pinapatay nuong panahon na yun. SHEESH!
December 15th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Sharing this from the forums here. Someone posted this (I modified it a little):
Do you really believe the polls done by “FALSE” Asia to be true and unbiased? At one time, FALSE Asia’s survey said that MORE THAN 50% of the FILIPINOS want PEOPLE POWER. Just assume there are 50million Filipinos. 50 percent of 50milyon is 25milyon. UMABOT NA BA NG 25 MILYONG TAO ANG DUMATING SA TAWAG NG MGA PARI AT NI CORY AT MGA???? Eh ni 1 MILLION nga eh wala pang dumadalo sa mga rally na yan. Then we find out that some of the opposition people are behind the survey. SHAME SHAME. You people are easily manipulated.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
No matter how much you hate the President and how misinformed you are, like most of you are (and majority of Filipinos), and how some of you are just downright stoopid & gullible, you cannot deny these facts attributed to PGMA:
1. that investors are investing in our economy, buying our currency & coming fast and furious to our shores
2. foreign businesses are setting up shop here
3. GMA is working damn hard to get concessions from foreign govts and solicit businesses from them more than any president before her, bar none. Every time she leaves the country she brings home a big package to the Filipino people (jobs, jobs, and more jobs)
December 15th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
No matter how much you hate the President and how misinformed you are, like most of you are (and majority of Filipinos), and how some of you are just downright stoopid & gullible, you cannot deny these facts attributed to PGMA:
1. that investors are investing in our economy, buying our currency & coming fast and furious to our shores
2. foreign businesses are setting up shop here
3. GMA is working damn hard to get concessions from foreign govts and solicit businesses from them more than any president before her, bar none. Every time she leaves the country she brings home a big package to the Filipino people (jobs, jobs, and more jobs)
4. that we have over $30 BILLION foreign reserve which is unprecedented – this prevents currency raiders to bring our economy down willy-nilly
5. inflation is at an all-time low and almost non-existent
6. GMA is the only president who generated over 1.09 MILLION jobs & increasing in the first five months of 2005 alone. GMA is targeting to create 5 MILLION MORE JOBS!!! All the presidents combined did not even come close – all the previous presidents COMBINED were only able to produced around 300,000 jobs.
7. the Philippines is now paying debts even before they are due
8. that our government will balance the budget in 2008, two years ahead of schedule to save on the interest of debt service and ensure investment in vital social and economic needs
9. during her term, extreme hunger and poverty dropped to 27.6 percent in 2004 from 34.5 percent in 1990
10. in a span of one year 5,260 barangays was energized and 8,020 waterless households were served in Metro Manila – this is part of GMA’s Electricity and Water for all.
11. 300 million pesos loans was granted by President Arroyo to almost 50,000 college students under the Students Assistance for Education for Strong Republic (SAFE-4-SR)
12. in a very short time, the President was able to built 10,765 classrooms and 3,334 public high schools with computers. 2,000 indigent famillies under the Iskolar ng Mahirap na Pamilya received Certificates of Educational Assistance from the President.
13. in 2004, our country was ranked as the 24th largest economy by the World Bank according to purchasing power parity. It is the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia, posting a GDP growth rate of 7.5% in the second quarter of 2007, and has been compared to the economy of India in its sudden and rapid growth.
14. unemploymet rate went down from 10.4% in 2003 to 7.9% in 2007.
15. we are the biggest producer of geothermal power in Asia and I think 2nd in the WORLD! Even President Clinton praised GMA for that.
16. stocks are at an all-time high
17. tourism is on the rise
18. real-estate value is rapidly increasing
19. for all the talk about China being the world’s factory, the fact remains that the Philippine manufacturing sector has been doing well at 4-percent to 5-percent growth rates in the last three years
There are more positive news going on with our economy. Infrastructures to support social and economic programs (roads, bridges, etc) are being built all over the Philippines. And these are happening against the backdrop of our ballooning POPULATION – it went up by a whopping 20%!!!! Do you know what that means? More mouth to feed, more people to employ, more housing to build, more schools and roads to construct, more aids and medicine to help the poor, more free services, ad infinitum! The job of the president is not easy.
Asian tigers like Taiwan and South Korea took a decade or two of sustained 5-percent to 7-percent economic growth before they could address massive poverty. These days, China and India have been growing at 8 percent to 10 percent and yet, if we look beyond the surface, they still have a lot of things to do to touch the lives of their miserable masses. The same is true for us. To the naysayers, READ and be informed, instead of parroting the opposition lines and mantras becoz it is not only bad for GMA but for all Filipino across the board. If you continue to speak ill of this govt, no investors will come to the Philippines. No loans will be granted to us by the lending institutions of the world. We will be put in a box with little to go on. In international conferences, one often observes that while other countries discuss their gains and the “challenges” they need to overcome to usher in growth, Filipinos are beating their breasts — telling the whole world things are not changing, the Philippines is doomed forever and only the Second Coming of Christ could save the Filipino from damnation. No wonder other countries look down on us despite positive changes we’ve achieved. Singapore mass media criticized our mass media here for being too negative and too political. Such self-defeating negativity from what should have been more enlightened Filipinos, are aggravated by the sweeping remarks of political self-serving foes of GMA who interpret the data to demolish GMA’s accomplishment.
