DROPPING BID FOR CORONA INHIBITION MYSTERIOUS!

There’s something more than meets the eye in Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) pronouncement that it will no longer pursue its motion for the inhibition of Chief Justice Renato Corona in the case for the distribution of the hacienda’s land to farmer-beneficiaries.

They had wanted Corona out of the deliberations on the case FOR MONTHS. The SUDDEN change of heart is simply too UNREALISTIS to be a decision out of a long and careful study.

HLI lawyer Antonio Ligon justified the move in a story in the ABS-CBN website by saying: “Nag-iisa lang naman siya (Corona). Hindi naman siya lang ang Supreme Court.”

I had heard of that reason myself from at least 10 personal friends of mine as early as a month or two ago.  It’s INCONCEIVABLE for a seasoned lawyer like Ligon NOT TO HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT!

If Ligon or his associates, and for that matter HLI, will say they indeed di not, then they’re one BIG BUNCH OF INCOMPETENTS! Which I don’t think they will  admit to either.

So the million-dollar question now is WHY? I have two guesses.

First, Pnoy and his relatives want to project an image of fairness toward Corona to win back public support.

Remember, guys, Pnoy’s popularity has DROPPED by nine percentage points (if I’ recall correctly) according to the surveys Malacanang ardently believes in. And as I’ve pointed out in an earlier blog, anti-Corona protest actions have STOPPED.

And if you’ll notice people, expressions of support for Corona’s ouster have practically ceased. No one is saying anything in media anymore in support of Pnoy and the House prosecutors (EXCEPT THEMSELVES).

Second, which I must admit is an early long shot, it is an advanced proof of the MAGNANIMITY they will claim in the event Corona is acquitted by the senate Impeachment Court

Pnoy and Malacanang will say that the acquittal proves they have been FAIR ALL  ALONG to Corona, as what had been shown by the decision of HLI and non-interference to it by Malacanang.

So that the public backlash will not be as HARSH and HUMILIATING as it could be and they won’t look like the bad guys, especially in media. 

Take your pick, boys and girls!

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From our friends:

ATTENTION, CORONA PROSECUTORS!

LUZ IMELDA MACARAEG

It is our inherent right as people in a democracy to know not the impression of truth but the reality of it. Let THE TRUTH reign.

ISABEL JUICO of Jacksonville, Florida, USA

STOP and END this costly impeachment trial . DO NOT DELAY with TACTICAL MIND CONDITIONING . You all have used up too much of the people’s money

EDITH GERONA

Thank you, friend Boyet Antonio, for carrying on the fight for enlightening the people on what is truly happening in the political landscape of our society. Truth to tell, it is really getting to be very tiring. Let us just all hope and pray that all these things will come to an end in the most favorable manner for everyone concerned. In my own opinion, these prosecutors are on the wrong side of the fence. I say to them, ENOUGH ALREADY!

CHRISTINE PORCIUNCULA of Valenzuela City

Alam mo naman ang abnormal na gobyernong yan...gagawin ang lahat para lang makuha ang gusto ni Panot. Talo pa ang pagka spoiled brat ng mga pamangkin niya.

LOLITA BELEN of Cabuyao, Laguna

People are already DISMAYED! They need results, PRONTO!

CARANDANG SYMBOL OF PALACE ARROGANCE, GUILT!

NES TRINIDAD

It’s funny how easy it is to loose integrity and honesty when one is suddenly thrust into the seat of glitz and power. CARANDANG isn’t the first media practitioner or prominent TV personality to succumb. Remember Ricardo (Dong) Puno? He was ABS-CBN's star during his time - he lost it when he became Erap's Press Secretary. One who escaped this Byzantine trap is the late Ted Benigno (only because he quit early)... Really makes you ponder whether the job is worth the price you pay for.

JOSE LUIS LEGARDA

The only real service Carandang does to perfection is demonstrate Abnoy’s arrogance and incompetence.

SYLVIA CENON

Being a communist, that is what he is advising to the clueless Abnot.

ANONYMOUS

Yellow brigades are running out of words and are out of tune again! Wala na talagang natitirang kahihiyan mga yan! Palagay ko, parang batang magpapapasag mga yan sa kalsada pag na acquit si Corona. 30

ATTENTION, IMPEACHMENT TRIAL PROSECUTORS!

Attention, Corona impeachment tiral prosecutors:

The defense has promised to be quick with their presentation of evidence when trial resumes on May 7. Defense lawyer and spokesman Tranquil Salvador said they hope it will help the Senate Impeachment Court conclude the trial before Congress adjourns, in June.

