Still NOT Convinced Why HE is Running...

It is quite clear that Noynoy Aquino only joined the presidential race because his family, as well as the infamous Kamag Anak Inc., told him to do so.

Honestly, can ANYONE prove to me that Senator Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino is able, ready, determined, driven, and highly motivated to lead over 9 billion Filipino people?

Personally I have never heard of Noynoy Aquino up until Cory Aquino's passing away. Nothing against Cory, but her burial was a tad bit OVER THE TOP with all the media coverage and the procession rites. This makes me wonder what the motives of this grander than grandeur gesture could be... and soon after that event, I got my answer: NOYNOY

If an individual aspires to become the leader of a country, A COUNTRY, he/she should have been aspiring for that for as long as he/she remembers. Not an overnight decision.

Sure, Noynoy had his family recollection or retreat or whatever to really think about the situation, but really, doesn't that seem so impromptu as if Noynoy was choosing between black or white.

And it shows in his aura and personality that he is incapable of being a good president, or just a president for that matter. I am sick of reiterating what Noynoy lacks, so I'm telling you to simply view him or listen to him when he talks. Seriously.

I NEED My Manila Standard Fix!

Okay, so my last two entries have been from Manila Standard and I am not ashamed to be re-posting these articles. You know why??? because they are on point!!!

When I read newspapers, my reading chronology is Sports-Lifestyle-Headlines-Editorial

My reason for reading the editorial last is because I am sure to spend the most time on it, I really try to understand what these writers say regardless if I don't agree with them.

I am proud to say that I am obsessed with the Manila Standard columns and you will see this in the coming days/weeks, or until this fascination of mine runs dry ;-)

Manila Standard Reports THE TRUTH

Yet again, after reading the TOMCAT article from Jojo Robles, I checked out the other articles in the MANILA STANDARD and came across two more editorials that is relevant to the recent election fever.

The first is from the column of Emil Jurado, 'To the Point'

And the second is from the column of Alvin Capino, 'Counterpoint'

ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL

This paper ran a front-page story a few days ago that the Lopez-owned ABS-CBN has become a kingmaker. People get most of their news and information about the forthcoming elections from the radio-television network.

I hate to admit it, but television especially is an impact medium that carries a lot of weight.

Since broadcast must have a franchise and permit to operate, because the airlanes form part of the state’s eminent domain, it’s mandated to be fair, balanced without fear or favor. That’s why broadcast media outfits are under the National Telecommunications Commission which grants them their frequencies.

Sadly enough, the Lopez network, with all its influence, has prostituted freedom of the press with its slanted broadcast. Even its anchors are blatantly biased in favor of Liberal Party candidate Senator Benigno Aquino III.

When columnists and opinion-writers take sides in an election, that’s only one man’s opinion. In the US, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Franciso Chronicle and The Los Angeles Examiner also take sides during an election, but they do so only editorially.

But, when news broadcasts and public affairs programs are clearly slanted by a television network, that’s already prostitution of press freedom.

I can understand the bias of the Lopezes for Noynoy. The late President Cory Aquino gave the network back on a silver platter to them after Edsa 1. No questions asked. Cory also handed over Meralco to the Lopezes in spite of the fact that the Lopezes already sold it to Kokoy Romualdez, as records show.

Gratitude is good but why prostitute press freedom in the process?

NOYNOY'S LOW ANTI-CORRUPTION STANDARDS

In, Capiz, the home province of Liberal Party vice presidential candidate Senator Mar Roxas, there is a popular movement called MAR.

No the group is not promoting the candidacy of Roxas. It’s surprising to know that its aim is the exact opposite. The Capiz-based MAR stands for Movement Against Roxas.

People behind MAR say that they want to send a message to Roxas that they’re unhappy with the way the Roxas family has treated Capiz. The province has not progressed much despite the fact that the Roxas family has been a force in national politics for a long, long time.

Among others, the Roxas family has produced a president, Pres. Manuel Roxas, an outstanding senator and one-time a leading presidential contender Senator Gerry Roxas, a congressman, Rep. Dinggoy Roxas and of course Sen. Mar Roxas who appears to be headed to be the next vice president based on surveys.

However, if the Movement Against Roxas is to be believed, Capiz has not profited much from the political success of the Roxas family.

