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By Raïssa Robles
It was a short mobile text message consisting of only nine letters that convinced President Benigno Aquino III NOT to bury the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at Libingan ng mga Bayani, two sources confirmed to me separately.
The text message was sent to PNoy’s mobile phone so you can see how close he was to that person. Not very many can reach the president via SMS.
But this was a friend and the content of the message was one that PNoy never ever knew despite their years of knowing each other.
It was the kind of text message that needed trust from both sides and the courage of the sender to expose a long-hidden shame.
The text message came from Human Rights Commission chair Loretta Ann-Rosales who had belatedly and publicly voiced her protest against Marcos’ burial as a hero because of the countless human rights violations that occurred during his regime.
Rosales texted PNoy – “I was raped”
Let me tell you, it is one of the the hardest things in the world for a woman to reveal that, especially to a man. Even if the crime is against her person, there is still a lot of shame in telling others that such a beastly thing was done to her.
That day, Rosales took her courage in her own hands and told the highest leader of the land why it was very important NOT to bury Marcos as a hero.
“I was raped,” she told a public official for the first time.
Later, that also gave her the courage to confide to ABS-CBN News reporter Lynda Jumilla:
“Iyung kuryente ang pinaka-ayoko. Naku Lynda, wag kang makuryente-kuryente,” she told ABS-CBN News. “That was the worst eh, and then yung sexual molestation. ”
You know, that word “molestation” is a euphemism that disguises a world of pain.
Let me say this. Rosales was not the only one raped. The entire Filipino people – minus the Marcoses, their cronies and lackeys and officials and relatives – everyone else was raped of their self-worth, their dignity, their humanity, their sense of right and wrong, their dreams and their future.
I find it quite interesting that it was Rosales, and not anyone else, who received the first batch of declassified Martial Law documents from the Department of National Defense, whose former head Juan Ponce Enrile was once the Martial Law administrator.
I’ve heard that Enrile is now writing his memoirs. I’m keen to see how he will dance around the issue of human rights violations.
To me, the turning over of the documents is the first tacit admission by the military establishment that awful, unspeakable things happened during the dictatorship.
And if Marcos’ children can’t see that, then they are as much a part of the crime because of their continuing cover-up of such evil deeds.
It will also be Human Rights Commission chair Rosales and the officers of the military who can greatly help in the healing.
In this connection, I would like to share what Mindanao peace advocate Fr. Eliseo “Jun” Mercado e-mailed me recently. It talks about healing.
He said:
All healers are wounded healers, as Henri Nouwen said so well. There is no other kind. In fact, you are often most gifted to heal others precisely where you yourself were wounded or wounded others.
You learn to salve the wounds of others by knowing and remembering how much it hurts to hurt. Often this memory comes from the realization of your past smallness and immaturity, your selfishness, your false victimhood, and your cruel victimization of others. It is often painful to recall or admit, yet this is also the grace of lamenting and grieving over how we have hurt others.
To read Human Rights Commission chair Loretta-Ann Rosales’ personal story, click on the link below:
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Ms. Raissa, you are good. I am now beginning to read your blogs. I had wanted to be a journalist, but my father said that it is not a good profession. He wanted me to work overseas so I undertook a health care career. Well, this is why I am here in Canada as a health care worker.
Please ignore those stupid Marcos loyalists, they don’t know anything better. Let us pray that no Marcos family member would rule our country again.
Dear Merle,
Your father is right. Journalism is not a good profession if you want to get wealthy.
Even if you are in the health care career, nothing prevents you from writing, you know.
Good luck.
And thank you for reading.
Raissa
P.S. Don’t just pray. Do something. Make the hell of a lot of noise to make sure no Marcos ever sits as President again or even VP.
I am, and will continue to. NOT AGAIN to another Marcos in the government.
Including Mr. Binay as PRP!
raissa hindim ko alam kung ilang taon kana ,magaling kang journalis pero alam mo ba kung sino ang nagpasabog ng bomba sa plaza MIRANDA NOON ewan ko kung ipinanganak kana ,itanong mo ke salonga,alam mo ba kung sino si kumader dante ng npa..itanong mo sa mga tiga tarlac,..noong college kami ang kaibigan ko ay nagbakasyon sa tarlac ng magising siya ng madaling araw walang tao kundi sya lang ng lumabas sya ng bahay nakita niya kung sino ang nagbibigay ng mga baril sa mga tao…ng makitra sya ng pinsan noong oras din nayon pinauwi sya sa maynila baka daw papatay sya pag maynakakita sa kanya…
and your point is -
I am now 65 years old, and yes I had seen and experienced the darkest hours of Marcos’ martial rule. My family was indirectly affected by the Marcos’ cruel greedy dictatorship. My father lost his job when crony Manda Elizalde had to run and hide; the USIPhil where my sister used to work was given to one crony; my cousin who used to work with Dynetics lost his job after the company was gifted to another crony. The year 1972 was a scary year, and I feared for my two children’s lives and future. Marcos ruled with an iron hand, TERROR was the rule — some of my father’s friends disappeared and were unheard of. It was the saddest part of the country, only next to the Japanese occupation. Marcos? Not again. Just like Hitler, Khadafy, Idi Amin, Milosevic, and scores of other evil rulers of modern history.
My father who was a war veteran was buried at the Libingan ng Bayani; and so was my brother in law. My family pledged they would dig up my father’s remains from the LNB if ex-dictator Marcos would be buried there. Sounds ridiculous? No, but burying Marcos’ remains would desecrate this hallowed grounds. Another Marcos in the government? NOT AGAIN.
For the blinded Marcos loyalist, forgiveness is not the issue here. Marcos’ misdeeds and dark memory need to be immortalized to avoid a repeat of the hateful dictator’s rule.
Yes, i’m a Marcos loyalist, you don’t know what ur talking about. Marcos was a good men and was good president. He gave us schools, good roads and open others mind to discipline. Maybe ur sister wasn’t doing a very good job, that’s she lost her job. Yes, go ahead and dig your fathers grave and bury him in your backyard. I’m sorry but your too much. Marcos is already dead, and if you are a christian leave him alone.
Fuck you! You don’t know what Marcos had done to this country during his time.
Sorry for the harsh word. Yah we are Christians we will have to leave the Devil alone.
@ciacia78
you ignoramus..
bury marcos in the LNB. then uproot all remains of our deserving true heroes, then change the name to LIBINGAN ng mga MAGNANAKAW. as one was already there…
galit na galit ka kay marcos marami rin nanagawang mabuti si marcos.ano ngayon ng nawala si marcos .sabi nila magnanakaw si marcos sino ,bang politiko ang hindi magnanakaw ,lahat sila magnanakaw ,,pati mga pulis military, mga head ng departamento ng gobyerno..kung noon may nawalan ng trabaho ngayon marami ang nawalan ng trabaho at mga bahay ,,ang muslim nasa maynila na noon nasa mindanaw lang at nagtatago sa bundok ngay0n magpunta ka sa quiapo sa eskuater aeria pagdumaan ka ng walang eskot na pulis mapapatay ka..ano ba ang magandang buhay ng tao noon o ngayon masgrabe ang sama ng mag politoko ngayon.noon araw ang mga trabahor ay permate sa trabaho ngayon six month contract nalang ,gaya ng koryentye kaya kinuha ni marcos dahil tumatas ang singil ,,ngayon nabalik na sa mga lopez sOBRA na ang mahal ng koryente pati gasolina pa at ang daminang tax ang binabayaran ng tao kaya ng vat..diba nagbabayad na ng income tax at property tax ang mga tao para saan ba ang vat…????
@n.ongpauco
ang akasya bago naging isang dambuhalang puno ay mula sa ga-holeng buto.
ang utang ng bansa noong pumalit si FM kay DM ay wala pang $1B, o mas maliit pa.
tama ka maraming nagawang imprustruktura si FM, dapat lang. mas higit pa sana kung hindi nya ninakaw ang sinasabing $10B na ibinulsa niya at kanyang cronies.
The Dictator’s body may be frozen forever but his soul burns in hell forever.
We may not know if Marcos’ soul is indeed in hell. He could have repented for all his sins before he expired. Only God can judge.
You r right thank you.
The Dictator is as dead as a doorknob,yet the Marcos Family is still using him(the dead doorknob) as a political tool.
Miss Raissa, Huwag mo nang patulan ang mga tumutuligsa sa iyo.We can see how uninformed they are sa mga posting nila.
Sigue, hayaan ko na lang sa inyo.
I think you are the right person to write a book about “The Marcos Clan” to set the record straight.
The sins of the father
Teddy Locsin Jr. / Free Fire
MALACAÑANG just can’t leave well enough alone. It had to answer the young Marcos on the question of his father’s state honors as former president, to which he is clearly entitled and for which there can be no case for disqualification.
Why not let the Marcoses speak their peace, get things off their chest, and get over their disappointment at being misled by the President into thinking he was seriously reconsidering the no-burial policy of the late president? Say nothing back. Doesn’t Malacañang have enough to wipe off its face from the first round of this issue?
Let them have the last word, since anyway, the last word that counts was already spoken by the President. No burial, in any case.
Or so we thought, for now there may be a precondition: that an apology be made.
Now Malacañang says that before considering the funeral honors requested by his children, the father must first say he is sorry.
Sorry for what?
Declaring martial law?
But that was constitutional, according to the Supreme Court.
Canceling democracy?
That was done to effect reforms that the landlord-dominated Congress kept blocking, such as agrarian reform. We are canceling democracy in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to effect political reforms.
Canceling elections?
Noynoy just did that, too, to effect political reforms in ARMM. And Marcos never canceled elections. It was the ratification of the 1973 Constitution, widely acclaimed and ratified by the Filipino people that canceled the forthcoming elections for president. I recall photos of monkeys jumping their acclamation.
Changing the Constitution?
We were about to change the 1935 Constitution with an elected convention of delegates for sale. The Free Press published Quintero’s exposé.
The only independent initiative of that Convention of Fools was the “unconstitutional” proposal to disqualify by constitutional amendment the wife of the sitting president from seeking election to his place—an inalienable right to run for public office that no Constitution, however drafted, crafted and ratified, can deny. That was really shit, for which the proponents were rightly jailed by a smart lawyer-dictator for their ignorance of constitutional law.
The disqualification of the first lady partook of the nature of a bill of attainder, like the attempt to disqualify the Catholic brother of Charles II from succeeding to the throne in violation of the monarchic principle that succession is by blood and not by whimsy, that dethronement must be by impeachment but never by disqualification as the Earl of Rochester so tersely and elegantly argued as he rotted with syphilis. “A king is born to be king, not chosen,” the Parliament shouted down the proposition, “one cannot pick and choose.”
