Sen Francis Tolentino emphasizes respect in Senate investigation

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Senator Francis Tolentino emphasized Senate Rules on invetigation in aid of legislation and that respect should be observed.

There are two instances wherein the resource person cant be compelled to answer:   1.   If the resource person cites his right vs self incrimation  2.   that the topic of inquiry as often are, especially in the Congressinal hearing, ir outside the concern of the inquiry.  Thus may be citing for contempt or judging that a resource person under these rules are out of order.   

May be these reminders made the Duterte hearing "tame" and that it was an invasion by Duterte.   That there was too much respect.  

Exercising tighter supervision; quadcomm inquiry into flood control projects

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We understand that the Philippines 1.   is in the path of no less than 20 typhoons a year.   2.  most of the typhoons carry more moisture (ie rainfall than the earlier ones)  ----> hence we allocate more funds into flood control every appropriations year running into billions.   P1.4 trillion in fact for the past 10 years.  

Many vaunted mega projects on river basins with borrowings from multilateral institutions.  We keep on saying that flood is not a matter of administrative supervision by a town or district but covers a large expanse as in the case of Bicol or Metro Manila.

But nothing seem to be happening in the flood control or mitigating structures.   The photo and video we saw of Bicol ie a bridge connecting Iriga and a town seems to be substandard and devoid of sturdy reinforcement underneath.   How can this happen to a structure that is visible  So what happens to the structure underneath?

Let us make those 5500 flood control projects work.  Let uus not allow our countrymen  tobe in harms way due to flood and typhoon.  There are many things that can be done:

1.  Declare certain area inhabitable.  Remove residents from waterways.  Transfer them to flood free areas.  Revise land use map.   Move away residential areas from flood prone areas as lakes or rives.  Building officials LGU must do their jobs

2.  Use Drones, satellite pictures to study floods.  Refer to big data to study history of flooding  Refer to experts and geniuses in hydrology and flood controls (and there are plenty of them here in the Philippines)

3.  Simulate flood flow using computer models and even scale models.   Use maximum rainfall as we see now for the simulation

4.  Use the best minds to create flood control mitigating measures.   

5.  Mitigating measures/structures could have been built:

      1.  Impounding lakes

      2.  Dredging of silted waterways

      3.  Impounding pons or lakes to slow down the flow

      4   Fllod ways and floodgates as in Manggahan and Napindan channels  (for Naga and Bico rivers

      The Dutch Englishmen Japanese have solved their flooding problems by throwing in a lot of money.  We have thrown in a lot of money too   

I am sure these are being done.   But if there is corruption....

Bengahan power play, politics

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Sa aking obserbasyon, ang mga hearing sa sa legislatura nitong nakaraang buwan (Alice Guo, Quiboloy)

ay may nakuha akong trending, theme ng nasabing inquiry in aid of legislation)

1.  Vs. mga Duterte -sa pagggastos ng budget sa opisina ng OVP

2.  Vs Bato at anti drug way

3.  Pogo ni Alice Guo -->> na ang namumuno ay dating______

Maaring ito ay dala ng takot:

1.  Baka mag alsa military bunsod ng dati   , may coup detat, maalis kasalukuyang Pres, papalit, VP

2.   Ang nababantang ICC case/ pag aresto dahil sa war on drugs   (reaction ng dati vs present)

3.  Pagtatalo sa budget/pera (para pahinain ng mga taga Mindano

So maari talaga itong pamumulitka at komo at televised ay para hiyain at pahinain ang mga nasabing pamilya at personalidad.

Ito ay isang haka haka.  Sana ay matupad ang kanilang adhikain at maging maayos at mapayapa ang ating bansa.

Free telenovela daily at hallowed halls of the government

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The wifey was in a hurry yesterday to be free from her routine to watch a show featuring known personality.  

It seems odd that the Korean shows and the talk shows were being replaced by real life dramas at the hallowed halls of the govt.   It would seem uncomfortable that the personalities are being embarrassed and subject to public ridicule.   Telenovela sponsored by taxpayer (even borrowed money)

What is the purpose of the publicity -  for aid of legislation or getting media mileage.   Its time our honorable lawmakers, get down to work.  And let the investigators do the investigation and/or the witchhunt   How much time were spent by staff to get the receipts, and the owners of business, 

Do we need improvement in govt code of conduct and ethics?   Are the investigators clean so that they are entitled to cast the stone.

Just asking

The question time for Senator Honasan at the Senate hearing today was a call to arms?

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Senate probes Manila Port Congestion: we need more teamwork, right priorities, and intelligence - Ordonez

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Rizal Philippines   |  August 13, 2014



From Solar News

The Senate Committee on Ways and Means,  and Economic Affairs headed by Sen Bam Aquinotoday conducted an inquiry into the Port Congestion congestion.  The congestion in the Port has been alleged to be caused by the following:  the truck ban in Manila imposed by Pres/Mayor Erap, LTFRB crackdown on colorum trucks.

Those who attended this afternoon's hearing were DTI Secretary Gregory Domingo,  Philippine Chamber of Industry Chair Jess Arranza, Former DTI Usec Ernie Ordonez, Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno, LTFRB chair Winston Ginez, ICTSI REgional Head Gonzalez customs and PPA representatives.