By Rolo B. Cena
Hushed Poppies
Dumaguete Star Informer
22 January 2012
Recently, the tilting of luxury liner Costa Concordia off the island of Giglio in Italy shocked not only the maritime industry but the entire world as well. As the rescue and retrieval operations are currently conducted, the incident draws more dramatic attention when it revealed that the captain, Francesco Schettino, abandoned the ship devoid of plan to save four-thousand-two hundred lives on board.
Before the Senate-conducted impeachment trial began on Monday, Chief Justice Renato Corona instantaneously dared his detractors by saying: “If you want to remove me, kill me.” As the impeachment hearing continues, the most awaited real life drama that rose from the judiciary-executive conflict attracted more dramatic attention when it revealed that the captain of the court, the Chief Justice, owned about two hundred million pesos worth of properties, a figure his salary cannot afford.
These two men, both donning majestic robes and gigantic responsibilities toward mankind, have deliberately undertaken two major yet opposing gestures only an officer and a gentleman can believe and condemn: retreat and attack. The former fortifies cowardice and neglect; the latter personifies courage and responsibility.
On several occasions, Schettino argued that he was the last one to leave the portal of the ill-fated seventeen-deck cruiser. The audio transcripts of conversation between him and port authorities revealed that he was insistently informing them of leaving the sea craft despite warnings. The passengers and crew members cry for the captain’s conviction for manslaughter due to his ignoble act of abandonment.
Such was a blatant display of formidable cowardice in the midst of clear and present danger where an officer is expected to protect his men. An officer retreating from the perimeter or jurisdiction of responsibility in the midst of crisis espouses defeat, an act of willful neglect, and an act only a corporate coward can emulate.
On several occasions, Corona bravely implied to be last one to leave the portico of a credibility-torn Supreme Court. The eight allegations charged against his persona as embodied in the articles of impeachment purport to depict glares of the Magistrate’s credibility and moral fitness. The entire nation cries for the conviction of Chief Justice for allegedly betrayal of public trust, culpable violation of the Constitution, plunder and impliedly, manslaughter.
Such was an apparent and clear manifestation of courage under fire where an officer is expected to lead his men. An officer protracting the attack against the enemies in the middle of the battle espouses genuine leadership, an act of utter regard to responsibility, an act even the beggars down the street can emulate.
Sadly though, such were not the cases of Schettino and Corona. The former cowardly washed his hands with the stale water of Judas, escaped through “Jacob’s ladder” and disappeared while the horizon met the sky in the cold Mediterranean sea; the latter mollusk-ly cleft and held on to his position, made controls through “Herod’s court” and emerged while the cloak of the Judiciary has chaotically entangled with that of the executive and the legislative.
If I may opine, Schettino should have done the Corona’s “mollusks way” while Corona, Schettino’s “Judas way” and elude what seemed to be the most perilous prosecution of all times.
Arguably though, Schettino and Corona are graphical revelations of former Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arrroyo’s foiled attempt to leave the country, and her insatiable grip to power by way of her congressional representation. Merging these two can produce the classic political masterpiece, which literally and figuratively known to many as “greed” in its truest form and meaning.
And what do Schettino and Corona do commonly possess? It is the near miss of truth and lies that borders the posh domain of Gloria and her cohorts!
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Gloria et Santa
By Rolo B. Cena
Hushed Poppies
Dumaguete Star Informer
4 December 2011
It has finally arrived. And they have finally arrived at one point. Adding fuel to the fire, the Tribunal has finally arrived at a unanimous verdict. Yes, accountability and reckoning have come, at least for one little girl and one big man. This time, accountability and reckoning have gotten into everybody’s nerves, not just into one’s spine.
After the exchange of speculative hullabaloos from both camps, the government, through the court, has finally ordered the hospital arrest of former President now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. To my own understanding, this is more fitting for a former leader sans the conviction, at least to save the face not just of the President but of the Filipinos as well from external humiliation.
