Next PNP’s chief after Pinoys elect prexy in May

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

The mayor of a town somewhere in Northern Luzon smarted why the resolution for a loan had been stalled by the provincial board.

“After the resolution was dilly dallied by our councillors, here is the provincial board telling us that we still need the requirements of votes despite the resolution mustered by a majority votes of our lawmakers,” a source told me.

A media man privy on this back door anomaly said the mayor should emulate what other mayors have been doing: Give the “Honorables” their share so the resolution passes the review of the Board.

“Mga between P10 thousand to P20 thousand bawat isa diyan ang presyo,” he whispered.

“Mura lang naman pala,” I said.

He added the Board know that the officials of the town earn, too since private contractors who are going to build the projects funded by the loan will give them their S.O.P (euphemism of cut).

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Rubbing elbows lately with some top brass of the police who were alumni of the elite Philippine Military Academy, I asked them who will be the next chief of the Philippine National Police in case anyone of these presidential candidates wins the May 9 election and takes office in July first of this year.

Remember, incumbent Chief of the PNP Director General Ric Marquez will be retiring from office in August this year.

When I asked if Senator Grace Poe wins who will be her fair haired boy.

 The answer was a member of PMA Class 1987 because vice presidential aspirant Chiz Escudero was an adopted member of the Class.

 "Si Grace was adopted member of PMA Class 1991, any member will be too young for the top post of the national police," he told me when I asked if Poe is not only an adopted daughter of action star Fernando Poe, Jr but of PMA class.

"How about si (Vice President) Jojo Binay in case he wins?" "It would be Senior Superintendent Gilbert Cruz" another PMYer retorted.

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 Cruz police rank is an equivalent to a full colonel in the military. He is not a PMAyer but an alumnus of the Philippine National Police Academy. "He used to be the chief of police of Binay   in Makati when the latter was the mayor," my source told me.
Cruz is now assigned as the Deputy Director of the Police Community Relation Group.(PCRG).

Weapons needed to defeat insurgency in Ph

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

A drug addict, a former driver of a police official, was arrested with other illegal drug sellers by policemen in a town near Pangasinan.

Even he was not caught in flagrante delicto (caught in the act) selling shabu or methamphetamine hydrochloride, the cops nevertheless included him on the complaint sheet.

Since he could not bail, as selling of shabu is non-bailable, he was told by the prosecutor to shell-out one hundred fifty thousand pesos for the striking out of his name on the charge-sheet for a lengthy hearings at the Regional Trial Court.

Luckily, the detainee has relatives who are overseas foreign workers that cheap-in to raise the sum for his liberty.

They even gave a big stuffed toy to the prosecutor “kasi mahilig si fiscal sa stuff na galing abroad”.

Who says working with the Department of Justice is a thankless job? A lot of drug pushers are being apprehended every day. Susmariosep, that would be a lot of monies for a mulcting and enterprising fiscal.

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"Gloves are off" between presidential rivals Marco Rubio and Donald Trump," says by CNN subtitle recently as both U.S presidential rivals exchanged acerbic charges in a debate.

"Clinton-Sanders on dead heat tie", "gloves are off" or “knuckles are bare” are idiomatic expressions seldom used by Philippines' newspapers as title.

“Gloves are off”, to the tricycle drivers who read this column, means people start to argue or fight in a more serious way.

I love how the American media described their acrimonious and rambunctious campaign season as bets ripped off each other’s throat to the November presidential election.

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FARC or Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, the richest guerrillas in the world, thanks to cocaine and marijuana they sell to the huge U.S mainland, fought the Columbia government since the late 1960s.

Cayetano tops poll for Vice Prexy

I sat recently with vice presidential candidate Senator Alan Peter Cayetano to discuss issues like the presidential debate among Senators Grace Poe and Merriam Santiago, Former Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas, and Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, on Duterte’s PR group to spike his survey stocks, topping for the first time Politiko-VOX rankings, and selective acceptance of financial contributions, Excerpts:

The six vice presidential aspirants in the Philippines. Senator Alan Peter
Cayetano is 3rd from left. PHOTO CREDIT: mb.com.ph

MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA (MCO): What can you say about the previous presidential and vice presidential debates?

