Businessman and Philanthropist Francis Leo Marcos, through a Facebook live video, urged his fellow Filipinos again to help the people who were most affected by the crisis instead of blaming the government for what’s happening.
While distributing sacks of rice around Quezon City, Marcos talked to the cops deployed in Camp Crame and also vowed to send them help.
Marcos said that his mother who was inspired by former President Ferdinand Marcos taught him how to be generous to the needy.
“Marami po ang nagtatanong bakit ko po ito ginagawa, alam niyo po ay nag iisa lamang akong anak, my mom is an Igorot and an Ilocano, and my mother inspired by the great doing of the former President Marcos, so she taught me how to be kind, na hindi lang ako yung nabubuhay para sa sarili ko lang,” Marcos who claimed that he’s the only child in the family stated.
According to him, he would not stop helping people even if he already loses all the stored rice he bought.
He then encouraged his rich followers to help the others and “help the government” amid the crisis.
“The government could not fight it alone, hindi kaya ng government natin yan,” he said.
“There is no income, our government is immobilized, so higit po sa lahat kaysa sa sisihin natin ang gobyerno, eh tayo po ay tumulong para po malampasan natin ang ating pinagdadaanang crisis,” he added.
Marcos has gone viral on social media after he encouraged rich people living in a super-executive village in Quezon City to go outside of their mansions to help the needy.
He claimed that he doesn’t care even if his wealth got depleted as long as he’s helping other people.
The nephew of former Senator Bongbong Marcos warned the netizen about some individuals who were claiming that they’re part of the power Romualdez-Marcos clan.
Jolo Romualdez in a series of Facebook posts revealed that the viral businessman Francis Leo Marcos is not related to their clan and he also said that his real name is Norman Mangusin.
“To all the people asking me about Mr. Francis Leo Marcos he is not related to me nor to my family po he’s real name is “Norman Mangusin” thank you,” he said.
Romualdez also posted a document showing former First Lady Imelda Marcos asking the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate some fraudulent person.
In the document, Romualdez listed five people and it included a certain Francis Leo Marcos.
“I have received continued disturbing reports about the above-mentioned persons using my name and my family’s name to collect unauthorized campaign donations, selling of fake gold certificates and using photographs and films/video coverage to associate themselves with me and my family for unauthorized and unscrupulous business practices,” Imelda wrote on the document.
“Mr. Francis Leo Marcos has claimed that he is the son of Dr. Pacifico Marcos, the brother of my late husband and that he has been chosen by the Marcos family as the custodian of alleged wealth which we are not in possession of; he uses my photographs on social media after a photo opportunities and has produced a film positioning him as a signatory to the world’s wealth; he targets wealthy Chinese businessmen who want to do business in the Philippines and attracts them thru charitable causes,” she added.
Romualdez told the netizens to be “extra careful” and avoid believing anything they see on the internet.
“Please let’s be extra careful, lalo na sa panahon ngaun marami fraud. Ginagamit Last Name ng Romualdez or Marcos Hindi naman un ung real name or last name nya, sa mga kilala ko jan sa Leyte Manila and to other places please wag po agad maniwala if may magsabi or nagsabi na related to me or to my family even if there’s a photo or video you can verify message or contact me first po. keep safe everyone! thank you,” he said.
“Kaya Yung mga fraud jan, before using a Name or Surname na Hindi naman un ung real name or apelyido mo you better think twice,” he added.
Jude Maat Romualdez also posted the same warning to his social media friends.
Francis Leo Marcos has gone viral on social media because of showing his philanthropic activities on social media.
The businessman also posted some photos of him together with some members of the Marcos clan like former First Lady Imelda Marcos, former Senator Bongbong Marcos, and Fortuna Edralin Marcos.
“My date told me that I look like Ferdie (Ferdinand Marcos) I reply her with the snob and say I look more like. PAKING (pacifico Marcos my father) than Ferdie and she laughs open air wahahahaha,” Francis Leo Marcos said on his post last year.
