Be wary of people pretending to be your friends

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BY ERICK SAN JUAN
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Friday, November 17, 2017
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IS THERE nobody minding the store?

This is the general perception now being felt by the ordinary ā€œJuan dela Cruzā€ who once part of the diminishing middle-class. Why is this so?

There seems to be an ongoing demolition job to topple the present administration. Obviously, since Day 1, one issue after another were being thrown at the Presidentā€™s men but of course, the target is the President himself.

The war on drugs and its so-called casualties is the favorite among the campaign promises that were mentioned before his entry to the Palace. Opposition from some sectors were very quick to throw criticisms ā€“ from EJKs (extrajudicial killings) to alleged police payola to meet certain quotas in the killing spree of supposed drug addicts and pushers from the lower class of society. But the perennial problem remains: Where are the big fishes in this war on drugs that is selective, or so they say?

In President Duterteā€™s circle of friends when he was still a local politician from Davao, some are not happy with this at all. How can the Duterte administration succeed in its war on drugs and corruption when some people in his loop of friends are rumored to be involved in alleged shady activities? Just asking.

So can we rightfully say that the citizenry is right to criticize? That this is just a ā€œbig show?ā€ For the real big people behind are still free and are in government ā€“ some elected, some appointed.

We are doing our part to help this administration work even if we are not sometimes satisfied with some of the people around the President; they are actually doing things that are quite damaging to the image of the President and his administration.

To compound the problem, the much-praised people in the economic team of the government, no thanks to their PR operators, are really serious to make the populace suffer even more. Take the comprehensive tax reform bill; this is another round of hardship for the Filipino people.

On top of this are the already approved increases in the prices of water, electricity and petroleum products. We canā€™t help but ask: Where is the promise of a better life from the ā€œchangeā€ that was supposed to be felt in the first year of the current leadership?

According to former Interior secretary Raffy Alunan, foreign investors are leaving, including huge hot money. Note, too, the cancellation of contracts for call centers despite the glowing propaganda. The ills of Philippine society are deeply entrenched as ever. The non-performers and rotten are still in government service. Others are barnacles that remain constant, unmoving and untouched.

Raffy is correct. So many Duterte supporters are demoralized with recent events. One example is the ouster of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority chairman Martin DiƱo; there was no formal or advanced notification. He was suddenly replaced by Atty. Wilma Eisma, a former executive officer of Mar Roxas at the Department of Transportation and Communication and close to former executive secretary Jojo Ochoa.

We respect PRRDā€™s plans for this country but if he will not check the people around him, we will all go down with him and this could create chaos, as some fear.

Recently, there was this reported possible illegal drug transshipment courtesy of the 14K and the Chinese Bamboo Triad. The President should review his information about the Chinese Triad controlling even the 14k of Hongkong and the defunct Bamboo gang of Taiwan.

A top intelligence officer, a Chinese Triad expert, told me once that Chinaā€™s covert economy includes all money-making ventures. It is inclusive, everything that can deliver money to China is part of the economic strategy.

China is now even warning us not to blame it over the smuggling of P6.4-billion worth of shabu that slipped thru our Bureau of Customs.

During our meeting with the Philippine Council for Foreign Relations at Romuloā€™s Restaurant with several VIPs from China as guests, I thanked China for tipping us off but the shipment.

I knew for a fact that smuggling of illegal drugs in China is prohibited and monitored very strictly. So how come a huge volume of shabu from there reached the Philippines? The untold story about the shipment will be exposed soon. (culdesac0002@yahoo.com.ph)/PN
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