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[-said]: They (defense panel) are entitled to that. But I would like to get the position of the members of the Senate, probably on Monday,
tribuneonline 12-JAN-12
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[-said]: If they [investors] see all parties follow the proper procedures and that it is the law and not certain groups that are prevailing, they will maintain their confidence in investing here,
gmanews 01-JAN-12
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[ said]: I will not make any statement one way or the other. This time, I will observe the rule of Omerta,
manilastandardtoday 13-DEC-11
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[ said]: I assure you that we will be fair and just in hearing the impeachment [articles],
abs 13-DEC-11
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[-said]: So if there will be questions on this matter, I will not answer them.
manilastandardtoday 13-DEC-11
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[-said]: It is the duty of the president to see to it that laws are implemented,
abs 09-DEC-11
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[-said]: because he (MVP) is the buyer,
tribuneonline 07-DEC-11
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[-said]: I'm not very optimistic about these peace talks. These are all delaying tactics,
xinhuanet_en 06-DEC-11
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[-said]: I will support this bill if it is solely to provide health measures to womanhood, but this has an impact on our country and its future,
manilastandardtoday 03-DEC-11
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[-said]: We really need to plug existing loopholes in the system.
manilastandardtoday 03-DEC-11
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[-said]: What kind of country are we going to have? You will have an aging population, and if your population is mostly senior citizens, then your economy will suffer.
manilastandardtoday 03-DEC-11
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[-told]: We will continue to debate the RH bill and then the anti-trust bill. I think we will tackle that next week.
manilastandardtoday 03-DEC-11
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[-explained]: All the justices, based on that presumption, the other Justices will be partial to the former President. I don’t think that is a correct presumption. There must be concrete evidence to be presented to show the bias of the person the Justice in favor of the accused whose case is being considered in that Court. That is a matter of fact,
tribuneonline 01-DEC-11
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[-said]: The impression created is that there was unusual speed, expeditiousness in the preparation and filing of the case against the former President,
manilastandardtoday 22-NOV-11
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[-warned]: Once you weaken the Supreme Court, everybody suffers.. We are inviting a revolt and a civil war here,
xinhuanet_en 20-NOV-11
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[-said]: And, at least, my experience over a period of 17 years as Secretary of National Defense is that whenever we have a security problem and we try to call upon the United States to help us, there are a lot of arguments that are being raised. So, we will take the statement at face value,
tribuneonline 17-NOV-11
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[-said]: The arrangement between the Philippines and the United States does not call for automatic assistance by either party to any problem arising against the other,
tribuneonline 17-NOV-11
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[-pointed out]: How will she abscond with that condition? It would be silly for her to do that. First, she will lose everything. She will be a pariah in this country if she absconds. Where will she go? Now, should she decide to go abroad, you can always cancel her passport and work diplomatically with the country and bring her back,
tribuneonline 14-NOV-11
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[-asked]: Could the fact that Mr. Ongpin negotiate the cotract with DBP make it safe for DBP to lend the money consideirng the financial condition of DVRI?
gmanews 14-NOV-11
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[-noted that]: because we’ve been discussing it with Mr. Ongpin.
tribuneonline 14-NOV-11
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[-asked]: Did you lend the money on the basis of the fact that you were comfortable enough in granting the loan of that magnitude, inspite of [the] not too pleasant condition of the financial records [of DVRI], because of Mr. Ongpin as the beneficial owner of the corporation?
gmanews 14-NOV-11
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[ asked]: If they did, then what was the purpose of Ongpin being in the picture,
tribuneonline 14-NOV-11
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[-asked]: Did he come to you for the application of DVRI for loan of that magnitude for DBP and told you that I am the owner of DVRI? That it was because of that he was the one that negotiated the loan?
tribuneonline 14-NOV-11
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[-said]: What peace talks are we talking about when they are engaging us in combat? There is a ceasefire, they are engaging us in combat, what peace process are you talking about? That Deles should be fired if she insists on a peace process that she cannot handle.Why not ask the leadership of the MILF ‘what are you going to do with your soldiers who attacked the forces of the country without provocation’,
tribuneonline 20-OCT-11
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[-said]: They better break it up and conduct an operation unless the rebels surrender those people,
news 20-OCT-11
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[-told]: They better break it (peace talks) up and conduct an operation unless the MILF will surrender those people who committed that... one-way traffic yang peace process na 'yan, 'di pwede yun ,
gmanews 20-OCT-11
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[ asked]: They better break it up and conduct an operation, unless the MILF surrenders those people who committed that (atrocity). It’s impossible that it was not cleared with the hierarchy of the MILF. It it was not cleared, then it is the duty of the MILF to run after these renegade members, if they are really sincere in negotiating with the Republic. Are we willing to be fooled by these people and sacrifice the lives of our soldiery?