Juxtaposed with Estrada’s plunder case, Arroyo’s shouldn’t be any different. Upon commission, whether in millions or in hundreds of pesos, plunder is plunder and shouldn’t be defined as Estrada or Arroyo plunder. The only difference I know of, and this has already taken precedence over presumption of innocence, is the twist and turns called Corona and Luisita.
First off, Chief Justice Renato Corona is a midnight appointee of Gloria along with the host of justices less three. He was her former legal adviser.
In their minds, it was Chief Justice Corona and his “utang na loob” who declared Aquino’s Truth Commission unconstitutional; it was Chief Justice Corona and his “utang na loob” who issued the TRO against the travel ban of Arroyo. Unwittingly though, it was Chief Justice Corona and his magistrates of the High Tribunal who did all those in the absence “utang na loob.” It was only Aquino and his allies who are saying that it was “utang na loob” that did it all, an allegation that undermines the integrity of the Supreme Court as a democratic institution sans the insults on the credibility of the magistrates composing it, whether appointees of Arroyo or Aquino.
If “utang na loob” dictates those magistrates, the three justices appointed by Aquino would have dissented, thus, leaving the decision on the Hacienda Luisita case questionable. Conclusively, the three therefore did not intend to repay Aquino in this respect.
Secondly, the complexity of the decision of the High Tribunal against Hacienda Luisita, the hacienda of Aquino’s family added fuel to the fire.
In 1958, Pres. Aquino’s maternal grandfather Jose Cojuangco acquired what is now known as Hacienda Luisita from Spanish firm Tabacalera through a loan from the Government Service Insurance System and the Central Bank of the Philippines. The condition of the loans was that the hacienda’s agricultural lands would be sold to its tenants at “reasonable” costs.
And the Cojuangco’s did not comply and continued to fail compliance of such condition. During the time of Cory, Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law was enacted and the Hacienda subjected to comply with distributing the lands to its tenant-farmers. “Stock certificates” were distributed, instead.
In November 2004, seven farm workers drew their ire at the picket fence that cost their lives and seven others were murdered one after the other by unknown assassins. Due to this, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo accelerated its investigation over a complaint by the hacienda union that the stock distribution scheme was a pretense.
In December 2005, the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council created in 1987 by Cory Administration, made up of 15 Cabinet members and chaired by President Arroyo, ordered the fraudulent land reform ended, and to distribute the land to the farmer-workers. The clans legally contested.
Finally last month, the High Tribunal upheld the 2005 decision of the Court and not only ordered the Cojuangcos to immediately distribute 4,915 hectares to the haciendas’ farmer-workers. It also ordered them to pay the farmer-workers P1.33 billion, the proceeds of the sale of hacienda lands that became the industrial and business parks. Agrarian reform laws peg “just compensation” at 1989 levels, or just about P200 million.
The Court’s decision could mean the Cojuangco-Aquino clans’ bankruptcy.
Now it makes sense why they hate Chief Justice Renato Corona so much, why they’re asking him to inhibit from Arroyo’s cases. Arguably though, Gloria’s critics should also believe and understand that in doing so, all the three appointees of Aquino should also inhibit. This leaves the High Tribunal with three justices to squabble on the cases against Arroyo.
At this point, Gloria should stop acting like a little girl wanting for more; P-Noy should stop acting like superman dominating more and more. But they can do one thing: make a wish list this Christmas and post it in a chimney wall.
After all, even justices believe that Santa exists!
Hushed Poppies
Dumaguete Star Informer
4 December 2011
It has finally arrived. And they have finally arrived at one point. Adding fuel to the fire, the Tribunal has finally arrived at a unanimous verdict. Yes, accountability and reckoning have come, at least for one little girl and one big man. This time, accountability and reckoning have gotten into everybody’s nerves, not just into one’s spine.
After the exchange of speculative hullabaloos from both camps, the government, through the court, has finally ordered the hospital arrest of former President now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. To my own understanding, this is more fitting for a former leader sans the conviction, at least to save the face not just of the President but of the Filipinos as well from external humiliation.
Juxtaposed with Estrada’s plunder case, Arroyo’s shouldn’t be any different. Upon commission, whether in millions or in hundreds of pesos, plunder is plunder and shouldn’t be defined as Estrada or Arroyo plunder. The only difference I know of, and this has already taken precedence over presumption of innocence, is the twist and turns called Corona and Luisita.