If the economy is not as robust and strong as it is, you would be paying out of your wazzo a lot more for goods, fuel, and services. The biggest car manufacturer in China will open here and Hanjin of Korea, the Iship-builder, s also half-way done with the building of their shipyard here. The ABS system used in Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volvo cars are made in the Philippines. 2005 was the first year that the Philippines exported cars in quantity courtesy of Ford Motor Company. Further investments in this sector are expected to grow in the next following years. Intel continues to operate in the Philippines as major producer of Intel’s advanced products including the Pentium 4 processor. Texas Instruments expanded their operation here and is the largest producer of DSP chips in the world. TI’s Baguio plant produces 100% of all the chips used in Nokia cell phones and 80% of all chips used in Ericsson cell phones in the world. Until 2005, Toshiba laptops were produced in Santa Rosa, Laguna. Presently the Philippine plant’s focus is in the production of HDD’s. One of the software houses established in the country is Trend Micro, an anti virus software maker with its main product PC-Cillin. The company develops its “cures” for viruses in Eastwood City, Libis, Quezon City. These are just a few of the things that are happening here affecting our economy. What is wrong with you people? All over the world, even in the US, prices are going up. What makes you think we are immune? Pag si Erap at si Cory ang naka-upo patay na lalo tayo sa presyo. If inflation is double-digits you would start prostituting yourself to eat. For your sake, read the real news that matter to your life, not just read the sports, comics and what the priests and the opposition are saying. They are poisoning your mind. If you believe them so much, and have no hope left, who is stopping you from putting an end to your misery and pull the trigger? Most of you see the glass half-empty. I see the glass half-full. When we were growing up, I never heard my mom and my dad blame our poverty on the govt. Fast forward to today, everyone in our family worked hard to improve our lives. And we succeeded. But we won’t thru the same economic hardship. You people should learn how to work more and talk less and concentrate on how to improve your lives and open a business, no matter how minute it is. If you have an OFW spouse, you should save for that seed money to open a business, and get some advice and funding from the negosyo plan instituted by GMA. Yakking about how bad GMA and the economy are will lead you to more misery. It is Christmas, so think POSITIVE. Shun the naysayers and open your mind to great possibilities.
It is amazing how demonized the FIRST Family is in this country. Who could be more corrupt that the Marcos regime? Known estimates to Marcos loot is around $10 BILLION. How fast people forget.
I will give you some background information about the FIRST FAMILY. They are extremely awfully nose-bleed rich. They are worth billions due to their land holdings and businesses here and in the US. To those radicals in UP, they should be thankful to the family of Mike Arroyo becoz they were the ones who gave up that land to donate to UP DILIMAN. Their philontrophy was again shown when they gave a big chunk of their land to the University of Santo Tomas for free. Mike Arroyo continue to help the poor privately and hopeless cancer patients to get medical treatment. No fanfare. Mike Arroyo owns huge buildings in the US. Gloria’s mom is/was filthy rich as well (Makaraeg? spelling not sure). So the Mr. & Mrs. combined belong to one of the richest family in the world. Still people think the first fam is out to enrich themselves when they already have billions in assets, cash and investments. I do believe there are people around them that are influence-peddlers and they cash in on who they know in the govt. In the US, they call them lobbyists.
Before you hate the first family, check your facts.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
It is amazing how demonized the FIRST Family is in this country. Who could be more corrupt that the Marcos regime? Known estimates to Marcos loot is around $10 BILLION. How fast people forget.
I will give you some background information about the FIRST FAMILY. They are extremely awfully nose-bleed rich. They are worth billions due to their land holdings and businesses here and in the US. To those radicals in UP, they should be thankful to the family of Mike Arroyo becoz they were the ones who gave up that land to donate to UP DILIMAN. Their philontrophy was again shown when they gave a big chunk of their land to the University of Santo Tomas for free. Mike Arroyo continue to help the poor privately and hopeless cancer patients to get medical treatment. No fanfare. Mike Arroyo owns huge buildings in the US. Gloria’s mom is/was filthy rich as well (Makaraeg? spelling not sure). So the Mr. & Mrs. combined belong to one of the richest family in the world. Still people think the first fam is out to enrich themselves when they already have billions in assets, cash and investments. I do believe there are people around them that are influence-peddlers and they cash in on who they know in the govt. In the US, they call them lobbyists.
