At this point, you should have already read the entry, Manny Villar’s P10 Billion Vista Land IPO proceeds. That’s where our discussion begun.
Now, having finished Kursong walang matrikula: The basics of IPO (initial public offering), I’m sure you are now an expert on IPO, di ba? So let me update you with what’s been happening about the Vista Land IPO while you were in IPO school. My sources are newspaper articles I read. Better di ba? I’m not inventing stories here.
According to the charges of Estrada and/or Enrile:
1.) Manuel Villar …

By: Noel Esquela
How ironic that it had to take a current Senate President and the only President ever impeached, convicted and pardoned, to access otherwise confidential PSE records and testimonies that debunk former Senate President Villar’s protestations of innocence in connection with his role in Vista Land’s IPO affair.
A reminder about Erap’s impeachment and eventual conviction is timely and relevant. After all, cynics are saying, how ridiculous and inappropriate of Erap himself to be Villar’s denouncer for the very same classes of impeachable offense. We can’t blame them.
But if we …

If you noticed mga kabarrio, sunod-sunod ang headlines about the Vista Land IPO about Manny Villar. Pramis, hindi ako ang nagsimula nang tsismis na to. In my mind, ki Manny Villar den during his interview with Karen Davila when he said he earned P10 billion which he is now using to fund his presidential campaign. (Source: Manny Villar’s P10 Billion Vista Land IPO proceeds)
But before you can have any appreciation sa mga pinag-uusapan nila dito, it’s important na you have some basic understanding kung ano ang IPO [pronounced: ay-pee-o hindi …

Oo mga kabarrio. Manicure, pedicure and hair-bonding will give you an appointive government post, ki Gloria.
Hindi sa ino-okray ko ang mga manikyurista, pedikyurista at mga humahatak nang buhok dyan, otherwise, baka pag-initan ako nang sisterrette na merong salon sa Albay at habulin ako nang baluktot na gunting hahaha!
Sa Amerika mga kabarrio, sandamukal na Student Loans ang kinana nang lola nyo, makapasok lang sa mga unibersidad dito. Oo nabayaran ko na ang mga utang na yon dala nang sangkaterbang social climbing, pamamalimos, hinagpis, pagtanggap nang labada at pag-benta nang raffle …

Pretty soon, I will be known as a video analyst hahaha! Take a look at my latest find. Here’s the video grab:

That’s Andal Ampatuan Jr. when he was moved from the NBI Compound to Camp Bagong Diwa (or was it other way around? ah basta! basta nilipat sya! hahaha!), he was seen wearing the Orange chienes because he was supporting Manny Villar. In fact, according to the story ‘Abswelto kami kay Villar‘, he confirmed to ABS-CBN his support for Many Villar. This story hit the Facebook and it went around …

(Photo Credits: Philstar)
I’m no stranger to auditing federal contracts. One of the best jobs I’ve ever had. Why? The things that you discover would amaze you. I get a kick discovering what people do just to beat the system. One time, a consultant has been submitting his invoice for payment. The company has been paying him for years! Hahaha! He included another consultant on the list – who was not doing any work for the company. I would discover that she was the wife. He changed her name. How …

By: Angela Stuart-Santiago
no wonder manny pangilinan a.k.a. MVP needs a ghostwriter for his speeches.  if his apology to fr. ben nebres is any indication — i’m supposing he wrote it himself — his english isn’t all that great pala:
I have been told last night that portions of my graduation remarks – in particular my address to the Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences – had been borrowed from certain other graduation speeches.
“i have been told last night”…??? eeeww.  this from an ateneo cum laude …

I get FB tags all the time. But this was one tag that truly surprised me. In this video, Jamby Madrigal discusses an alleged conspiracy between Mike Velarde and Manny Villar in regards to the continuing C5 road project controversy. She said:
“Politically there is this conspiracy of Villar and Brother Mike because they have been partners in C for a long time. C for corruption, C for C5,”

As I wreck this chair By William M. Esposo
“Nakaranas na ba kayong … mamatayan ng kapatid dahil wala kang pera pangpagamot (Have you experienced losing a brother because you did not have the money to provide him proper medical care)? — Manny Villar asked in his “PANATA (Advocacy)” TV commercial. Villar was referring to his younger brother Danny who passed away on October 1962. In the same commercial, Villar’s 1962 photo with his younger brother was shown.
This portrayal of being poor once upon a time is a fantasy which comes …

While all of you are busy campaigning online or offline for your candidates, there’s a midnight flight that’s not being noticed. You have to thank these journalists for keeping an eye on them, like Neal Cruz on As I See It.
And if you’re currently doing an mba, behind this drama presents a good strategic management discussion. Of course, you might have to include busines ethics if indeed this is a midnight deal. Read on and you’ll know why.
What’s the current chika? It is about Bahrain’s Gulf Air adding extra flights …

So in the partylist system, just who are the marginalized? Who are the under-represented?
Too bad people. Somebody forgot to bring the dictionary.
The very simple thing I understand from this partylist system is a noble objective to provide representation to the under-represented and the marginalized sector.
Ganun lang.
But the more I read the papers about partylist, the more I lose my eyebrows!
Por ejemplo: I was reading this article on the Inquirer: No law defining ‘marginalized’ sector. Huh?! Teka lang! They passed a law on party list and they forgot to define the …

“When I read on the papers that Mikey Arroyo’s intention to run for Congress, this time using the partylist, I just realized how wrong the partylist system was. The big question for me was: when did Mikey Arroyo became “marginalized”?! When?!
Enter Malacanang Palace who pretty much said that – hey! everyone’s doing it! As in, huh?!!!!!! Can you imagine what these people in MgaKanyaLang Palace? Do they even have any clue about ethics?! Setting standards? Role model? Just because everyone is doing it, and so shall we do …

