ACT 1 (Visible scene)
Gene (while washing the clothes):
Honey, what time is it?
JM (folding the clothes): It’s
9:58 am already.
Gene: Turn on the radio, quick!
It’s ‘Bull’s Eye!’ already!
(JM turns on the radio)
<Meanwhile in the Radio
Station>
This has been DJ Kiss!
And I’m DJ Swag!
Both: Goodbye everyone! Thanks
for tuning in! Watch out for the Gavel Girls right up next!
<Intro music of Radio Station
plays>
GG1: …Bull’s Eye Radio TX 88.3.
Good morning everyone! It’s 10 am on the clock and you are currently listening to
Mornings with the Gavel Girls, The
Voice of Truth, the Power of News. I’m DJ Smooth, and here with me is <insert
two names of DJs here> And we’re your Gavel Gang! <insert Gavel SFX>
GG 2: Oh was that a sound of a
gun?
GG3: No! It’s the sound of a
gavel that the judge in the court bangs on the table to get people’s attention!
GG2: You got me there! Hahaha
yikes! Anyway, we’ve got blue skies and a fair weather today, so I think it’s
just fair for us to have a “hot” issue in contrast with the sun that isn’t
shining outside.
GG3: That’s right! But to start
with, we’d like to thank the Gangers for sending us in their comments about last
week’s topic entitled, “Sottocopying: Worth a Priceless Shame”. You can still
do the same for today, this time tweet us with #morningswiththeGG. Also include
your entries for today’s TOP 5 COMMENTS.
For today, we’re going to serve you one hot plate of a current issue you need
to know! So just sit back, relax and enjoy here in Mornings with the Gavel Girls.
GG1: Girls, haven’t you heard
about the recent fracas going on between Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and
Sen. Miriam Santiago?
GG2: What is it all about,
Smooth?
GG1: Headlines keep talking about
the issue about the Christmas Cash Gift given by the Senate President to the
senators. An article By Amando Doronila from the Philippine
Daily Inquirer, I read,
Enrile plays
god—with people’s money
Senate
President Juan Ponce Enrile played god last Christmas—with the people’s money.
He distributed cash gifts, totaling P30 million, to senators and Senate
employees, taken from public funds.
Signing
checks on his Senate podium like a paternalistic landlord, Enrile was
heard saying, “Gusto ko, happy kayo.” He gifted a total of 22
senators: 18, P1.6 million each, and four, only P250,000 each. The four were
Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Antonio Trillanes IV, Alan Peter Cayetano,
and his sister Pia Cayetano. They are disobedient senators who had tangled with
Enrile over certain legislative issues in the past few months.
The
uneven distribution of the cash gifts did not escape the senators’ notice, and
created instant resentment. Most of the senators, extremely sensitive about
their political autonomy, quickly noted that Enrile was playing
favorites—something they found hard to swallow. Weren’t they all elected by the
people nationwide? Why should most of them have larger windfalls?
_______
GG2: Whoa, what’s happening in
the Senate? It must’ve been really hot in there!
GG3: Meanwhile, the Gangers have been flooding us with their entries about
today’s issue! The first entry is from TonyoMorkovo of Taguig, “It's still a question for
me why enrile won as a senator. Did we forget his past? Or maybe more people
are just clueless of his role during martial law? How can we trust him? His
reelection is an insult to us.
GG2: Another is from ButterBaby. She says, “Hohoho.
Enrile is the new Santa Claus in the Senate Roof!”
<laughs>
GG1:
Well, seems like Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago has something to say about this!
GG2: Of course! From the second headline we have for
today entitled, The Miriam-Enrile clash: the aftermath, I quote:
“Controversy
over the unequal distribution of Christmas cash gifts by Senate President
Juan Ponce Enrile to 22 senators has morphed into demands for the exhumation of
the truth about his role as martial law administrator of the Marcos
dictatorship.
The
demand came from Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago in the course of her running
battle with Enrile over the distribution of Senate savings. What provoked
Santiago was that Enrile played favorites in gifting his colleagues: 18,
classified by him as “nice,” received P1.6 million each; while
four, branded as “naughty,” got only P250,000 each. Santiago was one of the
four senators—the others were Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and siblings Pia
and Alan Peter Cayetano.” <end of quote>
________
GG3:
So to further understand the issue regarding the Christmas Cash Gifts last
December, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago is now joining us!
GG1:
Good morning Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago!
GG2:
Welcome to Mornings with the Gavel Girls!
Miriam:
Good morning everyone! Hello Girls!
