Boses P'que

24/09/2025

Kadiri Kadiri Kadiri. Diyan pala nanggaling ang pera. Tama si Senator Kiko Pangilinan na Napoles at Discaya combination ang racket nito.

Kaya pala ang bumabaha ang pera ng mga ito ubod ng dami. Mga magnanakaw! Kadiri ubod ng corrupt. Konting hinay sa pagkadupang at garapal.

08/09/2025

Walang kulay ang korapsyon at kung seryoso tayong lumaban dito, kailangan natin ng buong katotohanan, hindi pira piraso. Sabi mismo ng mga Discaya na 2016 sila nagsimula sa national level. Pero malinaw sa mga resibo at record na mas maaga pa silang aktibo sa bidding. Kung ang ilalabas lang nila ay 2022 pataas, halatang kulang ang kwento at hindi buo ang katotohanan.
1. Noong 2012 pa lang, aktibo nang sumasali sa DPWH bidding ang Discaya-linked firms.
2. Noong August 12, 2015, nasuspinde ang St. Gerrard sa ilalim ni Aquino via DPWH Department Order No. 130 dahil sa spurious tax clearance na kinumpirma mismo ng BIR.
3. Noong March 4, 2016, inalis ang suspension sa ilalim pa rin ni Aquino sa pamamagitan ng DPWH Department Order No. 59. Kahit suspendido mula August 2015 hanggang March 2016, parehong “St. Gerrard Construction” at “St. Gerrard Construction General Contractor & Development Corp.” ay nakakuha ng siyam na kontrata na nagkakahalaga ng humigit kumulang ₱440.5 milyon. Iyan ay malinaw na systemic flaw sa panahon ni Aquino.
4. Pumasok si Duterte noong July 1, 2016. Mula noon hanggang December 2017, ang St. Gerrard ang isa sa top contractors sa buong bansa, may hawak na kontrata na tinatayang ₱12.3 bilyon, hindi pa kasama ang mga joint venture. Ito ang panahon ng Build Build Build na nagpalobo sa kita ng Discaya companies.
5. Ang General Appropriations Act ay authority to spend lamang. Hindi ibig sabihin na dahil may budget, awarded na agad ang proyekto. Ang proseso ay dadaan pa sa pre-procurement conference, bid posting, submission, bid opening, evaluation, post qualification, at saka pa lang may Notice of Award at Notice to Proceed. Ayon mismo sa GPPB at DBM, bawal mag award ng kontrata hangga’t walang Certificate of Availability of Funds. Ang mga kontratang na-award at na implement sa panahon ni Duterte ay responsibilidad ng kanyang administrasyon.
6. Noong 2020, iniulat mismo ng DPWH na kabilang ang St. Gerrard sa mga na blacklist dahil sa delays. Pero ang resibo malinaw: isang taon lang ang blacklist, mula 2020 hanggang 2021. Ang pinalalabas ng DDS bloggers na 2016 hanggang 2022 silang banned ay mali. Sa katunayan, mula 2016 hanggang 2019 at muli pagkatapos ng 2021, sila pa rin ang isa sa pinakamalalaking contractor.
7. Ang pattern ay buo:
* Aquino administration: nagpabaya sa blacklisting at nagbukas ng loopholes, kaya kahit suspendido, nanalo pa rin ng halos kalahating bilyon.
* Duterte administration: imbes na ayusin, sila pa ang nagpalobo kay St. Gerrard sa bilyon bilyon at ginawa pa silang isa sa top contractors.
* Marcos administration: hanggang ngayon, tumatabo pa rin sila, halos ₱31.6 bilyon na flood control contracts mula 2022 hanggang 2025.
8. Kapag sinasabi ng Discaya na 2016 lang sila nagsimulang kumontrata sa national level at 2022 lang nagsimulang mag ledger, pero ang mga resibo ng DPWH ay malinaw na 2012 pa sila aktibo sa bidding, malinaw ang butas. Hindi ito simpleng lapses. Ang tawag dito ay willful omission. Kapag anim na taon ng bilyon bilyong kontrata ang nawawala sa ledger, hindi aksidente iyon kundi pagtatakip.
Bottom line: Kung seryoso tayo sa katotohanan, dapat suriin mula 2012 hanggang ngayon. Ang selective narrative ng Discaya ay hindi katotohanan kundi pagtatakip. Ang taong bayan hindi pwedeng gawing tanga.
Sanggunian:
Department of Public Works and Highways. (2015, August 12). Department Order No. 130, series of 2015: Suspension of St. Gerrard Construction. DPWH.https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/.../files/issuances/DO_130_S2015.pdf
Department of Public Works and Highways. (2016, March 4). Department Order No. 59, series of 2016: Lifting of suspension of St. Gerrard Construction. DPWH. https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/references/issuances/department_order?combine=&field_no_value=&field_series_value=&page=34
Department of Public Works and Highways. (2020, October 27). Department Order No. 20, series of 2020: Blacklisting of contractors. DPWH.https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/.../files/issuances/DO_20_s2020.pdf
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. (2018, September 4). Top 10 contractors under Du30 run record of fraud, delays, blacklisting. PCIJ. https://pcij.org/.../top-10-contractors-under-du30-run...
Government Procurement Policy Board. (2016). Early Procurement Activities Primer. GPPB. https://www.gppb.gov.ph/.../GPPB%20Primer%20on%20Early...
Department of Budget and Management. (2017). Primer on the FY 2017 General Appropriations Act. DBM.https://www.dbm.gov.ph/.../2017/03/FY-2017-GAA-Primer.pdf
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. (2025, August 31). Flood of fortune: Discaya-linked firms bag ₱31.6 B in flood-control contracts. Politiko. https://politiko.com.ph/.../flood-of-fortune-discaya...

