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Corruption

Put Your Own Caption: 2010 Presidential Line-up so far…

by MrNonsense on October 20, 2009

Backstage info:  So far highly educated rumors has it that the main front runners for the next presidential election are political royalties Noynoy Aquino with Mar Roxas, billionaire Manny Villar, Macapagal protege Gibo Teodoro, and ex-con ex-President Erap Estrada with his sidekick Jojo Binay.  I’m not sure what these guys’ plans are, but they better [...]

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"Kaya kayo nakaupo dyan, para ayusin ang Pilipinas!" Aga Muhlach

by reynz on October 8, 2009

What’s the buzz?
On October 2007, Chuva Chienes posted this video of Aga Muchlach, discussing the frustrating governance in the Philippines. Nakita ko uli sya sa Facebook. It’s been going around. It’s interesting though dahil napaka-relevant nung discussion ni Aga during that time – applied to the current, ridiculous, bwisit! leche! argh! eeeeeeeee! ~!@#$%^&* situation. Whew! [...]

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Philippines: 105th in best places to live!

by reynz on October 6, 2009

Don’t get me wrong, 105th man sya, uuwi at uuwi pa rin ako sa Manila. That’s the only place I call home. Well, oo. Pati Philadelphia. Pero, sumaksak na naman sa utak ko ang lecheng SONA. If you review and memorize the SONA, para tayong isla bonita, economically progressive barrio, happy buong la familia.
Everytime naman [...]

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Philippines: 10 feet below shit level. Who's to blame?!

by reynz on October 6, 2009

Jail mayors violating waste laws—DENR chief! EEEEEKKK! Not me! Labas ako dyan. Kapitana lang ako!
Pero, oo nga naman. Throw them in jail! For contributing to the flooding brought by Ondoy’s rains or tubig sa dam, or whatever. Now, I’m not sure if that’s going to happen. O baka naman this is just another blame game. [...]

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Salamat Ondoy

by reynz on October 2, 2009

By: Champurado
Sa titulo pa lang parang dadami ang mangangaway sa akin gaya nung ke Jacque Bermejo, napaisip tuloy ako kung itutuloy ko ba o hindi, since kulang kulang naman yung isip ko eh tinuloy ko na rin. Pero ano ba talaga ang dapat ipagpasalamat ke Ondoy? Mga nasalantang kabahayan? Mga namatay na mahal sa buhay? [...]

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2010 Philippine Presidential Candidate: Fr. Ed Panlilio

July 19, 2009

(Photo Credits: Wikipedia) Nang-galaiti ang mga prelates ki Panlilio. Yan ang headline kani-kanina nung binuksan ko online papers. Nag-ngi-ngit-ngit sila nung pinahayag ni Fr. Ed Panlilio ang plano nya to run for President. At ano ang ikinakagalet nang mga kasamahan ni Fr. Panlilio sa simbahan? Ang bottom line kasi nito is the separation of Church [...]

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Ang dating meyor sa bayan namen

July 16, 2009

Corruption is evil. Trapos are evil. Ang mga nakaupo na me mga porsyento sa kontrata nang gobyerno are evil. One of the most blatant corruption shit I have ever experienced in my life in the barrio which to this day na-trauma talaga ako was during one mayoral election sa bayan namen nung panahon nang hapon.

One [...]

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Financial Times said: Imelda Marcos and her gems to be reunited

June 18, 2009

Dahil nga mabilis akong sulsulan, I have decided to re-post the controversial entry by Chuva Chienes na dating pina-tanggal nya saken, voluntary ha? na wala talagang “I don’t feel any pressure right now!” na galing ki Darbs hahahaha! na kung saan nag-iiyak dito. This was the entry that launched a thousand sungka! Leche oo! Haha! [...]

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Corruption comes in different flavors

June 9, 2009

We all know that our dear country where our Barrio Siete is, the Philippines is mired into some deep corruption at all levels. We are all so sick of all thieveries that is happening at all levels of management that we tend to forget the little ones.
Yes, the little Barrio City ones.
Some corrupt practices are [...]

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Transparency International 2009 Global Corruption Barometer Report – The Most Corrupt of Them All

June 5, 2009

“Ordinary people do not feel empowered to speak out against corruption … Governments are considered to be ineffective in the fight against corruption—a view that has remained worryingly consistent in most countries over time,”

That’s what it says on Transparency International’s 2009 Global Corruption Barometer Report, released Wednesday. It showed that 77 percent of Filipino respondents [...]

