CLEAN THE RANKS OF THE POLICE FORCE IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A DRUG AND CRIME FREE PHILIPPINES

By Bayawanon

It seems like our country cannot attain a crime and the drug-free Philippines within the term of the current Philippine president for the reason that in many instances, the men in the police themselves were or are involved in criminality and drugs themselves. What is sad with this, is that plenty of the men and women of the police force were/are involved in the illegal activities are/were high ranking officials in the Philippine National Police.

Police Supt. Marvin Marcos was the team leader of the police force

which stormed the sub-provincial jail of Leyte to serve a questionable search warrant therein during dawn time, a very unholy hour to serve a search warrant and thereby exterminating then-Mayor Espinosa of Albuera, Leyte. Supt. Marcos was actually under the list of Kerwin Espinosa, the son of the late mayor, a drug lord himself to be one of his protectors.

Police Supt. Dumlao, one of the high-ranking operatives of the now-defunct AIDG or the Anti Illegal Drugs Group was found out to be the mastermind of the kidnapping/tokhang for ransom and murder of a South Korean national.

Police Supt. Lito Cabamongan, one of the big whigs of the Philippine National Crime Laboratory was caught flat-footed in a drug raid in a drug den and was tested positive by way of a drug test.

Police Supt. Nobleza was caught with her Abu Sayyaf boyfriend in Bohol for attempting to rescue an Abu Sayyaf fighter in the midst of the police and military offensives against the Abu Sayyaf in the said tourist island.

Just lately, a police station in Tondo, Manila was discovered by the Commission on Human Rights to have a secret cell in consonance with the illegal activities of the police officers therein in connection with extortion. The possible causes of those who were detained there may not be filed in court and they may be released immediately from police custody if the ones being detained from such a highly controversial station would pay money to the police officers of such police precinct.

With these developments, do you think the drug and crime problems of the country be solved by the president by way of his police forces when plenty of his police forces are highly questionable and are even involved in drugs and criminality?

In connection with these issues, if I may have the right to suggest, I propose that the ranks of the Philippine National Police be purged exhaustively for the same to function as a very effective arm of the force of the law.

WAS GINA LOPEZ SACRIFICED?

By Bayawanon

A weird happening came into fruition in the final confirmation hearing of Regina "Gina" Lopez to be the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary before the joint session of the Senate and the House in its Commission on Appointments, since the administration senators and congressmen who were expected to side and vote for her rejected her, and the opposition members of the Commission on Appointments who were expected to deny her voted for her confirmation.

What does it mean? Does it mean that she was dropped by the current national leadership in exchange of something? Is it not that the president has lobbied for her confirmation because of her excellent performance as an environment chief? Is it not that what the president wants, the president gets, so why was Gina Lopez not confirmed?

Was Gina Lopez not confirmed because there is a congressman-member of the Commission on Appointments who happens to be a brother of a mine owner? Was Gina Lopez not confirmed since there is a congressman-member of the powerful Commission on Appointments who happens to be a brother of an aspirant to the environment post as its top honcho? Was Secretary Lopez not confirmed because of the fact that she is a member of the Lopez family, the owner of the ABS-CBN network which is exposing the dreaded drug war of the current regime?

For all I know, Congressman Ronaldo Zamora's brother is a big time mining operator and Congressman Joseph Tolentino's brother, former MMDA Chairman Bambol Tolentino would like to be DENR Secretary too. Bear in mind that both Zamora and Tolentino were two of the majority members of the Commission on Appointments who blocked Secretary Lopez's confirmation. Secondly, Secretary Lopez is a member of the Lopez family who owns the ABS-CBN network, a bastion of democracy in the field of free press, which might have run over the ego of the present supreme national leader, thus the retaliation.

According to the good president, Gina Lopez was not confirmed due to the lobby money of mining firms. Paying the senators and congressmen by way of lobby money for Gina Lopez not to be confirmed as an environment czar is purely and simply a case of bribery, so why not the president file a case of bribery against his pet senators and congressmen and the mining people who bribed them?

The rejection by the CA of Gina Lopez's ad interim appointment as environment guru was so weird because Gina Lopez was actually the best thing that ever happened to the Duterte presidency for her no non-sense implementation of the environmental laws. Everyone aside from the mining firms was expecting Lopez to be confirmed as the environment department's highest official for her sterling performance in her department, but lo and behold, the exact opposite happened.

I hope that the president would let this happening be investigated and that the proper criminal and administrative cases be filed against the culprits for trying to fool around with the law if evidences would be produced against them, otherwise Gina Lopez would clearly be considered a sacrificial lamb by the current national leadership.

THE RATIONALES WHY CHINA WON'T SANCTION NORTH KOREA

By Bayawanon

Despite the North Korean leader's threat to the regional security in the East Asian Region and even the world by way of North Korea's nuclear missile tests, China as a superpower still does not take any steps of disciplining the same. If China really cares about regional and world security, China as a superpower and as a member of the well-respected member of the United Nations Security Council must sanction North Korea. But it seems like China cannot and will not take any steps in controlling Kim-Jung-Un's threat to the world for China and North Korea are almost synonymous.

As I would try to dig deeper historically and politically, I could see five reasons why China won't sanction North Korea politically, economically, or militarily as I would try to discuss it below, and these are the following: 1) North Korea, China, and Russia are traditional allies all the way back from the late 1940s and even from the Korean War era; 2) China and North Korea are communists; 3) China has business interests in North Korea; 4) Because of the long-standing relations between North Korea and China, there are now plenty of Chinese-North Koreans inasmuch as there are also many North Korean-Chinese, and lastly 5) China can and may use North Korea as a pawn in a possible shooting war with her rival the United States of America.

i) North Korea, China, and Russia are traditional allies all the way back from the late 1940s and the Korean War era -- The pages of world history would tell us that after the second world war, Korea was divided into two, the North and the South, the North became a communist country and became allies naturally with the gargantuan communist countries like China and Russia. When former North Korean leader Kim-Il-Sung decided to invade South Korea which would eventually start a Korean War, China together with Russia, supported North Korea in such a war, since then China and North Korea became traditional allies and are inseparable and because of this China can hardly impose sanctions against North Korea.

ii) China and North Korea are communists countries -- Since both China and North Korea are all communist countries, they share the same ideologies and they become like fraternal brothers. Fraternal brothers usually help each other and do not destroy each other, hence Chinese intervention in the North Korean missile tests is very remote if not nil.

iii) China has business interests in North Korea -- After the Korean War, China made many business investments in North Korea and plenty of Chinese businesses have sprouted in North Korea, if China would sanction North Korea on its aggressive stance by producing nuclear warheads and testing the same, then the Chinese business interests in North Korea would be greatly affected since the North Korean government may no longer support the same.

iv) Because of the long-standing relations between North Korea and China, there are now plenty of Chinese-North Koreans inasmuch as there are also many North Korean-Chinese -- After the Korean War, many Chinese migrated to North Korea and vice-versa in the name of adventure and business because of these, many Chinese became North Korean citizens and many North Koreans became Chinese citizens. So how could China discipline North Korea if they are that close?

v) China can and may use North Korea as a pawn in a possible war with her rival the United States of America -- If North Korea would wage hostilities with the United States of America a very known staunch oppositor of the North Korean missile production and tests, China would have little problems in fighting the United States of America tooth and nail. North Korea is actually an extended arm of Communist China in sowing terror in the world, so why does China lift any finger in warning North Korea regarding her nuclear warhead tests?

Because of the following premises, China won't take any steps in controlling North Korea regarding the nuclear ambitions of the latter, since the former is actually using North Korea for its selfish ambitions and interests too.