THE FILIPINO-CHINESE community will be celebrating Chinese New Year this week. Aside from the usual fireworks display, there will be dancing, drinking, singing, and the most anticipated part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines – “gift giving.”
Rabusa’s Exposé
During a Senate hearing last week, retired Lt. Col. George Rabusa, erstwhile military budget officer revealed that former Armed Forces chiefs allegedly received millions of pesos in “gifts” drawn from military funds. It turned out however that there was really nothing new in Rabusa’s revelation because this tradition in the Philippine military antedates Santa Claus himself.
Former AFP chief Angelo Reyes allegedly amassed more than P100 million during his 20-month tenure plus no less than P50 million “pabaon” when he retired in 2001. In a Senate hearing, an emotional Reyes confronted retired Lt. Col. George Rabusa and asked, “Ikaw na ang magsabi, ako ba’y naging ganid o suwapang?” No sir, that’s not ganid; that’s not swapang. That’s plunder.
Are you familiar with Lt. Col. George Rabusa?? As a former military budget officer, he was used by his superiors to amass millions of pesos from military funds. Today, he is being used by the Estradas to get back at Angelo Reyes. Apparently, he’s getting used to it.
Chaos in Cairo
In the Northern African nation of Egypt, thousands of protesters are camping out against the regime of President Hosni Mubarak. Just so you know, Mubarak has been in power for 29 long years… or as the Binays of Makati City would say, “Bago pa lang.”
Thousands of Egyptians are camping out in Egypt demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Demonstrators wanted him out of their country. In case he flees, Mubarak is not sure where to go yet although the 84-year-old leader has received “exile offers” from Israel, France, and Senator Loren Legarda.
Interesting
As authorities continue to hunt down the perpetrators of the bombing of a bus in Makati City last week, the Philippine National Police released Friday computer generated images (CGI) of two men whom they described as “persons of interest” – or as the PNP would say but couldn’t, “Sana ay sila na nga.”
In connection with the recent bombing of a bus in Makati City, the PNP released the CGI of two men whom they referred to as “persons of interest” – otherwise known as “the CHR is watching so let’s just call them as such.”
Authorities have released the CGI of two “persons of interest” in connection with the bombing of a passenger bus in Makati City last week. In an interesting turn of events, starlet Katrina Paula told the media that one of the men was her boyfriend.
Bruno Mars
Filipino-American R&B artist Bruno Mars is facing a court case for cocaine use. If his career takes a major hit because of drugs, he plans to just settle in the Philippines and run for Congress.
Cars
According to a study, a woman’s least favorite spot for sex is the car. Yes Mr. President, that includes Porsche.
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“Who lies for you will lie against you.”
~Bosnian Proverb
This just in!
Carjacking near Ayala. Flooding in Jeddah. Nonstop rains in South Africa. And now, KC and Piolo na? Strange times indeed. Strange times. Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you…
Survey Says
Naniniwala ba kayong bahagi ng destabilization plot ang isyu ng carjacking at ang naganap na pambobomba sa bus sa Makati?
– No! Kalokohan. 27.56%
– ‘Yong bombing ng bus, posible. ‘Yong, carjacking, hindi. 47.44%
– YES to both! May mga grupong sinusubukan ang kakayahan ng gobyerno. 25%
PERSONAL
Last Saturday, we had so much fun playing another game on Twitter. Tweeps were asked: Ano ang isasagot mo kapag sinabihan ka ni Pangulong Aquino: “Will you marry me?” Check out the list of the funniest entries here.
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Have a safe Monday and enjoy another great week!
THE PROFESSIONAL HECKLER 
yay!! nakaka adik ka talaga PH. 🙂
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haha wagi yong mga sagot sa ‘will you marry me?’ 🙂
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sana merong pagbabago sa ating militar…ang kelangan ay kamay na bakal,,,hallerrrr…kamay na bakal, nino??!!! d pwede sa mga unanong taga makati…at lalo na d pwede sa ke PNoy…lambot siguro ng kamay nun, ahah…hah..hah…sino ba ang chief of staff ngayon? tahimik nya ata…baka maraming kinukumpuni?!!
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eh saan naman po tayo oorder nung kamay na bakal na sinasabi mo?
