Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Don't do business in Taguig & Makati

I heard from the grapevine that Taguig is becoming notorious in their apparent "legal extortion" via city ordinance. Here are the seemingly abuses committed by Taguig Local Government:

1) The hiring of Taguig residents is must and if the establishments hired non-residents of Taguig, they have to pay the local government 700 per person. This is bullshit! What do you think of Taguig, a federal government? Even federal government would not poach on the prerogative of the investors. I have never seen such arrogance from the Tingas. Well, what do you expect from the "Tingas" in vernacular, dumi sila ng mga ngipin. They cause cavities. Maybe so, in their very own kingdom in Taguig.

Hoy, mga Ting na nyo. Hindi kayo forever dyan. Dati-rati nagmamakaawa kayong may mag invest dyan ngayon meron na binababoy nyo mga TINGA NYO!!! WALANG MGA UTANG NA LOOB. DAPAT SA INYO HINDI NA MANALO SA SUSUNOD NA ELEKSYON. MAS MASAHOL PA KAYO SA MAKATI.

2) I was also informed that another ordinance that mangles money from establishments is the checking of water in all the faucets. Mura lang naman, 300 pesos per faucet. Ting na nyo, ang kakapal nyo. If you would like to check the safety of the water flowing out from the faucet, please check the main source --- the Bonifacio Waters System. Nakakapikon kayo. Dalawa lang ang dahilan kung bakit nyo ginagawa ito. Kundi kayo bobo (not checking the main source of the water), malamang mukhang mangingikil kayo. Pakisagot nga Ting na mong Mayor ka? Ang gaganda pa ng mga bag daw ni Mrs. Tinga? Sa kabila ng maraming naghihirap ganun pang umasta?

I hope Senators Pia and Allan Cayetano would step into these abuses. My question as business consultant is this, is city ordinance absolute? Can one city or municipality come up with as many ordinaces as they want just to feed their fucking caprices and whims so that they can say na may nagawa sila? What about if the ordinances are oppressive such as the ones now being implemented in Taguig? What are the scope and limitations of these ordinances? Can DILG step on this? How about my dear colleagues in the media industry? Balasubasan na ito at nakakadiscourage sa mga negosyante.

To be honest, few days ago one of my clients asked my help to look for a location in Taguig, The Fort area. sabi ko wag dun at duduguin sya. Gusto din daw nya sa Makati, sabi ko, wag din dun. Mas okay pa sa Quezon City, Paranaque, Las Pinas, Pasig and Mandaluyong. Buti nga nawala na sa Mandaluyong yung anti-vice na si Lim tangna garapal din yang mangurakot!

If this continues, I will tell to my clients and prospective clients not to put their business in Taguig. This thought is counter to the direction of the government to entice investors. I can say the same thing in the Republic of Makati, marami din daw raket dyan. Iba daw kay Mayor, iba pa sa city engineers office. Isa lang ang mga wish ko sa mga kurakot, sana pag binangongot kayo lahat ay madala nyo ang mga kayamanan at kinurakot nyo sa impyerno. Hahahaha!

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Ang PAMBABABOY NG GOBYERNO, LALONG UMAALINGASAW!

Manhid na talaga ang gobyernong ito. Lahat ng pwede itanggi kahit huli na eh tinatangi. It reminds me of what I so often hear from some men when they joke around. "Don't get caught with your pants down. And even if you're caught, deny it!"

Pakiwari ko, mukhang yan ang nagiging prinsipyo ng gobyernong ito. Di bale ng mahuli, lilinis naman yan eh. Parang sa movie ni Keanu Reeves na STREET KINGS. In that movie, (sorry to pre-empt ha) Keanu had some "operational irregularities or deviations" as a policeman. But his "backer" is a powerful policeman who has money and lots of money to bribe to whoever needs it. It turned out in the end that his backer was the brain behind all the anomalies. Worst, may hidden desire pa kay Keanu. Hahaha!

I hope this is not true in the present government right now. Although I heard from the grapevine that one of the guys in Malacanang does not like girls, he likes boys! Hahahaha! Pero ang front nya babaero sya. Baka kumukuha ng babae para gawin barbie dolls. Hahahaha!

Anyway, habang tumatagal, lalong grumagrabe ang alingasaw at sukdulang baho ng QUEDANCOR. They acquired loans for swine during the time that there was no crisis in swine breeding. But they say otherwise. Sabi ng mga taga-QUEDANCOR, they had this loan to help the dying industry in piggery. But there was no crisis. Ask the breeders from Bulacan and they had already attested to that foregoing fact.

Eh mga putang ina pala tong mga taga-QUENDANCOR na ito. Ginagawa tayong gago at bobo. Pero di nila alam, iba ang katotohanan. Well, ang singungaling daw ay kapatid ng magnanakaw. At ang singungaling daw at magnanakaw ay di na lalaki at lalawit pa ang mga ipin!!! Hahahaha! Sounds familiar?