04/09/2025

NAPOLES SENTENCED TO 55 YEARS
Janet Lim Napoles has been sentenced to up to 55 years in prison over the misuse of P7.55 million in the pork barrel of Davao del Sur Vice Gov. Marc Douglas Cagas IV.
Read more at the link:

https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/555466-napoles-guilty-over-p7-55-million-pork-barrel-scam?page=3

08/08/2025

𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐀𝐖 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐒

In a political climate poisoned by greed and ambition, the Senate’s decision to archive the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte is a firm stand for the rule of law.

From the very beginning, this impeachment drama bore the fingerprints of House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s political opportunism and Senator Risa Hontiveros’ calculated theatrics in the Senate.

What was framed as a constitutional exercise was, in reality, a weaponized process meant to discredit and weaken the Vice President ahead of 2028.

The facts were plain: the complaint was rushed, endorsed by 215 congressmen in a single day, and transmitted to the Senate just as the chamber adjourned. It was a textbook case of political railroading, not a legitimate quest for accountability.

Yet the Senate, despite immense pressure, did not allow itself to become an extension of Romualdez’s power plays or the misplaced moral posturing of Hontiveros, Sotto, Pangilinan, and Aquino.

By moving to archive the case, senators sent a clear message that the upper chamber will not be a venue for partisan vendettas.

Impeachment is not a political toy. It is a constitutional mechanism reserved for clear, impeachable offenses backed by solid evidence, not for settling grudges or advancing personal ambitions.

In this case, the so-called “charges” were nothing more than repackaged talking points, some even lifted from ChatGPT and index cards, rather than grounded in actual jurisprudence.

The decision to archive was not about shielding a public official from accountability, it was about protecting the integrity of the process. It was about standing firm against the corrosion of institutions by those who would bend the law to suit their own ends.

In the end, the Senate’s move is a victory not just for Vice President Sara Duterte, but for every Filipino who believes that due process must triumph over political manipulation.

The chamber stood its ground.
The Constitution held the line.
And for once, the noise of greed and ambition was drowned out by the quiet force of the rule of law.

30/07/2025

Alamin ang Top 4 na pinaka corrupt na tao sa Pilipinas. Watch it!!

