BF for President 2010 Movement U.S.A.

[prezmascla]

A small gathering of our "kababayan" was held last April 14, 2008 at the Salu-Salo Grill Restaurant in Cerritos, California.

Our special guest is Mayor Marides, who talk about the need or help they need from us. Especially for the BF 2010 Presidential election. It was agreed upon that we are going to established a movement to reach out the Fil-Am association here in the U.S./Canada.

Notables Marikenians were in attendance: Boying dela Paz, Olegario/Josie Teodoro, Monet Lu, Ella Santos, Jimmy Alvarez, Boy Cotangco, Luming dela Paz, Jess/Lory Pabalan, Roger Carlos, Tessie Asuncion Carlos, Leo Ignacio, & others.

Please reach out to our kababayan.....BF for President 2010.

Leo Ignacio
President
Marikina Association of Southern California
Los Angeles Chapter

[holaca]

I wished I had known that the Mayor was your guest speaker, I would have flown over to join your luncheon since I have a lot to ask her about her inability to take action regarding an on-going problem in Marikina City. Is she returning in here in the US soon? Please let me know when, I 'll will do my best to attend.

Before all of you give her the hail and adoration she does not deserve, please know that she is not what she appears to be. She failed miserably to correct a horrendous situation that is putting people's health in jeopardy in Marikina City while she is here in the US enjoying a safe, clean meal with all of you.

In one of the areas in Marikina, in RESIDENTIAL area, where people sleep, eat and live, a funeral chapel was built illegally from zoning policies. This funeral chapel did not have the proper license to build this building and embalm dead people. A thorough research showed that the engineering department never issued a permit for this chapel to be built being that the zoning is for medium residential area. The Health department representatives could not produce a copy of a permit for the chapel to embalming dead people. The chapel does not have a freezer to keep dead bodies! There is no pick up of bio hazard agents to be properly disposed of. The blood of the dead bodies are directly drained in the soil, body parts are buried in the ground. When the funeral chapel is embalming dead bodies, the smell of formaldehyde is released in the funeral chimney further polluting the already polluted air. The smell of fornmaldihyde is so strong that some of the neighbors including their pets have been hospitalized for distressed breathing. The body fluids drained in the ground is resurfacing! The area where the body parts are buried and are still being buried on a continual basis, remains wet with body fluids being secreted from the ground. So not only is the air the smell of formaldehyde, the ground is also contaminated with blood borne pathogens agents being carelessly released in the environment. All of these contaminants happening no more than a mile from the Marikina Hotel! Wait until the next flood, and it always floods in this part of the city!!

With supporting documentations, a complaint was file directly to the City Mayor and she did nothing. She did not even inform any of the other city departments directly impacted by this transgressions! Isn't she just so proactive and caring..NOT!!!!

Now, the icing on the cake, the funeral chapel's name is KA ANDRES! If you are thinking, I know that name , you are correct! Ka Andres is no other than the vice major of Marikina City! Now is it plain to see now why the Mayor never took action to correct this problem?

So please before we, yes, I was from Marikina as well, start bragging about how disciplined and clean Marikina is, it is not by a long shot! No only do these people living around Katipunan St, have to contend with squatters who have depreciated the value of their property, they are also exposed daily 24/7 to breathing chemically(formaldehyde) induced polluted air, they are also at the risk of contracting infectious diseases like TB, Hepatitis, HIV, flesh eating bacteria through the blood borne pathogens that are released directly into the soil! It is not a matter of, if, but, when, an epidemic of infectious diseases will happen!! The bacteria and germs that are carelessly released into the environment will see to it that an outbreak is just beyond the horizon!

The citizens are exposed to this because of the Mayor's failure to act on this problem! This is all due to the Vice Mayor's self-serving attitude to pad his pocket at the expense of the people who live around the illegally built funeral chapel! I guess the politicians can never change can they?

By the way, one of the radio stations has picked up this story and is airing the Mayor's inaction on a day to day basis!

I felt that not only should the citizens of Marikina know about this but the whole Filipino communities here in the US and Canada must know about this! Just in case any of them are having thoughts in investing their hard earned money in Marikina! They should know what they are getting themselves into!!!

