Vol. I No. 33 • ISSN 2094-4098 Jan. 25-31, 2010

VILLAR POURED‘ALL’ HIS PORK ONC-5, DAANG HARI!

THERE is trouble brew-ing in Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corpo-ration (Quedancor)!

Regular state em-ployees affected by the planned rationalization of the lending institu-tion have already raised a howl against the stream-lining.

They call the move pushed firmly by new-ly-installed Quedancor president Federico A. Es-piritu as “contrary to the social justice principle enshrined in the 1987 Constitution.”

In a letter dated Febru-ary 5, 2010, Budget and Management Secretary Rolando G. Andaya Jr. approved the rationaliza-tion plan at Quedancor,

saying it is in line with Ex-ecutive Order No. 366 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations, and Memo-randum Order No. 190.

But the affected em-ployees cried foul.

Four days later, in an apparent haste, Espiritu issued Memo No. 067 ad-dressed to “all regular em-ployees” notifying them of the impending revamp and required them to reply within six days from the is-suance of the memo.

The employees noted that the six days given them to reply is in viola-tion of Section 13(e) of EO 366 that gives employ-ees two months “to decide whether to avail of the in-

centives [under the Or-der] or not.”

Under Section 5 of EO 366, the approval of the DBM of the rationaliza-tion plan would only be construed as a “review” but the final approval still falls on the President.

By doing so, the em-ployees complained that Espiritu usurped the pow-ers of the President.

The DBM letter the DBM letter was the re-duction of the number of departments in Quedan-cor from seven to five, the divisions from 20 to 11, and the regional of-fices from 15 to five area field offices.

In the same letter, An-daya also approved the

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By CHERRIE ANNE VILLAHERMOSA

JOIN CRUSADE TO CHANGE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN RPWE seek to establish a justice system whereby it is the people themselves who exercise the power to say who must be arrested and brought to trial and who exercise the power to judge if those brought to trial are guilty or not.

The power to say who should be tried in court is now exercised by the prosecutors in the Philip-pines. So that if the one being accused of rape, murder or corruption is influential, which is most likely, the prosecutors

can easily be intimidated or bought. BUT if we put this power in the hands of a Grand Jury, usually com-posing 23 persons selected by raffle from a voters’ list and whose names and faces are kept secret, we are fore-closing any opportunity for the influential crime doer to use his power, money and influence. The role of the fiscal shall be limited to the presentation of evidence in court. The Grand Jury is vested with the power to compel intimidated or bought witnesses to speak

up or he will be jailed un-til they agree to speak up by the power of contempt; law enforcers will be com-pelled to gather evidence or they will be held in jail in contempt until they agree to work as detectives.

Now, the power to say whether an accused is guilty or not is exercised by one judge in the Philippines; may be of a regional trial court or a municipal trial court. As we know or hear, the powerful and rich ac-cused can easily influence or buy decisions. BUT if

we place this power in the hands of a Trial Jury, a group of 12 ordinary persons cho-sen at random from the vot-ers’ list and whose faces and names are kept secret, we are also foreclosing any opportunity for the decision to be bought or influenced. Here, ordinary persons are tasked only to know what is true and what is false; the application of laws shall be the duty of the judge who is learned in law.

The fact that we are foreclosing opportunities for tampering with justice,

we are sure that the abusive and corrupt shall learn to toe the line and observe the rule of law.The vision here is we see

everybody to be “PATAS SA BATAS.”With jury, all laws can

now be implemented. If we have laws against discrimi-nation by one tribe against another, or by Christians against Muslims, or by the rich against the poor, we can say that rebellions (by NPA and MILF) will die because the root that is discrimina-tion is being attacked by the

Jury System. With all corruption

laws assured of imple-mentation, the usually corrupt officials will be compelled to stop steal-ing people’s money. The swindlers will stop be-cause they know the long arm of the law will surely reach them.

Businessmen will deal fairly with the consum-ers because the assurance of implementation of the laws keeps them at bay.

Sign up at http://philjury.ning.com.

By MARDE INDELIBLE INFANTE

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I AM happy to be back in the limelight. This is good break since I was retrenched from the newspaper that gave me the break.

Actually I cannot afford to lose a job but I have to ac-cept it. I owe my comeback to my mentor Engr/Atty Toto C. Causing for giving me the chance and include me as one of his staffers.

I’m here to give what is due to the reading public and serve them as long as I can.

Except for special or ex-traordinary occasions, almost all issues that I will tackle in my column will be about the problems, ordeals and

needs for help where Dyaryo Magdalo and I may be of service to overseas Filipinos, contract workers or not, all over the world.

This space is open to those Filipino residing in US, Can-ada, Europe, Middle East and other parts of Asia.

Tell me all your problems and I may be of help. If you

SENATOR Manuel B. Villar Jr. poured his so-called “pork barrel” on the construction and acquisition of right-of-way for C-5 and Daang Hari to increase the prices and sale ability of his subdivisions while at the same time selling his subdivision lots to the gov-ernment in sky-high prices.

In doing this, he also for-got the rest of the country. He may have forgotten that the Priority Development Assis-tance Fund (PDAF), the so-called “pork barrel,” has an underlying reason that it is for his entire constituency.

Being a senator, his con-stituency is from Basco, Ba-tanes in the north down to Sitangkay, Tawi-Tawi in the south. Only a sprinkle of his “pork barrel” funds has been given by him to areas outside his subdivisions traversed by C-5 South Extension and Daang-Hari Roads.

An exception to this rule is a P9-million fund given by him for a road construction in Iloilo, supposedly for the road leading to Savannah Subdivi-

are being maltreated by your employer and your request for assistance is being disre-garded by concerned embas-sies, we will do everything we could in order to bring right to your doorstep speedy or appropriate solutions. We may not be super humans but you can rest assured that we will help you in the tradition of truth of Dyaryo Magdalo, where truth is its language and liberty is its soul.

We have established ac-cess to our Department of La-bor and Employment (DOLE) Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and

sion.These are shown by the

records of the Department of Budget Management (DBM), the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and the Senate.

To understand the reason why he poured his pork bar-rels on areas where the C-5 and Daang Hari roads are, it must be known that these roads passed through his sub-divisions.

The Daang Hari road, con-necting Laguna, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas to Cavite, 24 of his subdivisions are benefiting from the tremendous increase in prices per square meter of his lots, tremendous increase in sale ability because more will be lured to buy due to the good highway provided by Daan Hari, and the overpriced payment made to him by the government for the lands used for Daang Hari Road.

The subdivisions of Vil-lar that are being traversed by Daang Hari are the following: (1) Lessandra Bacoor; (2) Si-ennas Villas; (3) Merida; (4)

Fronterra; (5) Camella Moli-no; (6) Lessandra Molino; (7) Lessandra Bucandala; (8) Bella Vista; (9) Tierra Nevada; (10) Pristina; (11) Terasa; (12) Lessandra Imus; (13) Cerritos 1; (14) Cerritos Trails; (15) Cerritos Heights; (16) Les-sandra Heights; (17) Colina; (18) Portofino Heights; (19) Portofino South; (20) Pon-ticelli of Crown Asia; (21) Springville; (22) Cassandra ng Camella; and (23) Amalfi of Crown Asia.

Among the large land de-velopment projects of Villar that are being passed through by the new design of C-5 South Extension, on the other hand, are: (1) Brittany; and (2) Golden Haven.

Other lands that were passed by C-5 are those that belong to Masaito Develop-ment Corp., which swapped its lands to Adelfa Properties, Inc., owned by Villar spouses and those that belong to other persons with him a Villar cor-poration has a land develop-ment agreement.