Before you hate the first family, check your facts.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
CluefulinQC: Ako I know that Mike Arroyo comes from the Tuazon Family na isa sa pinakamayaman sa Phils. na before nga nila dinonate yung mga lupa nila sa iba ay halos sila ang may-ari ng buong Quezon City. At kamag-anak din ni Mike Arroyo ang mga Aranetas. Ang nakakainis nga lang sa iba ay puro satsat at naniniwala sa mga paninira ng opposition at hindi nila alam kung gaano kayaman ang family na pinagmulan ni Mike Arroyo.
I’m not pro Gloria facts lang sinasabi ko.
December 15th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
No matter how much you hate the President and how misinformed you are, like most of you are (and majority of Filipinos), and how some of you are just downright stoopid & gullible, you cannot deny these facts attributed to PGMA:
1. that investors are investing in our economy, buying our currency & coming fast and furious to our shores
2. foreign businesses are setting up shop here
3. GMA is working damn hard to get concessions from foreign govts and solicit businesses from them more than any president before her, bar none. Every time she leaves the country she brings home a big package to the Filipino people (jobs, jobs, and more jobs)
4. that we have over $30 BILLION foreign reserve which is unprecedented – this prevents currency raiders to bring our economy down willy-nilly
5. inflation is at an all-time low and almost non-existent
6. GMA is the only president who generated over 1.09 MILLION jobs & increasing in the first five months of 2005 alone. GMA is targeting to create 5 MILLION MORE JOBS!!! All the presidents combined did not even come close – all the previous presidents COMBINED were only able to produced around 300,000 jobs.
7. the Philippines is now paying debts even before they are due
8. that our government will balance the budget in 2008, two years ahead of schedule to save on the interest of debt service and ensure investment in vital social and economic needs
9. during her term, extreme hunger and poverty dropped to 27.6 percent in 2004 from 34.5 percent in 1990
10. in a span of one year 5,260 barangays was energized and 8,020 waterless households were served in Metro Manila – this is part of GMA’s Electricity and Water for all.
December 16th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Talagang di na titigil ang oposisyun sa paninira sa administrasyon at si GMA ang main target nilang pabagsakin. Kaya lahat ng kamalian ng mga gabinete ikakabit sa presidente wala kasing makitang butas eh. Para tayong nanonood ngayun ng Teledrama. Sa huli malalaman din natin kung sino ang tunay na may malasakit sa bayan at sino ang naiingit lamang at ganid na maupo sa pinakamataas na posisyun ng bansa.
December 16th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Bat di lumalabas posts ko?
December 16th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Sa huli malalaman din natin kung sino ang tunay na may malasakit sa bayan (kelan kaya) at sino ang naiingit lamang at ganid na maupo sa pinakamataas na posisyun ng bansa.
December 17th, 2007 at 2:23 am
Why shouldn’t we trust the latest Pulse Asia survey on corruption?
First off, the said survey was held during the height of the ZTE controversy while no similar surveys were conducted on the past presidents when they were facing identical situations (i.e., military unrest during the Aquino presidency, Jose Velarde and Jueteng controversy).
Pulse Asia did not take into consideration the fact that response—according to cognitive psychologists—is largely based on the most recently learned script (scripts are inputs that we use on responding). Also, the respondents were asked to choose only one president, when one for instance might think that two or three presidents are equally the most corrupt.
Secondly, it is unjustifiable because it is based on perception, which primarily was influenced by unfair media reporting. There are neither hard evidences showing government funds going straight to the pocket of the president, nor adequate prima facie evidence to prove probable cause for any act of wrongdoing. There are however, premature election campaigns in the guise of deceitful political propagandas.
Thirdly, history as a reference to base a sound judgment is not very reliable. For instance, history never highlighted the fact that the Aquino presidency was the worst environment for journalists.
Lastly, the sample Pulse Asia used which purportedly represented the present population, holds no credibility and no right to choose whom they assume as the most corrupt among the last five presidents, because the sample size taken from the 86 million Filipinos is underrepresented and overrepresented. The survey includes the over 30 million Filipinos who were not there or were too young when Marcos or Cory became president, and obviously excludes the Filipinos who were alive then. If perception is the only criterion, then surveys should have been conducted for every presidency determining what percentage of the population perceives their president to be corrupt. Bakit kasi di na lang dami ng napatunayang ninakaw ang gawing basehan?
December 17th, 2007 at 4:10 am
hoy vilma sino naman nagsabi sayo na #24 ang pilipinas sa world largest economy next to india,kelan yon?panahon ni president magsaysay pasensiya na diko naabutan yon eh
nagbabasa po kasi kami wala po akong nabasa na nakasama po tayo tulad ng sinasabi mo!ang nabasa ko po kasama tayo sa pinakamahirap na bansa hindi po yong sinasabi mo noon po yon di na ngayon magresearch sa internet malalaman mo di na kasi uso ngayon lebro eh heehehheheh baka luma na po yang nabasa mo kelan ba yan?