Of course, Roxas’ people would probably dismiss MAR as the handiwork of former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante who is leading the gubernatorial race in Capiz and who apparently has no love lost for the senator who was one of the vocal critics of Bolante in the so-called fertilizer scam controversy.

Ultimately, however, it is the people of Capiz who would decide to vote for Sen. Mar Roxas or not. Whether he wins for the vice presidency or not, it would be embarrassing for the senator to lose in his own home province.

This is a ghost that will haunt him when he runs as president in 2016.

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Roxas’ running mate, Liberal Party presidential candidate Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, is haunted by another ghost—the ghost of the security agency he put up shortly after his mother was installed by People Power in 1986.

It is indeed ironic that Aquino whose campaign is mainly fuelled by his anti-corruption stance is tainted by the accusations that he committed graft and corruption when he set up the Best Security Agency Inc. The company obtained contracts with a government agency and other enterprises vulnerable to government pressure.It might be coincidental or it might be deliberate but even the initials chosen for the security agency was intimidating. BSA, of course, is the initials of Senator Noynoy Aquino’s father, Senator Benigno Servillano Aquino Jr.

Noynoy is finding it difficult to exorcise the ghost of the BSA security agency and his attempt to explain his involvement only serves to underscore the fact that he is not “walang bahid” (untainted).

If you listen to his explanations on the BSA security agency, it would appear that Aquino has very low anti-corruption threshold.

His critics, of course, are making a big issue out of the fact that the security agency’s business address is no less than the Arlegui official residence of the President of the Philippines at that time.

And what was Noynoy’s response on why a security agency soliciting business with government agencies and sequestered government corporations is using Arlegui, the equivalent of the White House at that time?

The Manila Standard Today story by Christine Herrera which broke out this issue last March 26 quoted Aquino as saying: “What could I do? I lived in Arlegui at the time. What’s so illegal about that?”

If Aquino see nothing wrong with using the official residence of the Philippines as the official address of a security guard agency soliciting business with government agencies and sequestered companies, then we have to question his sense of propriety and delicadeza and more important his anti-corruption standards.

With an address like Arlegui and with the presidential son as one of the owners and vice president from 1986 to 1993, BSA did very well and had some 1,000 security guards in its employ. It serviced the government-owned Philippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC) which at that time was the operator of the South Luzon Expressway and the North Luzon Expressway, the facilities and buildings of sequestered companies under the Presidential Commission on Good Government, as well as private clients like AsiaTrust, Tanduay Distillers of taipan Lucio Tan and Uniwide.

Aquino has admitted that he is an incorporator of BSA but said in a press conference in Baliuag the other week that he divested from the company when his mother became president.

This explanation is confusing especially in the light of the fact that BSA used the Arlegui address which became the official residence of the President of the Philippines during the time of President Aquino.

Of course this explanation evades the fact that Noynoy was vice president of BSA from 1986 to 1993 meaning that he was involved in the company during the whole term of his mother as president.

Aquino also tried to explain that if he really wanted to take advantage of the Aquino presidency to get rich, it would not be through a security agency where he said “we’d be lucky to get five percent from the gross profits.”

He said that after he divested his shares from BSA he became just an employee of the agency and that he worked in the backroom.

The owners and officers of BSA were Noynoy’s uncle Len Oreta who was chairman of the board and president, Cipriano Lacson was director-treasurer, while Aquino, George Gaddi, Bienvenido Reyes, Alexander Lopez and Jacob Acuna were directors.

This issue actually was raised as early as 1987 when Mrs. Aquino was still president. I was a Malacañang reporter at that time and if I remember correctly, the justification cited by the Palace at that time was that the agency was put up to help give jobs to those who approach the presidential son.

There were talks at that time that BSA was part of the rumored Yellow Army.

This was apparently confirmed by Aquino himself when he admitted in the press conference in Bulacan that BSA was put up as a response to the threats from forces still loyal to President Marcos.

Then as now, Senator Noynoy Aquino has failed to explain why no graft and corruption was committed when he was involved in a security agency which had contracts with the government.

His critics are saying that his involvement in BSA as owner-incorporator and as vice president which he has admitted having a conflict of interest and violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act of 1965, which made it “unlawful for any person having family or close personal relations with any public official to capitalize or exploit or rake advantage of such family or close personal relations...”