tribuneonline 20-OCT-11
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[-said]: He's been in office for a very long time. (You) lecture us how bad he is when you did not do anything,
gmanews 05-OCT-11
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[-added]: Even if the President wants to amend the Constitution, if Congress will not act, he cannot do it. But if Congress will, the President cannot do anything. He cannot veto the measure,
gmanews 03-OCT-11
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[-said]: The nature of calamity is that weather is really unpredictable. Who really knows if the rainfall prediction is correct? What if the amount of water released by the dams based on Pagasa’s advisory could not be recovered from the expected rains?
asianewsnet 03-OCT-11
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[-said]: If we will only serve as a rubberstamp of Malacanang, we might as well abolish Congress since it will always be Malacanang who will make all the decisions anyway,
tribuneonline 02-OCT-11
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[-said]: They can render their decision on it (after we have debated on it) but they should not prevent the people from making propositions and opening this up for discussion. It’s just a proposal, it’s not as if we’re going to make amendments anytime soon
tribuneonline 02-OCT-11
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[-said]: I don't know where he got his statistics mahirap personal estimate he can come up (with anything) Prublema ko with stats...we don't know where it's coming from. I think there's move in the Senate to find out moreAs a matter of fact we should treat it with grain of salt.
abs 29-SEP-11
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[-said]: Eventually, the President will come into play. We act as a holistic government,
gmanews 29-SEP-11
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[ said]: How are you selecting the beneficiaries? What is the criterion used to select the municipalities to be included? If this really is program for the poor, we should start with the poorest,
gmanews 28-SEP-11
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[-said]: This is a very interesting case,
tribuneonline 21-SEP-11
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[-said]: As far as I’m concerned and I’m not binding the Senate, the way I see this is it’s a system of control. That’s unwarranted. As far as I’m concerned, personally, I will resist this. Nothing personal but it is my duty as head of the Senate to resist this system. I don’t care whether I will be kicked out of my position,
tribuneonline 14-SEP-11
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[-said]: This case has been published since April. If he is going to hold us up today by filing an affidavit and he is not here, that means that this is a subterfuge, a machination to impede the work of this commission. Personally I’m voicing my opposition, I’m not in favor of it,
tribuneonline 14-SEP-11
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[-said]: This case has been published since April. If he is going to hold us up today by filing an affidavit and he is not here, that means that this is a subterfuge, a machination to impede the work of this commission. Personally I'm voicing my opposition, I'm not in favor of it,
gmanews 14-SEP-11
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[-added]: I address this problem to the chairman of the finance committee. You have to work this out with the DBM because it also involves Congress, the Senate as well. Our unfilled positions are being sequestered by the Executive,
tribuneonline 14-SEP-11
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[-said]: As far as I'm concerned, it's a system of control, it's unwarranted,
gmanews 14-SEP-11
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[-said]: I'm sorry but that is my impression,
gmanews 13-SEP-11
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[-added]: It only means that Jojo (Binay’s nickname) is confident unless something happens. Unless something spectacular will happen against him and in favor of somebody else, he’s the next president of the country after Noynoy,
tribuneonline 13-SEP-11
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[-added]: When (former President Fidel) Ramos, sold Petron, we lost an instrument to check what is really happening in the oil industry,
tribuneonline 11-SEP-11
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[-said]: No self-respecting president of this country will accept a dismemberment of the country during his watch, or any violation of the Constitution,
xinhuanet_en 08-SEP-11
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[-said]: I expect that it will bog down, and I expect that it will always bog down. I never had any doubt that it will bog down. How can you negotiate something when in effect it will violate your Constitution?
xinhuanet_en 08-SEP-11
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[-said]: I notice that you market (already) developed places... but you have never really developed new places,
gmanews 07-SEP-11
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[-said]: Are condoms curative? They do not cure anything,
gmanews 06-SEP-11
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[-said]: (Contraceptives) prevent pregnancy... but pregnancy is not a disease,
gmanews 06-SEP-11
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[ said]: (But) they can prevent something,
gmanews 06-SEP-11
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[ said]: I’m not allergic to being brought to court because I want the court to decide. We can be wrong or we can be right. In all my life as a lawyer, I never say that I know everything. Habeas corpus is always an available remedy,
tribuneonline 24-AUG-11
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[-said]: Those are contentious issues among nations but it can be discussed diplomatically, in a friendly and peaceful way,
tribuneonline 24-AUG-11
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[-said]: I would like to inform the public that we will look at them very closely but we will give every bill a fair hearing and will pass them as soon as possible once we have studied it,
tribuneonline 17-AUG-11
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[-said]: It was insisted by some members of the Senate at the time, and it was pushed through in the bicameral conference committee.
