THE NATIONAL TREASURY IS PEOPLE'S MONEY

Theres The Rub
Missing link
By Conrado de Quiros
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:12:00 03/08/2011

Filed Under: Graft & Corruption, Government offices & agencies, Government Contracts, Judiciary (system of justice), Military, State Budget & Taxes

ARE WE making great strides in the fight against corruption?
Yes and no.
The yes is patent. You compare the Senate hearings on the NBN deal with the one we have on the Garcia plea-bargaining case, and you see that the differences are monumental.
In the NBN case, you had a sense of the Senate working under a hostile environment. That environment was a government determined to cover up the perfidy, not least because it involved its highest officials leading up to the First Couple themselves. Though some of the senators performed brilliantly, with no small help from Jun Lozada, unearthing not just an entire conspiracy to defraud the public but an entire culture behind it—"moderate the greed" was one of the mind-boggling concepts it bequeathed to us—you had a feeling it would go the route of the Jose Pidal case, the "Hello, Garci" case, the Mega Pacific case.
Which it did.
In today's investigation of the generals, you have a sense that the Senate can really get to the bottom of things, no small thanks to a government giving it no reason not to. The senators have been spirited in their interpellation, or interrogation. I particularly like the part where Franklin Drilon put Edgardo Yambao in a quandary by asking him if he was waiving his right to deposits totaling P255 million in various banks after he denied owning them. It made him reconsider his position posthaste. Not an easy choice: future loss of freedom for money laundering and/or tax evasion or immediate loss of a fortune for abandoning a claim to it.
You have the sense that this time around, the crooks won't just be found, they will be punished. The newfound zeal has already driven someone to end his life, though that is probably more a testament to his own moral code than to the Senate's heightened acuity. But though Angelo Reyes may be a fluke, his death helps to push back the culture of impunity, which applied not just to murder but to theft. Before this, the corrupt could rob the country blind and expect not be touched—not by the shadow of jail, not by the breath of death. Reyes' death showed they can. Where their own hand fails, justice can always lend a hand.
Along with Merceditas Gutierrez's impending impeachment, President Aquino's "Pag walang corrupt, walang mahirap" seems to be getting a lot of traction. Those two things, the Senate hearing on Garcia and Gutierrez's impeachment, are bound to impact on each other and reinforce each other, making them more than the sum of their parts. The signs are hopeful in that respect.
So, yes, we are making inroads in the fight against corruption.
The no is a lot less patent but no less real. You can see that too in one vital similarity between the NBN hearing and the Garcia one. That is the lack of public outrage surrounding it.
There is public interest surrounding it, but not widespread outrage, not deep-seated opprobrium, not complete and utter reprehension. There were pockets of it during the NBN hearing, particularly after Lozada narrated his abduction, and there are pockets of it now, particularly after Reyes took his own life. But it does not seep downward.
That's the missing link in our investigations of corruption, in our hearings about pillage. In other countries, public opinion is very much a part of those investigations and hearings, public revulsion at the crooks, civil or military, is very much an element guaranteeing that they will be found out and punished. Not so here.
One is tempted to say that the solution is to exhort the public to be more vigilant of their rights, to be more watchful about their liberties, to be more jealous about their property. In part that is true: A great deal of indifference and cynicism has seeped into the culture, no small thanks to the last nine years, which needs pushing back. But it's really more than that. Because the problem really is not that we are tolerant of the robbery that is taking place before our eyes, it is that we cannot see the robbery that is taking place before our eyes.
The common reaction from the man in the street, "Sila sila lang naman 'yan," suggests the depth of the problem: It's just a division of spoils. If corruption is robbery at all, it is robbery between public officials. They are robbing each other, they are screwing each other. They are not robbing us, they are not screwing us.
To be jealous of your property, you must know that it is your property. That's the crux of the problem. Elsewhere in the world, that is very clear. Taxes are the people's money, the national treasury is the people's money, the money that public officials use is the people's money. That is not at all clear here. We do not really see taxes as our money. We—the poor especially who imagine they do not pay taxes anyway when in fact they do courtesy of VAT—do not see taxes as something we entrust to government to give back to us in the form of roads and bridges and schoolhouses. We see taxes as gratuity, or tong, we are required to give our officials in the same way that serfs give up part of their harvest to their lords, in the same way that vassals give tribute to their masters. Once we give it to them, it is no longer our property, it is theirs.
We do make paeans to taxpayers' money as being the people's money, but that hasn't seeped into the culture, that hasn't seeped into the national consciousness. That is what needs to be done. The fight against corruption cannot be waged solely by government. That is impossible; all that it will lead to is a reasonably honest government succeeding in moderating the greed. So long as the people themselves are not incensed by corruption because they do not see it as stealing from them, so long will it thrive, moderated or not.
We've still a long way to go.

DISCIPLINING JUDGES SHOULD BE TRANSACTED IN PUBLIC

How Judges Hide From Justice

By ROBERT H. TEMBECKJIAN

Published: May 22, 2005

IN the last three months, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has publicly disciplined four metropolitan-area judges: two from Brooklyn, one from Manhattan and one from Westchester. Apart from some intense public commentary over the merits of these decisions - three public censures and one removal from office - these cases had at least one thing in common. They were all conducted in secret. That should be changed.

