Philippines Untold Truth - What They Don't Want You To Know About

                Philippines Untold Truth

Looks like paradise? You think it's paradise? Think again.... There are many many websites on the internet that depict the Philippines as some tropical paradise filled with welcoming people and beautiful young women that will treat you as a king submitting to your every desire. They paint for you this picture of paradise and utopia. I read every website about the Philippines before I came here and learned as much as I could before I got here, only to find out when I arrived here NONE (and I do mean NONE!!!!) of what I read on these websites was even vaguely true. Well, after spending eleven years in the Philippines, I'm telling you that is total BS!!!! I'll tell you here and now the real truth about the Philippines and the reality of what you can expect when you arrive here. So, hold on... beyond the next stop sign, you're about to enter the Philippine Zone.

Now, this is not to say that there's nothing good in the Philippines. There are some beautiful locations. There are some good people, but rare and few and far between. For the most part however, speaking from my own experiences here, the country is corrupt, poverty stricken, no reliable infra-structure, the women are users - players - cheaters - liars - thieves - scammers - pretenders - I can go on but you get the idea. Even most of the Expats are worse then the Filipinos. The locals are pretenders, hypocrites, liars, scammers, users, etc., etc., etc. The country routinely violates your rights and abuses authority. There is absolutely no moral or ethical fiber. They do not trust each other or anyone for that matter. There are armed security guards in every store, mall, building, everywhere - which visualizes the hazards here and distrust. A constant reminder of your lack of safety.

I speak in general as a country and not individually. There are, as with anywhere, good people here. But, the majority sample is as I described. The country is not what it was a decade or so ago. The values, tradition, honor, pride, and moral fiber has dissipated over the years as the new generation comes of age and has the selfish wanting desires of their own pleasure at any cost to themselves or anyone else. They think only of themselves and will do anything to get what they desire. The families do not stay together or have the importance as they did years prior. The new generation wants to leave the family and have their own lives for themselves. Thus, they cheapen themselves to gain things they desire.

As a foreigner, the locals will look at you as their "ATM" machine. They will be nice to you and befriend you to get whatever they can out of you. They will give you this enormous attitude of entitlement. They will tell you that they love you just to get you to give to them. When they bleed you dry they will leave you instantly to find a new prey. They want your money, but they do not want you in their country. That's fact !!

Corruption runs rampant in ALL levels of government and in ALL agencies. So beware of this. The Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Immigration (BI), and Customs are known as the most corrupt government agencies. They're routinely abusing their power and violating your rights. They may even be part of any "scams" done to you. "Surprise, Surprise" as Gomer Pyle would say, these are also the three government agencies that have the most contact with foreigners.

If you happen to get into trouble in the Philippines do not expect a fair trial. Your constitutional rights will be violated and you'll probably be abused in some form or another. Here, you're guilty until proven guilty. Filipinos stick together whether they're right, wrong or otherwise. The Filipinos will lie and fabricate stories. They will believe the Filipino and always side with the Filipino. No one will listen to you. Know this. There is no justice for foreigners.

In your daily life routine you'll also discover that there are two different sets of rules here. One for Filipinos and one for Foreigners, two sets of rules that are very different. For example, you can be buying the exact same item and the Filipino will get a different lower price then you for that identical item. Store clerks who don't want to assist you will tell you "no stock" even if your looking directly at that item. But, they will rush over to assist the Filipino. Taxi drivers will tell you they have no change to try and keep your change. Jeepney drivers will charge you a higher fare then the Filipino pays trying to rob you of a measly few pesos. Filipinos will continually try to cut in front of you in line with their enormous sense of entitlement. I can go on and on with more examples. But, you get the picture of what your daily life routine will be like.

The basic rule to remember is that it will always be in favor of the Filipino... not ever you.

So, in closing, I reiterate "do not believe those websites wonderful stories of a tropical paradise and utopia in the Philippines." That may have been the case years ago. But, those ways and days are no longer part of the present Philippines. It's a new era and a new Philippines - sadly, not for the better.

IN THIS COUNTRY ALL FOREIGNERS NEED TO KEEP THEIR NOSES CLEAN. 

REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE.. YOU'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE..

WE ARE PRIME TARGETS.

DISCLAIMER

This is not to say that all Filipinas are bad. Of course, there are exceptions. If you’re lucky enough to find one of the few good ones left, hold on to her, appreciate her and treasure her dearly. Because she will be the best thing that has ever happened to you. The posts here are to open your eyes to the enormous corruption, abuse of power, extortion, stealing, swindling and Filipina scams so you won’t become another one of the numerous statistics of foreigners that have fallen prey to them and have become a victim of the Philippines. All the posts on this blog site are TRUE stories of experiences in the Philippines. KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN AND USE YOUR HEAD (the one on your shoulders)!!!!

My Case DISMISSED

*****NEW UPDATE - 12/22/19*****

I'm happy to say that finally after 7 years in a Philippine court, on 

November 15, 2019 my case has been DISMISSED PERMANENTLY.

 

 

*****UPDATE ON NUMBER OF DEATHS TO DATE*****

In March 2019, the police told local media this figure was over 29,000 - and this has been included in the government's official reports on the "war on drugs".

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50236481
 
 

132 days, 180 dead in Cebu

 

 

October 11, 2018

 

AT LEAST 180 people have been killed in Cebu from June 1 to October 10, 2018.

The assailants have spared no one. Policemen, criminals, businessmen, village officials, a mayor and civilians have all been victims in the killing spree that has prompted Cebu City Councilor Pastor Alcover Jr. to call Cebu City a "criminal city," although the killings occurred in the other cities and towns of the province as well.

Of the 180 killed, some 105 were attacked by unidentified gunmen, most of them on board motorcycles, while 44 died in the hands of police and anti-narcotics operatives.

Spate of killings in Cebu from June 1 to October 10, 2018

June 1, 2018

North Reclamation Area, Mandaue City

Edwin Andrade, 33, and his unidentified companion were shot dead by Mandaue City police after they attempted to flee a checkpoint on F.E. Zuellig Ave. in the North Reclamation Area. One of them allegedly pointed a gun at the policemen, prompting them to shoot.

June 2, 2018

Barangay Canjulao, Lapu-Lapu City

Ariel Fernandez was killed and his companion, Nestor Tero Jr., was hurt when they were shot by two motorcycle-riding gunmen at dawn.

June 3, 2018

Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City

Lapulito Ochea,32, was stabbed dead after an argument over slippers in Sitio Lemonsito, Sacred Heart, Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City.

June 4, 2018

Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City

Tricycle driver Leadillo Labonso Ugsang, 39, was shot dead by an unidentified assailant past midnight in Sitio Mahayahay, Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City. He was driving his tricycle toward his home when a gunman lying in wait in the dim part of the sitio attacked him.