gmanews 17-AUG-11
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[-said]: I would like to inform the public that we would look at them very, very closely, but we will give every bill a fair hearing and pass them as soon as possible once we have studied the,
gmanews 17-AUG-11
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[-said]: You know, in the case of RH Bill, I think we cannot assure that we will pass that in a very short period. It will take a full-blown debate in the Senate. But the others, I would like to inform the public that we will look at them very closely but we will give every bill a fair hearing and pass them as soon as possible once we have studied them,
tribuneonline 16-AUG-11
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[-said]: Im not objecting, I’m registering a negative vote,
tribuneonline 16-AUG-11
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[ said]: They ought to be fired from their job... That kind of exhibit was never envisioned by those who created the CCP,
gmanews 09-AUG-11
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[-said]: It is our stand that we need not act on Sen. Zubiri's resignation. Whatever legal obligations that may arise from his resignation is personal on Zubiri's part,
abs 08-AUG-11
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[-said]: The people who are going to be recipients must work for it. We are making them mendicants,
gmanews 08-AUG-11
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[-said]: That ought to have been known by the BAC,
gmanews 28-JUL-11
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[-said]: There are more of these irregularities and the Senate will not back down from unveiling them. The human propensity to abuse power and to some extent to acquire illegal wealth, remains a challenge for us lawmakers... we shall endeavour to craft legislations that will addresss and correct what is wrong in the bureaucracy,
gmanews 25-JUL-11
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[-said]: We need to get real about our economic policies. After so many years, it is already quite clear that we are lagging behind our neighbors because our investment policies are out of tune with the realities of the global economy,
tribuneonline 23-JUL-11
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[-said]: Vietnam was devastated by war in the 1950s to the 1970s. Today, Vietnam is growing rapidly. In 2010, it got $7.6 billion dollars in foreign direct investments — over three times the amount that went to the Philippines,
tribuneonline 23-JUL-11
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[-said]: Sa aking paningin, dapat huwag gawin iyon. Dapat mausisa iyan kung mayroon bang dayaan at kung may ebidensya na may dayaan ay dapat dalhin na yan sa may kapangyarihan na magsakdal sa kanila para diretso na sa husgado,
abs 20-JUL-11
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[-said]: Wala pang krimen, wala pang nasasakdal panay salita palang. Mentioning is not enough, you have to present evidence. I can mention Jesus Christ and that does not mean the Jesus Christ is guilty,
abs 20-JUL-11
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[-noted]: Isn’t the sweepstakes a monopoly from the very beginning? It was established by (former) President (Manuel) Quezon. It was a single gaming corporation in the Philippines,
tribuneonline 18-JUL-11
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[-said]: Why didn’t the PCSO buy...when they knew the potential of the business and they could have made a wise judgment to acquire [this],
gmanews 18-JUL-11
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[-asked]: Is this authority under the PCSO charter? Under the charter, 2% should only be deducted from receipts. When did the board change the accounting system,
abs 14-JUL-11
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[said:]: why is there a need for the [agency] to have funds for PReveryone already knows the games.
abs 14-JUL-11
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[said:]: [Changing the charter] is an authority of CongressEveryone’s responsible, people are arrogating upon themselves the power of CongressMy God! If I have my way, I will prosecute these people.
abs 14-JUL-11
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[said:]: Bakit napakalaki ng inyong [PCSO] intelligence funds? Ang Armed Forces nga na sakop nila ang seguridad ng buong bansa – kasama ang [banta] ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front, New People's Army at lahat ng transnational crimes, (pero) ang intelligence fund nila could not equal the intel fund ng PCSO. Why do you need such a huge amount of money?
gmanews 07-JUL-11
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[-asked]: How can it be possible, that a resolution approving the grant of 20 ambulances to only one person, existed without your knowledge?
