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#201
Talk of the Town / Re: WHAT AN a**!
January 07, 2009, 01:12:50 AM
Quote from: kiamoy` on January 07, 2009, 12:49:19 AM
I wish they will be able to do something to compromise for the inconvenience they've caused.

it's gonna be like, " WISH KO LANG "

hubag hubagan pa unta nang mga buanga na...   tam ison gajud matud pas tga panglao...


suko. AS IN NASUKO JUD NANG MGA TAO. UG AKO PAY NIADTO NYA MAO RAY ITUBAG SA AKOA?


MAMUNIT JUD NA SYA SA IJAHANG ULO UG ASA KALAGPOT INIGSAGPA NAKO KULANG PA IBAYAD NA SA AKOANG BOLPEN UG TIME. NAMINHOD TA UG PAMIL AP ANANG  MGA KUPONA, NYA?????

SA MAY MAY NAKUHA?

MALIPAY UNTA KO UG BISAN NA RA MAN MIDAUG TA UG USA KA TARO NGA SOPAS  ( MURAG TGA PROVINCE MIBYAHE ULI IGO IGASA )


AMAW JUD ........... MGA AMAW!
#202
Talk of the Town / ICM Raffle Draw Hysteria
January 07, 2009, 12:30:48 AM
  IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RAFFLE DRAW OF ICM WHICH WAS SCHEDULED ON JANUARY 6, 2009 SUPPOSEDLY.   AND WAS HELD LAST JANUARY 4 INSTEAD WITHOUT INFORMING THE PUBLIC WHEN THE SCHEDULED WAS POSTED ALL OVER INCLUDING ON THE CUSTOMER'S FACES....


IMAGINE,?   PIPOL FROM THE FAR FLUNG BARANGAYS IN BOHOL CAME, AND TODAY ALSO...  HOW VERY STUPID WAS A PERSONNEL FROM THEM ASKED WHY THE RAFFLE WAS HELD LAST JANUARY 4? BECAUSE THE 6TH DIDNT FALL ON SUNDAY...   PAG KA ESTUPIDO.


MAG RAFFLE GALI TA ARON NA TAY IKAHATAG NGA KALIPAY SA ATONG MGA KLIYENTE. NYA? SA MAN RON?

TUBAGA SULAY NI MARIO KAY IKAW MAN KAHAY ULO ULO ANA DIHAS ICM.   AJAW LANG PAG NEGATIVE KAY MA APIL NYA KA UG KA BAYGON


SA MAY TUBAG ANA?


#203
Panglao Island - Bohol / Justice Prevailed
December 26, 2008, 12:12:17 AM
DOJ clears Dumaluan
   

Former Panglao mayor Dr. Doloreich Dumaluan have nothing but praises for the swift delivery of justice on what had become the most publicized criminal case in the province.

Nine months after Dr. Dumaluan was implicated as mastermind in the brutal killing of 16-year old Vivian Dumaluan sometime in April 2004, the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed a petition for review on the decision of the Provincial Prosecutor that cleared the former mayor of the rape with homicide case.

Vivian was working as a househelp of the former mayor's brother Teofredo "Pingmay" Dumaluan who was previously charged for the crime on December 28, 2007.

"With the DOJ ruling, I really hope the persecution against former mayor Dumaluan and his family through machinations and sheer inventions using convicts as witnesses is over," the respondent's lead counsel Atty. Roland Inting said.

THE CHARGES

On April 29, 2004, the lifeless body of Vivian was found near the Bagobo Beach Resort in Bolod, Panglao.

A post mortem examination of the teenage victim's body showed she was raped before she was killed.

Police investigation led to the filing of a complaint for rape with homicide two months later against one Narciso Maghamil. This complaint was based primarily on the affidavit of witness George Galo.

About three years later on December 28, 2007, a second complaint was filed against Pingmay, this time for conspiracy to commit rape with homicide.

The complaint against Pingmay was based on a second affidavit executed by Galo on August 13, 2007.
         

The Office of the Provincial Prosecutor conducted preliminary investigation on the second case but before the prosecution could issue a resolution, the complainant and police investigator SPO2 Dominie Ragusta filed on March 7, 2008 a motion to defer resolution in order for additional evidence which includes an affidavit of Elizabeth Galo, wife of George, and a sworn statement by one Alex Dasco dated March 5, 2008.

However, before the prosecution could resolve the motion, a third complaint was filed charging former mayor Dumaluan and Romeo Lapinig as additional respondents having conspired with the two other earlier-accused.

A second affidavit of Dasco, executed nine days after the first sworn statement, tagged Dr. Dumaluan as the mastermind of the gruesome crime.

The provincial prosecutor consolidated the cases and created a panel of four prosecutors to conduct a joint preliminary investigation.

On July 2, 2008, the panel of prosecutors dismissed the complaint for rape with homicide against the Dumaluan brothers and Lapinig. The same resolution found probable cause against Dasco, one of the key witnesses, based on his extrajudicial confession that he held the hands of Vivian while she was repeatedly raped and later killed.

The complainants filed a motion for reconsideration at the Provincial Prosecutor but even before the motion was resolved, a petition for review was also filed by the complainants at the DOJ.

