Showing posts with label Hacienda Luisita. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hacienda Luisita. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Many Believe PeNoy Exacting Revenge on CJ Corona

StratPolls release latest survey
Dahil sa mga naglalakihang balita na lumabas ngayon, I am not suprised if the latest result of StratPolls' survey which was conducted between April 28 to May 3, goes unnoticed.

StratPolls asked 1000 respondents from the National Capital Region if they believe PeNoy is exacting revenge on Chief Justice Corona. 47% of the respondents believe na ang impeachment ni Corona ay paghihiganti lamang ng mahaderang PeNoy dahil sa desisyon ng Korte Suprema na ipamudmod na sa mga magsasaka ang Hacienda Luisita.

Ito ay isang malaking turnaround compared sa survey that StratPolls made before the start of the impeachment last March 22 wherein 48% said the chief justice is guilty, 10% responded he is not guilty and 42% still undecided.

Sa mga natanong ng StratPolls, 79% ang nagsabi na alam nilang ang ganid na angkan ni PeNoy ang nagmamay-ari ng Hacienda Luisita.

Result of StratPolls latest survey
Sa tanong naman kung tama ba ang naging desisyon ng Korte Supema sa Hacienda Luisita, nakakagulat na 94% ng respondents ang nagsabing "OO" samantalang 5% lang ang nagsabing hindi tama ang desisyon.

So far, there's no doubt that CJ Corona has gained the upper hand in the impeachment. The defense panel ably demolished every single accusation that has been hurled against the chief justice. At kung nag-iisip ang mga hunghang na dilawan na mag-People Power if Corona is not convicted, they should think twice. This is because the same survey shows that 96% will respect a Senate's verdict of "NOT GUILTY." 

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Deconstructing Krissy's Tweet

Impertinent Krissy strikes again

Thursday is supposed to be a stress-free and relaxing day for me. But, I guess, talagang naglipana sa mundong ibabaw ang mga contravida, like the presidential sister - Krissy. A day after Supreme Court handed down a decision on Hacienda Luisita, here she is twitting, shopping around for sympathy.

I was once told that Krissy is a member of PeNoy's crisis committee. So whenever there's critical issue talagang may eksena ang hitad. Kaya siguro, we should have expected the eksenadora. hihihi

But ang di ko kinaya ay ang tweet mismo ni Krissy. Ito ang tweet ng mokang:
we respect the Supreme Court, we survived even when they took everything from us, including my Dad's life-& we will survive even this.
Let us try to analyze this latest senseless tweet of Krissy.

First part of the tweet mentioned something about "respect." Respect is too a big a word for someone like Krissy to understand and honestly mean.

Didn't she disrespected Aling Coring, her mother, when she went against her wishes for her to stop having affair with married men? Was she respectful when she twitted that bagay ang abnoy niyang kapatid kay Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra who's happily married, when she visited the country last January? Anong akala niya kay PM Shinawatra, pariwara kagaya niya? Kalokah ha!

At noong miting de avance ng LP sa Quezon Memorial Circle, was she respectful of Mar Roxas and Korina Sanchez na hindi man lang niya binati nor in-acknowledge when she spoke before their hakot crowd?

What does Krissy exactly mean when she twitted "they took everything from us?" Ano ba ang kinuha sa salot niyang angkan? Even at the height of the Marcos dictatorship, their family was far far better off than most Filipinos. Di ba't nakukuha pa ngang mag-mahjongg ni Aling Coring?

When Pres. Magsaysay lent the Cojuangcos public funds to purchase what is now Hacienda Luisita in 1957, there's a proviso that after 10 years, the land will be subjected to land reform and distributed to its tenants. Pero ano ang ginawa nila? Di ba't they refused to fulfill their obligation at ipinagkait sa mga kawawang magsasaka ang lupain? So now, tell me Krissy, sino ang nang-harbat kanino?

Krissy, as expected, did not fail to mention her father. This is necropolitics at its finest. But let me remind you, your dad was part of the Hacienda problem. It was Ninoy who convinced Pres. Magsaysay to lend the Cojuangcos public fund to purchase it from Tabacalera. Noong nasa politics pa, your dad made sure that Marcos will not be able to take the hacienda from your family. Didn't Ninoy even attempted to strike a deal with Marcos - he will retire from politics and stop criticizing the dictatorship basta drop lang ng Estado ang case against Tarlac Development Corporation (TADECO), which is the holding company of the Cojuangcos wherein HLI is a subsidiary?