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Bernard Maddoff and the Philippines very long list of scam and corruption investigations

March 14, 2009

Long… very, very long.
The list is getting very, very long. Pero, wala pang kinu-kulong. Puro lang sya investigations chorva. Mga pa eklavu, sigaw dito sigaw dun, then another kurapsyon. “Days of our Stolen lives” mapapanood sa TV. Trauma na mga Pinoys. Hallucinations don’t work no more. After the show? Wait ka naman nang panibagong nakawan. [...]

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In Zimbabwe, everybody is a billionaire.

February 13, 2009

In Zimbabwe, everybody is a billionaire.

Everybody.

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Senator Miriam Santiago: Love her, Hate her

January 27, 2009

What’s the buzz?
“PRAISE THE LORD! I KEPT THE JOB! TAKOT LANG NILA!”
“JUICE MEEYO ALELUJAH!”
Senator Miriam Santiago was furious! She challenged her foes to vaporize her, threatened to resign her Senate seat and staged a walkout. Rumampa sya. In the end? Wagi ang drama.
Impossible Dream
Be compelled to resign!
“Let me serve notice that if I continue [...]

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History of “The Malas Nation”

January 25, 2009

QUESTION:
MALAS NGA BA TALAGA ANG PILIPINAS?
If change could come to America, why can’t CHANGE come to my Las Islas Filipinas? It’s hard to imagine. Very hard and quite frustrating. 400 sum’tin sum’tin years, yet, we’re still stuck to what our poor relatives got stuck 400 years ago. Rulers and managers haved changed, yet if you [...]

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Unemployed Philippines: Bahala na

January 3, 2009

11 million Filipinos will be out of work
Former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that millions of Filipinos would either go unemployed or be underemployed as the export sector would continue to slow down. The number? 11 million. That’s almost the entire population of Metropolitan Manila.

Electronics: Layoffs planned
The electronics sector currently employs about 420,000 workers, the [...]

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Au revoir 2008: This is my 10 Point New Year’s Wishes and Resolutions

December 30, 2008

Kumbaya! Am your sleazy blogger, the proud whore blogger! Wishing you all a prosperous Happy New Year!

(This is New Year’s Celebration here in my lovely City of Philadelphia)
It’s that time of the year once again, together forever, one another. It’s time to reflect to all what we did last summer. So, here’s my very realistic [...]

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I see a lot of corrupt people!

December 10, 2008

UPDATE: Bolante release act of ‘statesmanship’
CHARING?! REALLY?! “The Senate decision to release former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante from detention was an “act of legislative statesmanship and prudence,” Senator Joker Arroyo said Thursday. Bolante, accused of engineering the so-called P728-million fertilizer fund scam, walked out of the Senate Wednesday night after a week in detention [...]

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Bolante re-arrested!

December 4, 2008

Bolante was re-arrested around 8 p.m. Wednesday mga kunichiwa. Why? For “not telling the truth” on the so-called fertilizer fund scam. ~Ho-humm!~
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On a side note, on his arrival at the Senate, nag may-I-go-out ang Joc-Joc dahil na-stroke daw ang wifey. I mean, I’m sorry to hear that noh? Kawawa [...]

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A lesson on political maturity by Anthony Golez & Richard Gordon

December 3, 2008

This story is one of those “Oh lord! Why did he say that?!“
This all started with what the Thais want from their government officials. I know, it sounds very familiar. Just change “Thais” to “Filipinos” and we’re fighting for the same thing. Change. So, my heart goes to these Thailanders for their brave hearts. [...]

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My Barrio Siete

October 11, 2008

“Can u imagine if they ban these crap, instead build public housing or send barrio people to school or cement our kalsada sa barrio na puro na lang talahib with the monies that goes to this shit political advertising?!”
photo by: carsim
I write a lot about my Barrio Siete. It’s funny, wacky, a bit sad but [...]

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The movie of my life

October 1, 2008

Sino ba ako?
Sino daw ba ako sabi nung isang commenter. Tanggalin ko na yung reference sa sexuality issue. Bahala na ang mga katribu ko sa rainbow kung gustong maghuramentado. But I like the question. Sarili ko, kukwento ko. Masarap un eh! Hehehe! Ba?t kaya?! Bwahahaha! Kaya eto ang chance kong magmayabang ever. Conchita!!! Makinig [...]

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I’m a Wall Street Shit Investor

September 29, 2008

Wall Street and Capitol Hill are in a frenzy. They are waiting for the much anticipated coming… the huge, gigantic $700 billion US dollar, superman bail-out of what seemed to be the obvious failure of corporate capitalism.

If you?re a Reyna reader, I?m sure you already know what this esoteric term ?mortgage-backed securities? means. Now, what [...]

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Brother of Speaker Nograles in a swine scam?

August 2, 2008

Jose Nograles, president of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC). Brother ni Speaker Prospero Nograles. I thought this was really interesting. I don’t know about this fertilizer scam chuvalais. Is this a continuation of the SONA 2008? The State of Nation Address in Agriculture???

