UPDATE: No Classes in Metro Manila October 14. 2013

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Supreme Court spokesman rants on Twitter vs traffic jams caused INC medical missions - InterAksyon.com

Supreme Court spokesman rants on Twitter vs traffic jams caused INC medical missions
By: InterAksyon.com
October 14, 2013 7:27 AM

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MANILA – Supreme Court spokesman Ted Te lambasted Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis Tolentino, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, and Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno for the traffic jams caused by the Iglesia ni Cristo medical missions.

Te stressed that he used his personal Twitter account to rant against the public officials responsible for managing traffic in the metropolis.

“Someone allowed this to happen, right? The mayor of Manila? The department of the interior? The head of MMDA? So far no one has man'd up,” according to one of his tweets.

“The voluble turn mute. I'm still waiting for an explanation from Estrada, Moreno, Roxas, and Tolentino. Pls include a LOGICAL reason,” he tweeted.

“May permit ba to? Isn't this a public assembly in non-freedom parks? See BP 880,” he said citing Batas Pambansa (National Law) 880 on public assembly.

He noted that the traffic situation should not be very bad very early in the morning.

“Traffic along espana this early caused by buses and jeeps of this favored sect,” he tweeted several minutes before 7 a.m.

“It’s been an hour. I should already be at the office. Instead I'm at a parking lot-involuntarily. *MMDA*iskomoreno,” he said.

“Two lanes of espana being occupied now as PARKING by off route jeeps! *MMDA,” he added.

But the Supreme Court spokesman, who appeared to be stuck on Espana going to his office on Padre Faura in Manila City, did not completely lose his humor.

“Define irony. Ranting about the mayor and vice mayor of Manila on free wifi bearing their names,” he said.

Te tagged the MMDA about the uselessness of their actions.

“*MMDA

“It makes no sense to give a route as an alternate when you allow the sect to also use the same route. E.g., espana to Lacson *mmda,” he tweeted.

Te also made some suggestions.

“Espana and peripheral roads are being used as a parking area. Maybe the traffic czar of Manila ought to come and see for himself. *mmda,” he said.

“Perhaps the chartered buses and jeeps should have been allowed in during off peak hours like 2 AM? And aren't these jeeps off route?*mmda,” he added.

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bakit kasi kailangan sa kalsada nila gawin yan.. bakit di sila pumunta don sa quirino grand stand.. kahit maghapon sila don di sila makaka perwisyo sa trapik.. o kaya sa loob sila nang QC circle.. o kaya don sa stadium nila sa bulacan.. kahit isang linggo pa sila mag medical mission..

[Ry_Tower]

bakit kasi kailangan sa kalsada nila gawin yan.. bakit di sila pumunta don sa quirino grand stand.. kahit maghapon sila don di sila makaka perwisyo sa trapik.. o kaya sa loob sila nang QC circle.. o kaya don sa stadium nila sa bulacan.. kahit isang linggo pa sila mag medical mission..

Indeed, this make more sense and will cause less trouble. Pangalawa na ito nang INC ah, nananadya ba?

[vinj]

Pinapakita nila how "influential" mga kapitad natin sa Iglesia...mas madami ngayon na pwerwisyo kaysa tulungan.

Exactly... this screams"Political exercise" all over. Medical mission? Any right-thinking mind can arrange for that to be done at some place that would affect the general public less if it was properly thought out. They have big, open places such as Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Memorial Stadium (buhay pa ba ito?), bahay ni Shadow, etc..

[vinj]

Nasaan si Atty. Tolentino....??? Kissing butts.

Put*^$#%#%^$ tong inutil na MMDA chair. MACK YOU!





okay... i feel a little better now.

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this INC gathering is obviously a rally against PNoy

with the help of Erap (he declared today a holiday in Manila giving the INC freedom of movement)

matapos tanggalin nila si Corona eto mas corrupt pala ang mga nagtanggal kay Corona

galit ang INC

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Something must be wrong with the thinking of these people. They practically blocked off every major intersection in the City of Manila and turned every major throughfare into their private parking lot,,, and don't expect to bother anyone with their "antics"?!?!?

