Pahayag ng Pagbati sa Ikalabing-tatlong Anibersaryo ng KADAMAY

Pahayag ng Pagbati

 sa

Ika-13 Taong Anibersaryo

 Ng

 KADAMAY

(Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap)

November 7, 2011 UCCP Chapel, EDSA, Quezon City

Sa mga kagalang-galang na namumuno at bumubuo ng KALIPUNAN ng DAMAYANG MAHIHIRAP (KADAMAY), kay kagalang-galang na Kongresman Ka Paeng Mariano ng ANAKPAWIS Partylist, sa mga kagalang-galang na mga namumuno ng iba't-ibang kilusan na nandirito ngayon at sa lahat ng aking mga kapatid sa pakikibaka, MAGANDANG ARAW PO SA INYONG LAHAT!

Sa mga hindi pa po nakakakilala sa akin, ako po si Ka Leon Estrella-Peralta. Ako po ay ang Founding Chairman ng Anti-Trapo Movement of the Philippines. Ang kilusan po namin ay binuo upang labanan ang korupsyon at maruming elemento ng lipunan.

Maraming salamat po at ang inyong lingkod ay naanyayahan ninyo sa isang mahalagang pagtitipon ng KADAMAY, ang Ika-13 taong Anibersaryo ng inyong kilusan. Ang hatid ko po sa inyo ngayon ay taos-pusong pagbati sa inyong anibersaryo galing po sa Anti-Trapo Movement.of the Philippines.

Sa aking mga kapatid sa pakikibaka, kahit hindi ko po itanong sa inyo ay kitang-kita ko po sa inyong mga mata ang pagdaranas ng matinding kahirapan. At kitang-kita ko rin sa inyong mga mata na sawang sawa na kayo sa kahirapan. Kung ako po ang inyong tatanungin, ako po ay sawang-sawa na rin tulad ninyo! 

Dito po sa ating bansa, lalong lalo na sa kamaynilaan, ang kahirapan ay napakaraming anyo, tulad po ng: 

• kahirapan dulot ng walang humpay na demolisyon;
• kahirapan dulot ng kakulangan sa trabaho at hanapbuhay;
• kahirapan dulot ng kakulangan sa murang pabahay;
• kahirapan dulot ng walang humpay na pagtaas ng presyo ng krudo, Kuryente at mga pangunahing bilihin, atbp;
• kahirapan dulot ng pagkakasakit at kakulangan ng tulong medikal galing sa ating pamahalaan
• kahirapan dulot ng kurapsyon at maruming elemento ng lipunan.

At marami pa pong anyo ng kahirapan na kung babanggitin ko po lahat ay maaring maubos ang buong maghapon natin at tayo rin ay maaaring mapanghihinaan na ng loob.

Sa mga kapatid ko sa pakikibaka, may lunas pa ba ang lahat ng anyo ng kahirapan dito sa ating bayan, lalo na sa kamaynilaan? Kung ako po ang inyong tatanungin, ang sagot ko po ay, MAYROON!!!

Mayroong lunas pa ang mga ito kung tayo ay magbubuklod-buklod at magsasama-sama sa isang adhikain upang labanan at bigyang lunas ang iba't-ibang anyo ng kahirapan dito sa ating bayan, lalong-lalo na sa kamaynilaan tulad po ng inyong kilusang KADAMAY. 

Mabuhay po kayong lahat! Asahan po ninyo ang masidhing pakikiisa at suporta ng aming kilusan.

IPAGPATULOY NATING LAHAT ANG PAKIKIBAKA LABAN SA KAHIRAPAN!

 ITAGUYOD ANG KATARUNGANG PANLIPUNAN!

