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Was Congresswoman Lani Mercado wearing diamonds while asserting her husband is not a thief?

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By Raïssa Robles

A tearful Lani Mercado faced veteran entertainment writer Mario Dumaual to defend her husband from charges of grand theft of the people’s money.

With very little makeup, except for some eyeliner, the actress who is also now a lawmaker in Congress said:

“Baka sabihin ng tao ay umaarte ako, umiiyak, kasi laging ganoon ang sinasabi nila kapag artista ka. Pero hindi natin maiiwasan na talagang yon ang nararamdaman ko. Kung kayo man ang mawalan ng asawa at ikukulong siya dahil sa isang kasalanan na hindi naman niya talaga ginawa masakit yon para sa isang maybahay.”

I could not help but notice, though, the large gem winking on her right ear lobe as she moved her head expressively on cam. Were those real diamonds or just swarovskis? Look for yourself below:

If they were real diamonds, what a jarring piece of jewelry to wear on such an occasion.

I was unsure, though, whether to write this, until I saw a piece on Lani Mercado and her apparent love for designer handbags. It’s entitled “Lani’s Luxury bags” by a blogger who calls herself Goldee Luxe.

Goldee Lux recalled the controversial statement Lani Mercado made about pork barrel:

“Ok lang walang pork barrel fund, basta wag lang manghihingi sa amin ang mga tao, e anong ibibigay namin (kung wala ng pork barrel) hindi namn puwede yung pinaghirapan namin dahil sa personal naman namin yun , sa mga anak, sa mga pang araw araw na panggastos…”

Goldee Luxe wrote:

“This made me me wonder what she likes to spend her money on so I did what any normal person would do?I googled her.

Like most women in this day and age, she is definitely into luxury bags. She has been seen carrying Chanel (at a party with Janet Lim Napoles, no less!) and Louis Vuitton bags.”

Click on this link to see the photos of Congresswoman Lani Mercado.

Based on Senator Bong Revilla’s latest 2014 SALN (Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth), he can afford to give his wife diamonds. He is the fifth richest senator. Both he and his wife jointly declared total assets of P249,352.748.36, liabilities of P166.7 million or a net worth of P82,652,748.36.

However, Senator Bong Revilla was arrested and detained on the charge that he stole P517 million of the pork barrel that was allotted to him so he could help the very poor directly.

Seeing that his declared net worth of P82M is much, much less than the P517 M he is accused of stealing, it is quite understandable that he and his entire family, including his young children, are being subjected by authorities to a lifestyle check.

Why subject minors to a lifestyle check? Isn’t that cruel, inhuman and stupid?

In this case, the minors are not being accused of committing the crime; only their father is. He may have stashed the loot using their names – in various bank accounts and various instruments such as insurance policies, bonds, condominium titles, etc.

You can read more about the charges against Senator Bong Revilla by clicking on this link.

I am posting below, the previous stories I have written about Sen. Bong Revilla, his father and the murder of his half-brother. Another half-brother is still in a regular jail cell awaiting trial while a half-sister remains missing, having fled abroad.

Turns out Senator Bong “Ang Panday” Revilla can’t stand the heat – in jail

Is PNoy’s meeting with Sen. Bong Revilla like GMA’s phone call to Garci?

NGO told SEC a year ago it got P140M pork from Senators Enrile, Revilla, Estrada, et al.

Sen. Ramon Revilla’s “Other Woman”

Ram Revilla murder: Tale of the 2 ‘idiot’ killers

Star witness in Ramgen Revilla murder prompts probe of victim’s four siblings

Ramona sketches out Ramgen Revilla’s murder

 

Comments

  1. So what if she is wearing diamonds or if she has some expensive bags. Kami nga na less than 1M ang nasa bank merong expensive jewelries and bags. What more Lani Mercado Revilla who was in the showbiz for the longest time. Take note both of them na magasawa nasa show biz. Thats all. Sobrang unfair lang na pati yan pinapansin nyo eh nasa kulungan na nga ung asawa nya.

    • I am looking at her as a public servant. A congresswoman.
      I am looking at her net worth and that of her husband.
      I am looking at how much her husband is accused of stealing – which is five times the couple’s net worth.
      When she ran for office, her status changed.
      And if you think that’s unfair, then you have a warped sense of what public servants should be.
      And which is why we have such a warped society.