SEN. ALAN PETER CAYETANO (SAPC): Suggestion ko one on one debate parang basketball parang Round Robin. Poe-Duterte, Duterte-Binay, Binay-Poe, Poe-Mar Roxas ganoon din sa vice president.

MCO: Ano iyan parang Republican Fox News TV debate sa Detroit nina Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and John Kasich?

SAPC: Iyong one on one kasi walang choice kausap mo iyong tao, kausap mo rin sa apatan kasi medyo may pakiramdaman kayo tapos kaunti lang iyong oras. Di ba, I mean Mortz, tayo kahit magkakilala tayo magdebate mas showbiz e. Pero one on one tayo kahit kaibigan mo ako tatanungin mo ako, tatanungin mo ako ng matinik talaga. Bigyan mo ako sa matinik na (tanung) lima  pa rin tayo nagdedebate. Nakikinig lang iyang tatlo tapos manunulsol pa iyon. Iba iyong tatlo tayong mag salpukan. Di ba?

MCO: Duterte camp said they are going to help you to buttress your polls stocks, can you share how they are going to do it?

SAPC: Unang una Mortz ako ay naniniwala kung gusto ng Diyos na panaluhin na ikaw ang maging opisyales. Obligasyon natin na magtrabaho ng husto. So ako ay nagpapasalamat kay Mayor Duterte, sa (inaudible) at PDP-Laban nag extra effort sila for the last weeks kaya makikita ninyo sa Mindanao at the end No. 1 ako pero dikit dikit. Ngayon sa latest Pulse Asia mahigit five percent ang lamang ko doon sa pangalawa at mahigit pa din sa iba sa Mindanao. So kita ang expectation doon, ano?

MCO: Sa Politiko-VOX rankings for the first time nag start campaign last February kayo ang lamang with 42 percent, up from 35 percent in Week 5 ng campaign (Click to see VOX's ranking).

Ano ang lamang ninyo kena Senators (Chiz) Escudero and Bong Bong Marcos, Congresswoman (Leni) Robredo sa ibang pollsters?

Big "NO" kay Pacquiao sa Senado

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza

Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao

Ayaw ko na sanang makisawsaw dito sa Manny Pacquiao versus Comelec dahil katatapos lang nagpalitan ng maanghang na sagutan ang mga taga “Praise the Lord” at  tage “Federasyon”

Ito noong ihambing ni boxing icon ang mga members ng FML o Federasyon ng Mang-aagaw ng Lakas na mas masahol pa sa hayop.

Una, ayaw kung matalsikan ng “asido” galing sa miyembro na nakikipag ispadahan sa kanyang jowang lover sa loob ng shower.

 Ikalawa, ayaw ko namang mapasama sa mga Pacquiao screaming fans na nagsusunog ng kanilang Nike shoes.

Ano ako hilo? Mag isa nga lang itong Nike ko na minana ko pa sa lolo ko, susunugin ko lang.

Gall of Pacquiao

What I don’t like about Manny Pacquiao was his gall or kakapalan ng mukha to run sa Senado kahit hindi kaya ng ulo.

That’s why I am here at You Tube explaining to you my reasons and sentiments on these Pacquiao’s brouhahas.

Sang ayon ako na kinasuhan ni Akbayan Congressman Walden Bello sa Comelec ng “Undue Publicity” and “Undue Advantage” noong nakaraan si Pacquiao  dahil sa violations ng Fair Election Act o FEA.

Why?

E, hayop sa spot o publicity sa mga TV at radio stations ang idudulot ng April 9 Pacquiao- Bradley Rubber Match sa Las Vegas, Nevada  sa kalagitnaan ng kampanya at pagtakbo niya sa halalang Senador sa May 9 Election.

Kawawa naman si Alma Moreno, Amay Bisaya, General Getulio Napenas, Raffy Alunan na naliligo na ng alikabok sa mga taga Magic 12 sa surveys ng Pulse Asia at Social Weather Station, ililibing mo pa Manny P. ng undue publicity.

Sabi ni Commission on Election Commissioner Rowena Guanzon  noong Sunday  na  ang media exposure ni Pacquiao from hype and fight would unfairly boost his candidacy.