Here we have no less than the son of the President of the Philippines involved in a security agency doing business with the government.

Senator Aquino should give a clear answer to this issue. This way, we would know if he is sincere in his promise to fight graft and corruption.

TOMCAT RELEASED!

I was browsing through newspaper websites and I came across the MANILA STANDARD, editorial section, and this article by Jojo Robles caught my eye.

It is widely known that there have been reports about the medical reports about Noynoy Aquino having several disorders, most of them related to mental illnesses.

Of course the Yellow Camp (which consists of the Kamag anak Inc., Liberal Party, ABias-CBN, and the like) is calling it a fake and they blame their closest rival, the Nacionalista Party.

This article sheds some light on the authenticity of the said reports:

Readers of this column know that I rarely surrender my space to others in the form of extensive passages quoted verbatim. But today I willingly cede my allotted quota of words, editing only for style considerations, to someone who calls himself “Tomcat,” who recently wrote the following open letter (via Facebook) to leading presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino:

Dear Noynoy:

We were classmates at the Ateneo and I have no doubt that you would remember me even if we were not close. Hint: I was one of those who ribbed you about the low grade that Father Kreutz gave you in math because you could never seem to get your fractions right. Remember going ballistic over that ribbing? [Reverend Wiliam “Bill” Kreutz, SJ, is a long-time Ateneo teacher from New York who founded the Jesuit Volunteers of the Philippines—JR. All subsequent bracketed phrases are mine.]

Anyway, reading the psychological report that was posted on the Internet a few days ago certainly made me remember you. I heard you say on the news that the report was fake but you did admit that there were some things in it that were true. “Part truths” I think were your exact words. It fascinated me enough to want to read the report carefully to check out which were those things that were true.

Obvious things first, those facts that any of our classmates can confirm if asked. One of these is, as the report says, you have a labile disorder. This is whole truth. Even Father Gorospe would be distracted by your drooling during our oral exams. [The late Reverend Vitaliano Gorospe, SJ, was connected for a long time with the Ateneo Theology Department.] Father Ferriols, who made a point of showing he didn’t like you, would make side comments about it that led your classmates to give you the nickname “Cooper,” a reference to Cupertino school where we would teach Catechism to retarded children. I, however, never called you Cooper. [Reverend Roque Ferriols, SJ, taught Filipino Philosophy at Ateneo.]

The report says that you have a “major depressive disorder.” Well, I honestly don’t know if that is true. What I do know is that in school you were very temperamental and had sudden mood swings. Isang minuto, nakikikain ka kay Brudda Francis, maya’t maya nagagalit ka na. Many of our classmates can attest to witnessing scenes like this.

The report said that you used to go with your mom to see Dr. Manuel Escudero. That is a whole truth. I remember seeing you at Tito Maning’s high-rise apartment on Roxas Boulevard when we were still kids. Tito Maning was a consultant with the WHO here in Manila but he was also a psychiatrist who treated only the high society people in Manila. Even Imelda Marcos was his patient. Unfortunately, so was my mom who suffered from insecurities due to my dad’s numerous infidelities.

Tito Maning’s wife, Tita Jo, was a very good artist who had a couple of exhibits of her work before they left Manila for good a few years after martial law was declared. They lived in Topeka, Kansas. After they left, I kept a correspondence for a while with their very cute daughter Nina who I am sure you remember. I had such a crush on her. Maybe you did too. She used to talk to us “little folk” in the sala of their apartment while the “big folk” would lock themselves in the room and discuss “big folk” matters. She wanted to go to ballet school or some dance school which she did, I think, and I eventually lost track of her.

About your smoking marijuana, I also can’t say if that is wholly true. What I do know is that you would try to tag along with a group of students that would hang out with Ma’am Gloria Arroyo. [Yes, President Arroyo herself.] Mga students niya sa Economics. She was always surrounded by bright and handsome students kaya hindi ka pinapansin. Pati si Ma’am Placer, she never gave you the time of day kasi people said you were “medyo weird” and your grades were mababa per her standards.

