Duterte's Platform Of Government

[Sweetlucious]

Napikon na naman pala si Mang Kanor

Typhoon Ulysses from Nov. 2020?

[dr. d]

Napikon na naman pala si Mang Kanor

why?
what did robredo do?

[H1Tman]

^Hindi kaya fake news yan kasi Ulysses pangalan ng bagyo?

[Yatta]

^Hindi kaya fake news yan kasi Ulysses pangalan ng bagyo?

Last year pala yan. Nung nag-trending ang #AsanAngPangulo nung Ulysses.

[Flipo]

The Duterte legacy | The Manila Times

A classic case in this regard is the nuclear power plant built by President Ferdinand E. Marcos during the martial law regime. That plant would have solved as early as then the exorbitantly high cost of electricity. But a typically vindictive usurper of political power, Ninoy's widow Cory, ordered the closure of the plant upon assumption of the presidency in EDSA 1, Among the first acts of the usurper was, together with the release pronto of Communist Party of the Philippines Chairman Jose Maria Sison, the return of Meralco to the Lopezes gratis et amore. Clearly from this example, we see how in the hands of the callously evil, the presidency can be manipulated to favor only personal interests.

"PRRD (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte) showed the people how a good servant leader should be. He genuinely brought change in governance, except for a few major issues which he wasn't able to address during his term. I will not belabor what those issues are, but suffice it to say that people know. They are not stupid. It is not a perfect government; far from it. And many of the reforms he brought to his bureaucracy have to be sustained for another six years. Sadly, only another good leader like him can deliver them.

So, who cannot deliver them?

