Comments on: The Long View: Senate can’t succeed where Rep. Arroyo failed http://www.quezon.ph/2009/06/01/the-long-view-senate-can%e2%80%99t-succeed-where-rep-arroyo-failed/ Punditry. Politics. History. Commentary. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sonny Pulgar http://www.quezon.ph/2009/06/01/the-long-view-senate-can%e2%80%99t-succeed-where-rep-arroyo-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-1045475 Sonny Pulgar Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:28:01 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=2838#comment-1045475 From Malaya (SEPTEMBER 24, 2008)----BY DENNIS GADIL The charges (Joker) Arroyo lined up against Villar (in a privilege speech delivered on Aug. 17, 1998) ... included: • Then Speaker Villar and low-cost housing companies he owns or controls got financial accommodation from government banks or financial institutions such as Pag-IBIG and the National Home Mortgage Finance Corp. (NHMFC); • Then Rep. Villar, from 1992 to 1998, did not divest himself of his interest in, or sever his connections with the companies. Even up to now, he has not severed his ties with those firms. • Villar’s Capitol Bank, where his wife Cynthia is chief executive officer, received loans, financial accommodations and guarantees from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas from 1992 to 1998 while he was a representative, an act that is constitutionally forbidden. • Rep. Villar, in his bid for the Speakership, prepared a propaganda kit where he said he incorporated in the landmark comprehensive and integrated shelter finance act, R.A. 7835, the re-capitalization of the NHMFC and amendment to the agri-aqua law to including housing. Yet, he did not divest himself of his interests in the companies that benefited from it. • Manuela Corp., a housing and realty firm owned by the family of Villar’s wife, applied for and was granted a loan of P1 billion from the Social Security System and another P2 billion loan from Government Service Insurance System. This, according to then Rep. Arroyo, was an "indirect financial accommodation." • While all lands covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program cannot be used for residential, industrial and other uses unless a clearance conversion or exemption for a particular property is first issued by DAR, then Speaker Villar’s companies have developed 5,950 hectares or almost 60 million square meters of CARP lands without appropriate DAR issuances that would authorize such lands to be used for residential purposes. so joker, what gives? "pag bad ka, but kakampi kita (MV, FG and NayBi) ok ka!" From Malaya (SEPTEMBER 24, 2008)—-BY DENNIS GADIL

The charges (Joker) Arroyo lined up against Villar (in a privilege speech delivered on Aug. 17, 1998) … included:

• Then Speaker Villar and low-cost housing companies he owns or controls got financial accommodation from government banks or financial institutions such as Pag-IBIG and the National Home Mortgage Finance Corp. (NHMFC);

• Then Rep. Villar, from 1992 to 1998, did not divest himself of his interest in, or sever his connections with the companies. Even up to now, he has not severed his ties with those firms.

• Villar’s Capitol Bank, where his wife Cynthia is chief executive officer, received loans, financial accommodations and guarantees from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas from 1992 to 1998 while he was a representative, an act that is constitutionally forbidden.

• Rep. Villar, in his bid for the Speakership, prepared a propaganda kit where he said he incorporated in the landmark comprehensive and integrated shelter finance act, R.A. 7835, the re-capitalization of the NHMFC and amendment to the agri-aqua law to including housing. Yet, he did not divest himself of his interests in the companies that benefited from it.

• Manuela Corp., a housing and realty firm owned by the family of Villar’s wife, applied for and was granted a loan of P1 billion from the Social Security System and another P2 billion loan from Government Service Insurance System. This, according to then Rep. Arroyo, was an “indirect financial accommodation.”

• While all lands covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program cannot be used for residential, industrial and other uses unless a clearance conversion or exemption for a particular property is first issued by DAR, then Speaker Villar’s companies have developed 5,950 hectares or almost 60 million square meters of CARP lands without appropriate DAR issuances that would authorize such lands to be used for residential purposes.

so joker, what gives?
“pag bad ka, but kakampi kita (MV, FG and NayBi) ok ka!”