First off, Chief Justice Renato Corona is a midnight appointee of Gloria along with the host of justices less three. He was her former legal adviser.
In their minds, it was Chief Justice Corona and his “utang na loob” who declared Aquino’s Truth Commission unconstitutional; it was Chief Justice Corona and his “utang na loob” who issued the TRO against the travel ban of Arroyo. Unwittingly though, it was Chief Justice Corona and his magistrates of the High Tribunal who did all those in the absence “utang na loob.” It was only Aquino and his allies who are saying that it was “utang na loob” that did it all, an allegation that undermines the integrity of the Supreme Court as a democratic institution sans the insults on the credibility of the magistrates composing it, whether appointees of Arroyo or Aquino.
If “utang na loob” dictates those magistrates, the three justices appointed by Aquino would have dissented, thus, leaving the decision on the Hacienda Luisita case questionable. Conclusively, the three therefore did not intend to repay Aquino in this respect.
Secondly, the complexity of the decision of the High Tribunal against Hacienda Luisita, the hacienda of Aquino’s family added fuel to the fire.
In 1958, Pres. Aquino’s maternal grandfather Jose Cojuangco acquired what is now known as Hacienda Luisita from Spanish firm Tabacalera through a loan from the Government Service Insurance System and the Central Bank of the Philippines. The condition of the loans was that the hacienda’s agricultural lands would be sold to its tenants at “reasonable” costs.
And the Cojuangco’s did not comply and continued to fail compliance of such condition. During the time of Cory, Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law was enacted and the Hacienda subjected to comply with distributing the lands to its tenant-farmers. “Stock certificates” were distributed, instead.
In November 2004, seven farm workers drew their ire at the picket fence that cost their lives and seven others were murdered one after the other by unknown assassins. Due to this, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo accelerated its investigation over a complaint by the hacienda union that the stock distribution scheme was a pretense.
In December 2005, the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council created in 1987 by Cory Administration, made up of 15 Cabinet members and chaired by President Arroyo, ordered the fraudulent land reform ended, and to distribute the land to the farmer-workers. The clans legally contested.
Finally last month, the High Tribunal upheld the 2005 decision of the Court and not only ordered the Cojuangcos to immediately distribute 4,915 hectares to the haciendas’ farmer-workers. It also ordered them to pay the farmer-workers P1.33 billion, the proceeds of the sale of hacienda lands that became the industrial and business parks. Agrarian reform laws peg “just compensation” at 1989 levels, or just about P200 million.
The Court’s decision could mean the Cojuangco-Aquino clans’ bankruptcy.
Now it makes sense why they hate Chief Justice Renato Corona so much, why they’re asking him to inhibit from Arroyo’s cases. Arguably though, Gloria’s critics should also believe and understand that in doing so, all the three appointees of Aquino should also inhibit. This leaves the High Tribunal with three justices to squabble on the cases against Arroyo.
At this point, Gloria should stop acting like a little girl wanting for more; P-Noy should stop acting like superman dominating more and more. But they can do one thing: make a wish list this Christmas and post it in a chimney wall.
After all, even justices believe that Santa exists!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
58
By Rolo B. Cena
Hushed Poppies
Dumaguete Star Informer
27 November 2011
When Vincent Van Gogh painted “Field with poppies” in 1890, never had he dreamed that years after, he would be best remembered with the masterpiece. When the Ampatuans brushed a stroke of terror in November 23 2009, never had they believed that their creation, the most bizarre of all, would send them to superior Court of Laws, if not inferior as weakened by Men in Robes, or worse, end up their political career, including their cohorts’ who allegedly conspired with them.
They were like poppies in the field that exemplify hope, energy, and life. Bright hopes drove them to the town of Shariff Aguak to file for candidacy for the one they believed would bring new form of governance. Leveled energy propelled them to trek the rugged terrains and treacherous slopes for the one they believed would shower brighter hope for the constituency. Beautiful life dared them to plot against a scion of the most powerful Muslim clan or tyrant. But greed ruthlessly scythed their hopes, energies and lives and torn down their very edifice of nobility; greed mowed their simple hope, active energy and single life in the vehicle of the dirtiest of all political games: election.
