I was invited by the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center to deliver a speech on the dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
I will deconstruct why he is loved to this day. Or seems to be loved to this day.
I hope some of you can come.
It will be at the UP Diliman Faculty Center conference hall from 9 AM to 12 AM.
But if not, that’s OK.
leona says
…the thorns are growing in number…
” Santos denies link to fund scam
Speaking to ANC’s “Top Story,” Santos denied any links to the Malampaya fund scam and claimed that he does not even know who Tuason is.
He said there are many “Atty. Jess Santos” in the country. Thus, it is possible that the Jess Santos Tuason was referring to in her affidavit was not him, he said.”
How many ‘Atty. Jess Santo(es)’ were then lawyering for the FG and Glori? Two or more?
http://www.philnews.com/headlines/2014/headline_news_0208ab.htm
andrew lim says
Heads up, guys.
Binay just showed he’s really on the side of the Estradas and Enrile in the pork barrel scam.
Binay’s personal motto:
Kaibigan kong corrupt,
Kasama ko sa ginhawa at hirap! :)
(I am with my corrupt friends, in good times and bad)
kalahari says
SINS OF JEJOMAR BINAY AND FAMILY:
Prime properties not in his SALN:
1. 2 Rockwell condo
2. 3-storey mansion with elevator in San Antonio Village
3. House & lot at Bel-Air Village
4. House & lot at Palm Village
Corrupt practices act:
1. Security services at Makati city hall contracted to his son-in-law (Triforce Sec. Agency)
2. Maintenance services contracted to his son-in-law (Red Hammer Services)
Unexplained wealth:
1. 400 has. BINAY FARM – Rosario, Batangas
2. 40 has BINAY FARM – Bauan, Batangas
3. 10 has Mango Orchid
4. Rest house at Tali Beach – Batangas
5. Rest house in Puerto Azul – Cavite
6. Rest house in Tagaytay highlands
7. – M O R E –
Source – KENSAN PH (Jejomar binay and family Corruption & scandal)
raissa says
Really?
kalahari says
The source seems credible and detailed
kalakala says
additional info
JEJOMAR BINAY AND FAMILY CORRUPTION AND SCANDAL
1.Unexplained wealth 400 hectares Binay FARM-Rosario Batangas
2. Unexplained wealth 40 hectares Binay FARM-Bauan Batangas
3. Unexplained wealth 10 hectares Mango Orchard
4.Two condominium units Rockwell worth 30 million not on his SALN
5.Three story Mansion with Elevator in Banuyo Street,San Antonio Village and not on his SALN
6.House and lot Orbit st.Bel -Air Village and not on his SALN
7.House and Lot in Palm Village,Guadalope Viejo and not on his SALN
8.Rest House in Tali Beach,Batangas
9.Rest House in Puerto Azul,Cavite
10.Rest House in Tagaytay,Highlands
11.Rest House in Alfonso Cavite
12.Rest House in Zambales
13.Rest House in Pangasinan
14.More houses in Paranaque, Pasig, Mandaluyong and Muntinglupa
15. 600 Ghost Employee authorized by corrupt wife,Dra Elenita Binay and Amigas worth 3 million a month
16. Binay wife linked to Php72.06-M graft
A FORMER whistleblower in high-profile graft corruption controversies turned-head of government’s financial watchdog yesterday linked the wife of Vice President Jejomar Binay, an incumbent and several former Makati City officials to alleged deception in the public bidding for a Php72.06 million supply contract awarded by the city government in 2001.
17. Sandiganbayan graft case
Elenita Binay’s (and private businessmen Li Yee Shing, Jason Li and Vivian M. Edurise, and Ernesto Aspillaga’s) arraignment for graft charges was set by the Sandiganbayan’s 4th Division on January 18, 2008. Binay was charged of alleged anomalous purchase of office fixtures and furniture for the new Makati City Hall from private contractor Office Gallery International from December 1999 to February 2000, regarding the acquisitions worth P 13.25 million overpriced by P3.6 million.
18.Bogus charity Project-40 Million (sister cityhood )
19. Bogus charity Project-27 Million calamity fund to other Provinces
20. Bogus charity Project-22 Million Lakbay Aral Package
21. . Bogus charity Project-20 Million Ambulance to other Cities
22. 230 Million Infomercial in TV 2009-Present. He used the Makati Foundation Day Funds
23. 15 Million -Komiks for Vice President Campaign
24.More illegal canteen Businesses in Makati(UM,CITY HALL)
25. Security Services Company contract to the city Hall own by the Son in Law(Triforce security Agency)
26. Maintenance Services another son in Law (Red Hammer construction and Services)
27. Binay mistress’ photos surface the internet
Written by kenkoisanchez
August 23, 2013 at 5:25 pm
Posted in Email/Reblogged/QuickPost
Tagged with Batangas, Binay, Elenita Binay, Jejomar Binay, Makati, Makati City, Mandaluyong, Sandiganbayan
Mary says
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/575768/slam-dunk-a-dud-binay
This is your downfall … Binay. The previous and additional nail on your political ambition’s coffin is your sense of entitlement “wang wang” comment re your son’s Dasma village caper…. this comment – “slam dunk-a-dud” is the final nail… I wonder if other comments from you will bury the political ambitions of your entire family.
Let us all think of ways to explain to the masa why this guy should not be elected in any office – presidential or otherwise…you took Joker Arroyo’s path.. you started right, fighting against Marcos – somewhere along the line .. the system got you… shame… I’m so disappointed, disillusioned… Enrile just revealed his true color, never my Edsa (he just used it to protect himself to stay alive after his coup failed) nor Corona impeachment hero at all, … but you and Arroyo?
Johnny Lin says
3 Kings ng Partido UNA
Erap Estrada- convicted na Magnanakaw
Juan Ponce Enrile – Akusado na Magnanakaw
Jejomar Binay – Ayaw sagutin ang tanong at mag bigay proof na hindi sa Galing sa Pagnanakaw ang yaman nya
Ibig bang sabihin ng UNA?
UNA sa Nakawan!
orchid says
“Vito Rizzuto himself made trips to Switzerland, which police alleged were part of a scheme earlier that year to get his hands on gold ingots from the fortune of Ferdinand Marcos, the deposed president of the Philippines. Vito claimed to have a mandate from the family of a Filipino general and close associate of Mr. Marcos to retrieve money from the Marcos estate on their behalf, which was believed to be hidden in Swiss and Hong Kong banks” as detailed in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) surveillance report.
Some trails of Marcoses loot.
Bruno Marx says
Is it really conscience that drove Ruby Tan to come back home and face the music? I think it is more of the “heat” and the thought of holding on to very rusty prison bars. She really was well coach: secure the family first and then come back home to start “singing”.
kalahari says
Whatever her motive is, Ruby looks to me like the “blood-red” gemstone at par with diamond in value and importance. Without her courageous testimonies that put her life in jeopardy, the saga of the pork plunderers is now headed to a fitting finish – incarceration and never-ending damnation.
leona says
…and Jinggoy calls her Tita ‘no credibiliity.’ Who is among all of ’em?
Irremediables!
kalakala says
A source said “She wants to come clean and divulge what she knew on the scam. I think it’s the social stigma and the shame to her family.”
habang hinihintay ng buong sambayanan ang pagkanta ni RT next week, jinggoy is now singing “killing me softly with her song”.
leona says
…she took to humor in criticizing the pork barrel scam in which state funds were allegedly channeled into questionable non-government organizations—a scam some of her colleagues may have been involved in.
“Hold-upper: ‘Akin na ang pera mo.’ Lalaki: ‘Hindi mo ba ako kilala? Isa akong congressman!’ Hold-upper: ‘Kung ganun, akin na ang pera namin!’.
“Politics is a word that is a combination of two syllables—’poli’ meaning many, plus ‘ticks’ meaning blood-sucking parasites.”
“Para isa ibang tao, ang high blood pressure nila congenital, meaning nanggaling sa magulang. Sa akin, iba naman, ang high blood pressure ko ay political.”
“The problem with political jokes is that they always get elected.”
“What is the difference between Philippine government and the mafia? The answer: One of them is organized.”
“The brain of a Filipino politician has two sides: the left has nothing right in it, the right has nothing left in it.”
In describing the lawmakers involved in the scam, she only said: “Baboy!”
and said “”Anong blood type ang pwedeng motto? B-positive,”
Guess who told the jokes…
leona says
US contests China sea claim …link http://www.philnews.com/headlines/2014/headline_news_0207ac.htm
…sea claim. Or ‘see claim.’
US says “Addressing the rifts, the top US diplomat for the region challenged Beijing’s so-called nine-dash line that outlines its territorial claims over much of the South China Sea.
Danny Russel, the US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, said that maritime claims under international law needed to be based on land features.
“Any Chinese claim to maritime rights not based on claimed land features would be inconsistent with international law,” Russel told a congressional committee.”
Just like wartime militarist Japan, wanted to claim the whole of Asia in the 1940s. It was a debackling mistake!
leona says
US says China should respect International Law. Will China? Maybe not yet. Playing a game of dangerous consequences. US supports Philipines’ right to go to the UN for a peaceful resolution; China objected.
China now making more air-craft carriers for the sea lanes. Report says US is not anymore. Why? Does China really know how many air-craft carriers, including nucleared powered, US has? How about the WWII ones? Yes, those are just ‘parked somewhere’ in ready-good runing conditions!
How many? Maybe 35 or more including the nucs type. China? 1 so far.
US says China’s ‘dash lines’ claims is not based on ‘land features.’ Meaning? It’s based on sea waters! Oceans! This ‘object’ – oceans/seas are governed by International Law for all.
What China is getting into is “See Claim.” Not Sea, ’cause ‘sea’ is under International Law rules. China is bluffing! US is calling China’s bluff is not ever going to work!
Why ‘never going to work’? ‘Cause it’s LUGAW! For America it’s PORRIDGE! Not thicker than a Texan Cow Steak!
History may repeat itself here on this ‘see claim.’ China will be on the lugaw end …just like militarist Japan…shashimi okidiki.
leona says
Btw…Gen. Douglas MacArthur once reminded Pres. JFK during the Vietnam War…not to send American forces to Asia anymore. The rest is history.
But what about the oceans or sea…did the General include that? No. So, the fish are awaiting…for a company swimming…Who?
Whoever can launch a million boats gets not to swim!
kalahari says
China’s claim to almost 80% of the south china sea is based not only on lame historical rights but more on its military might,
China therefore has, historically speaking, about as much right to claim the south china sea as Mexico has to claim the Gulf of Mexico for its exclusive use, or Iran the Persian Gulf, or India the Indian Ocean.
It is therefore imperative, for our survival, to seek close military alliance with the U.S. and Japan.
leona says
“The Philippines has asked the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal to declare as illegal China’s 9-dash line map, which claims almost 80 per cent of the whole South China Sea as Chinese territory.
The full statement of the Chinese Foreign Ministry:
Q: In a recent interview, the Philippine President Benigno Aquino III reportedly compared the Philippines which is in territorial disputes with China to pre-WWII Czechoslovakia. What is China’s response to his remarks? Are China-Philippines territorial disputes exacerbating?
A: The disputes in the South China Sea between China and the Philippines mainly stem from the Philippines’ illegal occupation of some islands and reefs of China’s Nansha islands. The fact is crystal clear. Our two countries also have disputes over the delineation of maritime boundaries. China firmly opposes the Philippines’ occupation of China’s islands and reefs. As an unwavering upholder of international justice, China made huge sacrifice and indelible historical contribution to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. It is inconceivable and unreasonble to place China-Philippines South China Sea disputes in the same category with the WWII history. The Chinese side is shocked at and dissatisfied with the remarks from the Philippine side.”