]]> By: grd http://www.quezon.ph/2009/06/01/the-long-view-senate-can%e2%80%99t-succeed-where-rep-arroyo-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-1045427 grd Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:19:36 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=2838#comment-1045427 “Pansin ko lang, the Philippine Daily Inquirer is really hitting Villar. Over and over. And over. Sino kaya ang manok ng mga Prietos?…” Madonna Have you not heard? Gilbert Teodoro is running and his wife (Monica Prieto) is very vocal about it. “Pansin ko lang, the Philippine Daily Inquirer is really hitting Villar. Over and over. And over. Sino kaya ang manok ng mga Prietos?…” Madonna

Have you not heard? Gilbert Teodoro is running and his wife (Monica Prieto) is very vocal about it.

]]> By: SoP http://www.quezon.ph/2009/06/01/the-long-view-senate-can%e2%80%99t-succeed-where-rep-arroyo-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-1045399 SoP Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:10:20 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=2838#comment-1045399 "Madonna on Tue, 2nd Jun 2009 12:20 am:...the Zobel de Ayalas, the Concepcions, the Prietos..." I like you're theory. Long term I'm not sure if this is a wise move by the other property tycoons. Villar as president will open him to more scrutiny and restrictions on private wealth building, benefiting the other real estate moguls. His immediate removal from congress will force him back to the real estate game. And if he has more time to devote to his private interests he could very well rebuild it, without the oversight of senate/public office. That could be bad for the other developers. “Madonna on Tue, 2nd Jun 2009 12:20 am:…the Zobel de Ayalas, the Concepcions, the Prietos…”

I like you’re theory.

Long term I’m not sure if this is a wise move by the other property tycoons. Villar as president will open him to more scrutiny and restrictions on private wealth building, benefiting the other real estate moguls.

His immediate removal from congress will force him back to the real estate game. And if he has more time to devote to his private interests he could very well rebuild it, without the oversight of senate/public office. That could be bad for the other developers.

]]> By: ricelander http://www.quezon.ph/2009/06/01/the-long-view-senate-can%e2%80%99t-succeed-where-rep-arroyo-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-1045377 ricelander Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:00:06 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=2838#comment-1045377 Villar said something like, it's not evidence but numbers. Strange defense for one who thinks he's innocent, yet stranger still, why not face your accuser then if you know the numbers to be in your favor? My guess, Erap will not run in the end but will choose the most popular among the opposition, probably Chiz, and dump his part of the vote on him. Villar said something like, it’s not evidence but numbers. Strange defense for one who thinks he’s innocent, yet stranger still, why not face your accuser then if you know the numbers to be in your favor?

My guess, Erap will not run in the end but will choose the most popular among the opposition, probably Chiz, and dump his part of the vote on him.

]]> By: Carl http://www.quezon.ph/2009/06/01/the-long-view-senate-can%e2%80%99t-succeed-where-rep-arroyo-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-1045369 Carl Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:49:24 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=2838#comment-1045369 Manny Villar is no better . . . and no worse . . . than any of the other Presidentiables. The only probable bull in the china shop is Erap. And he doesn't seem to have a good shot at winning the Presidency this time around. In the meantime, we might as well sit back and try to enjoy the mudslinging as the pack of aspirants get more and more frenzied while 2010 approaches. Manny Villar is no better . . . and no worse . . . than any of the other Presidentiables. The only probable bull in the china shop is Erap. And he doesn’t seem to have a good shot at winning the Presidency this time around.

In the meantime, we might as well sit back and try to enjoy the mudslinging as the pack of aspirants get more and more frenzied while 2010 approaches.

]]> By: taxj http://www.quezon.ph/2009/06/01/the-long-view-senate-can%e2%80%99t-succeed-where-rep-arroyo-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-1045329 taxj Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:43:52 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=2838#comment-1045329 Manny Villar can build build mansions and develop his properties, but can't lift our bahay kubo alone. The same is true with the other presidential wannabes. The task is ours! We must work for a setting where the bayanihan spirit will thrive. Manny Villar can build build mansions and develop his properties, but can’t lift our bahay kubo alone. The same is true with the other presidential wannabes. The task is ours! We must work for a setting where the bayanihan spirit will thrive.

