Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Hell hath no fury than a gay lover scorned!
My friend Anna told me about a blog named delfindjmontanp.blogpspot.com and told me that it was the scandals that are rocking "so called"manila high society. As I saw the blog, i encountered a lot of revalations about people like Celine Lopez, Tim Yap, even Tina Tinio, and of course the lover of they guy DJ Montano. Well,, the whole idea of why this blog came about is that this Brian Gorelli got involved with DJ Montano. Brian accordingly accused DJ of ripping of 70,000 USD from him. Dj accused Brian of assault with the help of Celine Lopez and was deported to Australia. Well, sayang the juicy parts were in the site that closed! I was not even able to read all. I was able to see though, tessa dragon snorting coke, wendy puyat's photo in the hongkong with her lover and lots and lots of negative things about tim,celine , and dj. Well, I hope Brian continues with his shcking revelations and satisfy the gossip-hungry populace. For more details, visit the site delfindjmontano.blogspot.com
Saturday, March 8, 2008
A political question!
With another allegation against GMA coming up now under the accusation of "selling out our territorial claim against the Spratly islands, we should just wonder if GMA is still the rightful President of the Philippines. One is not a genius to see that the north rail and south rail overpricing and the ZTE broadbnd scandal involve transactions with the Chinese government officials and/or GOCC's. The "Hello Garci" and the Jose Pidal scandals of earlier years are n0t even included.
Different sectors of society have had different reactions to current national events. Some want her out, some want her to lead the search for truth, others have supported her unconditionally. With no clear path of action coming from the civil society, the political opposition, and other groups, the government continues to take advantage of a perverse political culture that has thrived on personalities rather than institution-building.
As a concerned citizen, the Pres. Arroyo should be given a day in court and clear her name. But she will not get that as a sitting President which is immune from suit. Rather, she and her henchmen are trying to give a message that she is the only one capable of governing the country. This leaves VP De Castro into a pandora's box. If you recall, then VPGMA also adopted a wait and see attitude before formally calling on Former President Erap's resignation. Well, we all knew what the result was.
This time around, the country does not need another uprising. But I think what the country needs more are leaders and citizenry willing to strengthen our democratic institutions and putting the welfare of the common good above selfish interest.
With that in mind, I believe that more and more people will be agitated as long as more and more scandals continue to rock the administration.
The Presidency of the Philippines should be an institution that is the bedrock of the people's trust. If other leaders from more mature democracies are selfless enough to give up their posts even with a tinge of scandal, (Pres. Nixon resigned over a mere wiretapping charge.) Why can't our leaders do the same and spare the nation over a bloddy political battle. If our leaders can't do it, then we as citizens using the law as guide should push for the proper political action and not just be stuck with our rotten personalistic political culture.
Different sectors of society have had different reactions to current national events. Some want her out, some want her to lead the search for truth, others have supported her unconditionally. With no clear path of action coming from the civil society, the political opposition, and other groups, the government continues to take advantage of a perverse political culture that has thrived on personalities rather than institution-building.
As a concerned citizen, the Pres. Arroyo should be given a day in court and clear her name. But she will not get that as a sitting President which is immune from suit. Rather, she and her henchmen are trying to give a message that she is the only one capable of governing the country. This leaves VP De Castro into a pandora's box. If you recall, then VPGMA also adopted a wait and see attitude before formally calling on Former President Erap's resignation. Well, we all knew what the result was.
This time around, the country does not need another uprising. But I think what the country needs more are leaders and citizenry willing to strengthen our democratic institutions and putting the welfare of the common good above selfish interest.
With that in mind, I believe that more and more people will be agitated as long as more and more scandals continue to rock the administration.
The Presidency of the Philippines should be an institution that is the bedrock of the people's trust. If other leaders from more mature democracies are selfless enough to give up their posts even with a tinge of scandal, (Pres. Nixon resigned over a mere wiretapping charge.) Why can't our leaders do the same and spare the nation over a bloddy political battle. If our leaders can't do it, then we as citizens using the law as guide should push for the proper political action and not just be stuck with our rotten personalistic political culture.
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