They were fifty and eight: one, a journalist, is still missing; thirty-two are journalists and the rests are workers and supporters of the then Vice Mayor of Buluan town now governor of Maguindanao. This poor man, Gov. Mangudadatu, even lost his wife and sisters in what the world called crime of the century.
They worked for Mangudadatu because they believed and hoped in him just as the entire Philippines believed and hoped in P-Noy. Two years after the gruesome carnage, the bereaved families still believe and hope that this man will persecute those annihilators just as the entire Philippines hope and believe that P-Noy will persecute those who stole the money of the people; that Mangudadatu will bring justice to the victims and their bereaved families just as P-Noy will accord the same justice to millions of Filipino people who are victims of crime, grime and slime , not to be specific on plunder and graft, of his predecessors.
As the world calls on Wednesday to end “impunity,” the bereaved families of the “58” still believe and hope that the incident would bring full stop to the extrajudicial killings and killings of journalists in the country, in the world. The call is for the world, the citizens and the government to act now or be doomed, Filipinos and P-Noy included: so urgently now as it endangers each and single life or let alone hell dismiss us all.
Doomed as the devilish Philippines years after EDSA brought new life, new democracy; doomed as the evilest advocacies of the Arroyo’s and their cohorts for their collective sins fueled by greed. It is the same doom that should send shivers not only to the spines of Gloria, but also to the spines of Mike, of Mikey, of Angelo, of Benjamin, of Romulo, of Garcillano, et al.
As we observe the second year of terror in Maguindanao, the “58,” to be exact, should bring us new hope, energy and life: New hope that would bring about pivotal, gigantic, and meaningful change; new energy that would allow us to combat the plaguing graft and corruption; and new life that would renew and strengthen our presence in the world map.
The “58” still hope and believe that justice will be served fairly just as the entire Philippines believe and hope that P-Noy will serve justice fairly in handling the alleged cases against the Arroyos and their cohorts.
In perspective, when Vincent Van Gogh opted to paint the poppies in the field, it was mainly due to lack of funds; when the Ampatuans and their Sponsors opted to shear these beautiful poppies in the field, it was not mainly due to funds but the desire to amass more of them, at the people’s expense.
Putting my non-depleting two cents in, the “58” deserves full military honors for taxing their lives in the hope of bringing forth better governance and cleaner politics. They were not paupers after all; they were killed by this kind of marauders!
Hushed Poppies
Dumaguete Star Informer
27 November 2011
When Vincent Van Gogh painted “Field with poppies” in 1890, never had he dreamed that years after, he would be best remembered with the masterpiece. When the Ampatuans brushed a stroke of terror in November 23 2009, never had they believed that their creation, the most bizarre of all, would send them to superior Court of Laws, if not inferior as weakened by Men in Robes, or worse, end up their political career, including their cohorts’ who allegedly conspired with them.
They were like poppies in the field that exemplify hope, energy, and life. Bright hopes drove them to the town of Shariff Aguak to file for candidacy for the one they believed would bring new form of governance. Leveled energy propelled them to trek the rugged terrains and treacherous slopes for the one they believed would shower brighter hope for the constituency. Beautiful life dared them to plot against a scion of the most powerful Muslim clan or tyrant. But greed ruthlessly scythed their hopes, energies and lives and torn down their very edifice of nobility; greed mowed their simple hope, active energy and single life in the vehicle of the dirtiest of all political games: election.
They were fifty and eight: one, a journalist, is still missing; thirty-two are journalists and the rests are workers and supporters of the then Vice Mayor of Buluan town now governor of Maguindanao. This poor man, Gov. Mangudadatu, even lost his wife and sisters in what the world called crime of the century.