Uproar atQuedancor!

By TONY FIGUEROA

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Publisher:RONALDO E. RENTA

Editorial:TOTO CAUSING RONALD B. HERICO

Editor-In-Chief Associate Editor

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From 2001 to 2007, Villar served as the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the one in charge of fixing the budget of the country.

In this position, he is man-dated to be the one to lead the Senate in a conference with the team from the House of Representatives to reconcile the budget approved by the Senate and the budget ap-proved by the House.

And in reconciling the differences, the chairmen of the finance committees of the Senate and the House have the power to insert funds or say what should be the budget.

For the fiscal year of 2003, Villar spent big amounts of his pork barrel funds in the following manner:

1) 25 million pesos -- Fi-nancial assistance for flood controls project – channel cut-off and gabions at Kaybuboy Creek at Barangay San Dioni-sio, Para aque City;

2) 30 million pesos -- Fi-nancial assistance for road construction including road right-of-way for the San Pe-dro interchange in Barangay San Antonio, San Pedro, La-guna (This is for the Daan Hari Road);

3) 10 million pesos -- Fi-nancial assistance for widen-ing/repair of Narra Road from SLEX to Junction Southpeak in Barangay San Antonio, San Pedro, Laguna (This is part of Daan Hari Road);

4) 9 million pesos -- Finan-cial assistance for concreting/improvement of San Miguel road at Hibao-an, Mandur-riao, Iloilo City (This is the

road going to Savannah Sub-division).

5) 15 million pesos – listed as having spent for Las Piñas.

The total amount of pork barrel he poured on road proj-ects crisscrossing his lands reached 89 million pesos for 2003.

For the fiscal year of 2004, Villar spent big amounts of his pork barrel funds in the following manner:

1) 20 million pesos -- Fi-nancial assistance for priority development programs and projects Las Piñas City (This is for C-5);

2) 20 million pesos – an-other item labeled as financial assistance for priority devel-opment programs and projects of the City of Las Piñas;

3) 30 million pesos – an-other amount earmarked for Las Piñas;

4) 16 million pesos – a separate amount of his initia-tive spent for Las Piñas; and

5) 1 million pesos – a sep-arate amount augmented for Las Piñas.

For two years, 2003 to 2004, Villar’s other discre-tionary funds were scattered in measly amounts in differ-ent parts of the country.

For the fiscal year of 2005, Villar’s pork barrel funds went as follows:

1) 20 million pesos for Las Piñas -- Financial assistance for priority development pro-grams and projects, pursuant to Special Provision No. 1, PDAF, RA No. 9336, City of Las Piñas;

2) 10 million pesos -- Las Pi as-Zapote River System

C-5 EXTENSION ROAD PROJECT, ORIGINAL AND REROUTED: The upper line shows the original plan of the C-5 Extension Road, from South Luzon Expressway to Sucat Road in Parañaque City. The lower line shows the Manny Villar route plan for the same project that will traverse more than 20 subdivisions or other properties owned by Villar.

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abolition of 260 permanent and 1,138 contractual and casual positions, which roughly translates to the displacement of around 1,398 government employ-ees and personnel.

Actually, the plan to streamline Quedancor started in 2009 while Es-piritu was still the agency’s office-in-charge. It was only aggressively pushed after he was given the per-manent appointment as president of Quedancor to-wards the end of last year.

Earlier, in support of the state employees that would be affected by the revamp, Rep. Philip A. Pichay of Surigao del Sur wrote Es-piritu asking “the basis for the [planned] dismissal,” citing that the agency’s budget for 2009 “has not been reduced, hence it can-not be a rationale for the purported layoffs.”

Citing the government’s employment initiatives, the lawmaker also labeled the proposed retrenchment as running “smack against the thrust of President Ar-royo to create jobs for the

people.”The approved rational-

ization plan, which will af-fect all Quedancor offices nationwide, first got its strongest resistance from the regular employees in Caraga Region and Region VII.

In a united display of dismay, the Quedancor employees wrote an appeal to President Gloria Maca-pagal-Arroyo, expressing their apprehension that given the global economic crunch they would not be able to find another job if displaced.

The letter was furnished Andaya and former De-fense Secretary Gilbert Te-odoro.

On February 16, 2010, a day after the deadline set by Espiritu for the reply period of those who want to avail of the options un-der the rationalization plan, Melvin P. Matabilas, rep-resenting the Caraga em-ployees, sent another letter to President Arroyo, com-plaining about the “several agonizing ordeals in the form of memorandums and pronouncements” that

Espiritu made last year in relation to the streamlining plan.

Matabilas even cited President Arroyo’s state-ment dated March 16, 2006, where she told the attendees of the Asia-Pacific Convention of the Kiwanis International that “it would not be good to let state employees go while the government was giving emergency employment to the private sector,” as-suring that no government worker would be removed from his position in the midst of the ongoing glob-al economic crisis.

Next day, the same threatened state workers also sent a letter to Com-mission on Elections chair Jose Armando R. Melo asking his assistance fol-lowing reports that Espir-itu, even without the ap-proval of the President, is planning to implement the rationalization plan before March 26, 2010, which is the start of the campaign period for local elective positions.

Invoked by the Matabi-las group in the letter is the

ban on hiring and promo-tion the Fair Election Code clearly stipulates.

While the threatened state employees have not asked for Espiritu’s re-moval, Palace insiders supportive of the person-nel’s plight have expressed optimism the Quedancor revamp would not happen, implying that the agency’s president would suffer the same fate as that of the re-cently replaced secretary of environment and natural resources.

The Palace insiders were referring to the re-moval of Eleazar Quin-to, the shortest-reigning DENR secretary, who was replaced by then Mines and Sciences Bureau direc-tor Horacio Ramos after the former made drastic moves to streamline the department.

Quinto, son-in-law of Arroyo adviser Lupita Aquino Kashiwara and first-degree cousin of Sen. Benigno S. Aquino III, was later reassigned to the Presidential Coalition Af-fairs Office (PCAO), an obscure Palace agency.

RehabilitationProgram;3) 3.5 million pesos -- Fi-

nancial assistance for priority development programs and projects, pursuant to Special Provision No. 1, PDAF, RA No. 9336, Continuing Appro-priations for the City of Las

Piñas;4) 3 million pesos -- Fi-

nancial assistance for priority development programs and projects, pursuant to Special Provision No. 1, PDAF, RA No. 9336, Continuing Appro-priations, for Bacoor, Cavite, where the south end of C-5

road is located.In the year 2005, Villar

received a total of P60 mil-lion in PDAF, which means that more than half of his pork barrel funds were spent by him for the construction and completion of Daang Hari and C-5 roads.

To see how little he spent for other areas, the records show that for Fiscal Year 2004, Villar allotted P1,000,000 each for priority development projects in Malolos, Bulacan, Mexico, Pampanga, Masbate, Iloilo and Tawi Tawi and P2,000,000 and P3,000,000 for Calbiga, Samar, Lope De Vega Northern Samar for the rehabilitation of hang-ing bridge and construction of farm to market road and P10,000,000 for the expansion of integrated bus terminal in

Pagadian City; P4,000,000 for San Agustin Romblon; P1.5 million for Department of So-cial Welfare and Development for the implementation of CI-DSS program nationwide but for his constituents in Las Pinas City, Villar allotted P20 million.

The record shows that from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2006, a total of P162 million was released by the government for PDAF projects only.

For period covered from January 1, 2005 through De-cember 31, 2005, the govern-ment released a total amount of P60 million.