June 5, 2018

Barangay Babag, Lapu- Lapu City

Nesa Arosia was stabbed by her jealous husband in Barangay Babag, Lapu- Lapu City.

June 5, 2018

Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City

Jail officer Myron Garcia of the Cebu City Jail shot and killed a man named Jade and wounded Ariel Candumay after catching them sneaking contraband into the facility in Barangay Kalunasan.

June 7, 2018

Cebu Serilino "Serle" Montes

Cris Gerald Gopuco, 44, was shot dead by his older brother Roy Vincent, 47, MRC Mercantile, a store selling acrylic plastic sheets that the brothers managed together on Osmeña Boulevard.

June 7, 2018

Barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City

Maodin Manali Lucman, 45, was walking along G.Y. Dela Cerna Street, in Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City around 2:10 p.m. when assailants on a motorcycle shot him several times. Lucman was the president of the Lapu-Lapu City Muslim Ambulant Vendors Association.

June 9, 2018

Barangay Tisa, Cebu City

Michael "Bading" Margate, 25, was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding gunmen in La Paloma Subdivision in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City.

June 10, 2018

Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City

Senior Insp. Raymond G. Hortezuela, who was assigned in the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office, was killed in a drug bust in Mandaue City after he reportedly resisted arrest.

June 10, 2018

Barangay Liong, Dumanjug

Personal grudge was seen as a motive in the killing of Nancy Balansag Baya, 34, in her house in Dumanjug, Cebu. Her brother-in-law Arnel Deniega Baya, 40, was shot dead too when he awoke after hearing the gunshots.

June 10, 2018

Barangay Manipis, Talisay City

Rubidel Gabiana and Jeffrey Himaya were killed in a shootout with police in Campo 6, Barangay Manipis, Talisay City where they operated their drug den like a drive-thru fast food chain.

June 12, 2018

Barangay Buhisan, Cebu City

Pablito "Molmol" Castro, 53, was shot dead by unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants past midnight on June 12, in Anahaw, Upper Nazareth, Barangay Buhisan, Cebu City, as he played cards with his friends.

June 13, 2018

Barangay Poblacion, Alegria

Minutes after leaving a fitness gym in Sitio Malbog, Barangay Poblacion, Alegria, Cebu. Police Officer 3 Jonathan Tilos, 36, was shot dead by a gunman wielding an automatic rifle. Tilos was allegedly in cahoots with self-confessed drug lord Franz Sabalones.

June 14, 2018

Barangay Esperanza,San Francisco

Former Esperanza barangay councilor Marcelo Roslinda, 59, and his bodyguard Marlon Jayuma, 36, were shot dead by two motorcycle-riding men in San Francisco, Camotes.

June 14, 2018

Barangay Campo, San Francisco

Enny Jay Tampus Andrade, 27, was walking when he was shot by motorcycle-riding men in Barangay Campo,San Francisco.

June 15, 2018

Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City

Joseph Bauzon, 42, was shot dead by a motorcycle-riding gunman on Osmeña Blvd. in Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City.

June 17, 2018

Barangay Tangke, Talisay City

Trisikad driver Eric Cabuenas Canoy, 36, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Barangay Tangke, Talisay City.

June 19, 2018

Barangay Daanlungsod, Toledo City

A gunman shot dead Police Officer 2 Melchizedek Batomalaque, 37, in Toledo City, as the policeman left his house in Barangay Daanlungsod on a motorcycle. In 2016, Batomalaque had been transferred to southern Mindanao for his alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade.

June 19, 2018

Mandaue City Jail

Mandaue City Jail detainee Steve Go, 40, an alleged drug lord, was shot four times in the head by fellow detainee Cresenciano Heyrana, 41, in the middle of a betting game.

June 22, 2018

Barangay Calamba, Cebu City 25

Calamba village councilor Hildibrando Ygonia was shot by an unidentified gunman in Sitio Mahayahay meters from his house. He had received a threat from an armed person in April.

June 24, 2018

Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City

Retired police officer Ranilo Valiente, 47, was shot dead by riding-in-tandem assassins in Purok 6 Mahogany, Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City.

June 25, 2018

Barangay Suba, Danao City

Reynaldo Francis Torralba Alvaro, 39, was standing outside his house on Duterte St., Barangay Suba when five assailants shot him. Police linked him to drug lord Alvaro "Barok" Alvaro.

June 26, 2018

Barangay Poblacion, Cordova

Businessman Gary Ong Go, 57, was shot multiple times by three unidentified men in Sitio Agad-Agad, Barangay Poblacion. In June 2015, Go and a companion had been arrested in a drug bust in Quezon City with 45 kilos of shabu worth P225 million.

June 30, 2018

Barangay Langtad, Argao.

Auto mechanic Jesus Lebosana was shot dead by Carlito Delantes while dancing in a victory party organized by a newly elected village chief in Barangay Langtad, Argao.

July 2, 2018

Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City

Lawyer Salvador Solima and his wife, Verose, were shot in their home in Singson Village, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City. Ricarte "Blue Fox" Del Corro, 32, was tagged as the gunman.

July 5, 2018

Barangay Lorega, Cebu City

Russ Cañares Aquino, 47, was delivering butane in the Barangay Lorega market when two men appeared and shot him. Police are looking at a personal grudge as motive in the killing.

July 7, 2018

Barangay Busay, Moalboal

George Gador, 46, was stabbed dead by his neighbor in Sitio Tagaytay, Barangay Busay, Moalboal town.

July 10, 2018

Barangay Ermita, Cebu City

Skyler Abatayo, 4, was studying in his room when he was hit by a stray bullet during a police operation against four drug personalities in Sitio Bato, Barangay Ermita, Cebu City.

July 10, 2018

Cebu City

Jeffrey Mendoza Cañedo was shot dead by police inside the Archbishop's Palace compound in Cebu City after he entered the compound armed, looking for Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma.

July 10, 2018

Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City

Roel Mabano, 41, councilor of Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City, was shot dead outside the barangay hall shortly after a session. The gunman fled using a getaway motorcycle another person was driving.

July 10, 2018

Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City

Two security guards died after a firefight at a convenience store in a gasoline station at 11:30 p.m. on S. Osmeña Street, in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City. Anjen Lagmay, 21, and Junifer Teniano, 24, had a grudge against each other.

July 11, 2018

Lorega San Miguel, Cebu City

Glen Mark Manal, a former barangay councilor who ran for barangay captain of Lorega San Miguel, Cebu City, was shot by a motorcycle-riding assailant as he headed home from a wake.

July 12, 2018

Barangay Poblacion, Tabuelan, Cebu

PO1 Avita Agudo Sarzuelo, 46, succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds after she was attacked by four gunmen riding on two motorcycles while she was driving her car past 5 a.m. of July 12.