GG3:
So ma’am, without much further ado, after Enrile’s conduct in disbursing the
Senate savings, do you believe that he should no longer be the senate
president?
Miriam:
He should never been Senate President. He’s charging that I’m always absent in
the Senate because I am sick. I had hypothyroidism and high blood pressure. And
now he has the gull to accuse me of being ill health. Is it a crime to be sick?
What about him? When he calls the senate to order, he descends very slowly with
the help of other people. And he does not even sign finance documents and other
documents I believe.. <GG2 interrupts her>
GG2:
Then who signs them?
Miriam:
His chief of staff!
GG1:
Is that right?
Miriam:
Well, you can delegate power to your chief of staff but not to that extent!
GG2:
Oh I see.. So what can you say about being one of the four senators who were
only given 250,000 pesos because of being the “naughty” senators for him?
Miriam: The exclusion, for no stated reason, of four senators
from the alleged augmented MOOE is a shocking abuse of discretion amounting to
lack of jurisdiction, under the Equal Protection Clause. The giving out of MOOE
will only be agreeable if first, it
is given to all senators. Second, it must be liquidated by vouchers or receipts
for transparencies. If there are no receipts, it’s as if you’re telling me how
easy it is to purchase a new suit or maybe a new dress using that amount but
not writing down the actual expenses but instead, writing that you used it as
your staff’s salary. He can pocket the money if
he wants to. Come on, people!
Let’s be real! Let’s get real!
GG1: Wow.. So we’re gonna take a
quick break after this. You can still send us your entries to
#morningswiththeGG.
<insert commercial here:
Shellane is now Solane>
<insert Station ID>
GG3: We’re back! It’s almost 30 minutes
after 10o’clock. This time check is brought to you by Palmolive shampoo and
conditioner where good hair comes in just one wash.
GG1: Going back to where we left a while ago, we’re
still with Sen. Miriam Santiago here.
Miriam: Yes I’m still alive and kicking…
<laughs>
GG2: Now let’s read some other
tweets from the Gangers. Benchoppe says, “Way to go, Sen. Miriam! Run for
Presidency and we’ll vote for you!”
GG3: Now, to answer some
questions we’ve been dying to ask, we have Mr. Senate President himself on the
line!
Miriam: Wow! What a surprise for me!
GG1: Good morning, Senator!
Enrile (choppy) :..Ah… yes. Good
morning to everybody.
GG3: So senator, what can you say
ab… <GG3 is interrupted by Enrile>
Enrile: It is not true that the 4 Senators did not get any additional MOOE. They
each got P600,000. On top of that, I have approved ALL their requests for cash
advances, realignment of various items in their respective Senator’s, Committee
and Oversight Committee budgets to their MOOE so that they could use the same
and any savings therefrom.
GG2:
Well, looks like Mr. Enrile has been tuning to us today since he knows where we’ve
left off! Mr. Senate President, what can you say about Sen. Santiago’s
statement of your abused discretion?
Enrile: I stand by the exercise of my sole discretion not to
authorize any further release of ADDITIONAL MOOE last December to the 4
senators. She does not consider me a friend and
I do not think she considers me as the head of the Senate and that is fine with
me. Yet, masquerading as a member of the Majority, Sen. Santiago continues to
hold the chairmanship of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments plus 2
oversight committees with annual budgets of P15 million and P10 million.
Enrile: Last Monday, I was told that Sen. Santiago sent me
back a check for the same amount of P250,000 with a letter from her Chief of
Staff explaining that the check I gave was inadvertently deposited. So Sen.
Santiago gave back my gift as I gave back hers. Fair enough!
Miriam: He returned my
biscuits so I returned cash.
Enrile: “I am not a hypocrite. When I don’t
like a person, I don’t like a person.”
Miriam: <hits the table> Wow!! I commend you for your
honesty !!
GG1: <Deep breath> Let’s take a short break.
<insert commercial here>
GG2: And we’re back! This time with a calmer vibe. Whew! Sen.
Miriam, if we’re not mistaken, Mr. Enrile was referring to your statements that you were offended when
he returned your Christmas gift of Panaderia de Molo biscuits.
Miriam: Exactly. Who would not be hurt if the gift you gave
to a person is returned to you the next day, right? But Mr. Enrile deserves to
be respected. He’s 89 years of age and I remember my 90 year-old mother who
usually gets dementia and mixes up her timelines as well. With that I
understand…
GG3: Senator Miriam…
Miriam: I am saying this with a straight face because I do
respect him. He’s too old to be threatened by anyone.