Judges are among the most powerful of public servants. They decide who goes to jail, who wins or loses millions of dollars and who gets custody of children. Public confidence in their integrity and impartiality is essential to the rule of law. While a vast majority of judges are honorable, there will always be some who engage in unethical behavior. Disciplining such judges is important business that should be transacted in public, just as any civil or criminal trial would be.

In 38 states, judicial misconduct hearings are indeed open to the public. Not so in New York, where proceedings that stretch over months are held behind closed doors. Only when the results are announced does the public even learn such cases existed. By then, it is usually too late to convey in a meaningful way the strength of the case, the credibility of the witnesses and the merits of the defense. The four recent decisions in New York offer cases in point.
The commission voted to remove a Surrogate's Court judge in Brooklyn for awarding a long-time friend millions of dollars in fees from estates where there was no executor, without confirming that he had done enough work to earn such fees. The judge is appealing the decision.
The commission censured a Westchester Family Court judge who attempted to influence other judges and court workers on behalf of friends in two divorce and custody cases, and who testified in a manner she conceded was inaccurate. It also censured a Brooklyn Criminal Court judge for coming off the bench in unprovoked anger and grabbing and screaming at a defense lawyer. Finally, it censured a Manhattan Civil Court judge for presiding over a personal injury case involving a litigant who was also a lawyer with whom she continued to socialize, and to whom she awarded a fiduciary appointment worth about $80,000 in fees, while the case was pending.
Reasonable people may differ with these decisions. As the prosecutor of judicial misconduct cases in New York, I myself am sometimes at odds with the commission. Yet while some criticized the removal as severe, and others derided the censures as lenient, most tended to miss the context and nuance of the deliberations. The subtleties of an individual disciplinary decision tend to get short shrift in the news. Were the press and public able to follow along as these cases unfolded, the disciplinary process would not seem so sudden and mysterious, and citizens would be better informed along the way. For example, the case against the Brooklyn Surrogate's Court judge lasted 22 months, and the record was over 13,000 pages long. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to capture the complexities of such a proceeding in a single article that reported the final result.
New York's chief judge, Judith Kaye, proposed legislation in 2003, which the commission endorsed, to open up the disciplinary process at the point when a judge is formally charged with misconduct. Unfortunately, the Legislature did not act. Perhaps the commission's recent decisions might spur the Senate and Assembly to revisit the issue. The more citizens know about what goes on at the commission, the more likely they will appreciate that no case is as cut and dried as a critic may suggest. The press and public could follow the arguments as they develop, rather than try to digest them all at once when the decisions are rendered.
Moreover, an open proceeding would shed important light on the rare instance in which a formal charge against a judge is dismissed without any disciplinary action. It would provide the public with the means to assess that a dismissal was deserved and the system was honest.
In short, a public process would transform judicial discipline from a secretive game to one in which the commission's judgments were open to scrutiny and improvement as we went along, while there was time enough to make a difference. Public confidence in the judiciary, and in the disciplinary system that holds them accountable, requires nothing less.
Robert H. Tembeckjian is administrator of and counsel to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

ASK HELP FROM VP-JEJOMAR BINAY

April 28, 2011

Hon. Jejomar Binay

Office of the Vice President

Republic of the Philippines
7th Floor, PNB Financial Center

President Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard

Pasay City 1300, Philippines

SUBJECT : NEED HELP TO PROSECUTE R. A. No. 3019 OFFENDERS


Dear Sir:


Maligayang bati po sa inyong lahat !


Mangyari pong ilahad ko muna ang ilang bahagi ng Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act bilang panimula.

Republic Act No. 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act)
xxxa) "Government" includes the national government, the local governments, the government-owned and government-controlled corporations, and all other instrumentalities or agencies of the Republic of the Philippines and their branches.
(b) "Public officer" includes elective and appointive officials and employees, permanent or temporary, whether in the classified or unclassified or exempt service receiving compensation, even nominal, from the government as defined in the preceding subparagraph.xxx
xxxSection 3. Corrupt practices of public officers. — In addition to acts or omissions of public officers already penalized by
existing law, the following shall constitute corrupt practices of any public officer and are hereby declared to be unlawful:xxx

xxx(e) Causing any undue injury to any party, including the Government, or giving any private party any unwarranted
benefits, advantage or preference in the discharge of his official administrative or judicial functions through manifest
partiality, evident bad faith or gross inexcusable negligence. This provision shall apply to officers and employees of
offices or government corporations charged with the grant of licenses or permits or other concessions. xxx

xxxSection 11. Prescription of offenses. — All offenses punishable under this Act shall prescribe in ten years.xxx
xxx Section 15. Separability clause. If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is declared invalid, the remainder of the Act or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such declaration.xxx

