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Gov’t to MILF: Account for P5M, Gadhafi funding

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Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Malacañang is asking the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to account for the P5 million that it gave the rebel group during the last peace negotiations on August 22-23 in Kuala Lumpur, presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said Wednesday.

Reacting to media reports that the MILF used the money to buy guns and ammunition, Lacierda said that Marvic Leonen, head of the government negotiating panel, would seek an accounting of the check he handed in the Kuala Lumpur talks.

The P5 million was intended for the Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute (BLMI).

“We will be expecting a report on the outcome of the P5 million; where it went. And we hope that the MILF will also clarify this part,” Lacierda said in a radio interview.

Arroyo commitment

“The P5 million is a commitment made by the previous administration. It is intended to fast-track the establishment of the institute,” Leonen said.

In a news release, Leonen dismissed reports that President Benigno Aquino III gave the funds to the MILF to buy guns and ammunition as alleged by a malicious text message.

The creation of the institute was finalized and formally agreed upon during the 14th formal exploratory talks held on Nov. 14-15, 2007, with funding commitment from the Philippine government to start the institute’s operations.

The BLMI was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, enabling the institute to receive assistance from donor institutions such as the Japan International Cooperation Agency, which financed the construction of the institute’s building.

“During his one-on-one meeting with MILF chairman Murad Ebrahim in Tokyo on August 5, the President again expressed his support for the BLMI. He then instructed the peace panel to hand the check to the Moro group,” Leonen said.

“We will not let false reports undermine the peace process. I urge the public to stay heedful of what is happening and analytical of the information that they receive,” Leonen said.

Clampdown on funding

Also yesterday, lawmakers urged the Anti-Money Laundering Council (Amlac) and other intelligence bodies  to clamp down on the MILF’s international funding sources after it was revealed that the late Libyan leader  Moammar Gadhafi  had bankrolled the rebellion.

Aurora Representative Juan Edgardo Angara said the government should step up its intelligence efforts to track the foreign funding of the Moro rebellion which had been costing the government billions of pesos in military expenses and thousands of civilian and military lives lost in clashes.

He said that the government should demand full transparency from the MILF negotiations and demand that they bare their financiers.

“It would be ideal for them to reveal these sources but quite frankly I doubt the MILF will ever do so,” Angara said in a text message.

Muntinlupa Representative Rodolfo Biazon said that military intelligence should investigate how the MILF and the Moro National Liberation Front had been able to get international funding since the 1970s.

Two Moro rebel leaders—former MILF spokesperson Eid Kabalu and former Assemblyman Macabangkit Lanto—have admitted in separate media interviews that MILF was among the beneficiaries of Gadhafi’s money since the 1970s.

Confidence-building

In the wake of Gadhafi’s downfall, the new leaders in Tripoli are coordinating with foreign officials to uncover the hidden assets of the former Libyan leader,  including rebel beneficiaries.

“How come they have let this international funding go on? Where will they get new international funding sources now that Gadhafi is dead and Osama bin Laden is gone. We thought Hashim Salamat was the life of the MILF but even when he died, the funding from abroad still continued,” Biazon said  in a phone interview.

Ako Bicol Representative Rodel Batocabe said that while revealing the MILF financiers would contribute to the confidence-building process, it behooved the military intelligence forces to have established these financiers’ funds  and cut these off years ago.

“Any government with a respectable intelligence network would certainly know the sources of support of insurgents and would  naturally institute measures to neutralize such support. Whatever the MILF  will reveal is supposed to be already known by our government. Otherwise, we really have a serious problem with our national  security,” Batocabe said.

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  • Anonymous

    walang hiya ka panot ikaw pala financer ng MILF pa secret-secret date pa kayo sa Japan, ano yan P5 Million na yan tip of the iceberg? kaya pala ayaw mo sa Freedom of Information Bill ayaw mo mabuking ang tinatago mong bikining itim. 

  • Anonymous

    Haahahahahah,nuknukan pala ng kabobohan itong si lacierding.Are you(and your lazy and slow boss) that so naive and stupid to believe that your milf murderer friends will give an accounting of the peoples money you and your lazy and equally bobo of  a president,gave to the enemies of the state.Sige magsinungaling ka pa,kayo ni valte,ni caranding,para mabaon kayo ng tuluyan sa lies niyo,mga PI kayo.Mga sinungaling ang mga milf niyo,kaya ang kapwa sinungaling ay maglolokohan lang.PInang daang matuwid nyo,mga  hipokrito kayo,pweh!!!Mag angie reyes nga kayo ng boss mo,so we don’t have to listen to all your lies,bobo!Again,I SAY TREASON!!!

  • Anonymous

    I can’t believe that Malacanang is actually dealing with these folks financially.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FHE3SLJLDR4PL27A563XPVGFSQ DAR

    How stupid is this gov’t! MILF has never accepted responsibility on any criminal activities they’ve ever done, how much more to account generosities from their enemies! I hope those bullets from the P5M ended up to whoever authorized these amount!
    ABNOY – don’t ever play with SNAKE especially if it’s not your hand holding it, you better stay with your PS3 with Josh!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZWTTKJTI57YO7TZBJC66GA2OLU dennis

    There is only one solution for a lasting peace in Mindanao:”CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS MUST OPEN THEIR DOORS WITH ONE ANOTHER”…We need a Church that both religions can end up into mutual relationship with one another!…A place or a Religion we can called “CHRISLAM”…In God´s name,EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE!…You want proof? Google Rev.Ann Holmes Redding,20yrs as a priest and at the same time a Muslim!…This is the only solution for us Filipinos.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZWTTKJTI57YO7TZBJC66GA2OLU dennis

    Instead of 5M for that Amunition or whatever rumors it was,building a Church that will unite both Christians and Muslims!

  • Anonymous

    Forget about accounting.  That belongs to commerce.  What the government should do is to try to stop that funding from reaching the rebel groups in the Philippines.  Make it a priority for your ambassadors, consuls, etc. to lobby international organizations, like middle east countries, Pakistan and North Korea to stop supporting rebel groups in the Philippines.  Gadhafi is dead but his legacy of support for rebel groups stays alive.  Our diplomats can stop this if they do their jobs properly.

    Stop the blood supply for the cancer to die!  The Philippine government would set an example of not handing out taxpayers money to rebel groups such as the MILF, MNLF, NPA, etc.  You only do that if the problem is solved simply because if your brain is working properly and your reasoning is not compromised, that money can be used to buy arms and ammunitions to kill our own troops!  Unless our government officials are brain-dead, handing out money, in whatever pretext it can muster, is not a good idea to help prevent conflicts befelling us all!

    If the rumors about Aquino handing out P5 million to the MILF Murad Ebrahim was true, Aquino is himself abetting the development of a cancer he is “trying” to prevent!  It can even be viewed as an act of treason! 

  • Anonymous

    your comments will just ignite more hatred of bangsamorro to us, ts tsk. Bakit hindi nalang antayin yung audit report para malaman saan napunta ang pera? Mga war freak mga tao ngyon pero kapag pinalusob mo mauuna pang tatakbo pauwi tulad ni tulfo,

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SFY4Q6R2K5YUZEXXIJO3TLG2UM Aspo resurrection

    I’ve seen Lacierda and Valte in concert…”all-out-concert” and a pics of Pnoy with group B.E.P…anyway it doesn’t cost P5mil for a ticket

    I hope our soldiers are busy enough to learn about the money that slipped into MILFs pocket from the government ???…not a good news for them kaya siguro nagmamadaling i-released ang P10b !

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SFY4Q6R2K5YUZEXXIJO3TLG2UM Aspo resurrection

    ngayon lang namin nalaman kung anong kulay…itim pala akala namin yellow???

  • Anonymous

    Funding the enemy that kill our soldiers is Treason. It is mind boggling  that our president personally gave money to our enemy. This is one for the books.

  • Nic Legaspi

    What ever happened to the TRANSPARENCY this administration is advocating? Why is the government engaging in back door deals with the rebels? I find this worse than GMA’s midnight deals/appointments since this government is going behind our backs! This transaction should have been brought to the public’s attention as soon as it happened.

    I have never advocated an all-out-war with the MILF, but if I find out that the tax money that is shaved off my income has been used to buy guns and ammunition, then that might just change my mind.

  • Anonymous

    “The P5 million is a commitment made by the previous administration. It is intended to fast-track the establishment of the institute,” Leonen said.

    Si Arroyo ba ang nagbigay? August 22-23 daw binigay. kailan ba iyon nuon bang 2009?  But who gave the  P5 million to the MILF?  Hindi ba ang katulad mong idiot na president Penoy Aquino , Mr, Leonen.  Binigyan ni PeNoy ng P5 million ang MILF. Ibinili ng bala at baril para na siyang ipinampatay sa mga sundalo, pulis at sibilyan.

    Sabi nga na nakararami, ang ginawa ni PeNoy ay HIGH TREASON and punishable by death.  Tapos yung binigay ni Gadhafi ay sisilipin pa ninyo. Natural na magbigay si Gadhafi sa MILF because Gadhafi is a patron of terrorism. 

    Your president PeNoy Aquino then is another patron of terrorism because he gave P5 million to the MILF to buy guns and bullets which killed the soldiers, police officers and civilians.

    Ibagsak na si PeNoy ngayon bago pa mahuli ang lahat. Now Na!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    This will happen only in your dreams na baka mauwi pa sa bangungot. Maybe, when we have driven out the stupid and moronic tenant in Malacanang.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OIIICCZXYTLGJYZIYLCVNIG6UM bernardo

    Deinnis, this is not a fight between Christians against Muslims here in Mindanao. What we are after for is against the Terrorist MILF! I know you’re not from Mindanao. Pag binuksan mo ang pinto ng bahay mo sa MILF, ubos ang palay mo! Tulad ngayon, may peace talk, pero mina massacre parin ang ating mga sundalo.! Account for the 5M na bigay ng gobyerno? paano kung hindi e-account? anong gagawin ng gobyerno? this is the highest form of stupidity by our President & our national leaders.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZWTTKJTI57YO7TZBJC66GA2OLU dennis

    Nasaan na ang bago nating Ombudsman na nagsalitang “Kahit Aquino Administration eh kanyang sisitahin!” Leche! Biglang naglaho ang tiwala ko sa Gobyerno nito! What for na ipagbawal ang firearms sa Pinas kung di ka na sigurado sa kinabukasan natin.Aba eh dapat kahit normal na mamamayan eh may baril na din.

  • Anonymous

    And you think the soldiers of the Republic of the Philippines will take this joke sitting down?

    What do you know, disgruntled officers and men of the military are now just around the corner ready to drive the idiot and stupid tenant in Malacanang.  Hurry up guys, the students in Mendiola will welcome you.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZWTTKJTI57YO7TZBJC66GA2OLU dennis

    Nasaan na ang mga pinagsasasabing Institute na yan?We need an accounting in that 5M??? We need an explanation about this! Kailangang mabuksan ito!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=592794619 Ritche Awit

    The 5M was commitment made by the GMA government. Even the JICA gave them money. I agree with Sen. Angara…lista na yan sa tubig.

    The real question is: With oodles of intel funds, why can’t our security forces cut the financial pipelines that have been in place since the 70s?

    The MILF doesn’t carry bags of cash around and they do transact with banks so why wasn’t this taken cared of in the first place. 