Exactly like what you people have been calling for. So prove that you guys are MEN OF YOUR WORD.

DO NOT DELAYI THE TRIAL, UNREASONABLY!

Be damned sure that whatever objections you raise are with SOLID BASIS. And not just DESPERATELY STOP the defense from practically saying. Especially if they eventually decide to reduce the number of witnesses they will present, as revealed by one of their members, Ramon Esguerra.

Your repeated requests, as in like a broken CD, for the impeachment court to decide ASAP (as soon as possible) even without the defense concluding the presentation of their case, is not working.

IT WILL NEVER WORK for what you want, a decision BASED MAIINLY on your evidence and not on both yours and the defense’s.

Majority of the people are not STUPID! They’re not SUCKERS (utu-uto) and most of all,, they’re not for you guys or your bosses in the House of Representatives and in Malacanang.

They are for THE TRUTH

You guys DON’T TRULY ENJOY the supposed popular support being claimed by the surveys, and you know it.  One solid proof is protest actions against Chief Justice Renato Corona HAD STOPPED LONG BEFORE THE TRIAL went on a break!

So when the trial resumes, no gimmicks and irrelevant antics, please! In case you stand up or interrupt the defense, be sure it won’t be a waste of time.

Millions of our hard-earned taxes have been spent, and the impeachment trial has further divided us Filipinos. Everything has gone far enough. All these must end, IMMEDIATELY!

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From our friends:

CARANDANG SYMBOL OF PALACE ARROGANCE, GUILT!

JOEL AGUDO

On the issue of traffic---the PH was cited among the worst places to drive in. Carandang turns the blame on the public themselves. Unbelievable arrogance and stupidity!

JOSE LUIS LEGARDA

Normally, Palace/ presidential spokespersons are the pleasant and  acceptable faces to the public. But in the case of Abnoy’s spokespeople, one is more nakakasuka than the other. They all reflect Abnoy’s arrogance and  incompetence. Being a spokesperson for Anoy is a suicidal job really! Protecting and defending Abnoy is the most dishonest and dirtiest job.

JIMMY PRESTO           

Next comes the defiance of all executive orders from the moron president. Carandang is a run of the mill minion, making him a nobody in politics. He can try all he can and still he will be a nobody.

CJ DIVAD

Typical response -- evade the question by pointing fingers at somebody else. Marquez isn't Corona's spokesperson, nor is he his lawyer or accountant. He's a Supreme Court employee, why should he speak about Corona's case when he has no place in it? He spoke about the lack of respect for court rulings because of the trend started by the Executive Department. Even during GMA's time, she always followed the Supreme Court's orders be it a TRO on executive orders or whatever it maybe.

LILIAN PRESTOZA

I told you, they will do anything and everything to impeach the CJ. Kaya wala na silang maisagot, puro see you in court. They have run out of press releases . He is a relative of Lady Gaga and the other guy who is facing disbarment who both work near the Pasig River. The 3 Stooges.

JED DE JESUS

Bakit pa ba siya nasa Malacanang kung wala naman pala siyang binatbat sa trabaho. Sayang lang ang pera ng taumbayan sa utak ipis na taong katulad niya.!

DELIA SANIDAD

Mr. Boyet, I only have one word for this sanamagan: BOBO.

ALON VALDEZ

Walang sagot, kasi walang maisagot.

BADUY UY

I’m not so sure if he really represents the Palace for his arrogance... I think I’ts more on him (the way he behaves publicly) as a person.

KAPAMILYA, KAPATID, KAPUSO

Nasabon na nga nii Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago iyan.

FE ALBURO

Sa lahat ng administrasyon, ito ang pinaka-mayabang at pinaka0arogante. Penitensya para sa akin tuwing nakikita ko sila sa TV o nadiidinig sa radyo. Sana, 2016 na para mawala na itong administrasyon na pinamumunuan ng isang bobo, arogante, at immature na lider.

JAY-R MARCHAN of Baguio City

Incompetent. Lumabas kulay niya noong nakapasok siya sa Malacanang!

RODEL RAMIL of Kowloon City, Hong Kong

Hindi naman sila dating ganyan. Naupo lang sa Palasyo lumabas ang pagka hambog. Sa loob ng higit dalawang taon, wala pa naman silang nagagawang kapakipakinabang para sa sambayanan.

SENG BARIN DE JESUS

Carandang and Valte are the idiots in the Palace!

SAMUEL ROLDAN of Olongapo City

Asshole licker.....thats all he is.