The record shows that of these P60 million PDAF proj-ects, over P40 million were allotted to Las Piñas City and

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MUCH has been said and writ-ten about the icon of

Philippine democracy, the late President Cory Aquino, and much more will come. There will be roads, bridges, towns and schools named after her to honor who is perhaps the most beloved president of our country.

She is truly the mother of Philippine democracy who re-stored freedom that the Marcos rule took away from us. She accomplished this through our current Constitution that was crafted by way of a constitu-tional convention representa-tive of the various sectors of our society, and reinforced by the transfer of power to a duly elected successor. Our Consti-tution of course is not perfect, and it will never be, but it was a working constitution that served as a foundation for our democracy and the Filipino’s aspirations.

Tita Cory is now gone. Although we know that her memories and triumphs will stay with us for generations to come. But how do we keep the values and ideals of Tita Cory alive especially when the journey that she has start-ed – for us – is still not within our reach and continues to elude us? This was a question whose answer has remained elusive even as I listened to the words of praise and thanks during the stirring and unfor-gettable funeral services.

In truth, the best tribute we can render Tita Cory is to keep her aspirations alive and wilfully pursue what she wanted for the Filipino people – to be free and empowered, a proud race. With this in mind, let’s start a “Tita Cory Movement”.

Our Movement will be a crusade of people who share

her aspirations for an enlight-ened Filipino who respects the law and selects leaders with integrity, dignity and honor. A people who expects – by right – service, justice, and accountability from its gov-ernment.

The murder of Ninoy gave birth to People Power. In recent years, questions and doubts have been raised on whether People Power is dead, following the people’s disenchantment and frustra-tions with the result of People Power 2. However, the out-pouring of emotion and sym-pathy on the passing away of our mother of democracy has again proved that the people’s love for Tita Cory and affirma-tion of her ideals and leader-ship are still very much alive and have even grown stronger. Let this massive and selfless demonstration of support for Tita Cory equally signal the rekindled challenge of People Power. Let this reawakening light the fire that would again unite us in demanding a trans-parent government founded on truth, justice and equity. Let Cory’s death be the cata-lyst, through the Movement, for a Philippines that does not tolerate injustice, abuse of power, and desecration of the basic institutions of checks and balances enshrined in our Constitution.

As what Tita Cory would have wanted, our Movement shall advance the cry for change through non-violence. To do this, it is imperative that we have the numbers that cannot be ignored. When we shall have amassed a mem-bership that cuts across all sectors of society – rich, poor, professionals, teachers, sol-diers, police, students, and the clergy – Cory’s and Ninoy’s fight for truth, integrity, and justice could be won with-out bloodshed. Through one

From page 1other concerned government agencies that cater or serve labor related aspects.

Likewise, this column is also open to all private and public transport associations that have experienced how they have been bullied by various law enforcement units of the PNP and other traffic officers, Land Transportation Office (LTO) enforcers, and Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) aides and local law enforcement units.

I know how to best handle your problems in this aspect in the event it happens to you.

I know how it feels to be-come an OFW because I had been out of the country as a forklift operator and a trailer driver in Jeddah Islamic Port for almost three years.

Readers are rest assured

that problems that need im-mediate solution can be acted upon accordingly and imme-diately.

This is because Dyaryo Magdalo is committed to serve people who need help in the wisdom of God or Allah who assures that those who knock shall be opened, those who search shall find and those who ask shall be given.

We are not biased in at-tending to problems and com-plaints, although we may im-pose proper scrutiny.

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By MARDE INDELIBLE INFANTE

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A FINAL TRIBUTE TOA GREAT LEADER

over time, undergo revisions and refinements as to form, structure and organization, among others. I hope that the millions who paid their last respects to Cory will be the first to start this transforma-tion of our country.

To get things going, I have created a Yahoogroup (titacorymovement@yahoo-groups.com) for everyone to share views and speak as one strong, loud voice. If you be-lieve in Tita Cory’s legacy and want to turn banners of love and thanks into unmistakable action, simply go to yahoo-groups and click “Join”. Like

People Power, invite your friends and relatives to join. The first 100,000 members will be the charter members of the Movement. At this time, we shall formally present this list as our gift to the Aquino Family for sharing with us Ninoy and Cory. It would be compelling to know how quickly we could attain the first 100,000 charter members of the Tita Cory Movement.

David L. Balangue is Chairman of SGV & Co. and the past president of MAP, FINEX, and PIC-PA. You may email him at david.l.balangue@ph.ey.com.

By TITACORYMOVEMENT.COM

voice, the Movement will en-able the power of government to revert to the people where it rightfully belongs and not to the politicians who care more for their self interests than those of their constituents.

The Movement will aim to preserve the independent in-stitutions of government and espouse zero tolerance on cor-ruption. It will be open to any Filipino who believes in this same goal. We need to build a virtual community of a size that will be a force to reckon with, of at least one million Filipinos worldwide. Since al-most everyone has a cellphone, we aim to include texting in the Tita Cory Movement. For

this, we ask the support of our cellphone providers and join in this final tribute.

We are probably the coun-try that most utilizes the SMS as well as social networking sites like Facebook and Twit-ter. These technologies and the Filipinos’ flair for them will be the communication platform of our Movement. These technology innovations will enable us to reach each other instantaneously and at minimal cost, particularly the over ten million Filipino diaspora who continue to sac-rifice abroad.

To my knowledge, this is the first time this concept is being put forward and will,

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PrivilegedSpits

By TOTO C. CAUSING

Only honesty can make a great countryI AM SO COMFORTABLE WITH NOYNOY.

I hope you are also with me when I say that the MOST IMPORTANT TASK now is to stop first corruption. This is because our country has gone to an almost irreversible pattern that blatant display of cor-ruption is the rule in all of-fices and all law enforcers whose service is not public trust but “hulidap.”

After stopping corrup-tion is achieved, that is the time we can talk of produc-tion.

Under the present sys-tem of justice and check-and-balance apparatuses we have, whether prosecution can happen on warlord poli-ticians or corrupt officials for crimes and corruption depends on the boldness of the President to confront the violators. So that what we need is the President who does not care if the ax would fall on his allies or friends or relatives or husband or son.

This is completely lack-ing in the person of Glo-ria Macapagal Arroyo and the past presidents you can name.

To prove my theory, I cite what a President can do in the case of Gloria Maca-pagal which she has not done all the time before the Maguindanao massacre.

Look how she easily pinned down the Ampatuans when she acted! It was pea-nuts to do so.

But she did this only because of the outpouring of outrage from all over the world because the massacre included 32 journalists.

If only she did the same to all past incidents and cor-ruptions that included Joc-Joc Bolante, Hernando Perez, her husband, her son and cousin-in-law, her allies, Mike Defen-sor, Lito Atienza, and many other allies, can you imagine how good our country has be-come for now?

Really, BOLD HONESTY IN THE PRESIDENT IS THE ONLY KEY TO STOP COR-RUPTION -- AND THE KEY TO ECONOMIC PROGRESS IS TO STOP CORRUPTION.

So why will our country would rise economically if corruption is stopped?

Simple.First, we will be assured

that monies will be efficiently used to where intended.

Second, the budget deficit will be stopped and will be re-placed by budget surpluses.

Why?Simple, again.If the BIR only honestly

collects taxes, there is no need to increase taxes.

It is common to hear sto-ries of businessmen due to pay a tax of P6 million but giving only P2 million to pay a manipulated computation and give P1 million to the tax-men.

