The VOWS, Bow

Dear insansapinas,

Some writers/columnists/bloggers are of the opinion that all priests have a vow of poverty. So their brows raised when they heard that some men of cloth have retirement kitties and have solicited personal favors for their birthday. 

They are wrong, very wrong. First there is a differentiation between secular and regular priests. The secular priests do not have religious orders and they do not take vows. The religious priests belong to a particular order and they take the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.


When I was studying in a Catholic school, we had the religious priests.as speakers in our retreats,  One day, a priest was wearing a much shorter garb. If it was not a retreat, we would ask him where the flood was. BITIN ang sutana niya. But he knew were making fun of him at his back. He explained that unlike our parish priests who were also our confessors, they did have a vow of poverty. So they do not own anything. Not even flip-flops. That morning, he was late in getting his supply of what to wear during the day. Someone must have gotten the vestment that he used to wear. 


When I was a kid, I was also disappointed to learn that the church charges for the sacraments. Akala ko libre. And the priests also get their allowances. Then I realize, they can subsist on bread alone, can they? Magkakadiabetes sila sa carbo.


Here in the States, I have worked in a Chuch (not Catholic) and its non-profit organization arm. Since I was handling the FS and supervised the receipts and disbursements, I know that our church ministers are receiving salaries, allowances, housing allowances and their pension funds are invested by our investment managers/consultants.


So do not even think that these ministers and priests know where their money are going to be invested especially if they are given already blanket authority how to manage the funds as to investment in stocks, bonds and or other CDs. The investment managers can not wait for the go-signal of the investors everytime  there are good opportunities that come unexpectedly.


If  the men of cloth of other denominations can provide for the retirement of their ministers, why can't the Catholic Church do that without the people howling? What do they think about the priests, bishops and nuns?They are immortals. They are not gods who will rise to heaven when they retire.  I do not know of a place in the Philippines where retired nuns live and are cared for in their old age. Here in the States, there are nursing homes for these church servants when they are no longer active. The nuns in the Philippines relied mostly on their SSS pensions. The congregation  care for them when they get sick. Some die in the convent.  Yes Virginia,  they are covered also by the church. They do get sick, you know. Priests have to evangelize. They have to have a ride. They do not walk in water. 

Stare Downs - Who Blinked-The Week that was

Dear insansapinas,
Buti na lang Friday na. Daming awayan sa Pinas. Yon bang titigan sila kung sinong unang kukurap.



1. Miriam Defensor-Santiago versus Luis Chavit Singson

 Tawag ni Miriam kay Singson, Sabit, tawag ni Singson kay Miriam, Brenda.

Magsabunutan na lang kami-Miriam Santiago

“Ano ba namang kabalbalan ‘yun gagawin ng kalalaking tao, parang babae siyang maglaban, dakdak ng dakdak. Gusto niya magsabunutan na lang kaming dalawa!”


Ito ang hamon ni Senador Miriam Defensor-Santiago kay Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis ‘Chavit’ Singson matapos siyang sampahan nito ng kasong graft sa Office of the Ombudsman.

Ay Juice ko ' Day. Talo si Miriam. Singson is Hercules. Hercules - Hair ko less. (from my funny humor)

CBCP Versus Noynoy Aquino

MANILA, Philippines - Catholic bishops on Friday softened their stance that President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III could be excommunicated for promoting contraceptives.
Bishop Deogracias Yñiguez, chairman of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines public affairs committee, said that under canon law, a Catholic can be excommunicated from if he commits a serious offense against the laws of the Church.

Hala, mawawala ang tax exemption ninyo. bwahaha

Hindi rin pwedeng makipagsabunutan kay Pnoy. 

Top gun siya - top hair gone na .

Pinaysaamerika

Free Celdran Movement

Dear insansapinas,
Balita na in less than 24 hours, si Carlos Celdran ay nagkaroon ng 10,000 friends sa Free Celdran Movement. Pero ang police ay kailangan ng 6,000 lang para siya pakawalan. Six thousand Pesoses as bail. Sabi  siguro, Your credit is good but we need cash.

A popular tour guide who was jailed Thursday for disrupting a mass at the Manila Cathedral over the Catholic Church’s stand against contraceptives was freed Friday after posting a P6,000 bail, according to reports from the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Radyo Inquirer.

Some friends:

Meanwhile, Celdran's supporters set up two pages on social networking site Facebook Friday, one calling for his release and another seeking to keep him in jail.


The "Free Carlos Celdran" page lauded Celdran's boldness for giving the "silent majority" the "courage to speak up against their qualms about the Church."

Those who are seeking for his detention would like him to continue his advocacy inside the prison.