    Imagine: 12,000 armed men that need to be paid, fed and supplied…that’s about hundreds of millions, not to mention their political infrastructure, etc. 

    Cutting off funding doesn’t need bombs and bullets. Just a very good team of finance, legal and banking experts.

  • Anonymous

    What? asking MILF to account the 5M money and other international funding? Stop dreaming Mr. Lacierda.  Wake-up and don’t make us stupid like you!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OIIICCZXYTLGJYZIYLCVNIG6UM bernardo

    Whats happening to our national officials? first, they gave 5M to the MILF, an enemy of the state, a terrorist group at that. Then they want the MILF to account for the money. What if the MILF deny that they received such amount? What if the MILF will not account it?  Second, What if the MILF will say “yes we received money from Gadhafi” Ano gagawin nyo? Senate investigation uli? Ipatawag nyo si Gadhafy at si Hassim Salamat? Phil gov/t officials  who gave money  to the MILF must be held liable for treason.. Kayo mismo ang pumapatay sa ating mga sundalo..

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZWTTKJTI57YO7TZBJC66GA2OLU dennis

    Our Government must freeze this financial pipelines…all the resources that can enable them to survive! A thorough investigations must be conducted! Buwisit,That 5M can already assasinate a State figure or even Arroyo!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZWTTKJTI57YO7TZBJC66GA2OLU dennis

    I don´t know why GMA did this before??? How easy they can release that money to MILF?

  • http://twitter.com/SampalocKid sampalok kid

    ang wikileaks frozen ang account. ayun hindi makagalaw. mag bangko dapat din imbestigahan sa dahilan na ang pera ay ginagamit laban sa bansa.

  • Anonymous

    “Gov’t to MILF: Account for P5M, Gadhafi funding presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said Wednesday.”

    If I were the MILF I will be very mad. P5M pesos and fund coming from Gadhafi and you want us to account for that?
    Ang barat, el cheapo di nyo na pera, gusto pang alamin kung saan napunta.Ano kayo sinuswerte, Ika nga?
    If the gov’t is giving pork barrel in billion pesos to congressmen without bothering where it is being spent and no accountability by COA audit, why 5million pesos?

    Be reasonable enough when it comes to money matters. In this high cost of living, 5M is like barya for a big org.like MILF with million population and provinces.
    In short, dagdagan pa ang ibinigay ni Gadhafi. If Pnoy can give $1million dollars to Japan tsunami victims why not MILF victims of war.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OIIICCZXYTLGJYZIYLCVNIG6UM bernardo

    “Noy-Gave us Hope.. That’s the headline of Phil daily Inquirer last August. Hindi lang pala Hope ang binigay nya sa MILF, may 5M na paba-on pa!. Galit si  P-noy sa paba-on pag nag retiro ang mga heneral ng AFP, pero ok lang ang magbigay sa MILF..

  • Anonymous

    All out justice for the MILF – All out war for the Arroyos!

  • Anonymous

    Ay naku, lalong maghihirap ang Pnas dahil kay Pnoy. Pinamimigay lang ang pera sa ibang bansa at ang pinaka worst ay ang pagbigay niya ng 5M sa mga kalaban na MILF. Masisiguro ba niya na hindi gagamitin yon sa pagbili nila ng armas nila?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZWTTKJTI57YO7TZBJC66GA2OLU dennis

    Paano kapag inamin ng MILF na “Oo,ibinili namin ng mga Armas!”…Eh di kagulo na?That will ignite fire!

  • Anonymous

    hoy, mag basa ng mabuti!!!!
    “The P5 million is a commitment made by the previous administration”.

  • Anonymous

    what church? the one built by de dios?

  • Anonymous

    hoy, mag basa ng mabuti!!!!“The P5 million is a commitment made by the previous administration”.

  • http://twitter.com/toothpastesales be honest

    Hey now you shift the P5 million to commitment of GMA.
    Come on you think all people are stupid. How many GMA projects P-Noy admin has stopped ( many accuse you because of that, vast flooding occurred during the last 2 typhoons because dykes were not built ). Of course GMA is an easy target to blame under P-Noy admin. Anything bad or suspicious, all fingers point at GMA.
    Did the government inspect the institute’s building ( since it was agreed in 2007, nearly 4 years )  BEFORE  releasing the check ?
    Oh so the Japan International Cooperation Agency is a donar to MILF also.

    Now I have my ultimate answer why P-Noy did not want the FOI bill passed.

  • http://twitter.com/toothpastesales be honest

    ” Sleep with the enemy ” P-Noy.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_J4CUDKZQERID54CP4PB4BW6GSA Jake

    problema na MILF yan pag hndi nila nasagot ng maayos yan saan napunta ang 5milyon na tulong pra maisaayos lugar facilities nila na prang munisipyo..bka matulad sila sa NPA ngpakahirap mga grupo sa bakbakan tpos kinukurakot nmn ang tulong pamahalaan ssbhin npbayaan sila…masisira na yan grupong yan..tpos sub state pa gusto 5milyon nga nkurakot na…yari yan mga opisyal n..g MILF.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YGUVDEUJTH47NXLOEMCOSCMGIU Anonymous

    I think it was spent to hire private jets, because MILF leaders will not pass through our international airports and go through security checks and immigration checks and custom checks.

    It was spent for their accommodation in Tokyo, Japan which was quite expensive.

    The group I believe was composed of about 8 to 10 MILFs.

    You really need P5 million pesos for this brouhaha.

    I think it is deceptive to ask the MILF how they spent the money, ask Marvic Leonen and the President why they gave the money.

    This is a cause to impeach the President.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IPP5YYIWBIDJY6TBQCTQSTPO3Q Anonymous

    may magagawa ba sila kung sasabihin ng MILF ginamit namin pambili ng mga armas?

  • Anonymous

    So ang MILF binigyan pala ng pera ng gpbyerno pero ang AFP ginigipit. Ang galing-galing, bow!

  • Anonymous

    At sa palagay ninyo magsasabi ng totoo ang MILF at sasabihin sa inyo kung saan talaga ginastos ang pera? Get your heads out of your collective rear ends!

  • Anonymous

    Kung si jocjoc at mga kasabwat nila arroyo ay hindi nila mapuwersa na ilahat ang katiwalian sa fertilizer fund scam, mga MILF pa kaya?

  • Romulus Fenandez

    galing mo p-noy,  ikaw pa nagbigay ng bala sa kalaban upang iputok sa kakampi!

  • Anonymous

    Putong ka ng ina mo ABnoy saan man sya proud n proud sya sa ginagawa mo

  • Anonymous

    Lacierda probably thinks the MILF are a bunch of ignoramus who will admit they spent the money to buy guns or drugs or whatever. The money was given as goodwill and how it was spent is no longer their business. Investigating the MILF where the money went goes to show the stupid line of thinking of Lacierda when all he could have said, “don’t ask me, ask the MILF.”

  • Anonymous

    Why put the MILF in the status of a belligerent state when they are ordinary,common criminals like the criminals we have in our country: the drug dealers, murderers, kidnappers for ransom, etc. — per AFP’s A-1 intelligence report. Are P-noy, his cabinet secretaries and high ranking officials in the military losing their screws? If they are not, why would Phl. be giving P5m to this criminal element instead of arresting them as we do to common criminals.

  • Anonymous

    ibinigay na gusto pang singilin at ipagsabing galing sa arroyo.anak ka ng tupak e magdadalawang taon ka nasa puwesto arroyo pa rin ang banat.gumawa ka naman ng sarili mong gimik hindi yung pulos bintang lang ng bintang.hindi na kikita sa sinehan yan

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NXU2XGAHFDYLAQULE3TMTR6SWU Brando

    Contracts entered into by the GMA government with any entity, or promise for that matter, were all abrogated by the Aquino government. Why this 5M gift to the MILF? When it is wrong as people perceive it, there is GMA to blame. Kawawa naman sya.

  • Anonymous

    For giving the P5M to the MILF Leonen is passing the blame to GMA admin claiming they only followed what the previous admin had committed to the MILF. Why follow a commitment that is totally wrong in the first place? It’s the very reason why contracts entered into by GMA admin are being reviewed if not canceled by PNoy because of perceived anomalies and yet Leonen and PNoy think it’s alright to give away taxpayers money freely as if they are their personal money. What a bunch of hypocrites.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NXU2XGAHFDYLAQULE3TMTR6SWU Brando

    Aiding the enemy. Hahahaha! Only by Filipinos! The first ever in the history of mankind. This one should be entered into the Guinness Book of world records.

  • Anonymous

    Sa lahat ng pending commitments ni Arroyo, ito pa ang hindi kinansel.  Student council government indeed.

  • Anonymous

    Giving funds to these rebels  was probably the most idiotic thing that this goverment has done so far. Why in the world would they do that? Instead of trying to cut off their funds, the goverment has been a contributor  to their twisted cause. And to top it off, they blame it on the previous regime, saying that it was a commitment by GMA, if Mr. Aquino is against anything gloria (except the dole out program), why push the fund “donation” through? MILF is a rebel group, they don’t have the obligation to account where the funds went, for all we know, these is the same money that was used to buy the guns and bullets that killed the soldiers. Our president truly is a BS Aquino.

  • Anonymous

    di mo tuloy malaman kung talagang tanga lang o uto-uto.

  • Anonymous

    ang dami palang bopol na reader dito, hindi naiintindihan kung ano ang contract, commitment, and pact or agreement, basta na lang makacomment for or against. What is 5 million if it can lead to some good negotiations for peace process. Isan minuto lang sa Arroyo admin ‘yan.

  • Anonymous

    when will pnoy have the balls to own up to his inconsistencies, inadequacies and mistakes..to still blame the previous government at this time is utterly irresponsible..his administration should now evolve from its student council situation..this is happening because he is unprepared as he is..and he surrounded himself likewise with people not known to have history of competence in governance and what do we have..a major disconnect from reality…hope they learn fast..

  • Anonymous

    and all-out stupidity by BS Aquino, heaven help us. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Z7AH6YCCWSSUXMBAV2OTNY3WS4 smokey

    The ex U.S. Ambassador is right.  The President is flip flopping. Where is the transparency in good governance that he emphasized ? Might as well reinstate GMA,

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NKQVDWJTDD7GE3KKLMNFLKL2JQ Meeney Miney

    LOL bikining itim! literally and figuratively!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DI7SAZNCCNKUUTGFBG54QYJB7E Philcor

    This just shows how the president LOVES the MILF VERY MUCH…meron pala kayong binigay,bat hindi nyo sinabi sa taong bayan? Akala ko ba transparent kayong mga matuwid na daan kayo! Kaya pala you defend the MILF against your own soldiers in the AFP.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VBFHX6G6YH3ZMZWKUZA7JISX74 Saul

    the US knows where its coming from..too bad they want to use the MILF, so we cant expect help from them..but of course our military knows the financiers too but we cant afford to name them because our OFW’s were surely suffer..MILF receives fund not only from those branded by the US as terrorist but also from countries it consider as allies..nakatali kamay natin gawa ng labor export..

