All about P-Noy

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saun man nato nga ingana man jud ug utok atong president.....very goooooooooodddddddddddd

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i hope the congressmen and senators would vote against this!!!

[LytSlpr]

doesn't make sense to me.

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it only make sense to the consortium of peping. or whoever gets to buy PAGCOR!

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President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III is the 15th President.

A lot of istoryans are criticizing his every move. From the wang-wang issue, to the Trillanes, to the Abads.

Diri na lang ta magistorya bahin kay PNoy!!!

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Abads in government

Abads in government: Son-in-law under scrutiny
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:48:00 07/22/2010

Filed Under: Government, Family, State Budget & Taxes, International Economic Institutions
MANILA, Philippines—With the inter-locking postings of the members of the family of Budget Secretary Florencio Abad Jr. under intense public scrutiny, a party-list member has raised an alleged conflict-of-interest situation in the case of Abad’s son-in-law who is connected with the World Bank.

Gabriela party-list member Luzviminda Ilagan considers it “more than a coincidence” that all of the posts given to the four Abad family members were related to government finances and the daughter, Presidential Management Staff Chief Julia Abad, was married to a Britisher who works with the World Bank, a major source of government borrowings.

“Don’t get me wrong, they have done nothing wrong in accepting these posts. It’s just that these appointments have created a public perception that they are in a conflict of interest situation,” said Ilagan.

The senior Abad is the gatekeeper of the national budget, including the release of pork barrel funds to lawmakers; the mother, Batanes Rep. Henedina Abad, is set to become senior vice chair of the House committee on appropriations, the lead body formulating the annual state budget; the daughter will oversee the deployment of the President’s pork barrel of more than P1 billion; and the son, Luis Abad, has direct and personal access as Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima’s chief of staff.

Julia’s husband, Andrew Parker, works as a senior rural development economist for the World Bank’s Philippine office. They met when Julia was employed as an executive assistant of Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman at the social welfare department whose Kalahi-CIDSS poverty alleviation project was being funded by the World Bank. The two married in 2008.

With the government expected to rely on borrowings for the budget—President Aquino having vowed not to raise taxes—Ilagan questioned whether the Abad’s being married to a World Bank officer would mean that the latter bank would be given preference over other multilateral lending agencies in choosing where to borrow.

“The WB competes with other multilateral agencies in lending to the Philippines. Since the Abads are seen to be in positions that can influence the government on deciding where it will borrow, choosing the WB will immediately be cast in a cloud of suspicion of favoritism,” Ilagan said.

Ilagan, a representative of the militant Gabriela women’s party-list group, also noted that the policy reforms prescribed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund as a condition for their lending have been much criticized.

Ilagan claimed to have been getting a lot of feedback on the issue of the four Abads in the Aquino government which she said was being perceived as a lack of delicadeza (sense of propriety).

“It seems that this administration is no different from its predecessor when it comes to lack of transparency,” she said.

But to Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, an economic adviser of former President Arroyo and now a party ally of Mr. Aquino, the issue of too many Abads in government was overblown.

“Having worked with Butch and Dina during the socdem struggle and in the House of Representatives for nine years, the fears of conflict of interest are quite overstretched,” he said, adding that their competence and record of public service outweigh all the objections.

He believes the public is better off being served by this family in whom the President has a lot of confidence.

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Should a family, the Abads, have too much power in government?

What do you guys think!!!

[estor_boot]

should PNoy be criticized for having four Abads in the goverment?

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well a representative is questioning it. maybe!

[boom_box]

should PNoy be criticized for having four Abads in the goverment?

Kamusta naman ang Batanes aber?

It seems the Abad will be the new clan which is a product of the dogma "Kamag-anak Inc.",
well thanks to the "Utang-na-Loob" benefits...
Kunting delicadeza naman please...