Although the filing of the petition for review was premature, the DOJ resolved the same based on its merits.

The DOJ resolution, signed by justice Sec. Raul Gonzales, said it found "no error to warrant the modification or reversal" of the resolution of the panel of prosecutors.

The DOJ likewise found inconsistencies in the testimonies of Galo "rendering his allegations unworthy of faith and credence".

Dasco's credibility as a witness was found by the DOJ as "devoid of any credibility".

Dasco's allegation that the former mayor involved him in the planning and participation of the crime when the Dumaluan brothers knew him for only about two weeks "cannot also be accorded with credibility", the DOJ resolution said.

"Moreover, the settled jurisprudence is that conspiracy must be established, as clearly as the commission of the crime itself. Dasco's allegation of conspiracy in the instant cases falls short of the required degree of proof."

The resolution also noted that Dasco failed to present evidence showing that the former mayor employed him as a driver in April 2004.

"Finally, as borne out by the record, witnesses Galo and Dasco are convicts of crimes involving moral turpitude. Such circumstances militates against their credibility as witnesses," the ruling concluded.

Atty. Inting said that Dumaluan and counsels are "contemplating on filing appropriate charges against those who orchestrated the sham accusations, including the lawyers, if evidence warrant."

Meanwhile, Atty. Aleck Francis Lim, another counsel for Dumaluan, also asked for the police to produce Dasco as the witness was under their custody.

He said the warrant for the arrest of Dasco, the accuser who is now the accused, should be issued by the court with the filing of charges against him.

   
   
Web    www.BoholChronicle.com
   
#204
Who's Who of Bohol / Re: TB members na naa sa Bohol...
December 25, 2008, 11:59:53 PM
Quote from: Angie Gulle on August 26, 2008, 05:38:35 AM
Kinsa man mga members sa TB na naa jud sa Bohol..I need to know..Salamat...


AKO
Quote from: grazie7y on August 26, 2008, 05:44:15 AM
The following members I know are based in Bohol:

Tita Lee aka simplylee
Gelyan
Paul
Borobotoy
Wardiflex
Alfonso
Mari
Melrose
Delaguna
GEC (?  :D)
Stardust
belleXTN
Leanne
Leo aka El Mundo
Bonbonquest

mag isip pa ko sa uban.


AKO DIAY?   living things ra?  apila pud non living things
#205
Quote from: Michael Ligalig on December 24, 2008, 07:17:11 PM
Merry Christmas kaninyong tanan akong mga kahigalaan dinhi ug gawas sa Tubag Bohol. Naa ko sa Cebu sa buntag sa Dec. 28. Magkita-kita unya ta pohon, maluoy ang Ginoo.

God bless you all.


Sincerely,
Mike
[/qula man ko kaadto sa party oi,   verrrrrrrrry interested jud ko
#206
General Topic / Re: HOW TO BECOME A TOURIST PORT
December 17, 2008, 11:22:08 PM
gikan ko atong usang adlaw sa sugbu.   gada tawon ug kompra.

mitukar na pud nang ubang porter dihas pantalan sa ilang terminal nga sakit.

ug paninglan na ta ug bayad,  di jud ko mahiluna kay mura mag gitulis akong pamati.


sa una gali, manghilak ang pasahero kay ilogon ang bagahe sa mga porter murag pamugos.


la gihapon ma regulate diha?

where are we going ba gayud?
#207
Quote from: Lorenzo on December 12, 2008, 05:10:28 AM
Ren,

Please do not use multiple period marks in posts.

Thank You.

okey sir.... sorry. nahabit na jud nako. sige ug quote. hehe
#208
Quote from: hofelina on December 10, 2008, 06:25:19 PM
pataud tauri, unsa man nga pila na intawon ka tuig nag-yaya kini!
Sakto si Mari an eyesore to the public!
Why don´t we make a petition and submit our signatures to the public adiministrator? They should be aware that we are concerned  to our capital city.


kato bang pila katuig kay eye sore man gud tinuod.......  but now they are trying to make something useful out of it.............   chance gamay......  let's all take a break on holiday season............ 

then,  birahe na pud next year...  ug tagaan nato sila chance for improvement within the first quarter of 2009?    nakahulat man gali ta ug pila ka years nya wa ta maningog   di ba/?   karon pa kaha nga gaung ung na...............   
#209
Quote from: A Layman on December 10, 2008, 11:29:18 PM
Thinning hair but full of wisdom kuno!

oi. kinabag an kog buhok........   mas baga pa gali sa akong nawong......
#210
Quote from: hofelina on December 10, 2008, 06:31:18 PM
patan-awa ko palihug sa imong foto renegade aron makit-an kon sexy ba gajud!