Despite of all the damning evidences presented by Atty. Harry Roque, the ombudsgirl did not act. What do you expect? Will you bite the hands that appointed (fed) you? As a natural occurence, hindi. But the thing is, who pays for the salary of the president, the ombudsgirl and other government personnel that keep on lying on us and insult our intelligence? Tayo. Who will pay for the behest loans made by QUEDANCOR? Tayo pag hiyapon ikanga ng mga Bisaya. Kaya dapat si Merceditas Gutierrez, maunawaan nya na ang amo nya di si GLORIA, kundi ang mga nagpapasweldo sa kanya.

Eh papano naman tayo? Ano naman ang gagawin natin? Tutunganga na lang ba tayo? Dapat hindi! Let's condemn these anomalies that beseiged our government and have become a malignant chronic malady.

Anong dapat gawin sa mga nambababoy sa atin na taga gobyerno at QUENDANCOR? Tuhugin silang lahat at ilechon at ipakain sa mga baboy na kanilang binaboy.

Putang ina, BABOY NA NGA BINABOY NYO pa!!! QUEDANCOR STINKS... Write them and condemn their anomalies. If these swines can only talk, they would have cursed the king of the SWINES residing in Malacanang. Visit their website: http://www.quedancor.gov.ph/

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Ang Mga Taga-Department of Tourism at Philippine Tourism Authority ng Pinas ay tila Puro Porma lang yata pero wala namang alam

Ang Mga Taga-Department of Tourism at Philippine Tourism Authority ng Pinas ay tila Puro Porma lang yata pero wala namang alam

Sa totoo lang, ang nakakainis na ang mga siniswelduhan nating mga kawani ng gobeyrno ay kung umasta akala mo kung sino. Puro porma wala namang alam!Ano bang nangyayari sa turismo ng bansa natin? Kung di ilegal na mga turista ang pumapasok sa atin na inaayos ang lang ang kanilang papel pag nagkaproblema ay ang mga dayuhang pedopiliya, tulak ng droga o smugglers. Di naman natin basta kailangan lang ng mga turista. We need quality tourists.Eh papano nga tayo magkakaroon ng quality tourist eh kung ang mga nakaluklok sa DOT at PTA ay mga taong walang alam kundi pumorma lamang at umastang akala mo kung sino.

Tignan nyo ang Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia at Thailand. Ang mga bansang ito ay walang puknat na dinadagsa ng mga tourista di lamang mula sa Europra, America, Africa at Australia kundi sa iba pang karatig bansa mula sa Asia. Ang pagtarget ng mga turista mula sa Europa, America at Australia ay isang bugok na pamamaraan ng mga bugok na taga-DOT (Department of Tourism). Tangna naman kasi eh, appointed lang naman ni GMA ang mga lekat na yan. Pati ang mga taga-PTA na ang alam lang ay ibandera ang pangalan ni Dean Barbers sa mga proyekto nya sa Boracay at iba pang lugar. Hijo, the BARBERS are already falling stars! I wonder if Dean Barbers still remembers the time when he allegedly went to DLSU-Manila to contest the grade of his sibling who fell short of few points to get an honor? I heard that from a reliable source a classmate in DLSU graduate studies told me that horror from the tirades of Dean. Is this true, Mr. GM? If this were true, hijo, La Salle is not a government where you can put you're weight around. Iba dyan pare. Grades are not for sale!!!

For several times, the government embarked on the "holiday economic on tourism", that is, by adjusting the date of "non-working days" or making the weekend long with an end in mind that the local tourists would enjoy the holiday by patronizing the local destinations we offer which ironically very exorbitant to afford. Eh mga bugok pala kayo eh. Mana kayo kay GMA. How do you expect this "holiday economic on tourism" strategy would work when the local holiday packages are very expensive and that the international holiday packages are more affordable? When I was in Japan, their strategy of encouraging local tourists to patronizing the local holiday package works. Like in Disneyland, the rate for local tourists is 100 yen while for foreigners is US$100! Consequently, the local tourists practically go there almost every week.This was also the point I told to Ms. Sonja Garcia of DOT Davao in the invest tourism forum at MEGAMALL when Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) invited me there to participate. But instead of listening to me, Ms. Garcia was very defensive. Sabi nya it's because of the media that makes our tourism go down by painting Philippines as corrupt country. Eh obvious ba? Kaliwa't-kanan ang mga pagnanakaw at behest loans. Mga ulol, buntot nyo hila-hila nyo.

Even Ms. Veronica Carandang of Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries agreed in my proposal to DOT folks --- coordinate with the resort owners and other establishments. Yan ang problema sa mga ibang tagagobyerno eh. Pakiwari nila, they monopolize the knowledge and skills. Helloooooooooooo... Dream on. Remember, most of you are in your position not due to your competency and skills... in short, YOU'RE THERE NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU KNOW, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHOM YOU KNOW. C'est la vie. That's how it is in the Philippines.

Here are my other assumptions why our tourism program fails:

1) The people who run the department are seemingly not equipped with the necessary skills they need. Our Asean counterparts are very aggressive using various media in promoting their country and its tourism. Sa mga bisaya ikanga, mas gusto pa ganing maglagaw ang mga hinayupak ng mga ito. Kasi nga naman, masarap magpunta sa US, Europe, Australia, Africa at iba pa. Mas malayo ang lugar, mas malaki ang "per diem" nila, pwede pa silang magsama ng KAPAMILYA o KAPUSO nila. Hahaha. Tangna nyo!!!!

