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This site was created to provide an avenue for communication between
Talsik,
an Internet-based anti-corruption organization and the
Office of the Ombudsman.
Talsik members scattered around the world are brought together in cyberspace because of their common desire to help reduce corruption in our country.
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The cases to be used as take off points for discussion between Talsik members and the Office of the Ombudsman are those submitted to this website together with relevant files, records and news reports. Read instructions below.
TALSIK is acronym for Tanggalin ang mga Linta, Sagabal, Inutil, at Kurakot sa
gobyerno!
LINTA – Government parasites who leech on public resources for
their personal gain
SAGABAL – Obstructionist leaders who like to oppose
but have nothing to propose
INUTIL – Officials whose ineptness and
incompetence are exceeded only by their arrogance
KURAKOT – Thieves who
masquerade as public servants so they can raid the people’s
treasury
Group Mission: To help overcome poverty and underdevelopment by
EFFECTIVELY eradicating corruption and incompetence in government
We are
Filipinos who believe that there is hope for our people, that the solution to
pervasive corruption, incompetence, poverty, and underdevelopment is not
cynicism and despair but a deep understanding of the issues and a moral decision
to take action. We commit ourselves to actively oppose and expose corruption and
incompetence in government, as well as to relentlessly find, create, and promote
ways to effectively help eradicate them for good.
We’re not just talk
... through our SOLUTIONS FORUM and a NETWORK OF COMMITTED ADVOCATES, we pursue
concrete solutions and tangible results!
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Message from TALSIK Moderator
-----Original Message-----
From: Marvin Bionat
[mailto:mbionat@comcast.net]
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 11:29
PM
To: ombproper@ombudsman.gov.ph
Cc:
talsik@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Talsik.com] [ACTION] Leads and
Tips
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Dear Ombudsman Marcelo,
It is with great
gratitude that we acknowledge your ongoing efforts to
curb corruption,
especially your desire to receive inputs from the
general public. Below is
an article about the Office of the Ombudsman
using the Internet to receive
leads and tips about specific cases of
corruption.
Talsik, a
Web-based group of Filipinos from within the Philippines and
abroad (see
www.talsik.com for more info), has committed to using
technology to bolster
good governance efforts. We hope to establish an
open link with your office
to allow members to pass relevant information
on cases they are directly
privy to.
Corruption is truly an endemic problem--the Office of the
Ombudsman we
imagine is overwhelmed by all the complaints, partly because of
your
lack of resources and because of lack of sufficient
legal
substantiation. We in Talsik hope to help by providing
relevant
information and by pooling our resources to assist in the
prosecution of
cases. We are also open to suggestions you may have so we can
fully tap
into the great desire of some 1,500 Talsik members to overcome the
ugly
scourge of corruption in the country.
Respectfully,
Marvin Bionat
Talsik Moderator
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Talsik/
www.talsik.com
<http://www.talsik.com/>
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 25 November 2004, p. A1
E-MAILS ON
MILITARY GRAFT SWAMP OMBUDSMAN OFFICE
By Armand N. Nocum
E-mails from
concerned citizens have provided the Office of the
Ombudsman
with information on the alleged ill-gotten wealth of a number of colonels
and generals.
"We have leads on the hidden pieces of property of
generals. We have
started the second wave of our investigation," Ombudsman
Simeon Marcelo said.
Those in the "first wave" include Maj. Gen. Carlos
F. Garcia, a former
military comptroller accused of illegally amassing
P143 million, and his aide, Lt. Col. George A. Rabusa, who is accused of
amassing about P50 million.
Marcelo declined to reveal the names of the
colonels and generals but
said some were in active service while the other
had retired.
He said most of the assets of the military officials
consisted of pieces
of real estate in the country.
"We have checked
out one supposed palatial mansion owned by a general in
Mindanao and we got a
positive result," Marcelo said at a lunch he
hosted for prosecutors at the
Office of the Sandiganbayan in Quezon City.
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