Manay

pwede vital stats ra?   numbers ra gud... figure man kaha?   hehehe
#211
always grateful
at 40's,      still sexy.......... hehehe
loyal friend
#212
give the city and the developer a chance... wa pa bya mahuman... they tried to open it earlier aron kaapas pud tawon sa holiday  rush.........


pataud tauri sa,.......   unja na ta magyawyaw ug nibati na ta nga murag dugay dugay na,   la pa mahuman........   ako pa juy mag una ug latos aning mga hellofaguns..........
#213
Quote from: calle on December 10, 2008, 10:44:15 AM
luoya pud.. na ra ba thread diri renegade nga niabot sa cruelty against animals. tagui jud ng imong baboy kay basin dili na nila ipaihaw mahibal-an nila..

malingaw jud ko ari tubag bohol ba....


makalingaw jud.

di na ra man ta maghisgot ug magtagad sa mga baboy..........  manga high blood nya ta............

baboy ray nakaingon...............   ug airport..................
#214
Quote from: glacier_71 on December 09, 2008, 11:05:04 AM
unsay ngalan imong baboy, renegade?


ramona.....  cute no?   pampista tawon
#215
Quote from: glacier_71 on December 09, 2008, 10:57:32 AM
naa tingali gatago sa hinagdanan cave...renegade...

da oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii>

dihas sa mo.... manlawog pa kog baboy........
#216
Quote from: glacier_71 on December 09, 2008, 10:51:42 AM
basin ang gipasabot ni dot kadtong tubag ni renegade. i can be wrong...apan, ang ubang mga tubag-opinyon dinhi di man atake-personal kay gahisgot man lang kita sa isyu. kung duna man galing kitay nalakbitang nga ngalan ug posisyon sa gobyerno, di man kini atake sa ilang pagkatawo kundi reaksyon lamang sa ilang mga aksyon ug abot sa ilang trabaho. di man mahimo nga magpaka-buta-bungol na lang kita sa mga hitabo sa palibot; ug kung gikinahanglan nga ipabati kini sa hingtungdan ang maong isyu, natural lamang maghisgot kita'g mga posisyon ug mga tawo diin nalambigit ang nahisgotang isyu...ang-ang mag og atong i-apil sa hisgot si bin laden kung panglao airport atong gilalisan...lol

basin bya dihas panglao gatago si bin laden maong la pa makit e?
#217
Quote from: calle on December 09, 2008, 10:41:55 AM
naa renegade..

salamat sa imomg pagdamay igsuon...........
#218
Quote from: glacier_71 on December 07, 2008, 07:44:17 PM
naa bay dakong patag sa balilihan, renegade? just asking. peace....hehehe

ambot lang kaha.........  la pa pud ko kasuroy ngadto kay wa koy paryente masak an.....

ang akoa lang,   lugar man kaha na sa mga pulitiko nga gusto mga sementohon ang panglao.......

unaha na man nang ilaha as a sample,..... at least mas gamay gamay sigurog gastuonon........
#219
Quote from: Dot (.) on December 07, 2008, 09:32:19 PM

I wonder why there are those who make personal comments against those who support the construction of the Panglao Airport. It doesn't make your argument against the airport any stronger at all, nor does it add any merit to your position. (LOL)

Because most of us are hiding behind the cloak of anonymity, its so easy for us to bash and malign those who do not share our position on the issue. Too bad.

The way I see it, the Panglao airport will become a reality sooner or later. There may be disadvantages, there may be adverse impacts on the environment, there may be social issues that will be to be dealt with... but the important thing is to push our leaders to do something to mitigate and address these identified issues.

Yeah, if there is really a better place to construct the airport other than Panglao, that place would have been identified already 20 years ago. How come there's none after all this time?

Flatland in mainland Bohol. Can anyone please identify a 150-200 hectare flatland in mainland Bohol that is not devoted to agriculture and food production? Are we willing to lose 150-200 hectares of food producing land to convert it into an airport?

How far are we willing to let Boholanos starve just so the tourists will not be driven away from Panglao?   



that is why there are threads like this to express one's opinion......   that, i think is not a question anymore... unless we are all morons and will just stand, wait and see what other people are trying to do without the opinion of the masses......... 

na man galiy second opinion ang doctorss...   mukonpirma man gali ta unsa katinuod ug nay mugawas storya suwahi sa atomg na andan.....   kani pa kahang kinahanglan gastuan ug kwarta sa gobyerno ang dili hisgutan??//


nuon,   kanang mga tao siguro nga way pakialam ug magkinaunsa ta tanan,   mao ray angay di mutingog....





NAA BA KOY PUNTO O WALAAAAAAAAAAAA?
#220
pili lang mos ubay or balilihan.............
#221
General Topic / Re: I need a Host/friend during my visit
December 07, 2008, 01:39:33 PM
Quote from: Angie Gulle on December 05, 2008, 10:38:40 AM
renegade, kasab-an jud ka ana sa Unilever  or Procter and Gamble. Ngano imong gi uban ang pampers og EQ.

pareha naman sila pamutos ug lubot...   generic.........
#222
General Topic / Re: HOW TO BECOME A TOURIST PORT
December 07, 2008, 01:36:11 PM
Quote from: lolongmendez on December 05, 2008, 12:40:13 AM
puede pa ba mamasol sa pantalan sa tagbilaran?... I remember way back in 1976 mamasol jud mi sa pantalan up to 10pm... its very quite ... ug daghan pa ug isda...

na puy panagsa mamasol............  di naman kaayo.........  la na siguroy makuha kay gitambayan man sa mga badjao......   ug la pay barko mudunggo, kalingawan sab nila ug  panakop.........
#223
General Topic / Re: HOW TO BECOME A TOURIST PORT
December 07, 2008, 01:34:32 PM
Quote from: A Layman on December 04, 2008, 11:04:23 PM
Morag samok bitaw ang atong mga pantalan diha sa Bohol...ambot lang kaha karon kay dugay dugay na ma ko makauli diha.


mada ug tarungon...........   usa ray naimproved: nahimong TOURIST PORT .....   according to them .................
#224
General Topic / Re: I need a Host/friend during my visit
December 04, 2008, 10:49:32 PM
Quote from: Angie Gulle on December 04, 2008, 08:16:24 AM
I think Oliver is not only for IQ but maybe he is on EQ too.