She compared the boxing champ with movie actors running for office who she said were not supposed to show their movies during the campaign.

“That’s unfair,” she said. “Newscasters, if they run, they go on leave because that would be unfair to the other candidates. That is the intent of the law.”

Kaya tingnan ninyo si Alma Moreno, Edu Manzano, Amay Bisaya bukod sa wala ng directors na gustong kumuha sa kanila na mag artista, by heart alam nila itong “undue publicity” na violation sa FEA.

FEA says each bona fide candidate or registered political party for a nationally elective office shall be entitled to not more than one hundred twenty (120) minutes of television advertisement and one hundred eighty (180) minutes of radio advertisement whether by purchase or donation.

It also mandates that any mass media columnist, commentator, announcer, reporter, on-air correspondent or personality who is a candidate for any elective public office or is a campaign volunteer for or employed or retained in any capacity by any candidate or political party shall be deemed resigned, if so required by their employer, or shall take a leave of absence from his/her work as such during the campaign period: Provided, That any media practitioner who is an official of a political party or a member of the campaign staff of a candidate or political party shall not use his/her time or space to favor any candidate or political party.

Bello said the Comelec issued Resolution No. 9615 three years ago to expand the definition of “political advertisement” to include media appearances in shows not covered by the Comelec hour. 

Chronic Absenteeism

Itong si Manny P. bukod sa absentee sa 16th Congress last year, mantakin ninyo na ang mokong ay pumapasok physically ng halos apat na beses sa taon na iyon.

Kaagawan nito ng korona sa pagka pala absent si Negros Congressman Jules Ledesma na pitong  beses pumasok.

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Paki click niyo dito “Pacquiao’s politically (in) correct No. 8 car plate”” ang

Article ko noong March 22, 2011 noong nagde-debate at bumoto ang mga taga House of Representatives sa  impeachment ni allegedly corrupt  former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez   si Manny P. nasa Baguio City lang scandalously nag pa-practice ng boxing versus kay Shane Mosley at palakad lakad sa SM-Baguio at sa Camp John Hay.

Ganoon din noong dini dileberate ang Reproductive Health Law, wala rin sya. Kaya noong  may isang hearing nasupalpal siya dahil iyong mga tanong niya puro mali.

Pala absent kasi!

                                                 Pacquiao is not above the Philippines law

Kung magka breach of contract si Manny sa Bradley third match, wala na ako roon.

Kahit i-post phone ni Manny ang Bradley fight niya pero sinabi niya patuloy pa rin ang practice niya, ang unfair publicity it generates is still violation of the FEA.

Ang sa akin may batas tayo na pag ni labag mo ang Fair Election Act ikaw ay hinde lang makukulong ng one to six years kung hinde madi-disqualify ka sa Senado pag ikaw ay nanalo.

PGCot starts cloud seeding operations

By Jimmy Sta. Cruz
PGO Media Center

AMAS, Kidapawan City (Feb. 18) – The Provincial Government of Cotabato, through the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPAG) and Provincial Governor-s Office-Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Division (PGO-DRRMD) has started the cloud seeding operations on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2016 as an key initiative to mitigate the negative effects of the heavy drought brought to El Niño phenomenon.

Central Mindanao Airport at M'lang,
Cotabato Province

The cloud seeding kicked-off at Central Mindanao Airport.t (formerly M’lang Rural Airport), Barangay Tawan-Tawan, M’lang with the personnel from Dept. of Agriculture 12 Bureau of Soils and Water Management (DA12-BSWM) as partners in the operation which is scheduled for 60 days.

Provincial Agriculturist Engr. Eliseo M. Mangliwan informed the cloud seeding operations is significant because it will help to increase the level of water in irrigations and other water ways that supply water to rice fields and other crops.

“We aim to enhance the water level of irrigations so as to improve and sustain water supply to farm lands which is essential to crops and animals” said Engr. Mangliwan.

Dept. of Interior and Local Government Provincial Director Abdullah Ali, LGU M’lang Municipal and Barangay Tawan-Tawan officials also witnessed the kick-off ceremony.

The drought has affected some 27,558 hectares of farm lands and damaged of more than P200 to crops and plants in different municipalities apart from the rat infestations in some areas.