Nabanggit ko po ang mga provision ng R.A. 3019 dahil kaugnay po niyan ang aking ilalapit na asunto sa inyo. Nais ko pong maisampa ang kaso laban sa mga sumusunod na kawani ng ating pamahalaan, una, isang clerk of court ng Supreme Court, pangalawa, tatlong hukom ng Court of Appeals, pangatlo, tatlong comissioners ng NLRC, at pangapat, isang labor arbiter dahilan sa kanilang evident bad faith or gross inexcusable negligence and wilful ignorance sa kanilang pagtupad ng tungkulin nang kanilang sangayunan at gawing tumpak na gamitin ng kumpanya ang aking retirement benefits bilang pambayad sa akin noong tangalin ako sa trabaho bilang separation pay. Ang retirement benefit ay dapat galawin lang sa panahong magreretiro na ako. Ngunit ito ay ginalaw ng kumpanya at ipinambayad sa akin bilang separation pay.Ito po maliwanag na pandaraya ngunit hindi nakita ng nagbubulagbulagang kawani ng mga pingdaanang hukuman, dahil sa wilful ignorance and gross inexcusable negligence ng mga kawaning nabanggit ay naipagkait sa akin ang katarungan at nakuha ng kumpanya ang labis na kapakinabangan. Tinanggal na nila ako sa trabaho, at kinurakot pa nila ang alin man sa aking retirement benefits o separation pay.

Dagdag pa rito, ang pagsangayon nila at di pagtutol sa paglabag ng kumpanya sa Job Security provision ng aming CBA na nagsasaad ng ganito, xxxThe union recognizes the right of the company to contract out work. However, no employee shall suffer loss of employment due to contracted out work. xxx Noong tanggalin po ako sa trabaho ay maraming trabaho namin ang ipinakokontrata ng kumpanya, itong provision na ito ng aming CBA ay hindi man lang isinalang alang ng ating mga lingkod bayan na humawak ng asuntong ito. Marami pa pong iba. Malaki po ang pakinabang ng kumpanya sa gross wilful and unlawful fraud and inexcusable negligence at pagbubulagbulagan nila na nagdulot ng ibayong pinsala sa akin. Ang mahalaga po ay malaman ninyo ang aking nais na maisampa ang kaso laban sa kanila bago matapos ang sampong taon, sa dahilang kapag di sila nasampahan ng kaso at mapanagot ay mananatili sila sa katungkulan at patuloy na maghahasik ng kabuktutan at katiwalian sa ating bayan. Kung sakaling sila ay maisakdal at maparusahan sa butihing tulong ninyo, ito ay magsilbing halimbawa sa ating sambayanang Pilipino na ang kabuktutan at katiwalian ay walang puwang sa ating pamahalaan lalong higit sa ating bayan.
Kasalukuyan po akong nakikitira sa tahanan ng aking kapatid sa sumusunod na address:
12901 Francine Ter.
Poway, CA 92064
USA
Nasa baba po nito ang case number at title ng kaso na hinatulan ng clerk of court:
GR-183273 (Antonio L. Buensuceso vs. Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation/Rico Bersamin)
Ako po ay malugod na maghintay sa inyong tugon o mga mungkahi sa kung anong mga hakbang ang aking gagawin.

Marami pong salamat.
Lubos na gumagalang,
Antonio L. Buensuceso Jr.

R.A. No. 3019 VIOLATORS, DAPAT MAPARUSAHAN WAG PAMARISAN

Dear Senator Chiz,

Maligayang bati po sa inyo!

Nasa ibaba po ang ilang provision ng Anti-graft and Corrupt Practices Act na may mahalagang kaugnayan sa mga issue na idinudulog ko sa inyo.

