Old man arrested for allegedly stealing 10 kilos of mangoes, meanwhile convicted Imelda Marcos is still free due to old age

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The Philippines' justice system is a total wreck, for the poor and is very civil, to the wealthy.

Narding Floro, an 80-year-old man from Asingan, Pangasinan, was arrested on January 13, 2022 for allegedly stealing 10 kg of mangoes. 

“Pinapitas ko yung isang puno ng manga wala pang sampung kilo, ang alam ko sakop namin. Noong binakuran nila, sinakop naman na nila pero tanim ko naman yun.” Lolo Floro said.

He added that he tried to settle things and volunteered to just pay for the mangoes rather than go to court. However, he was told that he should just pay the P6,000 bail. 

To think that it was him who planted that tree yet ibang tao makikinabang just because they claim sa kanila yung lupa??  

Meanwhile, Imelda Marcos has a warrant of arrest pero it was never implemented and she walks free.

Imelda Marcos was convicted guilty of 7 counts of graft in 2018 but has never seen a day in jail. She was sentenced to a minimum of 42 years in prison but was deemed “too old” to keep behind bars.

Si Imelda nga malaya eh bilyung dolyar ang ninakaw tapos eto pinitas lang yung itinanim niyang puno?

Pero kay Imelda na convicted hindi ipinakulong?! Dahil ba Marcos ay may consideration?

Get lost with your selective justice. This is not fair at all.

I'll rant because this government is making me sick. Stealing is not right even though tatay is 80 years old already but he explained and reached out for an agreement. Maliit na bagay compared to what Imelda Marcos did pero hindi nakulong?

Sorry tatay Narding. Our justice system is for the rich, powerful and politician only. 

Justice should be for everyone but what's happening is, ang hustisya ay para lamang sa mga mayayaman at nasa posisyon o may impluwensiya. Bumaba na lang sila sa puwesto because they don't obey the law in the first place. Mga clown.

Batangas Forum Together with FDCP Hold Series of Filmmaking Workshops for Batangueños

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From the Batangas Forum for Good Governance and Development Association, Inc.  (BF), in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), comes a series of online workshops on the foundational skills in filmmaking through the FDCP  Film Talks @ Doon Po Sa Amin Pride Campaign for all Saturdays of January 2022.

The creative videography workshop series aiming to encourage the creation of worthwhile content through video productions highlighting Batangas’ culture and heritage commenced last January 8, 2022 and welcomed 120 participants to its initial session on visual storytelling. Majority of the selected participants are from the youth sector of Batangas,18 to 30 years of age.

The conclusion of the four-part virtual workshop is an invitation by the Batangas Forum for participants to produce short videos captured through mobile devices for a Festival of Short Videos to be held within this year. ​The coming festival is a key component of the organization's Doon Po Sa Amin Pride Campaign, an initiative to awaken the sense of pride of the people of Batangas through the production and dissemination of short videos that will showcase the many unique and distinguishing aspects of the culture and heritage of the province.

“The Doon Po Sa Amin Pride Campaign was also designed to uplift the morale of the Batangueños and send a message of positivity in the midst of these difficult times of the pandemic,” Batangas Forum President Mauro Barradas added.

The pride campaign was the brainchild of Batangas Forum member Direk Leo Martinez,  a veteran actor, filmmaker, and icon of Batangas. It seeks to be a push in reigniting local cultural​ and heritage consciousness and appreciation. The partnership with the FDCP strengthens the core of the project by giving opportunities for the participants, especially the young students, ​to nurture and hone their creative talents by learning from industry experts.

The FDCP Film Talks @ Doon Po Sa Amin Pride Campaign have put together a line of award-winning speaker-mentors for the different sessions—John Carlo Pacala for Storytelling last January 8, Zig Dulay for Introduction to Directing last January 15, Anjanmar Rebeta for Basic Cinematography on January 22, and Ilsa Malsi for Basic Editing on January 29.

In his remarks during the opening session of the workshop, Direk Leo Martínez, the Chair of the Batangas Forum's Doon Po Sa Amin Pride Campaign Committee, expressed Batangas Forum's deep appreciation for the generosity of the FDCP in providing this free virtual workshop for the aspiring filmmakers and film practitioners from his home province, Batangas.

On her part, FDCP Chairperson and CEO Liza Diño noted that, “This initiative of Batangas Forum matches the thrusts of our agency which includes the promotion of culture and heritage through films, popularizing filmmaking in the regions, and conducting local and international cinema festivals, among many others. And we are just so delighted to work with BF to kickstart the year with this activity.”

Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas, in his keynote remarks at the event, warmly commended the FDCP and the Batangas Forum for the joint project and strongly encouraged the participants to take full advantage of the unique opportunity the workshop offers so that, with the knowledge that they will acquire, they may contribute to the upliftment of the culture and heritage of Batangas.

The final outputs of the creative videography workshop capturing the sources of pride of  Batangas will be showcased in the forthcoming short video festival to be organized this year by the Batangas Forum. These videos may also be used as promotion materials of the province and its towns and cities, and, in the long run, serve as records of the province’s culture and heritage for future generations. Further details will be shared through FDCP’s social media pages.

Post Office employees get booster jabs

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Postmaster General Norman Fulgencio of the Philippine Post Office has announced that they have conducted and administered the first batch of booster jabs on 1,000 post office frontline personnel and their eligible dependents with the assistance from Presidential Adviser for COVID-19 Response Secretary Vince Dizon and the City of Manila under the leadership of Mayor Isko Moreno.

Another 2,500 doses will be allocated for the 2nd batch post office employees and their eligible dependents this coming February 03.

“At the start of the year, a total of 3,500 booster shots has been allotted to post office employees and their families which is necessary to protect them against Omicron variant of COVID-19.”, Fulgencio said.

He added, “getting a Covid Vaccine booster shot gives public confidence that we are serving, including post office personnel and letter carriers they are dealing with are fully vaccinated with booster, erasing fear and doubts of acquiring the virus”.

Postal Areas nationwide are advised to coordinate with their local Barangay Health Unit.

“We are taking early guard to make our employees safe against new cases of infection surge across the country”, Fulgencio noted.

The government noted that vaccinations and boosters help lower the mortality risk and the burden on the country's health infrastructure.

Postmaster General Norman “Mr. Postman” Fulgencio thanked the Office of the President headed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for their support in the vaccination of post office workers and for his continuing effort to protect employees from contracting the virus to keep the workplace safe.

“It is necessary for our essential workers to secure vaccines most especially the letter carriers who are usually exposed in the field, as they continue to interact with the public in delivering mails and parcels”, he said.