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Goodbye, Gloria: 10 Things We'll Miss About GMA

Published: May 17, 2010 - 8:00am

9. Your katarayan. If you put your mind to it, you can give resident political tigress Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago a run for her money. Your edge: You have better outfits. We loved your Inno Sotto "French Fries" gown in your last State of the Nation address even if some people said the color reminded them of Barney.


10. Your holiday economics. It's great that you could move around traditional holidays to more convenient dates. You gave us many long weekends so we could spend money that we don't really have for travel, shopping, and other distractions that will make us forget about the country's never-ending troubles.


SPOT.ph wants to know: What else will you miss about GMA?


Art by Warren Espejo.

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  • michel Jun 14 2010 @ 04:33pm Report Abuse
    her mole. reminds me of the fly i always wanted to swat with a rolled up news paper or "tsinelas"
  • kARUMAL Jun 11 2010 @ 11:43pm Report Abuse
    What will I miss?
    NOTHING!
  • wakeup May 26 2010 @ 09:11pm Report Abuse
    What an irony.
    I hope we start thinking positively because all i hear is negative comments.
  • Mystic Eyes May 23 2010 @ 10:34pm Report Abuse
    Popularity ratings? survey? huwag kayong magpapaniwala diyan!mga bayaran iyan! Ika nga ni NoyNoy: Surveys daw na nabibili sa Quiapo....
  • walang kukurap May 22 2010 @ 01:17pm Report Abuse
    aww, how about her deadma to her popularity rating down at an astounding -50%? (Translate that to, probability of people hating her...)

    But mahirap magsalita ng tapos...she's in congress after all and might just push for cha cha so she skips jail. what's that movie? The Return of the comeback.
  • syao May 22 2010 @ 11:59am Report Abuse
    @neverwill
    Pampanga had its shining moment in politics years ago when it chose Among Ed to govern the province...

    ... only to go back to Pineda today. *rolls eyes*

    Bottom line: Di parang DVD ang packaging ng tao na may regional coding. Depende pa rin sa individual yun.
  • Mekeni May 21 2010 @ 08:12pm Report Abuse
    @orly,

    Worst President? ikaw naman! how about ERAP, a convicted plunderer ,gambler, womanizer supreme, gangster and maybe involved in murder ( Dacer,Corbito, and the guy from Pagcor)?
    Pasalamat kayo ki Villar, at nahati ang mga boto, kung hindi, malamang na si ERAP ulit ang presidente natin! TANGA AT GAGO talaga ang mga botante natin!
  • orly May 21 2010 @ 04:02pm Report Abuse
    Gloria Arroyo, you among all Filipinos,since time immemorial,have brought shame to our country and made us a laughing stock throughout the whole world. Your wanting to be a congresswoman, after your term as president, simply shows your greed for power and arrogance. You are not satisfied by that because now you want to be speaker of the house too. You will make all Filipinos look like fools if you do. I hope you and all people who voted for you will now realize that you're the worst president the Philippines ever had.
  • orly May 21 2010 @ 03:45pm Report Abuse
    Gloria Arroyo, you among all Filipinos,since time immemorial,have brought shame to our country and made us a laughing stock throughout the whole world. Your wanting to be a congresswoman, after your term as president, simply shows your greed for power and arrogance. You are not satisfied by that because now you want to be speaker of the house too. You will make all Filipinos look like fools if you do. I hope you and all people who voted for you will now realize that you're the worst president the Philippines ever had.
  • pvt kabo May 21 2010 @ 01:20pm Report Abuse
    goodbye sa maaangas at harungas na kapag dadaan sa kalye ay mga siga sa taxpayers. gumising kayo ng maaga kung aalis kayo, pweh!
  • Marj May 18 2010 @ 11:03pm Report Abuse
    I will miss the gowns made by Ito Curata. He can go back to another taray client aka Sharon Stone.
  • strawberry May 18 2010 @ 08:01pm Report Abuse
    kasi puro democracy, kaya ayan reklamador... where does democracy lead us? to people power over and over.. hehe.. wla ng naging mgaling na presidente ang pilipinas kasi puro tayo reklamo... pasaway kasi yung iba dyan, puro rally na lng plagi ang nsa isip...
  • deepscrew May 18 2010 @ 08:57am Report Abuse
    @Thelma_and_Lousie
    hmmm, you seem intrigued by the myriad possibilities? :-) well, her brand of politics is quite ballsy and she just loves to get into a dark, tight, sticky mess
  • kissme5 May 18 2010 @ 05:50am Report Abuse
    lanz
    May 17, 2010 at 3:57 pm
    agree to that !dhea, kahit sino pa siguro ang maupo bilang pangulo for sure hindi mawawala ang mga raliyista reklamo tayo ng reklamo sa gobyerno, instead na magcomplain tayo bakit hindi natin tulungan ang government in our own little way, hindi yung puru na lang tayo reklamo,kasalanan ba ng gobyerno kung mahirap tayo? kasalanan ba ng pangulo kung bakit anak ng anak ang mga mahihirap?kasalan din ba ng pangulo kung ayaw nating baguhin ang takbo ng ating pamumuhay at kuntento na lang tayo kung anong meron tayo?kumilos na lang tayo para maiba naman ang takbo ng buhay natin at sa simpleng pamamaraan natin gawing payapa at maunlad ang Bansang Pilipinas