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NKQVDWJTDD7GE3KKLMNFLKL2JQ Meeney Miney

    Our president has sold us out. This 5M given to the enemies of the state is just %$#^$#. It is like the president of the united states giving out cash to the ALQAEDA. It is HIGH TREASON! I DEMAND ALL OUT JUSTICE ON THIS! THE FILIPINO NATION SHOULD BE GIVEN JUSTICE!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LHPXXEV6GDM7S74O6K2P4JMLFY jayvee

    Ang tanga tanga ng ating gobyerno. Ang tanga tanga ng ating Presidente. Yun lang. 

  • Anonymous

    Giving money to an enemy of the state is treason.  Treason is an impeachable offense.  Congress should immediately start impeachment proceedings.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Z7AH6YCCWSSUXMBAV2OTNY3WS4 smokey

    Majority of the Filipinos thought that President Pnoy was their messiah. Now majority of the people will have reservation about him. He might as well step down. What a mistake. How sad. It took one mistake and the whole perception of him turn sour.

  • Anonymous

    It’s a bit funny that Pnoy government has  implemented something the Arroyo government committed to the MILF. The past admin perhaps did realized that they can’t just give the money without a proposal to put up a Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute (BLMI). Pnoy without any blue print handed the check. Now they are asking the MI’s to liquidate the funds. Is the MILF part of a government? What agency does it belong? Is it now a branch of the AFP? Ang saya talaga, we have money to give to those who don’t even call themselves Filipinos. Do you think they they respect the authority of Pnoy…my answer..hell NO! The  5 Million Php is just a pabaon or a shopping money for the MI’s when they meet in Japan with Pnoy. Who paid for the trip, per diem and other expenses of the meeting, sure enough not the MI’s themselves. Bumabaha ang travel funds sa gobyerno? Ask the government employees about it and sure they will say that their are no funds available for them and COA  disallow foreign trips if the government is to spend a single centavo on it.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2SWD2TVNX5354ZVMAOMARAD5HY Pakurhalla

    This is impeachable offense at first degree. We were sold out to the MILF. And we have 19 brave soldiers dead to compensate for this idiotic monetary support to the enemy of our state. PENOY is absolutely a dead brain leader, who went to Tokyo Summit to meet the MILF leaders. How in the world he can  meet with these goons and gave them 5,000,000.00 pesos for their organization. ALL ROADS LEADS TO HACIENDA LUISITA. Bless our poor souls for we have an  incompetent, clueless, pathetic and lame administration.

  • Anonymous

    Can anybody here tell me the Muslim population? 5 million?

    Mindanao is not a Muslim island.

    And, these muslim bandits hog the headlines, negatively affecting the country’s image, investments into, tourism, economy, etc etc

    Supposedly the liguasan and other marshlands controlled by these terrorists sit on top of very rich oil deposits. Isn’t that enough reason for the government to drop any agreement with these people?

    Isn’t it about time already that the government looks out for the interest of the country, and not personal wealth accumulation?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FV3HQJF47OCAW7FXW3QQFKZGQA igorot

    What we do not know is that this administration might also have given the NPA some money to support their cause…

  • http://twitter.com/toothpastesales be honest

    Very easy for MILF  to submit report on how the P5M was spent. No sweat.
    At the same time MILF will invite P-Noy to inspect the building in Mindanao.
    Dare to go P-Noy ? Its not Tokyo mind you. Oh you can bring along your advisor AK47 and the KKK gang.
    Have a good time.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UAWXKOHFB72QKG4PS7KN6ZSBSA Danilo Luces

    galingan nila ang paliwanag tungkol sa 5 million, parang gusto ko to anong pakialam nyo

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DOLRDISMLABUU4EDTVBEVXXCOQ Martin

    Kaya pala nagpunta si PNoy sa Japan ay para doon ayusin kung papaano ang P5M revolutionary fee ay ibibigay…

    At para hindi nga naman obvious ay si Atty. Leonen ang nagbigay.

    HUWAG NYO NG IDAHILAN NA ANG USAPANG YAN AY NOON PANG PANAHON NI GLORIA NAPAGKASUNDUAN, dahil, KUNG AYAW NYO AT SA TINGIN NYO AY HINDI TAMA AY PWEDE NAMANG HINDI ITULOY.

    Napakaraming dapat ay proyekto ng Gloria administrayon ang hindi itinuloy ngayon dahil maraming daw flaws..at kaya nga nag-resulta ng under spending…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Steffen/100001137426171 Bill Steffen

    He  is  doing  exactly  the  same  thing Obama  is  doing  in  the U.S.  God  help  us  all

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DOLRDISMLABUU4EDTVBEVXXCOQ Martin

    Ito na ang chance ng mga kalaban ni PNoy to determine if this act is an impeachable offense.

    Filipino lawyers are very good in doing their ow interpretation of laws and constitution,

    This is your opportunity to show that talent.

  • Anonymous

    Namputsa!!!!!!!!!! kalaban ng gobierno binigyan ng pera????????? WTF! Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute (BLMI)??? Walanghiya..samantala ang mga sundalo natin sa ZAmboanga,(report nuon sa Journalist’ Notebook ng GMA) ni isang leadership seminar ni hindi nakasali!!! “The P5 million is a commitment made by the previous administration”, o eh ano kung commitment ng previous administration?? ITS YOUR OWN DOING..kung ayaw nyo, wag mo!! bwehehehe

  • Anonymous

    How can you be so st***d to give money to a group of ban**ts who kills your soldiers every now and then. What if there is no BLMI and it is only on their imagined world? Would you gently ask the MILF to hand back the money since it was not used the way the govt want to use the money. MILF do not want peace, they want their own govt, is it very difficult to realize that?

  • juan katutubo

    Hindi matanggap ng aking kaisipan na nagbigay ang ating gobyerno ng pera sa kanyang kaaway. Upang may maipam-bili ng gamit pandigma (Baril at Bala) na kumitil ng labing-siyam na buhay (19) na matatapang na sundalong tumutupad sa kanilang sinumpaang tungkulin.  ISANG MALAKING KABALIWAN ITO!  ”Crispin, Basilio! Mga anak ko, nasaan na kayo!” – SiSa 

  • http://twitter.com/MarLouWang Marlou Wang

    Lumang kuwento na iyan! Saan ba kukuha ng pambili ng modern weapon ang mga iyan kung hindi galing sa gobyerno rin na dapat ay gamitin sa improvement (whatever it is ) sa sinasabi nilang “land” nila. 

  • http://twitter.com/MarLouWang Marlou Wang

    Sayang ang perang 5 milyong pesos samantalang ang daming estudyante diyan sa Maynila na nagkaklase sa corridors dahil kulang ng silid-paaralan dahil walang perang panggastos sa pagpapatayo. Ngayon ang binigyan pala ay ang mga “AHAS” na sarap manuklaw!!!! Ang ahas kailanman ay ahas.

  • Anonymous

    akala ko ba transparency ang governance mo Pnay?
    ito ba ang dahilan sa secret meeting ng papa mong milf?
    bilang boss mo, e paliwanag ang iba pang secret agenda sa secret meeting nyo ng secret lover mong milf sa secret mong kabadingan na hindi secret sa mamayanan!
    mga kongresistang alipin ng boss namin (na hindi naman, sa totoo lang), gawin nyo na kaagad ang trabaho nyo! e handa na ang impeachment! 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YGUVDEUJTH47NXLOEMCOSCMGIU Anonymous

    Malaysia is OK for the MILf to travel. But Japan? How can they travel to Japan? The MILF is on the United States’ list of Terrorist Group?

    You really have to do it unofficial and gave them 5 million pesos?

    You paid everything for this Mr. President!

    You used the people’s money!

    Private jets.

    Hotel and accommodation.

    Sight seeing of Tokyo.

    You should be impeached!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EI2NTTKOEZ67HMV7P4VD5PPZWA tubongMindanao

    This stupid president gave 5 MILLion to MILF —Abnoy do you know the meaning of REBELS???? — WTH??!! ———  STUPID PRESIDENT should be IMPEACHED right now!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EI2NTTKOEZ67HMV7P4VD5PPZWA tubongMindanao

    STUPID  +  WEAK = Abnormal President

  • Anonymous

    HOW AND WHY would you trust this rebels in the first place?!

  • http://twitter.com/MarLouWang Marlou Wang

    Teka… teka… ang sabi sa artikulo: “The P5 million is a commitment made by the previous administration.” Ayun previous administration, PREVIOUS?!??!! Ano sa tagalog ang prebiyus??? NAKARAAN(G). BAKIT SI PNOY ANG SINISISI??? BAKEEEEEETTTT?  Ang dami pala ditong NON-READERS!!!! MAG-ARAL NGA KAYO NG ABAKADA!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7V3LRKVRNZAHKZKPRLAFIJXA5E Ming Mow

    Treason ang ginawa ni Abnoy dapat syang makulong dito! haay nako ano kaya masasabi ng mga bulag ang bobong Noytards. 

  • http://twitter.com/MarLouWang Marlou Wang

    Meron kasing unggoy na nagsabing galing kay PNoy ang 5 milyon kaya iyon, ang mga unggoy din na hindi marunong magbasa kinalat na ang kanilang kabobohan.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YGUVDEUJTH47NXLOEMCOSCMGIU Anonymous

    This news is misleading… they already admitted it Marvic Leonen giving it in Japan

  • http://twitter.com/bolblizt dominic rivera

    This is a betrayal to the highest level. It’s stupidity that the rebels will give them the correct liquidation for all we know these are the bullets they bought with our money to kill our own soldiers. 

  • http://twitter.com/bolblizt dominic rivera

    This is really frustrating news..

  • http://twitter.com/toothpastesales be honest

    P5M is only peanuts.
    Sec. Deles admitted during interview with ANC that the peace panel has more than 1  BILLION  as budget.
    Ho Ho Ho  Christmas time.

  • http://twitter.com/MarLouWang Marlou Wang

    Ang dami dami dami palang tangang mambabasa ng comments dito. Ang sabi ay malicious text na nagbigay si PNoy ng 5 milyon na pambili ng guns and ammunitions. Ngayon sangkatutak ng comments na si PNoy ang nagbigay.  Wow… nakakawalang ganang magblog dito… daming tangang mambabasa.

  • Anonymous

    5 mil. ay pabaon ni Pnoy kay Gen. Iqbal, newly appointed Supreme Commander of So. Com…lol

  • http://twitter.com/bolblizt dominic rivera

    Previous admin pala, ba’t pa nila binigyan eh bobo rin c PNOY mo..

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    this is ALL BUT PURE DECEPTION from the administration of PNOY!

    Source of FUNDING???  Naghahanap pa sa sa labas nga bansa..eh nasa malacanyang lang naman ngayon ang nag-FUND!!!

    Sabi ko na nga ba,, there’s somthing FISHY FISHY sa “date” nila sa Japan.Biruin mo, binigyan pala ni PNOY ng 5 MILLION (baka 500M o 5BILLION talaga) ang MILF sa date nila!!!
    Iwan ko lang kong one time lang yang 5MILLION, baka monthly o annual pa yan!

    Baka naman pagdating ng “cannon sounds” ng CHINA ay magiging ALLIES na nila ang MILF at NPA!Eh, patagong ibinigay ang 5MILLION eh…under the table.

    Ano pa kaya ang kasunduan nila duon???
    Baka kasama na doon ang buhay ng 19 sundalo!!!!

    BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC TRUST TO THE HIGHIEST LEVEL..