Now, more than half of the country’s budget for a one-year operation is provided with funds by collections from the BIR. So that there is no deficit in collection to finance all the items listed in the national budget if only all of the taxes due are collected. We are not yet talking about customs collection and the ex-orbitant fees collected by the courts and other agencies.

So what do you think will

happen if tax collections ex-ceed the amount budgeted to be spent for a year?

This will give us surplus collections. The government can now begin to think of increasing the salaries of its employees or think of build-ing more schools, bridges and highways in the countryside.

Third, our laws are assured of implementation.

We have so many laws crafted by our Congress. But almost all of these are good for nothing; they are not imple-mented. If THE PRESIDENT IS BOLDLY HONEST, these laws on banking, agriculture, economics and agrarian re-form and other economic-related laws, such as those that protect local industries or products from smuggling, will be implemented

If these laws are only implemented because of ex-tra-bold honesty of the Presi-dent, we do not need “Galing at Talino” presidents who brought down our country to the quicksand.

So that I can now say with my head so high that THE ONLY PRESIDENT WE NEED IS A BOLDLY HON-EST PRESIDENT. He will be bold in acting on with extra vigor to cause the arrest and prosecution of crime and cor-ruption violators.

As such, this kind of

President will send a chilling message to all politicians, all warlords, all soldiers, all of-ficials, all policemen and NBI agents.

And when corruption is stopped, we can begin to talk of big programs for economic leaps.

Now, can Noynoy Aquino pass the test of honesty I re-quire?

I believe so.He and his sisters did not

steal when their mother Cory was the President. He did not take advantage of his be-ing the President’s son when everything he could have wanted he could get upon his wish for his wish was then the command. His father’s status as a national hero is a sufficient safeguard against him making a folly. For sure he cannot afford to destroy Ninoy’s legacy and Cory’s saintly image for the price of P200 Billion.

What about the issue of a sea of crooks and crocodile waiting for him? Can he sur-vive it?

I believe so, he can sur-vive.

It does not need an Ein-stein as president for a coun-try to advance in electronics for there are always intelli-gent Filipino scientists and all Presidents have Cabinet sec-retaries who will provide the

brain. The fact that Noynoy has that required honesty that can bring out a chilling mes-sage against stealing, these Cabinet men will perform to expectations.

And to think, Noynoy is a graduate of economics from Ateneo, unlike Erap who did not finish a course from Ate-neo. In other words, I am con-fident that Noynoy has at least the minimum required intelli-gence to discern what is good and what is bad in making de-cisions after getting sufficient information from his cabinet men.

Actually, the choice of anybody on who would be-come the best president is but a belief. For sure, NO ONE CAN PREDICT WHAT ONE MAN WOULD DO TOMOR-ROW. No one can predict that Villar would not steal. No one can predict that Gordon would not steal and play going with the tide. No one is sure that Gibo Teodoro would do good no matter his claim to be the only candidate who has “gal-ing at talino.”

While mine is only a be-lief, it did not come without any basis. I based it on his past performance of hon-esty. Much more that he will display HONESTY AT ITS BEST that he has a responsi-bility to take: the responsibil-ity to protect the names of his father and mother.

HE IS DEFINITELY A UNIQUE COJUANGCO. He is the mold of two bests: The best of a hero and the best of a saint.

Others insist to vote for Villar because they believe in his advertisements that he can lift the poor from sufferings.

Can you really believe him?Others insist it should

be Gordon because they believe he can transform the country. Why has he not transformed Olongapo from prostitution?

Others insist it should be Erap because they be-lieve “walang mahirap kung andyan si Erap.” Why has he not done that during his time? What more can he do?

Others insist it should be Bro. Eddie Villanueva because they believe in his “Diyos at Bayan” formula. Why has he not improved the lot of his flock?

Others insist it should be Jamby Madrigal because they believe in her. But why has she even failed to unite her own family on issues of wealth?

Others insist it should be Nick Perlas because they believe he will make the country green. Why? Can he plant one billion trees in his first year of his term? Can he expect all those he planted would grow into full trees in six years?

Others insist it should be JC delos Reyes because they believe he can do magic. But why he cannot even express his programs clearly in dif-ferent fora?

SO, MY COUNTRY-MEN, WE SHOULD BE HONEST AT LEAST THIS TIME FOR OURSELVES, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COUNTRY.

NOYNOY IS IT!As a final note, let me

say: AANHIN ANG MAY NAGAWA, PANAY NA-MAN MASASAMA?

LAST Wednesday, we were shocked that somebody delivered for me plenty of foods from Shanghai Bistro and it said it came from RE-SORT WORLD (RW) CASINO.

I did not know the in-tention of delivering the food but I respectfully refused them and asked that the foods be re-turned to Resort World. I did it because I believe there was no justification for me to receive these foods.

By the way, I received information about two SILENT PARTNERS of the new RESORT WORLD CASINO that has caused the collapse of PAGCOR-run Casino.

One of the partners is an official of PAGCOR while the other belongs to KAMAG-ANAK INC. of the Palace.

Besides these “SI-LENT PARTNERS,” one more thing that I wonder about is that why PAGCOR entered into a very disadvantageous contract where the gov-ernment would earn only 25 percent unlike the PAGCOR-run Casino where the government earns 100 percent.

Jerry’s BlogsBy JERRY S. YAP

Who are the silent partners of Resort World?SANABAGAN! This

should be the one that our lawmakers should investi-gate.

Onli in da Pilipins lang talaga!

Nephew of Rep. Asilo, new bagman of MPD?

One alias “TATA MIKE” is said to be the one lording over at the Manila Police District.

It is said that this Tata Mike is now the new “bag-man” of the MPD. More than anything else, he is a nephew of Manila CON-GRESSMAN ATONG ASILO!

Hik, hik, hik.So, if this information

is true, this Tata Mike must have heavy credentials. He is not only a BAGMAN, he is also a nephew of a congressman.

Oh, MPD DD Gen. ROD MAGTIBAY, sir, you may have a headache because of this person who introduced himself as the BAGMAN of MPD.

It will only be two things: “BUKOL” or “HE-MATOMA.” He, he, he.

Jollibee outlet sa Terminal 2 & 3, over­

pricing na lumalabag pa sa safety standard?!

It seems that the Jollibee franchises at the Centennial Terminal 2 and NAIA Ter-minal 3 are pampered.

The MIAA Concession Division is not minding the overpricing of the Jol-libee products there. Last year, I published the over-pricing of P6.00 in all food items sold in these Jollibee items.

The MIAA and Jollibee president TONY TAN-CAKTIONG do not also mind calling the attention of the Jollibee outlets at these two airports.

Why? Is it because Mr. SW, as

in “Super Wapang” to the MIAA management?

Not only that. When I went to NAIA Terminal 2 last week, I saw a “fryer” just behind the cashier of Jollibee at the Terminal 2.

There at the fryer they cook chicken joy, French fries. But they do not put a safety net for LPG they use.

Is this not a violation of

the SAFETY STANDARD at the Airport?

When this LPG fryer gets overheat and explodes (Oh Lord, please don’t let it hap-pen), is it not that all inside the airport will be affected?

Again, I urge the author-ities concerned authorities to double-check the Jolli-bee at Terminal 2 to see for your selves the violation.

I fear the day that before you act there was already an accident.

