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PANGLAO POLITICS: late but still entertaining
« on: September 20, 2007, 11:08:42 AM »
EDITORIAL
   
 
"IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT"
 
   
  Because of their religiosity, a joke goes, Boholanos are sometimes more Catholic than the Pope. The province, in fact, has one of the most number of priests and nuns in the country. The devotion to Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus borders on near fanaticism.


The BCBP-sponsored "Be Honest" - even if others do not, cannot - are all over the place - in streamers, media and even tricycles.


Sadly, however, when it comes to election, morality flies out of the window. Everyone seems to be for sale - "if the price is right." This is the kind of religiosity in words - but not in practice, that, woefully, many of us are guilty of. Shame on us!


Dirty and expensive are two ways to describe elections in Bohol. There are worse adjectives that cannot be printed here.


The fact that no real bloodshed occurred does not mean that Bohol had a clean and orderly election. There are some deaths that do not require the absence of life.


The death of democracy, for instance, only requires that one who has more gold claims his stewardship over a territory he does not deserve. And believe you us, the greed for power and largesse, made politicians and their supporters spend millions to direct the results of elections to their likings. Is this true representative democracy?


We had simplified our criteria for a sound public official - competence and integrity. By buying the votes of the electorate, he certainly failed in the second criterion. The morality of vote buying is akin to bribing the one who has the power - to withhold a parking space that has been paid for by someone, a clerical position from a deserving applicant and a student's seat in the classroom when he had paid the tuition as a qualified, bona fide student.


Yet, again, sadly, many of us take vote buying and bribe taking as an every-three- year bonus exercise, that we all very well know - is one of the chief root causes of corruption in the Philippines - now Asia's most corrupt by world standards. Those of us who participated in this quid pre quo arrangement are all part of this tag. Shame on us!


Take the case of just two towns - Panglao and Loay. There must be some kind of gold mine in these towns for some contenders to mark up the voter buying bids which can put to shame the amounts spent even in places like Manila. There are reports - which we tend to believe - that the voter's price ranged from P2,000 to a magnificent - if shocking - P5,000 - on the day before election. ( ALL THESE, COURTESY OF MAYOR ANOS FONACIER AND HIS FAVORITE , DODONG ALCALA WHO WILL TAKE HIS PLACE AS THE MAYOR ELECT. )


The argument is that since there are only few voters (relative terms), the bid price, therefore, escalates because the lower numbers (of voters) make the per head bribe affordable. But if that were true, why did these numbers (P2,000-P5,000 price per voter) not happen in most towns - though there was still vote-buying?


Maybe being the crown jewel of the "most preferred island destination" and the gargantuan Panglao international airport - are incentives enough "to die for." In Loay, there are reports that families were offered a package incentive of P10,000 to P20,000 per family. There must be something in Loay as well that must be worth the investments in gold that the clash of titans there predicated their battle on. "What about the pier," some people ask. Yes, can you tell us about it?


This proportion of electoral vote-buying dwarfs the previous elections range of P100 to P500 for an entire ticket. Indeed in politics - and business? - history can change in three years!


The election process has been degraded severely from candidates not having platforms to not having anything at all except a fat bank account and millionaire- supporters who are "investing" in sound political positioning. What is happening to our province, President Caloy Garcia?


Worse, there are unverified accusations that, particularly in the third district where the fight between the Jala and Relampagos factions generated heat that could fry a million eggs (including exaggeration) , the final provincial tallies did not, reportedly, reflect what occurred at the precinct levels. The names of Loay and Sierra Bullones have been mentioned so often as - the "hot" places. Is an electoral protest in the House of Representatives in the offing? Does the aggrieved party have enough evidence?


There are areas, however, where the "money factor" was not the X factor that swung election results one way or the other. Yet there was hardly any virtue there - because there just was not enough opposition to contest the candidacies of some.


Still in others - the voters wisened up - for some reason of their own. In Dauis, a losing candidate allegedly spent million before the election but could not match the actual pay-offs on election day and days immediately preceding. Calape, in a way, can become a model town, in spanking vote-buying candidates.


In some positions, the candidate who spent P400 against the opponent's P100 - still lost the election of May 14. It is phenomenon that is pregnant with meaning - that should give a lesson to vote-buyers in the future: that a citizen's vote is not for bidding to the highest bribe-giver.


