“We have no problem to cooperate in the recovery of the Marcos wealth, but we cannot and we will not cooperate in the recovery of the alleged “ill-gotten” Marcos wealth, because, by Swiss law, we have to protect our clients from fraud and false claims and until now any allegation of “ill-gotten” is unproven and therefore a false claim, even if it is made by the Philippine Government”. – Swiss Federal Court and Swiss Banks, 1998, in a repeat letter to PCGG Commissioner Alexander Gesmundo. First letter to that effect in 1996 to PCGG Chairman Gunigundo. page 13 –
Cory Aquino always denied the existence of any gold. CIA authors wrote books like “ASIAN LOOT” and “HOW MARCOS LOOTED THE CENTRAL BANK”, ably joined by local authors of the macabre caliber of a Jovito Salonga and Erick San Juan who have to cover up. Ex-President Ramos always said: “Gold? I don’t know what you are talking about.” Question is: Why do they have to lie to us? And the answer is: Read the following live report! - page 37 - SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
overpowering her increasingly well-oiled machine. But his strength is ebbing, and even his capacity to lead is beginning to be questioned by those who love him. Snap out of it, Ronnie, unless you want to be dethroned ignominously by those who profess to be your most loyal "knights". Imagine Da King surrounded by gorilla King Kongs, beasts of the political jungle – and you can spot the dilemma. FPJ’s sincerity is never in doubt. It’s his ability which must be demonstrated along with his intestinal fortitude, and his charisma in real life, not the deceptive "reel life" of film. As an experienced actor, why isn’t he acting the part of a slambang candidate many are asking, a righter of wrongs, a determined crusader wielding the Excalibur of Light? "He’s not only acting according to a bad script, it seems that he’s without a script," a perceptive critic told this writer yesterday. The word on the street remains the same: Unite or perish. But first, FPJ has to unite his own party. As for Ping Lacson, I repeat, is it a choice between feng shui and chop suey? Ping is one of the smartest, and best-qualified in the race. However, it’s mystifying how he can hope to make it without a vice presidential team-mate, a Senatorial slate, a congressional line-up, a network of provincial and municipal candidates, and a organization. This we’ve got to see. - page 164 - B·A·C·K·B·E·N·C·H·E·R ROD P. KAPUNAN Voting against the usurper is patriotism
know very well why they are so eager to lend more to the Philippine President. But beware, it is not the President, it is not Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who will borrow, it is the Republic of the Philippines. That is you, and me, and every Filipino, even the unborn, all of us, rich or poor. One day we will have to pay for what she borrowed for and on our behalf. Thank you, but no thank you. How do we deserve that? Well, we can always say we did not know but that does not help us any later. Someone has to pay and that is nobody else but us. At least, for now, we can always hope that she will clean up the mess she has created in GSIS, SSS, PAGCOR, Charity Sweepstakes, and wherever else she was able to “borrow” money. Nice of her, noh? Now all Filipinos can go back to what they do best, watch Paloma, Love Storm, Bubble Gum, Star Talk. That’s exciting. Hopefully there will be more programs with more big boobs. Now that the sex train has started rolling, there is no way to stop it. In our mid-day shows you see already our young daughters learning how to look seductive. Like hookers. They make more money on TV than in the cabaret. Some people call that University of Pegasus. Morals? Ethics? Real values, anyone? All talk, no action. Sex is a selling argument that nobody can deny. You may like it or hate it; that is up to you. But selling is money and money talks. Bullshit walks, you know that. Now I will ask you a question and please be honest to yourself: Imagine, Jesus Christ comes back to earth and he lands in Makati Avenue. He has no money, no cellphone, no ATM card. No money to eat, walang pamasahe! Will anybody believe him? He does not even have a clean haircut. Chances are, mga kaibigan, that you will not believe him. You know the tricks - page 205 -
Z·O·O·M·I·N·G··I·N RUDY ROMERO FPJ, President-elect Monday, 05 24, 2004 With the passing of the days, it has become virtually certain that Fernando Poe Jr., won the May 10 presidential elections and it is only a matter of time before this fact is validated by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel). Malacañang is doing everything to prevent the Filipino people from beginning to believe that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lost the elections to FPJ. Two things provide support for the increasingly firm belief that FPJ was the victor on May 10. Ironically, the first of these partook of the nature of a self-inflicted wound. In previous presidential elections, the newspapers and television networks maintained running tallies of votes cast for candidates for up to two weeks after election day. But in 2004, they curiously stopped maintaining such tallies barely thee days after May 10. This was a sharp departure from the practice of these media institutions in times past. Many Filipinos — more Filipinos than Malacañang cares to admit — interpreted that departure from practice to mean that Malacañang could no longer cope with a torrent of vote totals indicating a tide of national support for the man whom GMA and her followers derided as "that high school dropout." Since the newspapers and TV networks in question would not be able to keep up with the pro-FPJ victories up and down the country, they decided to stop featuring vote tabulations altogether. - page 252 -