Subject GM of Pagcor Heritage and airport to

lifestyle check

BOSS JERRY, kai-lan ba ila-LIFESTYLE CHECK ‘yang GEN-ERAL MANAGER ng PACGOR HERITAGE at AIRPORT … masyado na silang yumayaman … at grabe nang naaagrabyado ang GOBYERNO.Kami ang kumakayod sila ang nakikinabang. – Con-cerned PAGCORIANS (+63918277 - - - -)

M. Arroyo owner of Resort World Casino?

BRO. Jerry si “BON-JING” M. Arroyo ang may-ari ng Resort World Casino. For your information that’s why … +63923266 - - - -

Beastly pickpocket at Ongpin

BOSS Jerry pakiBula-bog mga SIDECAR BOX d2 sa Ongpin cor. Gonzalo Puyat (Raon) 2 gabi mag-kasunod na nandukot sa mga Chinese lalo na sina Ayi, Tisoy Tangkad, Tisoy Panot, pati yung alyas Ka-lbo sana mawala mga ‘yan, sila mga magna2kaw dyan, don’t publish my # … +63917730 - - - -

Not amenable to Marlene Aguilar

GOOD day! 1 din po aq Ina at naiintindihan q si Marlene Aguilar pero bilang 1 ina po sana kung sa paniwala nila na walang kasalanan anak nila. sana isinuko na lang nila si Ja-son para naiwasan magka-sakitan cla ng NBI, kung sa anak po kaya nya gna-wa yun ganung pagpatay ky Ebarle Jr. ano po kaya gawin nya at mara2mda-man? Pano po kaya kung

‘yung anak nya pinatay ng ganun kabrutal? Ha-lata nmn na hndi totoo mga sinabi nya sa TV sana po malathala i2, tnx n more power. – S. Guti-errez of Nueva Ecija … +639128654 - - - -

Politician should go with the people

GOOD pm! PakiBU-LABOG po Bgy. Chair-man SUSAN GARCIA, say ng Bgy. San Isidro, Antipolo City na matu-tong makiharap sa tao na walang itinatangi. Ta2kbo pa nmn xa Vice-Mayor ng Antipolo sa darating na election ... +63930144 - - - -

Call to Major Cudal

PANAWAGAN q po i2 kay Major Cudal ng Sub. Station 3 sa Hi-dalgo, Mam Cudal bakit po lantaran ang bold d2 sa inyo nasa2kupan? La-long-lalo na d2 sa harap ng building na pag-aari ng pamangkin ni Mayor Lim, malakas yata ang padrino nilang si Lopez dahil puro kamag-anak nya ang mga nagti2nda d2 *some txt missing* … +63939657 - - - -

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I HAVE lived my entire life, half of that in the Philippines and the other half in the U.S.A. What I have person-

ally observed is that in both countries, there are incidents of discrimination. The dif-ference is that discrimination is about 100 times worse in the Philippines than in the U.S.A.

The prevalence of discrim-ination in the Philippines is the discrimination by the rich over the poor. This is reflect-ed in its justice system, the basic agency that is supposed to enforce fairness. Its justice system is totally and entirely controlled by rich people and led by no less than the presi-dent who appoints prosecu-tors, justices and judges.

Nowadays, by a brief call through a cellphone, the pres-ident can simply call prosecu-tors, justices or judges and tell these presidential “errand boys and girls” what he or she wants or do not want, how a criminal matter, for example, shall be decided. If you are poor and your opponent in justice is a close relative (such as an “FG” or an “FL”), or a close friend of the President, you can be sure either you end up signing an “Affidavit of Desistance” if you have a strong case, or your com-plaint will simply be placed in a back burner, i.e., post-poned and postponed, for-ever and ever (Amen), even though how highly-published the crime they committed. Among these are the com-plaints of the people against

multi-million fertilizer fund suspected scammer Joc-Joc Bolante and suspected eco-nomic plunderer Ex-Secretary of Justice Hernandez getting dismissed by simply twisting the facts of their crimes by the agents of the Ombudsman, who is just another errand girl or boy or close friend of the President.

In the U.S., if a crime is discovered to have been com-mitted, regardless of how high his position or rank in the U.S. government is, like President Bill Clinton or Richard Nix-on, you can be sure their cas-es will be resolved one way or the other to the satisfaction of the people within due time. Perhaps you can google more criminal cases of other noto-riously-rich characters in the U.S., like the authors of the Enron Scandal.

Why are the criminal in-dictments against notorious rich criminal offenders or even the President resolved satisfactorily without com-plaint from the poor Ameri-can people?

The reason for this is that it is the common American people that are the ultimate independent arbiter of justice through their Grand Jury and Trial Jury systems and not by their rich and powerful politi-cians and public officials. If a rich private character will discriminate any one under his employment that charac-ter will be assured of an in-dictment for discrimination from the common American people, through their grand jury system.

In the U.S., there is an equal balance of power in justice between the rich and the poor because they both partake in the ad-ministration of their justice system so that neither side can fool the other.

In the Philippines, there is no such thing as balance of power in justice because the Philippine justice sys-tem is exclusively en-trusted to the so-called (brilliant?) lawyers, prosecutors, judges and justices UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE PRESIDENT or under the command of the governor, mayor, or even by a barrio captain, as the case may be.

In the Philippines, if a rich character in the private sector commits a crime, all he needs to do is call the President, or the Governor, or Mayor, or barrio captain and then every-thing is taken care of for that wealthy criminal offender.

To bring down the de-gree of discrimination in the Philippines to the level of discrimination in the U.S. all that we need to do is adopt the MASTER BASIC AND PRIMARY SOLUTION to the various chronic ills and evils of Philippine Soci-ety. The participation of the common American people in their justice system is the reason the rich and powerful characters of U.S. society

By MARLOWE O. CAMELLO

cannot fool all the Ameri-can people all the time. In the Philippines, the rich and power full can always fool ALL the people ALL the time, not just some of the people and some of the time but ALL THE TIME.

I have drafted the proposed Jury System for the Philip-pines. Many of its provisions are geared to suit the culture of our people in the Philip-pines. I hope if a reader is averse to the jury system for adoption in the Philippines that reader should first study what those provisions are and let me know which one will not work for the Filipino people. I would be happy to correct anything wrong in it to make it work superbly.

Those who are expressing their dislike to the jury sys-tem without knowing the spe-cific recommended provision in the proposed jury law are nothing more than STEREO-TYPE OBJECTORS to the name “Jury” for ignorance of the system or who are downright corrupt and who simply want to keep their “privilege” of stealing other people’s money or wealth or that the guy may be an errand boy who likewise is getting rich like a pimp of a more powerful character. They are simply afraid that the people can easily send them to jail like almost all political can-didates and their supporters who are scared to mention the jury on their lips in their

political campaigns. The pro-posed law is attached to this message for his scrutiny. It is called File A04.

We can invite all wealthy capitalists and foreign inves-tors in the Philippines to open their enterprises as a solution against the problem of nation-al economic retrogression but they cannot stay long because they have to buy justice at in-creasingly exorbitant prices each time they need justice. I don’t think they will stay long enough with their busi-ness in the Philippines to sur-vive. For each business that moves away from the Phil-ippines you can be sure that employment opportunity will likewise move away by the absence of such business.

Discriminationin the USA andin the Philippinescompared

[Editor’s Note: This was written by Toto Causing in response to the argument of the lawyer of Senator Manny Villar that Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway Project (MCTEP) and C-5 Extension Project, where he is being accused of making a killing, are different from each other. This argument was posted by a blogger named “unlighted side” on the website: http://do-not-vote.ning.com ]

Hello unlighted side,To begin with, let me tell

you that in corruption there is only one side: THE BAD SIDE.

And to sum up the defense put up by Villar’s lawyer con-tending that MCTEP and C-5 Extension Project are two separate things, it is a vain attempt to cover up the real story and to confuse the mind of the people to hide the EVIL MIND’s scheme.