Until people in our debating society called Congress and the Senate open their eyes about the pending "Electoral Reform Bill" which will force government to subsidize or pay the electoral expenses of all candidates and "uniformize" the media and campaign material in the next elections, we will forever face up to these abominable electoral practices characterized by greed and avarice capitalizing on the poverty of the electorate by asking them to sell their votes - and their dignity.


That is why the sensational, pulse-pounding victory of a priest in Pampanga as new governor - without him buying a single vote or distorting any election return - has been called a "miracle.'


Because in the Philippines, it is.
 


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Re: PANGLAO POLITICS: late but still entertaining!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2007, 11:11:48 AM »
THEY LITERALLY PUT A PRICE ON THEIR VOTES!

 

Money "overflows" for vote buying expenses

Vote buying even in this predominantly religious province has reached to an alarming proportion which confirms observations from non-Boholanos that election here is getting very expensive.

A highly placed source told the Chronicle that some mayoralty bets are ready to shell out P2,000 per voter in order to ensure their victory in the May 14 polls. The funding mostly come from the wealthy candidates themselves while others are enjoying the financial support of their benefactors who have their own personal interests in the municipalities where they reside.

The Chronicle listed at least 14, out 47 towns where vote buying will become the "call for the day." In fact, a neighboring town of Tagbilaran is reportedly getting the budget of no less than P50 million to ensure the victory of a mayoralty bet.

During a random interview with their leaders, it was gathered that some mayoralty bets have considered election day over as they have computed their expenditures for vote buying.

The towns identified where money for vote buying is expected to literally overflow are Panglao, Dauis, Calape, and Tubigon for the first district, Inabanga, Bien Unido, Trinidad and Ubay for the second district and Loay, Guindulman, Carmen, Batuan and Loboc for the third district.

The congressional race in the third district is also considered "financially bloody" with last termer Rep. Eladio Jala reportedly spending his last cent to ensure the victory of his son, Adam who is running for the lone vacant congressional seat.

Congressional bet Alexander Lim who is running for the second time is rumored to be getting the financial backing of Mark Jimenez even as the Lim resources are reportedly full to fuel his campaign punctuated with his heavy postering even in the remote barangays.

BM Dionisio Balite, also running for the second time has the resources of the Bohol Institute of Technology backing up the campaign machineries while former Gov. Rene Relampagos who is leading in the survey is likewise prepared with his campaign kitty for this congressional derby.

Reports said that a congressional bet in the 3rd district has his cash kept safe at his residences in Manila and in the city over the years to avoid being detected on his bank accounts.

Reports on vote buying have alarmed even church leaders who are out to intensify their education campaign for voters not to be lured with few hundreds or a thousand pesos on election day.

The "financially bloody" mayoralty race are the ones in Panglao between re-electionist Doloreich Dumaluan and former mayor Benedicto Alcala; in Dauis, between Mayor Lulu Bongalos and Vic Migrino; in Calape, between incumbent Mayor Ernest Herrera and Simplicio Yu, all in the first district.

In the second district, massive vote buying is expected in Loay, between Mae Imboy and Bong Bullecer; Carmen, between June Budiongan and Boy Molina; Batuan, between Goring Pepito and Baby Dumagan; Guindulman, between Fe Piezas and Reynante Granada; and Loboc between Leon Calipusan and Fred Sarigumba.

In the third district, the towns of Bien Unido, between re-electionist Mayor Marianita Garcia and Niño Boniel; Inabanga, between Juno Jumamoy and Maximo Garcia; Ubay, between IC Besas and incumbent Mayor Eutiquio Bernales; Trinidad, between Judith Cajes and re-electionist Osias Flor.

Tagbilaran City which has 39,374 registered voters is likewise included in the areas where massive vote buying is expected between incumbent Mayor Dan Lim and former Mayor Joe Torralba.
 
 



 


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Re: PANGLAO POLITICS: late but still entertaining!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2007, 11:14:23 AM »
Massive vote-buying
mar peaceful election
   
   
 
 Sale of cellular phones skyrocketed to an unexpected level since after last Monday's elections.


This could be the most visible effect of the huge cash flow received by Boholanos from "uwan-uwan" or "inangayan" which is the Cebuano term of money received from vote buying during elections.


"I was surprised why our sale of cellphone tripled last Wednesday," a shop owner revealed saying that it was the highest sales he ever had (after operating his shop for five years).