      • ‘Accused’ he is still on trial meaning this is not yet a fact
        but the fact is they have 82M net worth even if you look at her as an actress or as a public servant the fact na she has that much net worth means na she can afford even a 5 carat diamond. What she is wearing in the interview is not even a 1 carat diamond. She maybe a public servant but that does not mean she has to look like a slave. She is representing a certain area of our country to potential investors here and abroad. How will she look credible to the investors if she looks like a beggar? Btw i understand that you are judging her, but just because my views are in disagreement with yours does not give you the right to tell people like me that we have a warped sense of what public servant should be.

        • C’mon. You mean that’s all you’ll address?
          If you were a public servant, you think it would be best to dress yourself ever so simply and expect investors to think, first impression pa lang, that you are someone they can trust?
          There was a time when the peso was in equal standing with the US dollar, during the Marcos regime. One reason was because the Marcos family dressed regally, so they were regarded as equals by people in positions of power from all over the world.
          Are we not supposed to learn from the past?

        • marcos pa rin. marcos pa rin. hmmm.

          regal dress is directly proportional to strong economy?

          dont forget, all that regal trapping led to bankruptcy. in the end.

          and fyi, Prss. Cory dressed simply when she went before the US Congress and US gave PH millions of dollars.

        • @jurgen u –

          a little knowledge is INDEED a very dangerous thing…

          the reason why our country is stuck in a rut is because of people like you. Your values and perception of things are so far detached to what is right.

          read, analyze and understand…. that’s how you learn from the past.

          do not get snippets of sentences and presume and assume.

          that’s not learning. that’s assuming, illogically.

        • When the SONA becomes similar to Vogue’s annual Metro Museum Gala, meaning, a big fashion show, then you know that there is something very very wrong with the political system and structure of that nation. And its easy to know why; just peep into the incumbent officials. There will surely be SHOWBIZ people. and they are like cancers whose glamour supercedes public service (if public service was even the core of their intent to run for public office).

        • I am so glad Bong is now in jail. Corrupt people should be put in jail, with no special accommodations. The more he talks, the more I don’t believe him. I don’t pity Lanie but I think she has the right to wear any set of earrings whether in public place or in private. That’s her right as a person.

        • @JURGEN
          WHEN YOU ARE ACCUSED OF SOMETHING IN COURT AND THERE ARE EVIDENCES, 90% WILL BE A SUREBALL GUILTY VERDICT AND ONLY 10% IS NOT GUILTY, WITH HOCUS FOCUS, IT WILL BE REVERSED…IF THE COURT MEMBERS ARE CORRUPT OR IF THE COURT MEMBERS ARE TERRORIZE…

          THERE IS A FINAL COURT WHERE ANYONE CANNOT TERRORIZE ANY WITNESS, IT IS THE COURT OF ALLAH!!! EVEN YOUR SIN AS SMALL AS THE TINIEST MOLECULE IS RECORDED IN YOUR BOOK OF DEEDS, HOW MUCH MORE ARE THE PLUNDERERS??? THEY WILL BE BURN IN HELL…

          SURA 83. AL-MUTAFFIFIN (DEFRAUDING, THE CHEATS,
          CHEATING)
          1. Woe unto the defrauders:
          2. Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
          3. But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
          4. Do such [men] not consider that they will be raised again
          5. Unto an Awful Day,
          6. The day when [all] mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
          7. Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin –
          8. Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! –
          9. A written record.
          10. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

        • @Macspeed, sorry, no offense ha. It’s “Hocus Pocus”, as in the magic spell. Funny.
          You need to put a little faith in our justice system. Are you saying that if people came up with evidences against you, for a crime you did not commit, hence the word “accused”, you do not deserve to be heard at all?
          So why with all the evidences presented, did they find out in the end that GMA deserved to be free after all? Why is Lacson, with all the proof and witnesses who stood against him, was able to run away, and come back, and get elected pa to senator?
          Secondly, only you muslims understand the quran.. we don’t read that. So i have no comment for that. Although “woe to the defrauders” would probably mean that we are not enemies completely.
          Of course i hope you also know that you are no Allah and therefore is unable to see the actual size of my brain. But if that’s the only way you know how to judge people, then with your own statements you are actually showing everyone how much you are lacking education-wise.
          And is therefore not a good source of know-how as to who is an example of a public servant, since you abide by only your description of it. My conversation with you ends here. Comment all you want. But talking to you is definitely not worth it – No intellect, only judgments. There are more productive things i can do with the time i’ll use in just even reading your comments.

        • @JURGEN,

          SO BE IT, THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS INSHA ALLAH!!!

