Manila pushed to change the name of the Philippines back into “Slaves & Servants of Spain” would “Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao” Agree?

If Manila will continue pushing this, then it would mean that only Manila is part of the Philippines while Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are united as 1 country in the name of its respective Islands "The Federal Republic of Luzon Visayas and Mindanao"

The 7,107 islands exist and inhabited by locals prior to the invasion of Spain on March 15, 1621. The islands Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are the living witness how the Spain lie to the world that "Magellan" discovered the "Las Islas Filipinas" but should we agree with their lies that they discovered our land?

Let's start from defining what is the meaning of "Discovered"?

According to the "The Free Dictionary" "Discover" is defined as:

a. To be the first, or the first of one's group or kind, to find, learn of, or observe.

b. To learn about for the first time in one's experience

Would you agree that a Portuguese explorer "Ferdinand Magellan" is the first person discovered the 7,107 Islands in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao?

If you will agree that a Portuguese explorer "Ferdinand Magellan" is the first person discovered the islands then to whom we should credit the existence of the lumads, the indigenous people, the aborigines who are originally wearing "bahag"? Are they created through a test tube by Magellan? Or  through a magical wand?

Magellan is not the first person discovered the islands because the islands he claimed already exist and inhabited by the lumads and actively trading with Arabian countries and with the neighboring Asian countries. The word discovered is already a big mistake and a big lie to the world which hidden in its cover is "the Invasion of Spain in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao".

"Filipinas" the Slaves and Servants of Spain

After the Invasion of Spain in "Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao" the islands named after the reigning power of Spain King Philip as "Las Islas Filipinas" or the Islands of Filipinas / Islands of King Philip.

For more than 300 years, the People of Luzon Visayas and Mindanao lost their lands and make them as the "Slaves and Servants of Spain" in the name of "Las Islas Filipinas"

Our dear compatriots, would you agree to be called again as "Filipinas" the Slaves and Servants of Spain?

Our dear great Heroes "Andres Bonifacio and Jose Rizal" died for our freedom and now the Manila Government is pushing again to get in and go back to past to be the slaves and servants of Spain.

Re-invasion of Spain

The queen of the damn in the closely defunct kingdom of Spain recently visited the Philippines for a modern invasion that creates a magic in designing a hidden plan of taking over the Philippines once again to save them from the economic crisis in Europe. The Spain currency "Spanish Pesetas (₱)" were gone with the wind long time ago and they are only relying now with the foreign currency from Europe as they could no longer afford to produce their own money for its high costs but low monetary value. Spain is only one of the few countries in the world without their own currency.

The head of the Commission on the Filipino Language Virgilio S. Almario was enlightened for changing the name of the Philippines back the time when the people of "Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao" in the name of "Filipinas" as the Slaves and Servants of Spain after the recent visit of the queen of spain.

What kind of gifts did the Commission on the Filipino Language head Virgilio S. Almario received from Spain?  Millions of Euros, Hacienda, one-night-stand or the Yamashita treasure?

Virgilio S. Almario could be the most corrupt government servant in the face of our clean President Benigno Aquino III for accepting any bribe from Spain to change the name of the Philippines into "Filipinas" as the Slaves and Servants of Spain.

The Commission on the Filipino Language headed by Virgilio S. Almario is not yet done. They are still facing the criticism of making the Philippine National Language illegal as it violates the order of the Republic Act (RA) No. 7104.

The Philippine National Language remained "illegal" which is being criticized as the Commission does not really do its job in developing the Filipino language. This is grounded in the fact that Filipino was essentially Tagalog, a fact acknowledged by former Commissioner, Ricardo María Duran Nolasco, and with an impoverished technical and scientific vocabulary, at that, which relies heavily on foreign borrowings and, often, constructions. It is often left to the universities to develop their own respective terminologies for each field, leading to a lack of uniformity and general public disuse.

It is argued that current state of the Filipino language is contrary to the intention of Republic Act (RA) No. 7104 that requires that the national language be developed and enriched by the lexicon of the country's other major languages.

The called Philippine National Language now is still violating the Republic Act (RA) No. 7104 .

The Republic Act (RA) No. 7104 required that the Philippine National Language must be based from the major languages of the Philippines namely; Bikol, Cebuano or Binisaya, Hiligaynon, Ilocano (Iloko), Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog and Waray but what happened in the Commission on the Filipino Language headed by Virgilio S. Almario? They failed their job and just leave the language to Tagalog alone and borrow from the foreign languages to make ease and to sit-down as nothing happened, no job to be finished.

