I did not like it when Erap was pardoned! I thought the GMA administration was going to the dogs.
I also did not appreciate it when Jalosjos was released. But after reading the news, and the real story behind the release. I think he should be freed. And the GMA administration played "humbug" by putting him back to jail. It is clear that this government is not following the rules, and processes deemed to be so important in civilized governance.
And now (from PDI):
Sen. Richard Gordon and Zambales Gov. Amor Deloso are protesting the appointment of a 23-year-old scion of the Magsaysay family by President Macapagal-Arroyo to the board of the state-owned Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
In separate interviews recently, Gordon and Deloso said Jesus Vicente "Jobo" Magsaysay II, 23, never held a job prior to his appointment as SBMA director.
But Magsaysay said in a phone interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer that his SBMA stint has so far been the second job he held in his life. The first was as political affairs officer in his mother's congressional office. "I ran the office and I took that job seriously," he said.
Gordon said in a Dec. 15 interview that Republic Act 7227, or the Bases Conversion Law that also created the SBMA, was not followed again in Magsaysay’s appointment.
"The workers of the (former Subic Naval Base) have been totally excluded," said Gordon, the first chair of the SBMA and former mayor of Olongapo City, where much of the former base workers live.
He said former employees of the United States military in the base's ship repair, public works and naval centers should have representatives in the SBMA board to ensure the "continuity of the vision."
The law gave bases conversion agencies, chiefly the Bases Conversion Development Authority, the task of managing programs and projects to convert Subic, Clark, Camp John Hay and several former American baselands into productive uses and make the former workers of the US bases as well as other sectors part of the progress in these new economic zones.
"I was really disturbed by it," he said of Magsaysay's appointment, adding that he learned about this from Deloso.
Governor Deloso said in a Dec. 19 interview that he was "upset" by Magsaysay’s appointment.
"I don't know what the boy would contribute to the SBMA when he has not done any job in his life," Deloso said.
SBMA Chair Feliciano Salonga on Wednesday confirmed that Magsaysay joined the 14-member board as private sector representative of Zambales.
Magsaysay replaced his father, Jesus Vicente Magsaysay, husband of Zambales Rep. Milagros Magsaysay.
Magsaysay's father and grandfather, former Gov. Vicente Magsaysay, lost in their gubernatorial and senatorial bids, respectively, in the May 14 elections.
"[Magsaysay] was appointed by our President. She wrote us a letter for Jobo to join the board," Salonga said in a phone interview.
He said the young Magsaysay attended two board meetings this December.
Magsaysay said he finished AB Political Science at the Ateneo de Manila University, where he is also taking his master in public management.
"I'm young but I'm capable of doing the job. As a director, I think I can do moral decision-making. Wala akong bahid na anything na marumi (I have not been smeared by any wrongdoing)," he told the INQUIRER.
"I am really a hard worker. Ang learning curve ko mabilis na matuto (I have a fast learning curve). I have been observing how (other directors) are answering. Inaaral ko talaga (I'm really trying to learn)," he said.
Magsaysay said he should not be perceived as someone riding on the name of his family.
"I want to excel. I will ask my elders for advice but the decision-making will be mine," he said.
Age, according to him, should "never be an issue" because "there are many young people in government agencies and in Congress."
"My grandfather became governor when he was 26," he said.
His mother, Representative Magsaysay said the opinions of her son's detractors should "not be the yardstick by which to measure my son's capability."
"Who are they to judge him?" she asked.
"He's sobrang level-headed. Marunong siyang sumabay ke nasa mataas ka o mababa. Nenerbiyosin sila sa kanya because he's qualified (My son is extremely level-headed. He knows how to deal with people from all walks of life. They’re scared of him because he's qualified]," the congresswoman said of her son, the eldest in a brood of six.
Her son, she added, was "not bobo (dumb)."
Salonga called Magsaysay "our young David." "He's in a learning mode, absorbing much of the issues. I'm guiding him in the issues because his parents are friends to me," the SBMA chair said.
As director, Magsaysay gets P10,000 in honorarium per meeting (two or three are held monthly), free housing within the freeport and gas allowance.
"I'm bias in favor of Ateneo graduates because they turn out to be useful to us," Salonga said.
The position of the late Jose Calimlim as senior deputy administrator has not been filled up yet. Calimlim, 62, died on Nov. 30 after a lingering illness.
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What a f&**k? Whats his qualification, you tell me? It is clearly a pay-off position. This administration is making the government its milking cow, its family business and as a tool to bestow favors to close allies and friends, sans qualifications!
