SCAM SPAM

I have received this text message today and I cannot get over it. Usually scam texts that i get are from banks or ludicrous unknown companies that declare me as a winner or some imaginary prize.

Today however, it says that I have won Php 950,000, oddly enough from the Villar Foundation.

Is the Senator really giving away money???

I doubt ANY senator is.

I was dumb enough to try calling the contact number but was greeted by a person who did NOT sound at all like a lawyer (the text indicates that a certain Atty. Fajardo was to be contacted) and obviously a scam artist.

So again, I am a victim of this useless scam spam and I am embarrassed by this. I do not understand why people create such nonsense, I mean, do they really get to profit from fooling people? Shame on them for even using a respected politician's name for their scam texts.

Then again, it MIGHT just also be a scheme to ruin Villar's name for reasons I cannot think of.

Lolo, please sit down and shut up

I came across this article by Lisandro Claudio that sheds a more truthful light to recent happenings, good read.

JPE again?

Filipinos forgive easily. It’s a cliché because it’s true. Do you remember Ferdinand Marcos’s star lawyer who became his Minister of Defense on account of a scheming ruthlessness that mirrored that of his master’s? Yup, that one: the master political operator who faked his own assassination in 1972 to create a pretext for implementing the most draconian executive order in Philippine history. You remember that order right? Proclamation 1081? You know, the declaration of martial law. It was only the declaration that allowed for assassinations, disappearances, tortures, and the politicization of our once relatively professional military.

Oh you remember! Yah, Juan Ponce Enrile: the trapo who dyes his hair more than Manny Villar, who sports shades that make him look like a Filipinized Mafioso. Well, you know what? He’s now a senator for the nth time and Senate President to boot. How? Because he’s switched sides more times than Mike Arroyo has had heart attacks.

He loves playing both sides of the fence, and he’s been doing it since the 60s. Did you know, for instance, that he was the Cojuangco family lawyer who inserted anti-agrarian reform loopholes in the government agreement that allowed Jose Cojuangco (PNoy’s grandfather) to purchase Hacienda Luisita? When his patron Marcos ordered the distribution of the land in the late 60s, Cory’s Kuya Pedro used Enrile legalese to hang on to the property.

Some people might be forgiving of Juan Ponce Enrile because of his role in the People Power revolution or, most likely, political convenience. PNoy, for one, is too preoccupied with former illegal president Arroyo to bother exhuming the skeletons hidden in the closet of men who threatened the unstable democracy that his mother heroically defended. If only Noy had his mother’s vitriol for the chief patron of Gringo and RAM when they launched those coups against a democratically elected government…

In case our president has forgotten, he should feel the shrapnel still lodged in his neck. If he’s comfortable with it, maybe he can show the scar to allies who abandoned Kiko Pangilinan for the trapo for all seasons.

I, for one, think that nobody should forgive Johnny Enrile. Even in the one moment in 1986 when he seemed to side with the people, his motives were ultimately self-serving. Enrile did not bolt the Marcos government to support Cory Aquino. He launched an abortive coup because it was increasingly clear that Marcos would not choose him as his successor. He only sided with Cory because he had no choice; the people who flocked to protect him in Crame were chanting Cory’s name, wearing yellow, and making Laban signs. Enrile was relieved that the people saved his life, but frustrated that he, the dictator in waiting, would have to cede power to an elected democrat. In his frustration, he would back the efforts of his former aide-de-camp and torturer sycophant Gringo Honasan to overthrow the Aquino regime (allow me to once again cite Alfred McCoy’s stellar book Closer than Brothers as a good reference for people curious about this history).

The fact that Johnny Enrile remains in power after all these years is a symbol of the continuity of patronage politics, turncoatism, impunity, and elite democracy in the Philippines. Reinstalling him as the third highest official in the country is an insult to millions of Filipinos clamoring for change.

I'm Baaaaaack

Hello Everyone, after all that election fever, I have finally recuperated.
Now I am back to what I love doing the most, which is keeping a close eye on our beloved government's significant proceedings (or lack thereof) and activities (or lack thereof).

This may be the first and last time I shall be doing this, so hear me out, CONGRATULATIONS to the new president Noynoy Aquino for winning the presidential race, as well as all the other victors. I truly hope they will do wonders for the country.

BUT as news have reported, the first week of the new Aquino administration has been in disarray, especially with regards to the Cabinet appointees and media-matters. Hopefully, these issues will be resolved as soon as possible because really, much larger and significant issues and problems are yet to be touched upon by the new government.

GOD, Help us all.

Why the U.S. and China want NOY

Here is today's MS fix from the respectable Jojo Robles, it is a two-part article regarding the world's chosen presidential candidate of the Philippines... But most importantly, read on WHY:

The 'foreign' Candidate (1)

Because the presidential campaign seems to have degenerated almost permanently into a mudslinging contest, it’s hard to discern the positions of the candidates on various issues—assuming that they even remember them at this point. But some people, bless their non-showbiz souls, still hanker for more than discussions on the state of Noynoy Aquino’s mental health, say, or the financial health of Manny Villar when he still lived in Tondo.

It recently occurred to me that there has never been a real debate on foreign policy in the current campaign, for instance. While foreign policy, especially as it concerns the superpowers and our immediate neighbors, was once viewed as an important plank in any presidential candidate’s platform, any serious discussion about our relations with other countries has been drowned out by stuff like survey ratings and other political noises that used to be mere tangential concerns.

When we do hear about other countries these days, it’s often in the context of sending Filipinos to work there, which is really a discussion of labor policy, not foreign policy. While Filipinos in general have never really shown an interest in—or even a true aptitude for—geopolitical concerns, it’s fair to expect our candidates to at least talk about them once in a while even when they do not impact on the labor market.

So, I paid a visit to my favorite foreign-policy source, who has since retired from a lifelong academic and career involvement in foreign policy, even if he still advises key local players in government and business on the intricacies of geopolitics. Because he no longer has an official position (and because of his all-important and lucrative post-retirement consultancies), he now refuses to be identified—even if he will willingly discuss the lack of debate on what he calls “disturbing” foreign policy implications of the coming elections.

The first question I asked was, who is the American candidate in the coming elections? “Noynoy Aquino,” he replied. “And Noynoy is also the likely candidate of the other superpower, China.”

