by Chit Estela
VERA Files
On the long black granite wall on the grounds of the Bantayog ng mga Bayani are 185 names of heroes and martyrs who fought the Marcos dictatorship. Some are well-known to the public; many are not. But all are bound by the fact that they had committed a great part of their lives to opposing authoritarianism.
But surprisingly absent from the list are those whose names have always been synonymous with the anti-dictatorship movement: labor leaders Felixberto Olalia and his son, Rolando.
“Mukhang napakatagal na ng panahong dapat ay naisali sila sa hanay ng mga tunay na bayani (It seems it is taking such a long time for their names to be included in the ranks of true heroes),” said Elmer Labog, chair of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, the labor alliance in which both Olalias served as leaders.
Because of this, the leftist labor organization is starting to feel that the neglect has been deliberate. This has puzzled Labog and many others considering the contributions made by the labor movement in the country’s long struggle for freedom and democracy, especially during martial law.
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What do you expect of Yuchengco? What’s his educational pre-need that went pfft? He also reneged on his obligations to his clients. And Gloria Arroyo didn’t touch him. He also serves as adviser to GMA.
Whatever you say of the Left, they were in the forefront in fighting the Marcos dictatorship, long before the Ninoy Aquino did.Long, long before Cory and her fans made it fashionable to fight Marcos.
In fact, they bore the brunt of Marcos’ iron hand.
Where was Yuchengco when the Left were fighting Marcos? I bet collaborating with Marcos.
“BECAUSE of this the leftist labor organization is STARTING to feel that the NEGLECT has been DELIBERATE”
at least they are starting…but hanggang kanyang na lang ba? just start pagkatapos wala na? they feel that the neglect (nakalimutan? binali wala?) ano ba naman hanggang ganyan lang at wala kayong magawa? has been deliberate ..sinadya? at bakit? ang tanong ko sa organization…are you going to do something about it? or will you just sit down and keep your mouth shut? not do anything let evil triumph! nasa sa inyo ang action!
Here is the record of the traitorous members of Macapagal clan
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-The first Macapagal in history is a datu from Arayat, Juan Macapagal. A grandson of Lakandula, Don Juan was among the principalia during the early Spanish era. He betrayed his own people by assisting the Spaniards quell the Kapampangan and Pangasinan Revolts of 1660 and Ilocano Revolt of 1661. By his handiwork, many natives died. For his services he was handsomely compensated with an encomienda — a.k.a. license to steal, cheat and plunder — and named Maestre Campo General of the natives of Arayat, Candaba and Apalit.
Two centuries later, the murderous tradition lived on to wreak havoc on the Philippine Revolution of 1896. This time, the Macapagal victim was none other than the venerable Supremo of the Katipunan, Andres Bonifacio. On May 10, 1897, Col. Lazaro Makapagal (Filipino derivative of the name) marched a wounded and hogtied Supremo and his brother, Procopio, up the rugged mountains of Maragondon, Cavite and shot them to death.
Indeed, duplicity is the Macapagal trade that many decades latter, another scion of the clan, Diosdado Macapagal, even managed to double-cross a master schemer, Ferdinand Marcos. In the 1960s, Diosdado promised the young (then) Senator Marcos the Liberal Party presidential nomination. In return for Marcos’ support, Diosdado declared that he would not seek re-election in 1965 in order to give way to Marcos’ candidacy. However, he reneged on such assurances later. The scheme backfired, however, when Marcos bolted the Liberal Party, joined the Nacionalista and soundly defeated Diosdado in the presidential elections.
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Why do we allow such kind of people to disunite us and betray us and destroy our lives and get money from us.
I had bad vibes about Erap,like Ms.Madamme Auring and other manghuhula said when he was running so she(Madamme Auring) said that A.Lim is the one who will win so I liked A.Lim instead we should have listened on her,kahit na siniraan siya regarding on the citizenship issue we should had voted A.Lim para so that this thing would not have happened.
Kazuki: if her ancestors were like those may dugong ano pala siya..it is then not surprising..
I would prefer Alfredo Lim than Gloria anytime nalinis niya ang Maynila.
@Rose
In short Gloria comes from a line of white worshipers,they ally themselves with whites in short dugong aso.
Hindi white si Obama pero gusto pa rin ni gloria sumipsip sa kanya and the times have changed.
hehehe!!
Kazuki, you have already provided the link to that lazaro macapagal thing.I think that’s enough na.
Heroes are only plain mercenaries if they ask for cookies from the Marcos kitty jar.
Ms. Ellen I was talking about Gloria’s background,kasi parang di na tayo natuto,her ancestors were the traitors Juan and Lazaro Macapagal and she followed their footsteps.
These kind of people the tagalistas, and other political ethnocentrists and other dugong aso who want to manipulate and divide us are showing their true colors now that they are corrupt.
I prefer if Alfredo Lim who had won in the 1998 presidential elections if he had won we would not be in this mess right now.
I don’t like ERAP as our president because he is easily manipulated ERAP and Pacquiao are just the same the people don’t like someone like him,I prefer if Alfredo Lim who had won in the 1998 presidential elections if he had won we would not be in this mess right now.
i meant the same kind of person when i was talking about pacquiao and erap.
Arroyo to ask Syria, Egypt help in Mindanao peace efforts
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/05/02/09/
Read how impotent in capabilities this woman who wants to be called president of the Philippines is. Why she keeps asking other nations dip their hands into our internal conflict, one like that decades old Mindanao’s?
As a leader, what any president must do is trace the root(s) of any conflict and find ways to solve it and not ask any neighbor what to and how to do it. But, since she’s only interested in any monetary or material aid, gloria shamelessly begs for attention while spending amounts that could be of big help to our starving people.
An hour ago, BBC news has a segment about Pacquiao. According to BBC news reporter, Pacquiao is popular in Philippines but in 2007 election he was booed in Cebu because he wants to be in politics which is dirty compare to boxing.
That BBC News reporter is not telling the truth why Pacquiao was booed in Cebu? Pacquiao was booed because he is running under bansot’s party and supporting the illegitimate president gloria.
Clearly, the Western media is supporting this illegitimate bansot. Once bansot’s martial law is declared, the western media will keep quiet or disseminate lies in favor of bansot.
@xman
very true gloria is a true dugong aso,a traitor,white worshiper and a sipsip to the US.
Where are the Olalias? Di yata nga kilala dito.
If there was anybody from the left who could have ruled the country, it was Rolando Olalia. That threat to the rightist and some from the center was so great that he had to be eliminated. He would have been qualified to run for president. I wonder what could have happened if Olalia ran against Ramos? He had the organization to go against the other parties at that time.