KA LEON ESTRELLA PERALTA
Founding Chairman

Anti-Trapo Movement of the Philippines, Inc.
Political and Human Rights Advocate

 

Ka Leon Estrella Peralta

Kadamay National Vice-Chair Carlito Badion

Kadamay Tagapangulo Ka Leleng Zarzuela

Anakpawis Rep. Rafael "Ka Paeng" Mariano

Kadamay National Secretary General Ka Bea Arellano

PAHAYAG NG PAKIKIISA

Pahayag Ng Pakikiisa Sa Bagong Tatag Na

URBAN POOR RESOURCE CENTER

OF THE PHILIPPINES

(UPRCP)

Sa mga bumubuo ng bagong tatag na URBAN POOR Resource Center of the Philippines (UPRCP), at sa aming mga kapatid sa pakikibaka, kami po sa Anti-Trapo Movement of the Philippines ay nagpapahayag ng isang masidhing pakikiisa at suporta sa inyong adhikain. Sa ating bayan, lalong lalo na sa kamaynilaan, napakahalaga po ang pagbuklod-buklod ng mga maralitang lungsod upang maitaguyod ninyo ang karapatang Hustisyang Panlipunan at tulungan ang bawat kasapi nito na makamit ang Hustisyang Panlipunan , tulad po ng adhikain ng inyong bagong tatag na samahan. Hindi na po lihim sa ating lahat ang dinaranas nating kahirapan dito sa ating bayan, lalong lalo na sa kamaynilaan. Ngunit, ito ba ay kaya pang lunasan? ITO PO AY KAYANG LUNASAN kung tayo ay magbubuklod-buklod at magsasama-sama sa ating adhikain upang labanan at bigyang lunas ang iba't-ibang anyo ng kahirapan tulad po ng adhikain ng inyong bagong tatag na kilusan.

MABUHAY PO KAYONG LAHAT! KASAMA PO NINYO KAMI SA PAKIKIBAKA LABAN SA IBA'T-IBANG ANYO NG KAHIRAPAN DITO SA ATING BAYAN!  MABUHAY ANG HUSTISYANG PANLIPUNAN !

Leon Estrella Peralta,

Founding Chairman

Political and Human Rights Advocate


Related Photos:

KMU Chair Elmer "Bong" Labog and 

Founding Chairman Ka Leon Estrella Peralta

Father Charlie Ricafort

KADAMAY Vice Chair Carlito Badion

and Founding Chairman Ka Leon Estrella Peralta

Anakpawis Rep. Rafael V. Mariano

UPRCP Jon Vincent Marin and Exec. Dir. Luis D. Clarin

with Ka Leon Estrella Peralta and Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano

Ka Leon Estrella Peralta and Rep. Rafael Mariano

Kadamay National Vice-Chair Carlito "Karletz" Badion,

Ka Leon Estrella Peralta with Kadamay member

COMMENTARY: STRADCOM – LTO Build-Own-Operate Agreement A Lopsided Affair?

STRADCOM – LTO Build-Own-Operate Agreement

A Lopsided Affair?

STRADCOM Corp. is the information Technology supplier contracted by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to supply technology and systems in the upgrade of information management at the Land Transportation Office (LTO).  The contract for this purpose was signed on 26 March 1996 for BUILD-OWN-OPERATE.

Relative to the just recently released Commission on Audit (COA) report about the foregoing; a LOPSIDED AFFAIR between STRADCOM and LTO apparently exists in favor of STRADCOM. If proven true when raised in the proper forum, it will definitely have been continuously prejudicing the government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Filipino People.

According to a related news Article ¹, to partially quote:

“Stradcom earned P2B using LTO data-COA”

By Leila B. Salaverria

Philippine Daily Inquirer

1:33 am l Friday, October 7^th, 2011

X x x x has illegally used the LTO’s database in its dealings with other agencies, earning P2 billion in the process, according to the Commission on Audit (COA). in its 2010 report on the LTO, the COA said Stradcom had also collected P340.719 million in computer service fees even from manually processed transactions and that this amount should be recovered.  The COA said LTO had allowed Stradcom to use the LTO database for various interconnectivity projects the IT company had contracted on its own and with third parties. Stradcom earned an estimated P2.015 billion from these activities from 2006 to 2010, the COA said.

