Monthly Archives: August 2019

08.21.19
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Palace/DOH investigate Novaliches District Hospital (QC Mayor Joy Belmonte is worst NCR CEO, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno is best)

  1. PhilHealth Double Filing Case 2. Baby Switching 3. Expiring HIV and Drug Testing Kits 4. Unutilized Machines worth PHP 15 million pesos

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The Presidential Complaint Center endorsed a letter from Novaliches District Hospital employees alleging breach of warranties in a PhilHealth double filing case, a civil case involving alleged baby switching, misuse of funds of the Local Government in the purchase of laboratory machines that have remained unused and irregularity in the acquisition but non-utilization of HIV and Drug Testing Kits. The Department of Health would be conducting the investigation on the LGU owned NDH.

The then incoming Mayor of Quezon City Joy Belmonte was informed of the complaints against the incoming Medical Director (a certain Dr. Aldana) but the problematic physician was appointed nonetheless.  Said physician on his first day of office terminated 22 contract of service employees and consultants of NDH. Mayor Belmonte came out on record that there would be no firing, termination or non-renewal of contracts of city employees which contradicted the action of the medical director who caused the separation from service of the NDH personnel. Significantly, the power to fire and hire for the city is vested upon the mayor so the medical director acted without authority to do so.  Seven weeks after the easing out of the NDH employees, and even after the Office of the President ordered an investigation on the alleged illegal termination, the concerned employees remain unemployed.

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Malacanang investigates Quezon City for Illegal Termination of employees and consultants

 

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The Office of President Duterte thru the Office of Executive Secretary Medialdea, on July 5, 2019, endorsed for evaluation and appropriate action the complaints of several concerned employees of the Novaliches District Hospital, managed by the local government unit of Quezon City.

Fifteen COS (contract of service) employees and seven consultants were unceremoniously informed on July 1, 2019 that their contracts would no longer be renewed. July 1 was the first day of office of senators, representatives, governors, vice-governors, provincial board members, mayors, vice mayors and councilors. In Quezon City, Mayor Joy Belmonte assumed office and her appointed Novaliches District Hospital Medical Director, with the name of a certain Doctor Aldana, also on his first day to return to that position, promptly issued walking papers to the twenty-two. Said memorandum of the Medical Director was in direct conflict to the pronouncement of the new mayor that no contract of service would be terminated.

Analysis: The Office of the Mayor of Quezon City proclaimed that it has the sole prerogative of hiring and firing as far as city employees are concerned. If that is the case, then on whose authority did the Novaliches District Hospital Medical Director issue the termination memorandum? A grave abuse of authority/discretion case against the Medical Director is a legal option available to the aggrieved parties. Aside from that, how come it has taken weeks to start an investigation to the detriment of hospital patients and services? In the same span of time the City of Manila has progressed by leaps and bounds under the able leadership of new Mayor Isko Moreno. On the other hand, Quezon City is being left behind on the garbage clearing and road obstruction (illegally parked vehicles and vendors taking over sidewalks and streets) fronts.

 

08.19.19
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Top stories – Eco Warrior Gina Lopez Dies

 

CA rejects Gina Lopez as environment secretary

The decision comes after 3 confirmation hearings on the staunch environmental advocate’s ad interim appointment

Rappler
May 03, 2017

PASSION. Environment Secretary Gina Lopez speaks during one of her confirmation hearings before the Commission on Appointments. File photo by Jasmin Dulay

PASSION. Environment Secretary Gina Lopez speaks during one of her confirmation hearings before the Commission on Appointments. File photo by Jasmin Dulay

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday, May 3, rejected the ad interim appointment of Environment Secretary Gina Lopez after 3 confirmation hearings.

Rejection of a presidential appointee by the CA is rare in Philippine history. Once rejected by the CA, an appointee cannot be reappointed, unlike when the body bypasses an appointment.

It is also the CA’s second rejection of a Cabinet secretary appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte. The first was former Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr.

The back-to-back rejections are unprecedented.

During her first two confirmation hearings in March, lawmakers quizzed the passionate Lopez about her technical knowledge of the job as environment secretary.

This, after her controversial orders in February to close down or suspend mining operations in the country, and to cancel mineral production sharing agreements.

She also required suspended mining companies to give P2 million for every hectare of farmland affected by their activities, but this order she said is “almost moot and academic” because of the stay of execution issued by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea.

More recently, Lopez banned “prospective” open-pit mines in the country – a move questioned by the mining industry for excluding quarrying. Taysan, Batangas once it secures a permit from the provincial government.