From Ellen Tordesilla’s article.
For 2000 years China was building that great Walls…nothing about their ‘See Claims’!
Lying Chinese Fukein Ministry!
pickers1368 says
China have made a few successful J-15 aircraft practice landings onto Liaoning – but all lightly armed and in good weather conditions and not in deep blue water. A handful of Chinese sailors are being trained by Brazil on carrier operations. This carrier is ramp-launch not steam-catapult equipped, which means half fuel for the aircraft (short distance flight) and limited ammos or missile payload in order for the aircraft to successfully take off. The US is now deploying electro-magnetic catapult technology in their new carrier fleets. By the time China have a battle-ready fleet in place ready to sail to the SE and SW china sea, the US would have already built remote-controlled carriers for drones and naval bases in the pacific area for their drone fleets. China’s million-strong army will only work in land-based conflict. It is virtually useless in maritime theater. Drones are the new generation of fighters and the US has hundred thousand of them ready to mobilize at the push of the button.
Rene-Ipil says
Sa senate hearing ni committee chairman Bongbong Marcos ng Yolanda bunkhouses ay inamin ni Secretary Singson na sub-standard ang mga ito subalit hindi over-priced.
Kasi ang ginamit sa lahat ng bunkhouses ay coco lumber.
Kasi walang available na “good lumber.”
Kasi “yung kahoy” o “good lumber” na dati ay sagana bago martial law ay ubos na.
Kaya nakalbo ang mga kabundukan na dati ay mayaman sa mga punongkahoy.
Kaya naman ay sobra sobra ang yaman ni Enrile at iba pang Marcos crony.
MARCOS PA RIN??? NEVER AGAIN!!!
vander anievas says
tama…
kalahari says
Seasoned coco lumber is better than Lawaan and cost as much as P20/bf
vander anievas says
sa laguna, milyonaryo gumagamit ng coco lumber. ang bahi ng cocolumber, mas matibay pa sa guijo.
epals make issues.
kalahari says
In an interview with anthony taberna at ABS-CBN (9/11/13), Imelda wants bongbong to run for president in 2016 and continue the legacy of the late dictator.
WHAT? continue the legacy of pillaging the country’s wealth. How can bongbong explain the many pending cases of ill-gotten wealth by his family – especially the P200 billion now pending at the sandiganbayan. On 2/21/12, the SC has ordered the reinstatement of Senator bongbong marcos, Ilocos Gov Imee Marcos, and their sister Irene Marcos-Araneta as defendants in the said case, and to investigate the prosecutors who bungled the case. (PDI 2/21/12).
How about the recovered P10 billion ill-gotten wealth now being distributed to the victims of summary execution, torture and enforced and involuntary disappearance and other gross human rights violations.
NEVER AGAIN
Mel says
Fiat justitia ruat caelum (Let justice be done though the heavens fall.)
Mel says
Sana –
Looks like a godly restitution, will we see it in action?
vander anievas says
panalo na tayo..
kalahari says
Ruby Tuason, if she’ll really tell the whole truth, would be the proverbial “nail in the coffin” of Jinggoy and his 2 prominent cohorts.
Ruby Chan Tuason is the widow of the late Butch Tuason, former chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission. Ruby is described as very dignified, always coiffed and groomed impeccably and an efficient work dynamo.
Her testimonies will greatly lighten the Ombudsman’s tasks of collating voluminous evidence against the pork scammers and hasten the pace of justice.
If Ruby is already around, will gigi be far behind?
Victin Luz says
TUASON ba iyan na kamagnak nina First Gentlemna MIKE Arroyo? Na Hari din ng magnanankaw.
kalahari says
Butch tuason is the 1st cousin of mike arroyo, a.k.a. as hari ng [email protected]#$%^^&*$#
Bruno Marx says
@Mel: Ruby Tuazon really has no better alternative but to turn govt witness. To be 1st among the accused to turn GW, will make her the “darling” (or should it be “damnling”) of DOJ. Now it will be more difficult for the rest of the accused to be admitted as GW. Napoles must be pulling her hair now!.
baycas says
From Renato to Vhong to Ruby, Atty. Dennis Manalo grabs the headlines.
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Here’s hoping there will be fruits from the state witness, Ruby…
kalahari says
For the first time, Dennis looks like a saint, no longer a devil
vander anievas says
not yet. let’s watch his demeanor…
leona says
…why would ‘a lawyer’ execute ‘an AFFIDAVIT’ for that?
…’tis not worth a half-cent for all intents and purposes.
…hearsay contents. Too good for confirmation is non-confirmation. Hearsay again.
for publicity consumption only.
kalahari says
From dennis x-x-x “Upon instructions of my client, I confirm that she executed the sworn statement containing her answers to questions propounded to her by the NBI” x-x-x
parengtony says
How was Marcos able to convince the electorate to vote for him (as senator and subsequently as President) considering all these derogatory information about his personal and family background?
If Bongbong Marcos were to run for president, will he be able to surmount an even more terrific baggage?
My ignorant preliminary assessment is that despite all the tremendous resources available to the Marcos camp, Bongbong will not be able to overcome the power of information technology in providing enlightenment to the voting public.
Tomas Gomez III says
There was an absence of political vigilance! Perhaps, even the innate nature of the Filipino to be tolerant of untruthfulness gave Marcos a pass!!! Have we ever sent any political figure to jail for perjury? “Its a Sin to Tell a Lie” ought to have been more than just a song!!!!
There was quite a number of prominent people who knew the real story behind Marcos. But they were either co-opted or they simply kept quiet. Many dismissed the claims of Marcos as jokes that will not survive the electoral season. Many of those who kept quiet were rewarded. Or naively, did not think the people were stupid enough to believe the many lies of Marcos.
Opposition research was not yet an active tool as they are today. There was no FactChecker or Politifact, to contend with. Even Philippine media was near inert.
Marcos ” happened to us” because many good men did not lift a finger to expose the can of worms that Marcos had always been, ab initio!!!
“Never again” will only work if “vigilance of memory” as a daily exercise were tatooed upon our collective psyche.
tagasampaloc says
““Never again” will only work if “vigilance of memory” as a daily exercise were tatooed upon our collective psyche.” to quote Thomas.
True but we need electorate majority with computers linked to social media in order to educate them as to real character of the candidates they are supporting. This is precisely what the corrupt like the Binays, Estradas, Marcoses, etc are scared of: to have an informed voters. That’s is why they prefer the poor to remain poor with no access to computers; their goal : 50% or more are without computers in 2016 and they might win( I will be happy to be wrong of course)
Tomas Gomez III says
Tungkulin po nating mas may malawak na kaalaman ang i-angat ang civic consciousness ng ating mga kapatid. Ang mga komentarista sa Radyo ang dapat manguna sa landas na ito. Mag tulungan tayo. Ipamahagi natin ang mga tiwaling kasaysayan ng bayan na siyang pumipigil at hadlang sa pag unlad ng mga maralita sa ating kapaligiran.
tagasampaloc says
We can’t rely on radyo , even some of the media are already bought. Remember Marcos were able to stash so much ill gotten wealth that even the church supports them. That’s not to mention that so many are depending on them for survival like the alalay, bungaw, leeches, hangers, and other die hard loyalists.
Marcos, being an ardent student of history, learned that you must steal big large enough to bribe everyone from auditor to the judges and even lowly clerks to evade being caught. That’s the practice during the Spanish regime when the Gobernadorsilyo always got away with his corrupt practices by bribing the auditor to the King of Spain. Marcos bested his predecessors that he became the gold standard of present day corrupt like the Binays, Enriles, Estradas and others.
Tomas Gomez III says
And so, what is your solution?
tagasampaloc says
I was hoping you won’t ask me that question hehehe. I don’t have solution for now but I expect social media will have more players like you between now and 2016 when more dirt of the Marcoses are exposed daily to shame and humiliate them constantly.
In addition to the power of the NETIZEN, everyone should be involved to organize groups to dissipate relevant information regarding candidates.
leona says
…I suggest ‘infiltrate’ or ‘gapangin’ all schools and universities… as there are millions of young Pilipinos there who so eager to ‘learn something’ of the past, the present and the future.
How to do it? EVERYTHING…all forms of communications: oral, letters, epals, whatever that can feasibly be edible [so to say]…they are the future leaders of the country.
That’s why J.P. Rizal once said ‘education’ is so needed and important for our youth. Reduce number of the tangiS and the mangMANGS!
Possible for pc makers to distribute PCs; work of high speed Internet connection; pass the FOI bill into a law; assemble, gather and unite for grievances vs corruptions; teach, guide and instill our youth to WRITE, TALK AND CALL our legislators and leaders.
Work! Work! Work! Each one contributes one small good piece to our youths. It will spread like WILD FIRE…the youths are like the FORESTS inflamed with fire.
Ask and plead for CIVIC NON-POLITICAL organizations all around to contribute to this GOAL…helping the youths to abhor CORRUPTIONS in many forms with the use of the latest tech gadget – the COMPUTER via Internet high speed.
Awaken those who are SLEEPING to help. Support those who are HELPING. Can we SPARE A PESO or TWO PESOS for this? Why not!
Cultivate ‘the FORESTS’…fertilize it, burn it and replant it! A greater fruitful forests to come.
The YOUTHS as the SAVIORS of our LAND.
akoypnoy says
ano kaya kung gamitin ang “pyramid scheme” sa pagpapalawak ng kaalaman?
tagasampaloc says
@leona
We are on the same page when you say to have pc makers distribute pcs with internet connection. The goal is to connect more than 50% of voters to social media in order to vote out the scumbags and elect the “lesser evil”. This needs big money donation from the rich but when you get big money small money from many people comes in.
This was the case with Obama: his $700 million campaign fund vs McCain came from the super rich like Oprah, Hollywood big like Giffen and others and it precipitated the trickling of small donations from so many people who eventually became his VOTERS.
True, money begets money.
tagasampaloc says
@akoypnoy-
Pwede iyan “pyramid scheme” na sinasabi mo kung lahat na enlightened na tulad mo at nang maraming CPMERs dito ay magiging community organizers to educate or direct the minds of the electorate majority to what is really the problems of electing corrupt, liars, and murderers like the Marcoses, the Enriles, etc.
My earlier comment is similar to this: everyone should be involved to organize groups to dissipate relevant info…
parengtony says
Cell phones, computer centers, social media, and, yes, radio and tv programs popular among the masa all contribute immensely to voter enlightenment.
Imagine that Dovie Beams tape being played circa 2014 instead of 1969. Super viral, di ba?
parengtony says
Cell phones, computer centers, social media, and, yes, radio and tv programs popular among the masa all contribute immensely to voter enlightenment.
Imagine that Dovie Beams tape being played circa 2014 instead of 1969. Super viral, di ba?
As in everything else in life, timing is everything.
jorge bernas says
@ Parengtony,
Madali kasing makalimot ang Tao at saka magpatawad pero sana huwag nating kalimutan na ang pinatalsik at pinalayas natin noong 1983 dahil sa pang-aabuso at pandarambong ay muling makaupo lalo na sa pinakamataas na puwesto bilang presidente o bise presidente… No to MARCOSES…No to Martial Law….
leona says
…yea, but he just might be able to overcome the votes! Who knows HOW THEY DO IT?
…when majority of voters /or citizens are 99% ignorant, simple manipulations is 99% guarantee!
How? Vote Buying is one! Another is 99% heavenly promises! Next is SNATCH the Ballot Boxes!
Further is Rigg the Ballot Counting! Get on to another is Payola the Precinct Low-downs!
