Gibo: negligent + delayed + confused = FAILURE

Gibo delayed purchase of rubber boats
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/10/12/09/teodoro-delayed-purchase-rubber-boats

by Aries Rufo, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak | 10/12/2009 8:19 PM

MANILA – Disaster-preparedness officials warned Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro about the possibility of widespread flooding this year, but the presidential aspirant apparently miscalculated when he did not act quickly on purchasing life-saving equipment.

In particular, officials of the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) had urged and advised Teodoro to immediately order the procurement of rescue boats for the expected flooding in different parts of the country.

But for some reason, the potential standard-bearer of the ruling party decided the procurement could wait.

Documents obtained by abs-cbnnews.com/Newsbreak from the OCD showed that the emergency purchase of rigid-hull inflatable boats was being pushed to Teodoro as early as February this year to prepare the country for more flash floods.

But the defense chief, who also chairs the National Disaster Coordinating  Council (NDCC), wanted the purchase to be done through regular bidding, which has prolonged the procurement.

And then the deluge brought by tropical storm “Ondoy” came along.

Grim figures

As thousands of Metro Manila residents cried for rescue at the height of Ondoy’s fury, rescue and relief officials were hampered by lack of rubber boats in saving people who were trapped by the flash floods. Many residents complained that it took rescue officials hours to respond to their distress calls.

Some residents, frustrated by the delay, bought their own rubber boats, while others improvised with inflatable beds or Styrofoam-made devices. Unofficial reports said that the Navy has only around 20-30 rubber boats.

Ondoy claimed around 200 lives, many of them from drowning.  While Metro Manila and nearby provinces had yet to recover from the disaster, tropical depression Pepeng followed, inundating many areas in northern Luzon. Pepeng has claimed over 300 lives.

Early this year, the OCD, as the implementing arm of the NDCC, sought the emergency procurement of rubber boats following the typhoons and floods that occurred all over the country in 2008.

This was also prompted by the numerous requests from local government units (LGUs) for rescue equipment, especially those that had experienced flooding and those in flood-prone areas.

Emergency procurement

The casualties convinced disaster-preparedness officials of the need for an emergency procurement.

In the first two months of this year alone, the OCD recorded 36 incidents of flash floods affecting more than 277,000 families or 1.3 million persons in 31 provinces.

Records from the OCD showed that as of Dec. 2008, its stock of rubber boats had been depleted to zero. A total of 182 rubber boats were distributed to LGUs and to government agencies and non-government organizations in 2008.

In Metro Manila, one inflatable rubber boat each was given to the LGUs of Malabon and of Taguig City.

In Ilocos and in Cagayan, among the regions hardest hit by Pepeng,  Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino got one rubber boat each. Collectively, these provinces have 106 flood-prone towns identified by the NDCC.

Cagayan, which has 27 municipalities prone to floods, got 11 rubber boats.

Region 3 (Central Luzon) and Region 4-A (Southern Tagalog), which also suffered Ondoy’s ferocity, got 30 rubber boats for the two regions’ 200 flood-prone municipalities.

Another report of the OCD showed that of the 949 flood-prone municipalities, only about 3 percent have been provided with rigid-hull rubber boats.

Fears of LGUs of more destructive floods have heightened the demand for more rubber boats.

Delayed P50-million emergency purchase

In February 5, 2009, a memorandum for Teodoro from OCD Administrator Glenn Rabonza sought the purchase of rubber boats to replenish the OCD’s zero stock.

What the OCD wanted to procure then was a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) with outboard motors, which costs around P1 million each. The RHIB is preferred over the ordinary inflatable rescue boat because it is more sturdy and reliable in flash floods.

Rabonza said that from previous discussions, P50 million had been earmarked for the project. “This is considered priority in view of the numerous outstanding LGU requests and as a preparedness measure for the rainy season,” Rabonza told Teodoro in the memorandum.

To fast track the procurement, an undated resolution by the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) recommended the adoption of alternative modes of procurement for rigid-hull inflatable rubber boats “to support the disaster management and response operation in preparation for the rainy and typhoon season.”