KUNG SI MARCOS PO MISMO AY KINABAHAN SA BATAAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, NA IKINABAON NATIN SA UTANG FOR 31 YEARS, BAKIT PO IPINANGANGALANDAKAN NA PROUD ACCOMPLISHMENT NIYA ITO?
Marami pong Marcos family supporters ang hindi matanggap ang katotohanan ng post ko na bangkarote na noon pang 1983 ang pamahalaan ni Pangulong Marcos, kaya’t nagdesisyon siya na simulan na ang pagbebenta ng government assets. Kahit nasa post ko na yung mismong Presidential Decree No. 2030 na linked sa Official Gazette, in denial pa rin sila. Sabi nila, hindi naman daw po si Marcos ang nagpalubog sa Pilipinas, kundi si Pangulong Corazon Aquino, kasi “Golden Age” daw po ng Pilipinas noong si Marcos ay Pangulo.
Isa pong reklamo nila ay ang hindi pagbubukas ni Cory ng Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). Sabi nila, para na lamang itinapon ni Cory ang pera at dahil hindi napakinabangan ng Pilipinas ang nuclear power plant, hindi tuloy bumababa ang presyo ng kuryente sa Pilipinas. Bakit nga ba hindi binuksan ni Cory ang BNPP?
Maaalala po natin that on March 28, 1979, nagkaroon ng aksidente sa Nuclear Power Plant sa Three Mile Island sa Pennsylvania, USA. Na-alarm ang buong mundo sa aksidenteng iyon. At the time of the Three Mile Island accident, 3 years into construction na ang BNPP.
Lumalabas po na nagkaroon din ng malakas na pagdududa si Marcos tungkol sa BNPP after that accident. Naglabas siya ng two official sets of instructions tungkol dito: ang Letter of Instruction (LOI) No. 876 signed on June 16, 1979 at ang LOI No. 957 signed on November 17, 1979.
Nag-form si Marcos ng Cabinet-level “Committee to Conduct an Inquiry on the Safety to the Public of the Proposed Nuclear Plant in the Country” at binigyan niya ng instructions sa LOI 876. Observe niyo po, ang tawag niya sa BNPP which was already in the third year of construction ay “proposed nuclear plant in the country.” Ang tindi, ano po? Parang may pahiwatig, na walang complete staff work before nag-start ang construction.
May mga katanungan si Marcos that he wanted the Committee to investigate, tungkol sa safeguards para siguraduhin na hindi mangyayari sa BNPP yung nangyari sa Three Mile Island. Ang pinaka-intriguing questions na itinanong ni Marcos ay yung question # 5 - # 7 sa LOI 876. Intriguing kasi bakit 3 years into the construction lang itinanong ni Marcos ang mga ito? Posible kayang ang mga pinakamahahalagang tanong ukol sa safety ng publiko ay hindi ni Marcos inuna, kundi maaaring pinasok na kaagad ang proyektong ito kahit may importanteng unsettled issues:
“Q#5. In case there should be an earthquake similar to the one that hit Mindanao in August 1977, which was of 7.2 intensity on the Richter scale, will the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant be able to withstand the shock without leak or spillage resulting in nuclear contamination? Can it withstand a tsunami or tidal wave caused by earthquake or tectonic origin similar to the tsunami that hit Mindanao in August 1977?
”Q#6. Is the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant located in a fault in the earth’s surface?
“Q#7. What is the history of earthquakes in the particular site of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant?”
After 5 months, ito ang lumabas na report ng Committee ni Marcos, at ito ang naging utos niya:
“The Commission on Nuclear Reactor Plants, which I created on June 15, 1979, has submitted a report to me containing the facts found and the conclusions drawn by it in the course of its official inquiry.
"Among other things, the Commission has come to the conclusion that, AS DESIGNED, THE BATAAN NUCLEAR PLANT IS NOT SAFE, AND THEREFORE IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC.
"In view of these findings, it will not be possible to continue with the construction of the Bataan Nuclear Plant unless the contractor, Westinghouse, introduces fundamental changes in design and adapts additional, adequate and acceptable safeguards to ensure its safety and protect the health of the public.”
Hindi po natin alam kung completely rectified na yung defects ng BNPP nang si Marcos ay napaalis sa pwesto. Hindi po ever na-inaugurate ni Marcos ang planta kahit sinasabi ng Westinghouse na ready na ito by January 1985.
At the end of the project, matatandaan po natin na lumobo ang original price ng Westinghouse for the BNPP from USD 500 million to USD 2 billion. Sinasabi pong binayaran natin ang loan na iyan for 31 long years since construction began; nag-end lang ang payments natin in April of 2007. At sinasabi pong 10% ng ating annual loan payments from 1986 until 2007 ay napunta dito, bukod pa sa maintenance costs ng planta hanggang ngayon. Malinaw po na nakuba ang Pilipino sa kakabayad ng utang na ito. Kung si Marcos po ay nag-conclude na unsafe ito in 1979, at in 1986 ay hindi pa ito na-start para gawing operational nang siya ay umalis, ano po ang level of safety kung pinaandar ni Cory ito noong siya ay nag-take over na as President? At bakit kay Cory lahat ang sisi samantalang maraming brinaso si Marcos para matuloy ang proyektong ito sa nakakalulang halaga?
Marami pong articles sa internet tungkol sa BNPP. Pero, mukhang itong galing sa CNN International at Fortune Magazine ang pinaka-comprehensive na report on the BNPP. Kasama dito ang scientific findings ng International Atomic Energy Agency, ang kwento ng head ng Philippine Atomic Energy Commission, at ang side ng Westinghouse at General Electric na original bidder ng project. Meron ding magandang kwento yung mga opisyales ni Marcos, na mismong nag-try na mag-resist sa pag-award ng kontrata sa Westinghouse. Meron din ditong kwento tungkol sa mga komisyon, at kung paano si Marcos nagse-set aside na lang ng mga good advice. Palagay ko po, magkaka-ideya na tayo kung paano pinatakbo ni Pangulong Marcos ang Pilipinas when he had absolute power, at kung bakit hanggang ngayon, naghihirap pa rin ang bayan natin. On your own po, lalo na yung mga techie at science people, baka makaka-form na kayo ng opinion sa sitwasyon na hinarap ni Cory noong 1986.
I-highlight ko lang po ang isang portion ng article involving the findings of the International Atomic Energy Agency:
“He (Librado Ibe, the head of the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission) doubted that the company had adequately considered the dangers posed by earthquakes and by Mount Natib, the dormant volcano five miles away.
“… The (IAEA) team drafted a report saying Ebasco Services had improperly addressed both the earthquake and volcanic hazards, and recommended that National Power halt construction until Ebasco performed more tests. Westinghouse reportedly had spent about $200 million on the plant by then… The main point of contention between Ebasco and the IAEA team concerned the volcano. If it erupts, the volcano could send lava pouring over the plant, engulf it in a cloud of 8,000 0 F gases, or bury it under a mountain of ash. Ebasco's position was that Mount Natib, which has not erupted in an estimated 70,000 years, poses no serious threat. Ebasco also maintained that if the volcano does blow, the eruption would occur on the east flank of the mountain, away from the plant. It argued that a west-flank eruption facing the plant is impossible. The issue was crucial. If a west-flank eruption were considered possible, as the IAEA contended, the site could have been ruled out. In a memo to senior vice president Whitehead, a project manager named John Hazak said that the plant could not be made safe from a west-flank eruption even if National Power knew it was coming long enough to remove the nuclear fuel. ''Removal of fuel will not make the plant safe,'' Hazak wrote, ''as the radioactive gases, solid waste, and plant equipment could be scattered to the wind contaminating a wide area.''
Ito po yung relevant links. Pakibasa po:
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[Yatta]

Ikaw nga naniniwala kay Quiboloy eh.