Should he apologize for getting an authoritarian Constitution passed around with fried chicken and Chinese noodles? We still do that in every election.
Should he apologize for rigging elections? He never did that. He won the presidency twice, fair and square, and by landslides. He won re-election in 1969 as a war hero against a collaborator jailed by his own father, the last Commonwealth and first postwar president and the most fiscally and intellectually honest man ever in public and private life, bar none.
Under martial law, Marcos never paid for a vote he could get by fear, if not enthusiasm. People really liked martial law, as was frequently shoved by ordinary Filipinos, not to mention foreigners, in the faces of its victims like my father and myself.
Should Marcos apologize for stealing in public office? Puhleese, post-Edsa presidents have made Marcos an amateur by comparison.
Pray then, for what must Marcos apologize?
For the many extrajudicial murders committed during martial law? But there have been many more murders since.
But I do not buy the Mendiola massacre that Jimmy Tadeo invited from the not-yet-retooled police with a lingering martial-law mentality.
And pray tell, how shall a dead man apologize?
Death erases crime, not that any crime or offense or misdeed imputed to Marcos was ever proved, aside from repeated Supreme Court validations of everything he did and the repeatedly popular ratification of all his acts, including the assassination of Ninoy Aquino when the vast majority of the Filipino electorate returned two-thirds of the Batasan to Marcos in an election cleaner than any we have held since.
And, finally, do we now visit the sins of the father on the children, and smear the blood on his hands on their faces? The Marcoses are Ilocanos, not Jews.
By what principle of law or notion of decency do we demand an apology from a dead man we dared not call to account when he lived, until a widow did it on our behalf.
And, finally, are we demanding the unnatural act of demanding that children denounce their father to assuage their grief? What is this, a Greek tragedy? And what are we, communists?
If we cannot have intelligence in the government, let us have good taste
The anti-Marcos group should stop referring itself as the “Filipino
People”. They are not even the majority as claimed (LOL) by the
self-proclaimed journalist, Raissa. There are still more than 10
Million voters who also benefited from the Marcos Era as shown
by those who voted for Bongbong Marcos. The unverified claims
of Raissa tends to maintain the divisive stance of the Aquinos
that jeopardizes the progress of the country. Let us just forget the
past and move on to a progressive Philippines without animosity
of any sort. Can we do this as a people President Pnoy?
“10 million voters benefited from the Marcos era” tsk tsk, i never actually benefited from it, and i regretted voting for Bong bong. Iba ang ama sa anak, yun ang pagkakaintindi ko, pero ngayon, unti-unting lumalabas ang totoong anyo ni Bongbong. Some of my friends voted for him just to fill the vacant slots, some voted para daw may opposition… but i never heard them say “magaling” kase, may integridad.. Siguro ganun lang din ang dahilan ng iba sa 10 million voters, para mapunan lang ang mga linya.. para lang may oposisyon..
His mommy wants him to be president, you know.
I am now 66…so I was in the thick of protest movement against Marcoses but now live in my native Cebu.
I was shocked last month when Bong-a-bong and mamasan Meldy were welcomed with open arms by Gov. Gwen Garcia (I learned that their (very old political family were KBL in those days) of Cebu welcomed them with open arms–with a moist eye on joining forces (Ilocoandia and Visayas) for the upcoming election. WHAT GALL !!
So I support Raissa Robles and others efforts to keep fresh the ugly rotten memory of what the Marcoses really mean in our recent history.
I want to tell them: Hoy maingay na Bong-a-bong and Imee . . .just remember you could have easily ended up like the Khadaffis..dead and bludgeoned. except that filipinos junked you in a peaceful revolution–people power. Tandaan din ninyo mga Garcias!!! mannydeveyrajr
Bakit kailangan pang gamitin sa issue na narape si Rosales noon panahon ni Marcos,malaki ang ninakaw ng mga Marcoses, etc. ang tanong dito ay kung puede bang ilibing si F Marcos sa libingan ng mga Bayani? di ba ito ang tanong? Pues di na ito dapat gawing sarswela ng mga politico, maliwanag sa isinasaad ng alintuntunin ng Libingan ng mga Bayani na sino man na naging Pangulo ng bansa ay puedeng ilibing sa libingan ng mga bayani, wala pong sinasabi doon na kung ito ay naging mag nanakaw ay di ito puendeng ilibing.Bakit di natin tanungin ang mga namamahala ng Libingan ng mga Bayani kung bawal ngang ilibing doon si Marcos?
Ano pong sinabi niyo?
Sabi niyo – “wala pong sinasabi doon na kung ito ay naging mag nanakaw ay di ito puendeng ilibing.Bakit di natin tanungin ang mga namamahala ng Libingan ng mga Bayani kung bawal ngang ilibing doon si Marcos? ”
Kawawa naman ang ating bansa.
Sang-ayon po ako sa inyo Madam Raissa….lubhang kawawa nga ang ating bansa…at patuloy na kinakawawa ng mga kababayan natin na katulad mag-isip ni Manny Angulo…
Manny Angulo, ang tanong diyan ay: bayani nga ba si Marcos? Dahil binalasubas niya ang ating bayan, at sa pangunguna at pagkunsinti niya nagahasa at naapi ang karamihan sa ating kababayan, kinurakot ng mga kakutsaba niya ang kaban ng bayan at maraming pang ibang kabalbalan–maliwanag pa sa sikat ng araw na hindi siya bayani.
Peke pa nga ang iba niyang medalya noong WWll.
Dapat sa kanya gawin na lang fertilizer para at least makabawi siya kahit papano sa mga atraso. E kaso pala baka nga dahil sa preservatives na isinaksak sa kanya malason pa ang lupa. I-cremate na lang at ang kanyong abo gawing foundation ni madam.
totoy hindi niya binalasubas ang pinas gusto lang baguhin angpinas ang martial law ay may naibgay na mabuti rin dahil walang nagkalat na lasing sa karsada pag dating ng alas 9 ng gabi may karpio sinosona nila ang lugar na mga taong may baril walang patayan sa karsada gaya ngayon lahat ay delekado ang buhay ng tao puilitiko o mga pulis pinapatay .noon hindi ka puwedeng sumagot ng masama sa pulis ngayon ang dami ng tao na pag hinuli nagaglit pa sa pulis..ang mga drug ngayon ultimo p[ulis nabebenta at gumagamit narin noon wala ngayon nagkalat na ang carnaping noon wala.ngayon sino ang masamang presidente si markos o ang mga pumalit sa kanya na mas magnanakaw…na nahihirap na ang taong bayan pero nagnanakaw parin ..nagrereklamo ang mga kalaban ni marcos dahil marami raw pinapatay ,bakit wala bang napatay noon panahon ni corazon aquino marami ang iba ay mismong sa harap pa ng malakanyang si arrpoyo wala bang pinapatay parepareho lang sila masgrabe pa ang pumalit sa kanya..mga totoy wala kayong nalalaman ..hindi ninyo alam ang tunay na nang yari…marami ap akong alam pero ayaw ko sabihin ….
naku kabayang Nelson Ongpauco…subukan mong suriin munang mabuti kung ano talaga ang pinaka-ugat ng mga kadahilanan kung bakit naging abusado ang mga militar at mga pulis…bakit halos nawala ang tiwala ng mga mamamayan sa mga pulis at militar…subukin mong pag-aralan ang kasaysayan at suriin kung kaninong “administrasyon” naging malawak ang pang-aabuso….TIYAK matutukoy mo na sa panahong namamayagpag ang Diktaduryang Ferdinand at Imelda Marcos nagsimulang masira ang mga pundasyon ng mga “institusyon” ng ating lipunan at mga pangasiwaan ng alin mang antas ng ating gobyerno….
sana mailagay mo sa tamang pananaw ang sinasabing nalalaman mo….gabayan ka sana ng mga bayani ng ating bansa.
Raissa may have been but a kid to have experienced first hand the Marcos regime atrocities. But her mother had. And so many others who had experienced them are still around.
The living proof are the best historians.
The more the Marcoses insist on getting a hero’s burial for FM, the more they are closing the door to Bongbong in his bid for the Presidency.
They should now quickly bury FM in Ilocos Norte where he is much loved and considered a hero. Bongbong should reinvent his approach – start undoing the sins of abuses of his father and mother.
if Bongbong becomes a Mother Teresa using the Swiss accounts, he might have a chance in 2022. (This is a classic case of sins of the father visiting on the child.) That done, I will even consider campaigning for him.
But you see, Sen. Bongbong wants to have it all – a large chunk of the seized and frozen ill-gotten wealth, a father who is declared a hero and the dropping of all criminal and civil suits against his mother and his family.
Which is why his mommy wants him to run for president or vice-president.
Are the “medals of honor” FM received as a war hero which were so magnified in the movie “Iginuhit ng Tadhana” NOT enough? Regardless how long it takes, the Marcoses will wait until BongBong Marcos becomes President. Supposing by a stroke of luck he does, what good a hero’s burial would that be? Even in death FM and FM Jr. would have practiced NEPOTISM in receiving and conferring the privilege of getting buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. But then again I would say if I am still alive to read about it, FM is in good company…. General Angelo Reyes, another CR__K of a general. And when GMA dies she too will be buried at the Libingan ng mga Crooks, este….Bayani.
isa lang ang motive dito sa issue… binubuhay ang issue ni Dead makoy para lalong sumidhi ang galit ng batang people lalo na mga old people… purpose is to condition the mind of madlang people the “against marcos sentiment…. in disguise it will block any marcos attempt in power…. because of growing anti maros sentiment… disguising ang taktika hindi ba…. sino ang nagmamature ang isispan…. magaling yata to sa chess… nababasa ko isip mo raissa…..
The bottom line is: MARCOS is a the WORST PRESIDENT the Philippines ever had. . . His being a dictator is not an issue but how he used it to abuse the people of the Philippines for his personal gain. . . It’s a history and it will never change. . . Time after time it will be brought up public’s attention. And even without motive, it will cause pain and hatred to MARCOS Family. . . The pain that they must carry as long as they are alive,..
That will be your mentality, why not focus on work to move forward faster rather than talking marcos issue everytime, on , or during election time… that will be a never ending episode of drama…. who is gaining this point?… someone who have motive behind your thin brain…..
Totoy epoy, we have moved on…people have moved on…if the marcos family really wants to move on then bury him once and for all six feet under at their hometown where he is loved and revered. Wag na nilang ipagpilitan ang di dapat ipagkaloob sa kanya.
At para naman sa yo, learn from the past…people who do not learn from it are condemned to repeat it. Kung kulang pa ang iyong kaalaman mag saliksik ka iho and don’t confine yourself to what you know presently of the sons and daughters of this dictator. they maybe full of glitch and glamour but deep inside mga ankan pa rin sila ng magnanakaw ng kaban ng bayan.