Some friends. Sila nga ang magpakulong. Sa isip siguro ni Celdran. Ano kayo, masaya?  And Celdran did not even expect that the church is going to have him arrested.

(I expected the Church to get mad but I did not expect the Church would have people jailed.)

Ano siya hilo ? It is not the law of God that was disobeyed, it is the law of earthlings.

Art. 153. Tumults and other disturbance of public orders; Tumultuous disturbance or interruption liable to cause disturbance. — The penalty of arresto mayor in its medium period to prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not exceeding 1,000 pesos shall be imposed upon any person who shall cause any serious disturbance in a public place, office, or establishment, or shall interrupt or disturb public performances, functions or gatherings, or peaceful meetings, if the act is not included in the provisions of Articles 131 and 132.

Nakatawad nga siya. One thousand pala. 

Balak niyang magswitch ng religion. Ano siya clueless? Hindi lang sa Katoliko applicable ang law of earthlings. Ito.

VAT walang Binatbat

Dear insansapinas,
Kung sinabi ko noon na ibabalik ko sa Accounting 101 ang mga matatalinong nasa BIR, ngayon naman ay ibabalik ko sila sa Taxation 101.


Ang VAT ay buwis na ipinapatong sa pagbenta ng produkto at serbisyo. Ang Toll Fees ay isa ring klaseng tax.
Ito ay user's tax. Ang mga kalsada ay ipinagawa ng gobyerno. Parang bayad sa paggamit nito at upang mabawi rin ang ginastos dito, sinisingil ang mga gumamit nito ng toll fees. Walang serbisyong ipinagbibili dito. 

• 5 Kinds of taxes
• 5.1 Ad valorem
• 5.2 Bank tax
• 5.3 Capital gains tax
• 5.4 Consumption tax
• 5.5 Corporation tax
• 5.6 Currency transaction tax
• 5.7 Environment Affecting Tax
• 5.8 Excises
• 5.9 Expatriation Tax
• 5.10 Financial activities tax
• 5.11 Financial transaction tax
• 5.12 Income tax
• 5.13 Inflation tax
• 5.14 Inheritance tax
• 5.15 Poll tax
• 5.16 Property tax
• 5.17 Social security tax
• 5.18 Sales tax
• 5.19 Tariffs
• 5.20 Toll
• 5.21 Transfer tax
• 5.22 Value Added Tax / Goods and Services Tax
• 5.23 Wealth (net worth) tax

Kaya nang muntik nang ipatupad ito ng Arroyo Government, ito ay inihinto dahil MALI, MALI, MALI. Sa taxation concept, hindi ka nagtatax sa tax.

Ngayon ipinipilit ng Gobyerno Aquino ang VAT na ito without BUTS kasi ipagtatanggol daw ito hanggang Plaza Miranda.


Ows?

Sabi nga ni Joker Arroyo:

Truth or Consequence Commission

Dear insansapinas,
Alam ninyo siguro ang larong truth or consequence? 

May Truth Comission na tayo, via Executive Order. Pag ang problema dito ay di masolve, some  people will suffer the consequences.


Kinukuestiyon nina Miriam Defensor Santiago at Juan Ponce Enrile and Truth Commission ni P-Noy.


Si Miriam ay nagsabi na hindi pwedeng mag-issue ng subpoena ang Commission. Paano nga naman nito mapupuwersang dumating ang dapat imbestigahan?


Saan daw kukuha ng budget ang commission dahil Congress lang ang puwedeng gumawa niyan.


Si JPE naman ay kinukwestiyon kung ano talaga ang role ng Truth Commission.

The Family that budgets together must be in the government

Dear insansapinas,

Panahon ni Arroyo, hinanap ko lahat ng mga congressmen at ang kanilang mga chiefs of staff. Marami sa kanila ay kamag-anak ang chief of staff nila kung hindi asawa na walang trabaho o may negosyo at sideline lang ang pagiging empleyado sa opisina ng congressman ay anak, kapatid o pinsan. Government is one big employment agency for politicians' relatives. Hanep talaga.


Kamakailan, nagkaroon ng away sina Lacierda at Juana Change dahil sa dalawang ABAD sa gobyerno ni Aquino, si Butch Abad na budget secretary at ang kaniyang anak na si Julie Abad na PMS boss at siyang may hawak sa pork barrel ni Noynoy Aquino.


Nakalimutan nila na mayroon pang dalawang Abad, ang asawa ni Butch na si Henedina Abad na balitang magiging vice-chair ng appropriations committee ng House of Representatives at ang chief of staff naman niya, ang isa pa niyang  anak.

Paliwanag  naman ng mga Abads (balanced news aka balitang tinitimbang) bago ako sumabad. (it rhymes, Virginia).