They worked for Mangudadatu because they believed and hoped in him just as the entire Philippines believed and hoped in P-Noy. Two years after the gruesome carnage, the bereaved families still believe and hope that this man will persecute those annihilators just as the entire Philippines hope and believe that P-Noy will persecute those who stole the money of the people; that Mangudadatu will bring justice to the victims and their bereaved families just as P-Noy will accord the same justice to millions of Filipino people who are victims of crime, grime and slime , not to be specific on plunder and graft, of his predecessors.
As the world calls on Wednesday to end “impunity,” the bereaved families of the “58” still believe and hope that the incident would bring full stop to the extrajudicial killings and killings of journalists in the country, in the world. The call is for the world, the citizens and the government to act now or be doomed, Filipinos and P-Noy included: so urgently now as it endangers each and single life or let alone hell dismiss us all.
Doomed as the devilish Philippines years after EDSA brought new life, new democracy; doomed as the evilest advocacies of the Arroyo’s and their cohorts for their collective sins fueled by greed. It is the same doom that should send shivers not only to the spines of Gloria, but also to the spines of Mike, of Mikey, of Angelo, of Benjamin, of Romulo, of Garcillano, et al.
As we observe the second year of terror in Maguindanao, the “58,” to be exact, should bring us new hope, energy and life: New hope that would bring about pivotal, gigantic, and meaningful change; new energy that would allow us to combat the plaguing graft and corruption; and new life that would renew and strengthen our presence in the world map.
The “58” still hope and believe that justice will be served fairly just as the entire Philippines believe and hope that P-Noy will serve justice fairly in handling the alleged cases against the Arroyos and their cohorts.
In perspective, when Vincent Van Gogh opted to paint the poppies in the field, it was mainly due to lack of funds; when the Ampatuans and their Sponsors opted to shear these beautiful poppies in the field, it was not mainly due to funds but the desire to amass more of them, at the people’s expense.
Putting my non-depleting two cents in, the “58” deserves full military honors for taxing their lives in the hope of bringing forth better governance and cleaner politics. They were not paupers after all; they were killed by this kind of marauders!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Truth or dare
By Rolo B. Cena
Hushed Poppies
Dumaguete Star Informer
13 November 2011
Arguably though, it seems that the Arroyos and her cohorts are in the hook of the new administration these days. As the cases are progressing, the most riveting saga of the century starts unfolding.
As bannered in one of the national dailies, Pres. Noynoy Aquino supports the decision of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to deny permission to former president now Pampanga 1st District Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to seek medical treatment abroad. The paper added that the President decided to fly in medical experts to attend to Arroyo’s medical condition on the government’s expense.
Sounds great! Sec. de Lima didn’t just make the right decision in the line of duty; she made the utmost decision of protecting the national interest at the same time. In addition, the decision of Pres. Aquino to fly in medical experts from Germany where the former president wishes to seek medical attention did not just embolden Sec. De Lima; it at the same time buoys up the decision itself.
First off, the cases filed against the former president are matters of national interest. Electoral fraud in connection with 2004 presidential election, for instance, where actor Poe has allegedly won the race, has not been resolved. While the dramatis personae of the “Hello Garci” chronicle vis-à-vis “mental lapses” account of the petite lady may no longer be plausible inside the court for the reason that the former election commissioner negated his first testimonies, substantial and unequivocal pressure of witnesses, once again, can be employed to eventually lead to the closure of the case. After all, if Aquino made this brilliant idea, he could be creative and innovative in wooing the principal witness to the case as well.
Undoubtedly, had Sec. de Lima made a decision on the contrary, she would have placed the entire community of Filipino people at the losing end. The illegitimate queenship of the petite lady, that is as despicable as the illegitimacy of the Marcosian Kingship, if not as grotesque and barbaric as the devils in the Grecian “sea of death” would always be the howling and lamentations of the subjects who installed them in the dirt-controlled Palace by the commercially ill and grimy river.
Second off, allowing the former president to seek medical treatment to a country without extradition treaty with the Philippines runs the risk of losing the physical presence of the former president. While the former president, through her spokesperson, announced and kept on announcing, that she will return after the medical treatment, a pronouncement that is as vile Sodom Gomorrah, her promise not to run in the later days of 2004 was a hoax. This is the prize for crying wolf several times.