          WHEN THERE’S SMOKE, THERE IS FIRE, AND YOU CANNOT START A FIRE WITHOUT A SPARK…HE HE HE

        • @ Jurgen U. haven’t you even ever wondered why they have such a huge net worth? You will never make that on a public servant’s salary alone nor with their salary as an actor… You are too stupid and naive if you think they are innocent… it’s idiotic people like you that are to blame as to why we have these corrupt people in power…

    • @JURGEN,

      YOU’RE BRAIN IS TOO SMALL TO THINK THAT RAISSA IS RELATING THAT EARRINGS TO HER HUSBAND ACCUSATION.

      IF YOU ARE A PUBLIC SERVANT, IT IS NOT NICE TO DISPLAY EVEN A LITTLE EXTRAVAGANCE SUCH AS EARRINGS. SOME PEOPLE UNDER YOUR DOMAIN MAY NOT EVEN HAVE WATER TO DRINK…WELL IF YOU SAY WHO CARES!!! THEN YOU ARE NOT FIT TO BE SERVING COMMUNITIES…

      DAYS OF KINGS AND QUEENS ARE OVER, PHILIPPINE IS A COUNTRY WHOSE MANY DISTRICTS DOES NOT EVEN HAVE ANYTHING…

  3. …now, things ‘appear’ to be having ‘changes’…obeying the court’s rule of law…how far will it go? No one is running away to play ‘Hide ‘n Seek’ me.

    We really need good changes.

  4. latest tv news coverage

    Sen. Jinggoy getting in

    Sen. Bong already in

    Sen. JPE…still outside ready to get…free or IN!

    In-Free!

    • “Also last Friday, Enrile’s lawyer Estelito Mendoza challenged the prosecution to pick out from the documents the piece of evidence that will nail down his client.”

      If this defense is ‘moving’ by motion, defense counsel I think should ‘pick out’ from the documents the ‘pieces of evidence that defense maintains cannot ‘nail down his client’…that is the procedure as ‘movant’.

      Otherwise, as movant on their motion will fail. It is not a trial yet but ‘on a motion’ for probable cause and/or bail.

      Based on this news report, my humble opn.

      http://philnews.com/headlines/2014/headline_news_0623af.htm

  5. In my opinion

    Support being given by Lani and family to Bong is natural act of any distraught family.
    Their displeasure about big rodents and tiny creatures populating tiny cell of Bong is also acceptable although they fail to realize the monster is primary resident of the cell.

    Lani is not accused of any crime. She may have earned her own money rightfully as people are innocent till proven guilty. She should not be judged differently from wannabees, like those people buying expensive bags and jewelries or iPhones when they are lowly salaried employees instead of spending for other important needs like good education and health insurance.
    Lani has also the right to dress or accessorize freely like everyone.

    What is wrong is the media putting publicity for every sentence or action and photos by Lani. it is unnecessary and not newsworthy except to fodder ridicules.

    Family is also at fault giving frequent interviews to media for silence is their best virtue at the moment. Unfortunately, their mantra of “the show must go on” being in the movie industry, does not help their cause.

    Finally, Filipinos are to blame because we are incessant gossipmongers!
    He he he

  6. Death and Taxes are two certain things in life.

    Among corrupt Filipinos 3 things are certain, from GMA, Corona, Enrile, Estrada, Revilla, Abalos, Napoles and more

    1. They turn to God suddenly
    2. They become sick
    3. They plead not guilty

    “Whence before they were caught as thieves they thought they were gods, turning to God on apprehension”
    “Whence before they were healthy, they get ill so quickly”
    “Whence before so heinous, they become meek as lamb”

    • madaling maniwala ang mga pilipino sa maka-diyos, masakitin at maamo.
      napatunayan na natin iyan.
      karamihan sa ating mga pinuno ay may ganyang katangian.
      at makikita natin iyan sa mga panahong nabanggit mo at lalo na sa panahon ng pangangampanya.
      ang mga mapanuri at kritikal ang may kakayahang mabasa ang mga mapagkunwaring persona.
      sana nga ay dumami ang pilipinong marunong kumilatis ng mga karapatdapat na pinuno natin…

  7. lubhang nakakabahala ang inilalabas nilang maliwanag na pakunwaring pagmamalasakit sa mamamayan.
    hindi natin maitatangging sila ay iniidolo ng marami at lubos na pinaniniwalaan.
    nanguna si Bong Pogi sa 2013 pambansang halalan bilang senador.
    at sa 2016 ay plano niyang tumakbong presidente.
    bago pa man siya nai-detine sa Camp Crame ay nakapaglibot na siya sa Pilipinas.
    nauna nang nakapangampanya.
    kung itatapat siya kay Binay ay baka manalo pa si Bong Pogi.
    kung mayroon mang nag-iisip at nakatatalos ng tunay niyang layunin at panuntunan ay iilan lang.
    hindi kayang higitan ang mga taong muli’t muling maghahalal upang siya’y magpatuloy na maluklok sa mataas na posisyon.