The Father:

Abad said all three appointees were practically casuals who may be removed anytime just for loss of confidence by their principals.
“The only real power is the representative, but she owes that to her constituents and is accountable to them,” Abad said.

The Daughter

Julia defended her family. “For now, I think our qualifications

will have to speak for themselves. We will leave it to the public to judge us by our performance in government later on,” she said.

His father must be jack of all trades that he was appointed Agriculture Secretary and then DepEd Secretary in the previous administration.


The justification mentioned for her appointment was because she was the chief of staff of Noynoy Aquino--when he produced only a few bills?

Utang na Loob

Dear insansapinas,

Para bang utang na loob niya kay Ex-President Erap ang pagkakatanggap niya ng position sa Aquino administration. Kung binabasa ni VP Binay ang history ng Pilipinas, kung hindi niya tatanggapin ang pwesto, siya lang talaga ang VP except Diosdado Macapagal  na walang gagawin kung hindi ang maghintay na maincapacitated o mamatay ang presidente mula pa nang pagkatapos ng Second World War.

Sa bagong Constitution 1987, nakasaad:

The Vice-President may be appointed as a Member of the Cabinet. Such appointment requires no confirmation.

New appointments bared; Binay takes housing post

at wala rin siyang karapatang magkaroon ng maraming empleyadong minana niya sa dating VP Noli de Castro kung wala siyang ibang position. 

 Ito ang mga Vice Presidents at ang kanilang mga ibinigay sa kanilang papel sa pamahalaan maliban sa pagiging Vice-President. 

Before Second World War

1.  Unang Republika ng Pilipinas  (1899-1901). 
  Vice President wasMariano Trias-appointed Minister of Finance

2.  Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935-1944) His vice President was Vice-President Sergio Osmena Sr. – No position because of the war

3. Japanese puppet government

Vice-presidents:

 Benigno Aquino Sr.-the father of Ninoy and grandfather of Noynoy Aquino and Ramon Avancena -no positions

 Ramon Avancena

After Second World War

4. Roxas Administration 

Vice-president  Elpidio Quirino- appointed Secretary of State

5. Quirino Administration - 1948-1953

Vice president was Vice-President Fernando Lopez-appointed as Secretary of Agriculture

6. Magsaysay Administration =1953-1957

 Vice-President was  Carlos P. Garcia -was appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Momo at Matabang Isda

Dear insansapinas,

Ay naku huwag ninyo muna akong kausapin, mainit pa ang ulo ko. May nakasalang na akong bagong teleserye pero mamaya na pagkapaligo ko at bumaba na ang aking temperatura. Rolleyes. Wala ako pakialam kung anong kulay mayroon kayo pero ako ngayon ang kulay ko ay pula as in galit. Grrrrr.


Kagigising ko pa lang ba naman ng makita ko ang balitang ito.

Aquino made the statement in the wake of the filing of charges against William Villarica, owner of five Villarica Pawnshop branches, after a Bureau of Internal Revenue investigation showed Villarica failed to file income tax returns for seven years and paid only P25,607.25 in taxes from 1998 to 2009.

Aquino said his administration may even file more than it initially promised, which was one case a week.

"Why will we limit it to one? Pwedeng more," President Aquino told reporters in Subic after he inaugurated new buildings for the Philippine National Police's school of values and leadership.

Tanong ninyo, anong pinagpuputok ng butse ko ? 


Alam ba ninyo ang momo sa Tagalog? hindi yon yong multo na pagnakita ng bata ay sisigaw ng momo. Arggggh  Ang MOMO ay yong nahuhulog na pagkain sa lamesa. Yong maliliit na isda, kanin o anupaman ang kinain ng tao na hindi nasalo ng kaniyang bunganga. In short, maliliit.


Eh anong relasyon nito sa balita. Abah eh ito lang ba ang kanilang nahuli? Momo lang? Sus Ginoo, year in year out na reklamong hindi na mameet ang tax collection target, isa lang ang ibibigay nila sa PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT  aka media relations/communication  group ng administration para sa press release ? Sana man lang dinagdagan nila ng high profile cases na talagang matatabang isda nga ang nahuhuli nila kagaya ng isinasaad nila sa balita. Sabi nila baka kumikita ito ng isa hanggang dalawang milyon sa isang taon, sabihin mo ng totoo, sa sampung taon ay magkano lang ang taxes na hindi nabayaran. Hindi mo malaman kung gross o net pero kahit na net yan ng expenses, at 30 per cent ang taxes, patuka pa rin sa manok ang makokolekta.


Bakit siya nakabili ng luxury car?  Malay ko. Eh ang daming nakakabili ngayon ng luxury cars sa mababang presyo dahil underdeclared  sa customs. At dahil mainit ngayon ang bagong mga nakaupo sa pwesto  kailan  lang yong balita na ipinuslit sa Subic ang ilang luxury cars?
 

