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Stormy rescue, stormy weather FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 10/17/2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Stormy rescue, stormy weather

FRONTLINE
Ninez Cacho-Olivares
10/17/2010
To this day, Noynoy Aquino blames media for sympathizing with former Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) chief Nilo Prisco, whom he had fired — and without due process — when Prisco failed to predict the right path of a typhoon.

Noynoy at that time said that because of Prisco’s inefficiency, the government was left unprepared for the typhoon.

He blasted Prisco and quickly replaced him with his appointee, and even used Pagasa under his new appointee as an achievement, during his first 100 day speech.

A good guess is that Prisco got a lot of public sympathy mainly because he was fired on the spot, without Noynoy having given him that due process he keeps on claiming is much too important in the course of justice.
And if Prisco’s case always manages to crop up, it is mainly because the general public sees for itself just how selective Noynoy can be when it comes to his “dispensing” due process..... MORE

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