    I totally agree with you. Me too i dont understand why people keep on having kids kahit mga walang trabaho at walang maipakain sa mga anak nila. At the end yong mga bata walang magandang edukasyon kaya nagiging mahirap din ang buhay.We cannot blamme the gov't all the time nasa mga mamamayan din because they made thier choices in life.
  • annery10 May 18 2010 @ 04:53am Report Abuse
    bakit parang wala syang magandang nagawa?anyway, di ko sya mamimiss!!
  • Batoninarda May 18 2010 @ 04:44am Report Abuse
    Anong pagbabago??? Same names = same shit. Simple as that.
  • mary_ann_lei May 17 2010 @ 11:58pm Report Abuse
    Kung makapagsalita kayo parang walang nagawang maganda si Gloria, sige diyan kayo kay Erap! Bwahaha!
  • Marj May 17 2010 @ 11:50pm Report Abuse
    Lengua Estofada. Let us not count the Pampango dialect. English, Filipino, Spanish - what else?
  • Thelma_and_Lousie May 17 2010 @ 09:39pm Report Abuse
    "...she’s a cunning linguist, isn’t she?"

    @deepscrew

    Are you trying to insinuate that GMA is a lesbian? Hahahaha! LOLz
  • deepscrew May 17 2010 @ 06:18pm Report Abuse
    the thing I'll miss the most is her forked tongue. after all, she's a cunning linguist, isn't she?
  • monocle May 17 2010 @ 06:09pm Report Abuse
    we can accept some corruption in our presidents but she just went overboard. but still better than erap i say.
  • anonymous May 17 2010 @ 05:31pm Report Abuse
    #10 is the best!
  • pampagueno May 17 2010 @ 04:45pm Report Abuse
    Heather Ali,

    Hay nako, don't feel bad for the people of Pampanga. im sure sobrang binuhos ni gma ang pondo nya dyan para sure win na. ngayon kung laspagin ni gloria ang pondo ng distrito nila, oh well buti nga sa kanila. binoto pa kasi nila si cong gloria.
  • lanz May 17 2010 @ 03:57pm Report Abuse
    agree to that !dhea, kahit sino pa siguro ang maupo bilang pangulo for sure hindi mawawala ang mga raliyista reklamo tayo ng reklamo sa gobyerno, instead na magcomplain tayo bakit hindi natin tulungan ang government in our own little way, hindi yung puru na lang tayo reklamo,kasalanan ba ng gobyerno kung mahirap tayo? kasalanan ba ng pangulo kung bakit anak ng anak ang mga mahihirap?kasalan din ba ng pangulo kung ayaw nating baguhin ang takbo ng ating pamumuhay at kuntento na lang tayo kung anong meron tayo?kumilos na lang tayo para maiba naman ang takbo ng buhay natin at sa simpleng pamamaraan natin gawing payapa at maunlad ang Bansang Pilipinas
  • Dhea May 17 2010 @ 03:01pm Report Abuse
    Kasalanan to ng mga tga metro manila eh...kahit sino nakaupo sa malacanang people power..hilig2x magmartsa...pinalayas c erap at ipinalit c gloria..o ano nangyari...tpos ngaun puro kayo reklamo..ksalanan nio yan...