No share for gov’t

“The government in general as well as the LTO in particular was not given its corresponding share and the sharing scheme for interconnectivity transactions between LTO and Stradcom did not materialize,” the COA said.

“Because of the failure of the LTO officials concerned to execute the appropriate contract/s with Stradcom, IT Providers, and other private entities and government agencies, the national government as owner of the database being used was deprived of a rightful share in the interconnectivity fees collected by Stradcom.  It was thus precluded from earning additional income of an undetermined amount, “it said.

¹http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/71717/stradcom-earned-p2b-using-lto-data%E2%80%93coa

Another noteworthy development about the matter is the statement of Secretary Mar Roxas which was highlighted in another related news Article² 

and to partially quote: 

                  

 

“Gov’t to file case vs Stradcom"

By Maila Ager

INQUIRER.net

11:45 am l Monday, October 10^th, 2011

MANILA, Philippines – The government will file appropriate cases to recover the estimated P2 billion losses from the Land Transportation Office’s (LTO) deal with the Stradcom Corp., Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas disclosed during a budget hearing in the Senate on Monday. Stradcom is the information technology provider of the LTO. “The department position is that we will recoup all unauthorized exploitation of this database which is owned by the government. The only method for doing is through litigation. We will file the appropriate cases for restitution of these amounts,” Roxas told the Senate committee on finance. Roxas said they have already directed their legal department to go through The Stradcom contract line by line to find out exactly what were they authorized and not authorized to do, and whether any government approvals or concurrences were issued in the past. “The database is owned by the government and there ought not to be any unauthorized use or profit-making activity arising from this data without the concurrence, without the approval of the government,” he pointed out.”

²http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/73651/gov%E2%80%99t-to-file-case-vs-stradcom

          In view of the said recently released COA report and the aforequoted news articles, the Court of Public Opinion dictates that legal action(s) must take place against public or private entities and those persons in the public and private sectors who allegedly participated or had been involved directly or indirectly in the now questionable BUILD-OWN-OPERATE AGREEMENT between STRADCOM AND LTO; so as to be able to determine whether or not their alleged acts and omissions shall lead to conviction or acquittal, and, whether or not the proper court/s shall award the recovery of the alleged estimated 2 Billion losses from the aforementioned Land Transportation Office (LTO) deal with the STRADCOM Corp.

IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC, LET JUSTICE BE SERVED!!!

By:  LEON ESTRELLA PERALTA

                  Founding Chairman

         Political and Human Rights Advocate

Anti-Trapo Movement Intends to Observe Bureau of Customs' Operations

ANTI-TRAPO Movement

 Intends to Observe Bureau of Customs' Operations

The Anti-Trapo Movement, aims to be accredited as an observer in the drive against corruption and smuggling in the BoC. As a watchdog against graft and corruption in the government, the Anti-Trapo Movement takes its action by observing the program implementation, attending press conferences and submitting an actual report and/or position paper of the movement's observations and its corresponding recommendations to the Office of the Commissioner, BoC.

The aforementioned proposed endeavors by the movement is in line with President Aquino's commitment to engage the citizenry and the importance of public participation in the fulfillment of his platform of Good governance, instituting transparency and accountability mechanism to fight corruption.  

Below is the letter made by the founding chairman, Ka Leon Estrella-Peralta to commissioner Ruffy Biazon of the Bureau of Customs.

Join us in our cause and in this endeavor. 

You may report to us any irregularities in the BoC 

and / or comments by 

emailing us at antitrapomovement@yahoo.com  or in 

Facebook  http://www.facebook.com/antitrapomovement.

For more reference, kindly check related article about how the newly appointed BoC Commissioner Ruffy Biazon intends to carry out changes in the Bureau of Customs.

See full story on: http://www.tempo.com.ph/2011/biazon-vows-to-carry-out-changes-in-the-bureau-of-customs/

DSWD's Reply to Anti-Trapo Movement's Letter of Intent to Participate in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program

Leon Estrella-Peralta
Anti-Trapo Movement of the Philippnes

Dear Mr. Leon Estrella-Peralta:

Greetings of Peace!