In view of “exceptionally urgent and necessary in nature” for the OCD to respond to disaster management requirement,” the BAC supported a negotiated procurement or direct contracting.

LGUs have the calamity fund, at 5 percent of their budget, for the purchase of rescue equipment, but their hands are basically tied when it comes to the use of the fund. The Local Government Code states that LGUs can only use it once a state of calamity is declared in their localities.

Thus, rescue equipment like inflatable rubber boats are normally provided by the OCD.

Confused over decision

Rabonza had asked permission from Teodoro if the OCD could resort to negotiated procurement or direct contracting, citing a provision in the Procurement Law which allows such methods in cases of “imminent danger arising from natural or man-made calamities or other causes where immediate action is necessary to prevent damage to or loss of life or property…”

An OCD official, who asked not to be named for lack of authority, said the negotiated procurement or direct contracting options were pushed “because time was of the essence.”

“Based on experience, the entire process under a regular bidding will take 8 months…from the time the bid is announced to the delivery of the equipment. If we undertake regular bidding, we would have lost valuable time,” the OCD official said.

To be fair to Teodoro, the OCD official said the defense chief approved the allocation for the rubber boats. But his last-minute decision to resort to regular bidding further delayed the procurement of rubber boats.

In his marginal note to Rabonza in the letter, Teodoro apparently gave his go-signal, but he also indicated that he preferred regular bidding. “Why can we not bid and have delivery within 4 months?” Teodoro asked.

This confused the OCD as to what Teodoro really wanted.

No rubber boats up to now

In insisting for a public bidding, was Teodoro just being prudent with government spending or was it a case of misplaced priority?

We called Rabonza’s mobile phones and sent text messages to him, but as of posting time, we have yet to get a reply.

Failing to decipher what Teodoro really wanted, the OCD official said the purchase of the RHIBs was set aside.  In the meantime, requests from LGUs even before Ondoy and Pepeng for rubber boats persisted.

In a phone interview,  Bulacan Governor Joselito Mendoza said he requested 1 rubber boat from the Department of National Defense (DND) last August to augment the existing rescue equipment of the provincial government. “They promised us to give us but until we have yet to get one,” he said.

Another DND source said Teodoro earlier downplayed the purchase of the RHIBs because at that time, there was no imminent threat to lives.

Ondoy proved him wrong, and disaster preparedness officials are now in a hurry to procure RHIBs. — by Aries Rufo, with reports from Jesus Llanto, Newsbreak

as of 10/23/2009 1:13 PM

SEC. GILBERT TEODORO – PROVEN POOR LEADER OF RELIEF OPERATIONS IN TYPHOON ONDOY?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oh_HhxTaR8

Reasons WHY a VOTE for Gilberto “GIBO” Teodoro Jr. is Important:

From Nathan Kulit April 22 at 3:06pm

1.) He is the ONLY candidate who practices POSITIVE CAMPAIGNING (No mudslinging)
- False. GORDON, Perlas and JC delos Reyes do the same.
2.) He is the ONLY candidate who speaks of RECONCILIATION & UNITY
- False. GORDON encourages everyone to simultaneously do the 1st step for a better Philippines.
3.) He is the ONLY candidate who does not offer UTOPIA (No promises of paradise but Realistic solutions)
- False. GORDON offer only GOOD PERFORMANCE.

4.) He is the ONLY candidate with a CLEAR PLATFORM OF GOVERNMENT & REGION SPECIFIC PLANS and STRATEGIES.
- It was copied from NEDA Development Plan (http://www.neda.gov.ph/ads/mtpdp/MTPDP2004-2010/PDF/MTPDP2004-2010.html). If they insist, ask them where are the miniatures of this? How can it be doable? If they still insist, ask them why it was not implemented in Tarlac? He was and his family a very influential personalities in Tarlac, why he can’t motivate and inspire their Local Government to do the same? If he can’t, then he is not a leader. GORDON inspires his constituents to rise Olongapo and Subic after the disaster. A true Leader.