    THIS IS TREACHERY! …TREASON!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Monopoly/134038403339475 88Cindy

    Paano mapipigilan ang mga businessmen na magbayad ng revolutionary tax sa mga rebelde, e mismong presidente pala ng Pilipinas ay nagbibigay din.
    tsk. tsk. tsk.
    Mukha namang matino si Pnoy, pero mukhang palpak ang kanyang mga advisers. Pakinggan ninyo ang boses ng masa, hindi lamang yung mga malalaking tao, pulitiko, rebelde at malalaking businessmen ang laging pinagbibigyan. Masang Pilipino naman

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7V3LRKVRNZAHKZKPRLAFIJXA5E Ming Mow

     pano mo o audit ang MILF rebelde nga sila! bobo kumain ka ng utak para magkalaman

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    ikaw pala  stupid na mambabasa… maski ano pa  reason ni PENOY mo na mag bgay ng 5 million eh rebelde pa rin yang mga kausap nya .. at bakit kelangan sya magtiwala sa mga rebelde .. maski ba malicous un text eh ang punto bakit parin sya naglabas ng pera ng bayan at ibigay sa rebelde.. mas maraming nangangailangan ng perang yan inde ang rebelde .. ungas ka pala .. bagay sau yang name mo marlou wang ang utak mo

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MJNTX7T6WXPHBUXJ3COQ4V6BAE Marlyn De vera

    Lacierda: Mga MILF iliquidate nyo yung 5M Pesos na ibinigay ni PNoy ha?

    MILF: Opo na-liquidate na po,  19 soldiers po lahat.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    relax lang mga pinoy….para din lang naman yan sa SUPPORTang MAKUKUHA ni PNOY sa mga MILF at NPA sa darating na mga ELEKSYON…para siguradong panalo na ang partido at mga alipores.

    cge wag ka magFUND Pnoy…talo kayo sa ARMM eleksyons.

    Aabot pa kaya sa next year ang administrasyong PNOY??

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    yikes! baka matuloy ang COUP D’ETAT ???

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4QAIR53YIPJLMPSQJZTOJIGBVI Jaz

    Napakaswerteng mga bandido, binibigyan ng pera ng gobyerno para lang patayin ng patraydor ang mga sundalo natin….tsk tsk tsk!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3UZOAQ6YXZ7LV4AEKHDH6HDDCA Jeamergs

    so nawala na yong financier nila …ngayon na sila dapat pulbusin …gutom na marahil sila dahil wala nang baboydamo  na mabili sa palengke ngayon.

  • Anonymous

    This is an impeachable offense, BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC TRUST !! Treason is but a byproduct if the funds were used to buy weapons and ammos by the MILF. Even then Noynoy grossly blundered in this one, a really HUGE ERROR. This is the final nail that’ll seal his coffin. Out you go, Moron !!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GCHP76DTN2D74HXR2GXAJ5OAOI Redmay First

    MILF : Sir here is our Liquidation Report

    Basilan – 19
    Sibugay – 4
    Lanao – 2

    Noy : Good job. Sorry nabawasan yata funds ninyo kasi tanga yung AFP. Hindi nag coordinate para hindi nasayang bala ninyo.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GCHP76DTN2D74HXR2GXAJ5OAOI Redmay First

    So called GMA commitment was 2007 pa. She sat on it for 3 long years. I can only speculate there might be a valid reason. Lacierda himself had no answer as to why GMA did not release it. When new admin came in mid of 2010, in just 1 year, Noy ordered the release of 5M after that secret meeting in Tokyo. Noy released the fund using his own judgement and therefore, he alone is responsible for this mess, no one else. A person doesn’t deserve to be called a leader if he cannot take responsibility for his actions. He credit grabs when things go his way and finger points when not in his favor.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2SWD2TVNX5354ZVMAOMARAD5HY Pakurhalla

    A MONTROUS DECEPTION, A GIGANTIC LAPSES,  A TREASON AND IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE at FIRST DEGREE. The TOKYO SUMMIT AT IT’s WORSE. Supporting the enemy of the state by monetary means described all of the above. This brain dead administration does not have the backbone to run this country. Remember the MILF and the ABUS are just one entitiy. We were sold out to the MILF!!!

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    as usual.. bandang huli isisi ke pandak to .. para naman mawala ang blaim sa kanila .. ang galing ng presidente na tin … nakuha pa makipag photo ops sa black eye pea. habang me nakaburol na 19 na sundalo

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_F3XMKNFOWIW4AFVX6OBDZWCZG4 Peter Chua

    asking for an accounting for the 5M is useless. anyone who has taken accounting 101 knows that you can record it any way you wish. who is going to check on this? the BIR? takot lang nilang pumunta ng Basilan.

    ipinambili na nila ng ak47 yan. tapos ilalagay nila sa accounting nila puro transportation cost and meal allowances!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_F3XMKNFOWIW4AFVX6OBDZWCZG4 Peter Chua

    giving 5M to an enemy of the state is like giving guns to a holdupper!
    what can 5M buy?

    1. 100 ak47
    2. 10000 rounds of M16 ammunition
    3. 250 hand grenades

  • Anonymous

    Interesting!

  • michee galangin

    BUTI PA ANG MILF MAY 5MILLION NA NAILAAN ANG GOBYERNO, EH ANG MGA PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AT MGA PUBLIC SCHOOL KAILAN KAYA…?PEACETALK BAT MAY INVOLVE NA PERA??? PERA NG MGA TAXPAYER YAN EH!!! TRY NYO KAYA KAYONG MGA NAKAUPO SA GOBYERNO ANG SUMABAK SA MGA REBELDE….!!!!PARE-PAREHO KAYONG LAHAT!!!

  • michee galangin

    cra ulo kc ng gobyerno eh….!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YGUVDEUJTH47NXLOEMCOSCMGIU Anonymous

    Let us set aside the issue 0f 5 million pesos.

    They can easily travel to Malaysia using speed boats via Sabah but not Japan. Do not mislead us.

    How were they able to travel to Japan?

    They can go to Saudi Arabia or Egypt…but not Japan Mr. President.

    We are not stupid.

    Private jets? of course Marvic Leonen, private jets.

    You funded their travel and sightseeing of Japan!

    You funded it with our money!

    You are just trying to mix it up with Ghadaffy!

  • Romulus Fenandez

    hahahaha! dapat may mag file ng impeachment case laban kay P-Nok sa congress,  para happy days are here again para sa ating mga mambabatas in the form or,  you guessed it right, PORK BARREL!!! Mabuhay ang Traydor!

  • kido

    ano ba kasing klaseng panuntunan yan ng ating gobyerno? giving P5 million sa kaaway. f u c k i n’   s h i t…

  • Romulus Fenandez

    bakit ibinigay ni ABNOY?  pareho kayong bobo hindi nga ibinigay ni GMA eh!  sigurado ko nagkukumahog na ang mga alipores ni ABS ay,  BSA pala na maghanap ng ebidensya kung nagbigay din si PGMA!  hahahahaha,  bobo kasi

  • Anonymous

    Abot pa, kaya lang baka sa kangkungan na sila nag oopisina.

  • Romulus Fenandez

    Kaya siguro walang mga infrastructure projects at mga economic boosters na ginagawa ang admin ni P-GOK eh ibinibigay ang pera sa MILF!  Mabuhay ang traydor!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    ITO NA SIGURO ANG PINAKAMALAKING KABOBOHAN NA GINAWA NG GOBYERNO NI PNOY. AKALA KO BOBO SI ERAP PERO PAG COMPARE KO SYA NGYN KAY PNOY, MKHANG MAS GENIUS SI ERAP. ANAKNAMPUTA NAMAN, AAMININ BA NAMAN NG MILF KUNG SAN NILA GINASTOS ANG PERA?!? HOY GISING LACIERDA AT LEONEN, PARANG KAHAPON LANG KAYO PINANGANAK! PARA NAMAN HINDI KYO ABOGADO, MANANG MANA KAYO SA BOSS NYONG SUPOT!

  • Romulus Fenandez

    Kung hindi nyo kayang magpatakbo ng gobyerno magresign na kayong lahat bago pa man kayo ma kudeta ni NOG-NOG na mas masahol pang corrupt!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    Is the current Commander-In-Chief (PNOY)  a TRAITOR to his/our Philippine soldiers???

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    in that case…masMABUTI pa nga si ERAP!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DOLRDISMLABUU4EDTVBEVXXCOQ Martin

    Itong ginawa nina PNoy ay nag-i-encourage para dumami pa ang lost command…

    Dahil kung totoo na P1B ang ibibigay na budget ni Ms. Deles ay siguradong gaganahang ang iba pang grupo na magtayo tulad ng MILF…

    Instant Money!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YGUVDEUJTH47NXLOEMCOSCMGIU Anonymous

    19 soldiers were dead, and there is 5 million pesos for the enemy?

  • http://twitter.com/bolblizt dominic rivera

    That’s why it’s never resolved the peace committee are getting fat and more fat everybody from the money provided. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YGUVDEUJTH47NXLOEMCOSCMGIU Anonymous

    I guess medyo me kumikita, because Arroyo with her husband went to Libya in 2009

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YGUVDEUJTH47NXLOEMCOSCMGIU Anonymous

    Lalampas kayo sa langit sa sobrang bait nyo

  • http://twitter.com/bolblizt dominic rivera

    Ang tuwid na daan naging paliko-liko din..

  • Anonymous

    What a bunch of AMATEURS. In the corporate world if there are Corporate Social Responsibility Grants and the proponents are neophytes (read: cannot be trusted yet with big sums of money) We normally provide for the things needed except for giving out of the actual cash! This is the height of stupidity bordering on criminality! No wonder arroyo sat on this for 3 years and when the student council took over released the amount right away!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YGUVDEUJTH47NXLOEMCOSCMGIU Anonymous

    Mr. President. There is a surge of Muslim migration into Metro Manila. They have occupied the side of Baclaran church selling anything from dvds to clothes. They have occupied roads and make stall for their wares near Quiapo Church.

    They have occupied in full force Makati Cinema Square selling dvds and other wares.

    they have occupied greenhills selling the same sorts of products.

    they are now going house to house selling dvd’s Mr. Marvic Leonen.

    They are clearly funding their cause, sending money to the insurgents.

    Their population is at alarming rate now in Metro Manila.

    Why do you have to give them 5 Million pesos?

    They are trying to occupy divisoria and 168 mall now.

    Be wary

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YGUVDEUJTH47NXLOEMCOSCMGIU Anonymous

    MILF is considered to have ties with abbu sayyaf according to CIA documents. MILF are considered terrorist.

    Japan is allied with the United States and the latter has several military bases in Japan.

    How in the world can they travel to Japan?

  • Anonymous

    PNoy should make a compromise.

    He will jail Arroyo with the help of the US.

    In exchange, he will give what the US want. To control the MILF territories and Mindanao. The US will work on the independent state for MILF in order to control the group.

  • Anonymous

    People clearly witnessing the true color of Benigno Aquino III.

  • Anonymous

    The MILF used the 5million to purchased weapons that killed the soldiers.

  • Anonymous

    Binay should work overtime to replace PNoy. 

    PNoy just destroyed his reputation. Time to replace him.

    Binay, prepare to be the next President in 2012.

  • Anonymous

    Giving 5million to your enemies is simply betrayal. Your enemies killed more than 20 soldiers.

    What is next? Coup d’tat or impeachment or people power against PNoy?