December 17th, 2007 at 4:28 am
Mga WALANG CREDIBILIDAD at MORALIDAD! Mas palpak ang KAPUSOH! Sa paghahatid ng balita – CHOPSUEY. Ang guloh! PALPAK. Remonde, sipsip ka talaga
December 25th, 2007 at 1:08 am
Kapalmuks, malaki naman talaga economiya natin, ang GDP per capita ang hindi kataasan.
December 25th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
mga pinoy talaga.. ala ng ginawa kundi mambatikos nlang lage.. eh d keo nalang ang magpresidente…
December 25th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
kahit cno pa ang maging pres. talagang d maiiwasan ang magcorrupt! c gloria ang isa sa pinakamagaling na pres. kya hndi xa mapapaalis ng kung cno-cno lang kc matalino xa. wala kayo sa kalingkingan ni gloria!
December 27th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
I agree with you HAHA.
December 28th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Hey People there! na nasa poder higanteng gloria mga tanga kayo! tuta kayo ni GMA ano ba pinagyayabang ninyo? malakas na ekonomiya sa pinas ha! LOL! bkit dmi mga pinoy ngsisialisan araw2 pra mka pagtrabaho sa ibang bansa sakripisyo sa homesick nila kasi kung ky pinas ka lng dami pumasok na mga resibo araw bill ng ilaw, at ano2 pa plus 12%VAT pa hahaha… pra san u’n? Panohol ano? pra tour2 nya… sobra na yun nkailang tour nka sya mula noon pg upo nya? alam nyo daming magandang oppurtunity sa Iraq pra sa mga Filipino pero mahirap na ngayon kasi harang dito harang doon…eh wla nmang mgandang trabaho dyan na maibbigay.. plus my bagong sistema pa ngayon palakasan system eh pano’ ako dyan! Huh! Huh! alam nyo mga tol.. pra sa akin okey lng mamatay sa mortar at sa rpg’s kysa makita ko pamilya ko araw2 na nghihirap at higit sa lahat hindi ko mabigyan ng mgandang edukasyon ang anak ko yun ang pina masaklap ksi buong buhay yun… Kya request ko lng sana ma open na ang iraq maalis na ang tatak..sna mg bigay sya ng choices kung sino yung gusto okey kahit la na sya obligasyon kung ano ang mgyari.. sna gnun nlng pra mka pgbakasyon nmn kami dyan..
Thanks for this site and more power!
Your’s Truly,
MrLonely
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:11 am
iron lady si gloria kaya di makaalis sa pwesto..ilang beses ng pinatataob pero di mapataob…mgaling lng talaga si arroyo paikutin ang lamesa!!!
January 11th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Sa bawat chapter ng buhay merong pagsubok.
Si Madam GMA ay isang malaking pagsubok sa ating mga Pinoy. Huwag po kayo mag alala, lahat ng pagsubok ay may solution din. She will not be President forever.
MORAL LESSON. Ano nga ba ang Moral Lesson na makukuha natin kay GMA? At ano ang magandang mapupulot natin sa ‘HISTORY’ niya?
1. Na ang bagay na galing sa masama ay masama rin ang pupuntahan. Walang kapayapaan.
2. Na ang pagnanakaw, pwesto (she cheated), gamit o pera ay hindi magdudulot ng kapayapaan.
3. Maganda raw ang peso standing, pero ano ba ang dulot nito sa mga common tao?
4. Bakit mas marami pa ngayon ang gustong magtrabaho sa abroad, kahit na iwanan pa ang mga mahal sa buhay, magtitiis sa bansang iba ang kultura at ugali, mapag aral at mabigyan ng mabuting buhay ang pamilya?
5. In the first place, hindi naman dapat siya ang naka upo diyan. SHE CHEATED. Pero nandiyan na iyan. Kesa naman mang gulo pa tayo para lamang siya umalis eh mga walang hiyang mga military o politikong magnanakaw din ang papalit sa kanya.
6. Huwag lang nating pabayaan ang pagbantay at pagreklamo para magandang asal ang maituturo natin sa mga anak natin na bawal ang mandaya at magnakaw.
7. At duon naman sa mga tao na panay pa rin ang pagtakip sa mga mali ni GMA, ayos lang ba sa inyo ang nakawin ang inyongg KOTSE ng isang carnapper dahil mas magaling siyang DRIVER? Ganito din ang pagnakaw ni GMA nuong nandaya siya.
8. Marami rin na mabuting nagawa si GMA, but does it make it right na magnakaw siya? Sa liit ng sweldo ng Presidency at ng mga politiko, Paano nila mabawio ang mga gastos nuong huling eleksiyon.
9. The BASIC System of Good Governance isd there to STOP CORRUPTION. WE DO NOT NEED NEW LAWS What we need is the IMPLEMENTATION of this laws.
10. We need a future Leader or President with a strong political will, even though it will be another martial law, similar to Singapore, to DISCIPLINE the untamed Filipinos, BBECAUSE WE ARE ALL CORUPT IF WE LET CORRUPTION PREVAIL.