AINA REYES

Carandang, like Noynoy and the rest of the Cabinet, is incompetent, arrogant and clueless. They know nothing about running a government. Ang alam lang ng gobyernong ito, magkalat ng tsismis, manisi, manira ng reputasyon at gawan ng anggulo ang lovelife ni Noynoy.  Kaawaawa talaga ang mga naniwala at bumoto kay Noynoy.

AL RONDINA JR.

Abnormalcy to the highest!

MELVYN DELA CRUZ

Iharap iyan kay Rep. Mitos Magsaysay nang masabon ulit!

JULIUS ILAGAN

He got a tongue-lashing form  Congresswoman Mitos he won’t forget.

AIDIA RUBIANO

Wala naman iyang masasabi kapag kaharap niya si Cong. Mitos Magsaysay!

DONN IDOS

Ibalik na iyan sa Abias-CBN …Tanga! 30

CARANDANG SYMBOL OF PALACE ARROGANCE, GUILT!

Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office Secretary Ricky Carandang’ is a symbol of Malacanang’s arrogance and guilt in defying Supreme Court orders.

Reacting to Supreme Court Administrator and spokesman Midas Marquez that Malacanang’s defiance of court rulings has emboldened others to follow suit, Carandagng said it was just to divert attention from issues against Chief Justice Renato Corona.  

Carandang is either out of touch with reality or is simply a lousy, incompetent Malacanang defender.

Speaking at the Supreme Court media forum in Baguio City, Marquez pointed out at least three temporary restraining orders by High Tribual which were ignored by the Executive Department:

Collection of a 20 percent final withholding tax on P35 billion worth of Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates (PEACe bonds) by the Bureau of Internal revenue last November.

In the same month, the Department of Justice's (DOJ) refusal to honor a SC TRO, on watch list orders against former first couple Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Mike Arroyo 

The DOJ's non-compliance with a Manila court’s order for the inspection of t National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Deputy Director Reynaldo Esmeralda’s vehicle when he was allegedly ambushed last Feb. 21.

Marquez also noted :

St. Theresa's College (STC) High School Cebu's refusal to obey a trial court TRO directing it to allow certain students to graduate despite posting their sexy pictures in the Internet!

SM Baguio's refusal to receive a trial court-issued Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) stopping it from cutting down 182 trees for its expansion.

But to all these, Carandang could only counter with the IRRELEVANT statement that Marquez should focus on explaining Corona's cash and assets.

WAHH! Where the hell is the connection?

Marquez DID NOT MENTION Corona’s money and assets in his statement. There is no link whatsoever between Corona’s impeachment trial and his finances. Neither did the ignored TROs come from the Senate Impeachment Court.

Carandang’s reply was DESPICABLY and PATHETICALLY IRRELEVANT and ILLOGICAL

And in a CRYSTAL-CLEAR sign of his INCOMPETENCE to correctly react, Carandang replied when asked by reporters if he would debate with Marquez: “Ano po ba ‘yung issues?  Let’s just face the issues in the impeachment court.”

As the kids say: OMG (Oh, my God)! It seems the guy is reacting from another planet!

Carandang did not have the HUMILITY and PROFESSIONALISM to simply say “Sorry, guys! I don’t think I’m in a position to comment!! Instead, he ARROGANTLY counters with an irrelevant reaction, never mind if he’ll hit Corona who wasn’t the one talking.

He did not have any convincing defense against Marquez’s pronouncements. Absence of a credible defense can only mean one thing – GUILT!

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From our friends:

ANOTHER WASTED YOUTH BECAUSE OF DRUGS!

PAN DOE

That’s another "danger sign" to look out for nowadays.

BADUY UY

Agree!

NENETS MEDEL

Jail the pusher, save the user!

JOEL CUDAL

Good advice to none users. While you are still clean, stay clean. One simple mistake, you will end up undesirable.

DUGONG MAHARLIKA

Marami na akong nakikitang mga kabataan ngayon na lango sa droga. Sa totoo lang dito sa amin, kahit 14 years old lango na sa drugs/ Kaya nga dapat maging mas strikto ang batas pag dating sa droga, pero minsan kasi kung sino pa yung nagpapa tupad ng batas, sila pa yung gumagamit.

GRACE GO of Manila

Boyet, thanks for your countless efforts for the information you’re giving us. Keep it up and God bless you more! Take care

JED DE JESUS

A nice and important topic in this country we live in.  Hope those who are sick of this cancer will be able to understand what you have written.