I am on a mission to spread this injustice, I will attend all of the associations here and will send letters to everyone that I could. That is including the Department of Immigration and Naturalization and Embassy in the Philippines so they can decide if they want to alert tourists and Filipinos returning to the Philippines thinking of investing their money in Marikina, maybe, anywhere in the Philippines except Marikina City!!!

And BF, I send him an email about this appealing for help, not only did I not get any response from him, he blocked my email from his in basket, how professional is that??? And you want this people to be the future president and first lady??? Seriously??? You got to be kidding!!! I was hoping that our years here in the US would have taught us that there is this thing as politician they are held accountable for their inaction or actions, much like the Mayor's inaction and the Vice Major's greedy actions!!! What a pair!!!

[holaca]

As a supporting documenatation for the Ka Andres funeral Chapel complaint:
Dear IMB Action Team (Allan Raval, Vera and Team),
Here are the supporting documents you requested from the complainant Mrs. Isabel Inopiquez.

1. Pictures
2. Goverment Documents on Laws & Policies
3. Letter to DOH addressed to Sec Duque.

Additional Info's:

1. Letter to DOH
- according to the Office of Secretary the letter was endorsed to the "Directory of Department of Health Regional Directors and Health Emergency Management Coordinators (7183098)" under Dr. Asuncion M. Aden, but currently Dr. Asuncion is on seminar but you can call his mobile number at 0920-4217011.

According to Dr. Asuncion's Staff under the Environmental & Occupational Health Cluster (5354593 - Mila & Cathy Trinidad) the letter is pending for approval by Dr. Asuncion and will be forward to the Marikina Health Local Gov. I told them that we came to DOH and seek help because the Marikina Local Gov. have done nothing against our complaint because we believe that the Funeral Operation is under the supervision of the Vice Mayor. However, they said that they will relay our concern to the Director regarding that matter.

2. We also brought-up this matter to Erwin Tulfo and Dorris of DZXL (RMN Network) and thankfully they have put us ON-AIR with the Mayor last Sept 15, 2008 10am.. The Mayor told that she will address this matter again to her Vice Marion Andres. But on the next scheduled interview the Mayor and the Vice Mayor is unreachable.

3. The neighbors are also willing to testify against the funeral parlor because they are also very much affected specially the children with formalin exposure and the smell of dead bodies quarantined at the back of their houses.

We came to you because we believe that Media is the only one who can help us on this matter and knowing your team the "Imbetisgador", we know that we are in good hands.

Thank you for your help and we really do appreciate everything.


In addition:
Attached is the complaint letter with signatures from the people living in Katipunan.

. The people in the neighborhood waited for few weeks. They then decided to follow up to find out what was done with the complaint after no activity was seen in regards to their complaint . They went to each of the city departments such as Zoning, Heath and Permit Departments to inquire as to the status of their complaint. At this point they were still very hopeful and have a strong belief that Mayor Fernando will take action. However, no one in the departments they inquired knew what they were taking about, the complaint was not forwarded as Mayor Fernando assured them that she would.

carries the very strong smell of formaldehyde at all times causing breathing problems for the residents in that neighborhood.

5. One of the residents was rushed to the hospital due to exposure to formaldehyde causing the person to suffer from distress breathing. Even a dog was treated and kept in a hospital for several days for distress breathing.

6. The body organs obtained from the dead bodies being embalmed are presumed to be buried in the ground next to a retainer wall of a neighbor. The blood that is presumed to being drained directly into the ground are now beginnig to surface because a distinct wet and smelly spots are beginning to show up in one of the resident's bedroom floor and kitchen.

7. Mayor Fernando's lack of leadership and action was due to the fact that the owner of the illegally built funeral chapel was the Vice Mayor of Marikina City.