  8. I am re-posting here a post from an FB friend:
    IT’S AN EYE-OPENER – pareho nga naman silang SENADOR:

    ***************************************************************************
    Featuring now at UMAGANG KAY GANDA! John Silva

    This became viral. Tens of thousands of readers. ABS CBN (umagang Kay Ganda) 7 am, wants to know why I wrote this piece. See me. Laugh! I’ll try to look gorgeous at an ungodly hour. Cheers

    Dear President Aquino,

    This is your boss John talking.

    You need to explain to me why you are giving these senators, charged with a 10 billion peso plunder charge, huge comfy jail cells. (second pic)

    Your dad Ninoy was a senator too and when he was put in jail for eight years, got a cell about a tenth the size (first pic attached) of what you’re giving these senators.

    In one cell, Ninoy had only a chamber pot, not a private bathroom. His bed was smaller with little to nothing inside that cell. There’s a repro of the cell in your family museum in Tarlac.

    Your dad didn’t go to jail for stealing. He was into more heady stuff like a return to democracy, human rights and moral convictions. So why the hell are you treating these senators with kid gloves, these guys who can’t seem to recall, account, or sign off on billions of missing pesos?

    Did your dad ever stoop so low as to sing a swan song in the Senate like Revilla? “My Way” perhaps like Frank Sinatra?

    Did your dad ever whine that he was being singled out like Estrada?

    And yet you treat these guys like naughty boys who get ten lashings with a wet noodle. After you break your ass all these months pushing Justice Secretary De Lima et al to make sure there’s finally arrests, despite all the roadblocks thrown their way.

    Which makes me and many more taxpayers (your bosses) very alarmed. Napoles surrenders to you and we read later what a humongous crook she seems to really be. Why do you know vermins of this kind and why do they get to appear and soil Malacanang furniture after a massive manhunt surrendering only to you and Mar?

    When your dad was jailed in very constricted quarters, he had a revelation. His ego disappeared and material things didn’t matter any longer. His morals and conscience though remained. Tight jails with the accompanying deprivation of freedom, the withdrawal of appurtenances for life’s enjoyment, made Ninoy think. He thought of the seconds, the minutes, the hours, the days and the long long years. He disposed the pettiness and the inutile, became contrite and realized his only reason for living was to regain democracy. There’s something to be said about the rehabilitative features of confinement in an ordinary jail.

    These people now charged with plundering our hard earned money are going to get hotel size rooms with their own toilets and probably even hot water. Pray tell how are they going to repent if they have a toilet bowl with a toilet seat instead of a chamber pot? How are they going to get a catharsis if they wake up all bright and fresh and not bothered by other snoring cellmates?

    And if the prosecution of these plunderers will be as slow as the Ampatuan massacre case (4 years and counting) why be contrite? They’ll bide their time, take up knitting, read the bible, tweezer their nose hairs, botox their faces, walk a little longer on the treadmill because in less than two years, they’re praying their friends return to power and the jail doors open big and wide and bienvenida parties will be in full swing.

    You’ve done good this far getting them charged with plunder. But you better go the whole nine yards.

    Like your dad’s, give them cells that make them sweat and agonize and realize their thieving days were a blight on our people. The plunder law, non-bailable and at one point earned the death penalty, is NOT in the category of white-collar crimes. It’s equal to that of first-degree murder. Because when a country and its people are deprived of their hard earned taxes meant for its welfare, and we don’t progress and people are jobless, sick and die, plunder is just like murder in my book. Prosecute them judiciously AND swiftly.

    You’d better do some serious and immediate changes to this cushy jail arrangements or else your “ tuwid na daan” slogan (righteous path) will be tarnished. It will be instead just another zig-zag, counterflow, carabao-turd road for us, your employers.

    Go check out your father’s jail cell this weekend. Bring a tape measure. Stop indulging the accused we are now thoroughly repulsed with or else you diminish what your father, Senator Ninoy Aquino, stood and was killed for.

    Maria Fema Duterte’s photo.
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    • very nice. thanks, chit navarro. may the President read your piece and make him think over and do something before it’s too late.