PAMPERS BA NANG EQ?
#225
General Topic / Re: I need a Host/friend during my visit
December 04, 2008, 10:48:54 PM
Quote from: Angie Gulle on December 04, 2008, 11:06:34 AM
Korek kanang mainato jud!

Kanang inig sulod sa balay adto agi sa kusina :)


BWA HAHAHAHAHAHA
#226
Quote from: Erico on November 29, 2008, 09:14:48 PM


The revised time line of activities for the construction of the Panglao Bohol International Airport, as prepared by the detailed engineering and design consultant, will be presented to the President in a dinner meeting at Malacanan Palace on Dec. 3.

Our fellow Boholanos, our stakeholders, and all those who care for Bohol's future can be rest-assured by the fact that the Provincial Leadership is looking at the bigger picture in the implementation of the airport project.

We totally agree with the concerns raised -- the urgency of having a reliable water system to meet the increasing demands, environmental impact, improved vehicular access to Panglao Island, and other legitimate issues. Yes, these issues can and are actually being addressed simultaneously (rather than dealing with the water supply issue first, as suggested by some distinguished members of this forum) especially that we cannot afford to delay the operation of the new airport in view of the continuing dangers we experience while using the Tagbilaran Airport.


DAKO JUD IMOHA ANI NO?   EXPEDITION NA PUD... SUMO NA ISSUE UG CRV,,   DAAN NA PUDDDD.
#227
Quote from: Edgardo on November 29, 2008, 05:48:57 PM

I am happy to share that the construction of the Panglao Bohol International Airport will soon start.

The detailed engineering and design is already awarded to the same consulting firm that designed the NIA 2 (Centennial) terminal.

Construction will start sometime in August 2009.

MIAA General Manger Cusi reaffirmed their commitment to fund the the bulk of the project (Php 3 Billion). DOTC's share (Php 1 Billion +++) is already in its 2009 budget.

Along with the construction of the airport will come the necessary parallel infrastructure projects -- improvement of water supply, improvement of electric power supply, improvement of roads to meet traffic demand, expansion of the bridge connecting Panglao to mainland Bohol.

The continuing operation of the airport in Tagbilaran is no longer feasible for AIR SAFETY reasons. Expanding it would cost more than building at least two international airports.




PILA MAN IMOHA ANI?
#228
Quote from: calle on December 02, 2008, 08:16:38 AM
kini si erico ug edgardo ba, si gov ba ni ug congressman? pagmata na mo mga "honorable" officials of the provincial government.. basaha ning tibouk thread basin na pay paglaum nga mausab ng inyong mga hunahuna.. i doubt if you'd see one who is for the project..

last year sa gatambay pa kos bohol, nagsugod na man ni silag clearing operations.. nagpapicture pa ni si erico with the bulldozer..

baga jud ug nawong.. pila baya na ektaryas nya usa ra to ka bulldozer magclearing.. what a pr guy..


katawa man ta ani.........
#229
Quote from: fdaray on November 27, 2008, 11:52:49 AM
Even if I'm not living Bohol permanently,  I will give my comments on the construction  of Panglao International Airport.

I do believe that it will benifet to the people of Bohol because tourist will not be anymore passing
Cebu and Tagbilaran City will be the new business center of Visayas. Bohol is known throughout
the world for its chocolate hills, tarsier, falls,  white beaches and many more. If  there will be an international airport in Panglao, tourists from any parts of the globe  will not be diverted to any
place in the Visayas except Bohol.

The new International Airport of Panglao will invites more tourist coming to the
country.


NA MURA MAN PUD UG MUBYAHE KA 3 KA ORAS FROM PANGLAO TO TAGBILARAN.......


WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PANGLAO AND TAGBILARAN? i mean, sa oras ba.....   layo ra?
#230
Quote from: ehringgilaygeyt on October 18, 2007, 09:50:08 PM
Dayon kaayo nang airport, gaugod naman ganig pang daro. Na sayo-sayo man gani ang schedule of usa ka quarter. Angal mo nga ipa-improve nang karaan nga airport. Moingon mog walay airplano? Naay China og Russian Federation nga nanggi-hulat lag kanus-a mahuman nang airport. Unya gusto pa gyud ninyong padaghanon nang makwarta sa Cebu kay adto gihapon motugpa nang mga turista. Kahibaw ba mo nga sige kadako ang porsyento sa mga turista nga moanhi-ay dire sa Bohol kaysa Cebu? Mas maayong malahos nga himuon nang kaaran nga airport of hotel lugar nga mapuy-an sa mga mobisita dinhi kay mao gyud nay main reason nga nakapugong nganong mapugos, usbon nako, MAPUGOS ang mga turista og abang og kwarto sa Cebu kay wa pay kapuy-an samtang manglaag sila dire. Og bahin man galing sa kalikopan o kon "environment", PAGMATA NAMO UY!  :D Sige ang mga inisyatiba sa pag padayon sa pagpanindot og pag preserbar niini unya nagka daghan ang motabang pa. Og moingon mo nga naay mga kickbacks sa kon kinsa man galing aw realidad na samtang buhi pa ta. Apil nalang mog negosyo dire para kabahin pud mo. Sige lang mo angal. Unsa may Mabuhat o nabuhat ninyo aron ikatabang beh?... Kutob ramos sa tabi. Naay sinultian nga "ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS" (iningles to BAI)  ;D Og mahuman na ang airport kamong mga naa sa laing nasud nga dili gusto sa airport sa Panglao o ba kaha sa laing bahin sa Bohol adto ramo sa Cebu tugpa ha kay mas sayon  raman kaha ninyo ang airport sa Cebu. Apil pud tong wala motuo nga tukuron ang airport. Aw mao sad tingaling dili motuo sila sa airport kay dili man makakaya og pamilete sa pgsakay og "edro" mao nang negatibo ilang huna-huna ana. Daghan namong sumusunod ni Victor Dela Cerna...AMEN? ALIEN!!! 

Naa pa gyuy idugang nga laing airport dinhi sa Bohol, Kanang naa sa Ubay ay... Ang turismo dili lang i-tutok sa South hasta pud sa Norte, sa Kasadpan, sa Silangan o kon asa nga lugar nga naay ika pasundayag nga turismo nga dili kumon.

Makalingaw pud ning mga mabasa nako sa dinhi ialbi na gyud anong mga supakero o ba kaha anang mga "cynical" (kon sa iningles pa) nga daghan wala mahibal-i unya magtu-o bitawng na moa ang ilang huna-huna. Unya pun-an pa gyud anang mga POWER RANGER . Kanang dili taga dinhi bitaw! Kanang tawgon og FOREIGNER. Mao na sila mga "Power Ranger".


taga panglao ka?   taga bohol?   taga asa ka?  na kay property sa panglao angay proteksyonan? na ba kay tampo aRon masugdan nang airport? na ba kay kumisyon makuha parte anang project...   na ba kay paryente sa mga tawo nga gauyon ane? pulitiko ba ka? nakapalit ba ka sa yuta nga tag P36 nya gibaligya ba nimo ug tag P300 sa grupo nga mu finance kunohay aning project?   ug naa, wa na koy sey.......ayg kalain lang..........   NANGUTANA RA KO......
#231
General Topic / Re: HOW TO BECOME A TOURIST PORT
December 04, 2008, 10:12:15 PM
read and you will know where the tourist port is located........ 

you call it sarcastic........   i call it reality..........   reality bites....

it is happening in the city of the golden friendship....


are people blind or simply dont care............


you may call it what you what, label it what ever, but the truth is, who really cares about it?   the people whov seen it it? who heard about it? who read this post?


Me? I care...........  If i dont,  you wouldnt be reading anything like this here.......

Di ba? kasimple ana,........ adtoa ra didto.  tan awa........ ug ganahan pud mo, pag survey lang........ 


We joined every possible tourism campaigns that  happenned in the  ::) face of the world........  then and now....   you could ask the provincial tourism council and the department of tourism............


sayang pud gasto ug mao ra man gali abtan sa atong ,mga bisita.      luoy pud labi nang private sectors na sige ra man apil...   ang gobyerno,,,,,,,,,   saka ra stage ug tawgon, dawat ra award ug tagaan..........  piro,,,,,?   mura pud ug nay tampo nga dako....


GARBO ra may gi pang apas   anaa.........


tell me where it hurts my baby.............   :'(
#232
General Topic / HOW TO BECOME A TOURIST PORT
December 04, 2008, 09:48:40 AM
Published in the Bohol Chronicle

********
Pres. Arroyo postponed her schedule for inauguration of several projects here.

Gov. Erico Aumentado bared that due to pressing schedules in Manila, the President decided to move her Bohol visit to first week of May. The President was originally scheduled to arrive here on Friday.

She is slated to inaugurate the Bayongan Dam of the Bohol Irrigation Project Stage 2 (BHIP 2) in San Miguel town, the Bohol Circumferential Road Improvement Project Phase 2 (BCRIP 2) and the P60-million Jagna roll on-roll off port, and possibly to include the newly completed Welcome Center at the Tagbilaran City Port, declared as the country's "tourist port."
;D ;D ;D
Gov. Aumentado will fly to Manila for a scheduled meeting with the President tomorrow to finalize the presidential visit here.


qualifications on how to become a tourist port:

1. should be crowded with badjaos both land and sea;
2. should be populated by unorganized vendors ( mobile and stationary );
3. should be full of basuras all over the area;
4. should be installed with multi million lighting facilities, but doesnt need to be working
5. should be flocked by some shady characters canvassing for tarnsport ( i.e.   must be suspects or at least newly bailed out on some robbery activities )

anybody who wants to add more on the qualifications,  feel free.
#233
General Topic / Re: I need a Host/friend during my visit
December 04, 2008, 09:27:27 AM
well,  that's remain to be seen and heard............

akoa lang,  murefer pud ta ug tawo, nya mainato ra......  icouldnt imagine.................
#234
General Topic / Re: I need a Host/friend during my visit
December 03, 2008, 02:00:38 PM
if you a really a mensa member.  then you will not bee needing anybody around ... baka naman naghahap ka lang ng maiinsulto  every now and then ... nya, di kapalag kay gibayran man..........   di ba kaha mao na?
#235
General Topic / Re: I need a Host/friend during my visit
December 03, 2008, 01:58:41 PM
 What is Mensa?