30/07/2025

Individual comments by the Supreme Court justices related to their decision on the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando said the House of Representatives took ''deliberate’’ actions to circumvent the one-year bar rule in relation to the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte.

30/07/2025

SPECIAL REPORT
‎July 2025
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‎SC RULES VP SARA DUTERTE IMPEACHMENT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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‎The Supreme Court has just issued a unanimous decision declaring the impeachment complaint filed by the House of Representatives as unconstitutional.
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‎And the Philippine political firmament has exploded, with reactions ranging from rage and anger - to gratitude and relief.
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‎Marcos loyalists, Yellow and Pink supporters and Left-leaning activists are united in condemning the SC decision as judicial overreach. On the other hand, Duterte diehards are celebrating it as a vindication of VP Sara on the various complaints raised against her.
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‎Both groups are wrong.
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‎The SC decision is not a case of judicial overreach, but neither is it a dismissal of the charges against the VP.
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‎Before we explain in detail, let us provide some context.
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‎The Supreme Court is the highest body of the judicial branch of government, which is co-equal with the executive and legislative branches.
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‎The Legislative branch creates laws. The Executive branch implements laws. The Judicial branch interprets laws.
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‎The Constitution is a bulwark of legal and judicial stability, not a weather vane of partisan politics that changes direction to conform to the winds of whichever politician is in power.
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‎Laws are intended to dispense impartial justice without emotion, not to satisfy the personal likes or dislikes of certain groups or to sooth their hurt feelings or emotions.
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‎Most critics of the Supreme Court decision have overlooked the fact that the SC decision was unanimous. Furthermore, the ruling itself was penned by none other than Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, who was appointed to the SC by then President Benigno Aquino III in 2012.
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‎Unlike the usual talking heads and social media trolls who allowed their rabid hatred of the Dutertes to turn this case into a personal vendetta, Justice Leonen did not let his emotions overrule his duty as an interpreter of the law.
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‎Legal minds looking at this matter from an unbiased lens would consider only what the Constitution says or does not say about the issue at hand. They would only base their decision on whether or not the impeachment complaint fully complied with all the legal prerequisites, not whether or not it will anger or please a certain segment of the population.
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‎Leonen is fully aware that any SC decision becomes part of jurisprudence, making it part of the laws of the land. Thus, it provides due process protections not only for VP Sara Duterte, but for every politician from any political party who may find himself or herself in the same predicament in the future.
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‎Theoretically, if Sara Duterte were to be elected President in 2028, and the elected Vice President were to come from the other party (let's say, VP Bam Aquino) and the majority of the House of Representatives seeks to ingratiate itself to the incumbent (as usual) by filing a series of impeachment complaints against her VP, Bam Aquino would enjoy the same protections conferred by this SC decision.
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‎Justice Leonen, like most great judicial minds in Supreme Courts all over the world, is fully aware that justice should be blind in implementation, imparted equally to all people, whether we like them or not, whether we agree with their politics or not.
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‎Philippine politicians are aligned, not by ideology or party loyalty, but rather by personal loyalties and expectation of a share in the distribution of political largesse. Filipino politicians change party affiliations and political loyalties as easily as they change their underwear.
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‎In the U.S., ideology and party affiliation play a much greater role. One is either Republican or Democrat, Conservative or Liberal, with very few options in between.
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‎This holds true even in their Supreme Court, which usually votes along ideological lines - Conservative vs Liberal. But even these ideologues - who hate the leader of the opposing party with a passion - usually come together on matters that could serve as a precedent for future administrations, such as diluting the power of the President to reorganize government.
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‎In the case of AFGE v. Trump, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency order last July 8 on Trump's federal workforce reorganization, ruling in Trump's favor 8-1, with liberal Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson the lone dissenter.
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‎Two other liberal associate justices, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, had voted with the conservative majority justices to allow Trump to keep his powers to reorganize the government.
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‎Justice Sotomayor said the case was not about the merits of the reorganization plans themselves and pointed out that the case could proceed and other aspects challenged.
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‎Just like Justice Leonen explained that the SC decision was not about the merits of the impeachment case, which Duterte's enemies could refile as early as February of next year.
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‎Next time however, they should exercise due diligence and ensure that all legal and Constitutional rules and guidelines are followed so their case could prosper - instead of jumping over one another in their haste to each file his or her own complaint to prove sycophantic loyalty to their political masters and hopefully receive a bigger share of that newest of enticements for our legislators...
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‎Ayuda funds.