July 14, 2018

Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City

Ronie Mayol, 44, was shot during a buy-bust by elements of the Police Station 5 in Sitio Saac, Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City.

July 15, 2018

Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City

Trisikad driver Ricky Ocon, 26, who boasted of being a police asset, was gunned down in Sityo Pool, Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City, by an unseen gunman.

July 17, 2018

Barangay Poblacion, Danao City

Jerandy Montes Mediquillo, an alleged hitman of a detained drug lord, was killed in a shootout inside the Danao City Police Station past midnight after he posed as a member of the military looking for three intelligence officers.

July 17, 2018

Barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City

Traffic enforcer Edmund Boter, 56, was working on G.Y. dela Serna St. in Barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City when two unidentified men shot him dead.

July 18, 2018

Barangays Lagtang and Tanke, Talisay City

Barangay Tabok, Mandaue City

Carmen

Six suspected drug pushers were killed in a shootout with the police in the simultaneous anti-criminality operations of the Police Regional Office 7 in Cebu dubbed "One-time, Big-time." Killed were Rene Fernandez in Barangay Tanke, and motorcycle driver Rodel Econas, 25, and Zebor Cancianco in Barangay Lagtang in Talisay City; Karlo Niño Macachor (Barangay Tabok) and Ranchie Rosal Castañeda in Mandaue City; and Joseph Taoy in Carmen.

July 18, 2018

Barangay Perrelos, Carcar City

Ralph Quijano, a water vendor, was shot dead by riding-in-tandem assailants in Barangay Perrelos, Carcar. He succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds in the body.

July 20, 2018

Cebu South Coastal Road, Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City

Newly elected Lagtang Barangay Councilor Art Stephen Bas, 23, was ambushed by three men on two motorcycles. Bas is the grandson of Talisay City Councilor Arturo Bas and the son of former Lagtang barangay captain Ferdinand Bas.

July 20, 2018

Barangay Linao, Talisay City

Talisay City Jail inmates Yayam Gaviola, 40; Jovencio Rabadon, 36; and Marwin Abelgas, 27, the last of whom had alleged links to slain drug lord Jeffrey "Jaguar" Diaz, were ambushed in their jail van by unidentified assailants in Barangay Linao, Talisay City on their way to a court hearing.

July 20, 2018

Barangay Tejero, Cebu City

Gerwin Vasquez Wilhoit, 37, was killed in a buy-bust after he allegedly engaged anti-drug operatives from the Parian police in a shootout in Sitio Sampaguita, Barangay Tejero, Cebu City.

July 21, 2018

G. Ouano St., Barangay Opao, Mandaue City

In front of his friends, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the heart by unidentified assailants on G. Ouano St., Barangay Opao, Mandaue City.

July 21, 2018

Gabriel Elorde St., Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City

Jeffcloyd Cui, 36, was on his way home from a birthday party when two unidentified men shot him on Gabriel Elorde St., Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City.

July 21, 2018

Barangay Opao, Mandaue City

Syle Cantillep, 17, was killed when the back rider of a motorcycle sprayed him with bullets on G. Ouano St., Barangay Opao.

July 22, 2018

Barangay Liki, Balamban, Cebu

Allan Alferez Aroba, 36, a resident of Toledo City, Cebu, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Barangay Liki, Balamban, Cebu.

July 22, 2018

Lapu-Lapu City

Two "persons of interest" in the death of Mandaue traffic enforcer Edmond Boter-Angni Osman and Jamel Babanggol, with Osman's son Nasim-were killed by unidentified gunmen in an internet cafe.

July 23, 2018

Barangay Casili, Mandaue City

Harry Uy Lloren, 43, a resident of Barangay Basak Pardo, Cebu City, was found dead with gunshot wounds in Barangay Casili, Mandaue City.

July 23, 2018

Barangay Ibabao, Mandaue City

Gunshot wounds holed out the cheek of an unidentified male victim in Barangay Ibabao, Mandaue City.

July 24, 2018

Barangay San Roque, Liloan, Cebu

Jamie Mata, 16, and her boyfriend Stephen del Corro, 27, were found dead with gunshot wounds in the head in the mountain village of Barangay San Roque, Liloan, Cebu.

July 24, 2018

Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City

Rodel Sanchez Halos, 33, was killed in in Sitio Mananga 2, after he allegedly engaged policemen serving two arrest warrants in a shootout. Halos was facing murder and frustrated murder charges.

July 25, 2018

Barangay Don Gregorio Antigua, Borbon

Ernesto Briones Pogado, 30, a motorcycle-for-hire driver, was shot in Barangay Don Gregorio Antigua, Borbon town. The gunman and his lookout were on separate motorbikes.

July 27, 2018

Barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City

PDEA assistant operations officer Baby Earl Rallos, a former radio anchorman, was shot by two unidentified men in his car, then shot again to finish him off as he got out to flee.

July 30, 2018

Barangay Tejero, Cebu City

Police Officer 3 Eugene Alcain Calumba of Parian Police Station was shot dead by the bodyguard-driver of Barangay Tejero councilor Jessielou Cadungog. Calumba was identified as the gunman who tried to kill Cadungog in an ambush that day.

July 31, 2018

CICC, Mandaue City

Pascual Villarba Jr., 34, who had just been released from prison for carnapping, was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen while loitering at the guardhouse of the Cebu International Convention Center.

August 2, 2018

Barangay Gaas, Balamban, Cebu

Two unidentified men were found dead in Barangay Gaas, Balamban, Cebu. The victims bore gunshot wounds in the head.

August 2, 2018

Barangay Lahug, Cebu City

Wilfredo Saraña, 47, a resident of Mabinay, Negros Oriental, was shot dead by a still unidentified gunman in a vacant lot near the barangay hall in Lahug, Cebu City.

August 2, 2018

CICC, Mandaue City

Ex-convicts Ropil Noval Norvaso and Ricky Andujar were killed by unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen at the Cebu International Convention Center compound in Mandaue City.

August 4, 2018

Barangay Poblacion, Pinamungajan

Serilino "Serle" Montes was shot dead after he attempted to shoot the police in Lower Campo, Barangay Poblacion in Pinamungajan last Saturday.

August 5, 2018

Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City

Jessie Montibon, vice president of a homeowners association in Barangay Paknaan, and his live-in partner Maribel Tecling were shot dead by unidentified men in Zone Ahos in Paknaan.

August 7, 2018

Barangay Opao, Mandaue City

Jaypee Carayo, alias Jeffrox. 30, was shot dead by gunmen in Purok Orchids, Barangay Opao at the Internet café he managed. Police said he conducted illegal drug transactions in the shop.

August 8, 2018

Barangay Perrelos, Carcar City

Von Rian Tecson, 41, an agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, was in the passenger seat of his Ford Ranger when four assailants on two motorcycles shot him in Sitio Katugasan, Barangay Perrelos, Carcar City.