Meron ba nyan sa SM Megamall?
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ay naku echos…meron…ke freddie roach thru mommy d…kitam si manny pacquiao…:P
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Huwag lang orderin yung “kamay na bakal” thru AFP comptroller.
For sure, kick-back na naman. Worse, “under-spec”ed pa. Baka daliri na bakal lang ang mabili. Di kaya, kamay na plastic.
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Haba ng hair ni fafa P. 🙂
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Mubarak is only 82 years old, not 84. Nevertheless, it won’t matter to Loren. It’s way, way above 60.
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go boston!
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hahaha! panalo ang celtics…sayang Mr. PH, talo team natin 😀
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Carjacking near Ayala. Flooding in Jeddah. Nonstop rains in South Africa. And now, KC and Piolo na? Strange times indeed. Strange times. Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you…
updated ka ha, PH!
nakakatawa naman yung Hail Mary prayer…..
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…and i thought mr. ph does not go to church…
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PH, bkit ganiyan ang reaction mo sa KC-Piolo news? Knowing your knowledge-based support, credible na credible ka whatever opinion you have on the matter.
Does it really call for “novena?”
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Massive corruption in the military? I hope some readers admonishing other readers to just look at the positive can tell us the what’s the positive about this from the point of view of common interest.
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the positive is that the military are stealing less than congress.
and congress is stealing less than the cojuangco’s
and p-noy doesn’t care because he has a new lexus to play with – courtesy of cojuangco.
and to be really positive puno is still on his shooting holiday in the states so he cant cause any harm for now.
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that’s a whole lot of positive, eh?
kung dili lang jud sala mambarang aning mga tawhana, dugay ra ni sila nagabaan.
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kanang mga tawhana, hagbay rana sila gibarang sa mga taga siquijor bai. ang problema masaag man gud sa manila ang mga mananap nga ila ipadala. pagkadaghan baya eskina ang manila. dili man parehas sa siquijor matuyok raman nimo ang tibook isla sa usa ka oras. ang resulta, hangtud karon wala pa jud kaabot sa ila mga biktima kanang mga mananapa.
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whats massive corruption in the military got to do with our
discussion about noynoy…
and the positive side of this issue is the ongoing investigation
that i think this time it will have a positive result…
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Im sure as positive as the result of the investigation of Luisita Massacre
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asa ka pa senior…corruption in the pinas in general, not just in the afp, is systemic…it’s in the blood of every pinoy, and gma did not invent it. the guy who says that he will stop corruption is either clueless or outright lying…especially if this guy goes around time in his porsche and lexus while telling everybody else to live modestly…hehehe, hindi ‘ata nag-connect. 🙂
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You mean something positive about PNoy? Please mention the first three
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Claf! Claf! Claf!
Taray ng Senior! Inglesero na!
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what is the difference between corruption in the USA and corruption in the Philippines?
In the USA, they go to jail. In the Philippines, they go to USA!
read on internet.
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and what’s the difference between pissed a american and a really really pissed flippino?
in the usa, he goes to the street and shoot everyone in sight. in the flippines, he goes to this blog and attack a senior citizen. lol
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hikatalamato
please be funny in your replies or senior citizen will have you flogged and censored, which you may like.
same old, same old just doesn’t cut it. strive for some originality
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and why are you so affected, teh?
a supreme being like you should not waste time with a subnormal being, like hikatalomato. you’re downgrading yourself, man. you and paul are our only chance, our savior, the messiahs that will lead the people of this forsaken country into the promise land.
oh what i have done? i’ve been throwing filthy words to the anointed one. oh please forgive me for my trespasses! i know my life and my collection of booze are not enough to appease you. oh i’m doomed.
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K lng
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kung hei fat choi PH!!!
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KC, kaya mo ‘yun? Pano na si … Sam?
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strange world indeed….
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Sharon >> Kiko
KC >> Piolo
hmmm…
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Hi Mr. Heckler,
Im a Boston Celtics fan. Let us wait for the game before saying anything against Boston. You might eat your words.
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PH… okay lang kung si KC at Piolo. Eh kung si Shalala at si Cristy ang magkamabutihan… Swak o Liguak ???