Food for the brain

 Dear insansapinas,
Sa akin ang alam ko pag nanaginip ka ng ahas, ocho daw yon sa jueteng. Sa lotto yata iba. mwehehe

 photocredit
Kung ang article na ito ni stuart santiago ay pagkain, sasabihin kong ito ang isa sa pinakamagaling na food for the brain. 


Ang excerpt sa ibaba ay isang kutsara pa lang ng buong dish. . Punta kayo  sa kaniyang artikulong pinamagatang jueteng's wild. Weep and weep. 
Gusto ninyo ng kumot? 

president joseph estrada wanted to legalize jueteng but was met with moral outrage and so he backed off, saying “gambling is not my priority.” [p 476]   hmm, sounds familiar, lol

Only weeks after his inauguration in July 1998, the president summoned a rogue’s gallery of gamblers to his private residence at Polk Street in the Manila suburb of San Juan: masiao operator Charlie “Atong” Ang, Central Luzon jueteng boss Rodolfo “Bong” Pineda, and northern Luzon jueteng promoter Luis “Chavit” Singson, who was also the governor of Ilocos Sur. At this secret summit the president decided that his gambling buddy Charlie Ang would “set up the network” of regional racketeers and jueteng boss Bong Pineda would deliver the president’s 3 percent cut to Chavit so it would not be “obvious.” When Charlie Ang lost Estrada’s confidence by skimming executive kickbacks from a tobacco tax scam several months later, Estrada replaced him with Chavit Singson, who worked effectively with Luzon’s “gambling lords” for the next two years, assigning each a fixed territory to avoid conflict and collecting the president’s cut. Every month from November 1998 to August 2000, these underworld operators paid Chavit the president’s share, which totaled some Php35 million. And every two weeks Chavit made regular cash deliveries to the president. During these fifteen months Chavit collected a total of Php545.2 million –Php414.3 million paid directly to Estrada, Php123 million invested for him in the Fontana Casino at Clark Field, and the balance doled out to presidential kin. . . . [pp 477-478]
Playing on rising opposition to jueteng, Estrada’s closest allies renewed their pressure for legal alternatives. Appealing to the president’s avarice, rival supplicants promised him an even greater income, each tugging at personal ties to promote his own scheme as the most lucrative lottery. Charlie Ang promoted a jueteng look-alike branded “Bingo 2-Ball,” legalized by a Pagcor license, that promised Estrada Php70 million a day. [p479] . . . In June 2000 Pagcor skirted its own regulations to issue a license for Charlie Ang’s Bingo 2-Ball because, as its chair Alice Reyes explained, “it had the endorsement of the Office of the President.” . . . . Settng aside its usual propriety, Pagcor hired palace crony and crime boss Charlie Ang as its official Bingo 2-Ball “consultant.” Not only did the government gaming board pay him an exorbitant fee of five hundred thousand pesos (eleven thousand dollars) per day, but it gave him unchecked authority over the new lottery, making it, in effect, a legal front for reorganization of the old jueteng racket. Armed with this broad authority, Ang dictated the terms for the new Bingo 2-Ball franchises: 2 percent for the PNP, 13 percent for cobradores, 23 percent for Pagcor, and a hefty 62 percent for his own contractors. Significantly, it was Ang, not Pagcor, who awarded the local franchises, and he did it in ways designed to destroy his rivals among Luzon’s reigning jueteng lords, Chavit Singson and Bong Pineda. . . . Adding insult to injury, Charlie Ang awarded the bingo contract for the Ilocos region to Eric Singson, Governor Chavit Singson’s distant cousin, “mortal enemy,” and rival gubernatorial candidate. “I made it know to the President,” Chavit recalled, “that I felt bad when Atong Ang gave franchises for the Bingo 2-Ball to my political rivals. I told them to stop the Bingo 2-Ball operation or I would expose them.” [pp 480-481]

and expose them he did.   the rest is edsa dos history.   as for president gloria macapagal arroyo, no less than her husband miguel was accused of receiving protection money from jueteng lords.

Allegations that the the “first gentleman” had collected bribes from illegal jueteng syndicates to fund his wife’s presidential campaign had plunged the country yet again into a protracted crisis of rumored coups, mass demonstrations, and attempted impeachment. At first he denied the charges. But an opposition senator exposed secret bank accounts under the pseudonym “Pidal,” coincidentally and convincingly the middle name of Mike Arroyo’s grandfather. Only two days after the historic apology {for “Hello, Garci”}, the president felt compelled to announce that her husband would be going abroad for an indefinite period of political exile. [p498]

and now we have another aquino as president.   on july 11 the big news was of noynoy ordering robredo to stop jueteng.