I agree Rex. The country has moved on but the Marcoses have not and they still continue to dwell in their heyday. Good morning Marcos folks, wake up.
Well Epoy, you always have something to say perhaps those words could be meant for someone who said them????
thin brain like a blade pero kinakalawang ang talim….. some say’s, ” study and learn the good things on a bad person, and then apply it what you got. for sure you’ll like this person better than your best friend…
you can only condition a person’s mind if there is enough proof to show. People are smart these days all this talk may just be talk. You can’t say someone can brainwash others just like that. people that write comments here are obviously not stupid… Chess is not a good gauge of how smart you are. If you have high EQ then you would not be writing comments here in the first place…. you would be out there with an NGO or be part of SK….or something… there is a study on EQ and IQ… and EQ tops it all… all R and D people stay in a little room while the big bosses use their brains for other things…. top that pal.
you can only condition a person’s mind if there is enough proof to show. People are smart these days all this talk may just be talk. You can’t say someone can brainwash others just like that. people that write comments here are obviously not stupid… Chess is not a good gauge of how smart you are. If you have high EQ then you would not be writing comments here in the first place…. you would be out there with an NGO or be part of SK….or something… there is a study on EQ and IQ… and EQ tops it all… all R and D people stay in a little room while the big bosses use their brains for other things…. top that pal.
I was not in the Philippines when all the stuff about Marcos but my parents told me all the stuff that happened during his regime. Everyone had to kiss a soldiers behind to be spared from being tortured, raped or killed.
If you look at China, you will see that this country too has changed. As a country progresses, so should policies. It should be a never ending process of making things right for the people. The US has tons of crimes but all us Pinoys still think its the land of milk and honey. There is always some kind of trade off and it’s up to the people to balance it.
Because I was not here during the time of Marcos does not mean I am a idiot. When you visit other countries it gives you a better view of things.
Age does not matter here though. It’s common sense. If you lived on a small island that looks good from the outside and people smile all the time to hide problems … u think people wont get fed up and lash out??? Look at the middle east… perfect example of dictatorial rule by the use of religion.
si aquino ay naging hero sabihin ninyo kung ano ang nagawa niya para maging hindi naman siya lamaban sa gera ,nga alam ko ay noon na sa america sila ay naturo sya sa boston ..isa siya ang nag pagulo ng pinas itanong ninyo ke salonga kung sino nag napasabog ng bomba sa plaza meranda noon meetng de abanse ng liberal party…..sabi ninyo may banko si marcos sa ibang bansa bakit sino ba ang walang bank account na mga politiko pag panay ang punta nila sa ibang bansa nagdidiposit sila ng pera ,,tingnan niyo kahit si corona may dollar account na pag nasa ibang bansa winiwidraw at idinidiposit ito..alam ba ninyo kung saan idiniposito ni ramos ang pera nanawawalang retirement ng military???
Sa mga kababayan ko, ilan ba sa inyo ang nakarating na sa mga karatig bansa para ma ikompara ninyo kung gaano na tayo napag iwanan ng mga bansang gaya ng Malaysia, Thailand at Indonesia.
Kung nandito lang kayo sa Pinas ay wala kayong karapatang manghusga dahil wala kayong comparison pag patungkol sa economy.
Noong panahon ni Marcos, tayo ay isa sa bansang nagbebenta noon ng bigas.
Ngayon pagkatapos ng sinasabi ninyong pagpapatalsik kay Marcos, tayo ay nagkanda lubog na sa utang at kasama na sa mga bansang bumibili ng bigas sa ibang bansa para kumain.
Ang dapat i-priority ni Pinoy paano mapaunlad ang economy ng Pilipinas kahit man lang gaya noong panahon ni Marcos, Philippines is one of the strongest economy in Asia that time pero ngayon we’re one of the poorest in Asia, how shame we are.
Kaya sa aking opinion, kaysa hanapion ang mali ng mga nakaraang administration, angdapat gawin ng kasalukuyang administration paano mabayaran lahat ng utang ng bansa at mapaunlad ulit ang economy gaya noong panahon ni Marcos.
Noong panahon ni Marcos, ang President ng Pilipinas at ang kanyang asawa ay nagbukas ng mga secret accounts sa Switzerland upang magtago ng nakaw na yaman.
Top that.
BIYAHERO HAD YOU EXPERIENCE THE MARTIAL LAW DAYS..?…..HOW AND IN WHAT WAY THAT THE ECONOMY OF THE PHIL IMPROVED DURING THAT TIME? TELL THE VIEWERS..HUH?
Biyahero, para sa kaalaman mo, ang mga administrasyon ng mga unang presidente ang nagpataas ng ekonomya ng pilipinas at pangalawa and pilipinas sa japan noon at ng mauupo na c Marcos ay doon nag umpisa ang pagbagsak ng pilipinas dahil sa sangkatutak n korapsyon n marcos at kanyang mga galamay (sana hnd ka kasama doon), kaya hnd natin malutas ang problema ng kahirapan kung hindi natin alam ang ugat ng problema d ba?
“Philippines is one of the strongest economy in asia in marcos’ time” Kung anuman ang estado nun panahon ni marcos, minana lang nya un sa nagdaang administrasyon. Sa kanya nagsimula ang pagbagsak ng ating ekonomiya. Ang mga tulay, kalsada at kung anu-anong gusali na kanyang pinatayo nung panahon niya ay kanyang paraan para makapagnakaw… Hindi natin sariling pera ang ginastos dun, inutang lang nya un without regard sa kung ano ang magiging epekto nun sa hinaharap.
Im confused.
Si Eta ba ay na rape physically?
Or was she raped together with many others in a political sense?
PHYSICALLY.
See my earlier story –
http://raissarobles.com/2011/06/04/human-rights-commission-chair-loretta-ann-rosales-was-repeatedly-raped-during-the-marcos-dictatorship/
so mean to say she was rape during the time of Marcos administration,, so bakit si Ferdinand Marcos ang sinisisi ninyo?
same as Given Grace (i’m sure you know her she was rape and killed) is that means si Noynoy Aquino ang may sala? I’m not a Pro Marcoses either a Pro RAT politicians, but hey be careful of what you’re saying there’s a lot of Pinoys who are reading this one..
Ano kamo?
Eta Rosales was MEAN to say she was raped?
Anong klaseng utak ang meron ka?
so, lahat ng na-rape sa panahon ng martial law, kasalanan ni Marcos?
Lahat ng na-rape habang nasa custody ng militar at pulis kasalanan ni Marcos AT mga nang-rape.
bobo naman ng analysis mo,,,, bakit nung pinatay ni cain si abel kasalanan ba ni adam… i think by that time si adam ang head of the family,,,?, just like when eta was raped si marcos ang head of the family (country) kasalanan ba nya? sana ma rape ka ngayon para naman pagbintangan mo si Pnoy…
Papatulan ko na ito, hindi ko mapigilian e. Bababa ako sa level mo ha. Tutal personalan na ang pag-atake mo…
Napaka-talino mo naman para sabihan mong bobo si Raissa. At napakabait mo para hangarin mong may masamang mangyari sa kanya. Siguro kung lahat ng tao kasing talino at kasing bait mo, tiyak na aasenso tayo!
Ngayon ko lang nakita ito.
Utak mo puno ng uod. Kaya uod ang lumalabas sa bibig mo.
Pasalamat ka dahil kung di sa gaya nilang mga tibak baka ikaw o ang magulang mo ay nagpupunas pa hanggang ngyon ng pwet ni Imelda Marcos.
Na rape sya habang nasa poder ng mga militar. The activists were herded and tortured. Women were raped while in captivity. They were treated worse than animals about t be slaughtered. The military allowed it, encouraged it and closed their eyes while it happened. Marcos was not there physically telling the soldiers “rape her while I watch.” But, Waidai, have you heard of such a phrase as “COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY”? If not, strive to educate yourself about what it means.
informative.thank you ms. raissa, dpat lahat ng tao mgsumikap na lang wag ng umasa sa magagawa ng politicians lamang.maging wise sa pagboto these informations was very helpful. we must be aware na d n dapat maulit,i think the marcosses clan, any of them should not given another chance n maupo as president in the future ofcourse now ngpapakabait cla kc target nila umupo uli and when that time comes baka mapart 2 tayo….lalo pa’t buhay p c imelda
I Agree, another political clan from makati is gearing for the presidency. Very abusive and corrupt. Marami kaming naging biktima nito dito sa makati. Yung pina recent is the boy who was shot by a police officer. Somebody told me that the officer is very close to the mayor. Wala ng balita sa kaso.
Some posters want Pinoys to “move-on” from Marcos’ atrocities. The Phils. can never move forward unless we have the courage to demand & exercise justice against the perpetrators of impunity. That’s why the cursed cycle of impunity & corruption goes on. I’m not a fan of PNoy but I’m glad that he finally made the right stand on the Marcos burial issue.
ano ba kinalaman ng rape ni ETA sa hindi pag papaplibing kay Marcos sa libingan ng mga bayani ? ilang beses naba tayo nagpalit ng admistrasyon wala namang nabago, paulit ulit nalng ang history,iton mga taong malalakas sa gobyerno sila ang mas higit na nakikinabang. paano naman yung mga karaniwang tao mas marami sa kanila ang naghahanap pa rin ng hustisya.
Marcos pa rin. Marcos pa rin.
Little brown andtanong mo… ano ang kinalaman ng pagkarape ni ETA sa paglibing kay Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani?
Tanongin kita.. Paano maging bayani ang tao na nagpirma ng martial law na syang dahilan ng pagkakulong ng mga libo-libong mga tao dahil sa kanilang paniniwala o idologia at protesta sa mga nangyayaring kagahaman at makasarling patakaran ni Marcos, ni Imelda at ng kanilang mga galamay? Dahil nasa kulungan sila na walang kalaban-laban, sila ay pinagrerape. Kung ang nanay mo, mga kapatid mo o matalik mong kaibigan nakaranas ng ganoon, payag ka?
i think Ms. Raissa doesn’t want to move on because there will be no more things to write about and earn from it as well
You wish. Para ma-safety na mga Marcos.
yah, you are very right… pinipilit kasi pag usapan mga long time dead issue…. malay natin baka sumikat si miss raissa….
I’m sorry, who said it’s dead? You? Pleaase do some growing up first! You are offending my generation who witnessed the atrocities. Pasalamat ka wala na si Marcos ngayon dahil si Marcos at mga tauhan nya pumapatol sa bata at matanda. walang sinasanto.