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SONA 2008, Part 2: Blame it on the gods!

July 29, 2008

Continuing with the Sona… here’s the SONA 2008 Summary pointers. Let me start by giving you an example of world prices… on steel. Now, recall that the Chinese economy grew double digit for the last 10 years or more. That was consistent. Recall that even the Indian economy grew rapidly as well. Because both of [...]

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Prelude to SONA 2008

July 23, 2008

SONA 2008 is coming up mga kabisyo. It will be on July 28, 2008. Will you tune in?
Poverty.

NBN-ZTE. And the latest? Cagayan Export Zone.

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Strike a poIse!

March 9, 2008

I still can’t get over this article I read yesterday which blatantly said that the Philippines is poised to be one of the chuvalinga in the chorva chorva chenalyn ever ever together forever with Indonesia, Burundi and Keena-lika-weewai for economic prosperity tra-la-la. Interestingly, this news came out together with ADB’s (Asian Development Bank) statement, that [...]

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Tanong: Pinaubaya na ba ang Kalayaan sa Tsina?!

March 5, 2008

Tabigni na mukha nang Reyna sa harap harapang kurakutan na to mga kabisyooo!!!
Sumagwan po muna tayo sa Spratlys mga kapanalig. Because there are tidal waves going on in the shores of Kalayaan. Why? Mukhang malayang malayang kinuwabungga nung dwende ang deal with China na nag-mukhang unmoderated Wordpress comment akismet chuvalais. As Pinoys, we have [...]

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An sabi nang CBCP: Urge Gloria to take the lead in stamping out corruption

February 29, 2008

For one thing mga kabisyo, at least they seem to be one in acknowledging na talagang bulok na bulok na ang kalagayan naten with so much in your face kurapsyon. As a matter of fact, brin-owt up pa nila ? pero hindi ki-nwestyon ? ang moral ascendancy chuvalais of the present government chenalyn na wala [...]

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Malacanang Palace said mga chikadora kayo!

February 27, 2008

The Greedy Group ++ and the Greediest of ‘em ol

If there was ever a law passed in our own turn world kawntri which I was tres tres happy about, it’s this wag kang kukurap else barangay tanod ka ever ever! An sabi: kung sinumang government official convicted of kurapsyon will be sent to one great [...]

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Chapel of the social climbers

December 1, 2007

Kelan ba talaga magiging stable ang bayan naten? Nung panahon ni Marcos, ok na sana, kaso me bagyong dumating, ang super uver social climber na si Santa Imelda. Sino pa ang magiging dyosa nang mga social climbers kundi si Santa Imelda. Sana man lang, sa dinami daming kinurakot nang pamilyang to, nagtayo man lang sana [...]

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The failed coup. What’s in everyone’s mind.

November 30, 2007

Why should it always be a 5-star hotel Matilda???
I wonder what the blogworld are writing about the Manila Pen early Halloween Party:

How to Plan a Coup by Adventures of an Exiled Aristocrat

Number 1. Make sure you have more than 30 men. In fact, make sure you have over half of the military on your side. 
Number 3. [...]

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Please! Bless Marilou Ranario and spare her life!

November 29, 2007

That’s my simple prayer for Marilou Ranario. 

It’s such a depressing day for OFW’s. I could only offer my prayers to Marilou and her family. Honestly, have you ever prayed for somebody you don’t know? Would you pray with me that some miracle happens to Marilou and that she be spared of death? It’s all that we can do now [...]

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The Ugly Side of Mines View Park or should I say, Baguio City?

November 22, 2007

I love Baguio City. Even when I was still in Barrio Siete, dahil there’s a good number of them who had spent vacation in that city high up above les montagnes, aba eh di may I social climb then ako and I rounded up my friends to visit Baguio in the 70’s. Maganda. Malamig. Iba ang athmosphere. [...]

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Did you read? Arroyo pardons Estrada.

October 25, 2007

I got nothing to write. I am soooo annoyed I don’t even know what to write. Magsama na sila!
Related Stories:
Arroyo pardons Estrada
(UPDATE 3) Arroyo grants pardon to Estrada
State prosecutor questions legality of Estrada pardon

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Filipino culture in Cebu

December 8, 2006

I love Cebu City. As far as I am concerned, it is the best city in the world that I have visited. Well…. except for Budapest, Prague, London, Paris, Montreal, Bogota, Amsterdam, Brussels, Baguio, Dagupan, Naga, Bacolod, Ili-ilo, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Makati and Pasig. (Andami ano? Hindi ko napuntahan yan. Binabasa ko lang tong sa gilid [...]

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