      Mensa is an international society in which the sole criterion for membership is a score at or above the 98th percentile on any of a number of standardized IQ tests. Mensa is a not-for-profit organization whose main purpose is to serve as a means of communication and assembly for its members. Qualification may be determined by Mensa or by submitting properly certified evidence of prior qualification.      Mensa Philippines is an emerging national Mensa under the auspices of Mensa International Ltd. The society has over 100,000 members in over 80 countries worldwide. Mensa's aims are - to identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity; to encourage research in the nature, characteristics and uses of intelligence; and to promote stimulating and social opportunities for its members.

      Mensa provides a forum for intellectual exchange among its members. Its activities include the exchange of ideas by lectures, discussions, journals, special-interest groups, and local, regional, national, and international gatherings; the investigations of members' opinions and attitudes; and assistance to researchers, inside and outside Mensa in projects dealing with intelligence or Mensa.

      Mensa Philippines is recognized as an emerging Mensa under Mensa International.
   
#236
General Topic / Re: I need a Host/friend during my visit
December 03, 2008, 01:55:04 PM
he cant play tennis........   he loves to cook....... go around places........  hell be your PA or personal assistant... anything you need under the sun as long as it doesnt require to risk his like for a mere P5k
#237
General Topic / WHAT'S FUNNY?
November 30, 2008, 01:19:40 PM
" WHAT'S FUNNY?

IT'S FUNNY WHEN YOU HEARD A LOT ABOUT AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO BE CONTRUCTED IN PANGLAO..............  TALKS ABOUT IT STARTED TWENTY YEARS AGO.  EACH TIME A NEW GOVERNOR INSTALLED, ARE THE TIMES THE SUPPOSED AIRPORT HAVING IT'S GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY ( damu gid kwarta sang gubyirnu bla ) ;D


IT'S FUNNY, WHEN YOU HEARD OR TALKED ABOUT THE TAGBILARAN PORT AS "TOURISM  PORT" WHEN IT HAS SO MANY BASURA, VENDORS AND BAJAOS.  ( pagawasa ra gud na sa iyang opisina ang port manager... ipasuroy...  )

IT'S FUNNY WHEN THE FORMER ACCUSED HAS TURNED TABLES ON FORMER WITNESSES AGAINTS HIM  .. ( asa naman mga testigos gipambayaran ni anoos fonacier aron ma vindicate ang kanhi mayor sa panglao? )................ ;D ;D

manlawog sa kog baboy.. sumpayan ra nako ni ;D
#238
General Topic / Re: I need a Host/friend during my visit
November 30, 2008, 01:07:47 PM
think this guy could help.   try him at" 09218003142
#239
Quote from: Macky Ferniz on September 18, 2007, 06:05:15 AM
This is another long long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

Good to you Jeroen Hellingman, you have more and more supporters. People of Bohol have awaken to the reality. I have read your article "An International Airport in Panglao makes no economic sense". Folks, Jeroen Hellingman campaigned against this before Tubag Bohol was born.

By the way, welcome to tubag bohol "Renegade" you are the most vulgar member I've ever read. I enjoyed your comments.








Thanks Mackie.......

Ari diri na ra man nako birahan nang mga way tumong ug wa maghuna huna maga unsa nang ubang tao as long makasapi lang sila........
#240
BIG NO FOR ANOTHER AIRPORT......... IMPROVE THE OLD ONE........   LA GALI GUB A NANG MGA KARAANG STRUCTURES KAY GASTO NA KAAYO. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE NEED EVERYTHING NEW AND STILL RUNS BY CENTURY OLD CORRUPT GOVERNMENT?

JUST LOOK AT THE PIER KARON..........   MAAYO PA NA SA UNA KAY ORDEDRLY KAAYO... LIMPYO, WAY VENDORS GAKATAG..........    NAHILUNA BA IN OTHER TERM.........

KARON,?  NAY GABALIGYA SHADES, NAY MGA BADJAO........  KALAT ANG BASURA ANA KILID SA PORT POLICE NGA AREA...........  MAYPA IBALIK TONG SAUNA NGA SI ESTOLOGA KAY MURAG DISIPLINARIAN TO.......

SO, DEAR PORT MANAGER.  CAN YOU SPARE SOMETIME TO LOOK INSIDE YOUR OWN BACKYARD... AYAW SIGE DIHA SUD SA IMONG OFFICE KAY PANUHUTON NYA KA...

HOPING, JUST A SINGLE LIGHT OF HOPE,  SOMEBODY WILL LOOK UP ON THIS MATTER....