Technically, there is no “trial in absentia” for nonbailable cases such as plunder. As such, the cases filed against her will not move and consequently, no closure can be made. Again, what is the use of doing all these activities if at all these cases would die a natural death? Will the Aquino administration, or the President for that matter, ever be as credible as his mother, assuming that former President Cory Aquino wears no dishonorable robe?
Third off, the decision was merely to ensure just and speedy resolution of the cases. While she is sick and constitutionally has the right to seek medical attention elsewhere, the decision of bringing into the country medical experts for her condition is enough proof that the administration does not prevent her from exercising her right to live a good and healthy life. In fact, her immediate recovery from her alleged life-threatening illness, assuming that this is true despite negation from government doctors, is also the concern of the administration as this may, in the long run, derail the proceedings of the cases.
Truth or dare: Will the predecessor object the decision of the successor to bring home medical experts for her purpose? With this new development, will Arroyo bring forward new twists and turns that will tickle millions of Filipino viewers of this prime time melo-dramatic soap dish?
Look out for it, Philippines!
Hushed Poppies
Dumaguete Star Informer
13 November 2011
Arguably though, it seems that the Arroyos and her cohorts are in the hook of the new administration these days. As the cases are progressing, the most riveting saga of the century starts unfolding.
As bannered in one of the national dailies, Pres. Noynoy Aquino supports the decision of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to deny permission to former president now Pampanga 1st District Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to seek medical treatment abroad. The paper added that the President decided to fly in medical experts to attend to Arroyo’s medical condition on the government’s expense.
Sounds great! Sec. de Lima didn’t just make the right decision in the line of duty; she made the utmost decision of protecting the national interest at the same time. In addition, the decision of Pres. Aquino to fly in medical experts from Germany where the former president wishes to seek medical attention did not just embolden Sec. De Lima; it at the same time buoys up the decision itself.
First off, the cases filed against the former president are matters of national interest. Electoral fraud in connection with 2004 presidential election, for instance, where actor Poe has allegedly won the race, has not been resolved. While the dramatis personae of the “Hello Garci” chronicle vis-à-vis “mental lapses” account of the petite lady may no longer be plausible inside the court for the reason that the former election commissioner negated his first testimonies, substantial and unequivocal pressure of witnesses, once again, can be employed to eventually lead to the closure of the case. After all, if Aquino made this brilliant idea, he could be creative and innovative in wooing the principal witness to the case as well.
Undoubtedly, had Sec. de Lima made a decision on the contrary, she would have placed the entire community of Filipino people at the losing end. The illegitimate queenship of the petite lady, that is as despicable as the illegitimacy of the Marcosian Kingship, if not as grotesque and barbaric as the devils in the Grecian “sea of death” would always be the howling and lamentations of the subjects who installed them in the dirt-controlled Palace by the commercially ill and grimy river.
Second off, allowing the former president to seek medical treatment to a country without extradition treaty with the Philippines runs the risk of losing the physical presence of the former president. While the former president, through her spokesperson, announced and kept on announcing, that she will return after the medical treatment, a pronouncement that is as vile Sodom Gomorrah, her promise not to run in the later days of 2004 was a hoax. This is the prize for crying wolf several times.
Technically, there is no “trial in absentia” for nonbailable cases such as plunder. As such, the cases filed against her will not move and consequently, no closure can be made. Again, what is the use of doing all these activities if at all these cases would die a natural death? Will the Aquino administration, or the President for that matter, ever be as credible as his mother, assuming that former President Cory Aquino wears no dishonorable robe?
Third off, the decision was merely to ensure just and speedy resolution of the cases. While she is sick and constitutionally has the right to seek medical attention elsewhere, the decision of bringing into the country medical experts for her condition is enough proof that the administration does not prevent her from exercising her right to live a good and healthy life. In fact, her immediate recovery from her alleged life-threatening illness, assuming that this is true despite negation from government doctors, is also the concern of the administration as this may, in the long run, derail the proceedings of the cases.
Truth or dare: Will the predecessor object the decision of the successor to bring home medical experts for her purpose? With this new development, will Arroyo bring forward new twists and turns that will tickle millions of Filipino viewers of this prime time melo-dramatic soap dish?