Republic Act No. 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act) xxx

Section 3. Corrupt practices of public officers. — In addition to acts or omissions of public officers already penalized by existing law, the following shall constitute corrupt practices of any public officer and are hereby declared to be unlawful: xxx
(e) Causing any undue injury to any party, including the Government, or giving any private party any unwarranted benefits, advantage or preference in the discharge of his official administrative or judicial functions through manifest partiality, evident bad faith or gross inexcusable negligence. This provision shall apply to officers and employees of offices or government corporations charged with the grant of licenses or permits or other concessions. xxx
Section 11. Prescription of offenses. — All offenses punishable under this Act shall prescribe in ten years. xxx
Nabanggit ko po ang mga provision ng R.A. 3019 dahil kaugnay po niyan ang aking ilalapit na asunto sa inyo. Nais ko pong maisampa ang kaso laban sa mga sumusunod na kawani ng ating pamahalaan, una, isang clerk of court ng Supreme Court, pangalawa, tatlong hukom ng Court of Appeals, pangatlo, tatlong comissioners ng NLRC, at pangapat, isang labor arbiter dahilan sa kanilang evident bad faith or gross inexcusable negligence and wilful ignorance at pandaraya sa kanilang pagtupad ng tungkulin nang kanilang sangayunan na gamitin ng kumpanya ang aking retirement benefits bilang pambayad sa akin noong tangalin ako sa trabaho bilang separation pay. Ang retirement benefit ay dapat galawin lang sa panahong magreretiro na ako. Ito po maliwanag na pandaraya ngunit dahil sa wilful ignorance and negligence ng mga kawaning nabanggit ay naipagkait sa akin ang katarungan at nakuha ng kumpanya ang labis na kapakinabangan.Nakurakot nila ang alin man sa aking retirement benefits o dili kaya ay ang aking separation pay..
Dagdag pa rito, ang hindi nila pagtutol sa paglabag ng kumpanya sa Job Security provision ng aming CBA na nagsasaad ng ganito, The union recognizes the right of the company to contract out work. However, no employee shall suffer loss of employment out of contracted out work. Noong tanggalin po ako sa trabaho ay maraming trabaho namin ang ipinakontrata ng kumpanya, itong provision na ito ay hindi man lang TINUTULAN o isinalang alang ng ating mga lingkod bayan na humawak ng asuntong ito, bagkus ay buong buo nilang sinang-ayunan ang paglabag na ito sa aming CBA. Marami pa pong iba. Malaki po ang pakinabang ng kumpanya sa gross wilful and unlawful negligence at pandaraya nila na nagdulot ng ibayong pinsala sa akin. Ang mahalaga po ay malaman ninyo ang aking nais na maisampa ang kaso laban sa kanila bago matapos ang sampong taon, sa dahilang kapag di sila nasampahan ng kaso at mapanagot ay mananatili sila sa katungkulan at patuloy na maghahasik ng kabuktutan sa ating bayan at kung sakaling sila ay maparusahan, ito naman ay magsilbing halimbawa na ang kabuktutan ay walang puwang sa ating pamahalaan at di dapat tularan o pamarisan.
Ako po ay malugod na maghintay sa inyong tugon at mga mungkahi upang ang mga lingkod bayan na nabanggit ay di makatakas at maparusahan sa kasalanang kanilang ginawa. Marami pong salamat.


Lubos na gumagalang,
Antonio L. Buensuceso Jr.

FUEL FROM SALT WATER

SHARED BY THE CLAYTONS AND FRIENDS

JUDGE FLORO'S SATIRE ON VIDEO

IT BE CASTED , IT SHALL BE DONE

LUIS: Mark my word, they will regret it!



LUIS, Armand and Angel to Judge Floro: We will punish with dire illnesses, death, accidents and horrible deaths any person and all those who ridicule, deny and humiliate you, our sole instrument and immortal friend!

Military honor guards take the casket of the late Press Secretary Cerge Remonde to a waiting Air Force plane that will fly him to Cebu.

Cerge Remondo: Health Curse in the PGMA Cabinet Eduardo Ermita said that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was stupefied when she learned of Remonde's death, adding that many Palace officials remained in a state of unbelief up to now. "Namangha si pangulo (She was stupefied)," he said when asked about Mrs. Arroyo's reaction

At last, Cerge Remonde would decide to give Jobless Judge Floro, an audience in the 7th plane of LUIS, Armand and Angel

Remonde, 51, died shortly before noon on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack. His doctor said the secretary suffered from a coronary artery disease, along with health risks such hypertension and diabetes. His personal physician Anthony Leachon also noted that Remonde had gotten back to smoking lately. "Mukhang meron siyang coronary artery disease, at ang weight factor.

Judge Floro cursed the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) Building on December 14, 2006

May diabetes at hypertension, tumaas ang cholesterol level niya, at lately napapanigarilyo siya (He appeared to have coronary heart disease, and there is the weight factor. He had diabetes and hypertension, and high cholesterol. Lately he had taken up smoking)," Leachon had said in an interview Tuesday on dzBB radio.



Judge Floro cursed Argao, Cebu, hometown of his persecutor, Hilario G. Davide, Jr. Remonde was born on Dec. 21, 1958 in Argao, Cebu. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the University of the Visayas in 1977. Remonde also wrote for Sun Star Cebu and Manila Bulletin.

In 1999, he was declared Most Outstanding Cebuano, along with former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. From being a Cebu-based broadcaster, Cerge Remonde rose to become a member of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's Cabinet.

Air Force honor guards prepare to load the casket of the late Press Sec. Cerge Remonde to a C-150 plane on Friday for his burial in Cebu. January 23 2010

He served as anchor of the highly rated dyLA Interaction, a primetime show that set the benchmark for public affairs programming in Cebu.



Judge Floro and Cerge M. Remonde January 20, 2010

Cardiac arrest

Marit Stinus, wife of the late press secretary Cerge Remonde, is greeted by family and friends after they arrived in Cebu City Friday. Remonde, who died of cardiac arrest last Tuesday, will be buried in Argao January 23, 2010.

Remonde was pronounced dead at 11:51 a.m. Tuesday from cardiac arrest. He was 51. His driver found him unconscious and naked at 10:30 a.m. in the bathroom of his home in Makati.

Cerge Remonde's mortal remains, brought inside the Argao Church, when he was judged with the 3 mystic dwarves virtually present thereat.

He was rushed to the Makati Medical Center where doctors failed to revive him. Remonde wasn't breathing and had no pulse and heartbeat when he was brought into the emergency room, said Dr. Eric Nubla, hospital spokesperson.