SAYANG RA MAN ANG PAGKA SELF DECLARED NGA " TOURIST PORT "..
  GANAHAN MAN PUD TA UYS SIGE SELF DECLARATION............   AJO PUD  UNTA UG ANGAYAN   TA.........

#241
unja, kanang mga ga work ug dive instructors, nay working permits?

ATTENTION : BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION

injo gajud icheck palihug status sa mga working foreigners.

not unless, na na clay contact sa injong opisina nga pwedeng............

balo na mo ana.......
#242
word peace will still remain unknown as long as the "war of the dogs " goes on....
  and old man who is the puppeter still lives.

maybe somebody might want to help him and bring to rest.   literally.
#243
LGU Philippines / Re: How To Save Panglao Island
June 12, 2008, 11:50:48 AM
ja unsaon man ang uban nga kadali ma materialize ang airport wa maghuna huna?

sa tinuod lang bitaw, kwarta ra ning storyaha. gadali kay aron mas daghan kwarta ang mahipos.

di " early bird catches the early bucks...  "
#244
LGU Philippines / Re: How To Save Panglao Island
May 30, 2008, 10:35:13 PM
Kamo sa diha magilalis. busy mi panganvass palit ug yuta aron mahimo nang another place ang panglao. mga taga pangalo, ihurot lang baligya inyong yuta sa mga dumudung aron tan awon asa mo pamuniton
#245
Hoping that this move will not short-lived the tourism industry. errrrrrrrr.,,,  puno sad silag bulsa. murag gubat, nay makapili.
#246
Introduce Yourself / Re: How Is Your Day?
November 21, 2007, 04:52:07 PM
worst ever. I had my laundry all smoked up kay gahaling sa silong sa balay. nanimaho na jud ug anuos tawon. somebody wore my slipper without asking who owns it. I wasnt able to sleep last night because of the iring nga nanguwag. grabe jud ilang conversation as in howling all night. kamlame ipatay!!!!!!!!!!
#247
Ug madayon, madayon jud. unsaon man na, PUGNAN? maligsan pa nya kog eroplano.  sige na ra man.  basta ba mahiluna pud nang mga tao nga madislocate tungod ana. huna huna bya pud unta ang grnrral welfare ug mga advantages and benefits sa taga panglao. UNJA RA NANG KICKBACKS ug naa. sure jud nga naa. its the system bya n we can not fight the system. People First!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#248
General Topic / LOOK! THERE'S WATER IN PANGLAO.....
November 01, 2007, 04:38:15 PM
Cebu group eyes Panglao water supply
By KIT BAGAIPO

   
 
WATER DEAL. Panglao town Mayor Doloreich Dumaluan conferring with Mactan Rock president Antonio Tompar, a Cebu-based water provider, during a public consultation last Thursday to supply water in the resort area of barangays Tawala, Bolod and Danao.    Resort owners and residents in barangays Tawala, Bolod and Danao in Panglao town welcomed the entry of Cebu-based water supply specialist Mactan Rock Industries during a public consultation held last Thursday at the Tawala barangay hall.


Panglao Mayor Doloriech Dumaluan told the Chronicle that potable water is expected to flow by March next year as Mactan Rock president Antonio Tompar assured that they will

start the project once a barangay resolution will be adopted by Tawala officials and the corresponding permit from the office of the mayor.
"I did not hear any opposition to the interest of Mactan Rock to provide potable water during the public hearing," Dumaluan stressed, "as this will solve the long-sought after solution to the water problem [in the resort area]."


The project could be undertaken through a build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme or maybe privately owned, Dumaluan said.

     Once the barangay resolution and mayor's permit are issued, Mactan Rock will enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Alona Beach Community Foundation.


The mayor assured that the project will commence in January and as Mactan Rock's timetable had it, they could start supplying within three months.


According to Dumaluan, the entry of Mactan Rock will not affect ongoing negotiations with Bohol Water Utilities Inc. (BWUI) which have also expressed interest to supply the much-needed potable and clean water in the town.


Presently, negotiations with BWUI are stalled as the Panglao Sangguniang Bayan (SB) is still reviewing the water rate proposal of BWUI.


"There is no problem if both BWUI and Mactan Rock will come in because there is no exclusive franchise required [by the latter]," the mayor explained, "[this will] encourage competition [among the two water utilities]."


Resort owners and the Alona community have been complaining of the availability of potable water in the area.


The public consultation was attended by barangay officials of Tawala, Bolod and Danao, purok leaders, resort owners and residents.


Dumaluan said, Mactan Rock is an environment friendly alternative since the company will build a wastewater treatment plant aside from the desalination process facility that will filter salty water into mineral water with "zero waste discharge".


Mactan Rock will also install their own pipelines going to their consumers.


Mayor Dumaluan said the company had a previous offer to sell their water at P25 per cubic meter. But the mayor expects the selling price will be much lower depending on the operation and maintenance costs.


Mactan Rock is a successful water treatment venture that supplies many resorts and hotels in Cebu City including business establishments and some parts of Cebu's downtown areas.

#249
Obituary / Re: Condolences to Mike's Father
October 28, 2007, 10:15:16 AM
MY PRAYERS........


#250
AIRPORT!!!!

IT REMINDS ME OF IT EVERYTIME I FACE THE MIRROR!!!!!!!!!!!