Random check made by the Chronicle on election day showed that vote-buying was all over. No barangay visited by reporters of "DYRD Election Live" would say there was no vote buying either on the eve of election day or two days before the polls.


The "biggest buy" was in Panglao wherein voters receive no less than P3,200 each, presuming he gets from both camps of Mayor-elect Benedicto Alcala and defeated mayor Doloreich Dumaluan. There were even reports that a bigger wave of cash bonanza was ready for the electorate should the other party released another surge of cash.

 


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Re: PANGLAO POLITICS: propaganda only!!!
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2007, 11:18:59 AM »

BANTAYAN SA NAKO ANG PANGLAO. MURAG BIBO JUD DIDTO!


Panglao

The President arrived in Tagbilaran Thursday afternoon. That night, she held a ceremonial switching in Barangay Tawala, Panglao to signify the complete electrification program in Bohol.

Arroyo, through National Electrification Administration head Edith Bueno, claimed 95 percent of barangays in the country now have electricity.

Bueno said that by 2009, all barangays will have electricity.

In Barangay Tawala, Panglao, local officials told her that they did not have street lights, which are needed to make tourists feel safe at nights.

At this, the President ordered Tourism Secretary Ace Durano to ask the Philippine Tourism Authority to pay for the street lights of Panglao.

Durano told residents Thursday night that Panglao has become a major tourist destination, that instead of being just a part of a day package for tourists from Cebu, tourists now prefer to go straight to Bohol and have a day tour of Cebu.

Arroyo also said that by the end of the year, land acquisition for the Panglao International Airport will be finalized and that by the first quarter next year, bidding for construction will begin. (MEA)


For Bisaya stories from Cebu. Click here.

(August 25, 2007 issue)
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Re: PANGLAO POLITICS: ALL PRAISES WITH AMERICA....
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2007, 11:23:30 AM »
ULOG ILOGAN KAY PABOR KAAYO SILA!!!!!!!!


THE AMBASSADOR OF GOODWILL

The United States Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney epitomized truly the modern-day Ambassador of Goodwill.  Kenney embodied everything that is good, true, democratic and global about America. No Ugly American, she is.
The warm and genteel persona of Kristie reminded people about the cheerful American Peace Corps volunteers in Bohol and the happy G.I. Joes that gave away chocolates and gums to the fascinated Pinoy brothers.

Chiefly, she came to make a pitch for the environment, a global concern that will define the survival parameters of mankind in the 21st Century. The US Ambassador launched the "Going Green: An Environmental Tool Kit for the Tourism Sector in the Philippine Coastal Areas."

The objective is to support the thrust of coastal resource management and marine protected area management since Bohol is the lucky choice site of the US-AID-funded Coastal Resources and Fisheries Conservation Project.

Political will of governors and steadfast stewardship of natural resources of the governed citizens are both essential to give justice to the resolve of these foreign technical and financial assistance. Not doing so could signal the end of our well-endowed natural resources which Ambassador saved no superlative words to describe.

How deserving are we to be honored by such American attention on our environment?

For one, the Department of Natural Resources (DENR) had promised to open the proverbial "pandora's box" that contains the listing of resorts violative of environmental laws in the fabled island of Panglao. DENR regional officials not yet giving that final list are the equivalent of budding actor applicants - very "promising." With two different meanings, of course.

We should invite by way of this editorial the new Environmental czar, former Manila City mayor Lito Atienza and check for himself these glaring violations unattended by his men.

We challenge newly-elected come-backing Panglao Mayor Dodong Alcala to crack the whip and show the violators he means business. The newly created Council of Elders chaired by Chairman German philanthropist Hans Schoof has expressed the same concern.

For another, there is the "done deal" oil exploration of some Australian interests which this government seems to accept with wide-open arms without seriously looking at the impact on the fisher folks and biodiversity. If one judges by the acts of some of our local public officials in the "seismic survey" stage of the oil gang, they are falling over one another to become doormats to "foreign interests" without even telling the people the fine prints of the agreement foisted by and agreed upon by the Manila Office of the Department of Energy.

How's that for leadership in the stewardship and preservation of the province's natural resources? Failing grade, we must say. But certainly, the visiting ambassador, on the other hand, had high regard for the cooperative spirit of the government and private sectors in advancing the province's progress.

