Lords of Jueteng!

[chua_riwap]

Yung bagong PNP chief, si Bacalzo, involved daw sa jueteng. Sa TV Patrol naman, kanina lang, involved din pala si DILG Usec. Puno & the just retired Gen. Verzosa. Paano maiimbestigahan yan, kung sila-sila, may take sa payola.

Anak ng Jueteng oh!



http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/09...-jueteng-lords

DILG to verify list of jueteng lords


MANILA, Philippines - Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo said on Wednesday he already has a long list of "jueteng lords" which still needs to be verified.

In an interview with ANC’s Headstart, Robredo said the DILG already has a list of names, but it has yet to identify who gets big sums from the illegal numbers game.

“We have a long list... [But] this needs some validation, pero meron talaga pero hindi pa validated kung sino yung tumatnaggap ng malakihan. In fact, we’re summarizing [the list], and we’ll provide the appropriate authorities yung listahan,” Robredo said.

Last week, retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz said he can name two high-profile officials close to President Benigno Aquino III as “jueteng lords.” The archbishop refused to disclose the names, saying it is the job of authorities to verify the report.

After Cruz's exposé, DILG undersecretary for peace and order Rico Puno reported that he had received offers from jueteng lords, but turned them down. Puno is known to have ties with the police force and was appointed DILG undersecretary in charge of police even before Robredo was named secretary of the DILG.

Robredo, however, did not comment on Puno’s links to jueteng, except to say people who have been named should be allowed to explain.

The secretary also added the DILG is addressing the jueteng problem in a “systematic” manner, and has lined out 3 plans to phase out jueteng.

“Let’s offer a competitive alternative to jueteng, yung STL [Small Town Lottery] to make it more attractive. Kapag tao na mismo ang nagsasabi na mas okay ang STL kaysa sa jueteng, I’m sure ang revenues ng STL tataas, ang tao will patronize STL. Legal ang STL sa government,” he said.

Robredo said the original design of STL was made to fail so that jueteng will continue to proliferate in local communities.

Another step is to improve enforcement of laws against illegal gambling. Robredo said jueteng flourishes in communities because of the blessings of both the mayor and the chief of police assigned in the community.

He said they will make sure that erring officials are apprehended once their involvement has been proven by proper authorities.

The secretary said the third strategy is to wean people away from gambling, but, he added, this is no small feat.

“We’ll wean away the people from the gambling culture. Ito yung medyo mahirap-hirap kasi palagay ko, kalahati ng mamamayan gusto magtaya, kalahati, walang ginagawa. Ang atin siguro, we’ll find some ways in which to use it positively,” he said.

Robredo said the DILG will come up with a mechanism under the National Police Commission where complaints will be heard and cases can be filed against jueteng operators.

“Ang pinakatamang closure nito sampahan ng kaso,” he added.

Robredo encouraged witnesses to surface as there is usually no paper trail to prove the existence of jueteng operations.

“We would like as much help as we can. If there are people who want to help us, we’ll gladly extend a helping hand as well. Hindi talaga madali [maging witness] pero the only way to move ahead is to get some witnesses who are willing to take the risk and at the same time provide information,” he said.

[safeorigin]

oh man, making a news about the previous administration again to make themselves look clean. good job!

[jimnyeatworld]

if half of our countrymen want to waste their life on gambling, then why stop them? it's their life. for me there's no more boundary, gambling is life .. life is a gamble, business is a gamble, marriage is a gamble, sports is a gamble, even choosing careers is a gamble.

basta walang ma-hurt or masaktan that's ok.

[safeorigin]

even betting when somebody will get banned tomorrow or later on is a gamble

[vito corleone]

it's between

take the bribe money and protect the jueteng operators

or

do not take bribe money and arrest the jueteng operators


palaging nananaig yung una so hindi mawawala yang jueteng kahit kaninong administrasyon

[badsekktor]

temptation is so hard to resist..... especially if there is a gun pointing at your head if you do so.......

If they really want to eradicate jueteng, they should have started with the head (Pinedas).....

[Lucius]

If I'm a politician and if in my area there are jueteng lords, I will just cooperate.

Why? Simply because no life is being spared, not unless someone talks about it in public and later on gets killed. Money begets money.

Accept it, gambling started way too long ago. It will be here until we all die. So why go against it? It's not a problem, it's the players that are the problem. Do something to control the players, not the game being played and the money flowing.

[oliver1013]

Kung huhulihin lahat ng na involve sa jueteng baka wala nang matira

[chua_riwap]

May circus sa Senate ngayon..........


http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/09...eteng-coddlers

Cruz revealed 12 names as jueteng lords, operators and recipients of jueteng payola during the Senate joint panel inquiry on the illegal numbers game.

The 12 are:

1. Baby Pineda in Pampanga

2. Paul Dy in Isabela

3. Retired general Eugene Martin

4. Mayor Mauricio Domogan of Baguio

5. Danny Soriano in Cagayan

6. Retired General Padilla in Pasay, Parañaque, Muntilupa and San Pedro

7. Governor Amado Espino in Pangasinan

8. Boy Jalandoni in Bacolod

9. Eddie Fontanilla

10. Rey Cachuela

11. Undersecretary Rico Puno

12. Retired General Jesus Verzosa

[istan]

Haha! Hot Seat si Puno ngayon. Ayaw magbigay ng mga pangalan ng kaibigan nya. Nakalimutan raw nya mga pangalan.
Ayos tong si Puno, amnesia. :D