2) They don't want to work on regulating the resorts and other establishments that promote tourism because their profit margin will be lessened. Alam nyo naman sa Pinas, conflict of interest is very prevalent. Who the hell cares? The care bears, they say! But if ony they would be able to talk to resort operators (their business partners or relatives) to lower the price and make it affordable to local tourists, then the "holiday economic on tourism" will be very successful not only as planned, but also in its implementation.

3) Apparently, their primodial concern is not really to promote tourism, but to go on shopping, find business opportunities for their family relatives or kabets or dummies, and other selfish interest.

4) Funds are not used properly. Where does the travel tax go? I think, that PTA and this government should disclose where the travel tax go? Putang ina, eh wala ka namang nakikita kinahihinatnan ng mga ito? Needless to say, abala lang yan pag aalis ka. Sana inintegrate or inincorporate na lang yan pag nagbabayad ka ng airfare. Eh kaso nga what do you expect from these incompetent people from the government. Ala! Weather-weather lang daw. In all other countries where I had been to, only Palau collects travel tax before leaving. That was my experience the first time I went there. But last year, Palau made it easier. No more queues. Eh sa atin sinasayang na ang pera ng tao, pati oras pa. Separate ang travel tax at terminal fee lane. We only should to the world how we operate the government. It's damn riddled with bureaucracy. Nakakahiya. Ngayon ang tanong, san ba napupunta ang travel tax? Bakit wala ka man lang makitang improvement in the facilities and service that the government renders? Bakit ginagawang gatasan ang mga tao? I wouldn't mind paying travel tax and terminal fee if I see any improvement. Pero wala eh. Not even an iota of improvement. Can Commission of Audit tell us where the money goes? How about the PTA General Manager himself? We have the right to ask for it, right? Wag kayong balat sibuyas hane? If the government is really serious in making the "holiday economic on tourism" successful, I suggest, work with the resort operators, hotels and other establishments. Explain to them the "economies of scale". Ika nga ng mga Chinese, "Tsap Di" lang... Think big by going to small. Ang siste ang mga tourists operators ay nahawa sa mga taga gobyerno sa kaswapangan. But I cannot blame them kasi karaniwan sa gobyerno ang kalakaran eh, "ang lagay ba eh", gusto may tongpats... mahilig kasing pumatong eh both figuratively and literally. Gusto may bukol. Sila ay nalahian ng mga "COMMISSIONERS". Nakakatawang, nakakalungkot. But the reality remains, "Ang Mga Taga-Tourism Department at Philippine Tourism Authority ng Pinas ay Tila Puro Porma lang pero wala namang yatang alam!"

Prove us wrong, fellas!!!

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BINABABOY talaga tayo ng GOBYERNONG ITO!

Hindi ako nagtataka kung bakit number one sa corruption ang Pilipinas sa pamumuno ng gobyernong ito. Ang nakakalungkot, di nila matanggap ang naturang "karangalan" (o kahangalan) na sila na din mismo ang may kagagawan.

Kamakailan lamang, may anomalya ang NAPOCOR sa pagbibili ng coal. Ang kompanyang na huwad ay may paid up capital na 62, 500 ay bumuli ng coal na halos 1 bilyong piso. Ang banko ay nasa Cebu at di pa kilala ang naturang bangko. Ang tanong, sino ba ang committee chair ng energy sa congress? Edi si Mikey Mouse!!! Hahaha!

Kanina, umalingasngas na naman ang anomalya tungkol din kay Mike Arroyo, ay mali, sa baboy pala or Swine Scam. Hahaha!

Ang sangkot na pera ay higit pa sa fertilizer scam ni Jocjoc Volante (Is it the truth, Rotarians? Is it fair to all concern? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be benificial to all concerned?) Fuck these 4 way tests. Sorry for my friends in the rotary. These fucking 4 way tests are only good in paper, but never in practice. Please read my previous blog: The Philippine Government is A Chaste Prostitute.

Ang nakakalungkot, tila walang pakialam ang ombudsgirl na si Merceditas Gutierrez. Ganun talaga eh, what are we in power for? Tang ina nyo. You'll never be in power forever, believe me. If you're no longer in power, tang ina, lilingong kayo palagi sa likod at harap nyo because you know at the back of your mind marami kayong ginago.

Anyway, going back to Mike Arroyo's scam or to be more accurate, Swine Scam, marami na namang anomalya. Tila bahagi na ng kultura ng gobyernong ito ang pagiging kurakot. Di ako nagtataka, ang asawa ni GLORIA ay di naman yata tao, parang BABOY. Kaya wag din kayong magtaka kung binababoy tayo. Ang tanong lang, papayag ba kayong binababoy tayo? Ako hindi!

Siguro kaya nagkakaron ng rice shortage, asenso na ang mga baboy sa Malakanyang, di na darak ang gusto, bigas na. Paki tanong nga si Mike Arroyo kung may bigas pa sya?

BINABABOY talaga tayo ng GOBYERNONG ITO! Pwe....