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Who’s at fault in the C-130 Crash?

August 28, 2008 archangelgabriel 1 comment

The Philippine Coast Guard swallowed a big marble and wrote a final report that Sulpicio Lines is to blame for the sinking of Princess of the Stars. That’s all very neat, Sirs and Mesdames. Now it’s the Air Force’s turn to be on the roast: who is to be faulted for the crash of the C-130?

 

I look at government and the propensity of people within and without it to make a load of money from public coffers. Their frenzied drive to filch much needed funds. And they can’t buy new airplanes for the Air Force. They can’t even buy a radar for Davao? (I remember the overprice of the Gokongweis on I think a Marubeni radar purchase or something that led to the demise of a really good Undersecretary of DOTC Pelagio Battung, Jr. just because the Usec disagreed with the tremendous overprice and wanted to spill the beans! The Gokongweis literally ate up Battung! He was kicked out and wholly demolished through the expert demolition services of a PR outfit that was paid by the Gokongweis a whopping P50-M!) They can’t even agree to build the National Transport Safety Board up to this time. Who is to blame? Is it really that early to conclude now? I wish it were as simple as the investigation of the crash site; they can’t even pull up the bodies in the crash as in the sunk Sulpicio vessel… oh this poor country of ours…  is… shit!

Leandro Mendoza’s coup d’ etat!

July 28, 2008 girbaudz Leave a comment

 

DOTC’s gain, Boncodin’s loss

 

 

Now that Sec. Mendoza is working towards the operationalization of the National Transport Safety Board Philippine version (calling on Shawn O’Donnell and company!!! calling on the Asian Development Bank !!!  you gave the first glimmer of hope when you pledged support for the privatization of the air traffic control of the Republic of the Philippines in 1995!!!), the secretary is The Man!  At  least for those of us that are lowly bloggers, blogging feverishly about the safety of all our brethren in air, sea and on land.  Pinoy or foreigner, young and old, male or female, alike.  More on this post here…