[Tha_Mann]

as usual, if you presented facts to a DDS eh tatahimik na lang.

[Yatta]

Immense and immediate help is needed by the survivors, and many citizens and civic groups have sprung to action to organize relief efforts. President Duterte, alas, in his first remarks about the calamity, seemed to offer little comfort when he dwelled instead on how government coffers have been “depleted” due to the pandemic, and so the administration must now scrounge around for emergency funds. Presidential messages couldn’t get more dispiriting than that in the immediate wake of utter devastation and misery, but more than the inadequate words, the claim may not even hold water.

As senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares pointed out, the government has standing calamity funds allocated for disasters like Odette, aside from the P12 trillion foreign borrowings that have more than doubled the country’s P5.9 trillion debt from 2016. “Even without the massive borrowings, there’s still the calamity fund that spans two fiscal years, with a P20-billion budget for 2021. Whatever happened to that?” asked Colmenares.



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[Yatta]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/27/...2xqDJT519OUSHs

Let me guess, either another "special adviser" has setup a company that will sell the tarps or the First Lady wants to get rid of all the tarps from his failed presidential bid?

[H1Tman]

^Don't worry the president will assure us there is no corruption.

[Flipo]

Napikon na naman pala si Mang Kanor

Working together | Philstar.com

Working together
DEMAND AND SUPPLY - Boo Chanco - The Philippine Star
December 29, 2021 | 12:00am

According to BSP Governor Ben Diokno, the trail of destruction Odette caused to agriculture and tourism will be felt until 2022. He now expects agricultural production and tourism activities to face disruptions that will delay the hoped for recovery.

Governor Ben’s grim outlook is not surprising after we have seen the destruction in the typhoon-hit areas like Siargao, Bohol, Palawan and other places in the Visayas and Northern Mindanao. But it is worrisome to hear the normally optimistic BSP Governor give this assessment.

He has no choice. The typhoon caused significant damage to food and water supplies, infrastructure, electricity, communication, and transportation. The affected areas represented 36 percent of the country’s gross domestic product as of 2020, according to BSP’s estimates.

As of Christmas, over a hundred cities and municipalities are without power. The estimated cost of damage to infrastructure, according to the NDRRMC, is at P4 billion.

The Department of Agriculture estimates damage to crops at P3.6 billion, excluding damage to agricultural infrastructure and equipment.

Damage to tourism infrastructure in Siargao Island was estimated in the billions of pesos by the governor of Surigao del Norte.

Odette couldn’t have come at a worse possible time. We were hopeful of starting economic recovery as the number of COVID cases sunk to the lowest levels.

But Omicron came around and then Odette. The new year, 2022 may be a repeat of 2020 for our economy, a really stressful year.

It is strange that the government’s disaster mitigation agencies were taken by surprise by the ferocity of this destructive typhoon. Reaction time to assist typhoon victims was too slow and may have caused more deaths and miseries.

This is why it baffles the mind why Duterte felt threatened by the quick response of VP Leni. Duterte warned the Vice President she shouldn’t try to look good at the expense of the Duterte administration.

Duterte forgets that VP Leni is also an elected public official, the second highest in government. She has the obligation to respond quickly to public needs. She was the face of government in the early hours after Odette exited the country. Duterte should thank her.

Time is also of the essence. Immediate needs include ready-to-eat food, water, temporary shelter, shelter repair toolkits, hygiene kits, jerry cans, generators, solar-powered lamps, flashlights, fuel, and debris clearing.

To VP Leni’s credit, she has transformed the OVP into an agency able to react quickly to such situations. She had been doing this over the last five years. The VP is no longer just a spare tire.

Duterte himself belatedly admitted their response was delayed and he blamed government procedures, which he called stupid. Duterte also said COVID has depleted government funds and that there is no more money for this calamity. Excuses are not helpful.

