ILONGGO'S MUST UNITE FOR MAR ROXAS

Ilonggo’s Must Unite for Mar Roxas By: Deo Antonio D. Llamas

Early this morning I came across the A.I. Abyan Ilonggo Party List.And I like what I heard in their jingle it was... Ilonggo Unite. Taga Antique kabala?taga Capiz ka bala?, taga Aklan ka bala?, taga Guimaras ka bala?, taga Negros ka bala?,taga Romblon ka bala?, taga Palawan ka bala?, taga Iloilo ka bala? Ilonggo ka.

Knowing glimpse of our past history Panay was the most populated Island during Spanish time and next to us is Pangasinan including the Ilocano region. But some how mass migration happened when Mindanao was opened, Negros Island was opened, Manila or NCR was opened and even Hawaii, Guam and the U.S.was opened. It was the Ilonggo's who first migrated.. Cebuanos which Duterte belongs claim that they have the biggest voting block around 2.8 million for the Province island of Cebu and their neighboring Cebuano speaking provinces and island neighbors including many parts of Mindanao of which Ilonggo speaking community and Ilocanos have shared territories for peace and civility with our Muslim brothers. Miriam Santiago is capitalizing on Ilonggo/ Ilocano votes. Grace Poe is Ilonggo/Ilocano/ Mindanao, Jojomar Binay Norhern Luzon/NCR. Here we see the Ilonggo has been divided again, the Cebuano and the Ilocanos are quite solid. This is the challenge they have keep us divided shall we allow this again. Ilonggos Must Unite for Mar Roxas.
But as an aspiring politician . I took interest in the election results and I have observed that there are more Ilonggo Senators than Cebuano Senators and most of the time the No.1 Senator is either an Ilonggo or those who claim or have roots from Panay or Negros. To name a few: Sen. Mar Roxas Sen, Grace Poe Sen. Manny Villar- Dugong Ilonggo Laking Tondo Sen. Miriam Santiago Sen. Franklin Drilon Sen. Loren Legarda-has roots in Antique Sen.Serge Osmena -Ilonggo/ Cebuano descent Sen. John Osmena - Ilonggo/ Cebuano descent Sen.Roilo Golez- Iloilo/ Romblon Sen. Teofisto Guingona=Iloilo- Guimaras Sen.Nikki Coseteng- Iloilo Sen. Migz Zubiri- roots is from Negros Sen. Yulo Sen. Rodolfo Ganzon Sen. Zulueta

PART 2 MEDIA NINJA

Not known to many Panay or Iloilo Province in particular has a silent industry here. The best assassins for hire, The best security and personal protection services and probably has one of the most number of security agencies operating nationwide. So too in the field of politics we have produce the best media outfit our very own Lopez’es ABS-CBN and the Florete’s Bombo Radyo. We do even have the oldest and still existing press Club in the country our Iloilo Press Club. The watchmen.

But sad to say it is noted that we have produce as well the best Assassins for hire in the Fourth estate, this I call the Media Ninja ha ha ha. Specializes in the Art of Character Assassination damaging their target victims reputation and public perception and with internet age now a new breed has evolve the Ninja bloggers he he he. Like in marketing it is the battle of the minds and will capturing the masses attention, flooding images that creates a perception of truth or misdirection or truth mix with lie. Political Operators, Spin Doctors have this on their arsenal. As 2016 Presidential election is fast approaching we Ilonggos have dream of having an Ilonggo President again. For quite sometime in fact more than 68 years have past since President Manuel A. Roxas. He was was the fifth President of the Philippines who served from 1946 until his death in 1948. He briefly served as the third and last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from May 28, 1946 to July 4, 1946, subsequently becoming the first President of the independent Third Philippine Republic after the United States ceded its sovereignty over the Philippines. Now his grandson Mar Roxas is the hope of the Ilonggo's to have this dream come true.

VICTIM OR VICTOR

Early as the last Presidential Election of 2010. Mar Roxas was the favored one of the Liberal Party to be their Presidential Candidate. But destiny had its plan. The death of our beloved Pres. Cory Aquino turned the course of event that paved the way for Mar Roxas to gave way to a man of Destiny our President Benigno S. Aquino. Remember " Bayan Muna Bago Sarili" a perfect example of what Mar Roxas is made of. There was a movement that started here in Iloilo a signature campaign for Noynoy Aquino to run for President . It was NAPM -Noynoy Aquino for Presdient Movement , Atty. Dan Cartagena started it all. I was a member as well. A hurricane of support, a gesture of honoring the late Pres. Cory Aquino clamored for Nonoy Aquino to run for President and the rest is history. Mar Roxas run for Vice President then but NOYBI (Noynoy- Binay) won that election. Mar Roxas was appointed as DILG Secretary and has served with at most integrity and competency. He has also served as DTI Secretary, DOTC Secretary, Senator and Congressman.