Now, let me inform you that there was already a pri-vate contractor: UEM-MARA Philippines, a consortium of Malaysian investors with Filipino counterparts. UEM-

MARA had actually started the project by constructing the pavement. But when it found out the construction of the NEW C-5 DESIGN caused by Villar it stopped and with-drew from the project. Worse, the decision to stop came at a time when it had already spent for the pavement they con-structed. Now, is this fair to UEM-MARA Phils. that the government would in fact kill their investments? How will it get back their investments?

What made UEM-MARA to back out is that they real-ized there was this NEW C-5 being constructed also adja-cent to MCTEP. Their logic is simple: WHO AMONG THE MOTORISTS COM-ING FROM SLEX OR C-5 PORTION IN TAGUIG WHO WILL USE THEIR ROADS FOR A FEE when there is ex-actly this NEW C-5 running adjacent that is as good yet FOR FREE?

This explains the reason why no contractor would

come in place of the one that backed out.

Remember that the NEW DESIGN OF C-5 EXTEN-SION PROJECT was ap-proved to start from South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and to run in parallel and ad-jacent with the ORIGINAL C-5 EXTENSION PROJECT for three kilometers along Merville or so before it veers to the right to run adjacent to Bro. Mike Velarde’s Multina-tional Village for also three kilometers or so. After run-ning aside with Multinational Village, the NEW C-5 DE-SIGN veers back, to the left, to form an “S” curve running through Villar’s subdivision and the last leg of the “S” curve passing through Ve-larde’s village. From the edge of the “S” curve, the NEW C-5 DESIGN runs straight down south, but this time OVERLAPPING THE OLD C-5 DESIGN for about 200 meters until it reaches SU-CAT ROAD (A. Santos AVe.)

in Parañaque. From that in-tersection of Sucat, the NEW C-5 DESIGN went down further to the south as the so-called “Las Piñas-Parañaque Link Road,” passing through Pulang Lupa where Crown Asia of Villar holds forth. Upon the other hand, THE OLD C-5 DESIGN went from Sucat Road to the right, forming a 90% angle from the said Link Road, to connect to the Coastal Road in Bina-kayan where you can see the Fisherman’s Wharf beside the bridge. Then from the end of the Link Road, the new C-5 Design connected to Molino Road in Cavite to form the so-called Molino Extension Road connecting to Aguinal-do Highway right where you can see the St. Dominic Hos-pital and Tropical Hut.

So that, the question that Villar has not answered up to today: ASSUMING THAT THE OLD C-5 DESIGN or the so-called “MCTEP” is dif-ferent from the NEW C-5 DE-

SIGN, will proceeding with the OLD C-5 DESIGN still economically viable, when the government, through the Public Estates Author-ity (PEA), had already paid P1.7 billion to landowners from whom it bought the right of way for the OLD C-5 DESIGN approved during the time of Marcos? If VIL-LAR will insist on “yes,” tell that to the marines! If you were the motorist, “un-lighted side,” will you still drive through MCTEP when there is an adjacent road equally good but for free? Will you still drive through the OLD C-5 ROUTE when your first exit after reaching the Coastal Road is the foot of the Cavite flyover that is about 200 meters from St. Dominic Hospital where the NEW C-5 DESIGN IS FOUND BEFORE GOING TO THE STILL-TO-BE CONSTRUCTED EXTEN-SION OF THE COASTAL

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14 October 2009Dear Uncle Ed,I was very relieved to hear

that you were all safe and sound in the wake of Ondoy and Pepeng. But how dev-astating that our people had to go through two such on-slaughts (particularly in Pan-gasinan, Ilocos and Manila — all of which remain very close to our hearts) one after the other! I hope and pray that the flooding eventually subsides and people are rehabilitated safely. And if Napocor and the San Roque people are in fact partially responsible for the terrible flooding in Pangasi-nan, I sincerely hope that they are made to face their day in court.

I thought I would write you because I’m concerned about some things that have been happening at home. I am not sure who you will endorse for president but I know that it will most likely tip the bal-ance again, much in the way that your endorsements have done in the past. I have never felt the need to write you be-fore, although I have always carefully observed your deci-sions through the years.

And I certainly had ques-tions — questions about hu-man rights during the martial law years, military logging under the Marcos administra-tion, the signing of IPP con-tracts after the power crisis (and the high cost of electric-ity for consumers), the San Roque dam, PEA/Amari, the Fort Bonifacio conversion/privatization program, the VFA, the Centennial celebra-tion, the endorsement of Joe de V and the continued sup-port of GMA until the bitter end. I was relieved to learn that you had been cleared of any wrongdoing in the PEA/Amari case, but always won-dered whether your decision to endorse Joe de V (which was after all a party decision as well) was inextricably linked to it.

Why am I bringing all this up now? Only to say that, as your niece, I have had many questions about your deci-sions through the years, but none that ever made me feel the need to engage with you

at length. To begin with, ours was not a particularly dis-cursive relationship. More importantly, I always felt the need to give you the benefit of the doubt, and trusted that you had the best interests of the Filipino people at heart.

And there was certainly ample evidence that you had done tremendous things in your lifetime. Not only were you a hero of EDSA 1: you had had a brilliant military ca-reer and were arguably one of the best presidents the country has ever had. Winning by only a small margin, you turned what might have been a costly liability into the success of pluralism. With liberalization and deregulation during your term, FDI increased and the economy as a whole remained strong, even throughout the Asian financial crisis. In fact, privatization, revenue genera-tion through a VAT on luxury goods and services, working with the communist and Mus-lim insurgency, and focusing on OFW rights (particularly in the case of Flor Contempla-cion) — were all hallmarks of your administration, and cer-tainly the kind of decisions my Fletcher professors would have applauded. Indeed, the suggestions of corruption were minimal, seen in the context of all your positive contributions and in compari-son with preceding and suc-ceeding presidents. Without a doubt.

But I finally had to break my silence after having watched the Ondoy aftermath with horror, realizing that our government was as much to blame for the colossal loss of life and habitation in the coun-try as was climate change. As an engineer, you know that the flooding was also due to poor civil engineering, urban planning and zoning; lack of waste management; lack of education and corruption.

The thought of your sup-porting Gibo (or even a Vil-lar/Escudero tandem, for that matter, in the event that Gibo has become too unpopular since Ondoy) was finally enough to make me put pen to paper. Without a doubt, Gibo is “incomparably compe-

tent,” but then so were Joe de V and GMA, Uncle Ed — and look what happened. I un-derstand that you supported GMA because you want-ed macroeconom-ic stability in the country above all, particularly in the apparent absence of any viable al-ternatives.

But I think the sweep of history speaks for itself: competent candi-dates with strong party affiliations are not necessar-ily going to be good leaders, nor will they neces-sarily be what the people want. Because they lack a certain ba-sic honesty, and I suspect the people sense that. If Gibo were sincere, why would he stay with Lakas-CMD, par-ticularly now that the merger with Kampi has been honored by the Supreme Court? Surely the ruling party has been discredited at this point, in view of every-thing GMA has done? There really is no need to enumer-ate anymore: I think, by now, we’re all pretty familiar with what those things are.