Midlife Crisis

Dear insansapinas,
Pasensiya ka na kung mataray ako ngayon pero kasi hindi na nga masyadong mainit pero umuulan naman. Matutunaw pa rin ako sa ulan. Sala sa lamig, sala sa init. Ganiyan ang nagmimidlife crisis. Yong iba naman, nagpaparetrato palagi, yong iba nagbibilang ng mga wrinkles nila at ang iba ay bahala sila.

Kaya ito pasensiya ka kung ako ay magreklamo ng mga walang kakuwenta-kuwentang bagay.

1. Oweno kung ninerbiyos sa kissing scene si Pokwang. Hindi na naman siya dalaga nang pumasok sa showbiz. Arggh.

2. Oweno kung niregaluhan ni Regine ng mamahaling kotse si Ogie. Ganoon lang daw sila. Bakit kailangan pang ipnagalandakan nila. Ang daming naghihirap. TSEH.


3. Oweno kung maganda ang kitchen ng Malacanan  nang umalis si GMA. Lahat naman ng Presidente, pinarerenovate ang Malacanan o kanilang tinitirhan. Si Erap noon pinarenovate din ang kitchen. Mahilig kasi siyang magentertain sa kaniyang midnight cabinet.

Ngayon naman nirerenovate ang titirhan ni Noynoy dahil one bedroom lang. Pati ang Coconut Palace ay pinapaayos. Ito raw yata ang magiging official residence ng VP na ala namang provision sa Constitution at kailangan paraanin sa Congress.

Totoo Ba ito?

 Dear insansapinas,
Pork Barrel Ulit

Bagong mga kongresista pa lang, nagrereklamo na tungkol sa pork barrel. Ni hindi pa nakakasubmit ng gagawing batas. Mga babata pa gusto ng maging corrupt. Balita kasi 30 per cent ng pork barrel napupunta sa kanilang bulsa as kickbacks. Mapatay nga ang baboy na yan. Sugod mga kapatid sa babuyan.

CHR
Sinabi na kaagad ni Etta Rosales na siya ang magiging Chief ng Commission on Human Rights. Kinorek naman niya kaagad na hindi official kasi nagreact si Lacierda. OO nga naman, presidential spokesperson siya, hindi niya alam.

"Unofficially, I was told but no official notice yet," Rosales said in her first text message sent to reporters where she disclosed that President Benigno "Noynoy"Aquino III, through a messenger, had "chosen" her to be the next CHR chief.

"The President sent a messenger—mutual friend—to tell me he had chosen me. So I thanked the President and said I was willing to be of service to him,” she said.

"He thanked me for it. All these through text messages. No formal notice yet," Rosales added.

Hindi pa pala official, bakit kailangang iaannounce? Excited? Para ba hindi na makaurong? 

Late at Lechon

Dear insansapinas,

Kung gusto mo akong inisin, huwag kang dumating ng eksaktong  oras ng pinag-usapan. Di bale kung naghihintay ako na may kinakain. Babaw talaga.


Noong panahon na VP pa si Erap, may conference na pinadaluhan sa aming mga CPA. Dumating siya dalawa o tatlong oras na late. Yong pinggan, yong spoon and fork ay pwedeng nakain mo na at natunaw na bago siya dumating. Pwede mo pang gawing panghimagas yong flower decoration. Kung di ko lang kailangan sa aking Continuing Education points yong seminar na yon, matagal na akong lumipad kahit di ko dala ang aking pakpak.

Si Fidel Ramos yata at si GMA ay particular sa time. Ewan ko.


Pero ngayon, ang bagong Presidente ay ang mga cardinal at mga pari naman ang pinaghintay. Dati yong mga sundalo. Blame it on not using wangwang. 
 Meron kaming kaibigan noon na sakit na yata ang pagiging late. Pati nga sa kasal niya, late siya. Kaya ang tawag namin sa kaniya ay The LATE....

Pag nalalaman ko naman na pati mga artista, gumagamit ng wangwang, gusto ko ring lagyan ng pako ang daan para magkaroon ng flat tire.



Pork Barrel 


Yan talagang baboy na yan, ayaw nilang ipalechon. Noong si GMA ang nakaupo, panay ang bira nila sa baboy. Ngayong sila naman ang nasa administrasyon, ayaw rin nilang ipalechon.


Mabuti na lang vegetarian ako.

The Weekend Break

 Dear insansapinas,
Nawala yong news kung saan clueless si Edwin Lacierda kung nasaan ang boss niya ngayong weekend, kaya kinopya ko na lang itong kay Professional Heckler.