ANONYMOUS

Blame that on the Chinese, Boyet, They are the ones who import drugs.

ORONA’S ATENEO STINT AND HIS FAMILY’S MEANS!

AMELIE REYES

I can't believe that his detractors had dragged even his parents into this case. This is just way too low!

EVIL SCHEME BEHIND PNOY’S PRIVATIZATION BID!

LILIAN PRESTOZA

Perhaps, those who voted for Pnoy are now banging their heads on the wall. I did not vote for him. I voted for Gibo. How regrettable that a man so promising was beaten by a ......!

AL RAMIREZ DIZON of Singapore

Privatization shifts some or all aspects of service delivery from government to private-sector providers. It is a strategy to lower the costs of government and achieve higher performance and better outcomes for every peso spent by taxpayers. Government managers and concerned citizens can use privatization to achieve a number of other goals:

Cost Savings: A Reason Foundation review of more than 100 privatization studies found savings ranging from 20 percent to 50 percent.

Access to Expertise: Contracting gives governments access to expertise they do not have in-house on an as-needed basis. It is cheaper to retain architects, engineers, and lawyers on an as-needed basis than to hire them as full-time employees.

Better Quality: Competition brings out the best in competitors. Bidders have incentives to offer the best possible combination of price and service quality to beat their rivals.

Improved Risk Management: Contractors, rather than the government, are responsible for cost overruns, strikes, delays, and other risks.

Innovation: Competition to win and retain contracts spurs the discovery of new, cutting-edge solutions. Without competition, even top-notch employees may stop looking for ways to improve how they meet customers' needs.

Meeting Peak Demand: The cost of providing a public service can be raised considerably by the capital and manpower needed to satisfy demand at peak periods, even though those peaks may last only for a few hours a day, a few days a week, or a few months a year. Contracting allows governments to obtain additional help when it is needed so that services are uninterrupted for residents.

Timeliness: "Time is money" if you are a contractor footing the bill, or if your contract with the city or state includes penalties for delays. Contractors can recruit additional workers or provide performance bonuses to meet or beat deadlines, options that often are unavailable to in-house staff.

If badly executed, however, privatization like any other policy can fail. Taxpayers are no better off, and may be worse off. 30

ANOTHER WASTED YOUTH BECAUSE OF DRUGS!

This piece will be a little different from the usual.

A personal friend of mine has just informed me that he has just confined his son to a rehabilitation center for illegal drug users. The boy confessed his addiction but he has already been kicked out of his university, lost more than 20 pounds and disowned and abandoned by friends.

After consoling my friend, I couldn’t help saying to myself: “Another wasted youth.” 

To all users of illegal drugs:

You have NOTHNG TO GAIN, and EVERYTHING TO LOSE, in taking illegal drugs.

Your money, your future, your career or even your freedom and most of all your LIFE! Only the pusher or the drug trafficker will benefit from your being a user of, or addict to illegal drugs!

Illegal drugs won’t make you rich, or richer.

It doesn’t make you handsomer or prettier. It won’t make you smarter, stronger or sexier. It won’t help you get higher grades in school or a promotion at work.

Neither will it make you popular to members of the opposite sex, or to your classmates or co-workers or neighbors. Or open doors to success or fane and fortune for you.

Ask yourself a million times if you want to: what good can you get out of illegal drugs? Then, grab and read EVERY REFERENCE MATERIAL you can think of and a thousand to one, YOU WON’T FIND ANY.

If you’ll say that illegal drugs help you forget your problems and your sorrows, It DOESN’T SOLVE anything either.

Instead, you’ll be avoided like a plague or a known vicious CRIMINAL by everyone they know. Worse, some are even abandoned by their own families or relatives.

Non-users will never want to be friends or be identified with drug dependents..

NO SCHOOL OR COMPANY will keep an illegal drug user once he or she is uncovered.  Regardless of how intelligent or how good and productive that dependent is.

A son of one of my cousins was already the general manager of the forwarding firm he was working in when he got into illegal drugs. He was only in his late 30s then.

I can’t remember the reason why.

But I do remember that he got hooked on shabu, as in, and was IMMEDIATELY FIRED by his boss upon discovery of his addiction. His mother, wife and siblings tried everything to rehabilitate him.

But before they succeeded, he had already lost his savings and his home to shabu.

There are a lot of alternatives when anyone is being tempted to try illegal drugs.. Just ask your parents, teacehrs, relatives, spiritual adviser or anybody really close to you. 

If anyone is interested, I can give some personal suggestions.