    Binay, prepare yourself to be the next President.

  • Anonymous

    Nice. Daming armchair presidents dito.

  • Anonymous

    tio atang malacañang e natutulog pa, kailan sumunod ang mga rebelde sa kagustuhan ng gobierno? nakaktawa kayo, inuutusan nyo na magbigay ngaccounting tungkol dun sa 5M ang milf, e yun ngang pagpasok sa lugar nila hihingi pa kayo ng permiso mula sa milf, alandyo, gunggong ba kayo o gunggong kayo?

  • Guest

    barya lang yan
    ginagawang bundok

    wala na bang mahanap
    pang tira kay pnoy
    at peace and development process?

    babao

  • Anonymous

    The online newspaper The Daily Tribune has been hacked.  This newspaper has been outspoken and critical of the Benigno Aquino III government and listed as opposition in its views. I have been trying to log on to the website to save on some money, but to no avail. 

    I suspect the PeNoy hackers did this to the broadsheet to get even for criticizing PeNoy heavily since the stupid president was elected in office.  Try your luck to get into the website.  It is worth reading the commentaries of what you should know about PeNoys mismanagement of the affairs of the country and the corruption of his people.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZWTTKJTI57YO7TZBJC66GA2OLU dennis

    Our topics here were so funny,”It was said that those 5M was a commitment of previous government”…Then at the other article,”Arroyo could be behind in destabilization plot…”…This is nothing more than a gossip…War of words…verbal accusations,blah..blah..blah.Para matapos na ang lahat eh hulihin nyo na at ipakulong na ang may sala.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WBXS7HGUTUSH6L2VYEHNMPPMUY Mesc

    Bakit ba lalong lumalaki ang damage pag pinasukan na ni Lacierda?  Sabi nya, commitment daw ni Arroyo ang P5M.  Pero bakit binigay ni Penoy?  Kala ko ba nandidiri siya sa mga policies ng nakaraang administrasyon?

    Ngayong sumingaw ang pakimkim ni Penoy sa MILF pagkatapos ng meeting nila sa Japan, ino-obliga ni Lacierda ang MILF to account for the money.  Tingin ba niya ay aaminin ng terorista na binili nila iyon ng armas?  

    Ang problema sa administrasyong Aquino, madaling utuin ng kalaban.  

    Sana, maglaan din siya ng pondo–doble o triple pa ng binigay kay Murad–para sa mga namatay na sundalo sa Al Barka at Zamboanga Sibugay. 

    Mas deserving sila sa pera ng bayan.

  • Anonymous

    This is curtailment of the freedom of the press.  What they did will boomerang on them.  Let’s buy the paper in the newstands to give some financial aid to the Daily Tribune. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    nakakatuwa ang Philstar ….the moderator deleted all comments na dehado ang manok nilang si PNOY.

    Philstar is the PROPAGANDA network of PNOY owned by “Honorable” Belmonte.

    search for philstar article:
    Palace says P-Noy gave P5 million to MILF

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KGOLQYXZYKFYARUMLTLRPUCYKU nestor

    Tama ka zoiloperez, i tried and failed to open the daily tribune online,its worth to read this news paper,and not the other way around,pag binuksan mo,indonisia ang lalabas,talagang nasa dictatorship na tayo pupunta,mas matindi ito kaysa marcos time,simula pa lang to,ayaw nila mabisto ang mga kalukuhan nila,ayon na hack ng yellow army ang daily tribune,,

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    Di na kailangang  mag-taka…eh supportado ng CHINA si PNOY.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LHPXXEV6GDM7S74O6K2P4JMLFY jayvee

    Barya? Try telling that to the people of Bulacan, Pampanga and other affected areas of the past typhoons. That money could have been used for them. 

    And the amount is beyond the issue. The issue is, the President was stupid enough to trust the MILF only to be stabbed in the back in the end. 

  • Anonymous

    Anong name ng call center nyo? Mukhang kabuhayan nyo na to ah? magkano starting

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    The PNOY govt is on all-out-suppresion of the freedom of press/opinion.

    Philstar (online: including its sister publications)
        The moderator is busy, deleting all comments that are againts PNOY.

        ex: If you post that VP BINAY should  be ready for president it will be deleted.
             Posts about PNOY..to RESIGN, IMPEACH, BETRAYAL, TREASON, etc will be deleted.

    Mag-ingat ang Inquirer….baka e-hack din kayo ng yellow army.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PYQ2UB7PHJ34WII42OSCOUGUXA yeoj

    Finally secrets have been revealed.. 5 millions pesos from the Pnoy Government to the Enemy of the State.. TREASON in short… People do something!!!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KGOLQYXZYKFYARUMLTLRPUCYKU nestor

    Marlou wang, ikaw ang TANGA….ayusin mo yang utak mo,kasing luwang na yan ng MALAKANYANG,pero pag against GMA tuwang tuwa ka mag blog d2,at kung laban naman sa AMO mong KALBO wala ka nang gana? he he he maluwang ka nga…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZWTTKJTI57YO7TZBJC66GA2OLU dennis

    Magaling pa ang MILF,malayo pa ang Pasko eh may “Christmas Bonus”na.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KGOLQYXZYKFYARUMLTLRPUCYKU nestor

    HA HA HA…uy MARLOU WANG,puso mo baka malaglag,nakadikit lang yan ng kulangot,wag mo kaming gawin tanga..kunga ang paniwala mo ay tulad ng idol mo,dapat ang user name mo ay SUBRA ANG LU WANG,ng utak,PREVIOUS ba?bakit si PENOY ang nagbigay?…tanga ka talaga

  • Anonymous

    MARLOU WANG,ikaw ang bobo, mag basa ka nga..hindi nga binigay ng previous administration pero ang idol..isang taon palang sa pwesto binigyan kaagad ni penoy ng 5million..ano sa tingin mo bakit inupuan ng previous administration for 3 years at hind binigay? si penoy one year palang binigay na kaagad..sinong bobo ngayob? bob0

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SXUA3373NWS6QSBMXGYXDLXHFA Isidro

    In the first place, Malacanang giving 5 million pesos to MILF when peace negotiations between the government and MILF is not yet completed is an act of defensive stance by the government. The government is like a person giving ammunition to his  enemy before negotiating for peace. What a dangerous policy by the government in handling over peace negotiations.

    How about if the peace negotation between the government and MILF fails – where would the 5 million  pesos in the hands of the MILF be used?   would the money be used for building roads, and school buildings?; would the money be used for buying bullets to shoot our soldiers?; would the money be used for sowing terror in public places? only future events could tell.

  • Anonymous

    I agree, this is where the question of COMPETENCE comes in. I listened to the interview of one of the members of the Peace Panel last night and even she is not agreeable to the area of temporary stay. It goes to show that this panel’s objective is not to bring lasting peace in mindanao but get the peace accord at any cost. When will the Aquino Administration stop campaigning and try to run the country? The soldiers are not the arroyos, you can play with the arroyos but not with the lives of our soldiers.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4M77BVMNL7QPLQBYKGUSOK5PLM Xwcd Cxw

    as usual, si GMA ang may kasalanan…

  • Anonymous

    The MILF has been building its arsenal for years in preparation for a showdown against the government. They have committed numerous crimes in order to obtain funding for their forces. Now the government gives them P5M just to sit down and talk. Of course, the MILF will use the money for more ammunition. There is a reason the MILF evolved, and its because of their negative attitude towards the government. Did people expect the MILF were willing partners in this peace talk? They are just buying time – strengthening their positions strategically.

  • Anonymous

    I respect my kababayan and military, I feel sorry for my COMRADES…  but our current government lead by our popular, smart and famous pres, pnoy does not respect the military. let my people killed we will not retalliate… Pres. pnoy will say  I will gurantee you, I will blamed my military bec of their lapse…at katangahan,  I wash my hands… It is not my fault they died. This is what you will get on this administration…  Since your F…ng smart pres. pnoy, why dont you teach them how to do it… how the way its done.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WJX5I5FJL52QCZDUKDNWOTIZHQ Lateralus

    ok ka din mr. spokesman. ipag-aaccount mo pa ang MILF e sabi nga nila walang jurisdiction ang philippine government sa kanila. parang niloloko mo lang sarili mo.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    ang worse pa .. sa MILF 5 million pero dun sa 19+ na sundalo na niratrat ng MILF eh baka inde pa umabot sa .5 million …

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H27QVUBMP6KCZOXQW33RP2KOGU Plazans

    This is interesting. For his all-out justice response for the death of 19 soldiers, PNoy has authorized to drop bombs on air and conduct land assaults, but, get this, only directed towards the Abus and some of the ‘rogue elements’ of the MILF. Sounds like PNoy has found the weapons and bullets that would only chase the bad guys. Now, if you don’t find that totally amazing, I don’t know what is. In fact, PNoy’s newly discovered ’weaponry’ will make the U.S. ’drones’ (UAV) being used in the war against Al Quaida in Pakistan and Afghanistan look obsolete. As we’ve been proudly telling the world, yes, “only in the Philippines”.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PYQ2UB7PHJ34WII42OSCOUGUXA yeoj

    TREASON – Pnoy Government gives 5 Million to Enemy of the State.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WBXS7HGUTUSH6L2VYEHNMPPMUY Mesc

    Nabasa nyo ba yung article ni Tiglao (“MILF: Pnoy gave us hope.”)?  

    At the end of the article, ‘di ka pwedeng mag-post ng anti-Penoy comment.  Doon daw ipadala sa “Feedback” section para Inquirer editors lang at walang ibang makakabasa.

    Halatang-halata ang tutoong kulay ng Inquirer.  

    Hepatitic.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PYQ2UB7PHJ34WII42OSCOUGUXA yeoj

    PeNOY is Guilty of TREASON!!!!
     
    Silence, in those situations is equivalent to saying “all is well” or that we are “okay” with what is going on.  If we do not acknowledge the wrong in the world, then it is like we are “accepting” and thus limit the chances that the situation will change for the better.

  • Anonymous

    anong meron utak itong nasa kabinete ni noynoy, pati si noynoy anong utak meron , baka utak talangka. imagine itatanong mo duon sa bandido kung paano nila ginastos yung perang sinuhol mo sa kanila para hindi ka istorbohin, wow only in the philippines

  • Anonymous

    lacierda: kayo nagbigay ng 5million den si gma ang may kasalanan kc nangako sya sa milf noon? ano bang klase katwiran yan? umisip naman kayo ng ibang alibi na pwede paniwalaan ng mga tao. Ano pa magagawa nyo ngayon nakabili na ng mga baril at bala ang kalaban. Ano gagawin nyo ngayon??? 

  • Anonymous

    imagine asking for a full accounting of the money given to the milf, para kang nagtanong sa bandido, kailagan ilista mo kung paano mo ginastos yung perang isinuhol ko sa iyo

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    reinbursement? nyahahaha

  • Anonymous

    and guys if you will notice duon sa lahat ng mga litrato ng mga adviser ni noynoy, NA TIKOM ANG BIBIG, guarded na guarded ang kanilang pagsasalita, baka magbigay na namn ng interview na nabigay sila ng pera sa NPA

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VTKFCDD27N4CBHJRMRG2TQWSXE Mateo Trijo Doctor

    Section 25, Article VI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that “Discretionary funds appropriated for particular officials shall be disbursed only for public purposes to be supported by appropriate vouchers and subject to such guidelines as may be prescribed by law” Likewise, Article 114 of the Revised Penal Code provides that any Filipino who gives aid to the enemy within the country or elsewhere shall be guilty of TREASON punishable by reclusion temporal to death.