Being the next Presidentiable Candidate for 2016 election every move of Mar Roxas has been watch and monitored, finding mistakes to be used against him when election come by aspiring Presidentiables as well and rival political parties with malicious intent like hungry lions ready to devour its prey showing signs of weakness and mistakes. Mar Roxas made mistakes but what he has accomplished had the greatest impact for the Filipino people. Mar Roxas accomplishments dramatically overshadow his mistakes. Allow me to share his biography and accomplishments : MAR ROXAS

Biography

'Mr. Palengke' is Senator MAR Roxas, the son of the illustrious Senator Gerry Roxas, and the grandson of the venerable President Manuel Roxas whose public service careers have greatly benefited the country. MAR graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1974 and the Wharton School of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. Before entering public service, MAR worked as an investment banker, mobilizing venture capital funds for Small and Medium Enterprises.

MAR's public service life began in the House of Representatives in 1993. After his congressional stint, he was appointed as Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry; and then in 2004, he was elected to the Senate with a staggering 20 million votes, the largest ever obtained by a candidate in any Philippine election.

Owing to his record of accomplishments as a public servant and political leader, the international community described MAR as "one of the young leaders in politics and business who will bring Asia and the Pacific to the forefront of world affairs." At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, MAR was named as "one of the Global Leaders of Tomorrow who is expected to shape the future." Recently, the Singapore Government has awarded him as the 16th Lee Kuan Yew Fellow.

Majority Leader of the House of Representatives

MAR joined the government in 1993 as a Congressman representing the 1st District of Capiz. He later became Majority Leader of the House of Representatives.

As a congressman, MAR espoused consumer protection, underscoring the right of every Filipino to affordable medicines, as his personal advocacy. His landmark laws include, among others:

• RA 8759 - establishing in all municipalities a Public Employment Service Office which serves as employment facilitation and information center, and links all job opportunities within the region;
• RA 8748 - amending the Special Economic Zone Act by directly allocating to the municipality or city 2% (out of the 5%) gross tax to be collected from the establishments operating in the ecozone and providing for disturbance compensation for persons to be displaced or evicted by publicly-owned ecozones;
• RA 8756 - incentivizing the establishment of regional headquarters to encourage investment and operation of multinational companies in the country and to generate more jobs.

MAR's stint in the House is most noted for his principal authorship of RA 7880, also known as the Roxas Law, which ensures fair distribution of the education capital budget among all the provinces. This gave life to his advocacy for fair and equitable access to education, free from regional bias and political patronage considerations.

Mr. Palengke in DTI

In 2000, MAR served as Trade and Industry Secretary. During his four-year stint, he pushed for the development of the "palengke" as the basic unit of the economy and the root of progress, staunchly advocating not only consumer welfare and protection but also sound trade and investment policies, particularly SME development.

Education. MAR intensified his commitment to quality education through the Personal Computers for Public Schools (PCPS) Program, which distributed over 30,000 computers to 2,000 public high schools all over the country. PCPS computers provided some 500,000 high school students with the necessary ICT tools and skills.

Trade. MAR's work regarding trade policy was highlighted during the 2003 WTO Meeting in Cancun, Mexico, where he fought for increased market access for Philippine exports, particularly agricultural products and a rationalized Philippine trade regime so domestic industries would not be unduly harmed.

Information Technology. Hailed as the 'Father of the Call Center and Business Process Outsourcing Industries', MAR saw and harnessed the potential of the Philippines as a global e-services hub. He launched 'Make IT Philippines' and organized the first IT-enabled services (ITES) to the US which inevitably led to the biggest global industry names to invest in the country, thereby creating thousands of jobs for Filipino IT workers.

MAR pioneered the establishment of high-technology industry centers and the promotion of the business process outsourcing (BPO) market in the country, particularly call center operations, hence providing jobs and incomes to Filipinos. From a mere 2000 jobs at the onset, the BPO industry now provides hundreds of thousands of jobs, thereby putting the Philippines on the map as a major IT/BPO destination.

Jobs. MAR worked for the reopening of the National Steel Corporation which provided thousands of jobs, income and livelihood to Iligan City, Northern Mindanao and adjacent regions. He also launched the Garment Export Industry Transformation Plan and Assistance Package to enhance the competitiveness of the industry and ensure its viability and vibrancy beyond 2004. Moreover, he initiated the Motor/Vehicle Development Program to promote exports, create a viable market base for our car manufacturers and secure jobs for our workers.