Tong mga totoy na to walang magawa kundi magbulakbol at magpakasaya sa sarili. Di nyo ba naisip na kung di dahil sa mga kagaya ni Eta Rosales malamang sa kangkungan na kayo pupulutin. Yang mga pinagsasabi nyo ay malaking insulto sa libo-libong mga biktima ng martial law.
Tama ka Ms Mamu, Hindi pwede basta basta Kalimutan na Lang ang Mga nangyari…bakit yung nangyari ng panahon ni Hitler na madaming pinapatay na Jews up to now makakita nga Lang ng symbol ng schwastika kumukulo na dugo ng Mga tao …you cannot erase history and we all should learn from past mistakes kaya please lang Hwag nang iboto ang Mga Marcos na yan kakapal ng Mga mukha nila di na nakuntento pinatawad na nga ng Mga tao at nakabalik na sa pwesto gusto pa ipalibing Ang magnanakaw na ama nila sa libingan ng Mga bayani! BOOO!
Dapat magpasalamat kay marcos ang mga sumunod
na namamahala ng bansa. Hindi na sila gaano nahirapan
sa pagsugpo ng mga laban sa gobyerno dahil marami
na ang naipapatay.
As I read through all the comments, I noticed most of us put the blame of all our problems in our country to the past or present administrations of our government. Yeah, probably it is true that they were/are really the perpetrators, however, we should also realize that it all happened because most of us just let it happen.
We know that there are many corrupt practices happening around us, yet what do we do? NOTHING! We know that many favoritism are done in front of us, yet what do we do? NOTHING! Even upon seeing a person throwing garbage on a city street, did we call their attention? No, we just do NOTHING!
By doing NOTHING we achieve NOTHING!
Based on what happened on EDSA 1 and 2, we already know that our collective individual actions can do something to change the course of our country. I am not saying that we keep on doing it, but we can each have a share to make this country a more vigilant society against improper practices and non-practices of others. If one person files a complaint to the authorities, they may not act on it, however, if 50-100 persons file the same complaint, do you think they would still ignore it? Of course not. They would be like a horse being slapped on the butt and would do everything just to reach the finish line.
There already many tools that are available around us to disclose these evil practices that are happening around us. Internet is a great tool. Most of our gov’t. agencies have online capabilities of receiving complaints from us. Use it.
Media is also a great tool in achieving our goals, such as radio, television and internet websites and blog-sites. But please use it wisely. It has the power to change facts from fiction.
Most of these are already available to us. I just hope that we stop blaming others and start doing something that we have the power to change for the better. I also written something on my blog-site about my views of the current situation of our country when I was still working abroad. You can read it at http://www.baijuan.blogspot.com
OK HUSTISYA ANG USAPAN….. YAN ANG SABI MO:
ANG HATOL : MARCOS IS GUILTY FOR RAPE AND ABUSE – DI DAPAT MAGING BAYANI AT DI DAPAT ILIBING SA LIBINGAN NG BAYANI O KUNG SAAN MAN SA BANSA.
CORY IS GUILTY FOR MENDIOLA MASSACRE DURING HER TERM, DISOBEYING AGRARIAN REFORM LAW FOR HACIENDA LUISITA, AT DI DAPAT NAGING BAYANI .
FVR, DI RIN PWEDE BAYANI DAHIL OPISYAL SA SA KASARAPN NG MARTILA LAW, FROM BEGINING ALAM NYA KUNG TAMA ANG MARTIAL LAW O HINDI.
ERAP DI RIN PWEDE DAHIL SA JUETENG BORACAY MANSION.
PNOY DI RIN SIGURO PWEDE DAHIL ISA LANG PALA ANG BOSS NYA, SI ETA LANG PALA MAGBABAGO NG LAHAT. INUTUSAN PA SI BINAY PAG ARALAN, NAINSULTO PA, GINAWANG TANGA SI BINAY, AKALA MO ABSWELTO KA SA PAGKAKAPAHIYA SA BAYAN BANDANG HULI WALA NAMAN PALA PLANO IPALIBING SI MAKOY…
SO SINO ANG PWEDE MAGING BAYANI…..WALA NG IBA…
SAAN ANG HUSTISYA HINAHANAP, KAHIT SAAN WALA KANG MAKITA SA KANILA….
KUNG WALA SA KANILA HUSTISYA…. WALA DAPAT GOBYERNO NGAYON, DAPAT REBOLUSYON SA EDSA, PERO NASAAN ANG LUMALABAN PARA HUSTISYA… TAHIMIK DAHIL NAKATIKIM NG MATABANG PORK BARREL…. YAN LANG NAMAN ANG KAILANGAN NG MAINGAY…. LAGAY…. WALANG PRINSIPYO….. MGA MINASAKER NA SUNDALO,SAAN YONG NAGHAHANAP NG HUSTISYA… ANO GINAGAWA….? ANG TAMANG DAAN AY MINSAN LIKO LIKO, KUNG SAAN SAAN NAPAPADAAN.
mas maganda sana kung ang media ay magsimula ng usapan na makakatulong sa pag usad ng bayan, pero media rin ang nagbibigay friction among people…
kaya ikaw miss raissa, obviously may kinikilingan ka, dapat hindi si marcos ang issue dito, dapat ang issue ay ano ang natutunan during and after their term, so that we can use that as a guiding star to our journey na maiwasan ang failure in the future. ano ang issue sa libing ni marcos to our journey para mapaunlad ang bayan. wala di ba..? mailibing at hindi, part na yan ng history… you cant change…mas maganda pa sana na maging part sa history ni pnoy na iayos nya ang issue na yan at isipin ng tao na sya ay isang anak na maipagmamalaki at hindi nagtanim ng galit sa kapwa…. yan din siguro gusto ng tatay at nanay nya….di ba.. showing good example is what people want to see especialy to young generation…. values is the issue here….godd values being human…
kung ginahasa si ETA, ano ang ginagawa kay makoy ngayon, inaalipusta ,ganon ba.
Sabi mo –
kung ginahasa si ETA, ano ang ginagawa kay makoy ngayon, inaalipusta ,ganon ba.
Dapat may hustisya.
What happened to Loretta Ann-Rosales was state policy of the Marcos dictatorship. At least he should be remembered ESPECIALLY for the wrongs he did.
Granting we remember Marcos for the wrong things he did, now what? Do we keep on just remembering it? Doesn’t history tells us to learn from those as well? And what have we learned so far. Nothing. We keep on “remembering”. We keep on propagating hatred. I never liked Marcos. And mind you, our family have suffered during the Martial Law period as well – but we moved on. All Binay said was bury Marcos in Ilocos and give him military honors. For Pete’s sake, those are not hero’s or state funeral. Put closure into this and move on!
paano naman yong ginahasa noong panahon ni cory, mga namasaker sa mendiola. ano ang comment mo. paano naman nong panahon ni FVR, ERAP, ARROYO, AT PNOY… how you comment on them fairly? kung ganon pala wala silang pinag kaiba di ba? so wala dapat sa kanila makakaligtas sa kaso…
ang lagay ba dahil nagahasa si ETA ay bigyan ysa ng katungkulan sa gobyerno bilang bayad, ang lagay ba kapag may sumigaw ng ayaw kay glorya ay paok na kay pnoy. kung ayaw kay FVR ay paok kay ERAP… di ba malinaw na iisa ag motive, makakuha ng simpatya sa tao for personal purposes…. Ok ginahasa si ETA, eh di bayaran ng damages tulad ng ginagawa sa kasong rape… Bakit bigyan ng pwesto sa gobyerno…eh di yon ang purpose nya…sino kawawa, taong bayan… pumuwesto sa gobyerno tapos walang gagawin kundi ungkatin ang nakalipas… sino nababyad ng sahod nya eh di tao….taxpayer..maraming kaso ngayon ng abuso may panahon pa sya sa 20 years ago….di dapat binigyan ng pwesto para magbangayan lang…. kuha mooo? hanggang kelan nya sasabihin “ni rape ako”.
kailangan ba magahasa para lumaban, paano naman mga ibang naghihirap din naapektuhan dahil sa bangayan sa lipunan… punta ka sa airport dami lumulayas dahil sa bangayan sa lipunan na walang ktapusan… saan yong karapatan nila. dahil ba wala silang boses….nasaan ang hustisya….lahat ng tao mula ng marcos o panahon pa ng kastila ay ginahasa na ang kinabukasan… di ba????
Hmmm. May nasundot yata akong aray mo.
wala akong aray…. i just want to be consistent and fair…. kasi parang iba ang tingin kay makoy at sa iba pang naging pangulo … samantalang wala naman naiiba…. ang pinagkaiba ay kung paano ginawang bida at kontrabida sa media…… yan ang lumalason sa isip ng tao…. patas sana ….
wala akong aray…. meron akong ahayyy!
sino ba kasi ang nanggahasa kay ETA? si Apo Marcos ba? loko pala tong mga to eh! sat sat sila ng satsat wala naman ginawa sa bayan..Human Rights adovcate daw sya, ngayon asan ang human right sa mga namatay na sundalo kelan lang? may ginawa ba kayo wala!!! mga bwisit kayo!!!!O baka naman hanggang ngayon eh suportado parin ng mga AQUINO ang mga rebelde (MILF,CPP NPA, ABU SAYYAP at MNLF) gaya ng tatay nya….Noynoy Aquino Does’nt know anything about war. Philippines will be more safer to leave without the REBELS.. Back to the main topic about being eta rosales a rape victim, why only now? It’s been about 26 years since the Marcoses ended their administration. Is eta trying to get a symphaty from the people? HELL no!!! go to hell!!!
kung kay marcos nakikita ang mali at kay cory nakikita ang tama ganon ba…nasaan ang patas na pagtingin?
Haaay naku.Sinagot ko na yan.
http://raissarobles.com/2011/08/12/secret-sws-survey-told-president-cory-most-filipinos-want-hacienda-luisita-land-distributed/
parang sa pamilyang may paboritismo ang nangyayari…. ayaw kay makoy at pabor kay cory …puro mali kay makoy at puro tama kay cory…
Wrong.
Eto 3 istorya ko – basahin mo.
http://raissarobles.com/2011/08/12/secret-sws-survey-told-president-cory-most-filipinos-want-hacienda-luisita-land-distributed/
http://raissarobles.com/2011/08/15/sws-dr-mahar-mangahas-confirms-doing-land-reform-survey-in-1987/
http://raissarobles.com/2011/08/15/sws-survey-showed-urgent-and-special-need-for-cojuangcos-to-redistribute-hacienda-luisita-to-farmers/
Last time ko na sasagutin itong bagay na to, ha.