But despite the controversial issues hurled against Lopez, President Rodrigo Duterte has thrown his support for her until the very end, even reappointing her twice after she was bypassed by the CA.

During Lopez’s last confirmation hearing on Tuesday, May 2, most of the questions were on her standards as environment secretary, and the legal basis of her recent decisions. – Rappler.com

08.15.19
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QC politics – Mayor fires first shot for 2022 due to her own poor performance

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Quezon City Mayor Joy CONVENIENTLY FORGOT that during the Bistek Admininistration, most of the top JUICY positions in the city were (and still are) manned by loyalists of Sonny Belmonte, her father (the real powerhouse in QC even during the Bistek Administration), who was the mayor prior to Bautista. The newly elected QC mayor is currently suffering from a public relations DISASTER mainly to her being compared to the rock star new mayor of the city of Manila, Isko Moreno. She only has herself to blame for her infamous statement that she is running a MARATHON to explain her SLOW START in clearing garbage, illegally parked vehicles and vendors occupying sidewalks and streets as she was reacting to Mayor Moreno working quickly, decisively and effectively. Mayor Joy should also know that not only her political opponents in the last elections are against her since a large number of those who actually voted for her are DISAPPOINTED, DISMAYED and FRUSTRATED at her performance in office. In truth, pointing to Bistek as her tormentor only allows those against her to gravitate towards Herbert who could be her opponent in the mayoralty race in 2022 or he can possibly play KINGMAKER for someone else. By firing a shot across the bow too early in the game, Mayor Belmonte telegraphs her INSECURITY and possibly her incompetence and inability to take the initiative and actually prove to her constituents, including her detractors, that she was really the BEST CHOICE among the candidates. Unfortunately, with this latest interview, she once again demonstrated that she can TALK much more than she can DO (again, in comparison to Isko who keeps on doing with less talk). The DILAWAN (the yellow color of the Aquino Administration), DYNASTY (Belmonte family members and in-law in appointed and elected positions in QC) and BALIMBING (turncoat) issues hound the mayor but they could have been easily forgotten had she started on the right foot on day 1, July 1, 2019. Unfortunately, she, figuratively, is often caught with her FOOT in her MOUTH.

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BAWAL ANG PASAWAY

Bistek backed my opponent, says Joy Belmonte

GMA news
August 14, 2019  

Running mates when they first ran together for the top local positions in Quezon City in 2010, Herbert Bautista and Joy Belmonte’s political partnership gradually fell apart with the mayor supporting his vice mayor’s opponent in the last elections.

In an interview on “Bawal ang Pasaway kay Mareng Winnie”, the incumbent Mayor Joy Belmonte cited differences  in governance styles as the reason for the political split with the former local chief executive.

Belmonte said she eventually felt left out while serving as Bautista’s vice mayor.

“Sa unang termino po namin ni Mayor Herbert Bautista, tingin ko I was in because we were running mates,” Belmonte said.

“Kaya lang habang tumagal ang panahon, napansin po namin na magkaiba ang aming pananaw patungkol po sa aming mga trabaho,” she added.

“Kadulu-duluhan naghiwalay na kami, hindi na po ako ang kaniyang sinuportahan bilang mayor ng lungsod ng Quezon,” Belmonte said.

Asked who Bautista backed in the last elections, Belmonte said, “My opponent.”

While she didn’t name the other candidate Bautista supported, it was former Quezon City Representative Bingbong Crisologo who placed second in the 2019 polls.

Belmonte said there were moves inside city hall against her re-election in 2022.

“Siguro yung predecessor ko may mga tao pa siya na nandito na permanent na I was willing to work with because I’m not a vindictive person… pero baka ‘yung agenda nila ay pabagsakin ako, to make me look bad. There are moves for me to be a one-term mayor,” Belmonte said.

Still, Belmonte said that it was actually Bautista—not her father former Speaker Feliciano Belmonte—who encouraged her to enter the politics.

“It was Mayor Bautista that asked me to join. I was actually a teacher at the University of the Philippines. At that time, my father and Mayor Bautista were very close. Mayor Bautista was the vice mayor of my father for nine years,” Belmonte said.

“Mayor Bautista asked me to run with him because he thought it would help him to have a Belmonte as a running mate,” she added. —NB, GMA News

 

 

08.04.19
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Manila Best – Moreno 87%, Quezon City Worst – Belmonte 65%, bagsak, DILAW dynasty kasi

Completing one month in office as newly elected city chief executives, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno took the country by storm by saying the right words and doing the right things. Clearing sidewalks and streets of garbage, vendors and improperly parked vehicles surprised the public in the speed with which the actions were done. In the adjacent Quezon City, Mayor Joy Belmonte looked tentative, indecisive and did a lot of convoluted talking trying to rationalize, making excuses and dilly-dallying instead of just doing what has to be done in accordance with the law.