August 8, 2018

Lapu-Lapu City

Activist Butch Rosales, who was involved in a group that is against extra-judicial killings, was killed while he was riding a jeep in Lapu-Lapu City.

August 8, 2018

Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City

Soft drink distributor Ferdinand Kintanar was killed in the terrace of his house in Sitio Saac, Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City. The assailants left on board a motorcycle.

August 11, 2018

Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City

After he left a disco, Grade 8 student Arjay Aranguez Niere, 14, was shot dead on Tac-an Road, Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City by Jeffrey Mercader Borinaga, 28.

August 12, 2018

Barangay Veto, Minglanilla

Junrel Sabal, 34, was shot dead by motorcycle-riding men in Barangay Veto, Minglanilla. Police linked the victim to a slain drug lord.

August 14, 2018

Barangay Mandilikit, Argao

Dennis Pia Artiaga, 30, wanted for a frustrated murder case pending before a court in Argao, was slain in a shootout with police trying to implement an arrest warrant in Barangay Mandilikit, Argao, Cebu.

August 14, 2018

Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City

Taxi dispatcher Rolando Ruiz Geraldez, 55, was hacked to death by Robert Benarao, 24, in Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City after an argument.

August 15, 2018

Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City

Socrates "Isok" Dacay was killed in a shootout with anti-narcotics personnel of the Cebu Provincial Police Office in Sitio Kimba, Barangay Cansojong after he allegedly resisted arrest during a drug bust.

August 15, 2018

Barangay Punta Princesa, Cebu City

Alvin Abella was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants in Barangay Punta Princesa, Cebu City. Police said they recovered what appeared to be shabu from him.

August 16, 2018

Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City

Newly retired SPO 2 Willy Amores was gunned down by motorcycle-riding assailants in Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City. The culprits took his clutch bag containing cash and a gun.

August 17, 2018

Barangay Labangon, Cebu City

Barangay traffic enforcer Guiseppe Lucas Caballero, who worked as a motorcycle-for-hire driver on the side, was shot dead by his passenger in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City for unknown reasons.

August 17, 2018

Barangay Poblacion, Cordova

Analyn Menguito, 37, was about to close her dry goods store when a lone assailant shot her and barbershop owner Gilbert Bayot in the Cordova Public Market in Barangay Poblacion.

August 18, 2018

Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City

Jeepney driver Andy Booc, 45, and carpenter Rosendo Fulgencio, 46, stabbed each other dead while drunk Sitio Ibapo, Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City.

August 23, 2018

Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City

Barangay Tangke, Talisay City

Barangay Poblacion East, Moalboal

Three suspected drug personalities were killed after they allegedly attempted to shoot at operatives during the province-wide simultaneous anti-criminality operations in Cebu dubbed One-time, Big-time (OTBT). Killed were Eugene Fermin of Barangay Umapad in Mandaue City, Parolito Obrero in Barangay Tangke, Talisay City, and Phil John Ediza in Barangay Poblacion East, Moalboal.

August 23, 2018

Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City

Security guard Wendell Llou Paciencia, 38, was already in civilian clothes as he was about to go home when motorcycle-riding assailants shot him in the guardhouse in Singson Village, Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City, Cebu.

August, 24, 2018

Barangay Duljo-Fatima, Cebu City

While driving her vehicle, Junko Hamada, 71, president of furniture company Beams Philippines Export Corp., was ambushed by two motorcycle-riding assailants along N. Bacalso Avenue, Cebu City. The gunman said he was promised payment by his girlfriend for killing Hamada.

August 24, 2018

Barangay Cogon, Cordova

Alleged drug personality Jimboy Racal was shot twice in the chest by two unknown gunmen inside his home in Purok Talong, Barangay Cogon, Cordova Cebu.

August, 25, 2018

Barangay Tejero, Cebu City

Rodilo Fornoles, 40, was found shot dead by an unknown gunman, after a chase, in Sitio Looban, Villagonzalo 2, Barangay Tejero, Cebu City.

August 25, 2018

Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City

After playing basketball, an unidentified man was shot dead past 6 p.m. as he walked in the interior portion of Sitio St. Michael.

August 25, 2018

Barangay Sangi, Toledo City

Ex-convict George Guarin Ariate Jr., 32, was shot dead by a lone gunman in Barangay Sangi, Toledo City.

August 26, 2018

Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City

Korean national Young Ho Lee, 20, was shot dead in a motel in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City. Jessie "Kano" Casado admitted to the killing, citing his wife's affair with the victim.

August 26, 2018

Barangay Sangat, San Fernando

Bryan Cui, 21, was shot dead while dancing with a female friend at a disco in Sitio Santa Filomena in Barangay Sangat, San Fernando.

August 26, 2018

Barangay Looc, Mandaue City

Gary Calderon, 52, was shot dead by unidentified men inside his house in Sitio Centro, Barangay Looc, Mandaue City. He had been arrested in 2006 for selling shabu but was acquitted in 2017.

August 26, 2018

Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City

Nonito Pantonial was killed in an alleged shootout with a police officer in Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City who was trying to break up a fight during a fiesta.

August 27, 2018

Barangay Apas, Cebu City

An unidentified man was shot dead by an unknown gunman in Veteran's Drive, Barangay Apas at 1:45 a.m. A barangay tanod conducting a roving patrol in the area heard two gunshots.

August 27, 2018

Barangay Owak, Asturias

Genebeve Entonado, 15, last seen at a disco on Aug. 24, was found dead in Sitio Anapog, Barangay Owak, Asturias, Cebu, on Aug. 27.

August 28, 2018

Barangay Sibago, Pinamungajan

Amelita Manayon, 42, was robbed and stabbed to death by three unidentified men inside her house in Barangay Sibago, Pinamungajan.

August 30, 2018

Barangay Tayud, Liloan

Mario Angana Mendoza, 44, was riding on his bicycle when motorcycle-riding assailants shot him multiple times in Sitio Kapulay, Barangay Tayud, Liloan.

August 30, 2018

Lapu-Lapu City

Motorcycle-riding assassins shot Paquito Oyao, 60, along New Sangi Road in Lapu-Lapu City. Oyao was in a vehicle that had just left a court in Lapu-Lapu City where he attended a trial on his drug case.

September 2, 2018

Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City

Vendor Demetrio Llanera Jr., 67, who vexed guest relations officers at a bikini bar, was shot dead by a motorcycle-riding assailant who followed him as he walked home in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City.

September 3, 2018

Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City

Susanito Ellana was shot dead by a policeman trying to stop him from throwing stones at passing cars on Escario St. in Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City, after Ellana also stoned the policeman.

September 3, 2018

Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City

Motorcycle-riding assailants ordered his live-in partner to move away from Froilan Mabaga, 36, a suspected drug personality, before they shot him in Zone Sibuyas, Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City.