]]> By: Madonna http://www.quezon.ph/2009/06/01/the-long-view-senate-can%e2%80%99t-succeed-where-rep-arroyo-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-1045292 Madonna Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:20:03 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=2838#comment-1045292 Pansin ko lang, the Philippine Daily Inquirer is really hitting Villar. Over and over. And over. Sino kaya ang manok ng mga Prietos? Hmmm, si Mr. Padyak cguro. Masamang pangitain sa darating na 2010: in a recent birthday bash for Gloria Arroyo covered by the society page of the PDI, all the big names of the topmost socio-economic strata were there: the Zobel de Ayalas, the Concepcions, the Prietos, etc. Wow, the more things change, the more they remain the same. Pansin ko lang, the Philippine Daily Inquirer is really hitting Villar. Over and over. And over. Sino kaya ang manok ng mga Prietos? Hmmm, si Mr. Padyak cguro.

Masamang pangitain sa darating na 2010: in a recent birthday bash for Gloria Arroyo covered by the society page of the PDI, all the big names of the topmost socio-economic strata were there: the Zobel de Ayalas, the Concepcions, the Prietos, etc. Wow, the more things change, the more they remain the same.

]]> By: Jhay http://www.quezon.ph/2009/06/01/the-long-view-senate-can%e2%80%99t-succeed-where-rep-arroyo-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-1045289 Jhay Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:37:59 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=2838#comment-1045289 If Las Pinas is Villar's turf, Olonggapo is Gordon Republic. If Las Pinas is Villar’s turf, Olonggapo is Gordon Republic.

]]> By: Sonny Pulgar http://www.quezon.ph/2009/06/01/the-long-view-senate-can%e2%80%99t-succeed-where-rep-arroyo-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-1045281 Sonny Pulgar Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:29:36 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=2838#comment-1045281 let's ask this presidential wannabe how much tax on anything has he paid this year alone. typically, its simply bragging rights to disclose one's assets and deflect the conventional wisdom that there's money in politics that "a rich man doesn't steal". MV is a one-man-woman. he hits the rag at 8pm. does his marketing on sundays right after the sunday mass. he has no nicotine nor alcohol in his body and all he enjoys are nocturnal orgasms. he loves reviewing his bottomlines. erap beside him is simply erap as we know him. whether he is a helluva businessman remains unaswered because his senate position gave him the SPAVs and suspended foreclosures. does he have any morals? double insertions? come on....the guy's a certified public accountant! let’s ask this presidential wannabe how much tax on anything has he paid this year alone. typically, its simply bragging rights to disclose one’s assets and deflect the conventional wisdom that there’s money in politics that “a rich man doesn’t steal”. MV is a one-man-woman. he hits the rag at 8pm. does his marketing on sundays right after the sunday mass. he has no nicotine nor alcohol in his body and all he enjoys are nocturnal orgasms. he loves reviewing his bottomlines. erap beside him is simply erap as we know him. whether he is a helluva businessman remains unaswered because his senate position gave him the SPAVs and suspended foreclosures. does he have any morals? double insertions? come on….the guy’s a certified public accountant!

]]> By: The EQualizer http://www.quezon.ph/2009/06/01/the-long-view-senate-can%e2%80%99t-succeed-where-rep-arroyo-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-1045272 The EQualizer Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:05:46 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=2838#comment-1045272 Close your eyes and imagine Las Pinas as The Philippines. The villars control everything! Economically:Star Mall,Housing Projects Golden Haven Memorial Park Politically:senator,congresswoman,mayor,barangay chiefs Every single street is cluttered with streamers reminding you that the flower box,the electric post,the road improvement ,the basketball court and even the garbage can are donated “by Senator Manny Villar and Congresswoman Cynthia Villar”. Do you want The Philippines To Be Run Like Las Pinas By Money Villar? Close your eyes and imagine Las Pinas as The Philippines.

The villars control everything!

Economically:Star Mall,Housing Projects Golden Haven Memorial Park

Politically:senator,congresswoman,mayor,barangay chiefs

Every single street is cluttered with streamers reminding you that the flower box,the electric post,the road improvement ,the basketball court and even the garbage can are donated “by Senator Manny Villar and Congresswoman Cynthia Villar”.

Do you want The Philippines To Be Run Like Las Pinas By Money Villar?

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