Ms Raissa Hwag mo na patulan yan si Epoy halata namang Marcos loyalist yan eh
WE ARE JUST USING THE WORD “MARCOS” BUT IN REALITY A LOT OF MARCOS NOW A DAYS. MGA INVOLVE SA ZTE/NBN, FERTILISER SCAM, PLUNDERER, ELECTION CHEATING, FUND SCAM, ALL DURING ARROYO REGIME, WE CALL IT MARCOS.
WHAT IS THE POINT? PUNISH HER, PUT INTO JAIL. THAT IS WHAT THE NEW GENERATION WANT TO SEE HOW THE GOVERNMENT TAKE CARE OF HIS PEOPLE.
IF MARCOS MALTREATED THE PEOPLE DURING HIS TIME AND THE PEOLPLE PUNISH HIM , SO BE IT , PUNISH ARROYO THE SAME THING…
SHOW TO THE PEOLPLE THAT LEADER ARE CONSISTENT IN PRINCIPLE.. BAD IS BAD..GOOD IS GOOD..
THAT A SELECTIVE PRINCIPLE…
AND HERE WE ARE TALKING TO THE MARCOSSES AND ARROYO DID THE SAME THING , AND WE DID NOTHING… WHERE ARE WE STANDING RIGHT NOW? GIVE EXAPMPLE THAT EDSA ROVOLUTION 1 IS STILL ALIVE BUT IF NO RESULTS BEING MADE , THEN EDSA 1 IS MADE BY TRAPO’S FOR PERSONAL GAIN…NOT FOR NATIONAL INTEREST.. IF ARROYO IS IN JAIL, EDSA 1 ALIVE IN SPIRIT.
AND THATS HOW I WANT THE NEW GENERATION REMEMBER THE TRUE SPIRIT OF EDSA 1…AFTER EDSA 1 DAPAT WALA NG PALAKASAN, DAPAT WALA NG CORRUPTION, DAPAT MAAYOS NA SERBISYO SA LAHAT NG SANGAY NG GOBERNO, DAPAT WALA NG NAG AABROAD NA KATULONG, DAPAT WALA NA AWAY SA MGA SUNDALO AT REBLDE, DAPAT MADALI NA LAHAT ANG SYSTEMA.
AFTER EDSA 1 GENERATION, LAHAT NA SANA MAAYOS AY KATAYUAN SA BUHAY…
PERO NASAA ANG EDSA 1, MARAMI PA RIN NAG HIRAP, MARAMI ALILA SA IBANG BANSA, MARAMI SUGAPA SA KAPANGYARIHAN, MARAMI SCHOLAR NG BAYAN NA DI GAGAWA NG MABUTI… YAN BA GUSTO NYONG MAALA-ALA NG MGA BATA?
WALANG NAGBAGO DI BA? ANONG GUSTO NYO MAALA ALA? SI MARCOS LANG BA?
ANO NAMAN ANG PURPOSE NG EDSA 1? DI BA PAGBABAGO KUNG YAN ANG GUSTO NYO. EH ANO NANGYARI ?
KAYA SIGURO DI TAYO MAKAUSAD DAHIL DI NYO PINATATAHIMIK SI MAKOY…DAPAT ILIBING NA AT KASAMA ANG MASAMANG ALA-ALA PARA MAY BAGONG ALA-ALA NAMAN NA SISIBOL PARA SA BAGONG GENERASYON…
LOL.
EDSA 1 was meant to oust a dictator. That was the ultimate goal.
What followed was a mixed bag of success and failure.
Your last sentence, though, does not follow. Twisted logic.
Is that what you think ? To stop dictatorship? Only that? you mean to say, corruption, plunderer,cheating is not part of that purpose? .. What about abuse in power..what about rapist like ETA is said. You are saying is , just change the leader but the system doesnt change at all… that is what we get after that… Tell me the logic now why we change leadership…kasi marcos bag is full of money na, yong iba naman please.. ganon ba kaya sya inalis…?ilipat lang ang corruption..Dati si perdro ngayon si juan naman..
You answered the question already… only the leader is changing but the attitude is the same…no clear vision for filipino people..we created leader and we created according to us… vice versa.. our leader is what we are…
Hi Epoy – I must admit na medyo nahihirapan akong intindihin kung minsan ang mga post mo dahil medyo magulo at medyo wala sa lugar ang grammar pero at least nakukuha ko yung ibig mong sabihin. I agree with you na EDSA 1 was not only to send Marcos packing but A MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE – a total overall of the system as well as the values of the Filipinos. But sadly, hanggang ngayon wala pa ring pagbabago. Mas lalong lumala pa. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer due to government corruption and corporate greed (which incidentally we ourselves unknowingly support by electing corrupt officials). Wala pa ring disiplina. Pag sumakay ka sa MRT o LRT , balyaan ang sasalubong sa yo kasi gusto ng bawat isa makalamang sa kapwa. Pag baba mo sa jeep, kailangang eksaktong kanto kasi tamad na maglakad ng extra block. Ayaw magtrabaho ng iba kasi umaasa sa DSWD for the cash, o dili kaya kay Kuya Willie o kay Bossing… hay naku…
edwin, pwede ba bago ka
mag-critique about grammar i-check mo muna mga words na gagamitin mo….overALL ba o overHAUL?
mabuti naman at naintindihan mo message ko kahit mali ang gramar, … but the thing bakit ganyan ang value ng pinoy ngayon ay… isa dito ang kahirapan, everybody needs to survive.. struggle to survive ika nga….
you can not expect peaceful environment when there is chaos… bakit may chaos? they feel unsure of future..uncertain.. they are not sure if tomorow , they are still eating or still living… saan galing ang uncertainty feeling na ito? sa gobyerno walang maramdaman na may kinabukasan… sa trabaho na lang, do you feel secure in your job? syempre hindi… ano nangyari sa PAL at iba pa….
Bottom line is uncertainty, parang hayop na pag nagutom ay nakakatakot…
pero pag busog ang hayop ay tahimik…
got my point?
Hi raissa your good in defending the Aquino’s, why did you know all their wrong doings? have you ever heard about a COry Aquino asking the US government to drop a bomb to where the RAM boys staying? do you really wanted to hear that? or this one?
When EDSA 1 is on the heated day and some military personnels are joining them, Fabian Ver who was a a military chief that time ASKING president Marcos to drop a bomb at the site, Apo Marcos refuse it because he knows people will suffer….so raissa what/who do you prefer?
Cory Aquino = asked US government to drop a bomb, or
Apo Marcos = telling fabian ver not to drop a bomb..
The truth is, Marcos and Ver wanted to bomb Enrile and Ramos in Camp Crame. But the senior military officers refused to carry out his orders.
Huwag mo naman baguhin ang nakaraaan.
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HUWAG MO BAGUHIN ANG NAKARAAN…
Nop!!! I’m not trying to change anything!! do we really had the truth about what happened then? every one of us maybe all, are just trying to re-write or re-state what was the real things,.. i’m sure you where not there at the time when marcos and ver and other military officials are having their meeting.. and what are you saying now is just a story you’ve heard from different person and read from different story..you don’t know nothing, you are just a copy-cat and your nothing but just a wasted person of a good society..tell me if you have proof of what you are saying and I’ll show you the transcript of the said meeting… deal is deal!!!!!
Why, were you there?
interested to know?
If this true, this only shows how inept the president is. How can one text message play such a huge role in the presiden’ts decision-making process?
It’s what finally made up PNoy’s mind. He had been getting a lot of feedback for and against. This was what clinched the question for him.
Wasn’t Rosales’s rape already a public knowledge? If so, PNoy surely must have already known that and surely he must have already considered that BEFORE receiving the text message. But even if the Rosales case was not public nor PNoy did not know this beforehand, the insinuation that the text message was the tipping point suggests that PNoy’s decision making process is far from being mature. Just my 2 cents.
No. If you want to know, it was my story in June about Rosales that nudged her to start talking publicly about it. Before she just said she was “abused.”
It was my scoop.
See – http://raissarobles.com/2011/06/04/human-rights-commission-chair-loretta-ann-rosales-was-repeatedly-raped-during-the-marcos-dictatorship/
sandali, June pa pala ito na public knowledge. so ibig sabihin, malamang na alam na ito ni PNoy noon pa. So kung yung text recently ni Rosales ang nag-convince kay PNoy, aba e siguro naman hindi kalabisan ang pagkuwestion ng wisdom ni PNoy at kung paano siya gumawa ng decision. Ano ba ang masasabi mo sa kanyang decision making process? I would really love to hear your thoughts on this.
Later.
Marami pa akong ibang sinusulat.
hahahaha!!!! he got you on that question huh? poor rissa, the journalist correspondent can’t answer a simple question, diverted to other topic… weeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!! storyaheeeeeee!!!!
SICK MAN, better get some help soon.
TAMA LANG NA DI ILIBING SA LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI YANG D**** na si Marcos,ang mga taong papayag ay yung mga walang utak.Sa paghihirap na nangyayari sa bansa natin hanggang ngayon nakalimutan nyo agad ang ginawa ng mag asawang yan ni Imelda,sana naman ang mga pinoy matutong magpahalaga sa dignidag na natitira sa atin kahit halos wala na.Maisip nyo sana na ang dami nating mga kababayan na nsa ibang bansa na NAGPAPALIPIN para lang mabuhay naman ng maayos.Ang tanong ko NASAAN NA ANG MGA KABATAANG sana ay makakatulong ng maayos sa ating bansa para tayo ay makaahon sa kahirapan,ang sagot nasa labas ng ating bansa at doon nagpapakadalubhasa sa ibang AMO.Kung di naging GAHAMAN si MARCOS AT IMELDA at inayos nila ang pagpapatakbo sa ating bansa maganda ang kalagayan nating mga pinoy di tayo mapapabilang sa isa sa pinakamahirap na bansa at overpopulated country sa buong mundo,ang iniwan kasin halimbawa ni MARCOS ay kung paano maging GANID sa position at kung paanoo MAGING GANID sa KAPANGYARIHAN….MAGPASALAMAT ANG PAMILYA NI MARCOS NA DI SILA NAGING KAPAREHO NI GHADAFI DAHIL KUNG DI SILA TUMAKAS YAN DIN ANG DAPAT MANGYARI SA KANILA….KAYA TAMA LANG NA DI PUMAYAG SI PNOY……KASI KUNG PUMAYAG SYA ININSULTO NYANG MABUTI ANG IPINAGLALABAN NOON NG AMA NYA at TAyong mga pinoy na nagdurusa sa kanilang mga ginawa sa ating BANSA…..na SA TINGIN KO NAPAKALAYO NG PAG ASA NATING MAKA RECOVER KUNG PURO BUWAYA ANG UUPO SA ATING GOBYERNO>>>>
KUNG GANYAN PALA ANG GUSTO NYO, EH DI LAHAT NA LANG NA GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AY PARUSAHAN. GUMAWA NG BATAS ANG GOBYERNO NA LAHAT NG ELECTED OFFICIALS NA KAPAG MAY KASALANAN, IKULONG O BITAYIN, WALANG RETIREMENT BENEFITS, FREEZE ANG ASSET, PATI NA RIN LAHAT NG SCHOLAR NG GOBYERNO , MGA PMA NA PINAPAARAL NG TAO, KAPAG GUMAWA NG KALUKUHAN, BAWIIN ANG IPINUHUNAN NG BAYAN SAA KANILA SA PAMAMAGITAN NG FIRING SQUAD… IN THAT SENSE CONSISTENT TAYO SA AYAW NATIN AT SA GUSTO NATIN…
KUNG ANO AYAW MO KAY JUAN, DAPAT GANON DIN ANG AYAW MO KAY PEDRO…
HINDI PORKET GWAPO SI PEDRO, ABSWELTO NA SA KASALANAN. DI BA RAISSA?