Yes, of course you are free to believe that you and your family will survive. But to be honest, I am not sure about this one. And I am looking forward to the day when pagbabayaran niyo lahat ng kawalanghiyaan na ginawa ninyo sa bayang Pilipinas.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The Curious Case of the Greedy "Saint"

Aling Coring: Greedy, yes! Saint? No way!!
There were those who call her "Tcon of Democracy." This is something ironic considering that during Aling Coring's reign, there were more journalists killed per year compared to her predecessor.

The more blinded ones adored her and even suggested that she deserved to be elevated to sainthood. Now, this really gets to my nerve!

How can someone who's responsible for the most number of peasants killed be ever considered for sainthood? And was it under her reign when the country registered the most number of massacres and hamletting, resulting to immense economic and social dislocation? Siguro kung magiging patron saint si Aling Coring ng pagpapahirap at pagkatay sa masang Pilipino, maaari pa akong pumayag.

Pwede bang maging santa ang isang madyonggera na ipinupusta ang promotion at pwesto sa gobyerno? Kalokah siya ha! hihihi

Mas lalong higit na qualified si Aling Coring na maging patron saint ng greed o kasakiman.

After she declare that agrarian reform will be the centerpiece of her administration, she and the infamous Kamag-anak, Inc. led by younger brother Peping, moved to water down a progressive version of agrarian reform bill. Ang mga galamay ni Aling Coring sa Kongreso ang nagpauso ng konsepto ng SDO or stock distribution option. At yang pesteng SDO na yan ang dahilan ng pagkamatay ng mga magsasaka sa Hacienda Luisita.

After paying lip service to the farmers by promising emancipation from the land-owning class (kung saan kasali ang mga Cojuangcos), ginawan ng paraan ni Aling Coring at ng kanyang ganid na angkan upang di mawala sa pag-aari nila ang kanilang beloved Hacienda Luisita.

At ang ganid ay nanatiling ganid kahit hanggang sa mga huling araw niya. Very few know the fact that Aling Coring went to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to intervene in the valuation of the Hacienda Luista land that will be expropriated for the construction of SCTEX.

Kinausap ng makapal na Aling Coring si Presidente Arroyo upang kausapin ang BCDA para pataasin ang presyo. Buong akala ng cute na presidente, mga 10% lang ang overpricing na hinihirit ng hitad na madyonggera. Pero laking gulat na lang ni Presidente Arroyoa noong sinabi ng mga taga-BCDA na ang gusto palang mangyari ni Aling Coring ay gawing 10 times ang price na babayaran ng gobyerno sa Hacienda Luisita para sa lupang dadaanan ng SCTEX! Aba, aba, at isa pang aba! Eh kung di ba naman talaga makapal ang mukha ng ganid na yun!

At ang ganid ay talagang ganid sa dilang ganid hanggang sa pagpanaw. Di ba't nung siya'y mamatay, pinakyaw na ang lahat ng simpatiya sa mundo na sinamantala't ginawang political capital ni PeNoy?

Resulta, naupo sa Palasyo ang nag-iisang anak, at muli inagawan ng oportunidad ang bayang Pilipinas upang tuluyang umunlad.

So ano, santa ba? O talagang ganid??!!! hihihi

Saturday, March 31, 2012

My April's Fools Day List

Planking, out!  Noynoying, in!
Filipinos have this unexplainable penchant for making lists. There's wish list during the traditional monito-monita. There's the so called New Year's resolution list which is, more often, a useless and futile exercise.

For whatever their worth, making a list will forever be "In" in Filipino culture.

Not to be outdone, I made my own April's Fools Day list. Here is what I've come up with:

  1. PeNoy proves to be the most hardworking Filipino president. Moreover, he's te hands-on type; one you can rely to be where the action is. Remember the Luneta hostage-taking? The numeruos tropical storms? And most recently, the social unrest brought about by skyrocketing prices of fuel.
  2. Philippine economy has taken off! All one needs to do is glean on the figures - employment rate, growth rate, business confidence. Remember, numbers don't lie.
  3. Due to the transparency and positive investment outlook, foreign companies are lining up to place money and set up business in the Philippines. If you want the facts, go straight to the library of the Department of Trade and Industry. Apparently, the said library has a Fiction Section.
  4. PeNoy's crisis management council is composed of able and professional practitioners. It is not true that PeNoy employs sister Krissy and his not so appealing girlfriend, Grace Lee, to take care of crises.
  5. Food shortage, especially rice, is a thing of the past under PeNoy's administration. From now on, there will be bumper harvests that will enable the country to export to China, the world's largest consumer of rice.
  6. PeNoy will lead the Cojuangco clan in distributing Hacienda Luisita to the suffering and hunger-stricken tenant-farmers. As a token of goodwill and generosity, the farmers will also be paid Ps. 1 milliion per hectare.
  7. And finally, Krissy will enter the nunnery. She has chosen to join the order of the Pink Sisters.