Look out for it, Philippines!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Chess
By Rolo B. Cena
The Gulf Files
Dumaguete Star Informer
06 February 2011
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – He was the robust horseman and she the classic bishop. His role was to deliver according to the pace his position was designed for; her role to safeguard the Royal Palace according to the mandate her appointment was called for in the public exercise.
And when push came to shove, the robust horseman had to take a stronger crossover deviating from the norms horses have to, this time like any pawn pushed across the line; the influential bishop had to validate the moves the robust horseman initiated, even to the extent of persecuting all the king’s men.
The beans have been spilled and people who heard the hullabaloos from each drop compose their own modern-day music that so timely serenaded the new Royal Palace; others who saw the spillage write their own literary masterpieces that stirred the senses of the lawmakers, the Levites and even the ill-fated subjects. While commissioning the truth sans the defunct truth commission of sort, these masterpieces were read and re-read in all areas and the music played in the legislative and judicial halls.
Such was the classical cotillion of political roses and candles; such was the art of war in the classic board game.
At the end of the cobblestone-paved political highways, commuters often ignore the existence of a blind spot; oftentimes as it surely does happen, pedestrians do observe its existence. Such are the cases of Reyes and Garcia; of George Rabusa and Heidi Mendoza. And Trillanes would have been an exemption to the rule until he does what the Romans do. Even the smartest of robbers this kingdom of corruptions ever produced miss some points: the king missed the murder of a lawmaker in the tarmac orchestrated by his wife and the queen missed the corruptions and scams wilfully designed by her husband.
“Only the wicked gamble at the wicked.” What one Saint articulated, bunch of sinners executed. Who will be the lesser evil of them all? Let the iron-fist lawmakers roll the dice squarely, or else, let the commons re-think what the nobles do. EDSA is just a stone’s throw from our stead, after all.
Rabusa’s literary piece may have been a classical one as validated by his lyrical allegation that such military infidelities are mostly genetics and hereditary: genetics because it runs in the blood, it runs in the system; hereditary because the predecessors, if this society does not call them forefathers, ran this exercise and handed down to their heirs and successors.
Mendoza’s discourse may have been a rational one as validated by her examinations that such twists and turns are truly scientific and philosophical: scientific because it was made according to generally accepted auditing and accounting standards; philosophical because it upholds logic. Such was the case of Clarissa Ocampo who was instrumental in the ovrthrow of the former king of lust that briefly ruled the land.
Science proves that the heirs of the criminal are genetically pre-disposed to follow suit: such is the case of these stars-decorated men in uniform; such is the case of General Angelo Reyes. Garcia is by far no exception to this! Not even the troubled Hong Kong drug trafficking suspect Singson who faces disqualification from the house of the commons.
There’s one gray area that is so obviously noticeable along the line: the lines of the queen of corruptions and scams were deleted from the lyrics of the modern-day music. Damning the damned seemed not to be the plot of these new-born singers. What is going on?
During the war, provisions and military supports are transported at night; upgrading ranks and releasing their appointments usually happened on the eleventh hour, normally before midnight falls. Strategically, nobles do this before leaving the grounds of the Palace to ensure loyalty. Such was the case of the executive orders and instructions from the Palace that defied the meaning of sovereign power.
Literally and figuratively, all members of the Royal Palace reports to the king; they pay tribute to the king and queen. Even the lowest in ranks, the pawns, do the same. Exactly as perfectly that it works: command responsibility. After all, the early Thursday morning paper bags at the grounds of the Royal Palace proved the practice.
One, ten, fifty, one hundred, or more millions of pesos - figures don’t matter; the act does. “Am I greedy?” is not the question, after all. Moderating greed is not even the cup of tea of the post-modern EDSA democratic king who inherited the crown under the suit of true democracy.
While it may be true that Rabuusa and Mendoza are credible witnesses for and in behalf of the Palace, what stops money, political power and greed to silence them. In this square box of political game, only one thing is sure to happen: Stalemate
And stalemate means the stronger troop eludes persecution. Such was the case of Lauro Vizconde and Jessica Alfaro.
