Bilibid High-Profile detainee Colangco to testify versus De Lima — DOJ

Sentenced equipped thief and street pharmacist Herbert Colangco will affirm against Sen. Leila De Lima, Justice Sec. Vitaliano Aguirre II said on Friday, as reported by radio dzBB. Beside Colangco, who is kept at the New Bilibid Prison, other prominent detainees will likewise affirm that de Lima got drug cash. "Colangco is one of the 10 to 12 prominent detainees na mag-te-affirm," Aguirre said.
Aguirre had said two witnesses guaranteed De Lima professedly got P5 million from medication continues in only one conveyance at her home in Parañaque City. A previous authority and specialists of the National Bureau of Investigation have additionally guaranteed to affirm on De Lima's medication joins, as indicated by the Justice boss. The House of Representatives has set the hearing on the claimed expansion of unlawful medications at the New Bilibid Prison on September 20 which De Lima said she would not go to, refering to interparliamentary obligingness. De Lima is likewise confronting a morals grievance recorded before the Senate morals board of trustees over her asserted inclusion in the unlawful medication exchange. The congressperson has since denied the assertions against her.

Miriam back to battling cancer in Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Former Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago is again at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a healing facility in Manila and is in basic condition.

Sources told the Manila Bulletin that the feisty representative, who has been engaging Stage 4 lung disease, is back at the ICU, this time, at the St. Luke's Medical Center-Global City, Taguig.

As per sources, the congressperson has been at the ICU since September 3. #LabanMiriam

Santiago was diagnosed with cancer in 2014 but later on announced she was able to “conquer” her illness.

However, she later on developed anorexia as side-effect of her continuous medication.

Despite this, she was able to bounce back and decided to run for the May 2016 presidential elections with Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. as her vice-presidential candidate.

However, then Davao City Mayor and now President Rodrigo Duterte defeated her and four other presidential bets.

During the campaign, Santiago rarely held sorties due to her illness. She skipped the second presidential debate organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announcing she is undergoing clinical trial of an anti-cancer drug.

10 Battalions soldiers of Japan GOVERNMENT Pledges to help CRUSH the ABU SAYYAF GROUP in the Philippines.

Manila Philippines - Just in. Without so much ado and without being asked by the Philippines government and military, Japan pledges 8 battalions of their soldiers to help crush the terrorist Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines. This came almost 24 hours after the group bombed Davao City and killed 14 and wounded 70 plus people late last night at the night market. Shinzo Abe, Japan's Prime Minister was reported to reach to President Rody Duterte and offered help to send the Japanese soldier anytime the President Duterte okays the move. No further information is yet available and this still needs to be confirmed. Sources from the Malacanang Palace told a few reporters that this news is still hush-hush until it is verified by the President himself. A few Filipinos who are solid Duterte supporters rejoiced after hearing this very good news. Japan's soldiers will consist of more than 8,000 and a fleet of tanks and helicopters. It is rumored that Japan's Prime Minister really admires President Duterte's drive against crime, drugs and corruption.

Marcos is NOT a hero

Manila Philippines - Atenews, the official student publication of Ateneo de Davao University, opposes Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s decision of burying the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes' Cemetery).
Like other campus publications and members of the press, Atenews, a 61-year-old publication, was silenced, violated, and harassed under the Marcos Regime. Atenews was just among the thousands of Martial Law victims who were illegally murdered, tortured, and imprisoned while the Marcoses enjoyed billions of ill-gotten wealth they amassed from the people. No achievements nor storied contributions of Marcos could outweigh the amount of injustices he brought to our country.
Atenews believes that to bury a dictator like Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani is an insult both to the victims of the Martial Law and to the genuine heroes buried in the said cemetery. We would not allow this symbolic place to be stained by the decays of a mass murderer. We cannot imagine the future generation being misled by a burial that a dictator does not deserve.
We are urging Pres. Duterte to change his decision and recognize the woes of the Martial Law victims and groups who condemn the said burial. There is no way we can move on from an ugly past by glorifying the individual who started it. As Harriet Jacobs said, "There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury."