May I end this with a quote from Mr. / Ms. PSP:
psp Says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:11 am
iron lady si gloria kaya di makaalis sa pwesto..ilang beses ng pinatataob pero di mapataob…mgaling lng talaga si arroyo paikutin ang lamesa!!!
January 24th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
we should pray for our President and to our country para maging maayos talaga ang lahat at matigil na ang corruption sa bansa natin…
January 28th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
corrupt.. corrupt corrupt… whew..! gulo nla.. nagseserbisyo daw cla pra s mga mamamayan at bansa.. eh bkit gnun 2wing gus2 n cla paalicn d p rin cla umaalis? serbisyo din un dba? wah… dami kc selfish.. d n lang mgbgyan pra may peace..
January 28th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
congrats philippines npasama s MOST CORRUPT COUNTRY.. nakz..! ckat..! pwe..! kkhiya..
February 10th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Dahil sa ZTE scandal at sa Southrail scam na ni-reveal ni Lozada, corrupt nga ang gobyernong ito. Magaling lang kasi magpa-ikot ang Malacanang at manuhol ng mga taga-media.
February 20th, 2008 at 2:19 am
At ano itong kinasasangkutan ni Mike Enriquez? Akala ko ba wala kang kinikilingan at pinoprotektahan? SUs,,,,kainin mo sinabi mo ah…
February 26th, 2008 at 1:04 am
Nakakalungkot isipin..
Yung mga ibang taong pulos reklamo na mahirap ang buhay dito sa Pilipinas @ sinisi pa ang ating Presidente ay siya pang mga walang trabaho, naghihintay sa grasya na walang paghihirap. Ang gusto nila sa isang iglap mamumuhay na ng marangya, gusto pa atang sumunod sa mya yapak ni Juan Tamad. Bumangon ka nga at magsikap @ cguradong d ka maghihirap. O d kaya’y ikaw ay isa sa mga buwayang gusto ring lumamon ng pera ng bayan?
Nakaksigurado ka ba na ang pagpapatalsik sa ating Pangulo ay solusyon para sa ikauunlad ng ating bansa? Sino ang ipapalit sa kanya? Mga taong gusto makinabang sa pwesto? Paano kung ang napili ay hindi nagawang punan kagad ang mga hinanaing ng bayan? Magrrally nnman? Para patalsikin sa pwesto??
Hmm.. ikaw nga kaya ang maging Presidente. Makatagal ka kaya ng isang araw? Patong patong na problema.. isang damakmak na responsibilidad, buong bansa ang bubuhatin mo sayong mga balikat. Hindi naman kasi sa isang iglap masusunod na ang lahat ng gusto nating mangyari. Kailangan din natin magtulungan,ng tiyaga.. magsumikap.
Ganun naman kasi tayong mga tao.. Mapride. Hindi natin matanggap sa ating sarili ang mga pagkakamaling nagawa kaya tayo lumulubog sa kahirapan.. kayat ibang tao ang ating pinagdidiinan.
Walang gustong maging ganito ang sitwasyon na pinagadaraanan ng Pilipinas. Pero kung gusto mo talagang makatulong.. simulan mo sa iyong sarili.
Lets just pray.. for peace & His guidance.
Its the best thing we could do to help.
God Bless you all..
March 6th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
March 6th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
“peter please answer:” Questioned:sino si gloria” Answer:buraot sia
May 13th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
hay naku tapos na kay marcos patay na un tao eh d patay na din un utang he he he ganun lang un. By the way ang dapat sisihin unang una ang asawa ni Gloria at si Gloria kase nagpasa sakop siya sa asawa nya na super magnanakaw at lahat ng officials sa senado eh sila ang gumagawa ng batas susunod lang tayo. Ang daming naghihirap na kababayan duon dapat gastusin un mga ninakaw nila. Wala na si rizal na handang mamatay para sa bayan ang mga natira mga hudas barabas…
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:20 am
tangna nmn oh, ung d nkakakaalam sa panahon ng marcos wak na pumapel…. alam nio ba sa panahon ni marcos wala nagugutom? lahat bundat at di hirap kumain hanggang 5 beses sa isang araw… wala rapist, adik atbp masamang elemento sa daan dahil katay agad ng mga secret marshall ni makoy ^^… tahimik at di nakakatakot kahit dumaan ka sa madilim na kalye… dahil halos ubos na ang mga masamang elemento sa daan. pede kang matulog sa Luneta ng mahimbing at walang gagalaw sayo, may guardya ka pa. tsk tsk… subokan nyo kayang matulog ngaun sa Luneta… sa palagay ko swerte mo pag nagising ka pang buhay kinabukasan, kung buhay ka man tiyak wala ka ng damit para ka ng si Adan or Eba ^^. Palagay na natin kawatan si Marcos.. para manahimik na kayo… Lahat naman ng dumaan sa Malakanyang kawatan eh. Depende nga lang sa uri ng pagka kawatan. Si Makoy maaring kawatan nga, kaya lang ang kina kawat niya ay hindi pera ng bayan kundi