Who caused MORE damage to the country, ERAP OR GMA? Why?

[melvlade]

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FPJ nalang... Atleast he had not had the chance to get momo with real Political life. na siya so lucky him. If not it would be HELLO Panday?

[barakz]

it's all of us causing damage to our country. why? because we are putting our feet to the others feet... we always need help...
put this into your mind, let's try to stand in our own... not erap, not gma, not deceased fpj and roco can help our country, its us... people of the republic of the phils.

[Bolshoi]

Barakz, naka take naba ka og bar exam ron? hehehe,.. just asking.

Comment lang ko gi post snmp ha. If we keep on protesting again and again and again there's no way we can recover our economy. Mura ragud nag basketball, dili mag daug og mag cge og dreball. We need to shoot the ball to win the game. If i were those striker on the street, i better go home and plant kamote.

No doubt Erap! PGMA still have to prove his leader right now considering his term. Lpaman nahuman ya termino.

[s.n.m.p.]

UP study finds Northrail deal illegal

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THE University of the Philippines Law Center yesterday said the P503 million North Railways contract with China is "flawed and illegal".

Prof. Merlin Magalona and lawyer Harry Roque said the contract to rehabilitate 32 kilometers of railways from Caloocan City to Malolos, Bulacan, by the China National Machinery and Equipment Corp. (CNMEC) runs against the provisions of the Constitution.

The study was presented to senators during yesterday’s hearing at the Senate convening as a committee of the whole.

Rene Santiago, a technical expert of the center, said the contract was void and illegal since it was awarded to the CNMEC without public bidding.

Santiago said the project was not supported by a bill of quantities, which refers to the statement of work, material, labor, and specifications of the rolling stock.

Under an agreement signed in December 2003, China’s Export-Import Bank would bankroll the project with a $400 million loan and the Philippine government would put up a counterpart fund of $103 million.

The contract was one of the cases that pro-impeachment legislators had planned to present at the impeachment trial of President Arroyo.

Bartolome Fernandez, former commissioner of the Commission on Audit during the Aquino administration, said the contract did not include a certification of availability of funds.

He said such certification should be attached as an integral part of the proposed contract entered into by the government.

Fernandez said that of the $503 million project cost, $100 million would be shouldered by the Philippine government.

However, he noted that there is no appropriation in the national budget to finance the project.

"Without (the certification), (the contract) is void," he said.

Another damage to the Filipino people caused by GMA. When it rains it pours. Gloria Arroyo self destructs. :mrgreen:

[s.n.m.p.]

Gov’t lawyer in Senate probe locked out

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FOR attending yesterday’s Senate inquiry on the North Railways project, a government corporate lawyer found himself locked out of his office.

Efren Gonzales, assistant government corporate counsel, is the third person to taste the wrath of Executive Order 464 which prohibits the appearance of senior officials before legislative inquiries without the permission of President Arroyo.

The order to padlock Gonzales’ office came from government corporate counsel Agnes Devanadera.

Gonzales was the lone government official who showed up to testify on the P503 million project which has been described by a UP Law Center study as illegal, flawed and violative of accounting and auditing laws.

Other scheduled resource persons stayed away, claiming that they either had not yet looked over the UP Law Center study on the project or because of EO 464.

Aside from Gonzales, the other resource persons invited to the hearing were Northrail president Jose Cortes Jr., Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) president Narcisco Abaya, Budget Secretary Romulo Neri, former Finance Secretary Juanita Amatong, Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza; presidential legal counsel Merceditas Gutierrez, Philippine National Railways general manager Jose Sarolla II, Transportation Undersecretary Guiling Mamondiong, MRT-3 general manager Roberto Lastimoso and LRT manager Melquides Robles.

Senate President Franklin Drilon said he was informed by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita that the officials failed to secure Arroyo’s permission.

"I got a text (message) from my wife and my secretary, informing me that my office had been padlocked," Gonzales told the committee.

Gonzales said he did not get the consent of the President before going to the hearing because he believes that he is not covered by the executive order.

"Hindi naman ako cabinet secretary, hindi naman ako cabinet official, sabi ko hindi naman ako siguro covered by the order," he said.

He said that before he attended the hearing, he told his superior that he would testify and at the same time would get copies of the study made by the UP experts.

"Nagpaalam naman ako, tapos sabi ko, kukuha ako ng dokumento dahil walang kopya ang ibang naimbitahan," he said.

Drilon said he would send both Ermita and Cortes copies of the legal opinion of the UP Law Center.

He said the Senate would also provide legal assistance to Gonzales.

"He is a lawyer himself. He should be able to defend himself. But yes, if they request that, we can provide assistance in terms of certification that, indeed, he came here upon the invitation of the Senate," he said.

Last Thursday, Brig. Gen. Francisco Gudani and his deputy Col. Alexander Balutan were sacked by the Armed Forces after they appeared before the Senate inquiry on the "Hello Garci" wiretapping controversy

Imbes ni attend siya sa Senate to defend the Government, gi padlock na hinoun ang iyang opisina. Crazy jud kaayo ang government karun uy.

[Archer_Sault]

unya SNMP mag cgi nlang ka post anang mga articles dha?!?...showbiz kaayo na oi...mo tuo ka ana? hahahaha jologs!!! bisan kinsa na tawo pwede mag himo ug mga bakak nga articles...hahay kaluoy sad tawn...oooppppssss ayaw na angal dha...hehehe

PS nawng sa mga napalaw nga gusto mag rally... CAPITAL WASTED!!! hahaha BATO BATO SA LANGIT...

[s.n.m.p.]

GMA: One wicked cheat and impostor, protected by corrupt generals. Without those generals, GMA is a goner.

[slyder]

wicked impostor for a mutt like you, the lady with the iron hand for us. enough of the abuse of democracy. the gov't should protect people like us who pays taxes and give jobs to people, and not some squatters and lazy people who hinders us by their foolish outcry.

[bagofcandies]

HAAAAAY NAKU ,, TO END THIS,,, MAAYO PA IPAG PAKOG NA SILA GMA UG ERAP!!!!

[Archer_Sault]

HAAAAAY NAKU ,, TO END THIS,,, MAAYO PAÂ* IPAG PAKOG NA SILA GMA UG ERAP!!!!

KYUREK!!! maypa...hehehe para mahuman na ta ani...pero pag pakog ana nila duha...sos mag lalis nasad kung kinsay nka bukol...tinikas daw ang pag pakog...asuuussss!!! SAME SPOT! SAME RESULT!