Based on netizen reactions, comments and observations, Belmonte seems to have a credibility problem being viewed derisively as a Trapo (traditional politician) in spite of her relatively young age. It does not help that she comes from a family that has been in control of the city for decades and having many of her relatives in elected (congressman, councilors) and appointed (brother-in-law, cousin) positions. At a time when the ERAP dynasty fell in the national (two of his sons lost their senator run) and local (cities of Manila and San Juan) levels plus losses by many other dynasties in the whole country, the electorate seems to be weighing the negative effect of relatives managing cities and the country for decades.

Sample comments about the Quezon City Mayor

Joseroly Paulo – Pakitang tao lang yan. matagal na sa position mga yan wala namang ginagawa. gaya gaya kuno pa pogi point sa taong bayan
Danny Chan – Lip service lang yan , although maaga pa para sa campaign sa next election ! Epal !
Norma B Orimac – Pakitang Tao Lang Ang Mga Hinayopak Na Belmonte Instead Teach People On How To Establish Business Properly in a Legal Way Para Magkaroon Ng Magandang Business Ang Ginawa Ni Belmonte Puro pangako Hanggang Sa Pako sa ulo

Cezar Arcega – Wala busy si Joy Belmonte s pguukit ng initial nia n ilalagay s mga poste at signage dhil ang mga sinundan nia ung ama nia SB ung sumunod punggok n korap HB ngaun sakania JB mga trapo mayor nyo dyan s QC

Rowena Loquias – Mayor Joy Belmonte, look at Mayor Isko!!

Mylene Villanueva Boras Dto ako mismo quezon city walang sinabi ang                namamahala dto sa quezon city…
Mga corrupt…
Mga daan dto sa batasan ginawang tindahan ng muslim….
Kawawa ang mga tao halos wala ng daan ang mga over pass ang dumi…
Grabe din mga kawatan ultimo maliit na bahay pasukin at nakawan wala sila kinatatakutan dahil mahina ang governance…
Daming adik dahil ultimo mga kawani mga adik….
Paganda points lang si joy……

Andi Caneda – Mylene Villanueva Boras sana hindi nyo binoto yng c joy belmonte, sayang lng ang mga boto ng tao dyan s quezon city wala nmang gawa mayor nyo dyan para s pg unlad ng lunsod nyo

Mylene Villanueva Boras – Mam Andi Caneda hindi talaga…mantakin mo punahuli si sir bingbong na nanunuhol samantalng khit sya talamak din ang suhol niya….
Kainis dahil dto sa batasan talamak ang akyat bahay kahit may camera wala pa rin…

Melvin Pones – alam na duterte sampulan muna unahin muna c belmonte tangalin sa pwesto eh sayang lang pina sweldo nyu gobyerno wala namang ng yayari

Lone Lanmoc Opsibo – Walng kwenta si joy panay lng kwento walang aksyon masyado daw malaki ang q.c ang tanong ko bakit k ng major kong alam mong malKi pla bkit ndi mo gawan ng paraan ang mga problema panay k paganda lng ata mayorA

Miko Palabasan – Ewan kuba bat nanalo yan lagi nlang nag dadahilan

Nestor Diplon – Mula nuong pinatupad ang no parking sa mga gilid sa kalsada lalo na d2 sa market ng Tandang sora humina na din ang paninda namin😃😃😃,just saying,;pero maganda ng tingnan dahil malinis na ang kalsada at hinde na trapik😊

Ricardo Borja – pag inutil ang mayor nahahawa na mga pulis nagiging inutil na rin talamak ang mga vendor pag uwe ko ng madaling araw jan sa EDSA nagkalat pa rin

Virgilio De Jesus – Mayor joy,,ang quezon bridge may nag tatambak ng lupa sa kabilang pampang masasarhan an isang ilog sa may talayan village

Anthony Borabo – Napansin nyo rin ba?,ang nakita ko anong kulay sila?