ANONG SYA MO?
IM SURE PATI IKAW AYAW MO NA RIN MAGING POLITIKO DAHIL TAKOT KA NA..
Epoy – may batas na po tayo patungkol sa katiwalian. Ang kulang sa atin ay ang pag-implement ng ating mga batas at alituntunin. Tingnan mo na lang, ini-rekomenda na kasuhan yung mga may sala noong Luneta hostage, binalewala lang. Sabi nga nila, pana-panahon lang yan.
yan ang sabi ko, dapat consistent, kung mali ay dapat mali kahit sino nakaupo sa palasyo o sa gobyerno…. hindi dapat pwede ang panapanahon ang sagot dahil ang problema nangyayari sa ano mang panahon…
ang problema ay ang daan minsan diretso at minsan liko liko, depende sa nag uutos… walang pinag kaiba sa marcos issue at arroyo issue or cory issue… ayaw kay makoy pero gusto kay cory… pareho naman may kasalanan…
CONSISTENCY IS THE ISSUE…
Consistency is correct, kaya dapat wag palampasin mga mali ng nakaraan. You can’t go after today’s corrupt and ignore the most corrupt of all.
Lesson is learned from past, do it today for todays generation…. for the past, just write it for history sake…
Ms. Malou,
Simple lang ang tanong ko, saan mas maganda ang economy ng Pilipinas, noong panahon ni “Makoy” o ngayon na naghihirap ang Pilipinas na lubog na lubog sa utang.
Noong panahon ni “Makoy”, nagbebenta tayo ng bigas sa ibang bansa, ngayon umuutang ang Pilipinas para pambili ng bigas sa ibang bansa.
Nasaan ang talino ni “Pinoy” par maresolba ito pati narin ang hinahangaang mga nagdaang mga naging Presidente ng kawawang mga Pinoy.
Dapat ang atupagin ngayon ni “Pinoy” kung paano mapa unlad ang Pilipinas at maibalik ang lakas ng ekonomya kahit man lang gaya noong panahon ni “Makoy”.
Baka hindi kapa ipinapanganak noon kaya hindi mo alam?
FYI
It was during the time of Macoy when – for the very first time – the Philippines had to default on its foreign debt.
It was during the time of Macoy when – for the very first time – the value of the Philippine peso plummeted against the dollar.
It was during the time of Macoy when – for the very first time – that the Philippines came under harsh measures imposed by the International Monetary fund in exchange for a financial rescue package.
YOu only remember the early times of the Marcos dictatorship when food was cheap and life was peaceful. In the 1980s the conditions deteriorated rapidly.
I lived it. Perhaps you didn’t.
1980, thats is when the time rebels and other lefties are starting to come out, (ie. ninoy aquino, jomari sison, jovito salonga, maybe eta rosales) and Marcos also started to become BAD because leftiest said he was bad but for those pro government they said marcos is good and a unique president.. what sayest thou rissa?
You have a twisted view of what happened.
The appalling distortion of the truth by Bongbong Marcos and the rest of the Marcos family leaves a foul taste in the mouth. Burying his father as a hero is not going to unite the Filipinos.
Lest he has forgotten, the one thing that truly united the Philippines in 1986 is the desire to get rid of his family altogether and rid Malacañan of their stink.
I think that what will truly unite the Filipinos is for him and the rest of his conscienceless family to come to terms with their sins and apologize for them. For as long as the victims of his family’s excesses are alive, he and his family should accept that Ferdinand Marcos will not be buried a hero nor even as a president. He is the root of all evil in Philippine politics and we, as a nation, should never forget that.
it seems that every evil deed during Marcos’ time is being directly accounted to him – DIRECTLY! I don’t think Marcos ordered to rape Etta Rosales during that time, unless Marcos himself raped her which I don’t think is the case. I believe and I’m sure a lot will agree with me that those people down the line had their own abuses or exploited the situation during that time, which should Marcos knew about it would never condone. I think in Etta Rosales case, yes, Mr. Marcos could have ordered putting her in prison but being raped while in prison could be another story.
Torture was a Marcos policy.
Media is not fair in expressing opinion, inconsistent in principle. You just want to open the eyes of reader to the person that you dont want.
If you have problem with a friend , you forgive and forget. And never talked again the issue in the future…But the lesson must learned… thats it…
But for marcos issue, para kang langaw nakikisawsaw sa kanilang baho o amoy…
For the new generation, they dont want to talked about that anymore, its done just like being a friend issue. forgive and forget, but the the lesson is not forgotten.
But if media trying to revive again and again the issue just like that, do you think media will help in moving forward.? Do you help becoming a mature filipino ?
You just showing the color of filipino people being ” tsismusa” … no principle in line..
just to show you are brave…just to show you are working? for what? for who?
LOL!
How old are you epoy? if you are young then i can forgive you. The Marcos era was one of the darkest time in the Philippines.
A friend would just disappear never to be heard of just because he was suspected of going against the government.
Now, people like you can curse and criticize the government and still live the next day to post more comments.
In Marcos’ time even telephones were bugged. Torture was the norm not the exception. How can you forgive and forget when you have no body to bury and no apology was ever said?
Little knowledge, big head.
lets talk to the issue, not personal, for future sake… small head….. your motive is revenge… attitude of revenge til death do us part…. yan ba gusto mo imulat sa tao…. kung buhay ka noong martial law.. utak mo martial law din…
I think Epoy and his family benefitted from the Marcos regime descendant ka ba ni Fabian Ver or any of the Marcos cronies? I was still in grade school in the 70′s and even at a young age, believe me I could smell the fear of the people not only in my home but the entire nation because of the martial law. Only people who have benefitted from the Marcos regime can heap praises for his atrocious rule.
do you understand the word…chain of command? marcos made the martial law, he is responsible for any abuse during martial law….
chain of command? then surely PNoy must be made accountable for the Luneta debacle then.
Well, the Chinese can sue if if they want. But that’s another story. You’re comparing apples and oranges
i think marcos should be given a hero’s burial as a military and not as a president.
I don’t think you can ever separate a person from his deeds. A person’s worth is not in his designation or position, not in the ideas he espoused, but in the things he did.
PNoy did not do anything in Congress. Does that mean then the PNoy is a good-for-nothing citizen of the Philippines?
You answer the question yourself.
I think the more correct sentence is – PNoy did not do anything OUTSTANDING in Congress that caught the public eye.
Why can’t you answer? I thought you said that you are an investigative journalist who is happiest digging in the trenches . . . surely as one of your blog readers, I deserve something more concrete from you since I do not have the inside information (which I am hoping you might have)…
Why can’t you answer? I thought you claim to be an investigative journalist. Surely you must have inside information that I do now have. Enlighten me please.
…inside information I do not have . . .
What was your question?
Does that mean then the PNoy is a good-for-nothing citizen of the Philippines? It is a simple yes or no from you.
you’re dealing with absolutes, nobody is a good-for-nothing citizen, somebody may have missed his destiny or may have failed people’s expectations or failed to meet his full potential. But nobody can be called good-for-nothing
Tama ka Mamu !
let his loyalist do their own hero’s burial….don’t ask the government.
tama ka dyan
I’m not for or against the burial of marcos at the LNMB, but I’m appalled at the Marcoses for subjecting the citizenry to another round of torture by masquerading their father as a hero! Magsisi kayo sa mga kasalanan ninyo at tigilan na ang pagbabaluktot ng katotohanan, ang pagpaparusa, paglapastangan sa kalayaan ng mga pilipino at pagkulimbat sa yaman ng bayan!
As a person he was a friend. As a leader his sins exceeded his good deeds. He said to me..”Keep your name clean. Stay away from poltics. The best advice i ever received. I remained technocrat. Nobody knows me now. – Boots
I admire Ms. Raissa for her factual recitations of Philippines history, especially during the Martial Law of dictator Marcos. And I salute her for her bravery, a significant qualification that only the brave and the principled can stand without fear and cowardice. Filipinos and the whole world must acknowledge your firm commitment to truth and human right advancement. I salute you, Ms. Raissa.
Thank you for reading.
From my point of view probably no government official n soldier buried in LNMB, why? coz no one is perfect every one have failure and everybody had a dark side in their life specially those in the government .Look our government do you think we are safe? Former president Marcos served his sentence already and in positive side he done great things and ideas that is implemented with the succeeding presidency. He serve our government so whats the question in it? It is not that i’m in favor of what done but be open minded and open our heart, hatred kill us all. Time for us to look and move forward.
Marcos never served his sentence.
It was a mistake for the Americans to fly him out of the presidential palace.
He should have been made to face his crime in Manila.
Let’s put Cory into trial then for the Hacienda Luisita and the Mendiola massacres . . . you up for that?
I don’t know what you mean by trial. She’s dead, you know.
If you are trying to say I’m glossing over what Cory Aquino did with Hacienda Luisita, I’m not. Read my articles –
http://raissarobles.com/2011/08/12/secret-sws-survey-told-president-cory-most-filipinos-want-hacienda-luisita-land-distributed/
http://raissarobles.com/2011/08/15/sws-survey-showed-urgent-and-special-need-for-cojuangcos-to-redistribute-hacienda-luisita-to-farmers/
Opps … I never said that you are glossing over Cory. Since you regret the fact that Marcos was never made to account for his crimes, then obviously you should also consider all crimes commited by past adminstrations . . . starting from the Spaniards who bartardized the Philippines up to the current administration. My point . . . history can never be undone. Learn from them and move on. No point in discussing what can not be undone.
There’s that phrase again – move on.
If we move on in Ferdinand Marcos’ case, we’ll wake up one day with Bongbong Marcos as VP or President. That would be baaaad for the country.