Hypertension, diabetes

With bended knees, Judge Floro filed his December 14, 2006 Letter-Application for Job-Work, asking Mercy from Cerge M. Remonde

On December 14, 2006, 2:50 p.m. Judge Floro filed his Letter-Application and knelt down and beg mercy for "job, work, trabajo and occupation" from PMS Director, Secretary Cerge M. Remonde. Floro was never given his repeatedly asked personal audience, and further, humilated, denied and ridiculed. Floro cursed the PMS building.

Dr. Anthony Leachon, personal cardiologist of Remonde, said the press secretary's cardiac arrest could be attributed to a confluence of factors such as his hypertension, diabetes, his cervical spine problem and his perennial habit of smoking. He added that Remonde suffered cardiac arrest at about 9:30 a.m. and was found unconscious in his bathroom an hour later. He noted an hour and a half had intervened from the time Remonde was found to the time he was brought to the hospital at 11:20 a.m.


Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia and arch media critic Leo Lastimosa shake hands during the 50th birthday celebration last December 22, 2008 night of Secretary Cerge Remonde, director general of the Presidential Management Staff, at the Malacanang sa Sugbo. At left is Mrs. Marit Remonde.

He told reporters that Remonde could have survived if he had been rushed to the hospital earlier. Leachon, a cardiologist of the Manila Doctors Hospital, said that Remonde had spine surgery in 2007. Remonde was in the hospital for two weeks.



He added that he last checked on Remonde around six months ago, when the Press secretary showed him his laboratory tests. According to Remonde's driver, the press secretary was coughing since Monday. Leachon said a person with respiratory tract infection can "predispose a patient to his cardiac problem."

Midnights on Fridays, Judge Floro's dwarves annihilators around many planets and stars, patiently targets Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber strikes at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

LUIS, Armand and Angel meet Cerge M. Remonde Judge Floro welcomes Cerge M. Remonde

In October 2006, he became director-general of the Presidential Management Staff and in February 2007 was named as press secretary. Deputy presidential spokesman Gary Olivar earlier told dzMM that Remonde, suffered a "major heart incident" in his house in Bel-Air, Makati City.

Press Secretary Cerge M. Remonde swears in Judge Natividad Dizon as Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs in simple ceremonies Thursday (April 30, 2009) at the Premier Guest House in Malacanang. Judge Floro accidentally me Dizon's brother Alex Giron at SM City, Baliuag, Bulacan last year and gave Judge Floro his celphone number Alex, 0917-3432312 so that Judge Floro would kneel before Judge Dizon and be humiliated, turned down. Alex Giron of Br. 11/15, RTC Malolos never talked again to Poor Jobless Judge Floro, hence the Biblical Curse upon Judge Natividad Dizon, Cerge Remonde and their loved ones up to the 4th generation as mandated by LUIS.

Bhe! Belat! 24/7-endless crazy-driving, dancing, giggling, rejoicing, jumping of Judge Floro-LUIS, Armand & Angel when loved ones of his enemies, persecutors, detractors, Biblically cursed Philippine Supreme Court retired, incumbent and future Justices, Judges, and court personnel, suffer dire illnesses, massive strokes, spinal-other nerve disorders, car-fire-motorcycle accidents, slow & painful-horrible deaths-suicides

Press Secretary Cerge M. Remonde joins Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and other state officials and media leaders in honoring law enforcers of DOJ Task Force 221 and PNP Task Force Usig for their significant performance in going after suspects behind the extra-judicial killing of journalists in the country. Photos above show the Press Secretary with the other officers, guests and honourees during the awards rites held at the Premier Guest House in Malacanang on Thursday, June 11, 2009.

The road leading to the humble family home of the late Press Secretary Cerge Remonde in barangay Lamac, Argao is lined with white linen to symbolize mourning, as well as to serve as guide to mourners.

3pm of Fridays, Judge Floro's dwarf warrior patiently targets Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber strikes at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse



--
Antonio L. Buensuceso Jr.

IT SHALL COME TO PASS

Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez & Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez meet Judge Floro and his 3 mystic dwarves

Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez (born Ma. Alicia Austria, December 19, 1940, Manila) is a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2002 to 2009. She was appointed to the Court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on April 12, 2002.

Midnights and 3pm on Fridays, Judge Floro's 3 mystic dwarves release Vendetta light strikes patiently targeting Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber fires at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

Justice Austria-Martinez started working in the government as a clerk in the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (February 1962 - December 1962). Later, she became Legal Officer I in the same Office (January 1963 - October 1964).

Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago The First Female Magistrate to Serve on All Courts, the Queen of Rich and Famous Justices Justice Austria-Martinez Retires due to lingering illness, incurable disease before mandatory age of retirementHRET 2008. The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) is chaired by Supreme Court Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago (seated center) with members (seated from left) Rep. Mauricio G. Domogan (Baguio, lone district), SC Justice Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez, SC Justice Conchita Carpio Morales, Rep. Fredenil H. Castro (Capiz, 2nd District), (standing from left) Rep. Roberto C. Cajes (Bohol, 2nd District), Rep. Justin Marc SB. Chipeco (Laguna, 2nd District), Rep. Solomon R. Chungalao (Ifugao, lone district), and Rep. Florencio T. Miraflores (Aklan, lone district).