Before this Virgilio S. Almario will push for the changing of the name of the Philippines, he must do his unfinished job first.

Language body wants 'Pilipinas' changed to 'Filipinas'

As reported by the Philippine Star,

Malacañang said changing Pilipinas to "Filipinas," as adopted by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), would be an interesting discussion.

In a resolution dated April 12, which also went viral, the KWF decided to revive the use of "Filipinas" instead of  "Pilipinas" to promote the official and modern name of the country.

The commission said Filipinos could be more united with a better sense of history.

"Let us see what the various sectors' reaction will be," deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said over radio dzRB.

Valte said there is no letter "f" in the Filipino alphabet before and so Pilipinas was used.

Now that "f" is back, the commission deemed it fit to make use of "Filipinas" in seals, letterheads, notepads and other materials.

Valte said the issue has yet to be discussed with President Aquino.

The name of the Philippines is short for The Philippine Islands, derived from King Philip II of Spain in the 16th century.

"Filipinas" used to be the official name of the archipelago but it changed in the course of history.

The name Philippines was officially adopted during the American period.

Rebuilding for the better Philippines would clearly say that we are not agree of renaming the Philippines into the colonial era as "Filipinas"

We would push for the name "The Federal Republic of Luzon Visayas and Mindanao" from its original islands' name than adopting the push of  Virgilio S. Almario, a person who failed to do his job in the Commission on the Filipino Language.

"The Federal Republic of Luzon Visayas and Mindanao"

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Philippine PEZA Zones investments up 92% to ₱83.7 billion in H1; Japan, UK, Germany pouring investment

PEZA Director General Lilia de Lima: We're on the radar of European companies

More foreign firms express interest in setting up shop in PH

Investment pledges registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) surged by nearly 92 percent to ₱83.7 billion in the first six months of 2013 from the ₱43.6 billion recorded a year ago.

The bulk of these investments came from manufacturing companies, most of which are based in Japan, Peza director general Lilia de Lima said on the sidelines of the Sonion Philippines Inc. facility inauguration in Batangas.

De Lima noted that a lot of foreign companies are now inclined to put up their respective facilities in the Philippines, given the robust performance of the local economy and the ease of doing business in an economic zone.

"What's good now is that we're on the radar of European companies … those from Germany and the UK. In the United States, when we went to New York and San Francisco, I talked to several firms there who are interested. These are from the manufacturing and IT sectors," De Lima revealed.

There also has been "several leads" from automotive firms, but the Peza head declined to cite further details until agreements have been firmed up.

What is clear, according to De Lima, is that once these investments materialize and companies start their operations, employment and export figures will also increase.

De Lima further assured prospective investors that there is adequate space in economic zones as new areas are being developed in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Central Luzon, while existing ones are also being expanded to accommodate new companies. On the average, the utilization rate of existing economic zones are said to be 85 to 90 percent.

According to De Lima, Peza has already approved applications for the creation of new economic zones, but these may need presidential proclamations before the areas are developed.

At present, there are already 286 economic zones in the country, she said.

Also, De Lima revealed that several firms operating in the country's economic zones will inaugurate new facilities within the year.

Some of the companies are Canon Inc. and Brother Industries Ltd., which will be making printers with reported investments of 6 billion yen and 4.23 million yen, respectively; Japanese electronics manufacturer Funai Electric Co. Ltd., which took over the inkjet business of Lexmark International; and electronics components maker Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd., which was earlier reported to have invested 620 million yen.

With report from INQUIRER

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Philippines ASAP the delivery of 4 fighter jets and 2 Maestrale Frigates from Italy to end China Bullying

Philippines will purchase 2 Maestrale class frigates.  The Maestrale class frigates were primarily designed for anti-submarine warfare, however the ships are highly flexible so they are also capable of anti-air and anti-surface operations. Ships of this class have been widely used in various international missions, either under NATO or UN flag, and during normal operations of the Italian Navy.

Two days after President Benigno Aquino III vowed more support for the Philippine Air Force, a defense undersecretary disclosed the department is working for the immediate delivery of at least 4 of the total 12 FA-50 fighter jets it will be purchasing from South Korea.

Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo said the Department of National Defense (DND) has begun negotiations with the Korean Aerospace Industry (KAI) while it is waiting for Malacañang's final approval of the sales agreement. It will be a government-to-government procurement that requires multi-year obligational authority from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

"Once we get confirmation of the sales agreement and once we get the multi-year obligational authority from DBM, we can start formal negotiations and we can schedule the delivery of at least 4 fighter jets," Manalo told reporters.