pera ng mga gahaman na negosyante na di marunong magbayad ng tamang buwis…kailangan pa bang sabihin kng cno ang mga un? Pinapasok nya ang mga establisyemento ng mga tuso at kung tuso ka sa negosyo mas tuso si Makoy kay sa yo^^. Kaya nga naglayasan sa pinas ang mga tusong yan sa panahon ni Makoy. Wak na natin pahabain pa.. kumpara mo ngaun ang sitwasyon ng pinas…Halos lahat ng nasa gobyerno mga kawatan, mag umpisa sa pinakamataas hanggang sa pinakababang basurero sa gobyerno kawatan… tsk tsk, ano mangyayari pag marami ang kawatan? di ba tiyak limas ang kaban? Sa panahon ni Makoy may kawatan din kaya lng konti lng sla na mga kawatan. Siya (Makoy) at mga cronies lang ang mga kawatan, dahil kung kawatan ka na di ka crony todas ka ha ha ha ^^. Ang malaking tanong????? ano ang gusto mo isang aswang or maraming aswang / isang kawatan or maraming kawatan? bahala na nga kayo mag isip sa sagot nyo… tsk tsk ang daming bo bo sa pinas…
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:22 am
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July 27th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
puro na lang tayo reklamo, bakit hindi sa atin magsimula ang pagbabago? kung sakali man mapalitan siya sinong gusto natin ipalit? eh kahit sino naman na nailuklok sa pwesto eh sinisiraan at pinagkakainggitan…
ung utang natin na sandamakmak na isa pang rason ng paghihirap? hindi daw talaga atin un, utang lang ni marcos yun, naging utang lang natin dahil kinilala ni cory na utang ng pilipinas, kung totoo man ito, edi nagkamali si cory…thats why we end up paying just the interest of the trillions of debt we have.
forums like this are impossible because of pros and cons, we dont think neutrally, we take sides and ofcourse defend what we think is true to us…
anyway, if you are smart enough of talking about such change why dont you start it within you then your family and help your community, we keep asking for change but we dont even bother seeing that we too are Filipinos with responsibilities in our country, kung wala na talaga kaung pag asa sa gobyerno edi ausin nyo na lang buhay nyo, start working on something yourselves. your just wasting time and effort sa pagrereklamo
basta ako… ang pogi ko!^^hehe
July 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
ano ba naman tong bansa natin!!!!! nakakahiya….ew!!
October 7th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Eh sino bang maykasalanan, di ba yung mga naglukluk sa kanya, nakuha sila sa gaking ng English niya. Tinanggal nila yung dating presidente inakalang kurap my goodness almost 2 years palang yung tao inakusa nyo nang korap(president Estrada) napakasbilis nilang maghusga sa tao. In the end itong present president di nila matanggal tangal sa pwesto, super glue ata ang nilagay nila sa trono niya. Sa 2010 ano kayang mangyayari. Habaan nyo mga kababayan ang pagtitiis hanggang 2010 sandali nalang.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
November 16th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
mga pinoy!!! im not saying na dapat mag karoon ng EDSA 4,5,6,7…..1 00 its not the right solution 2
OUR BIG Problem…. we should ask our selves if we are productive enough to help this country?!?
January 1st, 2009 at 8:44 pm
hahhahha hi mga pipzzz.. wag nyo na ngang gambalain pa ang ating GAGANG PRESIDENT… hahah sana makonsnxa na xa or kung wala nmn xa kasalanan, she can always pray that hmmmmmmmmmpppppppp.. anu nga buh? ah i know.. to grow! BE ONE OF THE GROWN UPS MADAM P…
January 4th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
it’s so sad that everybody is fighting over this… why don’t we give more intelligent suggestions to fix things up… we can be united and go for something that could make all of us… I am not a good citizen and a perfect person but I am making my life as good as can be…
February 10th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
June 1st, 2009 at 11:11 am
Bakit kmi mahirap? may trabaho Tatay ko, na nanahe sya ng
mga damit ang Nanay ko ngtinda sa palengki ng mga gulay,
ang Ate ko ngtrabaho sa ibang bansa, sa singapore bilang
isang DH dati, pro tpos na contrata nya, ang kuya ko
casual sa LGU-Basey dati. pro bkit, naghihirap prin kmi?
1. Mga mahal na bilihin
2. Mga Ate at Kuya ko indi nkatapos sa pagaaral sa college.
3. Pati ako at anG bunso namin indi nka enrol ngayun pasukan. Baka matulad din kmi sa mga Kuya at Ate namin. (5 po kaming magkakapatid for the Info.)
4. Halos kulng pa income ng Family namin sa daily necessities. Pagkain, Damit, Tirahan.
BKIT KAYA?
