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October 23rd, 2013 09:03 PM #1311sa interview kanina ni Korina kay Senator TG over DZMM.. natanong kung ano ang scenario kung mag invoke lang daw ng right against self incrimination si Napoles... ang sagot ni Senator TG:
Originally Posted by falken
1. hindi pupuwede daw na blanket statement na right against self incrimination... dapat per question, sasagutin yun...
2. if the Senators find that there is nothing incriminating about the possible answer to the question they lodge, and Napoles raises her right on this.. they will find her in contempt.. and perhaps deputize the existing security of Napoles, so that as if sa Senate na rin nakulong si Napoles...
3. nabanggit din ni TG... na.. hindi daw maganda sa mata ng bayan (this is according to my understanding na a.. this is na verbatim)... na on one of the biggest issues in Philippines.. and yet ni hindi ipapatawag ng Senado yung supposedly mastermind na si Napoles...
kayo na ang bahala kung ano ang meaning / implication ng mga ito...
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October 23rd, 2013 10:36 PM #1312Bobo sya kamo, pa kupal lang. Abay mas gusto ni Napoles ma detain sa Senado! May aircon detention cell dun. Originally Posted by wowiesy
Wag pauto kay tenga, media mileage lang habol nya. Anong klaseng contempt pa pwede nyang sampal kay Napoles?
1. Ikulong nya? Naka kulong na yan.
2. Kasohan nya? Naka demanda na yan.
Kita mo... Bobong kupal talaga yang si Tenga, laki ng gagastosing gamit ang taxpayers money para lang dalhin si Napoles sa walang kwentang hearing nya.
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October 25th, 2013 09:52 AM #1313Sige, idiin niyo pa nang kumanta na.
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October 25th, 2013 12:12 PM #1314That is why he was elected senator because he is stupid , epal , dumb and corrupt. Those are the only qualifications to be called honorable senator. Originally Posted by ClaNker
Bobo sya kamo, pa kupal lang. Abay mas gusto ni Napoles ma detain sa Senado! May aircon detention cell dun.
Wag pauto kay tenga, media mileage lang habol nya. Anong klaseng contempt pa pwede nyang sampal kay Napoles?
1. Ikulong nya? Naka kulong na yan.
2. Kasohan nya? Naka demanda na yan.
Kita mo... Bobong kupal talaga yang si Tenga, laki ng gagastosing gamit ang taxpayers money para lang dalhin si Napoles sa walang kwentang hearing nya.
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October 29th, 2013 10:01 AM #1317Source: De Lima: Jinggoy can leave Philippines | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.comDe Lima: Jinggoy can leave Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - Senator Jinggoy Estrada can leave the country whenever he wants pending the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) action on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request to cancel his passport.
"Wala tayong nakikitang legal impediments for Senator Jinggoy Estrada na umalis ngayon ... kasi wala pang aksyon ang DFA, wala naman tayong [hold departure order]. Wala kaming legal basis at this point na pigilan s'ya," Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said in a radio interview on Monday.
"Hindi naman ako ang magde-decide sa passport na 'yan, ako lang naman ang nagmungkahi. Discretion po 'yan ng DFA, sang-ayon sa batas," she added.
Last week, the DOJ requested the DFA to cancel the passports of Estrada and 36 other respondents in the pork barrel fund scam case filed by the government before the Office of the Ombudsman.
Prompted by the DOJ's request, the DFA asked the respondents to comment on the request for cancellation of their passports.
Estrada and fellow senators Bong Revilla and Juan Ponce Enrile have been charged with plunder over the pork barrel fund scam. Their chiefs of staff and several other private individuals, including businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, were also charged in connection with the fund scam.
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De Lima said that Estrada had informed her of his plan to fly to the United States even before the senator made a public announcement.
Related: Passport showdown: Jinggoy plans US trip amid DFA review
She said that she was the one who advised the senator to make his plans public for the sake of transparency.
"Okay lang po 'yan [that he leaves]. At least he had the courtesy to inform us, na umamin siya na ganun ang plano, kasi baka naman dati na nilang plano, given the reason cited--the health condition of the wife," she said.
"Nagbigay ako sa kanya ng unsolicited advice na sinabi ko: You should publicly manifest your intention to leave ... para alam ng buong bayan para alam na may plano siyang bumalik, e sinabi naman n'ya, babalik naman talaga ako, talaga naman daw naka-schedule," De Lima recounted.
The DFA can also choose to delay issuing a decision on the DOJ request given Estrada's impending absence, De Lima said.
"Puwedeng i-defer na muna. Theoretically, 'pag hindi na bumalik (ang respondents), there are measures the DFA can do something about it," she added, explaining that canceled passports would force them to return to the country.
De Lima said that the bid to cancel the respondents' passports is a preemptive measure in case more would attempt to flee from the mutli-billion peso charges. To date, four respondents including former Agusan del Sue Rep. Rodolfo Plaza, former senatorial aides Jessica "Gigi" Reyes and Ruby Tuason went abroad ahead of the case filing and have not yet returned.