tribuneonline 07-JUL-11
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[-said]: I congratulate Mr. Garcia for being a billionaire,
tribuneonline 06-JUL-11
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[ said]: There is nothing wrong with that. You prepare the case and find out what’s the issue. I don’t think they will fabricate evidence against anybody or rig up a charge against anybody,
tribuneonline 05-JUL-11
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[-told]: I don’t think we should be cynical and suspicious about the conduct of our religious people. As far as I am concerned, I will not say that people are guilty until I hear them,
gmanews 05-JUL-11
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[-said]: Let the Department [of Foreign Affairs] do the job. Otherwise, everything will backfire at him [Aquino]. Let the Department of National Defense deal with the military aspect, and the DFA deal with the political and international aspect of the problem,
gmanews 19-JUN-11
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[-said]: Don’t let anybody other than the Secretary of Foreign Affairs make the pronouncement... e gusto ng mga tauhan ng Presidente na sila ang magsalita para mabanggit ang pangalan nila,
gmanews 19-JUN-11
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[-added]: We have to wait for their report because they have just started implementing the program. What they have reported so far is for the period January to June and they have until December. We have check it in a period of one year. When we check, we have to go back because the program started in 2008. They should be able to give us an update about the improvement, if any, as a result of the program,
tribuneonline 14-JUN-11
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[-said]: That’s what they said. I think their original P17 billion plus program was based on their calculated registered beneficiaries. But they have added additional ones through the registration system so they have to cover that,
tribuneonline 14-JUN-11
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[-said]: If its shown they are using strong military capability to undermine interest of a friendly neighbor, then the world will raise their eyebrows.
abs 13-JUN-11
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[-indicated that]: Tayo dahan-dahan. Gaya ng sinabi ko, pag mumurahin tayo murahin din natin pero pag sinugod tayo, teka muna, medyo lumayo layo tayo.
abs 13-JUN-11
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[ said]: I would caution China in using or showing any sign of aggressiveness against the country,
gmanews 13-JUN-11
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[-told]: That is falsity and whoever said that is a liar,
gmanews 09-JUN-11
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[-said]: The UN has its individual interests. If they have no interest in war, they will not go to war against anybody,
tribuneonline 09-JUN-11
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[-said]: remove the road blocks to the creation of jobs in the country.
tribuneonline 09-JUN-11
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[-told]: Speaker Belmonte and I discussed that maybe it’s about time that we revise the economic provisions in the Constitution,
tribuneonline 09-JUN-11
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[-said]: The election is forthcoming, so we’ll have to make a decision one way or the other.
manilastandardtoday 07-JUN-11
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[-said]: We have only two days and Wednesday we are busy with the Commission on Appointments,
manilastandardtoday 07-JUN-11
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[-said]: Then, we will discuss it on the floor. We can amend the committee report on the floor,
tribuneonline 24-MAY-11
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[-said]: We are being treated that way because as long as we are not willing to provide suitable defense, we will be oppressed, demeaned, and dishonored,
abs 23-MAY-11
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[-explained]: If he will recommend against postponement, five senators will have it archived and then five senators will bring it out from the archive. Then, we will discuss it on the floor. We can amend the Committee Report on the Floor,
tribuneonline 23-MAY-11
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[-said]: When we were distributing the committees, we asked the preference of Senator Lacson through his staff,
manilastandardtoday 10-MAY-11
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[-said]: I had no contact with him. I understood that he indicated his preference for the defense committee, so we agreed to give that committee to himexcept that he was not here. We asked Senator Escudero to handle it in the meantime while he was away.
manilastandardtoday 10-MAY-11
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[-yesterday told]: I think that will dampen the enthusiasm of his followers all over the world and he’s the spiritual head of that movement,
tribuneonline 02-MAY-11
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[-said]: Yes, I expected this. I just kept silent about it. My estimate, in the end, if one would study her situation, the better recourse would be to resign,
tribuneonline 29-APR-11
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[-said]: latest reality TV show gets axed even before the first live episode is aired.
tribuneonline 29-APR-11
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[-said]: That will relieve the country of divisive problem and second it will spare the nation of the expense of conducting a long-drawn case against the incumbent Ombudsman. I think it was the right move on her part,
tribuneonline 29-APR-11
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[-added]: It’s only natural for some to think that way, even those who may have little understanding of her situation because you cannot expect someone to go against someone who is your appointing authority. You owe that person some personal debt. The same may hold true, insofar as public perception is concerned, to the court magistrates (appointed by Arroyo). It can not be easily disregarded,
tribuneonline 29-APR-11
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[said yesterday:]: If there’s a criminal offense committed by her, the resignation of the Ombudsman will not free her from any criminal responsibility,
tribuneonline 29-APR-11
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