Pero, you still tried to hang out with those guys. Trying hard to belong ba. I know those guys would drink na kasama pa si Miss Rosales na pag lasing na, kumakanta ng Spanish songs in Spanish. They would drink dozens of bottles of beer at Shakey’s Katipunan because Mrs. Ramos (our Spanish teacher in case you don’t remember) owned the restaurant. This group was also known to also smoke joints in the college auditorium, up in the closed space where the spotlights were. So, if you were hanging out with them then, you were probably also smoking marijuana too.

The report said you had a flight attendant girlfriend. This is another whole truth. I will not mention her name here to protect her but she was a PAL stewardess. I found out about this because I was on a flight with Father Samson [probably Ateneo de Davao president Reverend Antonio S. Samson] once and she was the one who seated us. When she found out we were from Ateneo, she introduced herself and said she was the girl friend of an Atenean and mentioned your name. Father Samson then asked jokingly if you were a good boyfriend to her. She shrugged and said you were “okay” but she was bothered because you were “too conservative.” You didn’t even like to kiss her daw because you were saving her for the wedding night. And you insisted that she dress very conservatively. Jealous boyfriend ka daw. No wonder that relationship ended. Maybe that’s why you got so depressed over it.

About the report. I know that [Ateneo-based Jesuit psychologist Reverend] Tito Caluag is one of your best friends. His group of “friends” are some of the richest and most influential people in the country today. I know that you used to frequently visit his home. He hosts get-togethers where things that are too esoteric for me are the subjects of discussion. At one time, this group of yours even discussed the ousting of [Ateneo president] Father [Bienvenido] Nebres because Tito Caluag had his own ideas on how Ateneo should be run. Maybe your closeness to him is why he was the one you went to when you were depressed and why he was the one who handled your case and signed your psychological report. To keep things quiet.

But I confess I actually don’t know. I do know that Tito Caluag was at one time your sister Kris’ father confessor. He may not be a very trustworthy father confessor, though, because many have heard him say aloud that “walang ginawa si Kris Aquino dito sa Ateneo kundi habulin si Alvin Patrimonio at mag-emote sa quadrangle”.

Anyway, yun muna. Good luck on your presidential run. If you become president of the Philippines, that would be really something, huh? From “Cooper” to “Mr. President” when brighter and more scheming Ateneans like Mar Roxas and Dick Gordon have not been able to make it is an achievement that Ripley should feature.

Your old friend,

Tomcat

GloriAquino: A Graphic

I recall that Sen. Manny Villar was once dubbed as the REAL administration candidate.

His name was even intertwined with Gloria Arroyo: "VILLARROYO"

This rumor is totally BOGUS though, honestly speaking.

Connect the dots:

• Noynoy and the Liberal Camp is running on a hate campaign against everyone, with specific focus on Gloria Arroyo and her administration.

• Gloria Arroyo is keeping her distance from the administration candidate, Gilbert Teodoro, because she is costing him much needed votes.

• The Liberal Camp capitalized on this situation by inserting Noynoy's main rival, Sen Manny Villar, into the mix.

• They started this unnecessary rumor that Gloria is backing off Teodoro to support Villar, hence the 'Villarroyo' monicker.

• Now, they are able to hit 2 birds with one stone. Their HATE CAMPAIGN is further fueled with this rumor they started.

• This benefits them given the fact that THERE ARE PLENTY OF MEMBERS IN THE LIBERAL PARTY THAT ARE FROM THE ARROYO ADMINISTRATION AND THERE ARE STILL CURRENT OFFICIALS THAT ARE RELATIVES OF NOYNOY AQUINO

In Disarray

Dis-ar-ray:

noun

1. confusion; dismay; a state of disorder; lack of discipline

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The Liberal Party is currently in disarray.

Some candidates within the Yellow Camp are not in good terms because of bets that are clashing. To name a few...

Chiz Escudero (a.k.a. the-guy-who-didn't-get-allowance-from-his-'ninong'-Danding) has vowed to support and campaign for the Liberal Party standard-bearer Noynoy Aquino BUT is openly supporting for Makati Mayor Jojo Binay for Vice-President... Which would clearly irk the Party's VP bet, Mar Roxas.

And what is Noynoy doing about this? I read in the Inquirer last week about this issue and it seems that Noynoy is NOT EVEN TRYING TO MEND THE TWO. He merely said that Chiz is WITHIN HIS TEAM AND NOT WITH THE LIBERAL PARTY.