Her brief stint in the Office of the Insurance Commissioner was cut short when she became a legal researcher in the Court of First Instance of Rizal (October 1964 - July 1969), thus, starting her long and illustrious career in the judiciary. From being a researcher, she gradually worked her way up in the ladder of judicial hierarchy and, in the process, held various positions such as Attorney Researcher (July 1969 - December 1975), Senior Attorney (January 1976 - October 20, 1976), and eventually Division Clerk of Court of the Court of Appeals (October 21, 1976 - January 17, 1983).

On January 18, 1983, she was appointed as the Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court (Branch XXXVI) of Calamba, Laguna. On November 4, 1986, she became the Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court (Branch CLIX) of Pasig City. From 1990 to 1992, she concurrently held the position of Executive Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City. She also served in different capacities as an officer of the Philippines Judges' Association and the Philippine Women Judges' Association from 1987 to 1992.

Senior Associate Justice Leonardo A. Quisumbing and Justice Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez lead the second batch of volunteers in an outreach program in the Pediatrics Ward of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in Manila.

On March 5, 1992, she went back to the Court of Appeals, this time as an Associate Justice. She served in this capacity until July 27, 2001, when she was appointed as the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals. However, her occupation of the Office of the Presiding Justice proved to be short-lived because on April 12, 2002 she was named Associate Justice of the High Tribunal.

Her curriculum vitae includes: Examiner in Commercial Law in the 1994 Bar Examinations and Examiner in Remedial Law in the 2000 Bar Examinations; member of the Supreme Court's Committee on Formulation of Rules of Procedure in Family Courts which includes the drafting of the Rules on Examination of a Child Witness, on Domestic Adoption, on Commitment of Children, and on Annulment and Declaration of Nullity of Marriage; lecturer and resource person in various programs and seminars conducted under the auspices of the Supreme Court, the Philippine Judicial Academy and the U.P. Law Center.

Justice Austria-Martinez graduated from the University of the Philippines in 1962, earning the degree of Bachelor Laws (LLB). She passed the Bar Examinations given in 1962. She also obtained a Master's degree in National Security Administration in 1980 from the National Defense College of the Philippines where she eventually became the Chairman of the Panel of Examiners for Oral Defense in 1987, 1988 and 1991. She also served as a member of the Board of Admission in the same College for the School Years 1991-1993. Justice Austria-Martinez also attended the 31st Program of Instruction for Lawyers held at the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1999.

Judge Floro was informed by Judge Oscar Herrera, Jr. in front of CTA Justice Cesar Casanova at Br. 80, RTC, Malolos City that SC Justice Martinez' was afflicted with Alzheimer's disease (AD), also called Alzheimer disease, Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type (SDAT) or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of dementia. This incurable, degenerative, and terminal disease was first described by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906 and was named after him. Generally, it is diagnosed in people over 65 years of age, although the less-prevalent early-onset Alzheimer's can occur much earlier. In 2006, there were 26.6 million sufferers worldwide. The prevalence of Alzheimer's is thought to reach approximately 107 million people by 2050.

Resignation

On September, 2008, Austria-Martinez, citing health reasons, filed a letter to the Supreme Court of the Philippines thru Reynato Puno, tendering her resignation effective April 30, 2009, or 15 months before her compulsory retirement on December 19, 2010. In the October 1 Judicial and Bar Council's en banc deliberations, Reynato Puno ruled: "The court merely noted it. We don't have to approve it... it is her right." During the JBC hearing, a JBC member said "Austria-Martinez had wanted to retire earlier because of health reasons. We were told she had health problems even when she was in the CA."

Midnights on Fridays, Judge Floro's dwarf Vendetta muscle striker patiently targets Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber lights at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

Retired Chief Justice of the Philippines Artemio Panganiban stated: "I am saddened that Justice Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez has opted to retire early from the Supreme Court due to 'health reasons.' She is not bedridden. Neither is she physically or mentally incapacitated, but she has chosen to retire on April 30, 2009 because she felt she could no longer cope with the heavy caseload." The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines provides that: "Section 11, Article VIII. The Members of the Supreme Court xxx shall hold office during good behavior until they reach the age of seventy years or become incapacitated to discharge the duties of their office."

Exclusive: SC Justice Alicia Martinez to retire early By ARIES RUFO, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak | 09/30/2008 Supreme Court (SC) Justice Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez, one of the most fiercely independent magistrates in the Tribunal, has opted to make an early retirement due to health reasons. A staff of Austria-Martinez confirmed with abs-cbnNews.com/Newsbreak that the justice is set to hang her robe on April 30, 2009, or 15 months before her compulsory retirement on Dec. 19, 2010.