Even Obama was reluctant to have an audience with her, and overseas Filipinos con-tinue to refuse to send money to the Ondoy victims through their embassies and consul-ates, so deep indeed is their distrust of the government! Moreover, his performance in the post-Ondoy relief effort has hardly been stellar, as you must have already noted. Gibo is also undoubtedly backed by Danding (despite the alleged rift), which suggests that the two things that very much im-pede progress in our country — monopolies and oligarchy itself — will ultimately re-main unchanged. This is os-

tensibly the reason why many young people remain wary of Chiz/Loren or Villar/Es-cudero. As for Manny V, his meteoric rise to power is noth-ing short of impressive, to be sure, but his proclivity for engaging in back-room deals has certainly not gone unno-ticed. In short, what we see in these candidates appears to be more of the same — a posi-tion, I might add, we can no longer afford, and certainly not at this critical moment in our nation’s history.

Of course Erap’s decision to run will split up the op-position even further, which certainly strengthens the rul-ing party’s hand. But perhaps my biggest fear about Gibo (apart from the very real pos-sibility that, in subtle ways, the ruling party might cheat) has to do with the fact that charter change appears to be imminent, in which case, if GMA runs for Congress in the meantime, it is not entirely inconceivable that she could become our next Prime Min-ister. To be sure, you would be granted the same type of soft power you’ve been granted during GMA’s administration, but is it really worth it in the end, Uncle Ed? Do you really want to go down in history as the guy who saved GMA after “Hello, Garci” and who continued to hand the coun-try down to its unscrupulous elite from one administration to another? Isn’t the respect of the young — and of history itself — the most important thing, at the end of the day? In

my humble opinion, the best way to refurbish the fading Eddie brand now is to do the right thing and heed the will of the people.

Noynoy, of course, is less than perfect: we all know that. His record is remarkable only in its lack of remarkable achievements, and he certainly isn’t a particularly brilliant thinker or charismatic speaker. But he has never been tainted by any suggestions of corrup-tion and does not appear to have the propensity to throw his weight around. He is ap-parently thoughtful, respectful and humble, and we can only hope that his lineage will en-courage him to sacrifice for the country the way his extraor-dinary parents did. Because of this inimitable heritage, he is now the one candidate with the potential to unite the oppo-sition against the ruling party. For his part, Mar is no slouch, moreover, and the Liberal Party appears to have some progressive elements.

The point is: the people are clearly tired, not just of the “bickering,” as you say, but of the trapos themselves, and are willing to bet on someone who falls very far outside the stan-dard mold (Noynoy is, if you will, a reluctant Cojuangco, something many respect and appreciate). At any rate, I sin-cerely hope you will consider my thoughts — the thoughts of a young Filipina who loves her country immeasurably — when you make your decision.

But none of this changes my love and respect for you,

Uncle Ed. I’m just sorely dis-appointed and hope that, for once in my life, you might actually recognize that I’m old enough to make my own assessments. Nor does this mean that I’m not a “team player.” Because my defini-tion of teamwork is not that you command the team and everyone is thereby obligated to obey you. Instead, team members should be able to have different view points, while still working together for the greater good of the col-lective whole. In fact, demo-cratic exchange within the team can often enhance the quality of its collective deci-sions on the whole.

I sincerely hope that you place the country over any other considerations and choose the candidate who is really best for the country, and not in terms of who might further consolidate the tre-mendous power you already wield.

I hope you won’t be of-fended by what I have written (and hope you understand if I decide to include some of these ideas in my new blog) but, at 42, I think I’m finally entitled to my own opinion, Uncle Ed. You are after all the only father figure I have ever had (although you may not know it) and I’m writing you the way I would have written my own father, had I just been given a chance.

Please take care of your-self.

Love always,Lila

A niece’s letter to FVR: Support Noynoy

What’s the buzz?[Editor’s note: Dyaryo Magdalo takes the liberty of republishing this letter of

Lila Ramos-Shahani, a daughter of former Senator Letty R. Shahani, sister of former president Fidel V. Ramos (FVR). She wrote this while completing her doctoral degree in Oxford University.]

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Villar poured ‘all’ his pork on C-5,Daang Hari!

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATEwith

Special Power of Attorney

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:We, the compulsory heirs and wife of the decedent, MAGNO FELIPE MOLLENO, who are named as follows:1. Michael Rovira Molleno – child of the decedent born on July 17, 1975;2. Melvin Rovira Molleno – child of the decedent born on March 17, 1977;3. Merhusela Rovira Molleno – child of the decedent born on August 9, 1981;4. Miraflor Rovira Molleno – child of the decedent born on April 26, 1983;5. Melchora Maamo Rovira Molleno – widow of the decedent;hereby extra-judicially settle the estate of Mr. Magno Felipe Molleno who died on January 6, 2005 in Taguig, con-

sidering that he left no will and no debts, that all the compulsory heirs are of legal age and present in this Extra-judicial Settlement of Estate, that there is no personal property left but a mere interest in a real property consisting in the award by the Home Guaranty Corporation (HGC) for a condominium unit located at BLDG. D Unit 107 C-5 MRB Project Ususan, Taguig City.

When the decedent died, half of the interest in the said property went to the compulsory heirs and the other half remains with Melchora Maamo Rovira Mollena.

Further, the widow has a share of interest with the said half of the rights that went to the compulsory heirs applying the Law of Succession under the Civil Code of the Philippines.

Be that as it may, the herein compulsory heirs and their mother Melchora Maamo Rovira Mollena have to share into five equal parts the said rights of the decedent to the said award by the Home Guaranty Corporation (HGC).

Additionally, the herein compulsory heirs and their mother Melchora Maamo Rovira Molleno hereby agree as they hereby agree to name, appoint and constitute the said Melchora Maamo Rovira Mollena as their true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act as if they were present concerning the said rights and as such the said attorney-in-fact is authorized to perform the following powers:

1. To negotiate with the National Housing Authority (NHA) on how to pay the required downpayment and required monthly amortizations and other charges that go with the award of the said condominium unit;

2. To enter into a contract of assigning all the rights of the compulsory heirs to the said award of the said condominium unit with the objective of relieving all compulsory heirs of possible debts or liabilities that may arise from the failure to comply with the requirements of the said award of the said condominium unit; and

3. To perform all other powers necessary and implied from the exercise of the foregoing powers, including the power to sell the same rights if necessary for the objective of relieving all parties of liabilities arising from the said award.

All these compulsory heirs hereby RATIFY and CONFIRM the exercise by the said Attorney-in-Fact of the foregoing powers specially authorized for her to exercise.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we hereby sign this Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate with Special Power of Attorney on this ____ of December 2009 in the City of ____________.

Michael Rovira Molleno Melvin Rovira Molleno _____ ID No. _____________, _____ ID No. _____________, valid until ______ _________; valid until _______________; CTC No. ________________, CTC No. ________________, issued on _______________, issued on _______________, issued in ________________. issued in ________________.

Merhusela Rovira Molleno Miraflor Rovira Molleno _____ ID No. _____________, _____ ID No. _____________, valid until _______________; valid until _______________; CTC No. ________________, CTC No. ________________, issued on _______________, issued on _______________, issued in ________________. issued in ________________.

Melchora Maamo Rovira Molleno POSTAL ID No. 3330948, valid until: Jan. 27, 2010; CTC No. 19317531, issued on Feb. 19, 2007, issued in Taguig City.

Witnesses:

Sign: ______________________ Sign: ______________________Name: _____________________ Name: _____________________Address: ___________________ Address: _______________________________________________ ____________________________

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

BEFORE ME, in this City of ___________, on this ______ of December, 2009, personally appeared (1) Michael Rovira Molleno, (2) Melvin Rovira Molleno, (3) Merhusela Rovira Molleno, (4) Miraflor Rovira Molleno, and (5) Melchora Maamo Rovira Molleno, who exhibited their evidence of identity as written below their names above, known to me and to me known to be the same persons who executed the foregoing Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate with Special Power of Attorney, and who acknowledged to me that the same is their voluntary act and deed.

