Think about it
Manny Roy bought a damaged brand new car
By Jun Velasco
PINOYS’ favorite past time, politics, has taken an exciting twist lately with cousins — Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Cojuangco-Aquino and Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Cojuangco Teodoro — chosen by their respective political parties as candidates for president in the ballyhooed May 20l0 elections.
It should have been a political classic pitting two respected, stellar politicians that, observers opine, could raise the presidential campaign to a high level.
But alas, the political scenario has remained disturbingly fluid, what with Congressman Joe de Venecia’s petition questioning the legality of the merged Lakas-Kampi Party that selected Gibo as its presidential bet.
Not only that, there are still presidential wannabes who cannot be ignored, among them, poll high pointers Manny Villar, Erap Estrada and Chiz Escudero, invalidating Gons Duque’s prediction of an emerging restoration of a 2-party system in the country.
At this juncture, we smell an upsure of poll surveys with their own dubious surveys. Our hunch, however, is that the old guards — SWS and Pulse Asia — are still the most reliable. SWS has polled Noynoy a runaway winner if the elections were held today. But the counter view is that some surveys may not jibe with election results, which have to factor a lot of things, including foul, immoral and evil schemes.
* * * *
As we go to press, the junior of our friend businessman Manny Roy sent us a copy of his letter to Nissan Philippines demanding it replace a new Nissan Navara he purchased on May 2008 from a local car dealer because its engine was allegedly damaged, which he found out last July.
Nissan, Roy said, wanted merely to change the damaged engine straight from its factory in Japan, but Roy countered, “that would make the car a second hand unit.”
He is suing the company for selling a “damaged car.”
* * * *
It’s sad, and, in fact, foul that many quarters have started to describe everything associated with PGMA as a “kiss of death,” which, many believe, drove the sugurista Noli de Castro out of the Lakas-Kampi presidential equation. In the provinces, a lot of people still regard PGMA as a “provider” of material blessings. We saw this in very remote villages that, by virtue of our over-centralized government since Adam and Eve, have not “tasted” any amenities of development.
Our public servant pretenders should listen and put in their share in a number of efforts some government men are doing to lift lives and the living conditions of the poor, notably those in the remote villages. We are taking the liberty of lifting from a news report written in Filipino in the Northern Mirror about a high government official, Presidential Management Staff Secretary Jun Esperon’s forays in Eastern Pangasinan’s remote villages.
The Umingan-datelined dispatch says parents and teachers earlier appealed to Malacañang to construct l0 school buildings and 20 classrooms. It was Esperon who picked up the challenge and last August, there was a ground breaking for l0 school buildings for 20 classrooms with the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry headed by Alfonso Uy and the Department of Education in Region I.
This education feat was received with jubilation by the rural folk who thanked the Palace thru Esperon and the Chinese Chamber for it. Ditto with Rosendo So, East Pangasinan FFCCCI president, and DepEd Region l director Ligaya Miguel and Division Supt. Viraluz Raguindin and the PTCA.
These are unheralded “little things” in our severely politicized society this government is doing that have saved lives. We think it’s also treason if we lump all the evil things against Gloria without giving credit where it is due.
Share your Comments or Reactions
Powered by Facebook Comments