Thank you for the interest in partnership.

In the State of the Nation Address delivered by President Benigno S. Aquino III at the start of his term, he underscored the importance of public participation in the fulfillment of his platform of Good Governance and Poverty Reduction.

Presidents Aquino's commitment to engage the citizenry was reaffirmed when he directed the National Agencies to designate a focal person from their respective Departments who shall be in charge of fostering a mutual cooperation between the government and volunteer organizations, and institutionalizing mechanisms for their participation.

For DSWD in particular, "Public Private Partnership" is a system for cooperation between the two parties for the purpose of delivering basic social services to the poor, implementing development projects of the Government and instituting transparency and accountability mechanisms to fight corruption. This may be done in any of these four ways: (1) "Bantay" or projects and activities geared towards fighting corruption; (2) "Gabay" a mechanism for extending technical assistance; (3) "Kaagapay" or anti-poverty projects and activities; and (4) "Tulay" which refers to facilitating action, feedback and monitoring.

I am the focal person in the Department in terms of engagement of CSOs and volunteers with our programs. We are now on the process of partnership with different CSOs and volunteer organization who wish to engage the DSWD on the mentioned above framework .

The output of partnership will be the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the DSWD and the CSOs/ Volunteers Group.  

Please find attached documents (MOA and Powerpoint Presentation Inputs, and please don't hesitate to call me at Tel. No.--- or CP No. -- or reply in this email.

Also copy furnish is Ms. Myla Loza, the NCR Focal Person for CSOs/Volunteers based in DSWD NCR Field Office, Legarda, Manila and with CP No. --. We can set meeting with our focal person on this matter.

Thank you and looking forward for partnership.

Sincerely yours,


Roy A. Calfoforo
Executive Assistant for Volunteer Concerns
Office of the Secretary
Department of Social Welfare and Development

Anti-Trapo Movement Supports the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program

Anti-Trapo Movement of the Philippines

Supports the

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program

The Anti-Trapo Movement of the Philippines, spearheaded by Ka Leon Estrella Peralta aims to be involved in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Anti-Trapo Movement intents to partner up with the DSWD with the goal of of delivering basic social services to the poor, implementing development projects of the Government and instituting transparency and accountability mechanisms to fight corruption. For DSWD in particular, this objective may be done in any of these four ways: 

(1) "Bantay" or projects and activities geared towards fighting corruption; 

(2) "Gabay" a mechanism for extending technical assistance; 

(3) "Kaagapay" or anti-poverty projects and activities; and 

(4) "Tulay" which refers to facilitating action, feedback and monitoring.

Below is the Letter of Intent of the Anti-Trapo Movement to participate in this honorable cause:

Letter to HON. SECRETARY CORAZON "DINKY" J. SOLIMAN

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)

RE:                  Letter of Intent to Participate to the

         "PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM"

To know more about the "PANTAWID PAMILYA PILIPNO PROGRAM," click on the link: http://pantawid.dswd.gov.ph/index.php/home

Screenshot of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Website

Anti-Trapo Movement's Battle Against Alleged Corruption in PAGCOR

Battle Against Alleged Corruption 

in 

PAGCOR

The Anti-Trapo Movement of the Philippines, as a watchdog against graft and corruption in the government and also against inefficiency, and mismanagement of public officials and employees aims to be an observer in the investigation of the alleged PAGCOR scam.

Below is a letter stating the intention of the Founding Chairman, Ka Leon Estrella Peralta to be involved in this undertaking:

LETTER TO HON. MITOS MAGSAYSAY

Congresswoman, Ist District-Zambales

RE:  Investigation by the House of Justice Committee into
        alleged PAGCOR scam

To know more about the alleged PAGCOR scam, see related story published on The Daily Tribune, 
Thursday September 22, 2011

Read the full commentary on:

http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110922com4.html