    Being experts in their respective fields, Secretary Deles and Atty.  Leonen surely know these.  I just do not know if they ever properly advised the President .  

    Then President Ramon Magsaysay could be the best President that we had so far, though his exploits are unknown to so many young people today.  In the book, Magsaysay, The People’s President (2004), Manuel F.  Martinez, the author, wrote that Magsaysay was able to leave his imprint as President because he surrounded himself with the best and the brightest.  One of them was a young man, who practically already lived in the Palace.  The task of the young man was that each morning of everyday, he summarized all sorts of communication to the President into one-liners, and then gave his recommendations.  The name of the young man is Benigno “Ninoy”Aquino Jr. – the father of our President.

    How I just wished that PNoy will also have an adviser like him.

  • Pepe Smith

    Stupid, how can you ask the MILF to account for the funds? Pag ayaw nila, anong gagawin mo? Bigay kayo ng bigay, alam nyo naman na hindi sila sakop ng accounting process ninyo. BOBO! That’s why the President’s rating has gone down dramatically because he is sorrounded by stupid people.

  • Anonymous

    Some people tend to believe rumors like that one which says that “President Aquino gave the funds to the MLIF to buy guns and ammunitions.” 

    It will take the most rabid opposition to the president to concoct such a ridiculous presumption which they themselves surely would think as absurd.

    And it will need a most idiotic mind to believe or spread such an absurd idea. Unfortunately, such minds seem to exist in large numbers in our midst.

    Are they out to destroy whatever little gains we have achieved in removing a vile family from the reigns of power in this country?

    Or are they up to return to power that one which the people have effectively removed through the power of their votes?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SFY4Q6R2K5YUZEXXIJO3TLG2UM Aspo resurrection

    hindi lang Hepatitic, hepatitis pa !!!

  • Anonymous

    paano mo sasabihin ang nagbigay ng pondo ay si noynoy, ibinato na nila kay gloria at si gloria daw ang nagumpisa ng negosation, pero sino ang nagrelease ng pera, so guilty si noynoy ng treason, an impeachable crime

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SFY4Q6R2K5YUZEXXIJO3TLG2UM Aspo resurrection

    mas nauuna pa ‘yong pork barrel ng MILF !!!

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    anon namn pinagsasabing mong vile-vile family… usapan po dito eh ung 5million na binigay sa MILF.. pero dun sa mga namatayan magkano ba binigay ni noynoy

  • Anonymous

    Even in the worst of times goodwill is always among the best guide on the road to peace. It is 
    not a sign of weakness. Rather it is a sign of one’s noble intentions to win peace even as one fights a war. 

    While one should be “resolute in fighting a war, defiant in defeat, and magnanimous in victory,” to quote Winston Churchill, one should not cease to show goodwill amid hostilities. The most touching episode in the first world war in Europe was when during the Christmas eve, fighters of both sides ceased firing and sung Christmas songs. 

    During the one of the tense  moments of the 1986 EDSA People Power revolt, as people from all walks of life – nuns, men, women, children, professionals, workers, the jobless came face to face with heavily armed soldiers, the former gave the latter flowers, food and drinks – a sign of goodwill which have definitely eased the tension and which eventually lead to a peaceful resolution of the precarious situation.

  • Anonymous

    That 5 million pesos was part of the agreement forged by the previous administration with the MILF. In essence it was the previous administration who gave it.

  • Anonymous

    Magpa survey kayo kung katangahan ba ang pagbibigay ni Ginoong PNoy ng five million pieces (Wally and Jose used to say) sa mga rebelde, isasagot ng 99% “KATANGAHAN!” Sino kaya ang 1%?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GCHP76DTN2D74HXR2GXAJ5OAOI Redmay First

    GMA sat on it for 3 years then you have to ask yourself why. It took Noy just 1 year to release it. Noy cancelled many legal contracts entered by GMA admin with foreign companies. Now they are suing us. Why this MILF commitment was so special that Noy needed to honor it? Because they have guns? Please for once, Noy should take responsibility for his actions. He released it, it’s his call, take the heat.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PBO77K6PXKPQKPQQQOFRCYNJFA ricky

    @Badjin, sabi mo mag pa survey… hindi pa nagagawa. tapos sinagot mo na agad na 99%  ay ganito at 1% ganun . manang-mana ka sa mga galamay ni gma. always putting words in other people’s mouth… magbago ka na. wag kang mag a assume ng isang bagay na wala kang solid proof. lalo lang lumalabas na kulang ang iyong edukasyon, or talagang masama ang pagpapalaki sa iyo ng parents mo.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GCHP76DTN2D74HXR2GXAJ5OAOI Redmay First

    Next time if CCT fails, Noy will likewise blame that to GMA because it is just a continuation of her project. In fact if the peace talk fails, they can still find a way to blame the previous admin kasi they just continued from GMA. Always win situation si Noy pag ganyan logic.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    This is nothing else but PURE TREASON!
    Kahit saang angulo mo tingnan…TREASON pa rin yan!

    Saan kayo makakita ng Presidente/Commander-In-Chief na TRINAYDOR ang sariling Sandatahang Lakas?

    Ngayon, LOLOKOHIN pa ang mga PILIPINO!

    Betrayal Of Public Trust!

    IMPEACHABLE ???

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GCHP76DTN2D74HXR2GXAJ5OAOI Redmay First

    This tells us who made the conscious decision to release the funds. Noy supported it and ordered the release. So it was not because it was committed by previous admin but because Noy was sold to the idea.

    “During his one-on-one meeting with MILF chairman Murad Ebrahim in Tokyo on August 5, the President again expressed his support for the BLMI. He then instructed the peace panel to hand the check to the Moro group,” Leonen said.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    boss ung edsa revolt po eh inde terrorista ang kalaban nun sundalo pa na me training … eto po  terrorista ang kausap ng gubyerno. at kalaban ng batas po tong mga to .

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    uwaahahahah … talga nga naman ma ilulusot – ilulusot ,,, mukang bata ka ni penoy mayuga ah .. sabhin na natin aggreement ni pandak un eh naisip mo ba bakit inde binigay ni pandak un … at naisip mo ba sana inde na binigay ni penoy un

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    “During his one-on-one meeting with MILF chairman Murad Ebrahim in Tokyo
    on August 5, the President again expressed his support for the BLMI. He
    then instructed the peace panel to hand the check to the Moro group,”

    yes releaseing without veryfying kung dun nga mapupunta ung pera.. asan na ung check and balance .. sinabi ni MILF sa livelihood program namin dadalin ung pera.. kaya penge pera..

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GCHP76DTN2D74HXR2GXAJ5OAOI Redmay First

    Escudero pratically answered why it was not released during GMA’s time. Same person tried to convince 2 presidents to release the money. She failed in 1 and succeeded with the other. 

    Deles was chief of the OPAPP during the time of GMA. She had probably convinced GMA and now, she managed to convince President Aquino to fulfill the promise she gave when she was head of the OPAPP 

  • Anonymous

    With all due respect, MR. DoDong, (out of civility I will never address you with your last name like you did to me), I am nobody’s “errand boy.” Gusto ko lang makisali sa isang matinong usapan. I may not like anything other people say  but our differences in opinion does not allow me to be impolite to them.

  • Anonymous

    c’mon mon mayuga do really believe what you’re saying. arroyo sat on the request for 3 years..and penoy took over and was sold on the idea..He released the money dude! Despite our hatred for gloria, she might have a point in not releasing the money. I think plain and simple common sense. Baka nga magamit pambili ng armas! whew your blind fanaticism to penoy is astounding!

  • Anonymous

    I agree. Astounding indeed. The way he was sucking up to penoy made me think if a vacuum cleaner was turned on.  Buttlicking at its best ! Must have been an MILF fanatic too

  • Anonymous

    Good point. I agree with you. This is the first administration that after giving 5M to the rebels for whatever  reason they want to camouflage it, attacks and kills 27 legal soldiers. Traitors is a kind word to call them and this government is a collaborator.

  • Anonymous

    What is five million compared to what the Ampatuans received from Arroyo? What was her point in not releasing the money to the MILF? Was it because she had little to gain if she did it? 

    I admit that Aquino is not perfect but still I hope that he may would make up for what we see as his shortcomings. Magsaysay was not the most intelligent president but he was the best we ever have. We should not lose hope that Aquino would perform better, employ dedicated people as advisers before his reservoir of goodwill is emptied. 

    Criticism is good because it may encourage a person to improve but personal insults would only reap negative results.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZBN7BOTJOM2RY4YWNBHAEUM4CQ Oasis

    heehhehehe… ung 5M pambili ng bomba at baril pampatay sa peace loving citizen… gagamitin sa kidnapping, extortion at kung ano pang kademonyohan ng MILF/Abbu sayaff…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZBN7BOTJOM2RY4YWNBHAEUM4CQ Oasis

    himurin mo ang tummmmmbong ni abbbbbbbbbnoy! hehehehheee!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZBN7BOTJOM2RY4YWNBHAEUM4CQ Oasis

    nahawan ka ng luga ni abbbbbbbbnoy 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    >What was her point in not releasing the money to the MILF? Was it because she had little to gain if she did it?

    That may be one of the reasons. But on the other side, maybe bcuz GMA knows what the MILF is asking and what Ms. Deles was proposing was a BIG TREASON in the first place. And maybe GMA got a tip of a mole in her administration from the oposisyon.
    With all the advisers that surroungs PNOY, I don’t see it as his shotcomings…but treachery and deception.

    Ewan ko lang kong ano ang tingin ng iba dito.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    mabuti pa ang MILF may P5-M na “ASSISTANCE”
    …eh ang mga SUNADALONG NAMATAY, magkano kaya ang ASSISTANCE???

    Parang masasabi nga nating HERO ang mga SUNDALONG yon…dahil kon hindi sa ibinuwis nilang buhay sa mahal nilang bayan ay HINDI LALABAS na MAY ASSISTANCE pala galing ni PNOY ang mga MILF….baka meron din sa NPA!!

  • Anonymous

    It does not make sense to give millions to bandits, rebels and terrorists in guise of a liberation front.

  • Anonymous

    To paraphrase John Dunne, “The bells toll for me, too, as they do for thee. … any man’s death diminishes me …” whether it is a soldier’s, a rebel’s or of one who was caught in a crossfire. I empathize with the families of those who died.

    Every single death in a senseless war contributes to the growth of hatred. The problem in the south is too complicated to be solved by simplistic solutions and rash actions. The fighting in the south has been going on for decades when this country has been headed by less and more intelligent leaders both with civilian and military backgrounds but the problem persists. 

    I am pro-Filipino whether my countrymen are Christians, Muslims, atheists or pagans. I pray earnestly that fighting would stop, and soon.

  • Anonymous

    this will remind me of Misuari’s sharps eye to the height of his voice while yelling on a TV reporter to comment on financial account given to mnlf:  “WHAT MONNNNNNEEEEYYYY!!!!! THERE’S NO MONNEEEYYYY!!!” later he was jailed. . . wait for the present MILF answer, they’re all Fvcking! the same a$$hole with 3 to 4 wives.