Further, Ambassador Kenney praised the country's economic potential which has started to attract foreign investors. But frank like most Americans can be, Kristie Kenney also called for more transparency in order to correct the corruption web in the country, the amelioration of the human rights problems and strengthening the institutions needed to address these concerns as adjuncts to make the nation a better country to live in.

America and the Philippines have a shared glory in history. Coming from the Spanish American War to the battlefields of the World War II, we have become brothers to the noble causes of freedom of democracy. American education and model of government alongside a free media and a spunk of Hollywood are legacies that America has greatly bestowed on our nation. For a time we rewarded Uncle Sam with two American sea and air bases in Clark and Subic and gave them Parity Rights over our resources.

Today we hold hands in the common battle against terrorism and environmental degradation. No better ally can we find than in Washington in this regard.

The warmth and amiable nature of the average American, Kristie Kenney brought forward with her effort to reach more Boholanos by visiting our sister station DYRD for a 20-minute interview. Her visit to the radio station is now part of broadcast history for being a first of such visit of a US Ambassador.

Kenney even gamely posed for posterity photos with media personnel, security guards and police at the station premises.

It was a day to remember such a great US Ambassador. She represented America's best so well.


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Re: MIUNDANG BA DIAY?
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2007, 11:28:29 AM »
ANUS A GUD NA MUUNDANG SI AUMENTADO?

USA RA NI SA SERIES OF ACTS NIJA UG IJANG MGA TAO SA PANGLAO.

DI JUD NA NILA TANTANAN SI DUMALUAN HANGTUD SA GABAROG PA.


Guv, Panglao mayor kiss 'word war' goodbye
Who says that Gov. Erico Aumentado and Panglao Mayor Doloreich Dumaluan are bound for an endless verbal tussle?

The governor and the mayor met yesterday in a closed-door breakfast conference where they both sounded off the call to "cool it down."

Aumentado asked the mayor to be careful in issuing statements to the media which he said were already personal attacks on him.

Dumaluan, for his part, said he wanted the issue on alleged illegal building construction to be objectively addressed even as he earlier claimed that the move to stop the construction of a new three-storey building in his resort was politically motivated.

The hour-long breakfast meeting drew the conclusion that if matters were formally presented, then it should be formally answered.

The governor requested the mayor to answer the letter sent to him by Romy Teruel, chair of the review and development committee of the Panglao Island Tourism Estate (PITE) last July 25.

He clarified that he did not issue statements commenting on an order to demolish the ongoing construction. He said he was in Manila when the news about the demolition came out in the Chronicle.

Aumentado said he had asked provincial legal officer Handel Lagunay to brief him on the Dumaluan resort case after news reports were published in the local papers.

The governor learned that the demolition story came only as an offshot of an interview by the Chronicle with his legal officer on whether demolition can be considered an option if notices on the cease and desist order be repeatedly ignored by the mayor.

For his part, Dumaluan showed to the Chronicle his building permit and the Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) to back his ongoing construction. Earlier, Dumaluan questioned why the cease and desist order singled him out.

Aside from the PITE letter, Lagunay likewise wrote the municipal planning and development officer last Aug. 4 and another communication to the municipal engineer.

Dumaluan first denied having received the letter. However, before the breakfast meeting was over, he assured the governor that he would check his office regarding the PITE letter.

The governor asked the mayor to give due respect to official communication sent to his office in order for matters to be officially recorded rather than issue statements only through the media.

The hour-long breakfast meeting ended well with a reconciliatory handshake signaling that both will now be more diplomatic in issuing statements to the media in order to avert a looming "word war."
 
 

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Re: PANGLAO POLITICS: late but still entertaining!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2007, 11:57:07 AM »
renegade,

better you start a new topic for every subject rather than prolonging this thread.
this way, comments can be categorized accordingly.

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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2007, 04:02:59 PM »
let's wait and hav fun reading these materials na lang.

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« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2007, 04:05:44 PM »
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« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2007, 06:05:38 PM »
ja ug masuko diayg akoa, di pwede?

bsin gbug ata ka kay imong gdala?

katungod nakong masuko bsag kang kinsa, bisag kanus a. na pud koy katungo ana.

sa man puy labot anang uban ug masuko ko.

kasuko pud ug imoha tan awa ug na bay mu react.  sa gud ka?

daginuton? manoh di. akoa nang reaksyon, akoa nang opinyon, akoa nang katungod.

wowbohol oi.  kani,  WOWHANGGAW!   MAS ANGAYAN .   ;D

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