    • it’s an eye opener.
      i do agree.
      but i’m sure Pnoy is cautious.
      he doesn’t want to bungle this one.
      he and we cannot afford it and we will not forgive him too.
      look at GMA’s fertilizer scam case.
      i’m patiently waiting for the development of this process.
      slow yet moving.
      the accused are moneyed.
      with vast influence,clout and power.
      however slow it is, we see the traitors being held, one by one.
      let them face their day in court of justice.
      we must admit we, the masses, too can’t do a one-sweep action to rid of the
      plunderers holding tight to their coveted positions.

      • Superbly written, dear chit. You’ve said it all and it’s obvious Gen Purisima would have not hurried the construction of the studio-type detention cells for the big-time THIEVES without the consent of the Palace.

        The big question is why on earth are the authorities giving them such amenities when they’ve plundered the public coffers of billions of meager taxpayers’ money intended for the poor and for the country’s development – just because they’re SENATONGS? The more they should rot in a 9 square meter cells full of rats, roaches, spiders, mosquitoes, etc just like an ordinary city jail. Their crime is unforgivable for turning their backs to the people that elected them fully trusting that they’ll serve their general welfare – not their personal aggrandizement.

        • @Kalahari –

          thank you but I did not write this article. It was written by John Silva and was interviewed at ABS-CBN’s Umagang Kay Ganda.

          It was posted by a friend in FB and I re-posted it here because i felt it’s relevant to the whinings of the REvilla couple.

    • I totally agree with everything you have said. Let these crooks suffer the consequences of all their corruption, greediness and selfishness. They are very good actors and trying to make these people believe that they are the aggrieved party. These people whom they have paid just to attend their rallies and show that they are supporting their cause are the same people who are having a hard time in their lives and yet they allow themselves to be used in exchange for a small amount and then blame the government for their hard life.

      • Ako an ay nagngingitngit din sa mga nababasa ko at nakikita ko na “kapritso” ng mga mandarambong na ito.
        Kung pwede lang na ihalo sila sa munti kasama na din ang mga bilanggo duon para amanos na dahil yun ang dapat sa kanila.
        Kung pwede lang na makita ko na nakaposas sila na ipinaparada habang may press con.
        Kung pwede lang na pagsuutin sila ng orange na jumper o terno para sa tuwing haharap sila sa salamin para magpapogi mahihimasmasan sila na bilanggo pala sila.
        Kaya lang mahirap na maging magpadalos-dalos lalo na sa ganitong pwedeng mag mudmod ng pera para dumami ang “supporters” nila. Pwede maghatag ng pera para mabigyan sila ng pabor na hindi natin nakikita.
        Kaya tiwala pa din ako kay Pnoy alam ko na ginagawa nya ang lahat para magkaroon ng hustisya ang taong bayan.
        Masakit talaga yun pagkumparahin ang dating kulungan ni Ninoy sa mga kinalalagyan nila ngayon. Pero minsan kailangan mo palampasin ang isang bagay (gaano man kasakit) para sa mas malaking tagumpay sa bandang huli.
        Sana nga ito ang plano nya. Nakakainis talaga at nagi-inarte ang mga “bible reader at perfect father” na ito. Pero habaan ko pa pisi ko at aasa na may magandang kahihinatnan ang lahat ng ito.
        Good luck sa atin lahat. Sana di tayo mabigo.

    • An excellent piece. Well thought out. A real eye-opener.
      Hope PNoy reads this.

  9. whatever Lani’s doing, she’s not helping.

    the late Sen. Genaro Magsaysay once said, “More talk, more mistake; less talk, less mistake; no talk, no mistake.”

    she’d better shut up before the worse gets better of them.

    wearing diamonds while feigning grief and innocence used to be the domain of Imelda Marcos. we could just hear her now, “Welcome to the club, Lani.”

    vernon

    • agree, being do it yourself spokeperson for bong is not going well for lani. she ought to appoint a spokesman or hire a professional to do all the talking. they have clarity of distance. being too emotionally involved and too close to the the perpetrator only serve to make lani lose objectivity.

    • @ vernon,

      Tama ka vernon, Ito ang klase nang babae na hindi alam ang ginagawa at kapal muks talaga, sayang at nahalal pa pala ito nang mga bobong botante bilang congresswoman nang Cavite, Siya din pala nagsabi noon na kong wala ang PDAF ay huwag humingi nang tulong mga constituent nito dahil para daw sa mga anak nito ang pera nila…sa mga BOBOtante sana ihalal ninyo ulit itong si lani para masaya silang magpamilya at malugmok kayo dahil hindi sila tutulong???