Patindi nang patindi ang political cheezmaks given na dalwang buwan na lang bago mag-santacruzan. According to the cheezmaks grapevine, Noynoy’s strength is his “purity” so that’s where they are trying to hit him.
Eto ang mga cheezmaks na binandilyo sa Barrio. Husgahan kung tama ang mga to:
ONE – malaki ang cheezmaks na meron daw CD na ikinakalat ngayon na ang title is “waland bahid walang duda BUDHI” (credits to liberdad for the correction). These CD’s daw are being distributed sa lahat nang local government units in the country, kasali na …

From the facebook wall of Sylvia Morningstar, copy-pasted by Robert Young, Jr.
Everyone in the media knows Lito Banayo’s in Erap’s team. And we note that he and his teammate Dacky Paredes have been attacking Villar consistently. Sometimes I wonder just how much patience everyone has for this billiard game – You hit the cue ball: Villar. All the other colored balls that move in chain reaction from the cue ball either fall into a target basket OR go rolling to some other direction. That takes patience and steady nerve. How …

I’ve worked in the public housing industry in the United States for many years, overseeing housing investment tax credits and low income housing programs, which is why I would love to see a similar type of program be introduced in the Philippines, if there isn’t any in place. I’ve searched some government websites but I could not seem to find any information about affordable housing programs in the Philippines, I guess affordable housing programs are still called “squatters”. But even that is no longer affordable. You get evicted anytime. Popular …

To all ya’ Capiz residents… Joc-joc Bolante wants your vote. I guess para tuluyang i-fertilize ang kahabaan nang C5 Extension?! Not sure. Anyway… he partnered with Manny Villar. Here he is.

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If winning the Presidency will have to be based on debates, I’d say, Gibo wins it hands down. In the past debates and forums, he’s always been prepared, well-spoken and knows what he’s talking about. I’ve always admired Gibo in terms of his credentials. But see, he’s got a baggage I don’t like. And at the Presidential Forum in DLSU, he was toasted, grilled and barbecued. Not his day. Here’s what I gathered from the news: (GMA News) and Inquirer)

Failon asked:
“Is there something for which President Arroyo should be held …

Here’s what drove the Senators to make bastos each other sa Bastusang Pambansa. It’s a nice presentation (thanks to GMA News) to truly understand how all these liko-liko, balu-baluktot highway seemed to be looking for something and it was not even the original plan. Sometimes, you begin to wonder, bakit kaya ganun ka-blatant sila by doing this? I would guess, because there has been so many of them in the past who were able to get away with blatant corruption, otherwise, why would politicians do what they do no matter …

Nagulat ako with all these news na para syang puzzle and I put them all together at eto ang nakita ko saking bolang kristal na nakabitay between my legs:
“The Philippines budget deficit soared 17 percent above the official target last year as spending rose to offset the impacts of the global financial crisis, an official said Monday. The deficit hit 293.2 billion pesos (6.35 billion dollars) in 2009, equivalent to 3.7 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), a finance department official, who declined to be named, told AFP. This …

So… wer wer wee sa senakulong nangyayari sa Bastusang Pambansa???
“He was trying to buy me off!” Teks saken ni Juan Ponce Enrile.
Huh?!
“Eh, ba’t di mo tinanggap?!”
Wala pang sagot si Enrile.
Duda ko, ninakaw na naman ang load nang lolo nyo.
Forget muna naten na ETHICS ang bloody topic sa Bastusang Pambansa mga kabarrio, and most of them were unethical anyway. Anak nang leche talaga oo! Turn of the century parliamentarian role models! Pwe!
Anyway…
“If you want to become president, you have to act responsibly and show leadership,”
Yan ang say …

“I rise on a question of collective privilege on a constitutional issue that affects the integrity of the House and it is very ripe to continue existing.
In the course of the fight for the speakership, Rep. Agapito Aquino, chairman of the reform bloc, raised questions regarding the fitness of Rep. Villar to seek the speakership. Rep. Villar chose to answer the charges but he was overwhelmingly elected Speaker by this House.
Successful election, however, does not answer the questions nor lay to rest charges of wrongdoing, not in government of …

NOW WHAT?!
My problem with these corruption cases and what really pisses me off is that: WHY DO THEY CATCH THEM AFTER THE FACT when most plunderers have already benefited from stolen public money? WHERE IS COA? THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT?! How come there are no proactive moves from the government to stop corruption? With dozens and dozens of legislators, senators, congressman and a lot of departments here, chairman there, secretary here, does anybody from the government knew and/or heard about “PROPER INTERNAL CONTROLS” or was this knowingly and blatantly erased …

By: (The Philippine Star) Updated January 16, 2010 12:00 AM
There ought to be a law. Congressmen are allocated P70 million a year as pork barrel, on top of their regular pay, allowances and benefits. The least that congressmen can give back to their employer, the Filipino taxpayer, is to work on legislation in between the many lengthy congressional breaks throughout the year.
In many government offices, there are so-called “15-30” employees: people who are seen only during payday on the 15th and 30th of every month, to collect their salary. Negros …

With the 2010 Malacañang Got Talent (sa Pagnanakaw) Show coming, I thought that it might be appropriate to republish my cartoon about the current champion’s visit at the White House 3 months ago.

Hold the tomatoes, please!

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“Filipino scholars’ abroad urged to return to the Philippines and share what they have learned to help improve the country’s academic and industrial sectors. Helpless Filipino politicians??? Sounds charity for the love of country.”
Seriously, if any local or multinational company or university in the Philippines hires me, I’ll go home. I am available. Bakit, sino bang ayaw umuwi? But not for charity. I don’t have any financial darna skills to increase my kakarampot na negative net worth to a million in just a year.
Now, Senator Edgardo Angara just …