VP Leni’s annual budget is a minuscule P1 billion. According to COA, Duterte had 13.47 billion worth of confidential, intelligence, and extraordinary expenses in 2019. It could have only gone up by now.

The enormity of the challenge in bringing relief to a wide area of the country demands an all hands on board approach. Every little bit of help counts, wherever it comes from. It is not about who gets the credit, but more about how to get the work done as quickly as possible.

But it is not surprising. The Duterte administration has always found it difficult to work with other parties, including the private sector.

Early on in their term, they rejected the Public Private Partnership approach for infrastructure development. They banked on Chinese assistance, which came in trickles. Japan has been more helpful.

With COVID, the private sector offered to help, but the administration was very reluctant to share responsibility. Even the use of the vaccines the private sector bought was severely restricted to the point of risking expiration dates.

With Odette, the private sector once again went all out in helping provide a quick response.

As usual, the ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya disaster response teams were immediately on the ground, even if their main sources of income were severely restricted by Duterte’s franchise revocation. It was heartwarming to see a photo of their truck entering Kabankalan in Negros, one of the worst hit areas.

The largest corporations and businesses from various industries in the Philippines, like Jollibee and McDonald’s Kindness Kitchen, provided food to thousands of individuals.

San Miguel turned over 10 trucks of canned goods to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for distribution. Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines and Manila Water donated thousands of gallons of drinking water for distribution to affected areas.

Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. donated relief goods to Cebu and Southern Leyte.

Meralco, Aboitiz Power/Aboitiz Foundation, Cotabato and Davao Light and Power Corp. have sent linemen to Cebu, and potentially to other provinces, to help restore power, which was identified as a critical need for the telcos, hospitals, and evacuation shelters.

Philippine Air Lines, Cebu Pacific and AirAsia offered seats to humanitarian workers and free cargo space to transport relief goods. Lorenzo Shipping and the Philippine Liner Shipping Association have also committed free pier-to-pier transportation of goods to the affected islands.

Consunji Construction sent teams to repair evacuation shelters in Siargao and Cebu. Ayala Corp./Ayala Malls provided temporary shelter to customers.

In partnership with Philippine Airlines, the Makati Medical Center and Energy Development Corp. sent a medical team to Siargao and rescued hundreds of stranded people. The team is also working with the Armed Forces of the Philippines to distribute supplies.

The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), the disaster coordinating group of the private conglomerates, deployed its first team to Southern Leyte to distribute the immediate needs of affected communities.

While government agencies are set up to provide all of those needs, it has been the experience that mobilizing government bureaucrats and assets takes time. Private efforts provide the necessary stop-gap measures that are badly needed by the typhoon victims.

The Filipino bayanihan spirit is alive and it is the duty of Duterte to encourage such goodwill in the hearts of our people in a time of calamity.

Forget who gets the credit first and just focus on getting the job done with no delay.

[gearhead000]

Ben Diokno, kung baga sa lawyer is an ambulance chaser. During the last admin, panay ang issue ng pronouncements criticizing the economic plans of the administration as if to say he has the answer to our economic woes, or just a better economic plans. This is in contrast to the constant plaudits the government is getting for its economic performance here and mostly abroad. These the government has done without burdening its citizens too much. Ngayong sila na ang nakaupo, pulos pasakit ang naidulot sa sambayanan. He may have a "brilliant" mind... but I only have disdain for him.

[glenn_duke]

72% approval into the last 6 months.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/files/...MVRrSzFWNDFKaw..

[Yatta]

[Yatta]

[baludoy]

Punta na!



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[shadow]

Punta na!



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Dapat mauna si antiporda saka pamilya niya.


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[_Cathy_]

Punta na!



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HAHAHA. They can't pay me enough money to swim in Manila Bay. Naalala ko pa nung pinilit ako ng friend ko mag rowing dyan, ang baho baho, sa germs ka mamamatay hindi sa lunod. I do NOT get pimples ever since pero nung natalsikan ako ng tubig dyan nagka pimples ako kaagad. That was over 10 yrs ago, it must be worse now.

[shadow]

Manila Bay will never be able to become "swimmable". Diyan bagsakan ng mga basura.

Basta mauna si antiporda saka lahat ng DENR officials, mag babad sila doon.


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[dr. d]

if we want to clean manila bay,
we should also clean pasig river and the other tributaries emptying into manila bay.
and if we want to clean pasig river,
we should also clean the laguna de bay that drains into it.