  10. In all of the ordered ” Spatial Dimention ” of the GEMs used/worn by LANI,,, its CLEARNESS was only seconded to the THIEVERY of BONG REVILLA….COA audit reports in malversing his PDAF funds collaborated by Ben Luy and Napoles still what proof did LANI want to prove?

  11. I think that Lani can afford to buy those expensive bags and diamonds because for the record she’s has been working in showbiz maybe when she was 14 y/o. Let’s be fair, do not judge people because of what you read. You don’t know them personally thAts why it’s so easy for you to condemn and destroy a person. For me she is so simple.

    • it’s called conspicuous consumption. she’s a congresswoman holding a presscon defending her husband from charges of MASSIVE theft.

      how politically tone-deaf is that?

      • As mentioned, Lani M. is massively tone deaf.

        I have said this before: the optics are not in the Revilla’s favor.

        Deeper and deeper into the quicksand of “kabobohan goes the brainless”.

        More power, Raissa & Alan

  12. “If they were real diamonds, what a jarring pice of jewelry to wear on such an occasion.”

    *piece*

    You can delete this message afterwards. Regards.

  13. Lani is a sitting congresswoman with an annual PDAF allocation of P70M plus her salary and other perks, not to mention that their joint networth in their filed SALN, is more than P82M.

    By her own right, she can well afford to buy earrings (genuine or fake) of her likings and signature bags who may have been bought in “ukay-ukay”

    If she is wearing a very expensive-looking “blue diamonds necklace” like the one just thrown out in the sea (Titanic), I would say she over-stepped her simplicity with a little bit of arrogance.

    • and she was driven in a very expensive car all the way to crame. her shoes are most likely loubotins and very expensive too, to match her very expensive bags.

  14. I dare not comment about the bags or my wife might whack me upside the head with one of her own.

    It seems to me that Philippine bank secrecy laws are designed to benefit crooks. Yet I hear nothing about it as an aspect of the pork scandal. Why is there no outcry for allowing the Department of Justice to examine banking records in cases where a warrant is obtained from a judge? Then the softer, less definitive lifestyle checks would not be necessary.

    I’m sure there is a certain Metrobank branch that has piles of juicy records that correlate with and validate the whistleblower testimony.

    • @Joe…the gov’t or the prosecutors have not thought of that [ I think ] or they maybe just shrugging their shoulders.

      You got it right. NOW is the time to check and wade through the BANK ACCOUNTS of the suspects once A WARRANT OF ARREST has been issued. The courts have the power under the Bank Secrecy law even if the bank depositor-arrestee opposes the bank SEARCH.

      Good thought @Joe. Many could be overlooking this specially the PROSECUTORS…Ombudsman…WHAT SAY YOU?

      • If I were Sec. De Lima, I would find out who is the sharpest prosecutor in the ever litigious U.S., and have him chair a committee of five people to determine how the Philippines can get past affidavits and into real CSI. The other four people would be you, Johnny Lin, me and the producer of CSI. Maybe add moonie if moonie is in a really angry mood.

        Access to banking records would be point number one on the “to do” list, I think. Number two would be to end NBI clearances, a huge wasteful machine based on the presumption that Filipinos are all probably guilty of something, and get that huge workforce out in the field prowling about with magnifying glasses and a Sherlock Holmes guide to finding evidence.

    • …seconding the comment of @Joe

      …that the bank deposits of those arrested should now be opened for examination.

      Time to do that via COURT ORDER…this is a good basis now.

      [my prior blog on this yesterday got lost.] Thanks.

  15. Family friend Salvador Panelo said: naglalabasan ang mga ipis sa lunga, at nakakita ako ng daga kasing laki ng pusa…si jinggoy…dont know malaki.

    • he’s feral cat. can hardly look up, mostly sideways. his nou is tight with botox specially the space between the eyes. in jail, he cannot have anymore beauty procedure and will soon look like a grandfather, his face sagging. jinggoy is on special diet, he has gastricband operation to stop him for eating too much and be obese. wonder what form his whims will take when facing the media. already, his wife precy is edgy. I think, unlike bong revilla, jinggoy will use his 8yr old daughter to gain sympathy from the public.

    • …kasi nag papasukan naman yung gusto ng mga ipis at daga!

      …mutuality of salubongan…we enter you come out. HELLO!