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda couldn’t say whether President Noynoy Aquino took a rest or not on his first weekend in office. Lacierda said he didn’t know Aquino’s weekend schedule. He doesn’t seem to know anything at this moment. In fact, Lacierda’s not even sure if he’s still Aquino’s spokesman.

Siyempre ang nakakaalam ay ang personal driver niya.

MANILA, Philippines- Three days after assuming office, President Aquino on Saturday afternoon took time off to have physical therapy and massage at the Philippine Rehabilitation Institute Foundation in Quezon City, his long-time personal driver said.
Mr. Aquino’s convoy left his home on Times Street in Quezon City around 3 p.m. Saturday. Driver Gerry Gezzingan told ABS-CBN News that the President usually goes for massage and therapy twice a week to relieve stress.

Wala namang problema kung magbreak siya lalo na weekend eh. Pero bakit nawawala ang balita?

Ito ay may balita sa MB:

The Budget

Dear insansapinas,


You know why I am not practically jumping for joy when the Aquino finance people announced that they are going to wipe out the budget deficit by 2010? I do not believe that they can perform a miracle. Tanungin pa ninyo ang mga misis na nagkakandahirap magbudget.

Now here is the news:

“Balancing the budget is not an important goal as far as I'm concerned, keeping it within the manageable level which is I believe is 2 percent of GDP is something we would like to do,” Purisima told reporters.
“We would like to create a space within the budget to support the goals of President Aquino in social investments, and building the necessary investments to support growth,” he added.
Originally, the Arroyo government had planned to wipe out the budget deficit by 2010 but moved this to 2013 because of weak revenues.

Since the deficit is almost 4 per cent of the GDP, the target of 2 per cent  in 2013 is equivalent to reducing it by 1 per cent. Achievable. At least. But when the corporations and businessmen start  performing "miracles" in their financial statements, that is when this task of trimming down the deficit would be far from impossible. Pag nagkaroon sila ng kaso at imbestigasyon, hanap sila ng padrino. Kaya kung minsan ang nahuhuli ay ang mga artista lang.


The fixed income earners are already regular sources of revenues. In fact the taxes  are deducted in advance. It is the businesses which can understate their revenues or overstate their expenses such as charging even the expenses of their paramours/lovers/ family members  in the corporate accounts that are unreliable source of income. Then there are also the technical smuggling happening by under declaration of their exports and imports so that revenues are slashed not only by half but more such that only pittance go to the coffer of the government. 


Budget Deficit is the difference between the budgeted revenues and expenses.


Ganito yon.


Ililista mo ang mga inaasahang tatanggapin. Mostly sa mga taxes ito na ibinabayad ng tao, corporations, mga institutions at iba pa.Tapos ang mga gagastusin kagaya ng mga pasuweldo ng mga  tao, pagpapatakbo ng mga ahensiya at iba pa. 


Halimbawa: Kikitain: 10 Billion pesoses. Gastos: 14 billion pesoses. Ang diperensiya na 4 billion ang sinasabing deficit. Malinaw ba o palalabuin ko pa?


Tapos, mag-iisip ang gobyerno kung saang kamay ng Diyos ito kukunin. Sa kaliwa o sa kanan,


Kung sa kanan, dagdag na taxes ang gagawin. Nangako sila na walang dagdag na taxes kaya hindi sa kanan. Kung sa kaliwa, mangungutang sila either sa Pilipinas o sa abroad.


Yon yong mga finofloat na mga government bonds, treasury bills and iba-iba pang klaseng bond. Huwag lang isasali si James Bond.

O kaya pagbubutihin nila ang pagcollect ng taxes. Para malamang wala ngang corruption, dapat lumaki ang collection ng taxes.


Madaling magsalita kapag nanood ka lang pero pag ikaw na ang pinanood, nagkakamali-mali.


Ano ang ibig sabihin na kailangang gumastos sila sa infrastructures blah blah. Kasi kung hindi sila gagastos, hindi nila maiistimulate ang economy. Ito ang ginawa ng nakaraang administrasyon.


Pinaysaamerika

The Promises

 Dear insansapinas,
Statements from the Cabinet Secretaries


Purisima-

“We will continue, but implement more vigorously, the existing programs against tax evaders and corrupt revenue officials with help from the Department of Justice,”

That means the programs are already there before their administration.  I hope there are no padrinos for big time cheats. Nothing new.


Proceso

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Secretary Proceso Alcala will review farm productivity and rice importation programs in order to determine whether announced targets could be reached.

Paano naman kung may rice cartel and artificial shortage?


Domingo

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Secretary Gregory Domingo is bent on delivering “very significant results” as it focuses on jobs creation, a better business environment, fair trade and consumer protection.

May be he should start talking to businessmen who outsourced some of their companies' operations.