"We are negotiating for the immediate delivery of a certain number out of the 12 we are going to procure. We are hoping we can get at least four so our pilots can start their training," Manalo added.

The Philippines retired the last of its US-designed F-5 fighters in 2005 and lacks air defense.

'Minimum deterrence'

In May, Aquino announced a ₱75-billion military upgrade to defend the country's territory against "bullies." The 12 fighter jets will cost ₱P18.9 billion, part of the 24 items in the shopping list of the AFP.

READ: ₱75-B boost for PH navy to resist 'bullies' and PH to buy 12 South Korean fighter jets

The AFP modernization will give the Philippines "minimum deterrence capability" so that other countries would "think twice about waging wars against us," Manalo said. Manila is embroiled in a diplomatic row with Beijing over islands in the disputed South China Sea (West Philippine Sea).

The AFP modernization program will serve various purposes, Manalo added.

"We cannot deny that we have an internal security problem. We cannot deny that there are terrorist threats. We need to assert our rights in the West Philippine Sea," Manalo said.

"We are not advocating war. But we cannot just ask soldiers to defend our rights using only their hands. We have to give them equipment," he said. "Buhay na natin ang nakatalaga dito," he added. (Our lives are at stake here.)

Frigates for the Navy

Two frigates will be procured for the Phippine Navy, too. It will cost ₱18 billion.

Manalo said the navy had already decided to acquire two new Maestrale-class frigates from Italy instead of buying used ones from the Italian navy.

The frigates would add to two refurbished Hamilton-class cutters formerly used by the US Coast Guard that the Philippines acquired from its US ally to upgrade its ageing navy fleet, which includes some vessels that first saw action in World War II.

Manalo is hoping the military's procurement of frigates will give the country a chance to join military exercises with other countries.

Under the 2013 General Appropriation Act, ₱5-billion was allocated to the "regular fund" of the AFP while ₱10.6 billion was for "unprogrammed funds." The latter is intended for projects that are awaiting approval.

Manalo said the DND's 2014 budget proposal also includes an allocation of ₱15 billion for the "unprogrammed fund."

Bases upgrade

Military bases will be upgraded. Manalo said hangars and other infrastructure in various military bases, such as the Naval Base Rafael Ramos in Cebu, will be improved to make them suitable for the new equipment.

Aside from fighter jets and frigates, the Philippines will procure the following:

• Rocket launcher, handheld radios, night fighting system for the Philippine Army
• Radar system and long range patrol aircraft for the Air Force
• Combat utility helicopter
• Flight simulator
• Lead in fighter trainers
• Amphibious assault vehicle

Manalo said the objective is to deliver all these within the term of President Aquino. Outside the ₱75-billion budget, the DND is also procuring 55,000 assault rifles.

According to Manalo, it is the "deliberate" intention of President Benigno Aquino to implement all 24 projects under the plan before he ends his term in 2016, with initial delivery of at least four of 12 FA-50 fighters next year or soon after.

The FA-50s as well as the radar systems and helicopters will be used mainly to defend interests in the West Philippine Sea, with installations of support facilities, including hangars, set up on Palawan island, the Philippines' nearest province to the disputed territories, Manalo said.

The acquisition of new military equipment will also increase the Philippines' chances to participate in joint training and exercises with other countries or, at least, expand the scope of its participation, boosting its capabilities, Manalo said.

The Philippines has recently disclosed a plan to grant the United States, and possibly, Japan, greater access to its military facilities.

Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said strengthening ties with strategic allies, the United States and Japan, are necessary because the Philippines is not yet capable of dealing with "Chinese aggression" on its own.

To end China "bullying"

"We are modernizing not because we want to go to war with China," he told a news conference.

He said the government had a sworn obligation to defend the "West Philippine Sea," using the government's preferred term for Philippine-claimed areas in the South China Sea.

"We are not saying that this is part of our preparations to assert our sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea. What we are saying is that we cannot just give them up."

The frigates would add to two refurbished Hamilton-class cutters formerly used by the US Coast Guard that the Philippines acquired from its US ally to upgrade its aging navy fleet, which includes some vessels that first saw action in World War II.

Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also claim areas in the South China Sea.

with a report from Defense News,  Inquirer, Agence France-Presse, Rappler.com, Kyodo, & Global Post

 

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