…and maybe as last is JUST BE CORRUPT!
ivank says
have you heard of the masa vote? manilenos voted for Erap and He almost won the national election…
if Pinoys voted for the second most corrupt Philippine official then i think they will surely vote for the worst…
The target of Macoy loyalist are the masa and the younger generation.
Masa do not read Raissa’s blog. They chose to watch a 3 minutes cheap power point presentation of Macoy’s legacy with soul uplifting soundtacks like that of Stephen Spielberg movie.
so what should we do?
kalakala says
in mid-April [1945], Ferdinand learned that his father Mariano Marcos, after months as prisoner of Major Barnett, had been tried for war crimes and executed… Barnett’s
guerrillas – friends of Nalundasan – after interrogating Mariano and confirming that he had worked for the Japanese throughout the war, executed him by tying him to four water buffalos, which tore him limb from limb
The 1969 presidential elections were riddled by violence – murder and coercion – and wholesale fraud “Marcos succeeded himself by backing up trucks to the Central Bank,” remarked a CIA officer who had been in the Philippines at the time of the election. Two weeks
before the election [his] campaign manager, Ernesto Maceda, withdrew 100 million pesos (roughly $25 million). Then, with an air force plane and military security, [Maceda] hopped around the islands, dispensing peso-filled envelopes… The election cost Marcos a staggering $50 million, which was $16 million more than Nixon had raised for his successful presidential bid the year before…
kalakala says
The movie was never finished. After Black Friday and the siege of Malacañang – the First Quarter Storm – Marcos said it was no good and miscast. Dovie Beams left for Los Angeles, feeling used. Seven months later, Dovie came back, demanding more money from the producers. She was taken to a safehouse by security chief Ver for a showdown with Marcos, and then to a hotel where she was assaulted. Taken back to her hotel, she left and checked into a hospital, and phoned the U.S. Embassy. [She] was immediately
visited by Consul Lawrence Harris, who told her that he was speaking for Ambassador Byroade. …Harris and Byroade had initially tried to help the First Lady to buy [Dovie]
off, offering her $100,000 directly from the palace if she agreed to keep quiet – and hinting that they might be able to get her double that amount. She was given to understand
that the offer came directly from Imelda. “Think about it – it’s tax free.” …At the Bay View Hotel, she called a press conference and played one of her tapes… [ At the University of the Philippines, students] commandeered the campus radio station and broadcast a looped tape; soon the entire nation was listening in astonishment to President Marcos
begging Dovie Beams to perform oral sex… Barely able to keep a straight face, Ninoy Aquino called for a Senate investigation. In Hong Kong, where she fled with the help of the
U.S. Embassy, she was put into the protective custody of M15, while HK police arrested a hitman, Delfin Cueto, whom Imelda had hire.
source: http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/imagebank/docs/CPAC_OnTropicNight_catalogue.pdf
Victin Luz says
Grabe pala ang ginawa ng APO Marcos ..he he … dapat alisin lahat ang pangalan ng Don Mariano Marcos ” MEMORIAL pa ” State University…. Dapat palitan ng pangalan ng La Union State University at saka Ilokos Norte State University… Hindi karapat dapat na ilagay ang Don Mariano Marcos kahit saan monumento…
vander anievas says
okay lang na pangalan ng bus co.
leona says
…in the 1969 pres’l elections I remember reading the magazine FREE PRESS…the words or short phrase I cannot forget was ‘It Takes A Billion Pesos To Win the Presidency’!
…that was ‘how’ the guess guessed on the money side of it. Sen. Serging Osmena was the contender..a moneyed businessman that time. He lost. The guess also was ‘he didn’t spend that billion amount…’ He loved his money for that.
Now, the guess is HOW MUCH for one illicit winning of that high post? Not a billion only.
Guess the guess…
baycas says
@moonie,
The ‘gold’ post…
http://raissarobles.com/2014/02/03/marcos-pa-rin-my-husbands-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-130589
Atbp sa link sa No. 16…
moonie says
thank you, baycas. the apo marcos must be related to walter mitty. marcos has vivid imagination. biro mo, with a rifle and bolo, he singlehandedly subdued japs on patrol and killed them. bolo? that’s not standard issue for soldiers, saber maybe. then, bolo apparently become knife which marcos used to pry the bullet that was stuck in his leg. must have been magic bolo then, able to turn into a knife.
2ndly, when firing rifle, for a man like marcos not muscular and not tall, he would need both hands. can’t be firing rifle with one hand, and have bolo at the other. must have been bayonet he was using.
marcos could have given credibility to his story had he said he was struck by a 45 or 22. easy for him to size the slug, considering he was the one who pried it out. left leg, right leg, upper leg, lower leg, bullet wound on these areas would cause a lot of bleeding, gravity alone would ensure gushing of blood. location is bad too, the leg being lower than the heart, blood would gush out even more. there would be guarding of leg muscles too, the muscles would clamp around the bullet, the bullet stuck fast and harder to remove. that, and with copious blood, it would be hard to see where the bullet is, let alone remove it. there are many holes to the story.
ps, had marcos been alive today, he may even change his story and say, it was rocket launcher he used, guided by satnav.
vander anievas says
can we ask tanda for those memoirs/trivia. parang pareho silang magaling sa storytelling…
leona says
‘there are many holes to the story”…gets me back to @baycas’ [I think] re Meldy’s belief of a ‘Hole in the Sky’…by God for the Pilipinas…maybe you meant ‘many holes by Meldy for Macoy’s story’! hahaha
Tomas Gomez III says
The war heroics of Marcos was all fiction……if his own descriptions of his “war wounds” were in fact true, he would not have survived the war, let alone participate in the Death March! in which he did.
The undeniable fact is that Marcos was NEVER wounded in Bataan. This was the written testimonial of his Capas bunkmate, Dr. Juanityo C. Duque. The best evidence is a picture of FM, in swimming trunks….exposing his thighs, knees, legs…..walang peklat…..walang kasugat-sugat!
moonie says
vander, leona and tomas, I understand the apo bangkay is still not buried dust to dust. he is still above the ground. I would love to have his remains examined once and for all, the examination done by forensic medical pathologists. there should be remains of healed scar on his leg. marcos was not full blood mestizo, the scarring on his leg might be faint, but would still be there visible to well-trained eyes like the puckering of the epidermis with epithelial cells packed in. maybe, it was gasgas or mosquito bite that apo marcos mistook as bullet wound, sa takot niya to be involved in a war.
bandage daw, ba, during 2nd world war, torniquet was often used to stop leg wounds from bleeding, the torniquet applied before the wound. at that time, medical knowledged was crude and not like what we have now. still, the pain would have been excruciating, might even knock him off, the leg not only traumatized but swollen to nearly 2x its normal size. and with no crutches, it would be hard to walk around with a leg like that, let alone carry gold and dig hole to bury gold in.
if imelda wants to prove that her husband is truly a wartime hero that has sustained physical injuries, she ought to have his remains examined, the examination filmed and documented to ensure no tampering of evidence. that might be imelda’s trump card. if scar tissue is present where it should be, it could mean marcos was telling the truth. and that might even boost bong marcos’ chances of winning the election in 2016.
vander anievas says
i believed the facts were twisted.
he created his amazing fictional bio.
di ba si TJ at Tatang ganoon din?
they have this affinity: the embelishment thing.
baka pati DNA.
moonie says
present day examination of the preserved bangkay will either confirm, or debunk the myth. it’s imelda’s call.
kalakala says
In 1935, Mariano Marcos returned to Batac from Mindanao to run again for the national assembly… The election pitted Mariano directly against [Julio] Nalundasan. Nalundasan was
on Quezon’s Nacionalista ticket…Nalundasan defeated Mariano easily. Three nights after the election, on September 20, 1935, a heavy tropical downpour drove everyone off the
streets. In Nalundasan’s house, the victorious candidate enjoyed a late supper with family and friends. A few minutes after 10:00 P.M., he got up from the table and crossed
the porch to brush his teeth. The rain had stopped…Nalundasan was clearly silhouetted by the porch lantern. A .22-caliber bullet entered Nalundasan’s back, piercing his heart
and lung… Just before Christmas 1938 – three years after the Nalundasan murder – Constabulary soldiers burst into Ferdinand’s room [ in Manila] and arrested him on the charge of being the triggerman. Representing himself at the appeal court session on Saturday, October 12, 1940, Ferdinand wore a white shark skin suit
.
leona says
…you are not saying Ferdinand killed a great white shark for it’s skin suit before appearing at the appeal court, are you?
hahaha…making a joke only ‘pre! Btw, who was the judge who got that suit? hehehe
kalakala says
@Tomas Gomez III …kung Molina ang family name ng asawa ni Pres. Quezon, may posibilidad na nagkaanak si Marcos sa isa sa mga anak ni Quezon at Molina ang ginamit na family name. Like what Marcos wanted Dovie Beams to keep a secret kapag nagka baby sila.
According to the daughter-in-law of Quezon’s daughter Marcos’ affair with her mother-in-law was before and until Imelda came to his (marcos) life. Ang sabi pa nga noong nag-abot sina Ms. Quezon at Imelda ay nag karoon ng away hanggang umabot sa sampalan. at saka iyong property sa White Plains ay bigay daw ni Marcos sa kanyang mum-in-law.
Tomas Gomez III says
@kalakala…..Dona Aurora….”asawa ni Pres. Quezon” is nee Aragon. Molina is the surname of Pres. Quezon’s mother. (pls. read my earlier response to your comment.)
Your 2nd paragraph is absolutely bonkers! Where in heaven’s name did you pick up this garbage!
kalakala says
sorry, thanks for your correction sa 1st paragraph.
regarding the second paragraph. kung ganoon sir, who is louie molina whose wife claimed the granddaughter -in-law of quezon?
Tomas Gomez III says
@kalakala……wala akong kilalang Louie Molina. Pasensya ka na. I am very positive, however, that there has never been an encounter between any Quezon and Imelda. There has never been any relationship between the Quezons and the Marcoses. On the other hand, I can assure you that before Imelda met Ferdie…..Ferdie was already living with Carmen Ortega and they already had three children. The original Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. Is by Carmen Ortega. Bless her saintly silence!
Tomas Gomez III says
This is a rewrite of an earlier comment which has remained “awaiting moderation” Ang sabi ko….hindi ko kilala ang isang “Louie Molina” pero natitiyak kung hindi nagkaroon ng enkwentro si Imelda kay sino mang Quezon. Hindi nagkaroon, kailan pa man ng relasyon ang mga Quezon at mga Marcos!
On the other hand, masasabi ko na bago pa man nagkita si FM at si Imelda, si FM…bilang congresista….ay mayroon na siyang ibinabahay at sila ay mayroon ng tatlong anak. Ang napaka bait na noon ay mahal sa buhay ni Macoy ay isang”beauty” sa Maynila. Carmen Ortega……..ang naging Miss Photoraphy! Ang balita ko ay ang panganay na lalaking anak ay naging isang doctor na ngayon ay na sa America. Iyon ang na-unang na-ngalanang “Jr.” at hindi si Bongx2!
Tomas Gomez III says
nag rewrite muli ako—ikalawa na!– pero….comment awaiting moderation pa rin!!!!
kalakala says
maraming salamat po.
Victin Luz says
@sir, tomas….ang APO joe aspiras namin naman ang nagkwento regarding Marcos Sr.. And the Quezon’s…..rumurs lang pala but that Carmen Ortega sir ay nadinig namin sa La Union noong bata pa kami…so that was all true at kamaganak ba talaga ng mga ORTEGA sa LA UNION sir?
Tomas Gomez III says
@Victin Luz……I am not certain if Carmen Ortega is related to the Ortega clan of La Union. When you have the opportunity maybe you can ask around in La Union. Also, according to Primitivo Mijares ( Conjugal Dictatorship) the relationship of FM with Ms. Ortega continued even after he married Imelda. According to the same source, a fourth child was born.