5.) He is the ONLY candidate who does not appeal to emotions just to gain votes.
- True.
6.) He is ONE of the few candidates NOT tainted with corruption or any scandal.
- False. GORDON, Perlas and JC delos Reyes too.

7.) He is ONE of the few candidates with the BEST QUALIFICATIONS for the job.
- False. Please refer on the ScoreCard.

8.) He is the ONLY candidate with the most KNOWLEDGE & AWARENESS of REGION SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
- False. He has no LGU experience. Maybe he heard so many regional problems but KNOWLEDGE is different from AWARENESS. Why TARLAC remains as TARLAC? What did he do when he was a Congressman, ROADS?

9.) He is the ONLY candidate who possessed all the 3 attributes a good president must have: INTEGRITY, COMPETENCE, CHARACTER
- False.
INTEGRITY – to remain as Arroyo’s ally. Have no balls to stand alone and declare his candidacy. He left NPC for political reason hoping that joining the ruling LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD will ensure his gateway to presidency.
COMPETENCE – can they enumerate any of his accomplishment during Secretary of DND? Or any accomplishment that people can say “Ohh it was G1BO”.
CHARACTER – No comment, it is a subjective perception.

10.) He is the ONLY candidate with the POLITICAL WILL and MACHINERY to make his platform of government a reality.
POLITICAL WILL – he can’t even stand over TED FAILON.
MACHINERY – who ever the president elected, he will automatically have the machinery as it was mandated by the law.

From Tapia Ramirez April 22 at 10:07pm

1.) He is the ONLY candidate who practices POSITIVE CAMPAIGNING (No mudslinging)

-He took the high road because he can’t cast the first stone. Who is his padrino? GMA diba?

-

3.) Realistic Solutions…

-hmmm… It was his time to shine during Ondoy…but what happened? Who offered realistic solutions? Who was in the mud rescuing people? It was Bayani and Gordon. Who stayed in the office and sat like a prince? B1go. Who provided the life rafts? Red Cross or the NDCC? FYI, Bayani sent his MMDA men to Bulacan even if it was not their area of responsibility to rescue people. Heller? NDCC? Wer na u? Realistic Solutions my arse!

4.) He is the ONLY candidate with a CLEAR PLATFORM OF GOVERNMENT & REGION SPECIFIC PLANS and STRATEGIES.

-Copied and pasted from the MEDIUM TERM PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN …. sa sobrang ganda, maiiyak ka…but only a few percentage were implemented.

6.) He is ONE of the few candidates NOT tainted with corruption or any scandal
-Oops. Marcos Loyalist Parents. Ayos ang hatian nila sa Hacienda Luisita (same baggage with Noynoy…drama lang ang away pamilya eklavoo). OOOOPs… GMA as a Padrino. OOPS. GMA in itself is a scandal in fact the golden standard of all scandals.

8.) He is the ONLY candidate with the most KNOWLEDGE & AWARENESS of REGION SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
- Ows? One word… ONDOY.

10.) He is the ONLY candidate with the POLITICAL WILL and MACHINERY to make his platform of government a reality.
-Political will? Ampatuan? Philippine Air Force: All Air No force?

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Sinungaling si Manny Villar

How Manny Villar lied and used the death of his brother Danny
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo (The Philippine Star) Updated March 28, 2010 12:00 AM

“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 in a series of similar attempts by Villar to create empathy with the nearly 90% of voters who belong to the socio-economic classes D and E. However, this particular attempt to use his late brother Danny to further his political ambition showed that Villar is as capable of lying just like Madame Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA).

Two public documents — the death certificate of Danny B. Villar and the Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT number: 135396/3194) of the 560 square meter property in the upper class San Rafael Village of Navotas where the Villars had lived when Danny died — shattered this ONCE POOR fantasy that Villar has been peddling.

What the San Rafael Village TCT presents:

1. Before 1962, the Villars bought 560 square meters (SQM) of high valued real estate on Bernardo Street in San Rafael Village where the more affluent folks in the Tondo-Navotas area resided.