"By the looks of it, mukhang sinadyang umalis para iwasan yung kaso. Yung mga timing napaka-suspicious. Hanggang ngayon, hindi parin bumabalik as per the record of (the Bureau of Immigration). Ayaw ko na rin madagdagan yung mga umaalis na. I think that's why way of flushing them out, para bumalik sila dito, lalo na yung mga chiefs of staff," she said.
Source: De Lima: Jinggoy can leave Philippines | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com
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October 29th, 2013 03:46 PM #1319interesting article from former NEDA director during FVR's time...
from: DAP vs PDAF: the big difference
DAP vs PDAF: the big difference
By Cielito F. Habito
Philippine Daily Inquirer
10:01 pm | Monday, October 28th, 2013
“The main issue on the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) concerns questions on constitutionality; the main issue on the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) concerns the crime of plunder,” economist Felipe Medalla pointed out in a recent speech before the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In his Inquirer column, Fr. Joaquin Bernas similarly asserts: “The accusation against the DAP is constitutional extravagance in the use of public money. The accusation against Janet Lim-Napoles (the central figure in the PDAF scandal) is criminal extravagance and corruption of the not-so-innocent.”
To paraphrase, the DAP issue is about the executive exceeding the bounds of its power; the PDAF issue is about private individuals and public officials stealing the people’s money. It is a question of constitutionality vs. criminality. This distinction must be made clear, Medalla asserts, lest the former issue be used to unduly muddle the latter and deflect attention from the need to identify and punish the plunderers. There has indeed been a tendency in recent public discussions to seemingly take both in the same light. To be sure, there is a bit of interface between the two, with suspicions that some DAP funds had gone the way of the PDAF scam’s modus operandi—that is, via fictitious projects by bogus nongovernment organizations. But the DAP came about to address a clear and urgent need, and for the most part, yielded the desired effects on the economy as a whole.
Two years ago, the government was roundly criticized for causing an economic slowdown. Upon assumption into office in the third quarter of 2010, the Aquino administration applied the brakes on government spending, particularly on infrastructure. At first, it was because it had little choice; the President lamented how his predecessor had already spent most of the budget allotted for the entire year. In the following year, the spending cutback continued, this time because government, in its push for “matuwid na daan,” worked to improve the quality of public expenditures and stop erstwhile massive corruption leakages. As explained by Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, government decided to cancel projects embarked on by the previous leadership that were found “wanting in economic viability and credibility.” Meanwhile, Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson was plugging loopholes in his department’s procurement and bidding systems, slowing implementation of programmed infrastructure projects in the process.
For five consecutive quarters, beginning when President Aquino assumed the reins of government, public construction dropped consistently by as much as 58.6 percent year-on-year in one quarter. The economy grew by only 3.9 percent in 2011, down from a hefty 7.3 percent in 2010. The project cancellations earned for government the displeasure of, even legal action from, donor agencies. The resulting growth slowdown drew severe criticism from business and other economy watchers.
It was in this context that the Development Budget Coordinating Committee (DBCC), chaired by Abad and composed of government’s key economic managers, saw urgency in accelerating government disbursements to reverse the slowdown. Thus was the DAP born. In October 2011, the DBCC prescribed the following criteria for projects to be supported under DAP: (1) fast-moving or quick-disbursing; (2) urgent or high priority in terms of social and economic development objectives; and (3) well-performing programs or projects that could further expand benefits to the public with additional funds. Based on Department of Budget and Management data, among the initiatives that received major funding were health insurance for indigent families, education and training assistance for students from the poorest of the poor families, rural farm infrastructure, upgrading of hospitals, rehabilitation of the mass rail transit systems, and disaster prevention and mitigation. All told, P72.1 billion was reported to have been released under the DAP in 2011, and P54.8 billion in 2012.
Economic data indicate that the hiked spending achieved its professed goal of reigniting economic growth. By late 2011, public construction had reversed five quarters of decline, and grew by 36.4 percent year-on-year. By the first half of 2012, it had grown by 53 percent. It appears that in the effort to reverse the previous year’s self-induced overall economic slowdown, the government front-loaded infrastructure spending in 2012, with public construction growth moderating to 12.4 percent by the second half. From the subdued 3.9-percent GDP growth in 2011, the overall economy surged by 6.8 percent in 2012, building a momentum that has led it to further speed up to 7.6 percent this year so far. With a zooming 36.2-percent growth in the first half of this year, public construction continues to be a key driver of the economy’s overall growth.
Were all of the DAP funds spent well? Probably not; even the most determined government couldn’t stop graft and corruption 100 percent. Were the DAP releases used to bribe or reward favored legislators? Abad insists and offers proof that DAP releases did not discriminate among the lawmakers, whose involvement was limited to 9 percent of the DAP releases, with amounts released directly to concerned implementing agencies. Did the executive branch overstep its constitutional bounds in allocating the funds for specific projects? I will leave it to the lawyers to explain that. What I know is that the Philippine economy is now the fastest-growing economy in Asia, thanks in large part to the DAP.Last edited by explorer; October 29th, 2013 at 03:55 PM.
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October 29th, 2013 07:09 PM #1320Why do I get the feeling that there will be horse trading at play here? Originally Posted by Retz
Sabagay, politicians will be politicians no matter what.
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Because pinoy mentality. Not surprising.
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