“In the end, both China and the US may well come to the conclusion that dealing with Noynoy is a better option than dealing with Manny, not because Noynoy is better but that he might be more pliable and susceptible to pressure and manipulation than Manny. If I read these countries probable interests in our country reasonably accurately, this conclusion seems rather appropriate,” he explained.

My source says the funding sources of both the Villar and the Aquino campaigns provide clues as to why both world powers would much rather support Noynoy instead of Manny, as well. “Does it not bother you that Noynoy seems to be spending as much as Manny? The question is, where did the money come from considering that everybody was saying there was little money to fund Noynoy’s campaign?” he asked.

But won’t others argue that because the popularity of Noynoy is attracting “smart” money to his campaign, all of it local? “To some extent, this is probably true. The whole point of campaign contributions is to be able to ensure access, so some local businessmen contribute to likely winners or else play safe by giving to two or three candidates if the survey numbers are close,” he said.

“On the other hand, considering that Manny financed his campaign virtually single-handedly, together with the fact that he might win this election, the whole question of being able to gain access becomes a questionable objective to some extent,” he added. “Obviously, the value of large contributions becomes questionable because Manny has in effect declared he does not want to be so beholden that his judgment while in office might be compromised.

“This is not to say that Manny will not accept contributions, but only that no one will own him so much that Manny will feel too beholden. But the issues in this election are not strictly local and such a posture of self-sufficiency would make even non-local interests concerned about his possible victory,” he explained. “And that means both the US and China.”

The 'foreign' Candidate (2)

Perhaps it’s true, as my source said, that Washington has found the supposed tractability of Noynoy Aquino appealing. Aquino, who can’t even speak publicly without reading from a page, will definitely be an easier Philippine president to deal with than someone else who may object to the imposition of American policy as it is dictated by whoever is chosen to be the White House’s messenger to Malacañang in a Noynoy administration.

If pet programs of the US do come to fruition under a new Aquino dispensation—like the revival of the jettisoned autonomous Bangsa Moro Juridical Entity and a permanent American military presence in geopolitically strategic Mindanao—we’ll know Noynoy is the new “Amboy.” But what about China, our northern neighbor, which presumably also likes Noynoy’s susceptibility to influence, given his lack of experience and his near-absolute dependence on his advisers?

How will Beijing try to influence Noynoy, and how is support from the mainland being funneled to him? To answer these questions, my source said he wanted to explain how Noynoy became the Chinese candidate, to begin with.

“You may call the Chinese decision to influence Noynoy an ethnic choice,” he said. “That’s because the other major candidate, Manny Villar, is about as Filipino as Filipino can be. Villar’s origins are undeniably indigenous and unfortunately for the Chinese or even the Americans, he succeeded in a business that does not rely on Chinese or American connections, so Manny is not beholden to either one or the other.

“Noynoy, on the other hand, traces his roots to the mainland [the Cojuangco side] and his mother made it very clear that her family has Chinese roots when she was president. You may have heard that Beijing is not really concerned with where an ethnic Chinese got his passport because to them, ‘Once a Chinese, always a Chinese, regardless of the number of generations [away from China].’

“China’s conduct of foreign policy acknowledges little principle other than loyalty to China and China’s self-interest, which is nothing new, save for the fact that China operates quietly and without ostentation. They are prepared to accommodate the corrupt demands of national leaders in the pursuit of large infrastructure projects, be it here, in South Asia, Africa and even Eastern Europe, this consideration being to them simply a fact of international life, a reality to be faced.

“China assiduously courts the African nations, the Eastern Europeans, the South Asian and Southeast Asian nations and South America with varying degrees of intensity based on how China sees her short- and long-term interests in the region; this, to ensure access to markets as well as to expand her influence in these nations. Her financial terms [for loans] are certainly far more generous than any other nation’s.

“The Chinese see these activities as a necessity to gaining favorable access to these nations in an effort to extend or deepen her suzerainty in the countries and regions she considers vital to her interests as part of China’s efforts to broaden her influence in world affairs. China is clearly seeking the full status of a major superpower which she is, if not in the same mold as the US or the former Soviet Union, then at least on par with them,” he added.

As to how Beijing’s support of Noynoy is manifested, my source was also clear. “The Chinese will likely not make direct contributions to Noynoy,” he explained. “The help extended is probably given through ‘influenced’ organizations and individuals. The likely sources of at least some of Noynoy’s campaign funds are the Filipino-Chinese organizations through their members, or big-time Filipino-Chinese businessmen with large investments in the mainland.”

Given the early talk about the Aquino campaign’s lack of resources, the reality that the Yellow camp is spending as least as much as Villar is and the Liberal candidate’s steadfast refusal to identify contributors to his war chest, my source believes that the Chinese funding may have already arrived. “Maybe all the talk of Noynoy’s campaign being short of funds was just a ploy to counter Manny’s campaign resources or at least the perception thereof, to make Noynoy seem like an underdog,” he said.

“Or else the foreign interests were watching [early] developments carefully and have only made their decision [to contribute] over the last few days, where we have seen rather dramatic developments and the escalation of dirty tricks and propaganda preying on fear and painting the opponent as an absolute disaster for the nation,” he added. “It’s telling that Noynoy recently announced that he has lately been turning down offers for help, especially if he is unsure of the motives of the contributor.”

* * *

The picture of a President Noynoy held hostage by either (or both) American and Chinese interests is not a pretty one. But it jibes with the portrait painted by his critics of an unprepared, inexperienced and ultimately clueless presidency that will be pulled this way and that by whichever interest has the presidential ear at the moment.

Unlike Ferdinand Marcos, who masterfully (at least for a time) played the China card when the Americans started breathing down too hard on his neck, we cannot reasonably expect Noynoy to stand his ground in the continuing geopolitical chess game between the two superpowers. And it’s quite possible that Washington will step into the picture once again if Aquino gets too cozy with the people who run the country where he traces his ethnic roots—just like they did when Washington helped install Cory Aquino in 1986 and when American “persuasion flights” fought back attempts to unseat her through those endless coup attempts during her administration.

What we can expect is a President Noynoy who may be paralyzed not only by his many competing advisers’ interests at home but also by the fear of incurring the ire of the big geopolitical dogs abroad. The same big dogs that will probably move to remove him—for corruption, insanity or whatever reason they may dream up—if he doesn’t follow their orders.

The last president who though he considered himself independent and who had an overwhelming and secure mandate from the people, after all, was Joseph Estrada. And we know what happened to him—sent to jail less than halfway into his six-year term.