    what the philippines has been turning into is your fault..nadamay lng mga tga visayas at mindanao s hilig niong magmartsa...

    this country is a mess...a wild wild mess..that's because of the filipino's poor judgement...particularly the metro manilenyans kau kc nagmartsa s malacanang at ipinagpilitan p c madam glory..
  • Waray May 17 2010 @ 02:33pm Report Abuse
    PGMA - DISAPPOINTMENT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL. IF WE COULD ONLY TURN BACK THE TIME, HOW I WISH SHE DIDNT BECOME PRESIDENT. WHAT A SHAME. HER ENTIRE PRESIDENCY IS A PAIN IN THE HEART OF FILIPINOS.
  • lanz May 17 2010 @ 02:32pm Report Abuse
    to neverwill,

    there no such thing as bad or good in a certain place , nasa tao yun nasa upbringing nila yun kung ano ang kinalakhan nila at kung paano sila pinalaki wala sa lupang tinubuan niya, paano kung sabihin ko sayo na flirt ang mga bisaya at walang moral ang mmga taga maynila palagay mo anong sasabihin nila of course magpoprotesta ang mga yan kasi di naman lahat ng mga bisaya ganun same as well sa mga taga maynila,kung may masamang karanasan ka man sa isang certain na grupo i think nasa sayo din yun kung paano ka makipag interact sa kapwa mo, and fyi the next president is lehitimong kapampangan.
  • nora santos May 17 2010 @ 12:43pm Report Abuse
    inggit lang kayo kay GMA dahil sa liit nyang iyon walang nakakapigil sa kanya. magaling lang sya. Destiny nya ang maging lider. Tsupe mga bitter. Afraid lang ako sa GMA 7 dahil wala ng GMA na laging nasa news ay hindi na rin manonood ang tao sa GMA TV, advantage na naman ang ABS CBN.
  • BABY BOOMER May 17 2010 @ 12:43pm Report Abuse
    Dahil pareho kaming boomer generation ni GMA, I will not demonize her.
    She is supposed to be the first HIP president of Pinas. Magaling siyang mag SURFING sa Lingayen Gulf,and she is physically fit. Mahilig din siya sa Rock n Roll and tries to be present at every RJ concert. But her biggest strength is her mastery of THE PRINCE, Nicollo Machiavelli's treatise on HOW TO HOLD ON TO POWER. Maraming bumatikos,but WA Epek sa kanya. Yung kumkontra ki GMA eh actually yung mga kumontra din ki Fidel Ramos at ang mga nag traidor ngayon ki Mar Roxas. MGA OLIGARCHS na ayaw, i-LEVEL ang PLAYING FIELD SA BUSINESS. GUSTO PROTECTIONISM, para TULOY ANG PAGYAMAN NILA , pero PAGHIHIRAP NG BANSA. MARAMING MAHIHIRAP? kasalanan ba ni GMA iyan? KASALANAN NG SIMBAHAN IYAN! dahil sa PAGKONTRA SA BIRTH CONTROL PROGRAM NG GOBYERNO! ano ba kayo?
  • Dona Victorina May 17 2010 @ 12:15pm Report Abuse
    Kasama kami sa Top 10% of the Philippine elite. Hardworking at focused si GMA talaga. Ang laki ng asenso namin. Lahat naman yan kitang kita sa growth rate ng Philippines. Ang kinita namin ay dinala namin sa ibang bansa. Eh bakit dito pa? Tulad niyan iba na naman ang administrayon. Ano kami sira ulo?

    Ano kamo? Bakit dumami ang mahihirap? Pwede ba. Hindi namin problema yan ano. Madaming mahihirap kasi walang inisip ang mga tao kundi tsismis at text at load at tsismis at text at load. Kami 12 ng hating gabi matulog at 5 ng umaga gumising dahil sa mga negosyo namin sa Philippines. Ang lakas eh. Nakita naman ninyo ang LV at Hermes at Gucci shops sa Makati. Punong puno lagi di ba? Nakita naman ninyo ang Starbucks. Punong puno rin di ba?