Actually walang issue kay marcos sr na patay na, ang issue dito ay kay marcos jr and the living family…the media lalo na kay raissa is trying to bring back the issue of marcos regime of abuse, so the young generation have something to know about the past regime, in turn , the people feel angry to marcosses… the media is trying to condition the mind of young voters about marcosses.
That is the beginning of blocking of any attempt of marcos of returning to power, thats why burial of marcos is just a piece puzzle , at the expense of the young marcosses… of whatever is their plan,
the media is trying to tell the people…
The younger Marcoses are not being made to suffer from their father’s mistake but we refuse to accept their distortion of history, A simple admittance from them and better an apology would put everything to rest.
same tone of revenge… you are not mature enough even though you are older than me….
History can never be undone. But we can make sure the bad things aren’t repeated.
You can’t just move on with the Marcos issue. Because they are trying to become politically influential again.
How can you forget the stealing, the lying, the looting?
Unfortunately, BongBong is a senator and he won fair and square nationwide (I never heard of any complaint against Bongbong whether he cheated or not). Which means that there are people who still look up to the Marcoses. It’s just too bad that we can not stop these people from voting them into office. And if ever BongBong runs for a higher office and wins, who are we to stop that? We live in a democratic world after all.
Read my article –
http://raissarobles.com/2011/04/13/why-the-marcoses-want-ferdinand-buried-a-hero/
These are your conclusions from your research? Bongbong Marcos to run for the presidency and run under his father’s questionable “legacy” as a hero? hmmm… I’d rather give Bongbong the benefit of the doubt than think of him as a moron who would go around the country campaigning that his father was a hero. I am sure by 2016 there are still a host of voters (and with descendants who are of voting age) who would remember the Martial Law era.
I have this on good authority from inside the Marcos camp. Imelda Marcos wants Bongbong to run for president to reclaim their name and their power.
Say mo.
rissa, rissa, rissa,,just wanted to ask you how old are you?
during FM time philippines is 1 of the best country around the world, military, economy, industial and so on..so why you really hate the marcoses did they do something bad to you? or maybe because journalist really hate those who do good? have you heard about a story SECRET COMBINATION? this story will give you more idea how to do better concept on your topic or reports.
LOL.
This is the best comment, number wan daw ang pinas during FM…bwahahaha!!!
Haynaku, saan planeta ka ba nakatira?
No one forgets the stealing, the lying and the looting… but that does not mean we can not move on with the Marcos burial issue. It was very simple. The recommendation was to bury Marcos in Ilocos and give him military honors. Finish – caput. He is buried as an ordinary soldier. Nothing more, nothing less.
LOL.
You really want to honor him.
Too bad.
Nope – I don’t want to honor. How can burying Marcos in Ilocos be honorable?
He did not serve our government, the government serve him….you just cant forget what a person had done just because he is already dead?……his family is arrogant and self centered, why not just bury the old man’s body like it should be? why wait for the people to recognize him a hero? our people just cant accept it that way? it simply says they are denying the abuses that their parents have done tho this country….maybe because during that time, they didn’t know? they are still young, and they are too busy of their wonderful rich life….well?….now they know!
Every Chinese person knows that pinoy cops are criminals regardless of who is the president. Crime was actually less during Marcos’ time. Crime today in the Philippines is the worst it has ever been. It is only now under PNoy that HK banned travel to RP because pinoy cops are viewed to be evil criminals. They kidnap the Chinese, rape innocent people, extort money from businessmen and torture innocent people regularly regardless of whether the president is Marcos or PNoy. However, during PNoy’s term (so far) crime is much much worse than during Marcos’ time. RP is now so dirty and filthy under a democracy. In contrast, Singapore is much better, and it is run under the dictatorship of Lee Kuan Yew. So to blame Marcos for rape and torture is really silly.
LOL
LOL!
(I tried reacting to this sorry excuse of an opinion, but your reaction seems most fitting, Ms Raissa.)
mas gugus2hin ko pang presidente ang anak ni FMarcos kesa isang abnormal na presidente…
sa mga anti-marcos…kpag nagsalita as if naman majority of the pilipino people sang-ayon sa opinyon nila…tsk tsk tsk typical marcos haters…
Sori, ha. totoo yon.
Majority of filipinos hindi sang-ayon kay Marcos. Binoto nila si PNoy.
That’s too generalizing. Pag di sang-ayon kay Marcos, binoto si Pnoy? I didn’t vote for Pnoy either and I am also against the Marcos rule. Para itong statement ni Bush, either you are with us or against us. For me, that regime brought out the best and worst of us. Three decades after, not much has changed and as some have pointed out, things especially criminality among the men in uniform, have increased. And for some like me , a strong leadership is required which, sadly, is lacking in the present dispensation. The late president/dictator had it as well as brains and charisma but too bad it was used often for all the wrong reasons. Our constituion is weak and should have been the strongest institution that will protect us from corrupt leaders and from ourselves. It’s about time it is reviewed, revisited, reconstituted (pun intended).
i disagree with you. it was not exactly the case because it was not a choice between PNoy & the Marcoses.
Go around and ask why did they vote PNoy . . . i don’t think they voted PNoy because they disliked Marcos. Please do not generalize. If you have conclusions to make, ensure that they are backed by solid data.
hahaha…totoo bang journalist ka? mga logic mo wala sa ayos…
Ewan ko nga ba kung bakit tinuturing ako na journalist ng mga foreign media gaya ng BBC, Voice of America, Australian Radio Network, Radio Netherlands, Times of London.
Sabihin mo sa kanila juwag na nila akong interbuyhin at pasulatin.
I once happened to come across a coffee table book commemorating the 2nd inaugural of Ferdinand Marcos. Among the contents of the book was the draft (or could be the final copy) of his speech during that event. It could either have been the draft or the final copy because while the speech was typewritten, it, as well, had handwritten corrections & additions , in most likelihood, by Marcos himself.
The speech may well displayed Marcos’ vision as the great leader he could have really been but, sadly, exposed his human frailties, as well, which led to his eventual downfall.
He starts the speech with a vision that Asia, as a whole, shall be the next growth area. (Remember, this speech was done in 1969).
He follows this by stating the role of the Philippines in this vision, posing the challenge that the country should be fully prepared for this imminent event.
He cites, however, the present problems facing the country which impedes its progress & which needed to be immediately addressed.
Foremost of this problem, he cites, was the widening gap between rich & poor – & without using the term “oligarch” which he later continued to use to justify the declaration of Martial Law – he elaborated the need for the rich to spread the wealth & strengthen the middle & working class.
The conclusion of the speech was the biggest irony for me, though, with the benefit of a historical perspective. He ends it by saying that all the challenges the country faced at that moment & the progress it shall reach shall all be met & accomplished not thru autocratic but democratic means.
2 years after, he became a dictator & the reign of tyranny began.
You are right.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Who rape eta rosales? Is marcos did it?
Where is enrile ,the administrator of martial law?
where is fidel ramos? as part of martial law officer that time.
where is gloria arroyo? who rape entire filipino people for traison and coruption?
where is cory.. president during masacre at mendiola?
where is erap? corupt the future of entire filipino people?
a lot more …. but make sure all the people above should not be given recognition of what ever.
make sure they will not be in heroes line in time of their death… just like how you threat marcos… Just make sure of that… ok?
Hirap kasi , ginagamit nyo pa rin si marcos for your career advancement….
Just be consistent in your principle, if you hate marcos, then you hate many more leaders who did the same . But if you hate marcos and you dont hate other leader who destroyed the future of filipino people, then you are not consistent by your principle…
so why cory become a hero, why ramos roaming around, why gloria playing around, why erap talking around, what are you doing with them…? ha?
Just be consistent in your principle no matter what, no matter who,..why are you serving pinoy , son of late president during mendiola masacre? Di ka na rin naiiba sa trapo in short saying…
I don’t hate the Marcoses.
I hate the fact that they are hoodwinking people like you.
I dont love marcos… I am talking to the issue…. can you compare 20 years of marcos… and 20 years after marcos….? any body after marcos make connection from luzon to mindanao? Do you know people is travelling from luzon to mindanao by land… Thats how marcos connected the nerve of the people to the whole country because he loves it…
After marcos what happened? all development is luzon, tarlac, pampangga..
And afetr marcos is what happened? scholars paid by government at taxpayers money studied at UP, involve in corruption, scholars at PMA paid by taxpayers money involved in plunder, so where is the rule of law if you are consistent by principle…I am not talking to peronalities… it the principle how to treat person.
What can you say to arroyo? neri? abalos? Did you attacked them like how you attacked marcos? Syempre mga marcos mahina na , di ka na takot sa kanila… what if malakas sila, can you talked the same ? siguro hindi… So , pinipili mo lang ang mahina, kung malaks tahimik ka lang… Be consistent in your principle…
Your question –
What can you say to arroyo? neri? abalos? Did you attacked them like how you attacked marcos? Syempre mga marcos mahina na , di ka na takot sa kanila… what if malakas sila, can you talked the same ? siguro hindi… So , pinipili mo lang ang mahina, kung malaks tahimik ka lang… Be consistent in your principle…
My answer –
Yes about Arroyo.
See –
http://raissarobles.com/2011/08/09/solve-migz-zubiri-cheating-case-and-you-could-get-gloria-arroyo-out-of-congress/
http://raissarobles.com/2011/07/21/part-1-garci-tapes-lets-refresh-our-memories/
http://raissarobles.com/2011/07/21/part-2-heres-the-transcript-of-the-genuine-hello-garci-tapes/
http://raissarobles.com/2011/04/08/pssssst-tax-chief-kim-henares-you-can-take-a-virtual-tour-of-cong-mikey-arroyos-lovely-california-beach-home/
http://raissarobles.com/2011/04/11/did-our-beloved-cong-mikey-arroyo-violate-us-laws-over-his-beach-house-property/
LOL!
Another Marcos lover.
nasabi na ni rosales na ni-rape sya before. ilang tv interviews nya nang inamin na sya ay na rape noon.
Pero walang detalye masyado –
Here are the details –
http://raissarobles.com/2011/06/04/human-rights-commission-chair-loretta-ann-rosales-was-repeatedly-raped-during-the-marcos-dictatorship/
Pnoy’s decision is his decision. But basing it on Eta Rosales being raped during those times would be stupid. The problem is everything bad that happened in the past are on the account of Marcos. I’m sure there are a handful of guys who are silently smiling and laughing they have gotten away with a lot. And up to now they are untouchables. And what is the government doing about it? Nothing. For all we know, these untouchables would have committed worse abuses, and yet……….