  • Anonymous

    This is a ground for impeachment for P-NOY. If your dad Benigno is alive today he will slap you silly.

  • Anonymous

    It pains me enough and so much that our country’s lands and hallowed grounds are being drenched by the flow of destructive flood and of the shedding of  blood. 

  • Anonymous

    Please do not insult my intelligence by comparing this to what Arroyo give to the amputuans! Do no try to connect 2 things which are totally not connected. Why did Arroyo not release the money? For all that she is, one thing you can say of the past president..She thinks-whether this is for corruption or other things. Releasing money to the MILF for whatever purpose increases their CAPACITY to fight the government. Accounting? we cannot even go to their area of temporary stay all the more ask for accounting of their money.Ridiculous!

  • Anonymous

    Leg,

    if you give financial support to cordellera autonomous region for the cause…is the same thing you give financial support to bangsamoro people. . . dig more, economics, political science 101.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you all for your very civil comments. I admire your upbringing. 

  • Anonymous

    dodong,

    ethnic, endegenous people are not terorrists. meron yan cooperatiba,,kagaya sa lahat ng probinsya at eto ay may pondong pera tulong sa mga myembro… ang MNLF, MILF ,bangsamoro ay isa na rito.. legal po sila,,kaso ang kaibhan may mga armas ito..kaya dapat lansagin na! binubulsa lamang ng mga leader ang pera,,isa na riyan si Nur Misuari kaya pinakulong ng Gobyerno ng pilipinas.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    ARMM is an autonomous region..okay lang magbigay ng financial support.  But to the BANGSAMORO…i don’t think so… :D

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2SWD2TVNX5354ZVMAOMARAD5HY Pakurhalla

    DARK SECRETS, BACK DOOR DEALING AND ALL ROADS LEADS TO HACIENDA LUISITA.
    No matter how they spin this monetary support to the enemy of the state
    is beyond comprehension. Penoy and the rest of his administration
    involved on this stupidity and idiotic payment are guilty beyond
    reasonable doubt. Make no mistake. This is TREASON AND IMPEACHABLE
    OFFENSE AT FIRST DEGREE. Calling the DOJ, OMBUDSMAN, SOLICITOR GENERAL
    and the Blue Ribbon Committee why are YOU so muted on this payment of
    5,000,000.00 pesos to the MILF. ???

  • Anonymous

    Insulting your intelligence? Not at all, Sir. In fact I respect you as I respect the opinions of everyone here, whether they insult me or call me names, or extremely opposed to what I think. We may not agree as to the relation between the Ampatuans and the MILF, if they are two entirely different or similar entities. We may agree to disagree, and I have no problem with that. But the fact is that they are both Muslim groups and in some way have a few things in common. Arroyo catered to the Ampatuan warlords for her own ulterior motives. We may never know why she did not release the funds intended for the BLMI.

  • Anonymous

    if ninoy is alive today he will not only slap his FUBAR (fuuuuucccckkkkk up behind all recognition) prodigal son in the faCE BUT HE LET HIM TAKE HIS PLACE AT THE TARMAC and be shot in his empty head

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WVJPWHNIZIOGWU2O4Z6PJTXXBM Roberto

    Hilarious talaga.hehehehe. Cut the funding for the MILF daw, eh, paanong ‘cut the funding’, eh binibigyan pa nga ng P5 million, tapos ‘cut the funding’ daw, hahahaha, sakit na ng tiyan ko sa katatawa sa mga taong ito.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YGUVDEUJTH47NXLOEMCOSCMGIU Anonymous

    Yes they gave it for MILF travel and expenses.
    Private jet.
    Hotel and accommodation.
    These people really needed five million for a 3 to 5 days sight seeing of Tokyo.
    Mahal ang mag rent ng eroplano.
     and how do you think they will go to Japan? Did they come all the way from Kuala Lumpur or Manila? surely, they will not pass through NAIA or Mactan International Airport. But if you have private jets paid by Marvic Leonen…it is easy

    MILF is considered to have ties with Abbu Sayyaff and therefore they themselves are considered terrorist by the CIA. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YGUVDEUJTH47NXLOEMCOSCMGIU Anonymous

    There should be no comparison, they are both unacceptable to us

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TRVNLKY7J3ZCRUGJCGE4NJULZM NineFour

    TYRANTS! PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III SOLD US FILIPINO PEOPLE TO THE REBELS. BS AQUINO AND HIS ADVISERS GAVE MONEY TO MILF, WHO ARE BOMBING US, KILLING OUR SOLDIERS, NEGLECTING AND IGNORING JUSTICE FOR THE DEAD SOLDIERS AMBUSHED BY THE MILF WHO RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT. AQUINO MUST BE REMOVED, IMPEACHED AND OVERTHROWN OUT OF OFFICE AND IMPRISONED FOR HIS TYRANNY AGAINST THE FILIPINO PEOPLE.

  • Anonymous

    Is that a piece of your brain, Sir? Don’t you have Good Manners and Right Conduct in the grade school, or don’t you have any manners at all?

  • Anonymous

    Nakakahiyang behavior:

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WVJPWHNIZIOGWU2O4Z6PJTXXBM Roberto

    Ito pa ang isang katawa-tawa. I-account daw ng MILF ang bigay na P5M. Eh, paano kung sabihin ng MILF na wala na, ipinambili na namin ng mga armalite at mga RPG, at mga bala, maraming bala, mayroon bang magagawa sila, eh, ayaw nga nilang pumasok sa teretoryo ng MILF dahil pupugutan sila ng ulo maski may peace talk. Sakit talaga ng tiyan ko sa katatawa sa mga taong ito, parang mga hilong-talilong, hehehehe.

  • Anonymous

    look at the picture of edwin lacierdo, kagat kagat niya ang kanyang lips, why may i ask, well he doesnit want to say something that he will regret later on

  • Anonymous

    Sen. Angara yang AMLAC na pinasa nyo at ng congreso e inutil at walang ipin. Walang kwenta dahil hindi rin nakakakita ng illegal na transacsyon.  Kayo ang nagpahina nyan para hindi mabuksan ang mga kaperahan nyo na kung saan nanggaling.

  • http://twitter.com/radows rad

    pnoy government is sleeping with the enemy….

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PVF7M6ATY3XDDTPSLWAHXFOXWA john

    havent you noticed guys? after the massacre that enraged most of the populace, they are now issuing statements that makes us laugh… bumabawi lang sila hahahahahaha

    well isnt the act an impeachable offense?  Just asking maam Leila De Lima since i know you are expert on the subject….

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NXU2XGAHFDYLAQULE3TMTR6SWU Brando

    Aiding the enemy is treason. If it is by the president it is an impeachable act! I wonder why nobody is thinking about this in congress.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PVF7M6ATY3XDDTPSLWAHXFOXWA john

     maybe gma did not give the 5m then because there is no program yet to justify the release of the fund, or the blmi was not yet established… im not a gma supporter but she is more intelligent than pnoy.  and mon why are you comparing the two when in fact we are talking about the release of the 5m to the bandits/criminals who has been  waging war against the government. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NXU2XGAHFDYLAQULE3TMTR6SWU Brando

    This is grossly unfair to the soldiers who are putting their lives on the line! 

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    magkano po ba binigay ng malakanyang sa mga pamilya ng namatay na sundalo… ang balita ko eh sinisi pa ang mga sundalo na inatake ng MILF

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    ako basa ko dun sa picture ni lacierda eh parang nadulas ung dila nya

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    baka ibig sabhin ng malakanyan eh mag liquidate para ma pa reinburse ung pera … hehehehe ibalik daw ung mga resibo na pinagbilhan ng mga armalite, mortar, grenade..

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NXU2XGAHFDYLAQULE3TMTR6SWU Brando

    There was grief..deep grief that enveloped the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani in Taguig this noon. 2Lt. JD Khe was interred into his resting place. A soldier, who wanted to serve his country very well, died very young. He gave his life for us so that we may live peacefully and secure. He did not know that the government has given a substantial amount of money to the very people who killed him. Rest in peace lieutenant!

  • Anonymous

    yung pala 5M pesos ay naibalik din sa gobyerno sa pamamagitan ng DND…..ibili din pala ng gagamitin nila sa pagpapaunlad ng gyera yun nga lang mga armas at ammo…..di ba ganun din ginawa ni gloria umulan ng pera sa mga ampatuan at ibinibili naman sa DND yung iba……….o hindi ba yung mga namatay sa maguindanao at mga sundalo na namatay sa mindanao may mga tatak o stamp ng DND dun sa katawan…..

  • Anonymous

    This is how stupid the government is, basically that money is use to buy firearms and there is no need to ask for the MILF to explain, in fact these people are notorious and don’t deserve to live… This is how ‘BOBO” the government officials with the Gay President at the helm!!!

    I pity the soldiers who are innocent of these and risk their lives, in due time there will be a coup against this weakling gay president  …. Noynoy isa ka ngang bakla, mag isip ka naman, most of the soldiers are demoralize and even us businessman here in Mindanao, you are president with no balls but vagina, all your cabinet members are the same… Hopefully Binay will take charge because he is a Marine Colonel reserve, Mr. Binay hopefully you talk to this gay president to act fast and there should be no negotiation all , wipe out all these moros camps, MILF, MNLF abusayaf are all the same, Extortionist, Kidnapper, Rapist, Killer and terrorist these people deserve to die..

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    andoy ano gusto mo sabhin na ok lang un ginawa ni penoy kasi ganun din ginawa ni pandak..

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42XIXNLXWDSOTMCWNUB6CRGQU DoDong

    ano ba kau … after nya pumunta sa lamay ng mga sundalo nakipag photo ops pa sa black eye pea un .. ganun sya magluksa

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PYBQDHVEYP7E4P54RSKKIHVZCE gwen balili

    YANG 5M AY ANG TINATAWAG NA 4P’S.. pantawid pamilya para sa MILF

  • Anonymous

    Here’s the full accounting of the P5M:

    1) Liposuction – 1M
    2) Nose Lift – 1M
    3) Face Lift – 1M
    4) Fraxel / Thermage – 1M
    5) Acne faciel & diamond peel – 1M

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JKL2EZCWKX2XKUPTCHEFTV5HQ4 Romeo

    Dear Mr. Obama this administration is aiding the terrorist group. please do something

  • Anonymous

    With Ghadafi’s death, MILF collapse to follow. Itaga nyo yan sa bato.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WYAZBOJYIUCRLWTYJBORBVTTOI boyfarmer

    Why give money to the MILF? they will use it to finance their rebellion. the NPA’s will cry unfair, they might ask for five million also. Ha ha ha , , , , that’s crazy giving money to your enemy.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FVBPRR4NKZ2DFURBCD5I4Q5GN4 Leg

    “Lapit mga kaibigan at makinig kayo
    Ako’y may dala-dalang balita galing sa bayan ko
    Nais kong ipamahagi ang mga kuwento
    At mga pangyayari nagaganap sa lupang ipinangako
     
    Duol mga kaigsuonan ug paminaw kamo
    Duna koy dala nga mga balita gikan sa banwa ko
    Gusto ko nga ipahibalo ang mga istorya
    Nga nagakahitabo sa banwang gisaad nato”

  • Anonymous

    Five million peso to buy ammo, that kills our soldiers.
    Whose side is Aquino on?