Oh my god... So Noynoy has his own team and he also has the Liberal Party with him??? Ano ba talaga manong? Noynoy seems to be only thinking of his own damn self, and is set to do everything and anything regardless of who he tramples upon, just to claim the presidential seat.

Of course, Noynoy for me is a straight up idiot. But I would have at least respected him if he conducted himself properly within his group, where he should be comfortable with. But NO, he's just letting people get pissed and irking each other rather than mending it.

Another situation is the case of Serge Osmena III. He was one of the ORIGINAL Liberal Party members dating to 1998 where he ran under the party, and therefore has some kind of right to be included and supported by the party. To his disappointment however, NOYNOY allowed the inclusion of Ralph Recto, a rival of Serge Osmena, to run under the Liberal Party. We all know that Recto is a 'bata' of Gloria Arroyo, so what of the 'hate campaign against the Arroyo administration' now huh?

Noynoy... EPIC FAIL.

AbNOY Conspiracy: Should We Even Be Surprised?

After Noynoy's alleged PSYCH RECORDS was released, ABias-CBN picked up the news and that is how it got out to mass media. Naturally, the Liberal Party camp called out the Nacionalista that they were the ones who surfaced these medical records. They also said that this is merely a Black Propaganda towards their Standard-Bearer (what standards??) Noynoy (Now called abNoy) Aquino.

Of course they would say that, since their leader is so 'GOOD' and 'HOLY', how could he ever be mentally challenged? (i mean that with utmost sarcasm, btw.)

It is so sad to see what this news report has turned into. Where the release of important/crucial/significant news of a leading presidential candidate that is NOW being tainted as false and downplayed to being black propaganda is part of the dirty tactics that the YELLOW CAMP most often relies on especially that the elections is a few weeks away.

THINK ABOUT THIS:

• ABias-CBN was the one who first picked up the news and said that it came from the NP. (We all know that the Television Company is PRO-Aquino simply because of their Chairman's (CEO Gabby Lopez) utang na loob or debt to the Aquino family for putting them in network and media power. And the fact that the dubbed 'Queen of Philippine Media' Kris Aquino is Noy's sister and biggest supporter.)

• Fr. Caluag, the Atenean priest who purpotedly signed Noynoy's medical report and also a solid AQUINO supporter (*check picture), denied that he signed the document and that the signature is a forgery. NOTICE that he never claimed that the report was false, he merely wanted his name out of it. Here is a LINK to Fr. Caluag's statement trying to clear his name: LINK TO FR. Caluag

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• In light with the previous point, LP bet Frank Drilon (who is also condemning the NP and Sen. Villar about the medical reports) once said about Villar's alleged reports of not really being poor: "It is not about the source, but the CONTENT." What about this news about Noynoy, Frank? What a GENUINE HYPOCRITE this tub of lard is...

• Atty. Adel Tamano was on point when he said that this report about Noynoy's medical records may even benefit the Liberal Party more since the release of this news will definitely allow the LP to point fingers at Sen. Villar and the Nacionalista Party. (Once again, they have MORE AMMO in their HATE-THEMED CAMPAIGN. Can't you see that all their moves and strategies is to put others down since there is not a single good thing that can be made out of NOYNOY AQUINO?)

• And lastly, let us focus on NOYNOY himself. What was his initial reaction to the medical report? HE CHALLENGED VILLAR TO A LIE DETECTOR TEST. What in the world was he thinking? SO does it mean that when an issue, a valid one at that, is thrown at Aquino, the best he could do is throw it back? And notice that his challenge is not even relevant to the issue. OBVIOUSLY, AQUINO is scared shitless that this news about him being mentally and emotionally unfit will be re-confirmed by a secondary opinion so he tries to shift the negative attention to Sen. Villar. And also notice that all the Yellow Camp is saying the same thing: THE DOCUMENT IS A FAKE, LET US CHALLENGE VILLAR TO A LIE DETECTOR TEST. umm... okay, those two statements do not match at all. Noynoy is simply beating around the bush until they find another black propaganda against Villar.

P.S. From your OWN PERSONAL ASSESSMENT, doesn't Noynoy really look a little... Retarded?