We will never forget. Marcos is NOT a hero.

An Open Letter To President Barack Obama.

An Open Letter To President Barack Obama.

The White House

With A Prayer for a successful meeting between him and President Duterte.

Dear President Obama,

As a Citizen of the world and a believer in Change, allow me to write you an open letter to attempt to articulate the audacity of the Filipino people to hope for a better future and to aspire for a nation that is secure,peaceful,law abiding and prosperous.

While we are still mourning and recovering from the Davao Bombing, while our law enforcers are sacrificing and doing their duty everyday to reclaim communities from narcotics and criminality (many police officers have died in the line of duty), while our President is pursuing peace and fighting corruption, powerful forces are working against us (locally and internationally).

I write to you because more than any other person, you know how it feels to have the weight of the world on your shoulders.

To have the burden of fixing the problems of your own country but having to constantly live up to the expectations of the entire world.

To be called on, and depended on but at the same time to be hated and cursed at.

To be pulled and torn in every direction and at every crossroad.

I ask myself where does President Obama get the strength to see this through? It can only have come from the grace of GOD and a deep love of one's people and of all humanity.

Despite all the challenges, you have persevered and have accomplished so much.

Now it is our turn. Our turn to experience Change we can believe in.

We finally have a President who has faith in GOD, who has a deep love for our people, who is willing to sacrifice even his life and honor to see that change comes to all Filipinos.

President Duterte and our entire nation is now fighting 3 wars simultaneously.

1. The War against poverty (which includes leveling a playing field that by and large only oligarchs grow and prosper while the greater majority struggles just to survive);

2. The War against crime, illegal drugs and corruption, and;

3. The War on war. The quest for a just and inclusive peace and an end to the decades-long communist insurgency as well as other rebellions in our country.

After decades of hopelessness and up to 10 million Filipinos leaving our country to find work in foreign lands and after an entire generation exposed to the perils of illegal drugs, we finally have a President who is trying to get the country back on the right track.

Mr President, how many times have you been misjudged, prejudged or judged unjustly because of your nationality, Party affiliation, stand on issues or even your skin color?

Yet despite all these, you persevered. You never gave up! If there were mistakes along the way, you learned from those mistakes and you spawned an entire generation of people around the world saying "Yes We Can!"

Will you now allow us to lose hope and fail? Will the West deny us the "Change we can believe in?" Just because some people have misjudged our beloved President based on how he speaks. Aggrevated by an obvious misinformation campaign about the human rights situation in the country.

Does he not deserve to be judged on his record and his actions? On facts and not manipulated statistics? On where he wants to bring the country rather than his sometimes politically incorrect words?

We Filipinos will always be your brothers and sisters. Your allies and friends. But we also deserve our own national identity and a chance for an independent foreign policy.

A foreign policy for Filipinos by Filipinos. A balanced friendship with our oldest ally and big brother the United States of America on one hand and a friendship of mutual respect with our neighbor China on the other.

You have tried at every turn to avoid war and done everything for peace! Can't we work on a win win win situation for the U.S.A, Philippines and China?

Over the last 7 years you have patiently addressed concerns of pessimists, critics and hardliners and pushed your peoples agenda forward inch by inch.

Well now the pessimists, critics and hardliners in the West, the United Nations, and the Philippines want us to continue to bicker and disagree. To let disagreements escalate into fights. And for what? So that no one wins?

Hardliners fear the Philippine government will make peace with the communist rebels.

Critics Fear that CHRISTians and Muslims can't build communities and a Nation together?

Pessimists say that we can't be a drug free Country.

Will we let the pessimists and hardliners win Mr President? Or will we persevere and try to understand each other, so we can wake up one day to a peaceful, prosperous and progressive Philippines.

Can't we give the Philippines and President Duterte a Chance?

As We Pray that GOD Blesses America, We ask The Americans to be used by GOD To Bless The Philippines.

GOD Bless You President "Yes We Can" Obama!

GOD Bless President Rody Duterte!

GOD Bless The Philippines!

Respectfully,

Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano

Source: Alan Peter S. Cayetano