Patrick Sulit – Quezon City po ako 36 years na, simula ng kay belmonte, tapos bistek, tapos belmonte ulit walang silbing pamamalakad. May mga bagong kalsada na lumalabas kaso nag eend up eh nagiging extension ng mga street vendors at tricycle terminal kaya baliwala din. Marami streetlights wala ilaw, kaliwat kanan ang mga rugby boy lalo na sa vicinity ng circle. Walang silbi talaga mga naging mayor mga nag payaman lang. Joy Belmonte imbistigahan dahil may mga inappoint na mga kamag anak, nepotisim! Papayaman lang mga gago tapos kung mga maka asta eh mga hari sila. Si bistek sa tagal ng naging mayor nagkaroon na ng Bistek Vill (village) hayop nga naman no? Kaliwat kanan mga poster sa mga waiting shed, basketball court, iba pang govt project na may nakasulat na – marami salamat “insert politiko name and picture here”. Ganyan kami sa quezon city, marami pondo, kaso sa bulsa lang ni mayor napunta.

Jayson Delantar Braga T***I*** mayor ng quezon city umupo lang wala manlang ginawa lalong lumala traffic dahil sa kabilat kanang parada mga vendors lalong dumami

Arnold Sangalang – Manila Kay yorme kois magaling wala ako masabi the best mayor .sa Q.C ay nako wlang pag asa dyan dami squatters dyan mag alaga pa kayo dyan wag nyo idimolis Yan para yang qc maging tambakan na NG basura hahaha

Miko Palabasan – Worst city in metro manila ay qc
Cire Canda – Sana Mayor Joy sinimulan mo muna gumawa bago ka ngumawa👊 Hwag mo sayangin mga boto namin sa QC. Always remember that you were elected as a LEADER not a “Boss”. Leadership is not a position or title, it is action and example.
God bless po Mayor Joy!
Einon Co – HAHAJA DILAWANG BELMONTE KASI
Kathy Kaye – Maganda ang ginawa ni mayor Isko marami na ang gumaya. QC mayor tigas din ng face nya, kesyo malaki ang QC kaya mahirap ayosin.
Angelina Dang – Kathy Kaye ke malaki or maliit dapat gawin nila tungkulin sa bayan , kung kaya ni isko kya dapat nila
Gem Z Santillan – Angelina Dang wag natin ihinto pag comment about her, about JOY BELMONTE, e tax ng bayan pinambabayad dyan
Jun Dangue – Qc pa lang yan,ibg sbhin d kaya ni mayora ng mas mataas na posisyon??
Kathy Kaye – Palusot lang yan ni QC mayor parang c erap.
Albert Petalcorin – Dapat hindi nlang sya nag mayor..eh d pala nya kaya…kc malaki daw ang QC..ugok
Cezar Arcega – Walang kwenta mga naupong mayor jan s QC puro trapo walang alam gawin kundi mglagay ng initial s mga poste at signage ung ama SB yang bansot n korap din HB hintayin nyo mga tiga QC inuukit n ung JB 😄😁😀
Palabasan – Cezar Arcega oo puro my b as in buwaya sonny buaya hebert buaya joy buaya haha
Carter Eman – Nako mayor ng quezon tamad? Kamag anak siguro ni juan yan?
Edmund Mirasol sabihin na wais, hindi bobo ,matalino ang mga botante ng maynila, kesa taga quexon city? anong nangyari?
Nestor P. delos Reyes – Imbistigahan kagad ang mga yan dami cguro katarantaduhan ngyari dyan sa QC
Edmar Dela Cruz Jakosalem tapos na ang QC, di porket magaling ang tatay mo magaling ka na din 👊👊👊
Palogan Jr. Leopoldo – Mga dilaw yan
Mariefe Rivera – wala pala tong si joy tamad
Se Agapò – qc… tulog pa yorme namin. maulan.. wag daw po maingay😁
Rico Lopez – Pag nasuspend ang mayor ng QC alam na mga taga QC…hindi nyo suportado ang mayor nyo…ang tanong pano xa nanalo???
Nelson Recana – Ang qc maasahan mo ang mga politiko na ilagay ang face at name nila s mga tarpaulin kahit pera ng bayan ang ginagamit
Melissa Delgado – Ilegal demolisyun? Aksyunan nyo din. LALO na ang gumagalaw ay si PALMA HUDAS.
Jodi Turla – madali kasi mauto mga tao dito
DanTe Tabar Habijan – SA QC ayus na kalsada binobungkal para ayusin😆😆😆😆😆
Roger So Tiu – Bulok na corruption pa
Lourdes Mahinay – Pabebe lang ang mayor jan no action and no word

 

08.02.19
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Joke Time: Dilawang Blogger (left) na nagpapanggap na BUWAYA (kongresman) huli sapagkat itsurang BABOY naman siya. Photo at right – Yellow social media Jover Laurio (previously allegedly involved with anti-admin demolition job which she claimed Kris Aquino funded)

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3 nabbed over alleged extort try on Bong Go, Jolo Revilla

ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News
August 1, 2019

Three men who allegedly posed as a district representative and extorted money from a local government official were arrested by operatives of the Philippine National Police-Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) in Malabon City.