Certainly, the current mudslinging that informs our presidential campaign is entertaining. But it would improve the quality of what passes these days for “issues” and “platforms” to look into how the candidates would tackle foreign relations, Philippine sovereignty and other matters that are swept aside by the noise of tabloid-oriented campaigning.

At the very least, we need to know who funds our candidates—especially those who claim that they will not steal. Perhaps they can make that claim because they’ve already received a lot of money, just by running a campaign that looks like it could win.

Psycho!

I receieved this email regarding Noynoy's medical records that came from Ateneo's Pyschology Department. I was not so surprised to see that there are several conditions Noynoy has since he looks retarded as it is.



Please, for the sake of our nation, have a look:




Of course, right from the moment this document was released and circulated, the Yellow Camp, notably LP campaign manager Butch Abad and LP bet Frank Drilon, called the issue 'bogus', as if it were just another black propaganda movement.

IT IS NOT 'BOGUS', IT IS NOT BLACK PROPAGANDA

It is this kind of news that the people should be informed of. These are the things we want to learn about the candidates!


Here is an article from The Daily Tribune's Ninez Cacho-Olivares about the said issue:

Very valid issue

04/12/2010

Black propaganda or not, the refusal of Noynoy Aquino to take up the challenge of Manny Villar for both of them to undergo psychiatric evaluation, after the bogus psych report on Aquino’s alleged mental disorder was made public, will do more harm to Aquino’s candidacy than it would Villar on the Liberal Party (LP)’s claim that this fake report was leaked out to ABS-CBN by the Nacionalista Party.

The reason is simple. Since Noynoy Aquino indicated his interest in running for the presidency, talk started about his alleged “autism” and of his being bi-polar.

While this was hardly brought to fore by the media, the fact is that the talk on this alleged mental and emotional disorders suffered by Aquino, kept coming. He has been called “abnoy” the street name for “abnormal,” and is still being called that by many, in political conversations and gabfests.

This being the case, for Noynoy and his LP to merely call the bogus psychological report black propaganda will hardly get the people to buy that, especially as he refuses to take up the challenge of undergoing a psychiatric test.

After all, as the argument goes, if he is psychologically fit and has no mental or emotional disorder, it should follow that he wouldn’t be afraid to take that test.

Like it or not, the mental health of a candidate for the presidency is a valid issue.

Besides, it is not unknown for people with some disorder or illness, to hide these things.

There is no question that a presidential candidate must be open about the state of his health, as he owes this to the people, whom he claims to want to serve.

Some years back, during the 2004 presidential election campaign, The Tribune published a report on then presidential candidate, Sen. Raul Roco, and quoted reliable medical sources saying that he was suffering from prostrate cancer.

This was denied by Roco and his camp, but in the end, there could no longer be any denial, and he had to admit that he was stricken with prostrate cancer. He died shortly afterwards.

But wasn’t that unfair of Roco, being a presidential candidate, to keep his state of health from the public?

While it is true that he had no chance of winning the presidency, what would have happened if he had won the presidency, only to die in office shortly?

Then too, the Aquinos have already proved earlier that they do keep health problems to themselves.

The prime example of this was their prevarication of the cancer stage of their mother, the late Corazon Aquino.

When the cancer state of Cory was announced, she was already on the fourth stage and was a terminal case. Yet none of the members of the Aquino family made this public, making it appear that the cancer was curable.

In much the same way, a denial does not necessarily mean that one who is perceived as having mental problems is not mentally challenged.

That the health and especially the mental health of a president is of great importance can be found in the Constitution as the Charter empowers the Cabinet (majority) to inform the legislature when it finds the president unfit or unable or incapacitated to discharge the presidential functions.

Not only does the Constitution mandate the Cabinet to evaluate the mental and physical health of the president, but it also empowers the Cabinet to stop the president from discharging his functions should the Cabinet members find that he is not equipped to handle such duties and functions.

This alone makes the state of health — mental or emotional — of a presidential candidate a very valid issue.

One who forays into politics must be able to take on the sling and arrows hurled at him, including his being perceived as suffering from autism or is bi-polar or anything else.

Demanding apologies from those he suspects to have leaked this report out doesn’t fly.

Neither does his denial of it.

GMA's REAL Candidate

Recently, the Yellow Camp has been doing an all out demolition job on Manny Villar. Since they saw that their mudslinging has been effective especially with regards to the recent surveys, all they do now is spread and snowball the issues.

One of the major issues that are thrown at Villar is the 'Villaroyo' accusation. Noynoy and the whole Liberal Camp insists that Villar is the administration candidate and would therefore be Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's ally.

We all know that Noynoy's only campaign strategy is to bash and criticize the Arroyo administration, release false issues to his fellow candidates, and get popularity/emotional votes.

But in fact, it is Noynoy who seems to be linked closer to the Arroyo administration... READ THIS:

Villar to Aquino: Explain presence of admin allies in LP
By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 15:02:00 03/31/2010

Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Inquirer Politics

MANILA, Philippines--If Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is the real opposition then he should explain why he has relatives working with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

This was how Senator Manny Villar countered the allegations by Aquino’s camp that he was an administration bet as shown by Arroyo allies endorsing his presidential bid.

Unlike Aquino, Villar said he has no relatives working for the Arroyo government.

“Ako walang kamag-anak na kasama ng Pangulo. Si Noynoy yata anim o lima? Eh bakit ako ang dapat magpaliwanag, eh sila ang nag-imbento ng Villaroyo, sila rin ay kailangan magpaliwanag (I don’t have relatives who are with the President. I think Noynoy have five or six? Then, why should I explain when they are the ones who invented ‘Villaroyo.’ They should also explain,’ he said in a radio interview Tuesday night.

Villar also noted that Arroyo’s former Cabinet members are, in fact, now allied with Aquino and helping his campaign.

“Kung sinasabi natin na ang Pangulo ay corrupt, ibig mong sabihin naging corrupt lang ang pangulo pag alis nila? Kung sinasabi mong corrupt ang pangulo baka noon pa yun eh di kasama din sila (If we say the President is corrupt, does that mean that the President became corrupt only after they left her? Maybe the President was already corrupt when they were still together),” he pointed out.

“The very same people that brought us where we are now…eh yan din ang kasama niya (Noynoy) (are the same people who are with Noynoy now),’ Villar added.