September 5, 2018

Barangay Poblacion, Ronda

Ronda Mayor Mariano "Nonie" Blanco III, 59, was shot dead in his office by four unidentified assailants, nearly seven months after the still unsolved ambush-slay of his nephew Ronda vice mayor Jonnah John Ungab. In 2016, Blanco was included in President Duterte's narco-list.

September 6, 2018

Barangay Bulacao, Cebu City

Bonifacio Candia, 28, was killed by his fellow construction worker Domingo Gabica in Villa Bulsita, Barangay Bulacao, Cebu City. Gabica's brother and the construction site's foreman Romeo Gabica then allegedly dropped Candia from the rooftop of the four-storey building they were working on.

September 8, 2018

Barangay Apas, Cebu City

Motorcycle-for-hire driver Jonel Langomes Cantel, 27, was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in Sitio Gruto, Barangay Apas, Cebu City.

September 10, 2018

Barangay Apas, Cebu City

Three motorcycle-riding men gunned down tourist bus driver Eliseo Devillieres, 34, in front of his family on 6th St., Barangay Apas, Cebu City. Devillieres had received a death threat from his previous bus company.

September 10, 2018

Barangay Tabla, Liloan

Jeepney driver Ricardo Urot Armenton was shot by an unidentified gunman outside his house out of his past 9 p.m. in Barangay Tabla, Liloan for still unknown reasons.

September 11, 2018

Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City

Paolo Pinote was walking when he was attacked by riding-in-tandem assailants in Sitio Ibabao, Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City.

September 12, 2018

Sitio Oppra in Barangay Kalunasan

Provincial jail guards Bernie Bayotas and Joel Teves were killed with inmate Jerryfer Perigrino as they drove to court for the filing of charges against Perigrino for illegal drug possession. Four men on two motorcycles waylaid them in Sitio Oppra in Barangay Kalunasan.

September 12, 2018

Barangay Cabancalan, Mandaue City

As he alighted from his pickup truck, paint shop owner Johnson Chiaoco, 56, was shot in the head by a gunman in front of his establishment on Hernan Cortes St., Mandaue City. Police later picked up suspect Rolando Ramos, 37, after a lone witness pointed to him as the gunman.

September 12, 2018

Barangay Tanke, Talisay City

Billy Baguio was killed after allegedly attempting to fight off police officers trying to collar him in a drug bust in Barangay Tanke, Talisay City.

September 14, 2018

Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City

Louie Flores, 28, of Bato, Barangay Ermita, was shot dead by an unidentified assailant past 4 a.m. on Sept. 14, in Alaska, Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City. Hours earlier, he had left his drinking buddies to meet someone.

September 14, 2018

Barangay Tanke, Talisay City

Christopher Badajos, 20, was shot dead as he rode a trisikad in Sitio San Rafael, Barangay Tanke, Talisay City.

September 15, 2018

Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City

Aeronautical student Kristian Saldavia, 19, was eating noodles in a store when a stranger in the village approached and shot him in Sito Cagudoy, Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City past 7 p.m..

September 15, 2018

Barangay Esperanza, Aloguinsan

Socrates Alferez Lorensana, 39, was walking home at 7:20 p.m. when a gunman shot him several times in Sitio Bernisan, Barangay Esperanza, Aloguinsan, Cebu.

September 15, 2018

Barangay Tuyan, Naga City

When the passenger multicab he was in stopped to pick up a passenger, Jonbert Dacay, 20, was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle who drove near the vehicle in Barangay Tuyan, Naga City.

September 16, 2018

Barangay Centro, Mandaue City

In Sitio Tribunal, Barangay Centro, Mandaue City, Jay John Patucan, 35, was stabbed to death by Oliver Lumapas, 27. Prior to the incident, the two were drinking separately with friends.

September 16, 2018

Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City

Mark Lester Castillo, 40, of Purok 3, Baybay San Roque, Ozamis City, and Renan Mabida, 35, were killed by two assailants in Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City. They were linked to a Parojinog family member named in President Duterte's narco-list.

September 18, 2018

Barangay Talaytay, Argao

Ex-convict and drug surrenderer Marloe Limbaga was killed in a shootout with police during a drug bust.

September 18, 2018

Lapu-Lapu City

A motorcycle back rider shot dead Eustaquio Gilig, 39, in a tricycle in Sitio Angasil, after he left the Lapu-Lapu City Hall of Justice where he attended a hearing on a case on "physical injury."

September 25, 2018

Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City

Seven suspected drug personalities and gun-for-hire group members were killed in an alleged shootout with the police in Sitio St. Michael, Barangay Pajac. Killed were Abundio de la Torre Jr., Allan de la Torre, Mohaimen Conda Mauyag, a certain Jovan, Shainoden Dimasimpan, a certain Mantak and Manuel Pepito. This was the highest number of fatalities in a single police operation.

September 25, 2018

Barangay Cambaro, Mandaue City

Edwin Monson, 46, was driving his trisikad when he was shot by a man riding pillion on a motorcycle. Police said Monson was in the drug watchlist of the Opao Police Station.

September 25, 2018

Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City

Tricycle driver Ernie Amistad Jr., 39, was resting in his tricycle when he was shot dead by motorcycle-riding men while he waited for passengers.

September 25, 2018

Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City

Security guard Laurencio Revijane, 26, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman as he drove home on his motorcycle in Sitio San Roque, Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City

September 25, 2018

Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City

Motorcycle-riding men shot dead tricycle driver Alem Samad and injured his passenger in Sitio Datag, Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City.

September 28, 2018

Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City

Gina Cabo, 48, was shot dead by her husband, Adrin Cabo Sr., 48, who committed suicide afterward in Sitio Iza, Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City.

September 30, 2018

Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City

P03 Alcistes Roxas, 41, was stabbed dead by Domingo Lumonsod Jr., 44, and his son, Angelito Malinao, 22, after Roxas reportedly warned Malinao to stop his illegal drug use and punched Lumonsod.

October 1, 2018

Barangay San Roque, Talisay City

Eduardo "Lantoy" Piloto and Errol Labajo Fernandez, 22, were shot dead in a shootout with anti-narcotics operatives conducting a drug bust in Sitio Sawsawan, Barangay San Roque, Talisay City

October 1, 2018

Barangay Suba, Cebu City

Randek Lojera Manguilimotan, 27, was shot dead by his drunk friend over a joke the friend didn't like in Block 3, Barangay Suba, Cebu City.

October 3, 2018

Barangay Ward 4, Minglanilla

Evangeline Briones, 31, who faced illegal drug possession and murder charges, was shot dead by unknown assailants while walking on Tres de Masyo St. in Barangay Ward 4, Minglanilla.

October 3, 2018

Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City

Crisolito "Sonny" Unito, believed to be a member of the Ozamis City crime syndicate "Dragon," was killed after he allegedly tried shooting at policemen trying to serve three warrants of arrest against him at Deca Homes 4 Subdivision, Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City.