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hahaha…
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Ay! the past week we’ve been brought to one of the saddest story-telling sessions in recent times. and that’s courtesy of Lt.Col.George Rabusa. Although such account sounded all too familiar already (ask Sen. Trillanes, Col. Ariel Qierubin, the Magdalo soldiers, et al), we thought Mr. Rabusa’s narrative should be enough now to seal off all related reports and dispatches of such anomalies and corruption in the AFP, as in all the other agencies of governance in this country. Enough of these, that have turned soldiers’ stand-off, half-bred coup d’etats, Senate inquiries, and other shallow investigations into a vicious cycle that has never yielded expected results. So much time and resources have been wasted only in shocking exposes but we have never heard of anyone seriously charged and prosecuted; convicted, nay, jailed for all those crimes of larceny, plunder, graft, et al! Kailan mabibigyan ng sample ‘yan? On second thought… napakalalim ang ugat na huhukayin. We need balls; we need will…
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Our President loves balls…
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…and hotdogs too!
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i agree with you promdi. The Senate is wasting so much time in its inquiries and investigations and yet never yielded results. I doubt if PNoy will have the balls and the will to break this JPE-old philippine society tradition na “just until investigation”.
Pasintabi sa mga bumoto kay Pnoy, I think the “matuwid na daan” ay walang patutunguhan. Sana lang talaga, he could lead the country as fast as his porsche can lead the way.
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Given the country’s situation, unbelievably some people would rather have us see positive rather than grapple with reality.
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wala na bang bago?
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who is the biggest rock star in the philippines.
according to the inquirer it is their man of the year p-noy.
now that is funny.
talk about being brown nosed.
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Haller? Si Pnoy… rockstar?
That’s a big insult to certified rockstars!
Rockstarin nya mukha nya!
Leche talaga! Kung ano ano na lang!
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Biggest joke na lang!
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ikaw mister heckler ha, naisama mo talaga sa strange times
ang relasyong piolo at kc, bakit nga ba hahaha
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Is this the prototype of a “positive” comment?
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go lakers go, go for the championship again…
sabay kayo ng TPH sa paghakot ng trophies….
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TPH, sabi ng pnp “our intelligence is at work”. di ba nila napansin na yung ‘person of interest’ na hinahanap ay nandun lang sa harap at nagtatanong pa sa kanila? he was there when they released the CGI of the ‘persons of interest’. see here at 6:54
http://www.gmanews.tv/video/73081/qtv-artists-sketch-ng-2-persons-of-interest-kaugnay-sa-bus-blast-inilabas-na
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if PNoy continues to focus on non-work related matters: Girls, Cars, PSP, Guns
he will be the greatest douche bag ever!
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Oo nga, NOY MAGTRABAHO KA NAMAN. Mahiya ka sa mga bumoto sa iyo. Lalong mahiya ka sa mga hindi bumoto kasi lalabas na tama pala sila!
Pero seriously, we need you. Don’t let us down. Nawawalan na ako ng pag-asa sa Pilipinas. Get to work Noy
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i think his retirement might be sooner rather than later.
powerful forces are marshalling their troops according to cruz.
it is better than soap opera/ telenovella
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Is it true that Binay is now in DC being “appraised” by high government US officials due to their increasing apprehension over PNoy’s lack of capacity to govern? Understandable considering the amount of US investment and strategic interest in the country.
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that might happen next
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etchos tulungan mo ako, mag reply kasi ako kay anon ng,
hindi nga, kaya lang, ang alam ko sa english ay ang hindi
only, ang nga hindi…
samantala, habang wala ka pang naituro dahil hindi mo pa
ito nabasa, ang reaction ko muna ay, no nga for hindi nga…
ang tanong ko nga pala etchos ay, ano sa english ang, nga
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paul
ang gagaling naman ng intelligence ninyo..
ay mali, english pala dapat..
the truth is, hindi ako marunong englishen yun,
ikaw etchos, please help, for the 4th time..ty
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megaknown daw ba talaga Paul?
Naku, di na ata talaga tayo makakaalpas sa pamumuno ng mga panget!
Kung sabagay, Binay can utilize his vast experience in running the Philippine premiere district to run this country. Keri na yun!