Police on Thursday identified the suspects as Dennis Jose Borbon, 24; Edgar Paulo Bularan, 30; and Menard Bassa, 20. Borbon and Bularan were nabbed on Wednesday while Bassa was arrested in a separate entrapment operation on Tuesday in Camarines Sur.

According to authorities, the suspects posed as Camarines Sur 4th District Representative Arnulf Fuentebella and tried to extort money from Cavite Vice Governor Jolo Revilla.

Fuentebella and Revilla asked for assistance from the operatives of PNP-ACG.

Police said one of the suspects called Revilla and introduced himself as Fuentebella. Citing information from Revilla, police said the caller claimed that he lost his wallet while on a travel going to Palawan and asked for P25,000.

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go was also supposed to be victimized by the suspects but the senator called Fuentebella to verify if he was really asking for money.

Seized from Borbon and Bularan were the following: one Oppo cellphone, one Starmobile cellphone, one micro sim card, 3 Globe prepaid  load cards, one Metro Bank debit card, four GCash card, one Commission on Elections (Comelec) identification card, one SM Advantage card, one Mineski Infinity card and one Happy Plus card.

The suspects will be facing charges for violating Section 4 (b) (3) of Republic Act 10175 (Identity Theft) and Article 315 Revised Penal Code (Estafa) in relation to Section 6 of RA 10175. —KBK, GMA News

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‘Don’t believe a scammer’: Bam Aquino denies hiring ‘blogger’ to discredit Bong Go

Aika Rey, Rappler

August 01, 2019

‘Puwede ba tigilan niya ako sa mga kalokohan niya?’ former senator Antonio Trillanes IV tells Senator Bong Go, who also accused him of a ‘conspiracy’ against administration bets in the May polls based on the say-so of an alleged scammer

BELIEVE A SCAMMER? Senator Paolo Benigno Aquino IV rejects a scammer's claim that he hired him to conduct a social media 'demolition job' against Senator Bong Go. File photo

BELIEVE A SCAMMER? Senator Paolo Benigno Aquino IV rejects a scammer’s claim that he hired him to conduct a social media ‘demolition job’ against Senator Bong Go. File photo

MANILA, Philippines – Former senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV on Thursday, August 1, denied hiring an alleged scammer for an online smear campaign against administration candidates in the recent elections.

Aquino was reacting to the claim of Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, who based his allegation on the say-so of alleged scammers police presented to the media on Thursday.

The alleged scammers – Dennis Borbon and Edgar Buluran – were arrested for posing as a congressman to solicit thousands of pesos from lawmakers and a vice governor.

In text message to Rappler, Aquino said that Borbon apparently wanted to change the narrative of the story to divert attention away from his crime.

“Kulang sa pansin itong si Borbon at malinaw na iniiba ang kuwento para makalimutan ang mga krimeng nagawa niya. Wala tayong kinalaman sa kanya,”Aquino said.

(Borbon wants attention and it’s clear that he’s trying to change the story so that people will forget the crimes he committed. We don’t have anything to do with him.)

During the briefing on Thursday morning, Go alleged that Aquino and former senator Antonio Trillanes IV were involved in Borbon’s “demolition job” against administration bets in the May elections.

Borbon then volunteered the information that he was an “anti-administration” blogger and claimed that he was hired by the chief of staff of Aquino to discredit Go and their allies.

He also alleged that he rendered his services to former Magdalo congressman and defeated opposition senatorial bet Gary Alejano.

Aquino warned against believing scammers.

“Huwag sana nating paniwalaan ang mga tao gaya ni Borbon na manloloko at nakasangkot sa mga scam (Let’s not believe people like Borbon that is a fraud and has been part of a scam),” Aquino said.

Like Aquino, Alejano also denied hiring Borbon, saying that his entire social media campaign was managed by professional volunteers. He said that his general rule is to “never resort to smear campaign”.

“May our government officials be more responsible in releasing information to the public especially if their source is a scammer,” Alejano said.

Meanwhile, Trillanes said that Go should stop hatching new conspiracies against him.

“Puwede ba tigilan niya ako sa mga kalokohan niya? Wala akong pakialam sa kanya (Can he spare me from his antics? I don’t care about him),” Trillanes said.

Since Go had not made a formal complaint based on Borbon’s allegations involving the opposition figures, Philippine National Police spokesman Brigadier General Bernard Banac said the police was not investigating the matter. – Rappler.com