October 3, 2018

Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City

Call center agent Loraine Temple, 37, was shot dead by two robbers who grabbed her bag as she walked alone at dawn along Pope John Paul Avenue in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City.

October 4, 2018

Barangay Malubog, Cebu City

Five men were killed in Barangay Malubog by unidentified gunmen past 3 a.m. Found dead were Christopher Tangag, 23, Rolando Tayor, 29, a resident of Barangay Labangon; Leyster Abella, 26, of Barangay Calamba; Diover Van Sarijorjo, 22, of Barangay Duljo-Fatima; and Carl Cabahug, 20, of Barangay Lorega-all in Cebu City.

October 4, 2018

Cebu City and Talisay City

In the simultaneous anti-criminality raids conducted by the Police Regional Office 7, nine suspected drug personalities were killed in Cebu. For reportedly firing at police, killed were Duane Bonga, Jate Bonga, Cresencio Rafaran, Sherwin Dabasol, Welven Vinculado and Jerome Burdeos Sunsona in Talisay City and Joselito Salinas, Rabbie Lopez and Herculano Dakay in Cebu City.

October 6, 2018

Barangay Lamac, Consolacion

Businessman Ruffy Bacalso was shot to death in Barangay Lamac, Consolacion by men on a motorcycle. Days earlier, the victim had received death threats from an employee he had terminated for theft.

October 8, 2018

Barangay Simala, Sibonga

Former Lagtang, Talisay City barangay captain Mark Ferdinand "Dindin" Bas was shot and killed by two unidentified men who barged into his rented apartment in Sitio Dumlog, Barangay Simala, Sibonga. He had been in hiding since he got out of jail following his arrest in April 2017 for keeping a gun, grenade and ammunition inside his house. He was the father of Lagtang Councilor Art Stephen Bas, 23, killed in July by unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants.

October 8, 2018

Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City

Cubacub barangay tanod Paulino Vega, 59, was shot outside his house in Purok 6 in Cubacub, Mandaue City by an unidentified gunman. Police said he had links to a crime syndicate.

October 8, 2018

Barangay Luz, Cebu City

Jason Faustor 31, was shot in the head by a motorcycle-riding gunman at the Cebu Business Park in Barangay Luz, Cebu City past 8 p.m. as he headed for his home in Liloan on his motorcycle.

October 8, 2018

Lapu-Lapu City

Allan Perez, 38, a former barangay tanod in Lapu-Lapu City, was shot dead at dawn in his house in Sitio Kaimitohan as he slept. Police are looking at a love triangle as the motive for his killing.

October 9, 2018

Barangay Lagtang, Talisay City

Roger Labajo, 47, a motorcycle-for-hire driver and watchman, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Barangay Lagtang, Talisay City.

October 9, 2018

Barangay Aliwanay, Balamban

Trisikad driver Jonaly Claros, 38, was shot dead by his passenger in Sitio Cagay, Barangay Aliwanay, Balamban.

October 10, 2018

Barangay Alang-Alang, Mandaue City

Edgar Bihag, 58, a councilor of Barangay Cubacub in Mandaue City, was killed when a gunman shot at the garbage truck Bihag was on as it passed P. Burgos St. in Barangay Alang-Alang, Mandaue City.

October 10, 2018

Barangay Cambaro, Mandaue City

Motorcycle-for-hire driver Danilo Luzano Cantila, 53, a drug surrenderer, was shot by unidentified men wearing bonnets as he passed by Purok Ampalaya, in Barangay Cambaro, Mandaue City at 6:10 a.m.

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RESEARCH: Laureen Mondoñedo-Ynot and Cherry Ann T. Lim | SOURCE: SunStar Archives

Source:  https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1768692/Cebu/Local-News/132-days-180-dead-in-Cebu?rss=1

 

8 things Juan Ponce Enrile, Bongbong Marcos got wrong about martial law - CNN Philippines

8 things Juan Ponce Enrile, Bongbong Marcos got wrong about martial law - CNN Philippines

 

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8 things Juan Ponce Enrile, Bongbong Marcos got wrong about martial law

By Regine Cabato and Chad de Guzman, CNN Philippines, Sep 22, 2018

CNN Philippines dissects the tête-à-tête with former presidential son Bongbong Marcos and defense chief-turned-senator Juan Ponce Enrile, who flip-flopped on his 1972 ambush. 

 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — On the eve of the anniversary of the declaration of martial law 46 years ago, former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. released a video of his chat with Juan Ponce Enrile, the defense minister at the time.

The former Senate President, widely known as one of the architects of martial rule, later turned against the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos. He helped topple Marcos in the 1986 people power revolt that swept Corazon "Cory" Aquino to power. After a fallout with Aquino, Enrile was elected to the Senate and retired from politics in 2016.

Entitled "Enrile: A Witness to History," the 23-minute clip is the first episode of a series. Critics described it as an attempt to revise history.

Here are some statements Enrile made in the video and what the records show.

Claim:  Enrile said, "They think we killed a lot of people. When I was interviewed by someone sometime ago, I challenged her, name me one that we executed — that we killed — other than Lim Seng?"

Fact:  More than 3,000 were killed during the Marcos regime, data from human rights group Amnesty International show. The Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) also recorded 398 enforced disappearances from 1965 to 1986.

The Human Rights Victims Claims Board granted compensation to 11,103 claimants who experienced abuse, death, enforced disappearances, or torture in the Marcos era during its four-year run since 2014.

A 1974 Amnesty International report also said Enrile "admitted privately to the Archbishop of Manila that incidents of torture against martial law detainees had indeed occurred."

Other opposition figures who were killed or went missing during the Marcos regime are Marcos aide-turned-critic and "The Conjugal Dictatorship" author Primitivo Mijares, Archimedes Trajano, and former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. among others.

 Bantayog ng mga Bayani, a martial law memorial in Quezon City, lists hundreds of martyrs and missing people from the Marcos regime.

Claim:  Enrile denied 70,000 arrests under the Marcos regime. He said anyone who was arrested was "inconvenienced for a while, but they were released," and added the late opposition senator Pepe Diokno did not want to be released.

Fact:  In the first three years of martial law alone, over 50,000 people were detained without charge or trial, according to an Amnesty International Mission 1982 report. A 1975 mission from the organization found 6,000 people still detained — and 71 out of 107 they interviewed said they had been tortured.

An account by renowned writer Jose "Butch" Dalisay, Jr. noted that former Senator Jose Diokno was arrested two days after the declaration of martial law, but he spent two years in prison. Some of those with him in Fort Bonifacio were opposition icon Ninoy Aquino, Manila Times publisher Chino Roces, Philippines Free Press publisher Teddy Locsin, Sr., and student activist-turned-congressman Voltaire Garcia, among others.

