Presidential boob job

When a friend asked me about what I knew about the President's boob job, I thought he was referring either Secretary Cerge Remonde or any of the administration congressmen.

But seriously, I think the issue with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's breast implants and the health related concerns is a rather low blow.

But I don't think it is as nasty as the rumors that she is a nymphomaniac or that several men were allegedly her sex partners. Some people even spent time and money on making x-rated videos.

None of these tactics did damage to her politically.

The problem is that engaging in such tactics makes the perpetrator look bad. It tends to suggest the person using the tactic possesses a gutter level mentality. This is the reason why, perhaps, those who engage in these tactics (if they are politicians) usually churn this filth out using blind items or white papers.

With that said, here's a picture of Angel Locsin's twin peaks.

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ABS-CBN and GMA 7 should stop accepting ad money from Presidentiables

If ABS-CBN and GMA7 really want to help the people make smart choices in the 2010 polls, they should do the following stop accepting TV and Radio ad placements from recognized or even rumored Presidential candidates. In fact, make it a policy not to accept money for airing TV and radio commercials that have political personalities in them.

This will really make their campaigns for Boto Mo, I-Patrol mo or whatever bullshit it is they are advertising REALLY mean

something more than a self-patronizing and self-aggrandizing play at showing everyone that they

"good" companies.

Huwag na tayong magbalat kayo at magkunwari na walang agenda ang mga news media. Halatang-halata naman eh.

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Electoral Mafia says "Good times are here again!"

Virgilio Garcillano, Lintang Bedol, and perhaps even Benjamin Abalos plus all the other unnamed people suspected of being masters of manipulating the country's electoral process are going to be flush with money again.

Of course, no one of the election mafia will surface and admit that their latest multi-million peso acquisitions came from politicians who in turn stole it from the nation's coffers or from kidnapping for ransom (a traditional form of fund raising) or from contributions from illegal businesses (like jueteng, the flourishing multi-billion peso shabu trade, or even the multi-billion peso fake DVD manufacturing business).

Do you wonder who is running the country? It ain't Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It's the shady characters who are giving money to politicians.

Also, do you believe that people like Manny Villar will really spend their own money to help people out? Do you really know where all the money he is spending on TV ads is coming from?

Unless I be accused on singling Villar out, let's also ask the other big spenders on political ads where the money they spent came from?

Ang mahirap nito, illigal na nga iyong pag-gastos sa maagang pangangampanya, baka iligal din iyong pinanggagalingan.

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Filipina maid who killed 7 year old returns home after pardon, gets P10,000 cash assistance and P50,000 loan

Tell me if there is anything wrong with Vice President Noli De Castro telling the press that a Filipina maid who killed 7-year-old her ward in Kuwait would be given P10,000 cash assistance and a P50,000 loan.

May Vecina, a Filipina maid who worked in Kuwait, killed her seven-year-old ward out of a fit of anger. She was pardoned by the parents of the child and of course, she had to thank them for giving her a "second life".

Vecina thanked President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for intervening in her case leading to the commutation of her sentence and eventual pardon.

Of course, there was no mention of the Philippine government or any other party paying BLOOD MONEY. If ever blood money got paid, did it come from Pag-IBIG Fund too? Or did we beg some Middle Eastern royalty to foot the bill?

Vecina was presented in a joint press conference by Vice President Noli De Castro and Foreign Affairs Alberto Romulo at the Department of Foreign Affairs shortly upon arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

And by this, are we in fact saying that Filipinos who flip out in a fit of rage are supposed to be REWARDED by NO LESS THAN THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY?

Oh! I can be so sure that this PHOTO OPPORTUNITY with an OFW with a sorry tale isn't meant to curry favor among OFWs.

I don't think Vecina should be rewarded because it sends a wrong signal to the world that we condone wrong doings by our countrymen. Granted that the circumstances leading to Vecina murdering her ward and attempting to murder two other children would seem justifiable (in a perverted sense in a nation which has lost all its morals), the second highest leader of our land should have thought twice about presenting Vecina at a press conference.

The Glorified news reader that is Noli De Castro should have spent some of the advertising money of Pag-IBIG Fund on better publicity advice.

Then again, if we want to see a real end to the tons of OFW sob stories, maybe Presidential Survey Front runners and Big Time Political TV ad spenders like Noli Boy De Castro should spend more money in actually helping Filipinos find a better future in their own country.

De Castro is the fourth biggest spender on TV Ads. As Chairman of the Pag-IBIG Fund or the Home Development Mutual Fund, a housing finance agency which receives MANDATORY contributions from PRIVATE SECTOR employees, has paid P45.8 million for TV advertisements showing him urging people to avail themselves of cheap housing loans.

If the P45 Million Noli De Castro spent on TV ADs to advertise his porous face on granting livelihood loans of P50,000 each, he would have probably helped 900 Filipinos get entrepreneurship training as well as provide capital for small businesses.

This is enough reason for PAG-IBIG Fund members to withdraw their contributions or stop paying their contributions ALL TOGETHER. Ginagamit lang ni Noli De Castro ang pera ninyo, na hanggang ngayon hindi makautang sa Pag-IBIG Fund, para pa-pogiin ang sarili niya gamit ang PERANG PINAGHIRAPAN NINYO.

In May 2008, Kuwait's Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) upheld the lower courts' death sentence after finding Vecina guilty of killing Salem Sulaiman Al-Otaib on January 6, 2007 in Mubarak Al-Kabeer.

In her defense during court proceedings, she admitted to killing her victim after she was allegedly subjected by the Otaib family to physical and mental torture. She also attempted to kill the victim's 13-year-old brother Abdulla and 17-year-old sister Hajer.

On July 8, 2008, Emir Sheikh Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, signed a decree commuting May Vecina's death sentence to life imprisonment following appeals from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and De Castro.

The case of Filipino overseas workers on a death row has always been an emotional issue in Manila where one in every 10 Filipinos works abroad. They send home billions of dollars in remittances, which constitute about 10 percent of the country's gross domestic product.

In December 2007, the death sentence of another OFW, Marilou Ranario, was commuted after a personal appeal by Arroyo to the emir. Ranario was convicted for murdering her female employer in 2005. There are two other Filipinos on death row in Kuwait—Jakatia Pawa and Bienvinido Espino.

Romulo said that Vecina's release was a team effort and assured the same assistance to other OFWs who are similarly situated.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer

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