He could not understand why Aquino has not been accused of being an administration bet when some of Arroyo’s allies, like Quezon City Representative Feliciano Belmonte and former Senator Ralph Recto join Aquino’s Liberal Party.

And when they joined Aquino’s camp, they called them “principled” people but when they joined him in the Nacionalista Party, they were viewed as an indication of alliance between him and the President, Villar lamented.

The senator confirmed that construction magnate Reghis Romero was helping his campaign but immediately denied any business dealing with him.

“Si Reghis Romero ay kaibigan ko naman. Inaamin ko naman tumutulong sa akin yan, meron silang group na MOVE, pero wala kaming business deals (Reghis Romero is my friend. I admit that he’s helping me, they have a group called MOVE but we don’t have business deals),” Villar said.

We Should ALL Be Concerned Citizens

I came across another e-mail, a facebook alert actually, about a short letter regarding Noynoy's dirty tactics through Yellow columnists. It is definitely a good read, enjoy.

A Concerned Citizen Writes to Harvey Keh of Ateneo

April 2, 2010

Mr. Harvey S. Keh
Director for Youth Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship
Ateneo de Manila University - School of Government

Dear Harvey:

In the interest of our common humanity and sense of decency, I just want to share with you some thoughts about Noynoy Aquino and his rabid propagandists disguised as newspaper columnists.

First, this passage from the column yesterday by your fellow Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Ms. Belinda Cunanan-Olivares entitled "Citizens' candidate":

"Frankly my stomach retches over the way the Aquino camp has gone into an extensive investigation of the details of this episode in utter disregard of compassion and decency. The elder Villar lady must have suffered immensely from the death of that young boy. Must that rival camp now rake up all the sordid details? The aim of the Noynoy camp in playing it up obviously is to prove that Villar was lying and inventing certain circumstances about his early life of poverty that, as his ads now say, enable him to connect to the greater masses who are poor. But surely there must be many other issues far more relevant to the life of the nation that ought to be debated than the circumstances around the illness and death of a young boy that his 87-year-old mother doubtless still mourns.

"What has happened to decency in our midst? The Aquino camp's ghoulish treatment of the young boy's death is just an example of the pettiness and cattiness that the Noynoy campaign has often displayed."

Second, this passage from the column yesterday by Philippine Star columnist Domini Torrevillas- Suarez entitled "Was Manny Villar poor?":

"It's funny, and sad, and very frustrating, to hear and read and witness the bashing of candidates in this campaign. Bashers trump up charges (remember how Manny was being trumpeted as owning a multi-million dollar worth mansion in Utah?), and call rival camps immoral. Says Manny: 'You guys are so different from people like me and the rest of the MBV supporters, because we cannot be as good, as holy, as virtuous as you hypocrites are.'"

And now, I would like to share with you my own feelings about this revolting state of affairs in our public discourse:

I share with Belinda's and Domini's utter revulsion over the ghoulishness of the Noynoy Aquino camp, but I must add that they overlooked the fact that this ghoulishness is surpassed a thousand times over by Inquirer columnists Solita Monsod and Conrad Dequiros as well as Philippine Star's William Esposo—all rabid propagandists of the Noynoy Aquino campaign disguised as newspaper columnists. On the basis of anonymous and unauthenticated documents supplied to them by the Noynoy Aquino camp itself, they viciously ran the demolition job against Manny Villar in practically the same words and with almost the same conclusions.

Now that their despicable act has began to backfire on them, they are now disowning in chorus their respective demolition jobs and their own reckless conclusions in their respective columns. The clueless Noynoy Aquino also denies on TV that he had any hand in the demolition job but has the gall to say that he agrees with its conclusions. Even Franklin Drilon of the Liberal Party has become a denial king, washing his hands off the affair like a Pilate on TV!

Noynoy Aquino, Franklin Drilon, Solita Monsod, Conrad Dequiros and William Esposo have overstepped the bounds of civilized behavior, and they have been prostituted two respectable newspapers by making them propaganda sheets in their overpowering desire to pave the way for themselves to Malacañang by hook or by crook. All five of them should be repudiated, condemned, and boycotted by all decent, self-respecting Filipinos! And Harvey, if you are truly sincere in your personal campaign for morally upright youth leaders and good governance, you should likewise repudiate and condemn such unbridled and unscrupulous acts by your political comrades-in- arms!

Sincerely,Sammy Abiertos

GloriAquino

There are so many rumors running around about Manny Villar being the 'secret' candidate of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. And it is quite obvious that it is the Yellow Camp that is spreading these LIES.

Try to connect the dots...

Aquino’s relatives who are close to President Arroyo include his aunts:
-former Sen. Tessie Aquino-Oreta, who is head of the Early Childhood Care and Development Council under the Office of the President

-former Gov. Margarita Cojuangco, president of the Public Safety College under the Department of the Interior and Local Government

-Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara, President Arroyo’s image consultant.

Paul Aquino, who is now the chief political officer in Aquino III’s campaign, is the chief executive officer of Energy Development Corp. under the state firm Philippine National Oil Co. (The present Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Eleazar Quinto is married to Kashiwahara’s daughter)

It is quite easy to see that the Yellow Camp fabricated this lie that GMA is in alliance with Villar to divert attention that it really is NOYNOY that has close ties with GMA. For their part, it was a smart tactical move to put the rumor on the enemy first. But then that strategy is useless now that the TRUTH is out there, the Aquinos are the ones in cahoots with the current administration, not Manny Villar.

Also if you can remember, Noynoy Aquino favored the non-release and hearing of the 'Hello Garci' case. What now is his defense to that???

unHOLY WEEK

The Yellow Camp is doing it with no holds barred.

Were you able to catch the three-part airing of A Dangerous Life, a movie about Ninoy and the People Power revolution? I mean, where else would they show it but ABias-CBN, Noynoy's medium of brainwashing the Filipinos. By the way, this reminded me of how Jim Carrey's portrayal of the Riddler in Batman Forever, when he used that device placed on people's TVs to suck the brains out of the viewers and forwarded into Riddler's brain (Riddler=Noynoy, Brain-Sucking Device=ABS-CBN, Sucked Brains=Votes).

This is another one of the Yellow Army's tactics to get enough popularity votes as they can. Come on, on HOLY WEEK they're going to show something about Ninoy Aquino? Exactly what is its relevance to Lenten Season? NONE. The Yellow Network is merely doing political promotion work for their candidate, Noynoy.