Other personalities who experienced and survived detention were director Lino Brocka, National Union of People's Lawyers Chairman Neri Colmenares, journalist and poet Pete Lacaba, writer Bienvenido Lumbera, and former Senate President Nene Pimentel among others.

Claim:  "During martial law, there were no massacres," Enrile said, claiming that Ninoy Aquino "invented the Jabidah massacre."

Fact:  Then-Senator Ninoy Aquino first exposed the Jabidah massacre, the alleged killing of around 27 Tausug youth, in a 1968 privilege speech after he was approached by Jibin Arula, the lone survivor. This event prompted a young Nur Misuari to kickstart the Moro separatist movement.

 One of the survivors of the Malisbong massacre in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat, in "Forbidden Memory," recounts asking the soldiers over and over: "Why are you doing this to us?"

Other massacres are of 1,500 Moros, including women and children in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat, in September 1974. The 2017 award-winning documentary "Forbidden Memory" chronicles the accounts of survivors of the event.

The Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Commission also reported the "Tong Umapuy massacre," wherein a Philippine Navy ship allegedly opened fire and killed 57 persons on a passenger boat in 1983.

About 20 rallyists were also killed while demanding for land reform during the 1985 Escalante massacre in Negros Occidental.

Claim:  Enrile praised Marcos for "introducing land reform."

Fact:  Constitutionalist Christian Monsod said that while Marcos' Rice and Roads program was a good idea, agrarian reform was still a loss as Marcos cronies lorded over agriculture.

"Tokenism naman iyon kasi ang coverage lang rice and corn, tapos ang dami pang exemptions ng mga crony ni Marcos," Monsod told CNN Philippines' Newsroom Ngayon. "Hindi sinama ang coconut... kasi nasa kamay niyan ni Eduardo [Danding] Cojuangco, Jr. Hindi sinama ang sugar, kasi nasa kamay ni Mr. [Roberto] Benedicto."

[Translation:That's tokenism because (the program) only covered rice and corn, and Marcos cronies had many exemptions. Coconut was not included… as it was in the hands of Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. Sugar was not included, because it was in the hands of Mr. Benedicto.]

Conjuangco bought and controlled the United Coconut Planters Bank, but loan processes became too steep for farmers. He was involved in the Coco Levy Fund Scam, so coconut farmers are still unable to tap into the fund up to today.

Another trusted ally of Marcos — then-Negros Occidental Governor Armando Gustilo — held sway over the sugar industry. Under his term, farmers demanded land reform amid the collapse of sugar prices and unfair wages, leading to the Escalante Massacre.

Claim:  Marcos said, "We were beginning to hear my father speaking out against the group of oligarchs that were controlling many segments of the economy and were not helping or supporting the national programs."

Fact:  Marcos installed and empowered his own cronies in media outlets and major businesses.

Benjamin Romualdez, a brother of the first lady, held Meralco, First Philippine Holdings, Benguet Corporation, Philtranco Service Enterprise, and Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation.

Jose Campos, dubbed as the "Pharmaceutical King," headed United Laboratories, Inc., while Antonio Floirendo, Sr. has power over the banana business. Both were a front for Marcos' purchase of foreign properties.

The Presidential Commission on Good Government - an agency tasked to recover ill-gotten wealth from Marcos and his allies - filed civil cases against Alfredo Romualdez, Armando Romualdez, Jose L. Africa, Herminio Disini, Alberto T. Looyuko, Rodolfo Cuenca, Bienvenido Tantoco, Lucio Tan, Fabian Ver, Geronimo Velasco, Anos Fonacier, Roman Cruz, Fe Roa Gimenez, Ofelia Trinidad, Alfonso Lim, Maj. General Ramas, Emilio Yap, Luz Bakunawa, Antonio Martel, Vicente Chuidian, Jose De Venecia, Alejo Ganut, Brig. Gen. Echieverra, Tomas Dumpit, Ricardo Silverio, Roberto Abling, Peter Sabido, Remedios Argana, Jesus Tanchanco and Eduardo Marcelo.

Claim:  Enrile said the Bataan nuclear power plant "was derailed by Cory Aquino because of anger and revenge."

Fact: The Bataan plant, poised to be the country's first and only nuclear power station, was mothballed because of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and Fukushima nuclear plant incident in 2011.

The plant's construction began in 1976 and was 98 percent complete in 1984. Until now, the government continues to pay ₱27 million a year to maintain it. The project cost $2.3 billion dollars at that time.

The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, located in Morong, was a subject controversy during the Marcos regime due to corruption and safety concerns. 
  
Claim:  A clip of the late President Marcos was played, where he claimed he "asked the legislature to please pass a law proclaiming martial law."

Fact:  When dictator Marcos placed the Philippines under martial law on September 21, 1972, the country was under the 1935 Constitution. Article VII, Section 10 (2) of that reads:

"The President shall be commander-in-chief of all armed forces of the Philippines and, whenever it becomes necessary, he may call out such armed forces to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion, insurrection, or rebellion, or imminent danger thereof, when the public safety requires it, he may suspend the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus, or place the Philippines or any part thereof under martial law."

The Constitution then did not require the President to ask legislative bodies to affirm the declaration of martial law, as it is an exclusive power of the President. Provisions under the 1986 Constitution were placed to safeguard against this unchecked power.

Claim:  Enrile said, "One of the reasons why Pres. Marcos finally declared martial law... was because there was already a working coalition between the Liberal Party and the New People's Army."

Fact:  The Plaza Miranda bombing on August 21, 1971 left nine people dead and 100 injured at the Liberal Party miting de avance. The Marcos administration blamed the bombing on the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), which contradicts Enrile's recent claim that the two parties were working together at the time.

In fact, the CPP leadership called for a boycott of the 1986 snap elections that changed the tide against Marcos. As a result, a Stanford profile noted, "the organization was sidelined in the People Power Revolution" and would continue to butt heads with the Aquino administration.

CNN Philippines Senior Researcher Ella Hermonio contributed to this story.

See the full story and video at the source:

http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/09/22/Bongbong-Marcos-Juan-Ponce-Enrile-martial-law-video-fact-check.html 

ADDITIONALLY:

Juan Ponce Enrile, 

Bongbong Marcos 

Are CORRUPT LIARS trying to make martial law sound like it was a good time in the Philippines.

ADDED NOTE:
President Rodrigo Duterte was found GUILTY of VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS and CRIMES TO HUMANITY by the International Court.

 &

Imelda Marcos is ACQUITTED of 33 CRIMINAL CHARGES against the people of the Philippines by the court.

WHEN WILL THE PEOPLE GET THEIR JUSTICE????