INC: We didn't ask for class suspensions
BY PATERNO ESMAQUEL II
POSTED ON 10/14/2013 4:01 PM | UPDATED 10/14/2013 4:36 PM



MANILA, Philippines – The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) on Monday, October 14, denied asking local governments in the National Capital Region (NCR) to cancel classes for an event in the city of Manila alone.

“Hindi po talaga. Hindi nanggaling sa amin. Katunayan, maski sa mga nagdaang mga Kabayan Ko ay hindi kami ang nagsasabi na walang pasok, sapagkat ayaw naman naming makapamerwisyo sa tao,” said INC minister Bro Edwil Zabala, the spokesperson for the medical mission, in an interview Monday afternoon.

(Really, no. It didn't come from us. In fact, even in past Kabayan Ko events, it wasn't us who requested the cancellation of classes, because of course we don't want to disturb other people.)

Zabala said he doesn't know why local governments, aside from Manila, decided to cancel classes for the INC event. “You would have to ask them,” he said.

Manila Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada earlier said he suspended classes “to ensure the safety of the students." In an executive order, Estrada also said the suspension will “help in efforts to preserve peace and order, and ensure public safety.”

Zabala doesn't believe officials suspended classes to woo the INC, a 2.25-million-strong religious group that practices bloc voting.

“Hindi naman siguro. Una, bakit sila matatakot? Ang Iglesia ni Cristo, nakikipagkaibigan sa lahat. Tingin namin, kaibigan namin ang lahat. Gusto namin kaibigan kami ng lahat. Hindi kami dapat katakutan,” Zabala explained.

(I don't think so. First of all, why will they fear us? The Iglesia ni Cristo makes friends with everyone. We think everyone's our friend. We want everyone to be our friend. We shouldn't be feared.)

The politically influential INC on Monday held Kabayan Ko, Kapatid Ko, a medical mission that aimed to help the poor and to boost the INC's membership.

Local governments suspended classes in the NCR for the medical mission. The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, and courts in Manila and Quezon City also suspended work.

'No political message'

In Monday's interview, Zabala also denied insinuations that the INC sent a political message through the event. He said it was not a “show of force” as observers claimed.

Sen Miriam Defensor Santiago, for one, said “there is a message behind the INC event” on Monday. “If you are a politician and you don’t get it, you are a fool,” she said in an interview with reporters.

Zabala said Santiago is “bright,” and he “would not presume to be able to explain for her.”

“Palagay ko, siya ang makapagpapaliwanag ng kanyang sinabi. Basta ako, nagpapasalamat ako na hindi isa si Senator Santiago sa nagtampo o nainis dahil na-traffic,” he said. (I think only she can explain what she said. From my end, I am thankful that she is not among those who felt bad or irritated because of the traffic.)

He said the medical mission, however, wasn't political at all.

“Walang bahid pulitika ito. Kung naobserbahan n'yo ang ginawa namin mula noong simula, hanggang kanina, maging noong magtapos 'yung pag-aaral, o kung nakita ninyo 'yung mga tarpaulins, 'yung mga banner, walang political message talaga,” Zabala said.

(This doesn't have any political color. If you observed what we did from the beginning, until a while ago, until we finished the Bible study, or if you saw the tarpaulins, the banners, there is really no political message.)

Kingmaker?

Politicians have wooed the INC, which has 1.37 million voting members within its flock. This is almost the same number of registered voters in the provinces of Rizal (1.38 million) and Nueva Ecija (1.36 million).

The group's backing has thus led to political victories.

The INC endorsed President Benigno Aquino III, who was elected in 2010. It also backed the candidacy of Estrada, who won a landslide victory in 1998.

How powerful is the INC? A journalist asked Zabala: Is it a kingmaker?

The INC minister refused to answer. Zabala said, “I think the best people to answer that question would be those in politics, the politicians.” – Rappler.com

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Binatikos kaya ito ng mga TV and Radio announcers na kasapi ng INC?.... Hhhmmmmm.....



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[shadow]

Siyempre hinde lalo na si taberna, INC member kasi


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[ZENMasterTYL]

justified daw sabi ni taberna. kaya daw hindi ginawa ng weekend, kasi may activity sila sa simbahan.

sila, hindi pala pwede maabala pag may activity. yung hindi ka-manalo, bahala kayo sa buhay nyo