8. Out of desperation, one of the neighbors contacted the media for help. The media responded positively and had Mayor Fernando and the complainant interacted. The complainant can ask questions and receive answers directly from Mayor Fernando.
On the air Mayor Fernando, instead of stating that she will investigate the serious complaint, denied knowing that the funeral chapel was built illegally by the Vice Mayor. Mayor Fernando insisted that the zone in that particular area of Marikina City is a industrial area despite of the fact that the complainant had in their possession a legally tendered copy of city zoning laws directly from the Markina City Zoning Department. The documentation specifically states that the neighborhood is indeed a R-2 Zone Medium Residential Houses. The media gave Mayor Marides Fernando several days to research the complaint and also when to meet back on the air to talk about the complaint and what will be done to correct the problem.
The day of the second on the air session came, but Mayor Fernando or any of the City Official representatives failed to show up for the interview Mayor Marides Fernando completely disregarded the media and the complainant.

9. Soon after the on the air session with Mayor Marides Fernando, the complainant started to receive a retribution action by the Vice Major. After years of having a car wash in the complainant's property, the Vice Mayor is now suddenly requiring all car wash businesses to have their own sewer. This action was taken by the complainant as retaliatory because they had the courage to fight for what's right and reserve their rights to live a safe and healthy quality life. Building a sewage will also be costly and potentially could bankrupt their business.
In addition to this, the Vice Mayor sent a relative to the complainant's property to inquire how much they are selling their property and ask several more questions about the standing complaint regarding the funeral house. In the meantime the odour of dead bodies being embalmed are very distinct even to the Vice Mayor's relative, not to mention the chemically induced polluted air the residents have to endure 24/7. The residents are feeling that they are being harassed by city officials.

10. To date, no action has been taken by Mayor Marides Fernando to correct this injustice and preserve the right of the residents to live a safe and healthy lifestyle.

11. The property value of their houses continue to depreciate due to the current condition of the ground seeping questionable fluids and the formaldehyde induced polluted air.

12. Aside from the most serious environmental and health issues that the residents in this areas are suffering from, they have to contend with the squatters who took over people's property all over this particular area of Marikina City. Again, no action form the City Mayor's administration.

How can anyone even consider Mayor Marides Fernando as the best Mayor when she failed miserably to protect the citizens of Marikina City from a potentially infectious disease epidemic that will not only affect the residents around the funeral chapel but could spread in all over Marikina City and other surrounding cities.

The residents of Marikina City affected by the Mayor's indifference and inability to correct a very serious situating oppose that nomination of Mayor Marides Fernando to be The World Best Mayor! She demonstrated her weakness by not acting and correcting what are for the best interests of Marikina City residents! She is continually tolerates the Vice Mayor to operate an illegal funeral chapel where embalming are done continuously throughout the day thus contaminating the environment and polluting the air with formalydehyde. Please do not compromise this pretigious award by even considering Mayor Marides Fernando as one of the nominees!

Please note the attached:


Dear IMB Action Team (Allan Raval, Vera and Team),
Here are the supporting documents you requested from the complainant Mrs. Isabel Inopiquez.
1. Pictures
2. Goverment Documents on Laws & Policies
3. Letter to DOH addressed to Sec Duque.
Additional Info's:
1. Letter to DOH
- according to the Office of Secretary the letter was endorsed to the "Directory of Department of Health Regional Directors and Health Emergency Management Coordinators (7183098)" under Dr. Asuncion M. Aden, but currently Dr. Asuncion is on seminar but you can call his mobile number at 0920-4217011.
According to Dr. Asuncion's Staff under the Environmental & Occupational Health Cluster (5354593 - Mila & Cathy Trinidad) the letter is pending for approval by Dr. Asuncion and will be forward to the Marikina Health Local Gov. I told them that we came to DOH and seek help because the Marikina Local Gov. have done nothing against our complaint because we believe that the Funeral Operation is under the supervision of the Vice Mayor. However, they said that they will relay our concern to the Director regarding that matter.
2. We also brought-up this matter to Erwin Tulfo and Dorris of DZXL (RMN Network) and thankfully they have put us ON-AIR with the Mayor last Sept 15, 2008 10am.. The Mayor told that she will address this matter again to her Vice Marion Andres. But on the next scheduled interview the Mayor and the Vice Mayor is unreachable.
3. The neighbors are also willing to testify against the funeral parlor because they are also very much affected specially the children with formalin exposure and the smell of dead bodies quarantined at the back of their houses.
We came to you because we believe that Media is the only one who can help us on this matter and knowing your team the "Imbetigador", we know that we are in good hands.
Thank you for your help and we really do appreciate everything.