Clearly, they will stop at nothing to truly brain-wash the entire Philippines.

It's really sad to see and hear how many people believe the Liberal Party's cause. Like they know that a Noynoy presidency would amount to a better future. Exactly what does his platform stand for anyway? Good versus evil?? This is not a religious war, it is a political one where a leader must rely on his intellect, awareness of people's needs, extensive knowledge of current affairs, people skills and management, to site a few. Tell me now, does Noynoy Aquino have all, or at least any of those qualities? I highly think not. And who does come to mind when these qualifications are mentioned? None other than Manny Villar.



ABias-CBN and the Yellow Army should be ashamed of themselves, how disgraceful.

And check out this schedule of ABias-CBN's shows for May 9 (just before the election day)

May 9, 2010 ABS-CBN Schedule
11:45 ASAP XV Special Live from Ninoy Aquino Stadium and EDSA Shrine
3:00 The Buzz Special Live from EDSA Shrine
5:00 MMK: The Ninoy and Cory Story
7:00 A Dangerous Life
10:30 MYX Presents: The Music Videos of Noy2 Aquino

And to think THREE days before Election Day campaigning should stop already.
The Nerve...

Truly INSPIRING

A few of my favorite inspirational pictures and messages



















Hope you enjoyed it!!! =)

Where in the world can we find this book of truths???

I took time out during the holidays to read veteran journalist Cecil Arillo’s book, Greed and Betrayal, a sequel to Breakaway, his book about the 1986 People Power Revolution. The book talks about how the Reform the Armed Forces Movement or RAM succeeded in mounting a mutiny against then President Ferdinand Marcos, and how the late President Cory Aquino benefited from it.

Arillo’s sequel is about the six years of the Cory Aquino administration. It details the sins of a vindictive regime, including well-documented instances of greed and betrayal of those who catapulted Cory to power in 1986.

The Hacienda Luisita and the Mendiola massacre were also forms of betraying the trust of the tenants and farmers.

More importantly, Arillo’s book also tells us how the so-called “Kamaganak Inc.” tried to surpass the Marcos plunder in scams and anomalies. The cannibalization of so many Cory administration-sequestered corporations by the Presidential Commission on Good Government’s fiscal agents also come to fore.

I suggest the camps of Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Senator Manuel Villar, former President Joseph Estrada, administration candidate former Defense chief Gilbert Teodoro, Senator Richard Gordon and even Jesus Is Lord Movement top honcho Eddie Villanueva get hold of Arillo’s book. It shows that the legacy Mr. Clean is riding on is one of greed and betrayal.

***

Arillo’s book is well-researched but I still have a few stories of my own that I’d like to add.

Once, an Aquino Cabinet member came out with a report that a Cory kin, together with a Kapampangan Customs broker and a spouse of a former senator, were involved in smuggling activities, specifically containers full of Mercedes Benz cars. Oldtimers at Customs are aware of this.

When this Cabinet member handed the report to Cory, she reportedly just browsed over it and then put it aside. The same Cabinet man was so disgusted that he resigned, but Cory prevailed upon him to accept another Cabinet portfolio.

There was also the takeover of some 37, I repeat 37 corporations, suspected to be that of Kokoy Romualdez, brother-in-law of the late dictator, by the in-laws of Cory.

I know this because one of the corporations taken over was Erestores Inc., a structural steel company. It was founded by the late Marcos’ Minister of Transportation Totoy Dans, who was close to Imeldific.

For the record, I was one of the incorporators of the company. I was founding director. That’s why I knew it all.

There was also the takeover of a motor and vehicle corporation with a license to import British Range Rovers and Land Rovers. The in-laws of Cory used this license to import Simba armored cars for the Armed Forces despite recommendations that they were inferior to US-made armored vehicles.

I recall that when I started to expose this anomaly, I was approached by the PR man of Cory’s in-laws. I was invited to go to London, all expenses paid for, to visit the Simba plant. I refused.

And then there was this sweetheart deal between Cory and Shell that exempted Shell from income tax payments in the multi-billion Malampaya project off Palawan. This still holds true today and the amount involved is P70 billion, according to records.

Cory was said to be very close to the then-Shell president who showered her with attention and flowers daily.

A legacy, indeed, of greed and betrayal. And Mr. Clean thinks this legacy will be his ticket to Malacañang?

Emil Jurado
To the Point
Manila Standard Today
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideOpinion.htm?f=2010/january/8/emiljurado.isx&d=2010/january/8

A good friend emailed me this article of Emil Jurado and I immediately tried to look for the book he was referring to, Greed & Betrayal. Surprisingly though, it was really difficult to track down this book. National bookstore says that it is now only available on SM north edsa and Rockwell branches... I wonder why this book seems to be supressed from mass production and promotion, oh, let me guess, because it is about the anomalies and controversial dealings during the Aquino administration.

How convenient is it that the book that tells the truth about an important part of the Philippines' history is hard to find during this election season with an Aquino running for presidency? hmm... something seems fishy here, don't you think?

While the Liberal Party keeps on going and going with their hate campaign against other candidates, they are covering up their tracks by supressing truths that would be detrimental to their campaign.. tsk tsk. dirty tactics by the Yellow, what's new?

Noynoy's Minion Inside Philippine Star

FATMAN Esposo got the Yellow Disease early on...

Last Sunday while reading the newspaper, I saw this article written by non other than one of Noynoy's black propaganda minions, the so-called 'chair wrecker' (which is a douche bag title, as most people also think) William Esposo.

He talked smack about Manny Villar not being authentic in being poor growing up and tried to affirm it with bogus 'evidences.' Wow, another smear campaign has occurred and it is not surprising anymore given that these dirty tactics are what Noynoy and Liberal Camp are really made of.


Now I know why he is called the 'Chair Wrecker'. Chairs cannot hold more than 300 pounds, go figure.

Tell me then, what are the goals/platforms/advocacies that the Yellow group are proclaiming? NOTHING. Their statements regarding state affairs are very limited, so they let the CORY MAGIC overshadow the whole thing. Is there more to them than just 'hindi ako magnanakaw' and 'ituloy ang laban'??? come on now...

anyway, good thing came across this other article which answers douche bag Esposo's write-up, enjoy:

Mahirap Tanggapin Na Mahirap si Villar? Ano Pang BASURA ang itatapon nila?