  

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Thousands rally in Philippines, warn of Duterte 'dictatorship'

By Manuel Mogato and Roli Ng

Reuters September 21, 2017

 

 

By Manuel Mogato and Roli Ng

MANILA (Reuters) - Thousands of Filipinos rallied on Thursday to denounce Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte and warn of what they called an emerging dictatorship, in a major show of dissent against the controversial but hugely popular leader.

Politicians, indigenous people, priests, businessmen, and left-wing activists held marches and church masses accusing Duterte of authoritarianism and protesting at policies including a ferocious war on drugs that has killed thousands.

Signs saying "Stop The Killings" and "No To Martial Rule" reflected fears that Duterte would one day deliver on his threat to declare nationwide military rule like that imposed by late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

The rallies marked the 45th anniversary of the start of that era, remembered by many Filipinos as brutal and oppressive.

Effigies of Duterte were burned, including one which bore both his face and that of late Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

A protester with a toy gun played dead on the ground in a reenactment of one of a spree of drug-related killings that activists say are executions staged by police. Police reject those allegations.

Anti-Duterte Senator Risa Hontiveros said democracy was under threat by a "Dutertatorship" with a "policy of killing".

Vice President Leni Robredo, who was not Duterte's running mate, said Filipinos should recognize signs of "rising tyranny".

"It's sad that we seemed to have not learned our lessons," Robredro said. "There's a culture of violence around us."

Marcos declared martial law in 1972 and held power for 14 years until his removal in a bloodless, army-backed "people's power" uprising. He abolished democratic institutions and was accused of killing, torturing and "disappearing" thousands of opponents.

'JUST GRIPING'

Duterte has expressed admiration for Marcos. His critics are alarmed by his autocratic rhetoric and a vicious disdain for his detractors.

But he won last year's election by a big margin and has maintained one of the highest public approval ratings of a Philippines president.

Several thousand turned out on Thursday to show their support for Duterte at a rival rally that entertained crowds with live music, dancing and food.

"This is to tell the people that 'here we are, we are the majority who are happy with the government and not those few who are just griping'," said rally organizer Benny Antiporda, a former journalist.

Millions of Filipinos admire Duterte's down-to-earth style, his decisiveness and even his imperfections.

His supporters at home and among the diaspora see him as a champion of ordinary people and the best hope for change that presidents from the political elite failed to bring.

The anti-Duterte demonstrators criticized his pro-China stance and the destruction in southern Marawi City by military air strikes targeting Islamist militants.

Others decried what they see as his cozy relationship with the still-powerful Marcos family.

"It seems that what we fought for in 1972, is again back. The total disrespect for human life, dignity, human rights. And that was how we started," said Rene Saguisag, a former senator and human rights lawyer.

"In some ways, it may be worse."

(Additional reporting by Dondi Tawatao, Romeo Ranoco, Enrique de Castro and Ronn Bautista; Writing by Manuel Mogato and Martin Petty; Editing by Catherine Evans)

Source:  https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-rally-philippines-warn-duterte-dictatorship-080104292.html

Gangs Control Bilibid Prison - Philippine Politics - Duterte Administration

Gangs Control Bilibid Prison - Philippine Politics - Duterte Administration

 

 

 

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Report: Philippines has fastest growing HIV epidemic in Asia Pacific

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Report: Philippines has fastest growing HIV epidemic in Asia Pacific

PhilStar Global

August 1, 2017 

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has become the country with the fastest growing human immunodeficiency virus epidemic in the Asia Pacific region, according to a report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS or UNAIDS.

The UNAIDS report showed a 140-percent increase in the number of new infections in the Philippines for the past six years from an estimated 4,300 in 2010 to around 10,500 in 2016.

The Philippines has become one of the eight countries accounting for more than 90 percent of new HIV infections in Asia and the Pacific. The number of new infections in the country, however, is not as high as several countries in the region which have tens of thousands of new infections every year.

Eamonn Murphy, Director of UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Asia-Pacific, said that the Philippines has a "small window of opportunity" to act on the epidemic.

"If HIV programming is re-directed to focus on the people most at risk and where they are located, I'm sure the country can not only return to a stable situation but even end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030," Murphy said.

In 2016, 83 percent of new HIV cases occurred among males who have sex with males (MSM) and transgender women who have sex with males (TGW). Majority of these infections were reported among 15- to 24-year-old MSM and TGW, according to Philippine data.

Data also showed that condom use among MSM and TGW jumped from 36 percent in 2011 to 50 percent in 2015.

Only 35 percent of MSM and TGW aged 15 to 24 had correct knowledge on HIV transmission and prevention. Meanwhile, the number of MSM and TGW who were aware of their HIV status by getting tested increased from 5 percent in 2011 to 16 percent in 2015, which is still relatively low.

UNAIDS noted that the Philippine government has retooled its program to expand HIV services for MSM and TGW, focusing in 117 cities where 80 percent of new infections have been reported.

The government has increased funding for the HIV program between 2013 and 2015. The Department of Health is now providing free antiretroviral medicine to anyone who tests positive for HIV and other out-patient services to a maximum of P30,000 per person annually.

The DOH has three HIV treatment hubs in Metro Manila—Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, San Lazaro Hospital and Makati Medical Center.

 Philstar.com A UNAIDS report showed that the number of new HIV infections in the Philippines increased from 4,300 in 2010 to 10,500 in 2016. STAR/Miguel De Guzman, file 

The report also noted that local governments have provided and implemented innovative HIV prevention services such as which provide HIV testing and counseling.

Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial said that HIV is one of the top health priorities for the government.

"The Department of Health, together with the Philippine National AIDS Council, other government agencies, local government units, and partner civil society groups is determined and committed to halt the increase in the number of cases and start reversing the trend of the epidemic in five years," she said. — Patricia Lourdes Viray



Source: http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other/report-philippines-has-fastest-growing-hiv-epidemic-in-asia-pacific/ar-AApehuF?li=BBr8Mkn

Bato dela Rosa confirms threat in Central Visayas

April 11, 2017

GMA News

Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa on Monday confirmed receiving information that terrorist groups may attempt to conduct kidnappings in Central Visayas.

“I am giving assurance to the people na ‘yung ating mga pulis sa Central Visayas ay ready kaya huwag kayong matakot pumunta sa mga lugar na ‘yan. Although may advisory sila, that’s their role to advise their citizens. But for me, sa atin dito e…kahit kayo siguro hindi kayo takot pumunta ng Cebu, Bohol,” he said, referring to the advisory of US Embassy.

The US Embassy on Sunday advised its citizens in Central Visayas against possible abductions by members of extremist groups. 

"US citizens are advised to carefully consider this information as you make your travel plans, and to review personal security plans, avoid large crowds and gatherings, and remain vigilant at all times," the travel advisory added.



Source:  http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/bato-dela-rosa-confirms-threat-in-central-visayas-but-says-pnp-ready-for-it/ar-BBzD1E2?li=BBr8Mkn