MSMEs. Believing that micro, small and medium enterprises or MSMEs serve as the prime engine for job generation, MAR pushed for MSME development through the SULONG (SMEs Unified Lending Opportunities for National Growth) Program, which granted almost P26.7 billion on low-interest loans to 281,229 SMEs on its first year.

Consumer Welfare. MAR promoted the Tamang Timbang, Tamang Presyo program for consumers to get the "full and best value for their money"; the Presyong Tama, Gamot Pampamilya to make affordable and quality medicines accessible to Filipinos, and Pinoy Pandesal, Palengke ng Bayan, among others. These programs promoted supply chain efficiencies leading to growth and productivity, and a wide range of opportunities and long-term gains.

Being the proponent of the philosophy of 'palengkenomics', which considers the palengke as the economy's weathervane and the mirror by which its over-all health can be seen and measured, MAR to this day continues to conduct weekly monitoring of the prices of prime commodities and maintains strong linkages with suppliers, traders, and vendors in the different wet markets.

"Price is an important economic indicator. It is a crucial determinant of activity in the market place," he said.

Consumerist crusade continues at the Senate

MAR's consumerist crusade continues with his authorship of Senate Bill No. 2139, which seeks to lower the cost of medicines by amending the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. With the approval of this bill, prices of quality medicines are expected to drop resulting in savings for the poor, and better health for all.

MAR resolved to protect consumers from defective and substandard products. Thus, he initiated inquiries, with the end in view of strengthening the Consumer Code of the Philippines, on such legislative proposals as the 'Lemon Law', proper labeling of milk, toys, and food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and stronger safeguards against pyramiding and other similar scams.

As chairperson of the Senate Committees on Trade and Commerce and on Economic Affairs and as co-chairperson of the Congressional Oversight Committee on the Electronic Commerce Law, MAR continued to nurse the economy back to robust health through education, information technology, job creation, and development of small and business enterprises.

When the pre-need industry succumbed to a mismanagement-spawned financial crisis, which threatened to wipe out the investments of thousands of consumers in pre-need plans, he filed a bill, the Pre-Need Act of 2005, to improve and strengthen industry regulation and safeguard consumer interest. MAR's leadership at the time provided pre-need plan holders a veritable lifeline.

For MAR, the exercise of public leadership entails accountability and transparency which should bring about people empowerment. He has called for a paradigm shift in policy-making, rejecting incrementalism, or the tingi mentality, which has resulted to 'doing a little bit of everything to please a little bit of everyone.'

"People can hardly feel the impact of incrementalism. Government must target the people's most pressing concerns and focus its resources on completely addressing these problems. We can't be doing what we used to do in the past simply because if we did, there is no reason to expect that the future would be any different," he said.

He complements his youth and dynamism by listening to the voices of the common Filipino, reaching out to them through personal interaction, the media, and various IT tools. His website, www.marroxas.com, is a sampler of his IT inclination, an interactive site that dispenses user-friendly information and serves as repository of public sentiment.

MAR has distinguished himself as a public servant in his own unique way, following the imprints of his forbears yet with the courage and competence to carve his own path as a national leader.

(From Thinking Pinoy site)

Summary of positions held since he entered politics in 1993.

• 1993  – 2000 : Congressman, 1^st District of Capiz
• 2000 – 2003 : Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
• 2004 – 2010 : Senator
• 2011  – 2012  : Secretary, Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)
• 2012  – 2015 : Secretary, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)

Mar Roxas  has considerable experience in public administration for almost two decades now. 

This clearly proves he is the most qualified and experienced and has the skills, moral fiber to be our next President.

MAR ROXAS ATON INI!!! 

MAR- BAYAN MUNA BAGO SARILI

MAR- MARANGAL.HINDI BASTOS

MAR- MARANGAL HINDI CORRUPT

MAR- MARANGAL HINDI MAGNANAKAW

MAR- MARAMING PAMILYA UMUNLAD NA

MAR- MARAMING TRABAHO TINAGUYOD

MAR- MARAMING NEGOSYONG UMASENSO

MAR- MARAMING NAGAWA NA AT MAGAGAWA PA

MAR- MARAMING PILIPINO NATULUNGAN NA 

ECO-ZONE, BPO, PESO AT CHEAP MEDICINE LAW

MAR- MAGALANG AT RESPETADO DI BARUMBADO

MAR- MAGALING AT RESPONSABLE
MAR- MAYGOOD MANNERS AND RIGHT CONDUCT