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First, the security agency, Right Eight Security, employers of the blue guards, issued a statement of apology to the mayor! And forced the guards to apologize! For what??? For lapses of procedure such as dutifully enforcing rules they are supposed to enforce! Subtext 1: Rules are enforced only for the lowly but not for the high and mighty thugs, or, to paraphrase George Orwell in Animal Farm: "All animals are equal but pigs are more equal than others." Subtext 2: All businesses in Makati doing business with us can be pressured to disengage. So we lick.

Second, the Dasmariňas Village Association president Mr. Pantanga confirmed the incident but can only say that this "... has already been settled."

The police chief said that the arrest and detention was for verification purposes. The DVA showed singular capacity for grovelling before the Binays by keeping mum about the affair.

And we have still to hear from Dasma residents, perhaps because the incident was so well covered up or worse. It is, after all, their rules; they should stand by them and by those who stood up to enforce them. Everyone was cowed to silence!

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This Christmas I plan to focus on little heroes and the hope they bring, instead of on the gremlins who steal our hopes. Join me if you are so inclined in hailing the two guards (still to be named) who stood their ground and the whistleblower who outed the tapes as heroes of the land. They remind us that there is hope for this country despite how many times thugs have stolen hope. They give us a glimpse of the grim future we have to avoid. If more people acted like the two guards, this country would be far ahead.

Let me leave you with one thought.

When you are young, Christmas just magically happens to you. The cool Siberian air, the overcast clouds, and the snippets of carols afford us, without us raising a finger, a transport to the outer reaches of gladness. But as we grow older and more exposed to the tragedies and cruelties in the human condition like the Dasma thuggery, Christmas magic does not just arrive; it gets stolen by the gremlins. The magic comes empty-handed. But we can still touch the high sierras of gladness; we can make Christmas happen. We make Christmas happen by acts of caring and generosity. But everything is in vain without justice.

(The author is a National Scientist of the Philippines and a former dean of the University of the Philippines School of Eocnomics.)

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Mayor Junjun Binay with Vice President Jejo Binay

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MANILA, Philippines—Television host and Inquirer columnist Solita “Winnie” Collas-Monsod on Thursday said Makati Mayor Junjun Binay was “taking advantage of his position” when he ordered the arrest of three security guards of Dasmariñas Village, Makati City.

Monsod, a resident of the village, said: “The guards were correct… And Mayor Binay was obviously wrong. He was taking advantage of his position and trying to be above the law. And anything that goes above the law is wrong.”

Monsod told INQUIRER.net in a phone interview that she was familiar with the policy of the village restricting access to one of the main gates after 10 p.m.

“His alternative was to go about 150 meters away to the gate that was open. But he wanted to show his…I don’t know,” Monsod said.

“And the fact that his guards pulled out their weapons is…this is an indication of how Binay is going to rule the country,” she added. -- http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/549261/winnie-monsod-guards-were-correct-binay-was-wrong#ixzz2o1jMKbxA

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What a truly stupid moron this binay is to think he is any higher than honest security guards doing their job. This binay is acting like as if he's the dark lord sauron from the lord of the rings trilogy. dark, perhaps. but a lord? nah. don't think so.

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Hopefully not.

It will be a DARK day for the Philippines. Literally and figuratively speaking.

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ON TARGET
 
The Binays of Makati
 
By Ramon Tulfo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Friday, December 20th, 2013

MANILA, Philippines – A mango tree doesn’t bear a santol fruit.
 
Let’s not be surprised that Makati City Mayor Junjun Binay and his sister, Sen. Nancy Binay, acted the way they did when they were prevented by guards at the posh Dasmariñas Village from using a gate of the subdivision.
 
In 1986 when their father, Jejomar Binay, was still officer in charge of Makati, he ordered the closure of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) clubhouse for refusing to let his children use the club’s swimming pool because they were not accompanied by a member.
 
I was a witness to the elder Binay’s abusive behavior. I couldn’t use the club gym at that time because of the closure.
 
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The Binays, the epitome of a political dynasty, think they own Makati City because of their power and influence.
 
The father is vice president of the Republic; and the children are senator, mayor and congresswoman.
 
The mother used to be mayor who temporarily manned the fort for her husband when his three consecutive terms expired.
 
If you go around the city, you’ll find the letter “B”—with a tail—painted on walls in public places.
 
The “B” sign, which looks like a brand on cattle, stands for Binay, of course.
 
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headline: VP Binay: My son deserves courtesy
 
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hey, your honor mr vice-president, let your son earn such courtesy.  being mayor does not exempt him from rules.  educate him with some basic manners, so at least he can give the impression that he comes from a "buena familia", not from, uhm, where you once were, with apologies.

imagine the appreciation he would have gotten if he did a hilario davide III, the current governor of cebu and son of former chief justice and philippine ambassador to the UN hilario davide jr...

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from a commenter who has seen the cctv of this binay-guards encounter:

Sorry but I simply cannot trust a guy who needs someone to hold an umbrella for him sa gabi na walang ulan. #Binay (@PopiSunga)

islander comments too: who knows, pops, he was about to do a singkil dance the way megan young wowed 'em at the miss world pageant.

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Hmm, VP Binay was in Berlin just this past June, Ms. Hof. You would have had the chance to look down on him. Taga-ilok ra tawon siya ni FM Westerwelle.



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