The Gulf Files
Dumaguete Star Informer
06 February 2011
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – He was the robust horseman and she the classic bishop. His role was to deliver according to the pace his position was designed for; her role to safeguard the Royal Palace according to the mandate her appointment was called for in the public exercise.
And when push came to shove, the robust horseman had to take a stronger crossover deviating from the norms horses have to, this time like any pawn pushed across the line; the influential bishop had to validate the moves the robust horseman initiated, even to the extent of persecuting all the king’s men.
The beans have been spilled and people who heard the hullabaloos from each drop compose their own modern-day music that so timely serenaded the new Royal Palace; others who saw the spillage write their own literary masterpieces that stirred the senses of the lawmakers, the Levites and even the ill-fated subjects. While commissioning the truth sans the defunct truth commission of sort, these masterpieces were read and re-read in all areas and the music played in the legislative and judicial halls.
Such was the classical cotillion of political roses and candles; such was the art of war in the classic board game.
At the end of the cobblestone-paved political highways, commuters often ignore the existence of a blind spot; oftentimes as it surely does happen, pedestrians do observe its existence. Such are the cases of Reyes and Garcia; of George Rabusa and Heidi Mendoza. And Trillanes would have been an exemption to the rule until he does what the Romans do. Even the smartest of robbers this kingdom of corruptions ever produced miss some points: the king missed the murder of a lawmaker in the tarmac orchestrated by his wife and the queen missed the corruptions and scams wilfully designed by her husband.
“Only the wicked gamble at the wicked.” What one Saint articulated, bunch of sinners executed. Who will be the lesser evil of them all? Let the iron-fist lawmakers roll the dice squarely, or else, let the commons re-think what the nobles do. EDSA is just a stone’s throw from our stead, after all.
Rabusa’s literary piece may have been a classical one as validated by his lyrical allegation that such military infidelities are mostly genetics and hereditary: genetics because it runs in the blood, it runs in the system; hereditary because the predecessors, if this society does not call them forefathers, ran this exercise and handed down to their heirs and successors.
Mendoza’s discourse may have been a rational one as validated by her examinations that such twists and turns are truly scientific and philosophical: scientific because it was made according to generally accepted auditing and accounting standards; philosophical because it upholds logic. Such was the case of Clarissa Ocampo who was instrumental in the ovrthrow of the former king of lust that briefly ruled the land.
Science proves that the heirs of the criminal are genetically pre-disposed to follow suit: such is the case of these stars-decorated men in uniform; such is the case of General Angelo Reyes. Garcia is by far no exception to this! Not even the troubled Hong Kong drug trafficking suspect Singson who faces disqualification from the house of the commons.
There’s one gray area that is so obviously noticeable along the line: the lines of the queen of corruptions and scams were deleted from the lyrics of the modern-day music. Damning the damned seemed not to be the plot of these new-born singers. What is going on?
During the war, provisions and military supports are transported at night; upgrading ranks and releasing their appointments usually happened on the eleventh hour, normally before midnight falls. Strategically, nobles do this before leaving the grounds of the Palace to ensure loyalty. Such was the case of the executive orders and instructions from the Palace that defied the meaning of sovereign power.
Literally and figuratively, all members of the Royal Palace reports to the king; they pay tribute to the king and queen. Even the lowest in ranks, the pawns, do the same. Exactly as perfectly that it works: command responsibility. After all, the early Thursday morning paper bags at the grounds of the Royal Palace proved the practice.
One, ten, fifty, one hundred, or more millions of pesos - figures don’t matter; the act does. “Am I greedy?” is not the question, after all. Moderating greed is not even the cup of tea of the post-modern EDSA democratic king who inherited the crown under the suit of true democracy.
While it may be true that Rabuusa and Mendoza are credible witnesses for and in behalf of the Palace, what stops money, political power and greed to silence them. In this square box of political game, only one thing is sure to happen: Stalemate
And stalemate means the stronger troop eludes persecution. Such was the case of Lauro Vizconde and Jessica Alfaro.
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