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From our friends:

CORONA’S ATENEO STINT AND HIS FAMILY’S MEANS!

LILIAN PRESTOZA

The prosecutors and the senator-judges on the impeachment case of the CJ are in cahoots to make sure that he is removed from office. They will do anything and everything . It is sad because the family suffers the humiliation their Dad has to endure. I sympathize truly. The charge insinuating that the CJ did not have the means to study in Ateneo as well as his daughter’s salary is not enough to buy a house in the US are dirty tactics these desperate guys are employing. No wonder, CJ Corona is fighting against all odds to clear his name and his family. He is hurting. To Mrs. Corona, Ma'am ,my support.

ISABEL JUICO of Jacksonville , Florida , USA

Yes, Boyet, inspiring...short and direct to the point! Will the yellow comprehend this?

CONSOLACION LAPE

If that is true...to drag CJ's father and all other siblings into this fray would only mean one thing -- the prosecution is so desperate they know an acquittal is forthcoming, thus they are trying to malign the family to cast disrespect and dishonor. That is AGAINST THE LAW, AND ABSOLUTELY UNCHRISTIAN! The fishing expedition is now beyond understanding!

LOLITA BELEN of Cabuyao, :Laguna

If it's DIRT they want, then let's THROW MORE DIRT AT THEM!

NES TRINIDAD

During the ‘70s, I remember the tuition for engineering at UP diliman was P200 per semester while in De la Salle it was about P1000. Keep in mind that  tuition  in UP was government  subsidized - for every peso from the parents, the government put in about P4. Tuition increases of private schools was highly regulated.

JIMMY PRESTO

Boyet, these are words I want to hear/read. We hope to slowly make everyone with the slightest ability to think, understand and see the light ASAP.

FE ALBURO

Kahit saang university panagtapos si Corona, it’s none of their business.

DELIA SANIDAD

The prosecution, thru Raissa Robles, is now on a desperate last-ditch effort to demonize the Corona family. But will not have or get what they are aiming for. The CJ will be acquitted.

LUZ IMELDA MACARAEG of Moncada, Tarlac

There are some hoodlums-in-robe contaminating the sanctity of the judiciary. Grossly disgusting!

MASTERFUL DECEIT

Another impertinent and malicious issue being thrown at Corona . If they really want mud, why don't they try to find out why Carpio's father was labeled as "undesirable" by the BIR, where he also worked?

LETTY ARCILLA

Iisa ang aming pananaw ni Sir Boyet, kaya lahat ng kanyang mga sinusulat ay like na like at love na love ko!

CHRISTINE PORCIUNCULA of Valenzuela City

Wala na kasi silang maisip na maibabatong masamang issue kay CJ kaya ultimo magulang niya eh dinadamay nila sa kalokohan nila.

MELVYN DELA CRUZ JR.

Answer to the dirty tricks of liars and magicians

ERNEST CHUA

Until somebody goes to jail for corruption, not a scapegoat, nothing will really change

AINA REYES

Kung ang isang Chief Justice ay pinagmumukhang pulubi ng administrasyon ng non-performing specie ng Malacanang, ano kaya ang tingin ni Noynoy sa tulad natin na karaniwang mamamayan?

BENIGOMO AKONO

Di ba mahilig sila sa fake evidences? Kaya gumagawa sila ng kung anong fake information para maibato kay CJ Corona

JULIUS ILAGAN

 Wala lang talaga sila maibato kay CJ Corona,

CASIANO MAYOR

Bakit naging apologist ka na ni Corona?

KENSI BLYE

As usual, the Yellow Zombies would never talk about ISSUES and would never STAY IN TOPIC. If they hate someone, they immediately resort to DIRTY TACTICS - Black Propaganda; Demolition Job; Character Assassination; Personality Attacks; Attacks on the Family; and so on and so forth. Why? It is because they will resort to ANY MEANS necessary to achieve their sinister and fiendish goals. Why FOCUS on acts of CJ Corona BEFORE he became Chief Justice. I mean, he's being tried as a Chief Justice - not in his previous positions in different Government Agencies.

EVIL SCHEME BEHIND PNOY’S PRIVATIZATION BID!

JOSE LUIS LEGARDA

The so called tuwid na daan daw is the easy way out which means wash your hands from responsibility and pass the burden to the public.

BIEN BALAJADIA of Marikina City

When presenting solutions, don't create more problems. Don't lie to the public. This is not 1986.

EMMANUEL CEZAR of Iloilo City, Iloilo

The only people who can afford to invest in this privatization bullshit are his relatives or their business partners. 30