GG1: So with the looks of it, I think we’re now ready to
hear Mr. Enrile’s words for the people.
GG2: Mr. Enrile?
Enrile: First of all I'd like to apologize for the fracas. I
will not deal with those matters anymore..... I was just trying to answer
personal assaults against my person. Let it stay on the record and let the
Divine Spirit determine whose truth is correct, where lies the truth. I have
served the country for almost 50 years. I’ve been subjected to all kinds of
investigations, and in fact, I am imprisoned twice by two presidents but I will
leave it aside. I was simply taken by the hard assault on my person. That’s
all.
GG3: Thank you Mr. Juan Ponce Enrile for joining us today!
Enrile: Thank you.
JM and
Gene: Actors / c/o Music
DJ1 /
Miriam: Angela
DJ2 /
Enrile: Jed
GG1:
Mika
GG2:
Micah
GG3:
Fallen
ACT 1:
Prelude to the Radio show (Visible scene)
Gene
(busy doing chores): Honey, what time is it?
JM (also
busy): It’s 9:58 am already.
Gene:
Turn on the radio, quick! It’s ‘Bull’s Eye!’ already!
(JM turns
on the radio)
<Meanwhile
on the Radio Station>
DJ1: This
has been DJ Kiss!
DJ2: And
I’m DJ Swag!
Both:
Goodbye everyone! Thanks for tuning in! Watch out for the Gavel Girls right up
next!
<Intro
music of Radio Station plays>
ACT 2:
The Radio Show it is
GG1:
…Bull’s Eye Radio TX 88.3. Good morning everyone! It’s 10 am on the clock and
you are currently listening to Mornings with the Gavel Girls, The
Voice of Truth, the Power of News. I’m DJ Smooth, and here with me is
<insert two names of DJs here>
GG1,2,3:
And we’re your Gavel Gang! <insert Gavel SFX>
GG 2: Oh
was that a sound of a gun?
GG3: No!
It’s the sound of a gavel that the judge in the court bangs on the table to get
people’s attention!
GG2: You
got me there! Hahaha yikes!
GG1:
Anyway, we’ve got blue skies and a fair weather today, so I think it’s just
fair for us to have a “hot” issue in contrast with the sun that isn’t shining
outside.
GG3:
That’s right! But to start with, we’d like to thank the Gangers for sending us
in their comments about last week’s topic entitled, “Sottocopying: Worth a
Priceless Shame”. You can still do the same for today, this time tweet us with
#morningswiththeGG. Also include your entries for today’s TOP 5
COMMENTS. For today, we’re going to serve you one hot plate of a current
issue you need to know! So just sit back, relax and enjoy here in Mornings
with the Gavel Girls.
ACT 3:
Headlines
GG1:
Girls, haven’t you heard about the recent fracas going on between Senate
President Juan Ponce Enrile and Sen. Miriam Santiago?
GG2: What
is it all about, DJ______?
GG1:
Headlines keep talking about the issue about the Christmas Cash Gift given by
the Senate President to the senators. An article By Amando Doronila rom
the Philippine Daily Inquirer, I read,
Enrile
plays god—with people’s money
Senate
President Juan Ponce Enrile played god last Christmas—with the people’s money.
He distributed cash gifts, totaling P30 million, to senators and Senate
employees, taken from public funds.
Signing
checks on his Senate podium like a paternalistic landlord, Enrile was
heard saying, “Gusto ko, happy kayo.” He gifted a total of 22
senators: 18, P1.6 million each, and four, only P250,000 each. The four were
Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Antonio Trillanes IV, Alan Peter Cayetano,
and his sister Pia Cayetano. They are disobedient senators who had tangled with
Enrile over certain legislative issues in the past few months.
The
uneven distribution of the cash gifts did not escape the senators’ notice, and
created instant resentment. Most of the senators, extremely sensitive about
their political autonomy, quickly noted that Enrile was playing
favorites—something they found hard to swallow. Weren’t they all elected by the
people nationwide? Why should most of them have larger windfalls?
_______
ACT 4:
Commentary about the first headline
GG2:
Whoa, what’s happening in the Senate? It must’ve been really hot in there!
GG3:
Meanwhile, the Gangers have been flooding us with their entries about today’s
issue! The first entry is from TonyoMorkovo of Taguig, “It's still a question
for me why enrile won as a senator. Did we forget his past? Or maybe more
people are just clueless of his role during martial law? How can we trust him?