THE VILLAR BASHERS WON’T STOP. THEY HAVE GONE TO LOW DEPTHS IN PURSUIT OF THIS SMEAR CAMPAIGN VERSUS MANNY VILLAR. JUST MANNY VILLAR, WHOM THEY MUST PERCEIVE AS THE ONLY THREAT TO THEIR CANDIDATE. THESE HYPOCRITES WITH COLUMNS TO WRITE TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BASH VILLAR, DISTORT THE TRUTH, AND PASS THEM ON TO GULLIBLE CULT MEMBERS LIKE THIS TESS SUAVILLO. READ ON………..this blogger’s opinions are in italics.

AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo (The Philippine Star) Updated March 28, 2010 12:00 AM “Nakaranas na ba kayong … mamatayan ng kapatid dahil wala kang pera pangpagamot” (Have you experienced losing a brother because you did not have the money to provide him proper medical care)? — Manny Villar asked in his “PANATA(Advocacy)” TV commercial. Villar was referring to his younger brother Danny who passed away on October 1962. In the same commercial, Villar’s 1962 photo with his younger brother was shown. This portrayal of being poor once upon a time is a fantasy which comes in a series of similar attempts by Villar to create empathy with the nearly 90% of voters who belong to the socio-economic classes D and E. However, this particular attempt to use his late brother Danny to further his political ambition showed that Villar is as capable of lying just like Madame Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA). Two public documents — the death certificate of Danny B. Villar and the Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT number: 135396/3194) of the 560 square meter property in the upper class San Rafael Village of Navotas where the Villars had lived when Danny died — shattered this ONCE POOR fantasy that Villar has been peddling. What the San Rafael Village TCT presents: 1. Before 1962, the Villars bought 560 square meters (SQM) of high valued real estate on Bernardo Street in San Rafael Village where the more affluent folks in the Tondo-Navotas area resided.

In 1962, this was a lot in a village of 5 to 10 houses, in a place constantly flooded. Definitely NOT high-end. And Villar’s father bought it through a P16,000 loan from GSIS. This is the house they moved into from Moriones. And this place is STILL in Tondo. Monsod and Esposo claim this was a gated community to make it look like the Villars were never once poor.

2. The DEATH CERTIFICATE of the deceased Danny B. Villar established that they were already residing there in 1962.

What is true is that all the Villar children (maybe except for the youngest, Jojo) were born and raised in Moriones UNTIL THEY MOVED TO THIS PLACE IN BALUT, TONDO. It was a modest single storey house which over time was improved. With a set of hardworking and enterprising parents, the family has improved their lot. Still not RICH by others’ standards, but they succeeded in improving their lives. Surely, that is something admirable. The trouble is Villar bashers will take half-truths and distort them to make it appear that Villar was lying when he claimed to have been once poor.

3. Based on 2009 prices, the P16,000 GSIS (Government Service Insurance System) mortgage mentioned in the TCT — not necessarily the total cost of the two 280 SQM lots — is now the equivalent of P1,140,000.00. Poor people today cannot even borrow P200,000. Those who are familiar with the subdivision say that the cost per SQM in San Rafael Village today would be around P10,000 per SQM or an equivalent of around P5,600,000 for the entire property.

Like Manny, his father dreamed to improve their fortunes. As a government employee, he had access to cheap credit such as GSIS loans. The P16,000 loan was meant for both the lot and the house construction/ improvement. At the time it was bought, there was no telling the area will improve and real estate prices will rise to current levels. Just to draw parallels, anyone who can borrow back then could have bought properties along Osmena St (South Super Highway) before the highway was constructed and be pleasantly surprised now that their investments paid off.

4. Jun Borres, the present owner who is using the 560 SQM property as offices of his firm, Jumbo Fishing, stated that when they bought it in 1987 – it had a one and a half floor house. The ground floor was made of concrete while the upstairs was made of wood. This was typical upper middle class and upper class dwelling in the 1960s.

What is wrong with a once poor vendor of shrimps and fish to improve their fortunes and move from poor to middle class over time? Isn’t this the price and prize of sipag and tyaga? Do people expect the poor to remain poor forever? Is it a mortal sin and immoral that the Villars did not remain poor? Remember that the property was bought in 1962, and this “witness” Jun Borres who claims this is a typical upper middle class dwelling bought the property in 1987. A difference of 25 years!!!!

Implications of the San Rafael Village ownership 1. Together with established Manny Villar bio information, they could not have been dirt poor to be able to move to San Rafael Village before 1962. His mother was a seafood (shrimp, crab and fish) dealer in Divisoria Market, not a fish vendor as what Villar tries to project. A seafood dealer supplies the vendors. For a family of 11, they ate canned corned beef — which Manny Villar admitted on his earlier TV ad. His father was a government official, said to be a Budget Officer of the then DANR (Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources) under which was the Fisheries Bureau. Manny Villar studied in private schools — the Holy Child Catholic School for elementary and Mapua Institute of Technology for High School. Poor folks send their kids to public schools.

Again, how these yellow birds distort the truth! Nanay Curing started as a seafood vendor, eventually graduating to a seafood dealer. Canned corned beef is not daily fare. Manny mentioned it with fond memories because the Villar children remember with fondness the way their corned beef was cooked to satify a big family. Just the same, soupy corned beef was a treat for them. Please read http://politicalama teur.wordpress. com/2010/ 03/22/dati- ngang-mahirap- eh/

Also, the Holy Child Catholic School was situated right beside the Isabelo de los Reyes Elementary School where Manny Villar first enrolled. The “private school” was a parochial school then subsidized by the parish where tuition was definitely not of the standards of private schools today. Villar’s parents valued education as a means out of poverty, typical of parents even today. And I need not repeat that the family was once poor and managed to improve their lot through sipag at tyaga to be what these bashers call “middle class”.

2. Villar’s parents must have had a sizeable combined income to be able to buy the San Rafael Village property. The 560 SQM size demonstrates their financial capacity. If they could, poor people buy lots sized less than 100 SQMs. Villar’s father must also be making a sizeable income from the government to be able to borrow P16,000 from the GSIS. In 1962, senior executives in big corporations made monthly salaries of about P2,000.

Villar’s father is a lowly government employee who THROUGH THE YEARS got his promotions. Ano ang masama duon? He had access to GSIS credit, and he borrowed money to buy his family a lot they can call their own. Ayaw ba marinig yan ng mga mayayaman?

