Comments on: I was happy to wait, but give dopey answers and be prepared for a fish pan…

By: scramoodles

scramoodles — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:06:18 +0000

This is the kind of response that a bureaucrat will give just to save face. You are so effing guilty! Your ineptitude and inefficiency cannot be ignored nor denied. Were you dropped on the head or something? How can you deny plagiarism when it is so blatant?! The crappy way you think shows in the crappy execution or development of the DOT website. This stinks!!!

By: Dragon

Dragon — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:32:39 +0000

Funny side?

Philippine bureaucracy/red tape is such that it takes “2 years to approve/disapprove content of a ‘test’ web page and take it offline”…

Hay naku! Wala pa ring pinagbago…

By: Food Blog Philippines

Food Blog Philippines — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:44:32 +0000

I hope this issue will be settled, let us hope and pray for the best of both parties concerned.

By: JE

JE — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:58:33 +0000

I love the way you casually threw down the gauntlet at the end of the article.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:17:52 +0000

Just sharing: my cousin on her first term of college in a well-known school in Manila, when given a history paper to write, printed the Encarta Encyclopedia article on the topic. The instructor recognized that she did not write her paper alerted her that she was supposed to write original material. She told me this story a few years after the incident and she was still defensive and blamed the teacher for not being clear.

Granted, she actually studied high school abroad (but not because of her/a scholarship) and it was only the first term so the university could not have had time to inculcate bad habits into her. But then again, when recounting the incident even after some years had passed, she did not seem to understand what plagiarism was.

By: FAB

FAB — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:32:45 +0000

I am totally pissed off with this Garduque person! I swear i could slash his/her bleeping throat when I see him/her! I am a writer, too, and respect the very sanctity of article ownership so I perfectly understand the shallowness that Garduque displays. Such an abomination! Hmm, maybe he/she is TRINADELROS?! hate him/her!

By: James

James — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:26:55 +0000

Here in the Philippines, I have noticed that excuses are quite common. Sadly, people accept these excuses and don’t press any further.

When a city counselor of a smaller local municipality was asked about the tons of pedicabs on the national highway (illegal), the counselor said “well, the HAVE to make a living”.

So, illegal is OK if it is in the process of someone earning a living?

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:43:31 +0000

Mindanaoan, yes, MLQIII would understand. But even though they claim it was taken down two years ago, it was on the net until yesterday… The question now is, who wrote it?

By: Mindanaoan

Mindanaoan — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:47:52 +0000

Marketman, I tweeted this to USec Manolo Quezon. This is what he said: “dot has written to marketman, article was 2008 and taken down 2 years ago. They are looking into circumstances though.”

By: Mom-Friday

Mom-Friday — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:31:42 +0000

Lame excuse indeed!
They are the ones blowing things out of proportion.
Also saw profiles of the said freelance writer… Hope you get your answers, an apology, and due credit at the very least.

by the way, your latest post don’t show up on home page…Oct. 26 post is on the front page, dunno if it’s just on my screen.