Tambay says
@Tomas Gomez III Ang galing naman ni Marcos naitago nya not one but 4 kids from his relationship with Carmen Ortega. Where are they right now and bakit sila pumayag na as if they don’t exist?
kalahari says
DAANG MATUWID UNDER FIRE
“RECORD SMUGGLING UNDER PINOY. Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington-based U.S. think tank, has come up with a mind-boggling report that the Philippine loses P65.5 billion a year to smuggling and illegal trading. It reported that the highest record loss was achieved in 2011, with an astonishing P173.5 billion loss of revenues.” (Ernesto Maceda, Philstar 2/6/14)
“WHAT TO DO ABOUT SMUGGLING. GFI points out that between 1960 and 2011, some $410.5 billion flowed in and out of the country, a great deal of it from smuggling. Political will is arguably the key, GFI argues so, saying that though the current administration has shown strength of will in pushing back corruption, it has not seeped deeply into BOC. The reason is not hard to see. Customs is home to Ali Baba treasure. The temptations are monumental, and this is a country more than any other that ardently believes in Oscar Wilde’s witticism that the best way to deal with temptation is to yield to it. As Ruffy Biazon, Sevilla’s predecessor points out, echoing Sevilla’s own depiction of corruption as an ecosystem. If you remove one corrupt individual and yet the same environment prevails, the risk for the replacement to go bad remains high.”(CDQ, Inquirer 2/6/14)
“ILLICIT. Even more staggering, GFI estimates a five-decade total of $277.6 billion entering the Philippine economy illicitly. A major portion of that total entered by means of false invoicing of imports to evade tariff. In a word: smuggling. Characteristically, the Palace greeted the GFI report with heavy propaganda spin. Spokesman Sonny Coloma thanked the anti-graft research institution for the report, saying this will guide government’s action towards reform. Reforms? This administration is rapidly moving to its dying days. Smuggling worsened rather than diminished during the past three years. A recent survey reports businessmen see an upstick rather than a decline in corruption. The whole context of policy weaknesses, vulnerable institutions, and the likely collaboration of high public officials has yet to be discussed. The administration has not presented us with a menu of policy reforms, institutional innovation and improved enforcement even as the scandal burns.” (Alex Magno, Philstar 2/6/14)
kalahari says
DAANG MATUWID under fire
CDQ’s There’s the rub – $410.5 billion, mostly from smuggling, flowed out of the country from 1960 to 2011 Source: Washington-based Research and advocacy Group, Global Financial Integrity (GFI), (PDI 2/6/14)
Record Smuggling under PNoy = GFI has come up with a mind-boggling report that the PHL loses P65.5 billion a year to smuggling and illegal trading. It reported that the highest record loss was achieved in 2011, with an astonishing P173.5 billion loss of revenue. ( Ernesto Maceda Philstar.com 2/6/14)
Smuggling at its worst under PNoy, with the smuggled value averaging $19.6 annually, an explosion from the comparable figures of $3.1 billion and $3.8 billion yearly during Erap’s and GMA’s time, respectively. In PNoy’s first two years in office, the value of smuggling totalled $39.2 billion, more than $35.6 billion during arroyo’s nine years in office. These figures are based on data from the IMF’s Direction of Trade Statistics (Outlook by bobby tiglao. (PDI 11/14/12).
Manila Times (8/15/12) They’re boasting jojo ochoa gets P10M monthly from BOC smugglers, by Roberto Tiglao
ivank says
pls:
ilabas ang audio para ma upload ko sa Youtube…
so annoying yung mga FB friends ko na die hard Macoy…
and i fear bongbong will win this coming 2016.
Kamison says
ba’t atat na atat ka sa audio recording of FM with the kana?
i heard it many years agu. some parts were inaudible, FM was even singing. no picture if it was during his ejaculation or her squirt.
leona says
@ivank…just ‘put’ this BLOG at FaceBook to counter-annoy the dead-hard-zombies Macoys!
leona says
Mr. President tell us there is no corruption here…
‘COA: DOTC has 40 cars worth P1 each
ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 02/05/2014 11:21 PM | Updated as of 02/05/2014 11:21 PM
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) allegedly has a fleet of 40 cars with an assigned price tag of P1 each, according to a Commission on Audit (COA) report.
“Verification of the SSLB (statement of subsidiary ledger balance) at DOTC as of December 31, 2012 also disclosed that 40 motor vehicles reflected a value of only P1 per unit,” the COA said in its 2012 audit report.
The COA report was released last January 30, while a copy was received by the office of Transportation Sec. Jun Abaya on January 3, 2014.
Auditors tracked down some of the vehicles and found that 22 of the 40 units were with DOTC, 19 of which were listed as “serviceable” while three others are “unserviceable”.
Eleven more units were found to have been “loaned” to other government offices despite only 7 being in good condition.
The remaining 7 units, meanwhile, were listed as having “no records with the Property Office” and “unaccounted”.
According to the DOTC, the 40 vehicles were recorded at a cost of P1 each “for monitoring purposes only” as they were received from various projects with incomplete documentation.’
…the amounts-values amounts to billions here. Money turned to wastes thrown into our creeks and rivers.
leona says
link http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/focus/02/05/14/coa-dotc-has-40-cars-worth-p1-each
Joe America says
And I suspect most of the records are on paper rather than on computer.
I don’t see this so much as a matter of corruption, for 40 cars for an organization that is out and about working on roads and trains and airports needs to get there somehow. However, it is a matter of sloppy administration, a condition that flows from paper and archaic filing and monitoring systems. (I say this as I grouse about a new Immigration requirement that I must complete a FIVE PAGE information profile for them every year, telling them things that are already in their computer and on my I-card. FIVE PAGES. No wonder the trees hereabouts are all disappearing.)
leona says
@Joe…you mean to say if you’ve been here for [let’s say] 10 years, you have 50 PAGES of that information profile at the Buruk Immigration office? What do they do with 50 PAGES?
Like at the LTO office too…every year ‘stencil the Engine number’ of vehicles on a white shit of coupon bond paper! Mine is Model 1994…so 19 stencils of engine numbers of the vehicle…already. That’s about one whole tree!
…yea you’re right – NO WONDER THE TREES HEREABOUTS ARE ALL DISAPPEARING!
Hey GOVERNMENT! Can you stop this SAME MULTIPLE PROFILINGS STENCILINGS atbpa SAME INFORMATIONS? It STINKS really.
leona says
‘MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) now has a clearer picture of a certain “Ma’am Arlene” who is reportedly behind influence peddling in the judiciary.
The ad hoc committee chaired by Associate Justice Marvic Leonen reportedly gathered “very telling” details about “Ma’am Arlene” in meetings with several Court of Appeals (CA) justices and trial court judges.
“The committee has met almost every week since the New Year started… All have been very candid with their accounts and very helpful to the committee,” according to a statement released by the probe panel.
The names of the members of the judiciary who faced the SC panel were not disclosed pending verification of information gathered from them.’ PhilStar news today.
…who says we have a clean justice system? Where will this SC investigation end up? Dismissals of justices/judges or reprimands only etc? No disbarment?
Any unjustice/unjudge, being a lawyer, who sells cases must be disbarred too!
leona says
Link http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/02/06/1287137/justices-face-sc-panel-arlene
Joe America says
A severe national disgrace. Corrupt judges who wish to be called “your honor”.
leona says
…judge Returning said –
“Taking his seat in his chambers, the judge faced the opposing lawyers. “so,” he said, “i have been presented, by both of you, with a bribe.” both lawyers squirmed uncomfortably, “you attorney Ayo, gave me 15k. And you, attorney Ade, gave me 10k. The judge reached into his pocket and pulled out a check. He handed it to Ayo “Now then, i’m returning 5k, and we’re going to decide this case solely on its merits. ”
Bravo Judge!
A further wish by the lawyer – “Lawyer: “Judge, I wish to appeal my client’s case on the basis of newly discovered evidence.”
Judge: “And what is the nature of the new evidence?”
Lawyer: “Judge, I discovered that my client still has $500 left.” hahaha.
Talking to whom –
“At the height of a political corruption trial, the prosecuting attorney attacked a witness. “Isn’t it true,” he bellowed, “that you accepted five thousand dollars to compromise this case?”
The witness stared out the window, as though he hadn’t heard the question.
“Isn’t it true that you accepted five thousand dollars to compromise this case?” the lawyer repeated.
The witness still did not respond.
Finally, the judge leaned over and said, “Sir, please answer the question.”
“Oh,” the startled witness said, “I thought he was talking to you.”
…and finally, for desert with cigar and Kulap [what’s that again @joe…the tasty wine?]
“Carlson was charged with stealing a Mercedes Benz, and after a long trial, the jury acquitted him. Later that day Carlson came back to the judge who had presided at the hearing.
“Your Honor,” he said, “I wanna get out a warrant for that dirty lawyer of mine.”
“Why ?” asked the judge. “He won your acquittal. What do you want to have him arrested for?”
“Well, Your Honor,” replied Carlson, “I didn’t have the money to pay his fee, so he went and took the car I stole.”
…my Lord, I rest my case.
leona says
…after lunch time, the Clerk says ‘Your Honor’ one more case…before you go for the afternoon nap, “Call it!” says Your Honor – Judge Red says
“A red-faced judge convened court after a long lunch. The first case involved a man charged with drunk driving who claimed it simply wasn’t true.
“I’m as sober as you are, your honor,” the man claimed.
The judge replied, “Clerk, please enter a guilty plea. The defendant is sentenced to 30 days.” hahaha… Have a nice day and night @Joe
Kamison says
You might find this amusing, enlightening or just none sense (uncommon)
Answers just under y-our noses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxDfBpcjKgs
(Jordan Maxwell -Maritime Law Rules the World Commerce and Courts)
youtube search for ‘Maritime Admiralty Law -Jordan Maxwell’
leona says
‘MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court Third Division on Thursday stopped the Quezon City government from imposing its garbage collection fee scheme on the city’s households, its spokesman, Theodore Te, announced through a text message sent to reporters.
Under the newly approved ordinance, a yearly garbage fee ranging from P100 to P500 will be imposed on each household in the city while obligating homeowners’ associations and high rise residential building owners to pay more. The fee is due every January, along with the real property tax.
Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/574602/sc-stops-quezon-city-govt-from-collecting-garbage-fees#ixzz2sUyyqSKa
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‘Buti nga! So many squatters in Quezon City doing all this garbage littering in our creeks/rivers, nothing done about them! Now, each household owner is made to pay for their litterings! A tax at that.
Crazy ordinance makers! Abusive idea.
Mabuti nga! TRO sila.
jorge bernas says
@ leona,
Mabuti na lamang at na T.R.O. sila nang Supreme Court. What a stupid ideas of Quezon City Officials asking for the immediate increase of garbage fees from Ph. 100.- to Ph.500.-.at ang mga illegal squatters ay LIBRE, Ni hindi nga nila maipakulong o masampahan nang kaso mga illegal squatters na siyang nagtatapon nang dumi at basura sa mga isteros o sa mga ilog o kong saan saan lang tapos ang mga law abidding citizen na nakatira sa maayos na lugar at subdivision na mayroon sariling lupa at bahay at nagtatapon nang basura sa maayos na paraan ay siya na naman pagpapasanin nang dagdag gastusin…Hindi tama ito at ewan ko kong pinag-isipan at pinag-aralan ito nang mga opisyales na akala mo ay matatalino…
Mel says
Burning bridges? Seeing is believing. Maybe?
leona says
…Mr. Neri, with his 3 motions, really doesn’t believe in truth! The truth will set him free.