This instrument of three (3) pages including this Acknowledgment has been signed by the parties and their witnesses at the end thereof and on the left margin of all other pages.

Witness my hand and seal.

Notary PublicDoc. No.: ____;Page No.: ____;Book No.: ____; Publication: DYARYO MAGDALOSeries of 2009. Date: Jan. 25-31, 2010

only P12 million were allotted to Bulacan, Bataan, Cavite, Iloilo, Municipality of Biliran and Surigao Del Sur.

In addition to this, his wife Cynthia also poured almost all her pork barrel funds on the Las Piñas portion of the new C-5 Design.

The C-5 road project was first approved during the ad-ministration of the late Presi-dent Ferdinand Marcos.

In the original design of the project as approved by Marcos, the C-5 South Exten-sion road will connect North Luzon Expressway to South Luzon Expressway and to

ROAD?I have read the responses

of Villar’s lawyer at the same site long ago. The responses are not meritorious AND EVASIVE of the real issue that is corruption.

The answer that the NEW C-5 EXTENSION project is an alternative free highway smacks of a “PILOSOPO TASYO” argument. How can you call the new C-5 ex-tension design an alternate to a toll way when there is no more toll way to start with because that will no longer be constructed because NOT ONE INVESTOR will invest on it anymore? How can there be an alternate when there is nothing to take over because MCTEP will no longer exist in fact?

Now, it is erroneous for the Villar lawyer to argue that MCTEP is a single entry/exit road while the new C-5 design is an open-access highway on any of its parts. Why? The lawyer must be hiding the fact that then DPWH Secretary Gregorio Vigilar approved

in December of 1998 as the chairman of the Toll Regula-tory Board (TRB) the exits proposed by Villar, Velarde and Henry Sy.

NOW, how can the lawyer of Villar say that MCTEP is an elevated highway while the new C-5 design is a sur-face road? If I were to be-lieve in this, then there must be no more need for MCTEP to pay for right of way for lands because it is elevated above the houses, anyway, like the very long viaduct from Pulilan (Bulacan) to San Simon (Pampanga). And since there is an actual overlap of 200 meters or so at the end of the “S” curve to Sucat Road, does it mean to say that MCTEP will be a second-floor highway? Is it like the SKYWAY in SLEX where the toll is more than double the price compared to passing through the sur-face road of SLEX? Oh come on.

Now, the said lawyer, who-ever is she, erroneously stated that MCTEP and the new C-5

Design are “duplicate” of each other. Kindly advice this lawyer to check the dictionary what is the meaning of “du-plicate.” He must know that “duplicate” is an exact copy of the original. How can this lawyer say so after elaborat-ing on the distinctions or dif-ferences between the OLD C-5 design (MCTEP) and the NEW C-5 Design? When there are distinctions, then the two can never be a duplicate of one another.

Now, when MCTEP was approved by Marcos, it was approved with the name: C-5 (Circumferential Road 5) South Extension. The new C-5 design, that was stretched by Villar to three kilometers more, is named also as C-5 South Extension. So where is the difference?

Where is the economics of this lawyer and Villar that he had to pursue the new C-5 design when doing so would entail a cost of Six Billion Pesos to the government dur-ing these times when the gov-ernment has been borrowing heavily to arrest the bloating deficit of at least 300 billion pesos?

ONE MORE WORD. It is incorrect for other Villar law-yers to argue: it was not Vil-lar who sold his lands for the NEW C-5 Extension project, BUT IT WAS the government that bought his lands. My golly! Have they known that when the spouses Villar pro-posed the NEW C-5 Exten-sion design, their subdivisions were already there?

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Coastal Road in Cavite with-out passing through Manila City.

The original design of the C-5 South Extension from South Luzon Expressway to Coastal Road in Bacoor Cav-ite was 6.3 kilometers.

However, the route was changed in the new C-5 Road project. It became 9.7 kilome-ters because it had to pass in a zigzag manner through other Villar properties in Cavite.

This time, the link road from Sucat road of the origi-nal C-5 design was changed by discarding the stretch from Sucat to the Coastal Road to

reach through Binakayan, Ba-coor, Cavite.

In place of the discarded stretch, Villar proposed the Las Piñas-Parañaque Link Road Project for C-5 Ex-tension Road to creep first through his lots in Brittany and Golden Haven and Adelfa Properties.

So that under the new C-5 South Extension design the C-5 road still went in a zigzag route further ahead to pass through St. Dominic hospital before it will finally connect to the still-to-be-construct-ed extension of the Coastal Road.

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A portion of Daang Hari where Camella subdivision is situated. The Villar route is suppose to pass along these properties.

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BOXERS, great boxers that is, live to fight for legacy’s sake.

Rocky Marciano, Sug-ar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Alexis Arguello and Gabriel Elorde stormed the ring with nary a wind in their head. They fought the best and lost against the best.

But, Floyd Mayweather Jr., arguably one of the best defensive players in the sport of boxing, has fought some of the best but does not want to lose against the very best. His skills are impeccable, but his guts to face the most formidable opponents are suspect.

To say that Floyd Jr. has a legacy to protect is to ask for the moon. If ever he has a bequest to be emulated and inherited, it’s the way he has used his cockiness in bending the rules without being sanctioned for dis-torting them.

Truth to tell, Mayweath-er’s legacy is forever taint-ed. His ego is not only very much bloated, he flaunts power, loves money, and wants to dominate. On the way to asserting himself as a great man, he has irrevo-cably lost his legacy.

Let me state fifteen (15) reasons that have trans-formed the Mayweather legacy into an illusion or a

mirage.(1) He has crowned him-

self super-commissioner. He wanted the rules of box-ing dope-testing changed and the Nevada State Ath-letic Commission (NSAC) discredited.

(2) He lost the ‘Fighter of the Decade’ crown. Ring magazine and the Box-ing Writers Association of America (BWAA) be-stowed the distinction on Manny Pacquiao.

(3) He is an illegal drug user. He has been known to use Xylocaine, a painkiller banned in 49 states, except Nevada.

(4) He has skirted the best gladiators in the wel-terweight division. When Shane Mosley was young and when Miguel Cotto was undefeated, where was Mayweather?

(5) He has cherry-picked his opponents, ensuring he only fought wimps, weak-lings, and a sprinkling of inferior fighters.

(6) He has cheated in his

fight against Juan Manuel Marquez by not coming to the weigh-in in the agreed catch-weight. That makes him a Fraud.

(7) He has not won seven crowns in seven divisions, a feat that is not forthcoming to him, whether today or to-morrow.

(8) He has earned the pe-jorative sobriquets of ‘duck’ and ‘chicken.’ Worse, he is called ‘coward’ by his fel-low boxers.

(9) He is only rated No. 2 in the pound-for-pound division, in a way confirm-ing that he is not the best in his craft but only the sec-ond-best.

(10) He is afraid to fight outside Nevada for reasons only he knows.

(11) He is not a gentle-man on and off the ring. He loves to flaunt his bragga-docio, but he openly abhors humility.

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(13) He is a convict. Of-ficially, he has registered five records in the police blotters for cases ranging from misdemeanor to bat-tery charges.

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(15) He disrespects tradition, belittles fellow boxers, badmouths people he loathes, and by his ac-tions confirms that he is the world’s biggest ego.

Of course, the list can be a mile long if you start digging Mayweather’s per-sonal past.

But with the above-cited reasons alone, there’s no ar-guing Floyd Jr., whichever way he turns, is a legacy gone.