“Now we have the money” GMA’s SONA 2006

July 27, 2006 by reyna11
Filed under: Politics & Government

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Now we have the money

So, let’s see. Did anyone of you heard Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on her SONA address “Now, we have money?”. Ow? Really?

Let me tell you. We come from a town called Castilla, in the farthest part of Luzon called Sorsogon. Castilla is about 5 kilometers away from the main national road. That road going to Castilla has been that way since 1945 and little has been done to even make it passable. Why am I telling you this? Well - simple. Will this SONA fix the only highway that we have known all our lives? Will I see an express way from my town to the City of Sorsogon? Will I see an express way from Sorsogon all the way to Manila?

Mega-regions. Fantastic idea. Afte all, “now we have money”. Or should I say, money that will soon be wasted, misappropriated, plundered, and will go to whoever is the politician in charge of this super-region? Wow. Should see a tsunami of mega-kurakot? Just how is this mega-region going to function? Just how is this money going to be disbursed? Just how is this money going to be controlled? Who’s going to check the disbursement and the follow up of the project? Oh well. Maybe she’s got some magic wand. Let’s continue…

Who’s going to bid for the projects? How’s the projects going to be bid upon? Some shady corporations based in the Caribbean Islands?

“We now have the funds for constitutional and electoral changes,” the President said in her 6th State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City.

Wow! We do have money now. But guess what - WE DON’T. No jobs, college MBA graduates at Call Centers, rising fuel prices and we’re just these bewildered cash-short, debt-laden, low-income Filipinos. Mabuti ka pa Tita Glo - YOU GOT MONEY. Kami? Wala.

Glo even said “I’m not here to talk about politics. I’m here to talk about what people want,” …. whatever! I’m sure you’re really not interested in politics. Lokohin mo ang lelang mong panot!

Let’s go back to these super regions. Arroyo said the government would be investing P100 billion annually over the next five years in the five super-regions — North Luzon, Metro Luzon, Central Philippines, Mindanao and the Cyber Corridor. How? Are these super regions new political subdivisions? Aren’t you going to spend $$$ to create these super regions? How come? The current political subdivisions are not working properly? What about those dozens and dozens of senate sub political committees? Are they useless as well? Are you now telling me that this government is one piece of useless establishment? What’s going on?

“Now we have money”.

Honestly, kahit na noon pa - we had money. Where are OUR monies. Where are the Marcos monies stolen from us? What happened to them? Where are the businesses taken by errrr…. Good Government whatever from the Marcoses that’s supposed to go to the Filipino People? Whatever happened to them? Naibenta na ba sa Quiapo?

“Now we have money”.

Ok.

Let’s see…

Why not create an affordable housing for low-income families instead of creating another piece of useless super-region which will just be headed by another super-magnanakaw?

Why not build an express way from Aparri to Matnog to really speed up commerce amongst Pinoys to address these farm to market issues?

But I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt, Tita Glo. I’ll keep your word. I won’t criticize you after this, but I will watch all your promises to happen. After all, you said it right.

Now we have money and I will just believe that you do have money.

Make it happen. It’s just about time and you know what? I wish you good luck.

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4 Comments on “Now we have the money” GMA’s SONA 2006

jozzua on Thu, 27th Jul 2006 3:20 pm

Ey Reyna, did you know that there was a strong typhoon that hit the Manila. The typhoon’s original name was ‘Gloria’ and … for some reason, was renamed to ‘Glenda.’ Hmm.. baket kaya binago.

Ey btw, try using gravatars.com! Aliw, check out my site. I updated it with a gravatar plugin.

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Reyna Elena on Thu, 27th Jul 2006 11:29 pm

Ey! Let me check that gravatar, I don’t know what it is. Alam mo naman, pati yong top 10 ko I cannot even fix. Leo is trying to help me but I could not find time to send the info to him.

Wow! Gloria to Glenda? HA HA HA What a coincidence!

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jozzua on Fri, 28th Jul 2006 1:28 am

Aliw yung gravatars, you get to put avatars (like that of Yahoo messenger) on your comments. Your blog, however, seems to be loaded already. No real-estate left for other plugins?

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Reyna Elena on Fri, 28th Jul 2006 2:48 am

Palitan ko siguro with avatar. Tinitinganan ko nga and it looks like maganda. Yong iba kasi dito is not working properly. Alam mo naman, kunyari lang yong programming talent ko. Ayaw umubra! Kainis!!!

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