…’neri ako mag te-testify’…basta neri ako!
kalahari says
If Neri would like to be drafted as senatorial candidate in 2016, he must divulge all he knows abut the ZTE scandal. The GMA loyalist will go against him – as well as intelligent voters who despise HUDAS.
leona says
…drafted? Mr. Neri? For senator?
…neri ako! Neri ako gusto!
[okeydokey for peace keeping force to Golan Heights! ] … his height of reluctance to tell the truth is3x as his ‘motions” NERI DAW AKO MAG TE-TESTIFY!
…
jorge bernas says
@ leona,
Nakapanghihinayang itong si Neri Dahil napakatalino pero sayang dahil nagpagamit, nagpakaduwag na ilahad ang katutuhanan at nagpakaTUTA….he he he he…
baycas says
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/42847/5-things-ferdinand-marcos-and-mad-mens-donald-draper-have-in-common
…read also some martial law accounts in same web page…
leona says
…a good article by Robert JA Basilio @baycas.
…Meldy’s reported obsessive belief of a ‘hole in the sky’ by God for the Pilipinos, gift! Gift of what? A hole in her head? or a sink hole for the Pilipinos?
Or both! Btw, did she take Geometry – on Figures? Baka 76% siya!
Rene-Ipil says
Imelda Marcos almost had The Beatles killed on July 5, 1966 when the band snubbed her invitation for a lunch in Malacañang the day before.
http://lisawallerrogers.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/imelda-marcos-almost-gets-the-beatles-killed/
Victin Luz says
[email protected] , i still remember how Ringgo Starr was knockdown with a punch in his face at the MIA airport on TV.
leona says
…it was so peacefool at the time!
Kamison says
Whether it was John Lennon or Paul M who reportedly lost his diamond ring.
Wasn’t clear though how either one lost it.
Whether it was during handshakes with fans, with FM or with the former FL.
I guess during their interview in an AM station. (Freudian)
ivank says
as a man from mindanao i observed:
1. People hailed Erap when he crushed Camp Abubakar.
2. Most Pinoy love Duterte’s way of dealing with crimes.
3. Pinoys loves humiliating jokes that is why Vice ganda is too popular right now.
in short Pinoys love sadistic, tyrant and a leader with an iron fist …and Marcos was the best example .
sad to say…..
Victin Luz says
I agree , so we have to start enumerating all those SAD/BAD days of Marcos regime otherwise ILOKANOS will serve/vote a TYRANT candidate for President coming from their backyards rather than vote a tyrant candidate from Visayas or Minadanao… If we select POE , Carpio-Morales or rather others must be the best…. not BINAY who has an Ilokano blood nor Roxas having an Araneta blood….IMHO lang po…
Kajames says
@Victin Luz: …I think Binay (Ramboquito) is an Ibanag but maybe can speak Ilokano also…
Victin Luz says
[email protected] james… Majority of ibanag so as the gaddangs of Bayombong, Nueva Viscaya knows how to speak ilocano…
leona says
…as that article of Mr. Robert JA Basilio mentions we’re inside a ‘karomatasel’ [ draped by Draper!] situations…pls read @baycas’ highlightedness!
…meaning – … nightmares in our dreams! Smirkitess thanks to our leaderships!
Tomas Gomez III says
Maaari natin segurong itanong sa mga sunusuporta kay Marcos: Kung alam ba
ninyo…na walang kaduaduda na siya ay isang lantarang sinungaling…….iboboto pa ba ninyo siya bilang Pangulo? The answer to this question is the litmus test of the subject’s level of public morality or perhaps, even it’s absence. The only credible portion of Marcos’ life story is a remark by his mother while he was a little boy that he will grow up to be a “good story teller. “. “For Every Tear a Victory” was supposed to be a biography written by a commissioned American Journalist…..and he was paid $15000.00 in 1963/1964. As it turned out, the book was really a ghost autobiography…….Marcos was the only source of all the falsehood…..practically in every page……and in fact, he was the editor of what Hartzell Spence has written. In addition Marcos wrote much of the book himself! The American Author stayed at the Filipinas Hitel. McGraw-Hill published the book on condition that the published book will all be purchased by Marcos.
During electoral season and Nacionalista convention, this book was given away freely…..and reprinted several times thereafter with Philippine Government funds, again for free distribution.
The bottom line: will the Filipino voter…..no matter his station in life….. continue to adore and to even vote for a man who is an outright, consistent and incorrible liar? And that Marcos is.
And I dare anyone to pick out any Marcos statement or event in his “For Every Tear a Victory.”
I will provide the unimpeachable rebuttals. Be good sports, you Marcosites. Let us have fun.
leona says
…rather about time to say “For My Every Victory Your Gloomy Tears!”
…20 years of those tears!
marcos parin says
Tomas gomez III then will you vote another likes of pnoy rather than the likes of bongbong marcos? Meron pa bang PERPEKTONG KANDIDATO na tatakbo sa pagkapresidente. Problem with you people is that, you are dreaming of to vote a PERFECT CANDIDATE, rather than to vote the candidate suited best for that position! This is just a simple way of saying, we vote the marcoses for the COMMON GOOD!
ivank says
i was reading a local newspaper this morning “Goldstar Daily” and I was shocked by what i’ve read.
It was an article about the Sex Scandal of late Pres. Marcos. His love making with an American actress was caught on tape.
Too bad, bad…video was not available at that time. I’ve searched youtube but its not available
. only a documentary from TV5 confirms the tsismis.
if can somebody post an audio of theirs then it could be more of a destruction to Marcos……
moonie says
and did you know what imelda did to the poor actress? she was sent back to USA in distress and in shame. and what did marcos do then? got himself ready for next conquest I suppose. yong mga former binibining pilipinas natin were all fair game to him, as well as movie stars and actresses. say no, and you’re in trouble, big trouble.
ivank says
can somebody provide us a copy of the book…
i ’am so interested to read and pay for it.
Tomas Gomez III says
@ivank…….please go to…….AbeBooks.com. And enter Rotea for author and “Marcos’ Lovey Dovey” for the Title…..and then Search. Only one copy available at this time. You may also wish to google……. Hermie Rotea Dovie Beams.
Enjoy and have fun. Huwag nang “Marcos Pa Rin!”…….. Mas mabuti para sa Bayan at sa ating kinabukasan ang: “NEVER AGAIN!!!!”
Rene-Ipil says
NEVER AGAIN!!!
Binay – Marcos
Marcos – Estrada
Marcos – Revilla
“Marcos” – xxx
Never again for anybody with trace of Marcos blood. Blood is always thicker than water. So let’s be careful on whom to endorse as president in 2016. We might get what we wanted.
Victin Luz says
Kawawa ang Pilipinas muli pag nagkataon…so wag nating bigyan ng pagkakataon na iboto sila Marcos at Binay to Be a President or Vice President.
leona says
Bong2 is even not worth as senator…presidente or VP pa?
Imagine voting to acquit Corona at the Senate…a very poor record at that!
…he really cannot see any light of days! But it is possible our tangi voters might just do another stupid crazy good thing for him in 2016.
May the Heavens Not Fall On Us All
leona says
…@ivank…maybe ‘go check eBay’ …We’d love to get our shares from you…
Tomas Gomez III says
Dovie Beams……had a tell all book written by Filipino journalist in LA……Hermie Rotea. Hermie benefited from lengthy interview sessions. One item in the book, according to Dovie, is how Marcos had claimed that Baby Quezon (president’s daughter) was once his beloved but was assassinated by the Huks, together with Dona Aurora. This is another evidence that Marcose had this strange fascination with the Quezons, even claiming in his For Every Tear a Victory that Baby Quezon was his “Enamorata.” He also claims that he was offered a job by Quezon when he topped the bar exams. All fantasies……it leads to the question….was Marcos a socio-path?
Newark2002 says
Mayroon akong maibabahagi noong martial law era. Palibhasa walang dyaryong matino, may mga kakilala kang mawawala na lang. May mga kaklase ako, kaibigan, kakilala, nawala na lang. Ang iba tuluyang nawala, ang iba nakita na lang bangkay. Noong panahon ng mga Marcos, si Imelda pag may activities kahit saan, gustong-gusto nya na ang tinatapakan nya ay puno ng mga petals. Petals na imported from Holland and paid by Central Bank. Pag may gusto si Imeldang bagong sasakyan, mag-iimport sya, hindi charge sa Malacanang kundi sa mga government agencies — isa roon ang PCSO. Pati dialysis machine nya charge din sa PCSO. Pati ginto sa Central Bank ginawang pag-aari ni Marcos. They shipped the golds out of the county to deposit in their names. Maraming kadumal dumal na pagnanakaw sa bayan ang pamilyang Marcos. Dapat ang ginto ng Central Bank ay naimbestigahan at nalaman kung saan napunta.
ivank says
but if you want to discredit Marcos and block his son from running in 2016 -coz the younger generation and people of mindanao and visayas will likely be voting for Bongbong… then the best effective way is character assasination…
dahil yan ang usos ngayon…SCANDAl….
can somebody upload that audio tape on Youtube….
please..
Victin Luz says
It must be the Facts and Truth about the elder Marcose’s graft ridden administration and inhuman ways they treated the Filipinos before…Girls like Dovie Beams and others like one of the Sonora’s must be exposed now and also sequestered properties how they had acquired ” dapat makalkal lahat ” kasi karamihan ng botante ngayon ay hindi nila gaanong naramdaman ang mga nangyari noong martial law era and post M- era…. and BONG BONG can never straigntened all that BAD things happened before…..Ang santol hindi iyan bubunga ng mangga….so he can not also be trusted… Why do we gamble in voting him to the precidency when ” ang dami naman nila dyan na pagpipilian natin , di po ba “
leona says
…to make it simple and easy, … just show probing Bong2 gross ignorance … in many crucial facts/events…
…even as now a senatir, during that impeach of Coron, Bong2 did ask questions I couldn’t know where ‘n there…leading to…like Honas!
…rem’ber it like something re bill of rights atbpa! LAYO! …wher he got into that, who fed him with it?
…senator!
kalakala says
@ Tomas Gomez III, if Baby Quezon was assasinated, sino ba iyong anak ni Pres. Quezon na nakapag-asawa ng mga Molina na na link din kay Marcos?
Tomas Gomez III says
@kalakala…..tatlo lang ang anak nina Don Manuel at Dona Aurora Quezon….Maria Aurora 9Baby) , Zeneida (Nini) at Manuel, Jr. (Nonong)……. Doon sa ambuscade noong 1949, napatay din ang asawa ni Nini…..si Philip Buencamino. Ang viuda ay nag-asawang muli. Alberto Avancena, naman. Ang apellido na Molina ay hango sa ina ni President Quezon…..Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina. (Ang Molina yata ang may dugong Kastila! na maaring Franciscano ang ama!)) Si Nonong naman ay matanda ng binata ng nag-asawa. Kay Lourdes Orense Casas. Ang kanilang iisang anak ay si Manolo….Manuel Quezon III ….kasalukyang nasa Malacanang.
Tomas Gomez III says
@kalakala…..mag-intay at ang sagot ay “awaiting moderation.”
Tomas Gomez III says
@Ivank….That Dovie Beams tape is not this is. In Hermie Rotea’s book, she confirms it. She had the tape recorder under the bed and Marcos was singing two Ilocanos folk songs.
That tape was blared all over the UP Campus via the UP radio station. This was during the student rebellion when UP was occupied territory by the activists. That tape was looped and it could be heard….paulit-ulit to the joyous entertainment of those who heard it.
I can only wish that somebody was able to keep a copy….for future use!!!!
Tomas Gomez III says
‘This is ‘ should read ‘tsismis.’….sorry.
ivank says
napakinggan nuo po ba ang tape?