Dear IMB Action Team (Allan Raval, Vera and Team),

Here are the supporting documents you requested from the complainant Mrs. Isabel Inopiquez.

1. Pictures
2. Goverment Documents on Laws & Policies
3. Letter to DOH addressed to Sec Duque.

Additional Info's:

1. Letter to DOH
- according to the Office of Secretary the letter was endorsed to the "Directory of Department of Health Regional Directors and Health Emergency Management Coordinators (7183098)" under Dr. Asuncion M. Aden, but currently Dr. Asuncion is on seminar but you can call his mobile number at 0920-4217011.

According to Dr. Asuncion's Staff under the Environmental & Occupational Health Cluster (5354593 - Mila & Cathy Trinidad) the letter is pending for approval by Dr. Asuncion and will be forward to the Marikina Health Local Gov. I told them that we came to DOH and seek help because the Marikina Local Gov. have done nothing against our complaint because we believe that the Funeral Operation is under the supervision of the Vice Mayor. However, they said that they will relay our concern to the Director regarding that matter.

2. We also brought-up this matter to Erwin Tulfo and Dorris of DZXL (RMN Network) and thankfully they have put us ON-AIR with the Mayor last Sept 15, 2008 10am.. The Mayor told that she will address this matter again to her Vice Marion Andres. But on the next scheduled interview the Mayor and the Vice Mayor is unreachable.

3. The neighbors are also willing to testify against the funeral parlor because they are also very much affected specially the children with formalin exposure and the smell of dead bodies quarantined at the back of their houses.

We came to you because we believe that Media is the only one who can help us on this matter and knowing your team the "Imbetigador", we know that we are in good hands.

Thank you for your help and we really do appreciate everything.


Best regards,
Jon Llado c/o Isabel Inopiquez (9419652).

[jason]

read this post all the way..
bad things do happen here in the city.
But we cannot just simply battle on the administration like this - we need a more concrete plan for this is not an easy endeavor.

I do not commend your effort nor disgrace it but I am suggesting more action from you and you may also want to seek help. I think you should gather up power before you do any more actions so as to balance the odds and prevent pin pointed retaliations.

I am offering my help and hope everyone else would do too.

As a backgrounder, i am currently working for marikina city hall as their programmer in the MIS dept., I own a small internet community based in marikina (www.marikinavalley.com) and I have the will to fight for the right thing.

We all love our city to be perfect. Lets begin with that saying....

[holaca]

Jason,
By reading what what was written, can't you sense the desperation in those words?
Don't you think we have tried everything humanly possible to correct this unsanitary condition going on where the residents health are constantly at risk for the Mayor's failure to do her elected job?
The Mayor was the first official we approached when this chapel first came to light and the smell of formaldehyde polluted the air we breathe and then those God awful smelling, black liquid started leaking on my bedroom floor. My sense of decorum and justice have been challenged and severely compromised that there is nothing left but to let the whole world know what is going on in Marikina City! You owe that to those balikbayans who worked hard all their life in hope to return back and retire over there, they should know how corrupt Marikina officials are.
One of the radio stations picked up this story and had an on the air forum with the Mayor and the complainants and she did not care to listen to what their concerns were instead gave erroneous answers to the complaints. The radio announcer asked the Mayor to investigate and return the following week to talk more about the issue at hand, to which she, the Mayor, declined to go on the air again. we have not heard from her ever again! The arrogant attitude of a "public official!" She did not feel the need to investigate and report back to the masses, what a champ! How professional is that?
So really, where do you recommend we go from here? The highest city official refused to take action, where else can we go? I applaud your naive impression that you can go fight for what's right but as our experience showed, poor people like us are stepped on over and over again! Maybe, you can do something about it since you seem very confident that you can. I can provide you with all the documentations we have and see where you can take it.
At this point, I could hardly care what you commend or disgrace, when you live like we do, talk with me then, until that time, you may need to consider that desperate people are the least considerate when they have been constantly failed by the very officials they voted to power! The disgrace is not on us but the city officials whose greed are sacrificing the health of their residents! Until then, my mission and goal is to announce to the world how depressing Marikina City is really like.