    Sino ang may sabi na third world ang Philippines?

    Salamat GMA. Salamat sa pag asenso ng bayan natin.
  • Amethyst May 17 2010 @ 11:33am Report Abuse
    Sobrang hardworking na president si GMA.Kahit panay batikos galing sa iba ang natanggap niya, she stayed focused pa rin....... Sa palagay ko, kung di man malampasan ng bagong president natin yung katangian na yun ni GMA, at least man lang sana mapantayan niya....Panay ang pamumuna at pambabatikos ni Noynoy at ng iba pang kaalyado niya ang ginawa nila kay GMA...Now, it's his time and chance to show what he can do for the country...It better be better or else, baka, ang mga friends and supporters niya ngayon ay maging enemies at detractors niya soon.... GOOD LUCK, President-elect Noynoy...:)
  • Padre Damaso May 17 2010 @ 11:12am Report Abuse
    Presidente NOYNOY
    Bise BINAY
    Senate Pres VILLAR
    Speaker GLORIA
    Supreme Court CORONA

    MALABO ANG LINE-UP NA ITO, LAHAT GUSTONG MAGING BIDA.

    Babalik nalang ako sa Espanya.
  • Twatlightbells May 17 2010 @ 11:08am Report Abuse
    Well, I hope things will be okay with the new president. I'd rather not say anything negative because she's the outgoing president anyway and I just have hopes that the new president would have better plans for the country. :) God bless us all!
  • Pilosopong Tasyo May 17 2010 @ 11:06am Report Abuse
    Anong goodbye? Nasa kongreso na si Gloria sa mga susunod na araw, bitbit ang Lakas CMD. Pag-asa nalang ng opososyon ay si Sonny Belmonte kung may lakas ng loob siyang banggain si Gloria bilang House Speaker. Maririnig pa rin ninyo ang katangi-tanging boses ni Gloria. Hindi yan mawawala. mga 25 taon pa. Para yang si Enrile, maraming kailangang protektahan.

    At pustahan tayo si Villar, babalik sa senado, at magiging senate president muli dahil majority ng Nacionalista Party ang pumasok. Merong ba talagang magaganap na pagbabago?

    Sama sa together na naman sila. Nadagdagan lang ng Dating Daan, tulad ni Marcos, Lapid, Revilla Estrada, etc.

    Isang malaking Rigodon ang buhay pulitika ng Pilipinas
  • neverwill May 17 2010 @ 10:53am Report Abuse
    I will never trust someone whos from pampanga.. i got a lot of bad experience eh!... and the biggest one was with GLoria.. I dunno... they said pampangueno are just the same with others, some are good some are not.. but I disagree now, most are bad, little are good.. thats it,
  • Fox May 17 2010 @ 10:33am Report Abuse
    SANA MAKULONG
  • kerara May 17 2010 @ 10:08am Report Abuse
    wala.wala po akong mamimis. infact kahit umalis na sya ora mismo hindi ako affected.isama nya na ang mga mukha ding pera n mga kamag-anak nya.
    wala. hindi ko sya mamimis.
  • Barny May 17 2010 @ 10:07am Report Abuse
    I'll miss her mole. It's so big a character that it deserves its own name and Social Security number.
  • angelbyday May 17 2010 @ 09:58am Report Abuse
    midnight appointments. obama-hungry photo-ops. grandkids who shout i-hope-my-lola-remains-president-forever!.

    mikey didnt drink promil. that's it.

    and good riddance? good luck it should be. to us. we have yet to see the worst......
  • Mel May 17 2010 @ 09:54am Report Abuse
    It would be a long time till we have another female president.
  • HeatherAli May 17 2010 @ 09:47am Report Abuse
    GOOD-FRICKIN-RIDDANCE!!!!! Glad this power-hungry, corrupt woman is out of Malacanang. I feel bad for the people of Pampanga.
  • Irene May 17 2010 @ 08:52am Report Abuse
    What a shame to be remembered this way.

    This is not the kind of legacy a President would want to be remembered by.
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