Tomas Gomez III says
Yes……..Macoy was singing “Pamulinawen.”
leona says
… ‘di kaya ‘Babaeng Magalaw’! hahaha
Vibora says
The old Philippine Free Press came out with the story complete with pictures and the recording. Sadly, my copies were swept by typhoon dading.
Targrod says
how about doon sa first lady? totoo ba ‘yung “chismis” na may nangyari sa kanya with a poging actor? na in turn, nabuko yata at na-exile si poging actor at ang kanyang asawa?
Vibora says
you mean george hamilton? maybe, na “love at first bite”.
leona says
… hahaha
…consoledating everything here…
…Bong2 will disappear!
…in 2016 year!
Bruno Marx says
@Targrod: Eduardo yata 1st name ng guy na tinutukoy mo ;)…
Kajames says
I was trying to obtain an article in Playboy about Dovie Beams detailing her relationship with Marcos (the Apo). I read the article sometime in 1991 or 1992. It was a good one!
kalakala says
@ ivank, may be mayroong relevance sa hinahanap nyong video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45RKVadaq2A
leona says
…off topic…
‘MANILA – Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales ordered the filing of criminal charges against former Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Mark E. Jalandoni and former Assistant Ombudsman Nennette M. de Padua for allegedly tampering with official documents.
Thirteen counts of falsification of public documents under Article 171, paragraph 6 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), and fifty-six (56) counts of infidelity in the custody of public documents through concealment under Article 226 of the RPC will be filed against the two before the Sandiganbayan on Tuesday.
In denying the appeal of the two, Morales took note of the move of former Executive Assistant Rosalyn D. Martinez who agreed to become a prosecution witness.’
…what could have been ‘the contents’ of these falsified documents by the culprits? Worth sniping on…
leona says
link http://www.philnews.com/headlines/2014/headline_news_0204ab.htm
Victin Luz says
The famous Nalundan case where the young Marcos convicted in the lower court but upon appeal to the SC of CJ Laurel , he was acquitted because the proof beyond reasonable doubt was never established KUNU… noon pa pala ay palakasan na dyan sa SC.. As we were told by our parents then, the daughter of President Quezon was a GF of Marcos . nagpakiusapan na daw…
The murder of Cong. Floro Crisologo , the mastermind was never caught and stories revealed that FM ordered the killing.
The Victor Wood ” bugbugan ” night club incident with BONG BONG MARCOS and Maureen Ava Viera ( miss Aruba ) attributed to the young Marcos being jealous to the former…ngayon Senador na mukhang gusto pang lalaban pang pagka Presidente sa 2016 . Bugbugan na uli tayo nyan sa 2016 pag nagkataon….bugbugin natin sya ng ZERO VOTES. Ang kaso nalahian na sya ng mga ARANETAs so belas na sila ni Roxas .so dapat ingat din tayo kay palengke king…
Tomas Gomez III says
No daughter of Pres. Quezon was ever a GF of Marcos! In fact there is no evidence that Marcos ever met Baby Quezon personally…… Guniguni ni Macoy maraming napaniwala!
Victin Luz says
Ha ha ganoon po ba Sir ,, mali po pala ang kwento ni APO Aspiras noon sa amin..but it was true that the Judge Father of the late Benito Soliven convicted Marcos over the Nalundasan case at RTC? Why/How the younger Soliven ( journalist ) became a ” TUTA ” ni Maccoy din …
Tomas Gomez III says
@ Victin Luz……the Court of First Instance in Laoag at the time was Roman Cruz, Sr……father of JVCruz and Jun Cruz, both Marcos and Imelda favorites. It was Judge Roman Cruz Sr. who sentenced Ferdinand E. Marcos for the murder of winning candidate Julio Nalundasan. Don Benito Soliven…father of the late Max Soliven….was a war hero who was killed by the Japanese. Max Soliven was never a tuta of Marcos. Additionally, FYI, the father of Macoy, Mariano Marcos, was assassinated by Ilocanos guerrillas somewhere in La Union because he was a rabid pro-Japanese collaborator……who even wore a Japanese military uniform, according to Max Soliven. And so did Macoy, at times, wear the same uniform. There are lingering suspicions that like father like son, Ferdinand was also a collaborator!!!
Victin Luz says
Thanks Sir… We have learned a lot from you .. A very 1st hand information … so our APO sunshine joe Aspiras , was telling us half truth then … Ito ho bang Roman Cruz ay related to the Roman Cruz na once holding an executive position sa PAL before?
At any rate ,,,totoo na MAKAHAPON si Don Mariano … Because we really hate that they named our alama mater high school Don Mariano Marcos State University…they should have named La Union State University….although it was elevated to an State Univerdity ..it should have not been DMMMSU …. may memeorial pa … E ….MAKAHAPON naman pala..
Tomas Gomez III says
Wala ng iba……Roman Cruz, Jr…..Jun Cruz…..PAL, GSIS, Manila Hotel, etc.
Victin Luz says
Thanks sir…
Bruno Marx says
@Thomas Gomez III: …hmm that’s why Marcos loyalist then have to produce fake war medals! Was Marcos really became major during the war?
Tomas Gomez III says
@Bruno Marx…….there is no legitimate official record that indicates that Marcos had a rank higher than lieutenant! In his book, Marcos makes the claim that Gen. Wainwright promoted him to captain by way of a telephone call! And then, all of a sudden, he becomes a major. As a congressman already, he joined a group to Washington DC to lobby for veterans’ benefits. He has a group photo where he was in uniform with the rank of major (bronze oak leaf) with rows and rows of medals on his upper left chest! Talagang makapal ang apog. All ranks above lieutenant were based on affidavits, stating that the original records were lost,
leona says
…@Tomas…is it true that the prosecutor at that CFI trial of Macoy for the killing was Leon Ma. Guerrero, Atenista, brilliant and fluent in Spanish language, who later on was appointed Ambassador to Spanish during Macoy era…
…later was put in place as lead counsel for Phil panel for the Sabah claim to contend with the English Oxford lawyers representing Malaysia…by Pres. Macapagal…where the Pilipino panel of lawyers were losing the legal arguments..but Leon Ma. Guerrero created a reverse scenario in that by creating a ‘war-guerrero’ scene at the panel hearing?
Hearing…dissolved! Malaysia called it QUITS!
Was this true?
Tomas Gomez III says
@leona…….if my recollection is correct…..the prosecutor was the Provincial Fiscal that is assigned to Laoag at that time and it was not Guerrero. However, I seem to recall that according to Marcos himself….in his For Every Tear a Victory…Leon Ma. Guerrero argued in behalf of the Philippine Government during the appeal before the Supreme Court. Guerrero was a brilliant, young government solicitor (Solicitor General’s Office) at the time.
About the Sabah claim legal debate, I am afraid I am not too familiar with those circumstances.
Tomas Gomez III says
Guerrero served as the Philippine Ambassador to the Court of St. James (UK) and not Spain….an appointee of Macoy.
leona says
Thanks @Tomas for the bits.
baycas says
Anderson and Imelda…
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/303565/news/nation/wikileaks-imelda-marcos-was-a-pest-more-than-a-guest-in-us
leona says
… some blogs there @baycas says ‘…Golden Years’ of Mr. Marcos…what I remember most about ‘golden’ is the GOLDEN BUDDHA! …of poor Mr. Roxas [? first name I forgot].
I repeat…many of the fickle-minded or naive class for Marcos Et Al., still oxygenates!
baycas says
Speaking of gold…
I posted something about gold…was probably ‘spammed’ and still waiting for the site administrator to post it.
moonie says
gold, as in yamashita’s gold makes my hackles rise up. for a soldier of highest integrity and recipient of war medals, marcos did a despicable thing, stealing from the dead yamashita and keeping his gold. marcos should have returned the gold to its rightful owner, the family of yamashita, the way the porter at naia returned yong perang napulot niya. instead marcos keep the gold for himself. tapos pinagmalaki pa niya that all his riches was because of the gold.
marcos could have given the gold to authorities and let them decide what to do with it. maybe after the war, the gold could have been used to rebuild our country sooner rather than later, maybe use it to pay off war widows too, as well as housing for misplaced people and orphans whose parents were killed by japanese soldiers. but, no, marcos keep the gold to himself. he was already twisted then. walang moral.
anyhow, @baycas, I look forward to reading your comment about gold.
Tomas Gomez III says
There never was any “Yamashita Gold!” That is completely fabricated fiction by Marcos himself. Nor did he ever earn a war related medal legitimately beyond the Bataan campaign ribbon. Marcos claims in his book that upon being wounded…..a Purple Heart was presented to him in the battlefield. Hallucinations! This never happened. There is no record in the US military archives that a Lt. Ferdinand E. Marcos was ever recommend for the sward.
In fact, Marcos was never wounded at all in Bataan. An eye witness has written about this….an Ilocanos doctor who was with him in Capas, a Dr. Duque.
Victin Luz says
Before in our place , rumurs regarding Don Mariano Marcos was a Jap. Collaborator ” MAKAHAPON ” and used to burn the hair on the women’s gueriila caught by the Japs… It was used daw as campaign propaganda of Nalundasan kaya talo sa pagka congrehista si tatay nya… .. Paki check nga po ito kung tottoo talaga mga SIR?
Victin Luz says
Burn guerilla women’s hair’s private part…. Correction…. Ginagawa daw nilang astray…
Tomas Gomez III says
It was during the elections of 1935……birth of the Philippine Commonwealth….when Nalundasan beat Mariano Marcos. Marcos was a candidate of Bishop Aglipay who ran agains Manuel L. Quezon. Another losing candidate for president was Emilio Aguinaldo. This was obviously before Mariano Marcos became a wartime enemy collaborator.
duquemarino says
Remember the Manila International Film Center at the reclamation area. The scaffoldings collapsed when quick drying cement was being poured burying countless workers, many were not retrieved (according to news account).
Just to beat the deadline for the inauguration, the carpet was still sopping during the opening night.
duquemarino says
And also the Story. Nino Shrine and the People’s Center in Tacloban City. Several families were displaced when it was established.
VIPs were housed at the Story. Nino Shrine whenever there were activities in Tacloban especially during Imelda’s birthday celebration.
Lots of antiques, artworks and valuable collections are stored there.
After Yolanda, the People’s Center was used as evacuation center up to this date. Evacuees use the book collection for fuel and toiletries.
duquemarino says
Erratum. The word story should be Sto. (For Sto. Ninyo Shrine).
Bruno Marx says
@duquemarino: I remember we installed state-of-the-art movie projection system in the People’s Center (35mm and 70mm and Dolby System capable).
baycas says
THE GOLD OF THE SUN
Written by: Robert Curtis
That is the introduction. Here is an excerpt from the web page:
The link here: http://www.tseatc.com/goldofthesun.html
vander anievas says
hulog ng langit…
leona says
…then the heavens fell on him in Hawaii…erroneous belief in immortality!
kalahari says
An episode during the martial law that our youngsters need to know is about the Agrava Commission created by marcos to determine the people responsible for the assassination of Ninoy in the tarmac of the Manila International Airport on August 21, 1983.
Marcos himself appointed jurist Corazon Agrava to head a commission to investigate Ninoy’s assassination. After more than a year, the commission concluded in their findings announced in October, 1984, that the assassination of Ninoy was the result of military conspiracy but the sandiganbayan, who was also trying the case as it involved government officials, subsequently ignored said findings and upheld the government’s story that the poor Rolando Galman was the lone assassin. General fabian ver and 24 other officers and one civilian were acquitted in December, 1985.