Full dressage by a dwarf Grey horse with dwarf Queen on the saddle, before Judge Floro's canonization as the Universe only living Venerable, Blessed and Saint, at Rome's Dwende Patio amid President Ferdinand Marcos' Order declaring Judge Floro, Filipino Martyr and National Hero

Born as Ma. Alicia Austria in Manila on December 19, 1940, Justice Austria-Martinez was introduced early to the intricacies of the law. Both her parents were lawyers. Her father, Retired Colonel Benjamin A. Austria, served in the Philippine Air Force while her mother, Remedios M. Austria, was a Doctor of Civil Law and served as a consultant in the Graduate School of the University of Santo Tomas (UST). Justice Austria-Martinez is the widow of Atty. Daniel T. Martinez who once served as the Clerk of Court of the Supreme Court. Justice Austria-Martinez has two adopted sons, Michael and Bryan. Michael is married to Ma. Evangeline "Jenny" B. Austria. They have two children, Marianne Nicole and Vince Matthew. Bryan is still single.

Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez (born February 28, 1938) is a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2000 to 2008. She was the last appointment to the Court made by President Joseph Estrada.

Queen of Prosperity and Liberty, Supreme Court Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez (second from left) and Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) Chancellor Justice Ameurfina A. Melencio-Herrera cut the ceremonial ribbon, signifying the opening of the Judicial Dispute Resolution (JDR) Showcase held on April 13, 2007 at the Baguio City Hall of Justice. Looking on are (from L-R) Supreme Court Justices Conchita Carpio Morales and Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez.

Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez earned her law degree from the University of Santo Tomas in 1960. After two years working at the National Bureau of Investigation, Sandoval-Gutierrez joined the Department of Justice in 1965. She later worked as an attorney for the Supreme Court.

In 1983, Sandoval-Gutierrez was appointed as a trial court judge in Manila. She was promoted as an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals by President Corazon Aquino in 1991. She served in the appellate court until her appointment to the Supreme Court in 2000.

Witty SC Justice Ruben T. Reyes beside the Queen of Spade, SC Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez who just suffered a gall bladder surgery and in pain due to lung cancer death of her only husband NBI Dep. Director Diego Gutierrez

In pursuit of post-graduate studies attended Harvard Law School Courses in 1989 and 1994, taking up Constitutional Law, Advanced Constitutional Law, Legal Medicine, Family Law and Federal Courts. She also studied, as a fellow, American and International Law at the Academy of the American and International Law, University of Texas in Dallas. She attended the course on trial techniques at the National Judicial College, University of Nevada at Reno and took up management and delinquency control at the University of Southern California Delinquency Control Institute, Los Angeles.



Among many various honors, Sandoval-Gutierrez was the first recipient of the prestigious Cayetano Arellano Award as an Outstanding RTC Judge of the Philippines for 1990. She has also the distinction of being the first winner (First Prize Awardee, 1989) in the judicial essay/best written decision contest among Regional Trial Court women judges sponsored by the Philippine Women Judges Association yearly for having written the best "Proposed Innovations in Judicial Management and Procedure."

Supreme Court Diyos ng Faura, Justices Antonio T. Carpio and his cousin, Conchita Carpio-Morales with the Queen of Fame SC Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez

Family



Justice Gutierrez was married to the late NBI Assistant Director Diego H. Gutierrez (who died of LUNG cancer on May 20, 2002). NBI Deputy Director Gutierrez, 64, passes away Manila Bulletin Article date: May 20, 2002 Gutierrez, a veteran NBI agent, joined the bureau as a line agent in December, 1964. He rose from the ranks as NBI agent, senior agent, supervising agent, head agent, regional director (assistant), regional director assigned in various regions in the country, deputy director, and, lastly, NBI assistant director.

Superman Judge Floro imprecates by Biblical curse all his enemies, detractors and persecutors

They have three children: Aileen is a State Prosecutor in the Department of Justice, whose husband, Robert Victor C. Marcon, is a law practitioner; Francis, an Esquire (attorney-at-law), is a graduate of the American University George Washington College of Law. He works in the Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C.; James, also an Esquire, is a graduate of the Boston University. He is connected with the Stroock and Stroock and Lavan Law Firm in New York City.

On May 14, 2000, Sandoval-Gutierrez was bestowed the "Ulirang Ina Award" by the National Mother's Day and Father's Day Foundation.

SC Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez is thinking of the 3 dwarves' mystic vengeance

After Deleuze, Judge Floro's enemies are now in dire pain, and LUIS jumps with joy!

JUDGE FLORO LOSING BUT SIGNIFICANTLY WINNING

LUIS, Armand and Angel meet Cerge M. Remonde

Judge Floro-LUIS predicted the Dire OMEN upon Presidential Management Staff Building's Officers, Employees
Palace assures swift probe on presidential chopper crash 04/09/2009
Sophia M. Dedace, GMANews.TV

The ill-fated aircraft took off from the Loakan Airport in Baguio City late Tuesday afternoon and was supposed to go to Ifugao province as advance party for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's inspection. However, it never reached its destination.

On board the aircraft were Press Undersecretary Jose Capadocia Jr., senior presidential military aide Brig. Gen. Carlos Clet, Undersecretary for Presidential Engagements and Appointments Malou Frostrom, Presidential Management Staff assistant director Perlita Bandayanon, Navy Petty Officer 1 Demy Reyno, and Air Force Sergeant Roe Gem Perez.