His reelection is an insult to us.
GG2:
Another is from ButterBaby. She says, “Hohoho. Enrile is the new Santa Claus in
the Senate Roof!”
<laughs>
ACT 5:
Second headline
GG1:
Well, seems like Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago has something to say about this!
GG3: Of
course! From the second headline we have for today entitled, The
Miriam-Enrile clash: the aftermath, I quote:
“Controversy
over the unequal distribution of Christmas cash gifts by Senate President
Juan Ponce Enrile to 22 senators has morphed into demands for the exhumation of
the truth about his role as martial law administrator of the Marcos
dictatorship.
The
demand came from Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago in the course of her running
battle with Enrile over the distribution of Senate savings. What provoked
Santiago was that Enrile played favorites in gifting his colleagues: 18,
classified by him as “nice,” received P1.6 million each; while
four, branded as “naughty,” got only P250,000 each. Santiago was one of the
four senators—the others were Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and siblings Pia
and Alan Peter Cayetano.” <end of quote>
________
ACT 6:
Sen. Santiago comes in
GG3: So
to further understand the issue regarding the Christmas Cash Gifts last
December, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago is now joining us!
GG1: Good
morning Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago!
GG2:
Welcome to Mornings with the Gavel Girls!
Miriam:
Good morning everyone! Hello Girls!
GG3: So
ma’am, without much further ado, after Enrile’s conduct in disbursing the
Senate savings, do you believe that he should no longer be the senate
president?
Miriam:
He should never been Senate President. He’s charging that I’m always absent in
the Senate because I am sick. I had hypothyroidism and high blood pressure. And
now he has the gull to accuse me of being ill health. Is it a crime to be sick?
What about him? When he calls the senate to order, he descends very slowly with
the help of other people. And he does not even sign finance documents and other
documents I believe..
<GG2
interrupts her>
GG2: Then
who signs them?
Miriam:
His chief of staff!
GG1: Is
that right?
Miriam:
Well, you can delegate power to your chief of staff but not to that extent!
GG2: Oh I
see.. So what can you say about being one of the four senators who were only
given 250,000 pesos because of being the “naughty” senators for him?
Miriam:
The exclusion, for no stated reason, of four senators from the alleged augmented
MOOE is a shocking abuse of discretion amounting to lack of jurisdiction, under
the Equal Protection Clause. The giving out of MOOE will only be agreeable if
first, it is given to all senators. Second, it must be liquidated by vouchers
or receipts for transparencies. If there are no receipts, it’s as if you’re
telling me how easy it is to purchase a new suit or maybe a new dress using
that amount but not writing down the actual expenses but instead, writing that
you used it as your staff’s salary. He can pocket the money if he wants to.
Come on, people! Let’s be real! Let’s get real!
GG1:
Wow.. So we’re gonna take a quick break after this. You can still send us your
entries to #morningswiththeGG.
<insert
commercial here: Shellane is now Solane>
<insert
Station ID>
ACT 7:
Sen. Enrile on the Phone
GG3:
We’re back! It’s almost 30 minutes after 10o’clock. This time check is brought
to you by Palmolive shampoo and conditioner where good hair comes in just one
wash.
GG1:
Going back to where we left a while ago, we’re still with Sen. Miriam Santiago
here.
Miriam:
Yes I’m still alive and kicking… <laughs>
GG2: Now
let’s read some other tweets from the Gangers. Benchoppe says, “Way to go, Sen.
Miriam! Run for Presidency and we’ll vote for you!”
GG3: Now,
to answer some questions we’ve been dying to ask, we have Mr. Senate President
himself on the line!
Miriam:
Wow! What a surprise for me!
GG1: Good
morning, Senator!
Enrile
(choppy) :..Ah… yes. Good morning to everybody.
GG3: So
senator, what can you say ab… <GG3 is interrupted by Enrile>
Enrile:
It is not true that the 4 Senators did not get any additional MOOE. They each
got P600,000. On top of that, I have approved ALL their requests for cash
advances, realignment of various items in their respective Senator’s, Committee
and Oversight Committee budgets to their MOOE so that they could use the same
and any savings therefrom.
GG2:
Well, looks like Mr. Enrile has been tuning to us today since he knows where
we’ve left off! Mr. Senate President, what can you say about Sen. Santiago’s
statement of your abused discretion?