  • Anonymous

    If Noynoy could cancel approved contracts from the previous administration worth billions, why did he not cancel the promise of the past admin giving the MILF 5M pesos. Nakakagulat itong si presidente. Very upright In one moment, but so dumb in the next!

  • Anonymous

    Why are you giving them 5M in the first place ? Now you are asking for accounting ? Did you for 1 second thought that there is no such thing as accounting when you give money to rebels ? This is stupid. The president should fire his advisers. You should at least have the decency of keeping this info to yourselves. ‘Coz it is something that you shouldnt have done in the first place. Dumb ! Just plain dumb !

  • Anonymous

    Gwen, you made my day ! You are right ! Hoi taga COA i-audit nyo yan !

  • Anonymous

    Pinakikialaman nyo yong pondo ng judiciary, tapos namimigay lng pala kayo ng pera sa MILF. Explain to me please …..

  • Anonymous

    A lot of people wonder why despite the Philippine government which is experiencing deep financial problem yet still can afford to give aid to a rebel group responsible for the death of 19 members of its armed forces.  It is really hard to fathom the reason for this action of the government considering that there are a lot within its agencies needing funds.  

    Why give money to a group who is openly fighting the government.  To many, this is just a waste of money.  To me this is SHEER STUPIDITY.

  • Anonymous

    Many idiots are still talking about “peace process” not knowing what PEACE really means.  PEACE can only be had if there are no more armed “bandits” roaming the streets, towns and jungles of Mindanao!  If the country or a part of it is controlled by any armed group, like the MILF, for instance,  ”PEACE” means “PISS_ON_YOU”.  How can the government talk about peace when its own soldiers CANNOT even enter part of its own territory without getting shot at, WHAT is peace talks to your hollow heads to understand about?  Worse, you even allow foreign countries to MEDIATE in the supposed conflict WITHOUT even thinking for a moment that they are ONE-SIDEDLY favoring the rebels!

    ARMM was merely an experimental idea to give people in Mindanao a chance to prove to themselves if they can direct and manage their own destiny in an atmosphere of tolerance within the sovereign Philippines stewardship.  It appeared, it was actually TRASHED by former ARMM leadership, showing to us that they cannot manage their own affairs without bankrupting the financial support the Philippine government has sincerely given to them.  Later leadership of this fragmented group is again ”demanding” from or better yet, BLACKMAILING, the government to give them a “sub-state” to do the same plundering ideas a chance for another greedy hands to grab on or else face the consequences of war!  And as usual, the government gave in by agreeing to have a peace talk!  What a bunch of nincompoops!      

  • Anonymous

    Really dumb ! Now, what will he say to the judiciary ? “Guys pasensya na yung budget nyo binigay ko sa MILF “. I really cant understand this ! I know he is not corrupt, but he is just plainly incompetent.

  • Anonymous

    The money given to MILF is not even a drop of water in the ocean compare to the money stolen by the elected national and local officials including those in the line agencies. Why you big mouth keep on barking.  Let those in the government who claimed with honesty and cleanliness look at themselves how clean and honest they are.  I will jump from the peak of mount APO if there is one. Scapegoat Scapegoat and Scapegoat here they are.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DINAYRYGKFJPYAZENJPBPXWY2E Gian Carlo

    People might want to ponder on these points regarding this issue:-

    1. Why did the President IMMEDIATELY reprimanded his Army days after the encounter, WHEN THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL UNDERWAY?

    2. Why ONLY now are the disclosing this 5 million “support” when this was done during the Tokyo Meeting? Why ONLY NOW, when the news is leaked and making rounds in the public that they admit it just like the meeting itself where they were FORCED to admit it because it was leaked in the press and ITS ABOUT TO BLOW IN THEIR FACES? WHERE IS THE TRANSPARENCY?

    3. For a President so reviled with ANYTHING GLORIA, they would CONTINUE a GMA Administration initiative (MILF Institute funding) without any “review and checking” like the ones they did with government projects and transactions which resulted with the slowdown in infrastructures construction for the last 1.5 years?

  • Anonymous

    SIGURO WISHFUL THINKING NALANG TALAGA MAGKAROON NG MATINONG PRESIDENTE AND AT THE SAME TIME COMPETENT. BEFORE, BAGO SI ABNOY, MAY PRESIDENTE TYONG MAGALING NAMAN KASO CORRUPT AT MAY KATANGAHAN DIN KASI MUNTIK NANG MASURENDER UNG MINDANAO SA MGA KUPAL NA MOROS. NGAYON NAMAN, MATINO DAW SYA PERO ANAKNAMPUTA NAMAN…MAS BOBO PA TO KAY ERAP! MAS MAHIRAP PALA MAGKAROON NG INCOMPETENT NA PANGULO, PUPULUTIN TYO LAHAT SA KANGKUNGAN. PATI UNG MGA CABINET MEMBERS NYA NAHAWA NA SA KABOBOHAN NYA. KASALANAN LAHAT TO NG MGA BUMOTO KAY ABNOY EH, DAPAT PA CHECK NYO TO SA PSYCHIATRIST DAHIL MAY SAPAK TLGA. ANG HIRAP SA PILIPINO EMOSYON ANG PINAPAIRAL KAPAG BUMOBOTO, TINGNAN NYO NANGAYRI NGYN, LAHAT ASAR KAY ABNOY. ANO PA KAYA MGA PALPAK NA DESISYON GAGAWIN NITO? NEXT TIME NPA NAMAN UNG BIBIGYAN NYA? PABOR BA KYO NA UNG TAX NA BINABAYAD NYO EH IBIBIGAY LANG SA MGA KUPAL NA MOROS AT NPA?!?

  • Anonymous

    this time i could safely say ‘I told you so”…this is what abs cbn and PDI has given us…a truly accidental president

  • Anonymous

    @eolino:disqus

    Someone asked somewhere: how could a good man with honest intentions go
    so wrong? Well, luck is better than wits until you run out of luck and
    no wits to rely on. That’s how it goes wrong or how accidents happen.

  • ryan andres

    Kahit saang anggulo pa tignan, ayan na, nakabandera sa news (and I’ll highlight the obvious):

    “Malacañang is asking the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to account for the P5 million that IT GAVE THE REBEL GROUP during the last peace negotiations on August 22-23 in Kuala Lumpur”

    Have you ever heard of Israel giving Palestine money? Or the US giving Al-Qaedah money?

    So why did the Philippine Government give the MILF, a REBEL Group by the gov’s own admission, 5 million pesos?

    Marvic Leonen says that it’s a committment from the previous administration. Nagturo ka pang tanga ka! Eh di ganon din!!! Alam nyo na ngang mali magbigay ng pera sa mga masasamang elemento, itinuloy nyo pa!

    That makes you no different from the previous administration who promised the money. Idiots.

  • ryan andres

    Agree pards. PEACE is not in the MILF’s vocabulary. And to think islam is being touted as a “PEACEFUL” religion… they really ARE giving their religion a bad name.

  • ryan andres

    Ganitong ganito rin nabuking si Col. Oliver North, dun sa Iran-Contra affair nung 80s… pondo ng US, pinambili ng armas ng Iran…ang resulta?

    Huli rin sila.

  • Anonymous

    Barat talaga ni Pnoy pag sa kapwa pinoy.
    P5million pesos bigay ni Pnoy sa MILF
    $1million dollar sa Japan tsunami victims.
    Sa Calumpit Bulacan elementary school na binaha na walang chalk pansulat sa pisara.
    2kahong chalk para sa mga teachers doon….Mabuhay.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JKL2EZCWKX2XKUPTCHEFTV5HQ4 Romeo

    Magkano naman kaya ang ibinigay sa morong 43 at abuloy kay ka roger.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks, John, for your civil attitude. From what we gather here, that 5 million fund was made to establish the BLMI. Following the logic, the BLMI was not yet established because there was no funds for it  yet. 
    There has got to be a negotiating partner which is the MILF in this case. The release was an act of goodwill, of confidence-building measure. In the pursuit of peace with one’s enemies, goodwill is a better alternative than guns. 
    The problem here is that there are elements of the MILF who are hawkish as there are those who are dovish. The first derail the negotiations and their actions undermine the efforts of the latter.
    Even on the side of the government there are doves as there are hawks.

  • Anonymous

    baka ibulsa ng mag teacher

  • Anonymous

    fcuk really iiiiiddddiiiooootttt, ini

  • Anonymous

    rebellion ang sagot ng bayan

  • Anonymous

    it would cleary show that the pilipino people are very timid very timid, or the elected officials are really lording  it all over  the pinoy populace

  • Anonymous

    marvic leonen, did you even finish high school, imagine, he is now asking the milf, for the accounting of the check he handed to the milf in august 22,

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PVF7M6ATY3XDDTPSLWAHXFOXWA john

    From your statement it appears that you admitted that peace negotiation is futile for this MILF group, why? you said that there are hawkish among their ranks that undermine the peace negotiation.  In effect if those dovish group would ink a deal with the government then the hawkish will form another group that we assume would call their own hawkish islamic liberation front, then all the resources such as armaments, the smaller camps, the personnel who are not known to the public as of this time and etc will be inherited by this HILF who will continue to wage war against the government.  Kaya ang solution jan kapatid the government must initiate an action that would disarm and permanently remove the /bandits/terrorist/armed group
    .

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KKYUML3JKVY6WAP24VAMDI3KYU Kobey

    Marvic Leonen, Edwin Lacierda atbp mga tanga taga-gobyerno. Umalis na kayo diyan sa pwesto. You are an insult to the Filipino people! Yang bang BLMI will guarantee that the people they will train will be an advocate of peace in the future. Ipa pa-audit niyo pa ang kalaban including Gadhafi funding. Mga utak dilis kayo. Do you guys really understand the gravity and seriousness of this mess? Marami ng namatay at mamamatay. Remember Patikul, Jolo, and other massacre because these MILF are traitors and can never be trusted. USELESS, IMBECILE, IDIOT ang ating pamahalaan.

  • http://twitter.com/maligayaeagle nicanor m. dolendo

    Article 114. Treason. – Any Filipino citizen who levies war against the Philippines or adheres to her enemies, GIVING THEM AID or comfort within the Philippines or elsewhere, shall be punished by reclusion perpetua to death and shall pay a fine not to exceed P100,000 pesos. Treason. – Any Filipino citizen who levies war against the Philippines or adheres to her enemies, GIVING THEM AID or comfort within the Philippines or elsewhere, shall be punished by reclusion perpetua to death and shall pay a fine not to exceed P100,000 pesos.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZRNR2ROWREHFQOLEHFONW4AEU boyboy

    AFP Intelligence is the world’s worst, sad state for Filipinos.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NKQVDWJTDD7GE3KKLMNFLKL2JQ Meeney Miney

    This traitor president of ours is confident he can not be impeached because of his almost total control of the senate and congress. Anyway there is EDSA, Kudeta at iba pa. The countdown has started. His days  pretending to be a leader will soon be over. It is inevitable. It .is just a question of how.

  • Anonymous

    at saan bangko ikinash ang check,na 5 million, baka naman cold cash ang limang million at sinabi na binigay sa milf, we have to think dirty, this guy in the aquino gov’t are not also clean, kung meron video tape na binigay nga yung limang million piso sa milf where is the proof



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