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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQ9H9qqtjA"]YouTube - CONFIRMED ARROYO 3RD LAVISH DINNER AT FRENCH RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK[/ame]

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    Ninoy said "The Filipino people are worth dying for."


    For GMA: "The Filipino people are worth dining for."

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    Merun na naman ubus ubus biyaya bukas naka tunganga!

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    "At lalala pa Pare ko.... Lalala pa Pare ko....

    Sapagkat, tuloy ang ikot ng mundo....."

    8505:bat:

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    Quote Originally Posted by attyallanlatras View Post
    Ninoy said "The Filipino people are worth dying for."


    For GMA: "The Filipino people are worth dining for."
    She has bad hearing and misheard the quote.
    While Cory was dying GMA was dining.

    How much does a Congressman/Senator make if they can afford to spend $20,000 or Php940,000 for dinner?

    Well I decided to Google the answer.
    Congressman/Senator
    Step1
    Php 40,425 per month or Php 485,100 per year
    Step8
    Php 48,052 per month or Php 576,624 per year

    That's weird because he just spent 2 years pay for that dinner and he should probably not be paid anymore for his service.

    I knowthey are given allowances for their foreign trips/assignment. However, I believe they have just surpassed their per diem allowance for all trips they take within their lifetime. Heck, I travel for the government under my job and my per diem for that isn't even close to what these guys are spending and I work for a first world country.
    Last edited by redorange; August 20th, 2009 at 11:59 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by redorange View Post
    She has bad hearing and misheard the quote.
    While Cory was dying GMA was dining.

    How much does a Congressman/Senator make if they can afford to spend $20,000 or Php940,000 for dinner?

    Well I decided to Google the answer.

    Step1
    Congressman/ Php 40,425 per month or Php 485,100 per year
    Senator Step8
    Php 48,052 per month or Php 576,624 per year

    That's weird because he just spent 2 years pay for that dinner and he should probably not be paid anymore for his service.

    I knowthey are given allowances for their foreign trips/assignment. However, I believe they have just surpassed their per diem allowance for all trips they take within their lifetime. Heck, I travel for the government under my job and my per diem for that isn't even close to what these guys are spending and I work for a first world country.

    the money is from Malacanang

    that's where all the big money goes, comes from, passes thru

    it's ground zero

    Malacanang has a hand in everything that goes on in this country that involves large amounts of money

    it's like another central bank

    they are not constrained by a "budget" when they go abroad

    sky is the limit

    they got ATMs in the living room hehe

    all they have to do is take cash out of their vaults and put it in duffle bags

    it's all cash

    they transact in cash

    like organized crime

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    Well Malacang says they are not spending the money but the Congressman and Senators inviting the President. So let's give them the benefit of the doubt and put heat on the person that paid the bill and once he is under enough public pressure he may eventually tell the truth. You can't always go through the front door sometimes you have to find other ways to catch the thief.

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    ok

    and they also have this story where a NY-based Filipino architect (brother of a congressman) paid for the Le Cirque dinner

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    They're doing this all the time....

    8505:bat:

3rd dinner with GMA in NY confirmed