Well the hostages uphill from our cattle operation have all been released. The 5 gunmen all turned out to be between the ages of 15 and 17. None of them had finished 4th grade and could barely converse in Cebuano (Bisaya), the lingua franca here abouts. The official language is actually Filipino, basically a touched up version of Tagalog. Strangely, it is rarely spoken outside of Luzon. Kids here take Filipino AND English, but most speak Cebuano as a first language because Cebuanos, like Rizza's family, form the bulk of Mindanao's population. Since these kidnappers had all dropped out of school at age 8 they only spoke their tribal language, Manobo.
The "Crisis Management Committee" had to enlist 2 relatives of the lead kidnapper just so that they could communicate and understand his demands. Speaking of "demands," as I noted previously they were angry over Ondo Perez being jailed. I agree that they have a right to be angry, after all the govt.lied publicly. He released 125 people and they broke every promise they made to him. All he gets is Life in a Filipino prison. Still, there is no excuse to kidnap teachers and kids. If they killed a few cops or soldiers I would understand a bit better.
They released the last of them Tuesday morning at 6AM and withdrew into the bush, yet another group of tribesmen, pissed at the world, carrying M16s and M14s as they stomp through the jungle.
The govt.is finally getting ready to lock up Congressman Ruben Ecleo Jr. Ecleo strangled his wife to death back in 2000 when she nagged him a bit too much about his "Shabu" (methamphetamine) smoking. Later that evening he and his bodyguard put her in a rubbish bag and left her in a ditch where a scavenger found her decomposing remains.
Complicating matters is the fact that Ecleo is the big kahuna of a cult, "The Benevelont Missionaries Society." You can't nag Jesus about hitting the pipe, you know what I mean? In fact, Ecleo is considered by his followers to actually be the reincarnation of old Jesus. Well, his dad Ruben Sr was, but Ruben Sr's spirit entered Jr's body 4 days after Sr died, you get the picture I am sure. The killing happened in Cebu City on Cebu Island but the family are from the town of San Jose on Dinagat Island, part of Mindanao. It was Dinagat where police tried to arrest Jesus/Ruben Jr only to get surrounded by (literally) 15,000 cultists. When they came back with 100 soldiers the resulting fire fight killed 16 cultists. Weeks later Ecleo surrendered and upon admittance to the Cebu Provincial Jail police (there are no correctional officers, police also serve as prison guards) found 3 packets of Shabu!
Then, in his deluxe 2 room suite he was found to be keeping 4 female "acolytes" for "Bible Study." When taken to task over his deluxe accomadations and women he admitted liberally bribing police but said he did so only to prove that his religion truly is "Benevolent," AMEN.
He went to trial but just as it began he had his late wife's entire family killed, thus removing the trial's only eyewitness, his brother in law Ben Bacolod. He was then released and subsequently won a seat in Congress representing Dinagat Island.
Though he usually isn't in residence there, guess its difficult finding Shabu on that isolated island, he has a mansion that looks a lot like "Graceland." To boot, he dresses just like Elvis circa 1977, white suit, glasses and pompadour. I will include photos in a following entry.
Finally, as if people in SE Asia didn't already have enough shit on their mind, those "Fake Eggs" just showed up in Malaysia. People on Pulan Tikus (Rat Island) in Penang State found fake eggs selling for 10.50RM per 30 count tray where as real eggs sell for 11RM, a difference of like 8 American pennies.
The phenomenon began in Guangzhou, China several years ago with some nutters using gelatin, parrafin and food colouring to produce absolutely synthetic eggs. Using Alum, Sodium Benzoate and other nasty shit they began peddling it to unsuspecting consumers.
The "Crisis Management Committee" had to enlist 2 relatives of the lead kidnapper just so that they could communicate and understand his demands. Speaking of "demands," as I noted previously they were angry over Ondo Perez being jailed. I agree that they have a right to be angry, after all the govt.lied publicly. He released 125 people and they broke every promise they made to him. All he gets is Life in a Filipino prison. Still, there is no excuse to kidnap teachers and kids. If they killed a few cops or soldiers I would understand a bit better.
They released the last of them Tuesday morning at 6AM and withdrew into the bush, yet another group of tribesmen, pissed at the world, carrying M16s and M14s as they stomp through the jungle.
The govt.is finally getting ready to lock up Congressman Ruben Ecleo Jr. Ecleo strangled his wife to death back in 2000 when she nagged him a bit too much about his "Shabu" (methamphetamine) smoking. Later that evening he and his bodyguard put her in a rubbish bag and left her in a ditch where a scavenger found her decomposing remains.
Complicating matters is the fact that Ecleo is the big kahuna of a cult, "The Benevelont Missionaries Society." You can't nag Jesus about hitting the pipe, you know what I mean? In fact, Ecleo is considered by his followers to actually be the reincarnation of old Jesus. Well, his dad Ruben Sr was, but Ruben Sr's spirit entered Jr's body 4 days after Sr died, you get the picture I am sure. The killing happened in Cebu City on Cebu Island but the family are from the town of San Jose on Dinagat Island, part of Mindanao. It was Dinagat where police tried to arrest Jesus/Ruben Jr only to get surrounded by (literally) 15,000 cultists. When they came back with 100 soldiers the resulting fire fight killed 16 cultists. Weeks later Ecleo surrendered and upon admittance to the Cebu Provincial Jail police (there are no correctional officers, police also serve as prison guards) found 3 packets of Shabu!
Then, in his deluxe 2 room suite he was found to be keeping 4 female "acolytes" for "Bible Study." When taken to task over his deluxe accomadations and women he admitted liberally bribing police but said he did so only to prove that his religion truly is "Benevolent," AMEN.
He went to trial but just as it began he had his late wife's entire family killed, thus removing the trial's only eyewitness, his brother in law Ben Bacolod. He was then released and subsequently won a seat in Congress representing Dinagat Island.
Though he usually isn't in residence there, guess its difficult finding Shabu on that isolated island, he has a mansion that looks a lot like "Graceland." To boot, he dresses just like Elvis circa 1977, white suit, glasses and pompadour. I will include photos in a following entry.
Finally, as if people in SE Asia didn't already have enough shit on their mind, those "Fake Eggs" just showed up in Malaysia. People on Pulan Tikus (Rat Island) in Penang State found fake eggs selling for 10.50RM per 30 count tray where as real eggs sell for 11RM, a difference of like 8 American pennies.
The phenomenon began in Guangzhou, China several years ago with some nutters using gelatin, parrafin and food colouring to produce absolutely synthetic eggs. Using Alum, Sodium Benzoate and other nasty shit they began peddling it to unsuspecting consumers.