Although ultimate responsibility for the dastardly act still had not been clearly determined in the early 1990s, on September 28, 1990, a special court convicted general luther custodio and 15 other officers and enlisted members of the Aviation Security Command of murdering Ninoy and Galman (Excerpt from Phillipines – A Case Study: Library of Congress)
leona says
…the gunman 31 years ago probably in mid-thirties at the time must be around below 70 years old now…still loose! Alive and kicking a bit…not much.
Who is he?
Do not believe Rolando Galman was the shooter…if he got around the ‘secured sanitized’ airport he could have killed so many Avsecom security personnel and got away with it. B.S. story Agravate commission!
He pusilliero is still on ‘the loose!’ Believe it or not. Being dead he’s still ‘loose’!
vander anievas says
huwag na huwag tayong padadaya sa mga palabas ng diktador at ng maluho niyang asawa. mga mapanlinlang na pangakong nakatago sa gintong balatkayo. sila ang ama at ina ng bangungot humagupit sa ating bansa na pansamantalang nagpakita ng magandang panimula ngunit nahantad unti-unti ang tunay na kulay at motibo na galing din sa kanilang kapamaraanan. iyan ang bangungot na magpahanggang ngayon ay nakaakibat sa ating mga pilipino. utang kabi-kabila. mga nagkawala o naipadukot na mga mamamayang nais maghayag ng paniniwala o sariling damdamin laban sa diktaturya. alalahanin natin ang pagkabaril kay Ninoy. kay Evelio Javier. marami sila.
huwag kalimutang ang diktador ang nagbukas ng kahon ni pandora ng pandarambong.
huwag tayong magsawang ipaalala sa ating mga anak at apo kung sino ang ugat ng kinasasadlakan natin ngayon.
huwag tayong padadaya.
Victin Luz says
Moro moro sytem of justice and Marcos just pointed his finger who who will be a leader in a particular place , mayor up to the assembyman ….almost every Generals wer extended of their tenure in the service…..madami pa he he …. Every provincial and town boundaries were also altered during the tenureof Marcos….sa mga crimes of murder and other’s or human right violations madami din noon kay APO … He he .. Magsalita kana against kay Marcos huli ka, kulong ka…
Kamison says
Off Topic?
News you just don’t read in the mainstream.
leona says
…do not put any bit of asparragusting ‘content’ using the Internet whatever, whenever,wherever,however and whyever! against the security of usa.
…even here, NSA is monitoring and could even be hicking us…all over; reenderation can happen agh ag h h uh? WTF! he…l p… zioooo…p
Kamison says
Heh he heh
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leona says
…hahaha, hindi ka takot ha?
…si ‘Ex’ if he/she was a conspirator with the NSA before; now no more, how sure are you that ‘this possibility’ [only?] allow me to take back my emails ‘SAFELY’?
…my emails might already have been ‘copied’ TWICE before I took it back! hahaha
…once a conspirator always a conspirator…never credible.
Kamison says
basahin mo uli, kahit na naipadala mo, you can still control from your end whether the un-intended recipient can still open it or not. ONLY by a Key the sender and the intended recipient(s) only know.
maliban na lang kung cut or copy and paste between two different message consoles/window sent with or w/o Virtru.
Maxie says
@Victin Luz I agree with you re Poe – Robredo for 2016!!!
Rene-Ipil says
The conjugal partnership established a highly profitable “mining” business.
I truly love William Saunders and Jane Ryan.
Kajames says
PICC,FAT,”Palace in the sky”, Metropolitan Theater, Cultural Center, Film Center – Multi-million Pesos went into the construction of these structures and these are barely making money. Metropolitan theater is in a sorry state of neglect for years. These structures are “monuments” of corruption.
leona says
isa pa…Bataan Nuclear Explosion center! $35M consumisyon [comisyon pala] yun!
Rae_E says
I was in grade school through high school during the Marcos era. I was in 1st year college when Marcos was ousted through the People’s Power revolution in 1986. The Marcos era was a DARK era in Davao City for it was literally a killing field. There were “salvagings” & “liquidations” daily. Crimes were rampant. People were wary or even scared to talk openly against the Marcos’s gov’t as well as against the NPAs. Transport strikes that paralyzed the whole city were constant. I remembered times when our family have to subsist on Malunggay dishes because we can’t go anywhere due to transport strikes. Some said it was “more peaceful & prosperous”, probably but it was all superficial since impunity & corruption were the norm then.
leona says
…in short, you mean catastrophic dictatorship! Why others believed to love it…must be naive and fickle-minded class!
Rae_E says
Exactly, very disturbing how some Pinoys can be so gullible. All other countries have clearly validated the atrocities & excesses of the Marcoses & yet some Pinoys still blindly love these plunderers. If some of them were too young then or were not yet born during that era then they should at least do some research to verify if the allegations were true or not but no these people are so lazy & just believe the revisionist propaganda of the Marcoses paid by the money looted from the taxpayers then.
curveball says
Yung mga taga ilokos o norte mai-intindihan ko kung gaano nila kamahal ang mga angkan ng marcos.
Kasi nuong panahon nila talaga naman masagana sa lugar na yun. Pati na ang mga tao na nagtatanggol sa kanila. Syempre nakinabang sila ng husto. Talaga naman marapat lang na ipagtanggol nila kasi yun ang naranasan nila. Hindi sila naghirap, hindi nakulong o na-harass. Palaging pasko kung baga sa dami ng biyaya.
Pero sa tao na sumalungat sa kanila, yun ang nagdusa at dumanas na hirap. Ang mga tao na malayo sa “kusina” kung baga, sila ang nagutom at nakalimutan.
Kaya nai-intindihan ko kung bakit ganuon na lang nila ipagtanggol ang angkan na yan. Mga maswerte sila at nagpasasa to the max
moonie says
I think those taga ilocos have been brainwashed. they were told time and again that there are all successful because the marcoses are looking after them. truth is the taga ilocos are successful because they work so damn hard for what they got, sobrang sipag ang mga taga ilocos, tapos the marcoses hitch a ride and said it was all thanks to the marcoses themselves masagana silang lahat.
parengtony says
very well said.
reader says
for a place that calls itself cyber plaza miranda, there sure are a lot of pro marcos comments/peeps.
Victin Luz says
Yes @reader a lot …good memeories that can never be forgotten , but the bottom line was FREEDOM of SPEECH and of the PRESS suppressed during Marcos ERA erased/eradicated all the good deeds Marcos had done to our country and to the Filipino people… Without thie freedom everything was hidden during Marcos time.
Victin Luz says
Almost everything BAD was hidden.
leona says
…yea…the whole country and Pilipinos were placed inside a bag…a Bag of Martial Law!
tristanism says
Haaayyyy. Kakapagod na lang i-engage ang mga kaibigan nating Macoy loyalists.
Kasi naman konting research lang naman at malalaman nila ang katotohanan kung mas maganda nga ang ekonomiya nuon, maganda ang palitan ng dolyar at peso (whatever that means), kung mas mapayapa ang may curfew, na kesyo kapareho tayo ng Singapore o papunta na dun.
Konting research lang sana yan. Pero mas mas gusto ng tao na i-ignore ang mga bagay bagay.
Frustrating.
leona says
…more to follow
yun Bong2JeuR at ang mga UNAno in 2016! …’o mga UNAno at Bong2JeuR!
moonie says
reader, I’ll be happy to read comments of marcos loyalists and maybe answer some. but if marcos loyalists start abusing fellow commenters and call them unsavory names, nagmumura at naninigaw, at sobrang walang manners, they risk being isolated, at baka ni walang isa ang sasagot sa comments nila.
leona says
…allow ’em here…and pound ’em! Don’t Isolate ‘Em.
moonie says
he, he, I like your style, leona. pound them, ala dirty dut.
khymley says
will be looking forward to read/watch video/blog … all i can remember then during the Marcos Era was the curfew hours, less traffic, better economy, but then i was in high school and living in the province where it’s more peaceful and laid back life… ;D
kalakala says
noong panahon ni marcos, naririnig sa morning news ang salary increase ng mga guro. ngayon, rally muna bago salary increase.
Euthymic says
Raissa, can it be video taped, so that we can see it on your blog and on You Tube? I would be VERY interested in what you have to say. I even hope you will share your speech on your blog.
raissa says
I’ll ask.
Kamison says
“It will be at the UP … from 9 AM to 12 AM.”
Morning till midnight? (15 hours) OO na – typo lang.
Kung hindi naman, burn-out si Ginang Raissa.
That will be a first for CPM to have it in video, and streamed.
kalahari says
I like to remember, as an ordinary citizen not involved in politics, the early years of martial law where discipline was the order of the day. No kotong cops, I was even detained overnight for violation of curfew together with my friends, and the regime had solution to fuel crisis in the aftermath of the 1973 Yomm Kippur War between the Arabs and Israel.
Those who suffered were rival politicians and activists but for us not involved, life was peaceful and the economy stable.
Victin Luz says
Basic commodities like electricity ,water and etc.. should really be Government owned and controlled especially during a global oil price increases….Marcos was right in sequesterring Lopez owned Meralco. EPIRA a bad LAW for the Filipino people…..
GREEN REVOLUTION , especilly when Families planted vegetables infront of their dwellings along highways from Manila to the northern most provinces to the north and to the south and every corner in the Philippines and that 15 days YCAP..going home to your home province once in a year to render Civic Activities and sharing your acquired expertise for FREE was good IDEAs of MARCOS…others were all bad memoriies.
moonie says
@kalahari, ‘life was peaceful and the economy stable’, I think, that was only momentary, only on the surface. people were being kept ignorant of what was below the surface, what was agreed behind their backs. people were made to be satisfied of what they got, to be happy and contented of what they got, when marcos and his cronies are getting far more than they should have, and ought to share and pass on bounty like international aid meant for poor people. people did not know what they were missing, did not know what is rightfully theirs. ignorance is bliss. not for long though. people soon wake up and when they started asking questions, they got gagged and sent to jail.
Victin Luz says
FREEDOM of SPEECH and of the PRESS can never be set aside at all times otherwise , democracy will fail… @moonie best siguro if we have that FOI..
kalahari says
Life was better in the EARLY years of martial law but when Ninoy was assasinated in the tarmac, all hell broke loose.
Early on, those living in the provinces enjoyed the protection of the courteous cops – unlike now when you’re afraid of them as if they’re worse than the criminals
Victin Luz says
Tama ka [email protected] …1st years ng martial law, all of us barkadas/teenagers in our hometown were caught and have our longer hairs cut and our parents told us good for us and the community , clean cut teenagers serenading at night time but with limited hours to visit a girl neighbors, otherwise he he… sa prisinto ka … No drugs then,, marijuana and shabu ,,but some especially children of the rich and famous in our place were doing some heroines but we have no evidences only rumurs… Rape in our place never happen at that time… I cant remember when it started to be magulo in our place… Somebody must have recall it… Before NINOY was shot parang nagsimula na @kalahari …pero hindi ko na matandaan…
kalahari says
In our place here in Northern Mindanao, it was abnormally normal except the usual PC campaign against the NPAs. We kept singing “Bayan Ko” in karaoke places and the like but nobody called our attention. May be in urban areas like the major cities especially Metro Manila when open struggles against marcos started when Ninoy was assasinated.
Comparing the government today and during martial law, it’s almost the same especially in corruption except that the lion’s share during marcos time went to the first family and cronies while today, it’s almost evenly divided and some even budgeted. HATING KAPATID IKA NGA.
kalahari says
Ninoy’s assasination was the spark that started in earnest the opposition to the corrupt and brutal regime of marcos
leona says
… then why was our country termed the Sick Man of Asia? …twenty long years of sickness!
China under Mao was termed the Great Leap Backwards! Now, no more.