Central Mindanao Airport at M'lang, 
Cotabato Province

The drought brought heavy damage in some municipalities including Alamada, Kabacan, Matalam, Makilala, Tulunan and M’lang. A mild to moderate rain occurred in in Alamada after the cloud seeding kicked off in the morning.

Gov Emmylou “Lala” J. Taliño-Mendoza has allotted P3.4M for the cloud seeding operations from its calamity fund. The Province of Cotabato was declared under the state of calamity last Jan. 14, 2016 in order to hasten the assistance given to affected farmers which includes initiatives such as the cloud seeding operations, financial and technical assistance among others.

The provincial government has also allotted an additional P700, 000 from the calamity fund as counterpart to the cloud seeding operations of DA12 which has started last month. This is an initiative to help the department lengthen its cloud seeding operations, according to the OPAG.

Leolito Siase, Area Coordinator of DA-12 BSWM who supervised the kick-off underscored the importance of the cloud seeding during the interview conducted by the “Aksyon Serbisyong Totoo” radio program of the Provincial Government of Cotabato.
“The artificial rain which will be produced by cloud seeding is necessary to increase water level especially in irrigations within the highlands which will be benefited by the affected farmers”, said Siase.

Are Actors like Edu Manzano Competent in the Senate?

ARE ACTORS COMPETENT ENOUGH FOR THE SENATE? 

Watch the video below after I quizzed Edu Manzano who runs for the 2016 Philippine Senate Race. But before you click the video, here were the texts of my posers to Manzano - an llonggo like me.

Q: I’m Mortz Ortigoza, political columnist of http://mortzortigoza.blogspot.com/ The intellectual class in the Philippines looked down on actors and actresses like Manny Pacquiao, Alma Moreno, Amay Bisaya running for the Senate. They looked at them as an aberration and a big joke that only undermines the integrity of the August Chamber. 

ACTOR. Actor Edu Manzano (blue shirt) with reporters after the press
conference in Dagupan City he and presidential front runner
Grace Poe attended.

My questions, our country faces high employment rate and the solution is to amend the economic provision of the constitution, are you amenable for it? Our country has the highest cost of electricity per kilowatt, are you in favour for the constructions of Nuclear Power Plants to lessen the prices of power? Filipinos breed like rabbits that cause for their penury or kahirapan, are you amenable for a strong population control like aggressive distribution of free contraceptives in the barangays?

Robbers with MBA's jargon. Must read to polish your jargon

(Grabbed from Face Book, unknown author)

During a robbery, the bank robber shouted to everyone in the bank: “Don’t move. The money belongs to the State. Your life belongs to you.”

Everyone in the bank laid down quietly. This is called “Mind Changing Concept” Changing the conventional way of thinking. When a lady lay on the table provocatively, the robber shouted at her: “Please be civilized! This is a robbery and not a rape!” This is called “Being Professional”

Focus only on what you are trained to do! When the bank robbers returned home, the younger robber (MBA-trained) told the older robber (who has only completed Year 6 in primary school): “Big brother, let’s count how much we got.”

The older robber rebutted and said: “You are very stupid. There is so much money it will take us a long time to count. Tonight, the TV news will tell us how much we robbed from the bank!” This is called “Experience.

” Nowadays, experience is more important than paper qualifications! After the robbers had left, the bank manager told the bank supervisor to call the police quickly. But the supervisor said to him: “Wait! Let us take out $10 million from the bank for ourselves and add it to the $70 million that we have previously embezzled from the bank”.

This is called “Swim with the tide.” Converting an unfavorable situation to your advantage!

The supervisor says: “It will be good if there is a robbery every month.” This is called “Killing Boredom.” Personal Happiness is more important than your job.

The next day, the TV news reported that $100 million was taken from the bank. The robbers counted and counted and counted, but they could only count $20 million. The robbers were very angry and complained: “We risked our lives and only took $20 million. The bank manager took $80 million with a snap of his fingers. It looks like it is better to be educated than to be a thief!”

This is called “Knowledge is worth as much as gold!”

The bank manager was smiling and happy because his losses in the share market are now covered by this robbery.This is called “Seizing the opportunity.” Daring to take risks! So who are the real robbers here?