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
#251
LGU Philippines / Re: own right
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

HANGGAW JUD
#252
just like my father who was gunned down infront of my 5 year old nephew, with neigbors witnessing the said.

na ba diay nahitabo nighuman? wa tamon bisag kinsa nga mitestigo.

mao di ko ganahan tan aw sa nawong sa akong mga silingan bisag pa magkababata mi.

there is no justice whatsoever until this very moment.

ug na kay kwarta, palit ra man.

magdamgo ko ug madato ko.
#253
LGU Philippines / Re: MIUNDANG BA DIAY?
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."

#254
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.
#255
LGU Philippines / Re: PANGLAO POLITICS: propaganda only!!!
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)


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(August 25, 2007 issue)
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#256
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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#257
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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#258
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.

#260
mao jud!!!!!!!!!!!!
maayong ipang pakog silang tanan. maka first blood gajud. mga tonto!!!!! :'(
#261
  IASA GUD NANG AIRPORT SA PANGLAO? the projct is just being pushed by pipol who has no investments in panglao> Na ba diay property nang mga ga push ana? agresibo sila kay dako dako baya ang mabahin sa ilang paglalo sa mga taga panglao.  mubuto ra na ug mahimo na pud scandal ug di mabahin ug sakto. timan e ug masayop ba ko ana,

Sa may tagaan nila ug proteksyon sa panglao? mangutana lang ko. nay inevstment ang governor ug ang deputy secretary sa ATO ba na nga si toralba aron musagang ana? WALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !
Mao, pagbantay unta ang mga taga panglao niini kay basin unya asa sila marelocate.

PAET pud nang laluon ta sa atong kaugalingon nga teritoryo. gisahon sa atong kaugalingong mantika.

Asa naman kadung mga pobre ana sa panglao? gawas sa mga dato nga kagawad diha sama anang mga nangugat na diha sa konseho sa panglao nga wa may nahimo. kas kas ra gud ug kwarta.


huuuuuuuuuuuu.   paet jud.  pagka paet!!!!!!!
#262
Quote from: renegade on September 17, 2007, 03:34:12 PM
salamat sa imong advise administrator. pero di gajud ko mahiluna ana ilang gibuhat. lami unta ug pwede pa diri, ako jud silang balikason ug taman taman. ampo na lang ko nga mahilangit unta sila. MGA BAGAG NAWONG JUD NANG MGA PILITIKUHA BA!!!!   kamaayo mustorya, pero grabe! imagine, maimpluwensyahan bsag US embassy? gamhanan jud!

Otro pud nang embassy, maingon ang pinoy kunohay ang tuta sa kano, SILA MAN DIAY ang tuta sa pinoy. nga upaw pa jud.
#263
salamat sa imong advise administrator. pero di gajud ko mahiluna ana ilang gibuhat. lami unta ug pwede pa diri, ako jud silang balikason ug taman taman. ampo na lang ko nga mahilangit unta sila. MGA BAGAG NAWONG JUD NANG MGA PILITIKUHA BA!!!!   kamaayo mustorya, pero grabe! imagine, maimpluwensyahan bsag US embassy? gamhanan jud!
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MAO NI ANG SUMPAY SA SERIES OF EVENTS TUNGOD ANANG FRANCINE. WE APLLIED FOR A U.S. VISA TOGETHER WITH NILA MONTERO AND FR. LINUEL CANIZARES, FR, FELIX HORA, EMMA JOY ABUGHO ( daughter of Mrs. Minda Kennedy of New York ) Fr. Hora and Emma Joy were denied visa during the interview at the embassy last July 16, 2007.  Fr. Linuel was granted. Me and Mrs. Montero were granted visaa according to the consul who interviewed us. Supposed visa were about to be received 4-7 days upon approval. To my dismay, our passpiorts were held at the embassy from July 16 and was released on September 9 only. Nganong giabot man ug adto kadugay nga man siguro na mahitabo sa uban sukad. I made several follow ups thru faxed letters to the embassy but wa jud ko kadawat ilang reaksyon. We are scheduled to attend the 2007 JATA WORLD TOURISM CONGRESS in Tokyo, Japan this Seot 13 16 unta pero saon namo pag aplay ug japanese visa nga ila mang gihawiran amoang pasports. AKONG DUDA, there wer unseen hands nga nag manipulate sa among dokumento didto sa embassy. Duda nako, ila ra man ko gi apil / giangil sa away pilitika dri sa panglao.  Di Ba mao kanay akong huna hunaon. Na man juy pllitiko anaa sa tagbilaran nga close kaayo kang gma. nya, few days ago, miari pus sa bohol ang ambassador to the rp nga si kristie kenney ug mao silay ga host. di ba na klarong gipilitika kini. PASTILAN UG MAO GALING PANGHITABOA UG NAKA AKO SILA HIMO INANA, gakalas kalas ra man atubang ug kuha sa akong butar miaging eleksyon. APILON BA DIAY TA SA AWAY O BUGNONG PULITIKA BISAG WA TAL LABOT?  MAO NIY RESULTA SA ILANG KABUANG. PWERA GABA JUD NANG MGA TWAHANA AS IN PWERA, PWE PWE PWE!