2. The DEATH CERTIFICATE of the deceased Danny B. Villar established that they were already residing there in 1962.

3. Based on 2009 prices, the P16,000 GSIS (Government Service Insurance System) mortgage mentioned in the TCT — not necessarily the total cost of the two 280 SQM lots — is now the equivalent of P1,140,000.00. Poor people today cannot even borrow P200,000. Those who are familiar with the subdivision say that the cost per SQM in San Rafael Village today would be around P10,000 per SQM or an equivalent of around P5,600,000 for the entire property.

4. Jun Borres, the present owner who is using the 560 SQM property as offices of his firm, Jumbo Fishing, stated that when they bought it in 1987 – it had a one and a half floor house. The ground floor was made of concrete while the upstairs was made of wood. This was typical upper middle class and upper class dwelling in the 1960s.

Implications of the San Rafael Village ownership

1. Together with established Manny Villar bio information, they could not have been dirt poor to be able to move to San Rafael Village before 1962. His mother was a seafood (shrimp, crab and fish) dealer in Divisoria Market, not a fish vendor as what Villar tries to project. A seafood dealer supplies the vendors. For a family of 11, they ate canned corned beef — which Manny Villar admitted on his earlier TV ad. His father was a government official, said to be a Budget Officer of the then DANR (Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources) under which was the Fisheries Bureau. Manny Villar studied in private schools — the Holy Child Catholic School for elementary and Mapua Institute of Technology for High School. Poor folks send their kids to public schools.

2. Villar’s parents must have had a sizeable combined income to be able to buy the San Rafael Village property. The 560 SQM size demonstrates their financial capacity. If they could, poor people buy lots sized less than 100 SQMs. Villar’s father must also be making a sizeable income from the government to be able to borrow P16,000 from the GSIS. In 1962, senior executives in big corporations made monthly salaries of about P2,000.

What Danny B. Villar’s DEATH CERTIFICATE reveals:

1. It is NOT TRUE that Danny died because they were poor and could not afford proper health care. The stated residence in Danny’s death certificate was the San Rafael Village property.

2. The BIG LIE is further proved by the fact that Danny stayed 13 days at the FEU (Far Eastern University) Hospital where he expired at age 3 years and 8 months. If they were really poor, the PGH (Philippine General Hospital) would have been the affordable hospital to bring Danny. He was definitely given proper health care. FEU Hospital was one of the top hospitals in 1962, before the establishment of the Makati Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital.

3. Danny died from CARDIAC and RESPIRATORY FAILURE resulting from COMPLICATIONS OF LEUKEMIA. In 1962, there was no bone marrow transplantation and chemotherapy yet and everyone whether rich or poor died from contracting leukemia.

4. Upon Danny’s death, his remains were turned over to LA FUNERARIA PAZ — then, until now, considered one of the top two mortuaries (Funeraria Nacional, the other). This further disproved Manny Villar’s claim that Danny died because they did not have the money to take care of him.

When Iggy Arroyo was seen as having taken the Jose Pidal rap for his elder brother Mike, many folks felt that it was rather low of Mike Arroyo to place his younger brother at risk. Our culture expects the older brother to protect the younger brother.

In that regard, we can consider Manny Villar as having done worse than Mike Arroyo. At least, Iggy Arroyo was alive and kicking and he could have opted to stay out of the Jose Pidal controversy. But in the case of Manny and Danny Villar, Danny was used to promote a myth when Danny was in no position to agree to his elder brother Manny’s portrayal of his death.

With the propagation of this ONCE POOR fantasy, don’t you think that Manny Villar also desecrated the memory and honor of his parents who strove to be able to provide their children quality education and an upper class domicile?

If Manny Villar can lie and use his dead younger brother like this, what makes you think that he will really improve and not worsen your life? What makes you think that he is not as greedy as he is being charged in this presidential campaign? What makes you think that you can trust Manny Villar?