Media plays a major role in making the whole nation stupid. We’re not getting anywhere. What democracy are we talking about, when our country is already owned by the Chinese. Why not look at the bigger picture? Where’s the sense of nationality? Would this have happened in Marcos’ time? Today the term “Filipino Hospitality” has a different meaning already. It projects an image exposing ourselves to abuse. Our people are maids in other lands. What the f???? And the media projects them as heroes… while their wives are taken advantage of by the ….. Parang rape na din yun, pero hindi halata dahil naging tanga na tayo.
Hello, many of our problems STARTED with Marcos’ regime or were grossly exacerbated by his dictatorship.
The policy of sending overseas workers to do dirty, dangerous jobs which exposed many Filipinos to gross abuse overseas was introduced as a national policy by Marcos’ government, courtesy of Jose de Venecia (with Landoil then) and as Ople as Labor Secretary.
Opppp – I am an OFW and I was not sent to do dirty and dangerous jobs. I left the Philippines ON MY OWN DECISION. We – the OFWs – are helping to keep the Philippine economy afloat. . . . so be thankful for that Marcos policy. Out of the estimated 8 million OFWs, there are a few hundreds/thousands of documented/undocumented abuses. That’s a very small percentage of OFWs who continue to prosper and enjoy the fruits of their labor.
If Marcos era was so great then why he has to send migrant workers abroad, why not create jobs in the country?
For all we know Marcos legacy was full of lies, deceit and corruption. Nangutang ang gobyerno para meron maisuot na alahas si Imelda, merong mamahaling painting na maidikit sa kanilang mansion. Kaya hanggang ngayon pinagbabayaran pa rin natin kasama na ng higit 8 milyong OFW ang utang na ito.
Every thing has a reason. If the marcoses didn’t see the stupid mistakes and deeds of their parents IMELDA AND FERDINAND. Sorry for them they might be blinded by those luxurious things their MONSTER parents provided to them. But as long as I exist in this world I will untirely rewind the evil deeds of the MARCOSES THE MONTERS IN THE PHILIPPINE HISTORY. SHAME ON U BONG-BONG, IMEE AND IRENE. SON AND DAUGHTERS OF THE MONSTER. AND TO U IMELDA. FUCK BE WITH U!
well done, raissa. the whole filipino nation–regardless of age–must never forget (ergo they must be constantly reminded the truth) the brutalities, the manilpulative secretive and marcos’ sense of impunity of his martial law rule. and although we can forgive, we MUST NOT EVER FORGET it. this goes for his widow and everyone who carry their genes because their teachings – - especially to their children–molded the mindset of these people. they can not be expected to behave differently from their parents whether in their public or private capacities. but i agree we can forgive them. that too takes time. keep it up. cheers gil
Then I move that no president should be buried in the LNMB. No soldier be buried there either. They may have cheated on their wives, raped other women, murdered other people disgustingly in the name of the country.
No one is worthy to be called a hero. Not you, not me… if this is the stipulation.
Your reasoning is what my father used to call reductio ad absurdum.
You are presuming in your argument that every soldier cheated on his wife, raped other women and murdered other people disgustingly in the name of the country.
Ask yourself, is all that true?
Marcos used the military for his own selfish ends.
Mali pa rin… PNoy should have inhibited… masyado syang personally involved…
and worse off pinaasa pa nya pamilya ng namatay…
Si Binay ang nagpaasa.
hahahaha love the counter punch raissa!
Exactong exacto!
and how about those military people that killed themselves in the midst of their controversies? why are they allowed to be buried in the LNMB? I’m not saying that let ex Pres Marcos be buried in their but they should have this special kind of screening on who should really be buried inLNMB..
That’s a very legitimate question.
I asked Filipino historian Dr. Ricardo Jose that very question: But what about General Angelo Reyes who was recently buried a hero?
.You can read his answer here – near the end of this story:
Part 2 – Marcos’ Medal of Valor ‘highly suspicious’, says Filipino war historian
http://raissarobles.com/2011/05/22/part-2-marcos-medal-of-valor-highly-suspicious-says-filipino-war-historian/
http://bit.ly/lbvJdL
As long as the Modern Filipino value is counted on how much would it be in the pocket, and our eyes are focused on success by way of popularity, influence, wealth and power, there will always come people like the Marcoses, Romualdez, Cojuangcos, (there is also an abusive among them) Arroyos, Ampatuans. Estradas, Lacsons and Enriles in our midst. These are the kind that can make the ignorant victims of their deceptions. They know how to buy loyalty and bring fear to the poor and the greedy. supported by Criminal Minds of the Military and Police, even those who profess to be the Spiritual Guardians of Morality will never be spared from our decline as a nation.
Who is this Lacson please? May I know his full name & public position? Thank you.
Panfilo Lacson, Senator of the Philippines
Enrily´s book, if he ever tells the truth will tell us so many things of what actually happened beyond lies of information we were told by Marcos. We would also know how Imee Marcos (Lacson) was beneath her sweet, innocent, beautiful face. Imee has got the highest potential to run for future President of the Philippines. She is the brightest in her family, brighter than Marcos. If we put Imee & Bongbong as Presidents, Dady´s cadaver may be transfered to LNMB.
In writing his (Enrile´s) own recollections, he would be including himself as accessory to the crimes– and I would guess, he would allow his book released when he is dead.
I make the same guessing for the Phils history that would be written by Gen. Fidel V. Ramos.
There is no doubt that Enrile & Ramos are the correct persons, who may verify most of the Human Rights Violations committed by the Marcos Family.
The books these two great men of Martial Law would write may become Best Seller.
Ex. Pres. Ramos has no plans of writing his memoirs. I asked him.
Neither does ex-Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. I asked her, too.
yes that’s right because they have nothing good to tell about themsles because if they do, no one will read their memoirrs. if they talk about their corruption maybe I will buy mutliple copies give as gifts to my friends.
The Arroyos wee the worst among the worsts president of the philippines. Worst than Marcos. They are the decays of philippine society more worst than human waste. I wish to see them all in jail for their bad deeds.
I beg to disagree. They were junior Marcoses.
So let’s make sure that will never happen.When is enough ever enough..we’ve had enough of the Marcoses!
Confirmed Dictators, Liars, Thieves, Murderers and Democracy Annihilators —- these include the perpetrators nearest relatives —— simply do not deserve honor or be buried in the “Libingan Ng Mga Bayani.” They must be completely stripped off anything of value; the contibutions they’ve provided to which their origination have negative memories filled with very contagious and dangerous mental diseases.
Evil will not prevail. Not when as you continue to shed light to the truth that Marcos did not deserve the hero’s burial. As for Bongbong’s presidential ambition, the law of karma will make sure it will not happen. And Imelda will live long to continue hearing it from people wronged by their rapacious regime: Marcos Hitler Dikatador Tuta!
I don’t understand filipinos why they patronize the marcosses. The govt. should change our constitution banning remnants of corrupt presidents. Why is Imelda not prosecuted? she’s still living in the most lavishing lifestyle. Oh yes…. I remember her dancing with the PCGG chairman who was supposed to take the wealth back from her. Another decay of philippine society. Is there any new law graduate out there who can go after Imelda? someone fresh? aggressive and want to make a record?
the same way I don’t understand why a lot of people keep on patronizing the Aquino family. Cory was worth the the blood and tears of EDSA1. But Pnoy? We should have at least drawn the line there. And the blind admiration of Kris whose values I really put into question.
Too bad for you. Most Filipinos think otherwise.
And that is exactly my point… heck they have elected PNoy because he is the son of Cory Aquino – not because he has demonstrated the capabilities to lead this country. Mar Roxas (who I personally would have not voted) is a better alternative than PNoy when we look at their comparative track records.
Inggit kayong maka-Marcos kay PNoy ano.
Sorry to tell you, Ma’am, but P-Noy has no other credential except that he is the son of a “martyr” and a “saint”. “Saint” Córy wanted Noynoy to finish his senatorial term first before aspiring for a higher office, like the Presidency, Noynoy disobeyed his late mother. Better Teodoro, Villar, or Gordon than P-Noy.
I agree with you that his main credential was son of democracy icon.
But sorry. I don’t agree with the rest.
I base this on my interviewed with all of them before the elections. I’ll repost these. The interviewed used to be posted but my former website was downed by a hacker.
Please…spread the word…LET US NOT FORGET!!! Justice for the Land, Justice for the People!
it.s a waste of time
Miss Raissa, I almost voted for Bongbong Marcos last year. Your blog about how Bongbong himself benefited from his parents’ loot changed my mind. I hope you can repost that.
As a history graduate student with a training in journalism, I am interested to go over the declassified Martial Law-era documents. I’m sure many secrets are bound to be revealed there. Mam Raissa, please allow me to share here a photoblog about my recent visit to the Victims of Martial Law Memorial Wall in Manila:
http://rightonthemark.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/a-visit-to-the-victims-of-martial-law-memorial-wall-in-manila/
May kasabihan tayo – kung ano ang puno, siya ang bunga. Even this saying may have its own flaws, but we can always feel more secure in its wisdom.
Let the cry ring all throughout the Philippines and the rest of the world – NEVER AGAIN!
@yob… puedeng malaman ang iyong opinion tungkol kina Cory at Noynoy at kay Cory at Kris patungkol sa kasabihang kung ano ang puno siya ang bunga.
Powerful message!
Perhaps this will now end, unless his spawn Bongbong Marcos succeeds in becoming President. He can then order a hero’s burial for his murderous father.
You’re right.
That’s Imelda’s plan.
This brings shivers down my spine.
We need to make Filipinos remember. People like us who experienced first-hand what it was like under the dictatorship of Marcos and his family should never let the Filipinos forget.
Bongbong is his father’s son, therefore, his values are those he imbibed from the dictator. We all know what Ferdinand, Sr.’s values were. So what can we expect his son learned from him?
We do not want another dictator in Malacañan. Marcos had his time. His children should not be allowed theirs. I never voted for any Marcos and I never will. I do not hate them. Rather I hate what they represent and the memory of what they did should never be forgotten.
@Gigi – Cory was a virtous role model. Can we say the same thing with Kris? Your logic about “BongBong is his father’s son” does not hold water… unless of course you selectively forget that Kris is not a role model in terms of her virtue and values.
how come that only now you exposed the sexual molestation that you had experienced?
You mean that Loretta Ann-Rosales experienced?
Perhaps it was a VERY traumatic experience? Na-rape ka na ba?
Yeah, why only now that Loretta Ann-Rosales exposed her sexual molestation experienced? And we know that it was a VERY traumatic experience. But my question is why only now? I challenge Loretta Ann-Rosales publish her answer through your column?
Na-rape ka na ba? LOL, what a silly question of a journalist. Your question should be within the context of the subject itself. What about you? Na-rape ka na ba?