Mark Rossimo

Move Forward but Never Forget | 1 of 15M | Bank Professional | Data Science | WFM

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

This is Alarming. NUTRIBUN trended because many of the 31M thought it was a project of Marcos. Hala. Madami pala talaga ang biktima ng disinformation. It was a USAID Food for Peace program dahil sa malnutrition during the Marcos regime. It’s in PH’s history books. #K12 #History

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

30M is a small investment for a business tycoon to get appointed as a cabinet secretary a year later. Imagine how much influence you hold with that position

It’s planned. Kaya siguro hindi binitawan ang pwesto because it’s long been reserved to a friend he owed a favor.

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

Nagkasira-sira na ang pangalan mo, tinawag ka nang Ms. Confidential Funds, tapos hindi mo rin pala makukuha. Sad lyf! 💚😅

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

New logical fallacy: False INDAYchotomy by Inday Sara Duterte.

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

Just imagine how many people die of hunger and crimes because of social injustices caused by our corrupt politicians. To me, corruption is worse than all the other sins because, technically, it is wreaking havoc and murdering more lives than any of the mortal sins.

[Sonny Trillanes IV @TrillanesSonny]

Can anybody from the Senate media ask Sen. Padilla what is the basis of his statement that we lost Scarborough during PNoy admin?

Because these are the facts:

1. There are no Chinese ships INSIDE Scarborough shoal.

2. There is no Chinese reclamation or base on Scarborough shoal.

Simply put, there is no physical occupation by China on Scarborough. The media can verify and confirm these facts with the Ph Navy and PCG.

3. The Philippine Baselines Law, which I principally authored, is the official Ph claim for Scarborough Shoal and the KIG. Our claims were acknowledged as compliant when the baseline coordinates and regime of islands claims as stated in the said law were formally submitted to the UNCLOS secretariat in 2009.

4. The Arbitral Tribunal ruling in 2016 debunked the 9-dash line claim of Ch over Scarborough Shoal and the Spratlys.

Therefore, Ph has a much stronger legal claim over Scarborough than Ch.

So, if there is no physical occupation by Ch and there are much stronger legal Ph claims, what is now the basis of this oft repeated lie that we lost Scarborough during PNoy admin? WALA!

When I researched on this, the first person who said that we lost Scarborough without any factual and legal basis at all is Mr. Harry Roque (paulit-ulit ding sinabi ito ni Duterte during the 2016 campaign and thereafter).

So, as then Chairman of the Committee on National Defense and Security, I conducted hearings in 2013 and 2015 where I asked the Ph Defense officials then if we indeed lose Scarborough and they categorically said: "NO, WE DID NOT LOSE SCARBOROUGH." I even invited Mr. Roque in the 2015 hearing so that he could hear it himself. (See video below) These are all in the Senate records.

To the Ph media, next time a resource person says that we lost Scarborough during the PNoy admin, can you ask that person what is his basis for saying so? I assure you, hindi nya masasagot ito. Kasi nga walang basehan. You need to ask this because every time a Filipino resource person says this baseless statement, he is not only unwittingly weakening our position as regards Scarborough but also basically conceding our sovereignty to Ch. Such would be a very unpatriotic thing to do.

Finally, to Senator Robin Padilla, my unsolicited advice sayo ay magresearch o magtanong sa iyong mga advisers o staff bago magsalita tungkol sa mga importanteng bagay. Bilang isang halal na Senador, ikaw ay kumakatawan di lang ng pula o green, kundi kasama na rin ang mga yellow, pink at ang mga hindi bumoto sayo. Senador ka naming lahat na Pilipino.

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

The Philippine Coast Guard was granted only 117M of confidential funds in 17 years.

Sara Duterte spent 125M in just 19 days and still asks for 500M to spend for just one year.

#MakeItMakeSense

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

Sara Duterte: “We can live without confidential funds.”

So be that and we’ll be truly grateful for your service, Sara. You can have the 2.3B you are asking for; fully auditable. That’s more than enough to fund your office just as what previous VPs have done in the past.

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

If this irrationality of the OVP and Sara Duterte does not irk you, I don’t know what is. 🤷🏻‍♂️

She can have the 2.3B that she wants but to tag 500M to be confidential is utterly unreasonable. She wasn’t even able to lay down simple justification that Sen. Risa was going for.

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

Context--

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

From GOOD GOVERNANCE 💕 to CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS 👊 real quick!

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

PALACE: Confidential funds sent to the OVP (Sara Duterte) by the OP (BongBong) were used to build satellite offices.

So, hindi kayang magpagawa ng satellite offices using auditable funds? What level of incompetence and irrationality is this?

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

Sana pwede mag-opt out sa pagbabayad ng tax. Ayoko kasi talaga magcontribute sa confidential funds ni Sara Duterte.

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

During the budget hearing, Sara Duterte’s “accomplishments” did not justify the massive amount of budget she had. Now, she’s asking for more.

No expert nor any fool will ever reconcile what the 500M confidential fund is going to be for.

She’s getting scarier year by year.

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

@gretchiva Mamimiss ko din kayo much. 🥺 But I’ll go there from time to time. 😅

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

@theadtan Owwww… teka, pwede na pala long tweets? 😱

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

The only constitutional change I want is to require politicians, especially senators and the president, to be COLLEGE graduates with NO court & police records. Yes, I’m referring to BBM and Robin.

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

And us too, the MIDDLE CLASS — the milking cow of the corrupt and the oligarchs; the law-abiding taxpayers who paid/still pay for all of Marcos’ debts and thefts.

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

Funny how the Marcoses are portrayed to be super rich and wealthy by the loyalistas but not a single one of them ever paid taxes as close as the true and authentic Filipino billionaire businessmen.

Nonetheless, congratulations to our law-abiding celebrities who pay proper taxes.

[Mark Rossimo @markrossimo]

I’m in the Royal Caribbean Spectrum of the Seas — Asia’s largest, sailing through Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. SKL.