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 Chair   Wrecker   e-mail and website: macesposo@yahoo.com and www.chairwrecker.com

Pati bibliya gustong baligtarin ni Money Villarroyo manalo lang sa eleksiyon, hesus maryosep!

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Comic Relief for the 2010 Philippine Presidential Election

By Tom Seyer

Senior Correspondent, Coconut News Network (CNN Kuno, as coined originally by Romeo P. Marquez)

It seems that all Filipino presidential candidates are running after the so-called “Catholic vote.” But please read Bobby Reyes’ article, Is There a “Catholic Vote” in the Philippines? and perhaps you may agree with the author that it is an exercise in futility because almost all of the presidential candidates are Catholic.

The “Biblical Battle” for the 2010 Philippine presidency started in the Vatican when President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo told the Pope that “God told her to run in the 2004 presidential election.”

Bro. Eddie Villanueva, who was one of Mrs. Arroyo’s opponents in the 2004 presidential campaign, said allegedly that God denied to him that the Almighty ever talked to Mrs. Arroyo. Brother Eddie was overheard saying that he talks to God almost daily and he was assured that Mrs. Arroyo was not one of the Almighty’s phone pals.

However, supporters of Ang Kapatiran Party’s presidential candidate, JC de los Reyes, say that their man is actually the candidate of many Catholic bishops and priests. They claim that the name “JC de los Reyes” means “Jesus Christ of the Kings.”

But former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada allegedly said that he is the only candidate who really follows the Bible. He was said to have reasoned out that after all he observes to the limit God’s command to “go forth and multiply,” as found in Genesis 1:28.

Then former President Erap said that he has made peace with the Catholic bishops as found in these articles:

Détente between Erap and the CBCP (Part I of “Erap and the Bishops”)

Part II of Erap and the Bishops

Erap and the Bishops (Part III)

The supporters of Sen. Noynoy Aquino say that many Catholic voters will vote for their candidate, as he is the son of the yet-to-be-canonized third Filipino saint, former President Cory Cojuangco-Aquino.

However, supporters of presidential front runner Manuel Villar claim that actually Senator Villar was originally baptized as Emmanuel, which means “God is with us.” The Villar supporters also say that ancient Hebrew text regarded the name “Emmanuel” as a pledge of Divine assistance and, therefore, God will not abandon Mr. Villar on election day.

Then the pro-Villar campaigners say that as alphabetically listed, Senator Villar is last in the list. But as found in the Gospel (Matthew 20:16), Jesus declares that in the world to come, “The last shall be first and the first last.” Ergo, Manny Villar wins, if voters will follow the Bible.

Letters of Paul

In the meantime, Paul Villar is being urged by members of the Media Breakfast Club (MBC) to start writing campaign letters. Paul is the Southern California-based nephew of Senator Villar and who was assigned to be the liaison man of the Villar Campaign to the MBC members.

The MBC members suggest that the campaign letters carry these titles:

Letter of Paul to the Corynthians (the supporters of former President Cory Cojuangco-Aquino),

Letter of Paul to the Pilipians (these are the Corynthians who eat a lot of pili nuts),

Letter of Paul to the Gibotians (the followers of presidential candidate Gibo Cojuangco-Teodoro, Jr.), and

Letter of Paul to Galasians (Galas is a district in Quezon City).

Who owns a house like this?

Even if you don’t care about houses just take a look:

Who would have such taste or live in such opulence?

An American Billionaire?
A Saudi Prince?
Louis XIV of France ?

Savour the pictures then scroll to the bottom of the page to see who owns this Work of Art.

This Mansion is in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA and belongs to:
Senator Manny Villar of the PHILIPPINES

While Filipinos starve, and die because of abject poverty ….and while Sen. Villar brags that he had poor beginnings and he had helped his poor countrymen over and over again… but look now.. he and his family live like this…….his GREED kills his poverty stricken fellow Filipinos .  So please consider this seriously in the upcoming elections.
PLEASE send this to everyone you know.
They can send it to everyone they know.
Soon Filipinos around the world will know what this man is doing to the people he wishes to serve if elected President.

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