Kesa naman kay Pnoy na hanggang ngayon nga ay hindi alam kung paano aayusin ang kanyang lablayp!
Porsche-us por santo!
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Senior, NGA lang eh di mo alam sa English?
Mah dear, it’s HALF OPEN MOUTH!
Gets?
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eh pano yan talo ang lakers mo sa boston ko? 41 points ni kobe? nahhh… there’s no I in team mr. heckler..haha..see you in the finals!
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wow TPH updated ka na sa showbizzzzzzzz!! chizzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyy
go go go “Miami Heat” hehehehe
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re KC and Piolo admission that they are in a relationship: will u please enlighten me why u find it strange? thanks much
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numbnuts again trying to relate(unrelated) things to the sitting president…pffftt
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yahoo!!! boston won!
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Pop singer Bruno Mars, whose real name is Peter Hernandez, will plead guilty to cocaine possession. What’s new with that, right? We know about Cong. Singson case in HK.
Piolo admits his relationship with KC! I was screaming to the max when I watched The Buzz. Kilig to the max!!! It’s about time to get real. Lovely couple.
Thanks for updates!
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same-sex relationship sila diba?
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21. @TomEvangelista “Will you marry me? – (nawalang parang bula)
hahaha!!! people let’s imagine na ung caricature ng babae ay kumaripas ng takbo… tirik ung buhok at nililipad ng malakas na hangin ung mahabang palda… habang may malaking question mark sa ulo ni pnoy na takang-takang bakit kumaripas ng takbo ung babae e tinanong lang nman ng “will you marry me”…. hahahaha….
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The responses to the “Will you marry me” question lavishly display the creativity of the readers that blooms under the atmosphere of free expression. Suppressing such atmosphere in the name of the positive will kill not only that creativity but also the community that this blog has created. It will bring us to the martial law period where only ” the true, the good and beautiful” to the regime was aired
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Ayyyyy!
May pinariringgan!
Bwahahahaha!
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paul
i am not suppressing any freedom of expression,
who am i to do that, what i simply said was, let us
not abuse that sacred freedom…peace na….
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sabi nga ni attyarj sa tweet nya… “La la la la la la la” (surf jingle)
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bakla po ba si Piolo?
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…kakaiba tlga ang philippine government. lahat halos ng mga foreign nationals sa egypt ay nagkukumahog ang kanilang mga leaders sa pagpapadala ng mga eroplano pra maiuwi ng maayos ang kanilang mga nationals pero ang pilipinas “wait and see” attitude lang.
…hay kawawa tlga ang pinoy. kaniya-kaniyang ligtas na lang ng sarili.
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eddi
asa pa talaga ako, di ba may kasabihan na, hope springs eternal?
who knows in the aparador, baka ma consensya lahat and will follow
our leader who i hope will remain uncorrupted until the end of his
presidency, will not succumb to the color of money…
hahaha tama ba pinagsasabi ko etchos? oooops huwag mang supalpaaalll
p.s. at tsaka hayaan na si noynoy sa kanyang mga kaunting diversion,
a president also needs those, katulad ng kanyang mother dear na nag
mamahjong, to unwind lang ba…
i’m sure nagsusunog din si noynoy ng kilay sa kaka-isip kung ano ba
talaga ang dapat at mabuting gawin for the good of everybody, tingnan
ninyo ang kanyang bumbunan ba tawag doon, noon may buhok pa yun,
ngayon wala na sa middle, para na siyang santo papa, proof na, yun na
nga…
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Haha ang kukulit ng sagot pero may deeper meaning!
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anon
my goodness, i’m dismayed, disappointed with you, hikata is
right and not left after all, that his cat is brighter than you are…
imagine, after too much explaining, you still didn’t get my point?
or is my english really that bad that you didn’t understand what
i was saying? do you want me to repeat from the top?
hahaha and of all people you went to hikata, are you “crazy” ?
and you got what you were looking for, and i tell you now, you
are no match to him…
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PH, kilala ko po ung nasa kanan na PERSON OF INTEREST. Sya po ung asawa ni Sunshine Dizon, db?
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shet. sunshine cruz pala. final answer!
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si cesar mancao? final answer?
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