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  • Nabawing Gusali ni Imelda Marcos

    Nung 1982, habang palubog na ekonomiya ng Pilipinas, binili ni Imelda Marcos ang 40 Wall Street Bldg na kilala ngayong Trump Bldg. Sa imbestigasyon sa U.S. Congress nabunyag na ginamit ni Imelda ang Berstein Bros. para mabili ang gusali. Nabawi ito ng PCGG at naibenta nung 1989

    From:

    UPI Archives April 9, 1986

    New York real estate agent says Marcos owns four buildings

    Supporting links:

    https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/04/09/New-York-real-estate-agent-says-Marcos-owns-four-buildings/8734513406800/

    Businessmen tell of Marcoses’ U.S. real estate

    https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/01/24/Businessmen-tell-of-Marcoses-US-real-estate/3321506926800/

    Marcos Skyscraper on Wall Street Auctioned for a Paltry $77 Million : Real Estate: New York City building secretly bought by Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos sold for just above the minimum asking price.

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-13-mn-1117-story.html

  • My Public Letter Opposing Harry Roque’s Nomination As A Member Of The International Law Commission (ILC)

    ​​​Dear Sir / Madam,

    As a concerned Citizen Of the Philippines, I am requesting your office withdraw or at least reconsider Mr. Harry Roque’s candidacy into the ILC.

    Harry Roque is the current spokesperson for the administration of current President Rodrigo Duterte. As such he is an enabler and apologist often using lies, obfuscation, deceit, deflection and bullying to place his administration in a good light. President Duterte’s Administration has been the worst disaster the Philippines has faced in all its history. He admits to using Extrajudicial Killings to enforce a fake ‘war on drugs’. Under his term thousands of deaths, many by police he controls, have become the norm.

    Duterte refuses to enforce the internationally recognized Hague ruling on the West Philippine Sea which would have protected our islands upon encroaching Chinese military bases. His continuing failure to apply appropriate Covid measures have resulted in the current highest number of deaths at nearly 35 thousand people in the Western Pacific Region according to the WHO.

    Everyday we face a barrage of fresh information about the current Administrations’ corruption, negligence and incompetence and it is Mr. Roque’s job to deflect or deny these allegations via discounting, deceit, blame shifting, plain lying and even screaming and temper tantrums or similar methods that can misdirect or divert the public’s anger elsewhere.

    At this point the Filipino public is beyond disgusted with Mr. Roque. I personally wonder if he still has a soul to present his Maker when his time comes. The fact that he was initially a high profile Human Rights Lawyer only adds to the amazement that a human can live devoid of conscience. He is the exact opposite of an advocate of humanity. He is an instigator, motivator and a promoter of evil.

    He deserves no official duty other than the cleaner of his jail’s shared toilet where, in a just world, he belongs in.

    I say these in behalf of what I believe to be the sentiments of other disgusted citizens in the Philippines. We are thankful for your time.

  • Corruption is Unsustainable

    The reason why our government is incompetent is because its managers are hired based on how loyal they are to Duterte and not because of qualifications.

    As such you have people appointed to positions they either know nothing about or if they do their output is based on what Duterte wants it to be.

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  • Thoughts On The Pilipinas 2016 Debate

    I caught approximately 75% of the debate after searching for the live stream on my phone and getting it to display on the TV (we don’t have cable or free tv). I first happened onto what was a GMA7 screen which turned out to be what they show online during a TV commercial break so I thought there was something wrong, which made me go over and try a few times till I finally saw the debate action.

    So anyway here’s what I remember from it.

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  • Trusting The Press

    Randy David wrote the other day about how he noticed newspapers treated PNoy’s speech. In it he said:

    President Aquino’s speech at the annual presidential forum of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (Focap) last Oct. 27 highlighted many aspects of this strained relationship.

     

    In that speech, Mr. Aquino chose to dwell on his observations of media reportage during his presidency. He was candid and critical—a refreshing trait he does not hide regardless of the audience.

     

    Interestingly enough, the media ignored his main speech and focused instead on his answers to questions in the open forum. If I had not gone to the government’s official website to check out the text of the President’s speech, I would not have guessed its topic from the news reports.

    I remember that myself because the days after the only stories about him were about his love life, or some such triviality. It also reminded me of a similar situation. (more…)

  • Thoughts After Watching RHBill Arguments

    I installed RH Bill banners to run on several of my sites way back Nov. 11, 2011. They’re the yellow ones shown here on MomEx below.

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  • Yellow Colored Glasses – What I Feel About Cory

    For the most part, a big part of the reason why I think our country’s gone to hell has to do with families. In particular, very rich, very powerful and very old families who typically own enormous tracts of land – land being the currency by which being rich has been measured for many generations, and rightfully so considering how you can never go wrong as long as you own land.

    Do you see where I’m going with this?

    If not, let me spell it out. If you own land, you have power. If you have power, your clan will flourish. Your children will go to the best schools, your employees will be paid well, people become loyal to you, you and your family’s future is secured for many generations to come. You will achieve the realization of economic success: long term financial security to weather any storm and any crises that comes your way.

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  • The Gall

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  • An Impressive Show Of Farce

    But first before I launch into my tirade, imagine how it feels like to be an active Marine in the military these days. First, you’re sent off to Basilan or Jolo to fight equally if not better equipped than you, with hardly the kind of support needed in case you get wounded or shot. Then, you get to watch the news aghast as Congressmen walk out of Malacanang with gift bags filled with P500,000.00 in cash bundles.

    How would you feel? After seeing your comrades die in battle because the military lacks the funds to provide for them and after constantly risking your own life fully knowing you may be next, I’d probably riddle the tv with bullets right there.

    But let’s not even talk about the Marines. How about the OFWs? The government heralds these as heroes, but let’s face it. They’re victims. Victims of a government that is so corrupt it has forsaken the country it’s supposed to work for, and so therefore these decide look for employment overseas instead. Calling them heroes is assuming that these people prefer to go abroad. That’s bullshit. Why in the world would you wanna leave your family? Why would you want to have your children raised parentless or your relatives never knowing who you are? Given a choice, of course you’d want to stay home.

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  • Wow.

    g2 blast pic from pdi

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