Yan na ba ang mga nagawa ng mga opisyal pra sa mga kahirapan sa Pilipinas?
San na yung Hardship ng Presidenti? Baka indi hardship.
Please! If you vow to serve us well. Just be honest!
If your priority is the wellfare of the citizen of this country. Bkit ganito? WE FILIPINO PEOPLE SUFFER A LOT. TULONGAN NIYO PO NAMAN KAMI.
Kailangan lang po namin ay mabuhay, hindi yumaman, Kung
humaman man, Thank God. My praises and Worship derseve to
be in Him and my acknowledgement.
At habang tunatagal mas dumarami mangnanakaw. kahit
bata marunong na mangnakaw. bkit kaya?
Kahit nga mga SK (Sangunihang kabataan) Official marunong
na mangurakot, in other words mangnakaw. Bkit kaya?
Please dont lead us to distruction and a lot of suffering.
Mahirap na nga naghihirap pa.
Please just Be Honest! Thats all we need!
Help us please!
Help us!
Be Honest Madam President.
June 9th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
you really do not need a survey to prove this point
June 10th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
bakit kc binoto pa ninyo yan si gloria e,embes na maging glory ang buhay natin, e naging dis glory.sino ba talaga ang totoong pahirap sa buhay nating mga pinoy?
June 10th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
pag good ka,bad ka. pag bad ka,good ka!kapal ng mukha nyo!!!!!!alis na sa palasyo!!!!!
August 3rd, 2009 at 8:24 pm
…hays cguro nga tama na mhrap maging president pero bkt xa tumakbo kung nahihirapan xa d naman magrereklamo ang sambayanan kung ala silang nikikitang mali dba ?think of it? cguro nga mapanghusga ang tao pero my reason un,para naman alam nya kung anu ang dapat gawin upang d tau lalong maghirap sinasabi lng ng mga tao kung anu ang nararanasan nila tulad naming mahihirap..
August 3rd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
wag lng poh sana sumama ang loob nyo kung may mga comment na d magandang basahin…
August 6th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
August 14th, 2009 at 12:23 am
magbigyan lang kayo ng noodles ng oposiyon akala nyo malinis na sila,, mga gago mag isip nga kayo prehas lang sila ng kulay mga bobo..wala pa rin kayong leksyon natutuhan
magtrabaho na lang kayo ng magtrabaho para me ipalamon kayo sa mga anak nyo hindi gobierno ang may mali, at wag isisi kung sa sino sino, ok, hindi gobierno ang solution sa mga problema mo kundi sa sarili mong pagsisikap.
August 14th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
ERAP PA RIN!
sa mga nag sabi na bobo si Erap..e anu tawag sa sarili nyu??hahaha..
August 14th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
YAN ba ung gusto nyu pangulo??matalino??sa sobrang talino na iisahan nya ung publiko..
mas ayos pa buhay ntin noong si Erap pa ung presidente..ERAP PARIN
September 6th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
World’s Ten Most Corrupt Leaders1 Name Position Funds embezzled2 1. Mohamed Suharto President of Indonesia (1967–1998) $15–35 billion 2. Ferdinand Marcos President of the Philippines (1972–1986) 5–10 billion 3. Mobutu Sese Seko President of Zaire (1965–1997) 5 billion 4. Sani Abacha President of Nigeria (1993–1998) 2–5 billion 5. Slobodan Milosevic President of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1989–2000) 1 billion 6. Jean-Claude Duvalier President of Haiti (1971–1986) 300–800 million 7. Alberto Fujimori President of Peru (1990–2000) 600 million 8. Pavlo Lazarenko Prime Minister of Ukraine (1996–1997) 114–200 million 9. Arnoldo Alemán President of Nicaragua (1997–2002) 100 million 10. Joseph Estrada President of the Philippines (1998–2001) 78–80 million edit
October 18th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
When we talk about corrupt we should see first our selves. for a reason i say this cause our politician becomes corrupt because of us.. why? palagi tayong naghihingi sa mga politician, either donations, projects, medicines, etc.
isipin nyo nga, saan ba sila kukuha nang pera para ibigay sa atin? eh yung sahod nila e enough for their family dba? pag hindi naman sila bibigay sa atin nagrereklamo tayo. kung anu-anong sasabihin natin against them kasi hindi sila nagbibigay. so ang ginawa nila, nag corrupt sila ng money para ibigay sa atin…what do think?.. sino ang dapat sabihan ng corrupt..? pero iba naman ung ginagawa sa ngayon ng ating politician. mali na kasi they use it for personal reason.. iba na un..what if they will invest money to lest fortune people to each barangay or municipality. bigyan ng trabaho ang mga tao.. if they are farmer bigyan ng mababang presyo ng fertilizers para lahat hindi mahihirapan sa pagkain kasi pag walang farmer mas lalo tayong maghihirap, just like the fisherman.. kung anong field nila kaya duon sila bigyan ng suporta..para walang maghingi at di na mag corrupt ang mga politician. at pag mayrooon pang politician na magcorrupt eh di husgahan at bigyan ng punishment..