Hay....sana magkaelection na!
I also did not appreciate it when Jalosjos was released. But after reading the news, and the real story behind the release. I think he should be freed. And the GMA administration played "humbug" by putting him back to jail. It is clear that this government is not following the rules, and processes deemed to be so important in civilized governance.
And now (from PDI):
Sen. Richard Gordon and Zambales Gov. Amor Deloso are protesting the appointment of a 23-year-old scion of the Magsaysay family by President Macapagal-Arroyo to the board of the state-owned Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
In separate interviews recently, Gordon and Deloso said Jesus Vicente "Jobo" Magsaysay II, 23, never held a job prior to his appointment as SBMA director.
But Magsaysay said in a phone interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer that his SBMA stint has so far been the second job he held in his life. The first was as political affairs officer in his mother's congressional office. "I ran the office and I took that job seriously," he said.
Gordon said in a Dec. 15 interview that Republic Act 7227, or the Bases Conversion Law that also created the SBMA, was not followed again in Magsaysay’s appointment.
"The workers of the (former Subic Naval Base) have been totally excluded," said Gordon, the first chair of the SBMA and former mayor of Olongapo City, where much of the former base workers live.
He said former employees of the United States military in the base's ship repair, public works and naval centers should have representatives in the SBMA board to ensure the "continuity of the vision."
The law gave bases conversion agencies, chiefly the Bases Conversion Development Authority, the task of managing programs and projects to convert Subic, Clark, Camp John Hay and several former American baselands into productive uses and make the former workers of the US bases as well as other sectors part of the progress in these new economic zones.
"I was really disturbed by it," he said of Magsaysay's appointment, adding that he learned about this from Deloso.
Governor Deloso said in a Dec. 19 interview that he was "upset" by Magsaysay’s appointment.
"I don't know what the boy would contribute to the SBMA when he has not done any job in his life," Deloso said.
SBMA Chair Feliciano Salonga on Wednesday confirmed that Magsaysay joined the 14-member board as private sector representative of Zambales.
Magsaysay replaced his father, Jesus Vicente Magsaysay, husband of Zambales Rep. Milagros Magsaysay.
Magsaysay's father and grandfather, former Gov. Vicente Magsaysay, lost in their gubernatorial and senatorial bids, respectively, in the May 14 elections.
"[Magsaysay] was appointed by our President. She wrote us a letter for Jobo to join the board," Salonga said in a phone interview.
He said the young Magsaysay attended two board meetings this December.
Magsaysay said he finished AB Political Science at the Ateneo de Manila University, where he is also taking his master in public management.
"I'm young but I'm capable of doing the job. As a director, I think I can do moral decision-making. Wala akong bahid na anything na marumi (I have not been smeared by any wrongdoing)," he told the INQUIRER.
"I am really a hard worker. Ang learning curve ko mabilis na matuto (I have a fast learning curve). I have been observing how (other directors) are answering. Inaaral ko talaga (I'm really trying to learn)," he said.
Magsaysay said he should not be perceived as someone riding on the name of his family.
"I want to excel. I will ask my elders for advice but the decision-making will be mine," he said.
Age, according to him, should "never be an issue" because "there are many young people in government agencies and in Congress."
"My grandfather became governor when he was 26," he said.
His mother, Representative Magsaysay said the opinions of her son's detractors should "not be the yardstick by which to measure my son's capability."
"Who are they to judge him?" she asked.
"He's sobrang level-headed. Marunong siyang sumabay ke nasa mataas ka o mababa. Nenerbiyosin sila sa kanya because he's qualified (My son is extremely level-headed. He knows how to deal with people from all walks of life. They’re scared of him because he's qualified]," the congresswoman said of her son, the eldest in a brood of six.
Her son, she added, was "not bobo (dumb)."
Salonga called Magsaysay "our young David." "He's in a learning mode, absorbing much of the issues. I'm guiding him in the issues because his parents are friends to me," the SBMA chair said.
As director, Magsaysay gets P10,000 in honorarium per meeting (two or three are held monthly), free housing within the freeport and gas allowance.
"I'm bias in favor of Ateneo graduates because they turn out to be useful to us," Salonga said.
The position of the late Jose Calimlim as senior deputy administrator has not been filled up yet. Calimlim, 62, died on Nov. 30 after a lingering illness.
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What a f&**k? Whats his qualification, you tell me? It is clearly a pay-off position. This administration is making the government its milking cow, its family business and as a tool to bestow favors to close allies and friends, sans qualifications!
Hay....sana magkaelection na!