The pilots were identified as Major Rolando Sacatani and Captain Alvin Alegata. The Bell 412, a twin engine helicopter, was purchased brand new and delivered in 1996. Its latest certificate of airworthiness was issued last February 10 and is set to expire Feb. 10, 2010.

Chopper wreckage, 8 bodies found in Kabayan, Benguet On board the aircraft were Press Undersecretary Jose Capadocia Jr., senior presidential military aide Brig. Gen. Carlos Clet, Undersecretary for Presidential Engagements and Appointments Malou Frostrom, Presidential Management Staff assistant director Perlita Bandayanon, Navy Petty Officer 1 Demy Reyno, and Air Force Sergeant Roe Gem Perez.

The wreckage of the chopper was found Wednesday at a heavily forested mountain along boundaries of Benguet and Ifugao provinces. The bodies of seven of the victims were likewise recovered Wednesday while Perez's remains was recovered only Thursday morning, authorities said.



Judge Floro, LUIS, Mark my word, they will regret it! PHILIPPINE Air Force (PAF) said the pilots of the ill-fated presidential helicopter that crashed in Benguet last April 7 evaded a low cloud formation and thick fog engulfing a crucial mountain pass en route to Lagawe, Ifugao. Air Force spokesman Gerardo Zamudio said the evading helicopter flew into an enveloping mass of clouds behind it causing the Bell 412 Number 1946 to made contact with trees and crashed.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo pays tribute to the late Press Undersecretary Jose Capadocia (whose remains are in the coffin at left) and seven other Palace officials and staff (who died in a chopper crash on April 7, Holy Tuesday, in the thickly forested boundary of Benguet and Tinoc, Ifugao) during the vigil mass for the victims on Holy Thursday night (April 9) at Malacanang's Heroes Hall.

Eight died in the incident, including Press Undersecretary Jose Capadocia, Presidential Management Staff Undersecretary Malou Frostrum, and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's senior military aide, Brigadier General Carlos Clet. Citing initial findings of the PAF Aircraft Accident Investigation Board under Major General Jovito Gammad, Zamudio said that the doomed 250th Presidential Airlift Wing helicopter crashed 6,900 feet above sea level between Mounts Mangingihi and Pulag in Tinoc, Ifugao.

Malou Frostrom: GMA's closest and perfect co-worker Frostrom was the Appointments Secretary at the Office of the President, and Undersecretary for Presidential Engagements and Head of the Office of Regional Concerns (ORC) at the Presidential Management Staff (PMS).

Midnights and 3pm on Fridays, Judge Floro's 2 mystic dwarves rejoice and jump endlessly crazy when they release Vendetta Violet light which strikes patiently targeting Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber fires all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and die horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

"The impact site's bearing of 280-degrees that was way off the northernly direction of 30-degrees to Lagawe indicates that seasoned pilots Major Ronaldo Sacatani and Captain Alvin Alegata decided to turn back instead of hurdling the Kabayan-Pulag saddle towards Lagawe," he said. The Kabayan-Pulag pass is the usual gateway for PAF pilots flying the Benguet to Ifugao route because the mountain ranges that increasingly descend from that point makes flying safer.

JUDGE FLORO LOSES CASE

Filipino 'dwarf' judge loses case

Judge Floro's landmark dwarf case-decision was No. 2 Most Popular Story and No. 2 Most read story from the world section of BBC News for August 20, 2006

A Philippines judge who said he consulted imaginary mystic dwarves has failed to convince the Supreme Court to allow him to keep his job. --- BBC News
Last Updated: Friday, 18 August 2006, 01:57 GMT 02:57 UK
Second Most Popular & Second Best Read of the Day:
World News, Asia-Pacific.

"Florentino Floro was appealing against a three-year inquiry which led to his removal due to incompetence and bias. He told investigators three mystic dwarves - Armand, Luis and Angel - had helped him to carry out healing sessions during breaks in his chambers.

'Dwarf dalliance'

The Manila trial judge had asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the complaint and return him to the bench, after being sacked in April.

"From obscurity, my name and the three mystic dwarves became immortal."

Judge Floro's landmark dwarf case-decision was No. 2 Most Popular Story and No. 2 Most read story from the world section of BBC News for August 20, 2006

Florentino Floro "They should not have dismissed me for what I believed," Mr Floro told reporters after filing his appeal in May. The judge said he had made a covenant with his dwarf friends that he could write while in a trance and that he had been seen by several people in two places at the same time.Judge Floro reportedly changed from blue court robes to black each Friday "to recharge his psychic powers".

In a letter to the court he said:"From obscurity, my name and the three mystic dwarves became immortal."

However, the Supreme Court said dalliance with dwarves would gradually erode the public's acceptance of the judiciary as the guardian of the law, if not make it an object of ridicule."

Judge Floro's landmark dwarf case-decision was No. 2 Most Popular Story and No. 2 Most read story from the world section of BBC News for August 20, 2006

Filipino 'dwarf' judge loses case

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Judge Floro, in his immortal state, is a man for all seasons



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Antonio L. Buensuceso Jr.