December 11th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
hay naku kitang kita mo dito kung cno ang me alam at kung cno ang walang alam na basta nalang nag cocoment ng hindi naman alam ang pinag sasabi!!!!! lalu kana gertulda! me sasaksaking ka pang presidenteng cnasabi dyan! ur entitled to ur own opinion!
pero ala ka namang alam sa mga nangyayari puro chismis!!!!! cguro kasama ka dun sa mga nagrarally sa kalye na mga hindi nagbabayad ng utang sa housing loan ( kc gusto nila libre ayaw magbayad!) ung wlang trabaho! (kc naghihintay nalang ng grasya) at ung mga hinahakot lang kung saan saan!!!!!! na pera lang ang katapat!!!! mag research ka nga!!!! hindi un puro nuod ka lang ng nuod ng teleserye ng chanel 2 and 7!!!! kc ung comment mo? pang kontrabida walang alam!!! ikaw bilang isang mamamayan….. ano ang maitutulong mo sa kapwa mo? at sa bansa mo?????? baka matuwa pako syo!!! at pati na rin dun sa mga wala ng ginawa kundi pintasan ang presidente!!!! satin plang tanggalin mo na ang pagiging corrupt mo! ang simpleng hindi mo ginagampanan ang trabaho mo and yet sumesweldo ka ng kompleto? ano sa tingin? tumulong ka nalang sa kapwa mo at sa bayan! para me pakinabang ka!!!!! 
saludo ko s mga nag comment na me alam sa mga accomplishment ng pangulo!!!! for me shes a working president!
January 9th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
sa mga kumakampi kay PGMA (no offense), di nyo alam ang kalokohan ni GMA just to stay at her position. Noong 2004 election, nandaya sya di ba? napatunayan yun sa Hello Garci, Mas marami pa ang BOTO kesa sa mga BUMOTO. Tapos yung mga tumutulong sa knya sa pandadaya, handa pang mangkidnap ng pamilya para sirain ang dignidad ng mga ayaw pauto kay GMA. waahh… sa dami konti pa lang yang nasabi ko dahil gusto ko na magmura sa ginawa nya. Sa mga di pa nakakaalam, nagffile ng impeachment ang mga kalaban nya dahil kita na nilang mali ang ginagawa ni GMA, pero di sya maalis dahil kakampi ni GMA ang nagddecide kung ibabasura ba o hindi. Once ka lang makakapagfile ng impeachment per year. Ang ginagawa ng tuta ni GMA, magffile tapos kulang ang papers, dismissed na ulit wait for another year, same routine. haha. ang talino ni GMA!
see how it works? Sa mga kumakampi, di nyo pa alam kung magkano pinamudmod nyang pera na sa atin galing (VAT) at tayo magbabayad. MADUMI, MADAYA, SINUNGALING, etc. Don’t expect any positive description about her after what she did. STOLEN the PRESIDENCY! pinaikot nya lahat and she succeeded.
January 9th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
hala nagalet na.. hahhaha!!!
nice CTRL.
January 12th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
hahaha nn bago un tlaga nm corrupt c gloria ang kapal ng mukha mgabgo kna
March 28th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
tingnan mo ginawaa nya sa spratly island sagana salangis un pero imbes n tayo china p gloria hindi k dapat ngng presindente ng pilipinas pinagkanunumo bansa natin para sa sarili mong kapakanan. kung bibitayin k kulang pa. kinahihiya ka namin na naging pilipino ka.
March 28th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
c marcos naging corrupt pero d niya binenta ung teretoryo natin palagay ko pati ung pag aaring natin sa japan binenta n nya. d hamak malaki ung spratlys kesa japan. nakakawa ung mga pilipino sa susunod na henerasyon.
March 28th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
No matter how much you hate the President and how comment lang control kay vilma :misinformed you are, like most of you are (and majority of Filipinos), and some of you are downright stupid, you cannot take away the fact that investors are coming in fast and furious to our shores, foreign businesses are setting up shop here, GMA is working damn hard to get concessions from foreign govts. oo tama ka dyan may investor nga ung china napakalaki ng investment ng china dito at nagpapautang pa ano naging kapalit ung spratly island. damn hard ka pang nalalaman para san para sa sariling kapkanan.
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July 9th, 2010 at 10:11 am
sana nman, sa bago nting pangulo, magkaroon na ng magandang kinabukasan ang pilipinas para di nman tayo maging kawawa..
tayo rin nman kasi ang maghihirap. Sna hindi tayo nagkamali sa pinili nating pangulo!
go noy2!!
may tiwala ang sambayanan sa’yo. Sana wag mong sirain ang tiwalang iyon!!
GOD BLESS POH!!!!
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