Butch Abad

DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT (DBM) Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad will likewise prepare for a zero-based budgeting process, and will institute measures to enforce more transparency, accountability and efficiency.

Good luck!!! One of the disadvantages of zero based budgeting is it is time consuming and exhaustive. Down below the hierarchy, the preparers do not even know how to prepare a budget. They are used to incremental budgeting where they have only to justify the increases in the budget. Anyway, they have six years to change the system. The last time I heard about its planned implementation was years ago.


 Singson

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson will make flood control projects a priority in view of climate change, according to the recommendation of his predecessor Victor Domingo.

Promise ha.

Pinaysaamerika

The Morning After

Dear insansapinas,

1. James Yap- balita ay naging miyembro ng LABAN dahil sa statement niyang ipaglalaban niya ang kaniya pamilya.

Pero sa statement na ipinadala ni James sa PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) at iba pang miyembro ng media, sinabi nitong ipaglalaban niya na "mapanatiling buo" ang pamilya nila ni Kris "anuman ang mangyari."

Kilig siguro si Kristeta. At last may isang lalaking hindi siya iiwanan na lang. BTW. maraming nagpustahan kung aattend si James Yap sa inauguration. Marami ang nananalo.


2. First memorandum terminating all non-career positions vacant palpak kaagad. 
hindi naman lahat ng NCP ay political appointees. "Finine tune nila at sabi ay pareho lang daw naman ang ibig sabihin. The word that makes it different is CO-TERMINUS.


Biglang nawala ito sa balita sa Inquirer. tskks tskkk o hindi ko lang makita.


Kasi antok ako noong binabasa ko kahapon at nasanay ako na hindi naman inaalis ang mga balita kahit ilang araw na. 


Hinahanap ko pa iyong balita tungkol kay Lacierda na imbes mag attend ng press conference, nagpainterview sa isang network. Nag-apologize naman siya. Growing pains anyone. tssk tssk
(ito ibinalik...Palace spokesman...)


3. Benigno Aquino III snubbed the Renato Corona, the Supreme Court Chief Justice
Ang sakit siguro ito kay CJ Corona. Sayang lang ang mensahe ng kanta ni Noel Cabangon. Bilib pa naman sana ako sa pagsundo niya kay GMA.

Habang inaatake ni Noynoy ang wang wang, naalala ko ang balita tungkol sa anak ni Joseph Estrada na pinahiram ang wang wang nila sa kaibigan niyang anak ni Divina Valencia. Nasita yata at habang marami pa siyang pang-aatakeng sinabi, tinitingnan ko ang mga mukha ng mga pulitikong nandoon. 

Sabi nga ni Mar Roxas, ayaw niyang umattend dahil baka bigyan ng kahulugan ang kaniyang facial expression.

Pinaysaamerika

Inauguration of President -elect Noynoy Aquino

Dear insansapinas,

Nanonood ako ng inauguration, live stream sa GMA.


Malacanan.-sinundo ni Aquino si PGMA. Bakit singkit si PGMA? Umiyak ba?


Nagkalat ang mga plastic, plastic na  kutsara, plastic na baso  at plastic na ngiti. At as usual kodakan.


In fairness, inaalalayan naman ni Noynoy si PGMA. He was every inch a gentleman.


Kumanta si Charice. Hindi makahabol si Noynoy at Binay sa pagkanta. hehehe

Kanta ng Apo minamahal ang Pilipinas. paano naman si Jim Paredes na Australian na. Bakit kasi kailangan pa ang mga musical number na ito. Pampatay ng oras. gaga. (tawag ng kaibigan ko na nanonood sa TFC).


Pero bakit ang hilig nila sa mahahabang seremonyas. Di ba nila narealize na may mga foreign dignitaries. Si Binay, hindi maipinta ang mukha. Siguro ang pinakaprotektado doon ay ang mga relos. Palaging tinitingnan eh. toinkk.

Nagpatama ang nagsasalita, wala na raw tayong kulay, tayo ay pula dilaw, asul...aray bakit nakayelo pa ang mga Aquino ladies?

Naku kung hindi ko lang gusto si Christian Bautista, sasabihin ko bakit naging kantahan yata yang inauguration.

Moments ito ni Noynoy at ni Binay. Huwag ninyong sapawan. 

Sunod naman si Regine Velasquez at Kundirana. Hanubayan?

Ang mga mukha noong mga bisita, hindi masaya. ang init nga naman nagsisibirit ang mga artista doon. sus. ginawang ASAP.

hindi pa pala tapos, sino ba yan , ang naririnig ko lang pagbabago...(bilisan ninyo, inaantok na ako).

Hindi pa rin tumititigil. akala niya siguro concert niya.toinkkk. 

