Comments on: GMA’s $20,000 Dinner at Le Cirque in New York?!?

By: Jyl

Jyl — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:55:06 +0000

One of the reasons i migrated here in Canada; in the Phils. greedy public officials milking the public coffer of people’s tax money to satisfy their needs and wants. Here in Canada you pay higher taxes but it will all come back to you in the form of public service, secured environment, insured health services and progressive infrastructure. A $20,000 dinner for a selected party of govt. officials is absurd. That money will feed thousands of Filipinos scavenging for fastfood junk from jollibee, Mcdo etc. Babalik ako sa Pilipinas pag lahat ng Barangay may sarili nang Ambulansya, Firetruck at magandang kalsada na walang snatcher at mandurukot. Kaya ng Pilipinas bumangon kaya lang ang tanong kung gustong bumangon ng mga namumuno sa gobyerno. Mukhang hindi na ko makakabalik ng Pilipinas ah di bale dito muna ko sa Canada habang ganyan ang kultura ng politika dyan.

By: Caludz Original

Caludz Original — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:03:46 +0000

hey guys. I just took a read off this blog cause I’m looking for material to use as my basis for the article I am assigned to write for our school paper. And I thought, we can never know the whole story. I mean, she is the president, and she didn’t eat the whole $20,000 on her own she got 29 others to enjoy it with her, you know. Yeah, and in my own personal opinion I completely understand this very expensive and lavish dinner or lunch, or whenever they had it, because I mean, it is her last year though, next year she’ll be stepping down from her office. And to think, she’s the best we’ve got so far since we still don’t have any idea who really is eligible for the seat for the next elections, and if this he or she can bring better governance to our country, we have no choice but to pray whoever God will send to us.

No matter how we say “I hope they choke on their Martinis” or “I hope they get hit by a cab while crossing Fifth Avenue”, we still can’t do anything about it though, cause what’s done is done. All we can do now, is hope and pray that the $20 000 they’ve spent their, when they get back here, they’d be guilty enough to at least make it up for the people since they do know now that what happened had upset us Filipinos. Maybe do something that can at least, just a little bit, make their expenses there worth it. :]

I’m not literally supporting GMA with what she did, technically it was wrong, but everyone’s been thinking about our side, we don’t expand our minds to what they have to say about it. And, that’s what life has been ever since Marcos, Philippines officials have began to be corrupt. So we can’t really ask these officials to NOT be corrupt. Temptations are always there and it’s up to them to resist it. It’s the function of their conscience if they’d take it and lie about it, or refuse and be free of guilt. :)

This is a nice blog wherein everyone can express their opinions, so keep typing guys! :)

By: yvanne achoy

yvanne achoy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:43:38 +0000

…..grabe zobra!!!!tama dmi tao di kumakain

By: redski

redski — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:47:59 +0000

@Jag, i suppose you haven’t been in UP long enough to do what you’re supposed to do… study. and learn. coz that’s where i learned that if i do nothing and shut up and wait for “empirical data and solid evidence” first before i do anything, chances are, i’ll never even get started to go anywhere. if we didn’t voice our opinion now, do you think the government or the people involved in the issue would feel compelled to produce this so-called evidence? even now when outraged citizens are crying for it, these people are still not showing us the bill in question. do you think if we had shut up, they would even be justifying this outrageous spending? i don’t think so… yes, we UP students have been taught to study matters analytically and come up with solid evidence to work on, but we were also taught to prod and act and not just wait and shut up while waiting. atleast that was what my professors had taught me while i was there.

By: awi

awi — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:12:51 +0000

I’ve never liked GMA but I wouldn’t rant on them just because they had their lavish dinner on the night that Pres. Cory died. I believe she and and the former president had never been in good terms so she couldn’t care less if Pres. Cory died.

I think the main point here is that they spent the people’s money on an extravagant dinner. Indeed they were insensitive to the plight of the Filipino people who are scavenging for food in trash bins, blind and deaf to those who can only eat once a day and apathetic to the desperate situation in our country.

It kind of reminds me of the days when the Marcoses did the same appalling things to the Filipino people. Mind you, they were a lot worse.