Enrile: I
stand by the exercise of my sole discretion not to authorize any further
release of ADDITIONAL MOOE last December to the 4 senators. She does not
consider me a friend and I do not think she considers me as the head of the
Senate and that is fine with me. Yet, masquerading as a member of the Majority,
Sen. Santiago continues to hold the chairmanship of the Committee on
Constitutional Amendments plus 2 oversight committees with annual budgets of
P15 million and P10 million.
Enrile:
Last Monday, I was told that Sen. Santiago sent me back a check for the same
amount of P250,000 with a letter from her Chief of Staff explaining that the
check I gave was inadvertently deposited. So Sen. Santiago gave back my gift as
I gave back hers. Fair enough!
Miriam:
He returned my biscuits so I returned cash.
Enrile: I
am not a hypocrite. When I don’t like a person, I don’t like a person.
Miriam:
<hits the table> Wow!! I commend you for your honesty !!
GG1:
<Deep breath> Let’s take a short break.
<insert
commercial here>
ACT 8:
Wrapping up the interview..
GG2: And
we’re back! This time with a calmer vibe. Whew! Sen. Miriam, if we’re not
mistaken, Mr. Enrile was referring to your statements that you were
offended when he returned your Christmas gift of Panaderia de Molo biscuits.
Miriam:
Exactly. Who would not be hurt if the gift you gave to a person is returned to
you the next day, right? But Mr. Enrile deserves to be respected. He’s 89 years
of age and I remember my 90 year-old mother who usually gets dementia and mixes
up her timelines as well. With that I understand…
GG3:
Senator Miriam…
Miriam: I
am saying this with a straight face because I do respect him. He’s too old to
be threatened by anyone.
GG1: So
by the looks of it, I think we’re now ready to hear Mr. Enrile’s words for the
people.
GG2: Mr.
Enrile?
Enrile:
First of all I'd like to apologize for the fracas. I will not deal with those
matters anymore..... I was just trying to answer personal assaults against my
person. Let it stay on the record and let the Divine Spirit determine whose
truth is correct, where lies the truth. I have served the country for almost 50
years. I’ve been subjected to all kinds of investigations, and in fact, I am
imprisoned twice by two presidents but I will leave it aside. I was simply
taken by the hard assault on my person. That’s all.
GG1:
Thank you Mr. Juan Ponce Enrile for joining us today!
Enrile:
Thank you.
GG2: We’d
also like to thank Sen. Miriam Santiago for being with us today. Thank you to
the both of you who presented their own sides as you may. With that we wish for
peace to reign in all our hearts at the end of the day.
Miriam:
No problem. Thank you for having me. Oh wow, thanks for these beautiful
flowers!
GG1: Our
pleasure Madam.
GG2:
Before we end, we’ve got the Top 2 comments left unread. Both talked about Sen.
Enrile’s supposed resignation.
GG3: I
wanna do it!
GG2: The
what? But you’re not Sen. Enrile.
GG3: No…
the remaining top 2 comments!
GG2:
Hahahaha do as you may.
GG3: Ok
so the 2nd top comment comes from BeetleWax of Western Visayas, “You are still
the old Enrile, the right hand of Marcos in planning martial but also the one
who betrayed Marcos for his own benefit.”
GG1: And
the top that caps off the list of the TOP 5 JUICY COMMENTS goes to WaterLulu
from Bulacan. She says,
GG2:
“Imagine you were one of those Senators. Imagine Enrile gave you a 1.6 million
pesos bonus last month. Imagine Enrile then offers his resignation to you, the
Senator he's just given an extremely generous gift to. Now, can you
imagine yourself accepting your pay-master's resignation? Would you bite the
hand that feeds you? Obviously not, and Enrile knows this, hence the gamble he
takes in offering his resignation. He only stands to gain public sympathy by
having his resignation rejected, thus vilifying his opponents, and polarizing
the Senate. I hope I'm not the only person who finds this glaringly obvious.”
GG1:
There you have it Gangers!
GG2:
Allow me to wrap up things by leaving you this saying, “ <Micah ikaw na
bahala maglagay ng personal opinion mo.”
GG3: It’s
now 10:59am on the clock. This time check is brought to you by <insert brand
and tag line here>
GG1:
Gavel girls, we need to go! Bye Gangers!
GG3: I’m
_____
GG1: I’m
______
GG2: And
I’m _______
GG3: And
this has been Bull’s Eye Radio TX 88.3 Mornings with the Gavel Girls:
ALL: The
Voice of Truth, the Power of News.
GG1:Thanks
for tuning in!
GG2:
Goodbye everyone!
GG3: See
you again next week!
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Station ID>
~FIN
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