What Danny B. Villar’s DEATH CERTIFICATE reveals: 1. It is NOT TRUE that Danny died because they were poor and could not afford proper health care. The stated residence in Danny’s death certificate was the San Rafael Village property.

If you are rich, and your kin is suffering from a dreaded disease, you will most certainly make sure he gets the best medical care. Such is not the case with Danny who was brought for treatment from clinic to clinic until he grew worse in condition and the family brought him to FEU hospital.

2. The BIG LIE is further proved by the fact that Danny stayed 13 days at the FEU (Far Eastern University) Hospital where he expired at age 3 years and 8 months. If they were really poor, the PGH (Philippine General Hospital) would have been the affordable hospital to bring Danny. He was definitely given proper health care. FEU Hospital was one of the top hospitals in 1962, before the establishment of the Makati Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital.

Oh Yes, if y ou have someone nearly dying…….make sure you choose the hospital you bring him to. Take the time to choose and mind which hospital you can afford. Tell that to the poor. PGH is a choice. But Ms. Monsod and Mr. Esposo should remember that FEU hospital, even at that time, had a charity ward! Danny was admitted as a charity patient in FEU hospital, but that fact was conveniently omitted in Monsod and Esposo’s columns. This is the height of nitpicking. For these guys to dwell on this topic, distort the truth make us sick!

3. Danny died from CARDIAC and RESPIRATORY FAILURE resulting from COMPLICATIONS OF LEUKEMIA. In 1962, there was no bone marrow transplantation and chemotherapy yet and everyone whether rich or poor died from contracting leukemia.

At this point, let me just say that the family of Manny Villar find it very very sad that they have to explain themselves here. Leukemia afflicts both rich and poor, but the rich get proper medical care, unlike poor Danny who had absolutely no chance and died at a very young age. Cancer, leukemia, etc. —- these illnesses may be hopeless cases. But it is always disheartening not to be able to afford medical care to a poor child like Danny. This is a dark moment in the Villar family’s life. And these bashers want to make light of it?

4. Upon Danny’s death, his remains were turned over to LA FUNERARIA PAZ — then, until now, considered one of the top two mortuaries (Funeraria Nacional, the other). This further disproved Manny Villar’s claim that Danny died because they did not have the money to take care of him.

Back then, Funeraria Paz is just one funeral parlor. This does not prove anything.

When Iggy Arroyo was seen as having taken the Jose Pidal rap for his elder brother Mike, many folks felt that it was rather low of Mike Arroyo to place his younger brother at risk. Our culture expects the older brother to protect the younger brother. In that regard, we can consider Manny Villar as having done worse than Mike Arroyo. At least, Iggy Arroyo was alive and kicking and he could have opted to stay out of the Jose Pidal controversy. But in the case of Manny and Danny Villar, Danny was used to promote a myth when Danny was in no position to agree to his elder brother Manny’s portrayal of his death.

Here is where these bashers try to draw parallels between Villar and the present occupants of Malacanang. Bravo, guys. You want to paint Manny Villar as worse than Mike Arroyo. You want people to remember Manny Villar as “like the hated Arroyo”. Here is where you want to take everyone for a ride by bashing Villar as no different from the hated First Family, right? Your political agenda is showing, fellas. Low. Sick. You guys are hopeless.

With the propagation of this ONCE POOR fantasy, don’t you think that Manny Villar also desecrated the memory and honor of his parents who strove to be able to provide their children quality education and an upper class domicile? If Manny Villar can lie and use his dead younger brother like this, what makes you think that he will really improve and not worsen your life? What makes you think that he is not as greedy as he is being charged in this presidential campaign? What makes you think that you can trust Manny Villar? TESS L. SUAVILLO ERJHS- Class 71

What can I say Tess? If we were to write something like this against Noynoy, you guys will scream at the top of your lungs and brand us as “paid hacks” of Manny Villar. Even noveau billionaire Manny Pacquiao and multi-millionaire Willy Revillame were not spared from being branded as paid hacks. All celebrities endorsing Villar you claim to be paid, while Noynoy yellow stars are endorsing Noy because of their convictions, right? How about you? Oh yes, you guys cannot be bribed. You guys are volunteers who write the truth , not expecting any in return. You guys have no hidden agenda except to deliver the “truth” to the public. Like it is your patriotic duty or something. YOU GUYS ARE SO DIFFERENT FROM PEOPLE LIKE ME AND THE REST OF THE MBV SUPPORTERS, BECAUSE WE CANNOT BE AS GOOD, AS HOLY, AS VIRTUOUS AS YOU HYPOCRITES ARE.

Suit yourselves. You are showing your colors and character here. And you claim to be the decent kind? Such hypocrisy. This black propaganda is no different from the previous lies this camp peddled. (Read http://politicalama teur.wordpress. com/2010/ 02/22/and- the-black- propaganda- backfires- palpak-to- the-max/)

Perhaps during this political season, some find it agonizing to remain DECENT. To go down to these unbelievable depths while parading themselves among the alta sociedad is pure hypocrisy. Monsod, Esposo, Banayo and De Quiros. They are truly a league of a different kind. They have propagated a cult, and Tess here counts among the gullible members.

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A True Testament to Villar

From all the e-mails and text messages I get everyday, many of them come from political themes, especially this year that the Presidential Elections are happening. Why, its only down to 40 days (from this date) until the Philippines elects its new leader of the nation. There have been plenty of buzz that it will boil down to either Manny Villar or Noynoy Aquino. While it is widely known that Aquino just entered the race right after his mother's death, Villar has been leading the race since the beginning. Sadly though, it is with these two candidates that are most publicized negatively (although I don't feel for Aquino so much, or at all even...).

I am convinced however, that if not all, most of the rumors hounding Villar are false. Aquino's Yellow influence on all forms of media (radio, tv, newspaper, internet) is solid, given that the administration led by his mother were full of cronies and tyrants that own these media companies. Whatever it is that they wish to portray their opponents (in this case, Villar) as, they are able to do because of their overwhelming power in media. Imagine, if they want to broadcast to the entire Philippines that Villar land-grabbed, or stole money, re-aligned whatever road, or any issue for that matter, all they have to do is tell local news programs (as well as Kris Aquino) to spread the rumor like wildfire and it will.

Unfortunately, this kind of dirty tactics is working for them.

I hope that every Filipino gets to really understand and comprehend to what these power-craving liar scumbags are planning for the Philippines. Meanwhile, a friend sent me this relieving e-mail that shows who Villar truly is. Enjoy.