26/07/2025

Maraming netizen ang nabulaga nang biglang maglaho ang sizzling report ng http://politiko.com.ph tungkol sa diumano’y P254 na bilyong halaga ng budget insertion ni Sen. Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero kung saan nagdoble-doble ang paglalaan ng pondo sa mga road at flood control projects ng gobyerno.
Base sa ulat na inilabas nitong Lunes, Hulyo 21, 2025, sinabi rin ng http://politiko.com.ph na nakinabang diumano sa insertion ni Escudero ang mga kilalang political stronghold ng kanyang mga kaalyado sa politika tulad ng Bulacan, na kilalang balwarte ni Sen. Joel Villanueva, na nakatanggap ng P12.08 bilyon.
Sinabi rin sa ulat ng http://politiko.com.ph na ang ikalawang may pinakamataas na pinaglaanan ng pondo ay ang lalawigan ng Sorsogon na mayroong P9.1 bilyon.
Ang iba pang lalawigan na naambunan ng budget insertion ay ang mga sumusunod:
Mindoro, P8.37 bilyon
Batangas, P7.32 bilyon
Davao, P2.2 bilyon
Misamis Occidental, P6.5 bilyon
Quezon, P5.9 na bilyon
Cavite, P5.6 na bilyon
Valenzuela City, P4.251 bilyon
Cebu City, P4 na bilyon.
Samantala, nangunguna ang flood control projects sa insertions na mayroong P45.19 na bilyon para sa pagpapatayo ng mga istraktura sa flood-prone areas.
Sa General Nakar, Quezon, kasado na diumano ang P150 milyon sa bawat isang flood control project sa Agos River, o may kabuuang P750 milyon para sa lahat ng imprastrakturang itatayo.
Bukod dito, patok din sa ulat ng http://politiko.com.ph ang diumano’y mga overlapping road projects sa Bulacan na itinuturing na “near identical” o halos magkakapareho.
“The Sta. Rita-Biak na Bato Road in San Miguel, Bulacan was listed multiple times, under names such as Segment A, Segment B, Segment C, and Packages A through E. Each of these entries had a uniform cost of P100 million allocations. That’s P400 million for the same route,” ayon sa ulat ng Politiko.
Wala namang inisyung paliwanag ang http://politiko.com.ph sa biglang pagbura ng naturang article sa social media.
Source: https://politiko.com.ph/.../garapal-sa.../headlines/

23/07/2025

Kumusta Parañaque? Kaya pa ba? Sabi naman sainyo ehh pumili ng tama.

16/05/2025

Kailan kaya matatapos ang kultura ng bilihan ng boto sa Pilipinas? Bakit parang tanggap na lang ng lahat — parang normal na parte na ng eleksyon?

Kapag may namimigay ng pera, parang 'tradisyon' na lang. Parang okay lang. Pero hindi ba't ito ang mismong ugat ng bulok na pamumuno?

Hindi ako naniniwalang mahirap ang Pilipino — pero ginagawang mahirap para manatiling kontrolado.

Ang nakakatuwa lang, kahit papano, may mga pagbabago rin tayong nakita: hindi na basta-basta nananalo ang mga artista kahit sikat sila. Ibig sabihin, kayang magbago ang boto ng tao. Kayang piliin ang tama.

Ang tanong, kailan natin pipiliin ang dangal kaysa sa lagay? Kailan natin pipiliing ipaglaban ang kinabukasan kaysa sa P5000 ngayong gabi?

Baka hindi pa ngayon. Pero baka, kung magsalita tayo. Kung magtulungan tayo. Kung hindi tayo matakot magsabi ng totoo.

12/05/2025