Philippines was top in Asia before the corruptions aggravated…now, we find we are buntot -at the tail end…like a Subic-monkey with a long tail…thanks to our leaderships!
leona says
… you’r lucky! …at the time…even Angels Fear To Tread here! Sooo ‘peacefool’ they couldn’t believe it!
hehehe
Johnny Lin says
I would come only if there is a raffle condo prize and make sure I win as LUCKY as Cong Binay winning a condo in Rockwell Makati.
“When it’s too good to be true it’s too good to be true”
He he he!
ivank says
hahaha…
kung magkakaanak ako…if girl:
gusto ko name nya Veenay
if boy, Beenoy
it seems na napa ka swerte ng surname na yan..
may Dasma na at may Rockwell pa…
Johnny Lin says
Ang Balita ng barbero ni baycas maraming entries dun sa raffle. Mahigit daw 100,000 na tickets na may pangalan ang niraffle ng Rockwell.
Kaya lang isang pangalan lamang nakasulat sa 100,000 tickets
Abigail Binay swerte talaga.
Kamison says
sa ilocano, iBingay daw. (ibigay o ipa-isang tabi sa tagalog, or put in ‘reserve’ sa ingles)
Victin Luz says
Reserved share he he..
Kamison says
you mean, ‘Stakeholder’?
Kuwentong Kutsero
parang ‘off the plan’ promise (award) or share (unit) on hold as a condition of … ? kung may kasabihang ‘Subject to approval’, mayruon ding ‘as per agreement’.
Stamp of Approval for Legitimacy?
anu ang gov’t agency authorized to check the truthfulness or genuiness of raffle draws? especially involving prices including real estate (prime or high value stakes).
curveball says
Swerte talaga at siguro lilipat sya agad para di na kailangan dumaan pa sa gate ng dasma na bawal dumaan pagsapit ng gabi ang meyor at senador. Nalaman tuloy na meron pala sya bahay sa dasma.
Ngayon pwede na sya dalawin kahit ano oras at di na magtatanong ang mga tao, bakit sya may unit sa condo na yun….
Napanalunan sa raffle nga kasi…
leona says
…e’ kung ‘in-between’…ano? abundayay! hahaha
curveball says
Sa mga napapanood ko sa tv na may pa-raffle meron taga DTI na nag-supervise ng bolahan para makasiguro na malinis (walang dikit o ipit) ang pakontes.
Unless nga lahat ng tickets ay nasa pangalan nya. Kasi naman namakyaw ng mga goodies sa lahat ng shops (para ipamigay) kaya marami sya tickets.
chit navarro says
can’t wait for your speech!!!!
please post it here in your blogsite?…..
perhaps you can give clarity to my husband’s daughter who is now a colleague of my son (pseudo-son???)…..
cheers, Raissa!
you are the best!
raissa says
Thanks, Chit.
James Villamor says
I think he is loved because of his dreams of a new society as people perceived it to be. I was just entering HS then and I cannot forget a policeman, after apprehending a traffic violator with the driver trying to bribe him said “Hindi na pwede iyan sir. Bagong Lipunan na tayo”. Of course dreams rarely turn out the way it should have.
Then, as erap puts it “weather weather” lang iyan. And an old adage goes “What are we in power for?” For me and for many others, Cory is the cleanest of all presidents but not the people around her. In that end, corruption still exists and … endorse by omission.
So, pareho lang silang lahat na magnanakaw. In the case of Marcos, many old folks remembered his dreams or promise. Presidents who follows have been less charismatic.
There is also one thing. At one time, probably in the early 80s, when I went to Jacinto Steel I overheard some people talking. One, who is a military man said Marcos appointed him as a director of various companies with attractive compensation and benefits but with a firm order to concentrate on his job and not to be corrupt. We can say that corruption was limited to fewer people. An inner circle. After Marcos, corruption is more widespread. Anybody inb politics or in government is likely to be corrupt. I am not saying all but it would be like telling someone that a policeman or politician is clean.
moonie says
aba, wheels are being turned yata, maybe forcibly, in preparation for bong marcos’ candidacy come 2016 election. he is going to run for president.
in those days, marcos has put in place very effecient publicity machines, he starred in movie that made him out to be ultimate hero, recepient of questionable war medals, ubod ng swerte and so blessed to have found yamashita’s stash of gold that enriched his family thousand fold. people got only to hear the good news, rarely the bad news, the good news repeated over and over.
true, corruption was mainly kept to close friends and family, a privelege shared, and between them, they have strangle hold of the entire economy and the nation. but people learned, if you cannot kick them, join them.
moonie says
marcos has created so many addendums and minefield of presidential decrees, to be pulled only when he wants, where he wants. until now, we are still being hampered by his presidential decrees that often do not favor ordinary people.
Victin Luz says
TRUE iyan @moonie … We CPMERs must join together against the Presidential Candidacy of Bong Bong Marcos , malakas pa rin sila sa mga electorate at maraming silang PERA. Now if Gloria, Enrile ,Estrada and the fanatics of Marcos in Mindanao re-group , the only way to defeat him is to field the best say Grace Poe, Aquino’s siblings , Ombudsman Morales , Cayetano , Cong. Robredo or any of his cabinets performing above excellence and they have to stay together as a TEAM otherwise , may tulog tayo nyan… Kapag iginuhit ng tadhana pati mahirap buwagin…Danding Cojuangco are still strong in Tarlac, Pampangas Pineda’s more inclined to the Marcoses habang nandyan si father Palilio kay PNOY side , Nueva Ecija always like the Marcoses and Bulacan with Irene Araneta’s attachment sa San Miguel , Bulacan states , only Cebu remains strong agins Marcos … Remember MNLF from Jolo, Sulu, Tawi Tawi aka Misuari will go to Marcos along the way..pag si ROXAS ang candidato natin against Marcos …tapos tayo dyan…
High5Lagi says
Baka pwedeng mag petition ang mga Pinoy sa Comelec na gawing ineligible ang kakandidatong may kwestionableng background.
Bakit kaya walang batas sa Pilipinas na pumigil sa pagtakbo ni Erap? Ang feeling ko tuloy lagi part of the problem ng bansa ang mga lawmakers natin.
leona says
No Puede yan!
Even squatters can vote! [ the law says ‘No residence’ cannot vote; but they can!]
…the petisyon…change the comelec!
hahaha
leona says
…yea…he always was with a notarial seal and a rubber stamp with him just in case you and/or anyone can swear in an affidavit that he was a WW II hero!
medals here medals there…for that!
leona says
I wish or hope that the next ‘edsa’ or whatever…people will go out with picks ‘n shovels, axes, bolos, spades, forks, spoons, sharp blades atbpa…no more roses of flowers!
…time to cut down the culprits when they sit in power again.
Alfredo says
My brother in-law, son of a US citizen, who was living in the Philippines at that time told me that one month before the declaration of ML, the US Embassy sent them an advisory to leave the country.
becky says
I was a young idealist with the government during the late 70’s of the martial law years. earlier I was also with the rallies crying out against the “Marcose-US dictatorship” but we were also discussing during teach-ins” the “Red Book” of MaoTse-Tung ( Mao Zedong), the main reason I left the movement and joined the government. I remember some known activist leaders fleeing to China including Eric Baculinao, Chito Sta. Romana, etc. The media then was government-controlled during the earlier years but media like Olivarez’es and Locsin”s could print their versions of Philippine politics, in later years and after the Martial Law Years. It was not easy separating the truth from the false in media reporting- both of the government and the “rebel media”. But I was in government and I knew that we were helping to improve the community and what we were doing we could not have done if there was no martial law. It’s quite clear to me because I live to this day to see the difference. People focus on the “billions” supposedly “looted” by the Marcoses and the human rights violations committed. I have read how such compare with the records of the post-Martial law years. The latter years are worse yet people do not speak of these that have /are happening when democracy has supposedly been restored. People also overlook the positive aspects of the martial law years which the country enjoys even today- the laws, the infrastructures, the services, the political organizations (barangays), the government institutions. Hopefully, someone will also do some intensive research and reporting on the “positive” accomplishments during of what they call “dark” years which we fail to achieve under this supposed democratic space and conditions. Perhaps, too, a more objective and incisive history will be written for the future generations who must learn and make their own judgements of so many things in the past that remain uncorrected, e.g., Aguinaldo as a national hero vis-a-vis the deaths of Bonifacio and Luna; Malvar whether a bandit or a hero, etc. and so many undeclared heroisms that the nation should know and cherish as part of its legacy..
raissa says
Kawawa ka naman.
The truth is “supposed” to you.
becky says
i WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME FRANK AND TRUTHFUL DISCUSSION. WASN’T ASKING FOR SYMPATHY AND I DEFINITELY DIDN’T EXPECT THAT KIND OF REACTION FROM YOU. ANYWAY, THANKS FOR BOTHERING TO READ MY OPINION.
andrew lim says
I hope you don’t mind, can you give us more bona fides and specifics like what office you worked in, what specific organizations you joined, personalities still alive who know you so we can verify if your claims are authentic.
How old are you and what school did you go to? Who were your contemporaries?
becky says
I CAN TALK TO YOU THRU MY FB ACCOUNT OR EMAIL POSTED HERE. WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHICH ORGANIZATION I JOINED. I KNOW BUTCH DALISAY, JERRY BARICAN ( RIP), BOO CHANCO WAS A CLASSMATE IN HIGH SCHOOL. I GRADUATED FROM UP-DILIMAN. THAT WILL PROBABLY DO.
Mel says
@becky
Would you vote for Bong bong Marcos for president come 2016 if he is a candidate?
Do you think he’ll match or be much better than his departed father?
Give us a run down of Bong bong’s leadership qualities to you, and attributes as a person that would make him a good and better president, compared with Mar, Binay, Poe, Duterte for starters.
Reyes says
How about the bank code given by Bongbong to Jose Almonte while they were in exile thinking to transfer all their wealth from Swiss bank to other account? Restoring democracy during Aquino time would be difficult since we were devastated by Marcoses. Halos ubusin ang kaban…apply this also in business…kinuha lahat ng puhunan how could you survive? If i do research, there are lots of articles written rationalizing all their wrongs. Good thing i trust my parents.
becky says
Enforced disappearances
Hundreds of cases of enforced disappearance
remained unresolved. According to figures released in
August by Families of Victims of Involuntary
Disappearance, the average number of enforced
disappearances per year had barely changed since
the overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. There
were 875 documented cases during his 21-year rule,
compared with 945 in the 25 years since.
In July, the Supreme Court ordered the armed
forces to produce Jonas Burgos, an activist abducted
from a Manila shopping mall in 2007 in a car
previously impounded by the military. In its report to
the Court, the Commission on Human Rights
recommended that criminal charges be filed
against a major who had been implicated by a
witness. In June, Burgos’ mother filed a criminal
Amnesty International Report 2012
raissa says
Link pls.
It can’t be that many.
becky says
THOSE ARE NOT MY STATISTICS. IT’S IN THE INTERNET.
raissa says
Then you should check the veracity of the stats that are on the Internet. You can’t just say it’s on the Internet and leave it at that. What’s the source stated by the online mention.
andrew lim says
Raissa,
She is Rebecca Torres, indeed a classmate of Boo in UP high. She worked as a regional director of HLURB and was based in Cagayan Valley. Probably retired by now.
Becky, I did that checking just to screen out the numerous neo-Marcos loyalists posting here who obviously did not experience the Marcos years and just picked up the propaganda provided by pro-Bongbong elements.
In your case, you did live in that era, so the question now is how in the world did you come up with an assessment like that? Do you have any sense of proportion or scale and did you consider the malice or absence of it in the succeeding administrations?
So who exactly are you pointing fingers at in this era?