He is the Man: A high school classmate tells why Manny Villar is the best presidential bet for the May 10 polls
By Manny Castro
Why do I think Manny Villar is the best candidate we have for the May elections?

I knew him from the heart. We grew up together inTondo. I lived in Tayuman, he’s from Moriones but we often saw each other and played basketball. Back in high school, we were classmates in Mapua Institute of Technology in Sta.Cruz, Manila.

I remember him as a simple but no ordinary student. No, he wasn’t nerdy nor the Ernie Baron-type of a student. He’s no ordinary because as young as thirteen or fourteen years old (during our second and third year in high school) he was already selling fish and shrimps in Divisoria, sometimes by himself, sometimes with his mother.

For those who say that he’s not really poor because his parents can afford to send him to private schools don’t know what they’re saying. Or they simply don’t know the meaning of sacrifice and honest hard work; of waking up as early as 1 am to be able to fetch the freshest fish in Navotas and be able to resell it per kilo in Divisoria – to be able to pay for your education.

Talagang iginapang ni Manny at ng kanyang mga magulang ang pag-aaral niya at ng kanyang mga kapatid. ‘Yan ang hindi naranasan ng mga kalaban ni Manny na lumaking may nagsisilbing mga yaya at driver na naghahatid pa sa kanila sa pagpasok sa eskwela. Si Manny sumasabit pa ‘yan sa jeep para lang makatipid sa pamasahe. Yung matitipid niya sa pamasahe, pambaon niya sa susunod na araw para hindi na siya manghingi sa kanyang nanay. Because his parents believe that a good education is the only hope for their children para makaahon sa kahirapan.

Diyan ako bumilib at naniwala sa determinasyon at kakayahan ni Manny. During our high school reunions, he would remind us “Malalagpasan din natin ito (poverty), basta’t magtiyaga lang tayo.” And true to his word and action, mula pagkabata iyang prinsipyo na iyan ang dala-dala at pinanghawakan niya. When we were in high school, nakakaawa yan sa klase. From Navotas and Divisoria, after selling fish, diretso na ‘yan sa school. 7 am ang klase namin. Syempre pagod na pagod at puyat pa, kaya madalas late at nakakatulog sa klase. Pero hindi siya nahihiya, basta ‘wag lang maabsent.

Determined at focus talaga siya sa pangarap niya. He knew he was poor that’s why he avoided unnecessary expenses (like attending the Juniors-Seniors’ Prom) and didn’t have time for extra-curricular activities in school. During our senior year, his mother borrowed a neighbor’s barong so that Manny could attend our prom which was held at the school quadrangle. Nahiya na lang siguro kaya napilitang umattend kasi ‘nung third year kami hindi siya nakaattend kasi nga walang pambili ng barong.

He was a student but he had spent most of his time working to contribute to his family’s meager earnings. When he’s not selling fish in the market, he helped his mother tend the sari-sari store in their rented house in Moriones. I think Manny felt that it was his role since siya ang panganay na lalake sa kanilang siyam na magkakapatid.

That’s why hindi na ako nagtaka when I saw him slowly rose from poverty. Sabi ko magtatagumpay talaga ang taong ito because he has character and integrity, perseverance and iron will. His vision is clear. His determination is solid. No one and nothing can distract him from attaining his goal once he had set it.

But what I really admire about Manny is that he never forget where he came from, his humble beginnings. Whatever success he had attained in life, whatever stature in society he had achieved, he would always be the Manny that we know back in high school – a loyal friend, matulungin at laging maaasahan sa oras ng pangangailangan. I think ‘yung pagtulong sa kapwa laluna sa kagaya niyang lumaki sa hirap ay natural sa kanya. Because he knew how it feels to be poor. For Manny, he is dead serious about his campaign na tapusin ang kahirapan. Hindi lang pang media soundbites.

Those who were saying that Manny have no qualms spending his billions, donating houses and lots, buying his way to the presidency, etc. because he’ll get it back anyway (double or triple pa daw) once he becomes president – doesn’t really know the guy. Nasa puso talaga niya ang tumulong sa kapwa na walang inaasahang kapalit. Isusubo na lang niya, ibibigay pa niya sa nangangailangan. I remember this vividly.

‘Yang si Manny ang baon niya madalas dalawang pandesal na may palamang peanut butter o margarine na nilagyan ng asukal. Minsan recess namin nakita niya ‘ko na walang kinakain. He asked me kung may baon ako. Sabi ko wala. Sabi niya, “eto o, tig-isa tayo sa pandesal.” It’s true kaya alam ko kung ano ang palaman ng pandesal na baon niya.

One thing I can say about him is that kahit malayo na ang inabot niya sa buhay hindi pa rin siya nagbago. Sa mga high school reunions namin, ayaw niyang pinagsisilbihan siya. Ayaw niyang tawagin namin siyang senador. Matipid pa rin. Gusto niya hati-hati kami sa gastos. Pero ‘pag siya ang nag-imbita, sasabihin niya “sagot ko”.

That’s why I firmly believe that he would be a good president. He should become our next president. Because he knows the value of sacrifice, hard but honest labor. He believes that you must work hard to earn your lot, hindi pwedeng ibang tao ang gumawa at magtrabaho para sa ‘yo. Kailangan magbanat ng buto at magpatulo ng pawis. Magtiyaga at magsumikap para umasenso sa buhay. Ganyan ang vision niya para umunlad ang ating bayan at ang bawat pamilyang Pilipino.

He has great competence, experience, maturity and discipline derived from years of hard work. In business and in politics as well. He is a visionary and has a creative mind as proven by the success of his business ventures, starting from a gravel and sand business to being the leader in construction and real estate industry in the Philippines. But he is no Midas and has no pretension of being the Messiah or the personification of all that is good. He is simply a hard worker and a hands-on leader.

For all the economic woes, injustice and hardships our people suffer from decades of elite rule by the hacienderos and buena familias of old such as the Ayalas, Lopezes, Aranetas, Roxases, Madrigals, Cojuangcos, Aquinos, and the like, it is high time that we put in Malacanang a president that truly represents the poor.

On May 10, I will make sure that Manny Villar gets their vote.

* Mr. Manny Castro manages his own travel consultancy firm. He is an active member of Cardinals and Robins for Villar, a volunteer organization composed of former classmates of Sen. Manny Villar in Mapua Institute of Technology.