Sanay kasi akong manood dito na hiwalay ang inauguration sa mga tribute ng celebrities. may schedule din sila. pag inauguration, inauguration lang.

Kung maganda man ang mensahe ng kanta, palagay ninyo magbabago ang mga corrupt. Ni hindi nga nila aminin na corrupt sila. ng kanta pang mass hysteria lang. Pag nawala na ang effect, balik sa dating gawi. O di ba, maraming paiyak-iyak, pakaway-kaway  pag kinakanta ang Ang Bayan ko noon. Ako nga kinikilabutan noon. Pagkatapos, kurakutan na. Tsee.

Pinaysaamerika 

Vice-Presidents of the Philippines 1899 to 2010

Dear insansapinas,
Sinisisi ni Erap Estrada kung bakit hindi tumanggap ng puwestong inaalok si VP Binay sa administrasyon ni Noynoy Aquino.


Nagkainteres tuloy akong alamin ang mga Vice-Presidents ng mga nakaraang Presidente ng Pilipinas at ang kanilang puwesto sa gobyerno maliban sa pagiging Bise.


1. Emilio Aguinaldo - Unang Presidente ng Republika ng Pilipinas  (1899-1901). His  Vice President was

Mariano C. Trias

 Trias was appointed Miniser of Finance

2. Manuel Luis Quezon- second President  (President of the  Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935-1944) His vice President was Vice-President Sergio Osmena Sr. –

3. Sergio Osmena Sr. –third president –President of the government in exile in the United States –first vice-president to become president by assuming office. (1944-1946)

In the Philippines, a puppet government was installed by the Japanese Army.

4. Jose P. Laurel –Fourth president  -President During Japanese Occupation (1943-1945). He got two Vice-presidents;
Vice-President- Benigno Aquino Sr.-the father of Ninoy and grandfather of Noynoy Aquino and Ramon Avancena
5. Manuel A. Roxas –Fifth President - Last President of the Commonwealth and the first president of the independent Philippines. His Vice president was Vice-president  Elpidio Quirino

Kris for Kiko

 Dear insansapinas,

Why do I have a feeling that this is payback for Sharon's support for Noynoy? I do not know if this comes with the privilege of being the First Sister.


Kris backing Kiko as Senate head
 

By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star) Updated June 18, 2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Francis Pangilinan of the Liberal Party is gaining headway in the race for the Senate presidency after the sister of president-elect Benigno Aquino III, Kris Aquino-Yap, approached some senators to vote for him, sources said.

Pangilinan supposedly has the support of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Senate President Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, and Senators Francis Escudero, Sergio Osmeña III, Vicente Sotto III, TG Guingona, Ralph Recto, Franklin Drilon, Gringo Honasan, Panfilo Lacson and Antonio Trillanes IV.

Sources said Aquino-Yap herself called some senators to gather support for Pangilinan, who supported Aquino’s presidential campaign.

Totoo ba ito? Tama ba ito?

Sagutin mo ako Birhinya. (alog, pukpok sa ulo, toinkk).

Yan ang mahirap ang maraming utang na loob.Marami ring babayaran.


Pinaysaamerika

Change of Plans

Dear insansapinas,
Hindi na sa Quezon Memorial Circle ang inauguration ng President-elect. Sa Luneta na for security reason kaya yong inayos sa QMC ay magiging venue na lang ng celebration ng mga tao.


Hindi na rin sa Times yata titira. Sa Bahay Pangarap na. Salamat naman. Siguro may tiwala na siya sa mga dating security ng nanay niya. Hindi lang naman kasi security niya dapat ang iniisip, pati na ang mga diplomats at VIPs na kailangang makita siya. 


Ginawa na ring lugar ng demonstrasyon ang bahay sa Times Street. Kahit na sino pa ang Presidente, hindi maalis ang protestang yan. May agenda rin sila.


Ang pinagpipiyestahan ng mga hindi nakakaintindi sa Civil Service ay ang pagbabantang pag-alis ng nga taong nagtatrabaho sa gobyerno.


Sa mga casual, co-terminus, pwede siguro ito. Pero sa mga nasa plantilla at additional title na lang ang kanilang position, hindi sila puwedeng paalisin, maliban kung hinaharass o pinapahiya.


Naglalabasan na rin ang mga sinasabing atat na atat na manalo ang manok nila. Ngayon papress release sila na handa silang magserbisyo sa bayan. Aws? 


Sino ang tinutukoy ko? Ang mga ibang tao ay nagtatanong kung bakit siya pinakikialaman. Kasi hindi na siya private citizen. Siya ay public servant na ng mga Pilipino. 

Ilang flip flop na ba ito? 



Pinaysaamerika