Several days ago, he even showed the houses of the people living in a super-exclusive subdivision in Quezon City and urging them to go outside to help the needy.
Marcos received praise on social media because of his good deeds and called him the next internet sensation.
Despite the revelations of Romualdez, netizens still expressed their support to the businessman.
“Kamag anak nyo man or hindi di na po mahalaga yun ang mahalaga po sa ngayon may isang tao dumating at handang tumulong sa kapwa sir tuloy nyo lang po ang pagtulong sa kapwa si Lord na po bahala magbless sa kabutihan ng pusot kalooban nyo po sana po mas marami pa po kau matulungan may mga nagsasabi mayabang daw po kau okei lang po magyabang kau kita naman po namin di po katulad ng iba jan nagyayabang wala naman ipagyayabang,” netizen Cee Jay said.
“Ano ang problema kung mas relasyon cla ni BBM ,ang mhlaga ngayon ay tumutulong cya s higit n nngangailangan,GOD BLESS YOU IDOL,” netizen Angelito Moseros commented.
“Wala na kami pakealam sa family history nyan.. Salamat sir sa tulong nyo,” netizen Patrick Bonsol remarked.
There’s a sad story behind the viral businessman Francis Leo Marcos’ philanthropic activities that he wholeheartedly shared with his followers online.
In his Facebook live video, Marcos revealed that he had a problem with his wife because of his activities aimed to help the people who were in need amid the enhanced community quarantine being imposed in Metro Manila.
According to him, he couldn’t stop himself from helping the people even it already cost his relationship with his wife.
Some of his Facebook posts showed that he only got married last year.
“Sa totoong buhay po ay hiniwalayan po ako ng aking asawa dahil sa ginagawa ko, pero tinanggap ko po yun dahil hindi ko po kayang [magbago] mas pinili ko po yung pagtulong sa taumbayan kaysa sa sarili kong kapakanan, mas pinili ko po ang pagtulong ko sa tao kaysa sa sarili ko,” Marcos stated.
However, Marcos was hoping that his wife would understand him in the future.
“Umaasa parin ako na lalambot ang puso ng aking asawa at maiintindihan niya itong ginagawa ko, at mamahalin niya kung sino man ako at kung ano yung ginagawa ko para sa taumbayan,” he said.
“Pinapili niya ho ako eh, magbabago daw po ba ako o hindi, ang sabi ko eh ‘kung masama ako ay hindi na dahil eto na ako eh, pero kung masama ang maging mabuti ay hindi na rin ako magbabago’,” he added.
Marcos gained popularity on social media because of his live videos showing how he shared his wealth to the people affected by the crisis.
He also tried to influence his followers and friends to do the same.
Yesterday, his videos had gone viral on the internet and reached 200,000 peak live viewers after he roamed around a super-exclusive subdivision to urge his rich neighbors to help others.
Businessman Francis Leo Marcos slammed his neighbors after getting informed that someone filed a complaint against him after he vlogged the super-exclusive subdivision in Quezon City he living in yesterday.
In the latest video, Marcos also revealed the decision of the said subdivision to block the entry of the truck he hired to deliver 5-tons of rice to the communities in Payatas, Quezon City.
He suspected that the decision of the subdivision to block the vehicle is because of the complaint filed by his neighbor, accusing him of endangering the people living in the neighborhood because of exposing their houses on the internet.
According to him, he’s having difficulties in transporting the rice stored in his house to the truck outside the subdivision because they’re only using an SUV to deliver it, in and out.
He also revealed that some of the workers of his neighbors went personally to his home and asked him for a sack of rice.
“Kung sino ka man na nagrereport sa akin, ayan milyong milyong Pilipino ang nanonood sa akin, wala kang kwentang nilalang, baka yung katulong mo pa nga yung pumunta dito at humingi ng bigas eh, ang kapal ng mukha mo,” he said.
Marcos said that he’s not going to stop to his philanthropic activities despite the complaints he received from his neighbor.
“Pare parehas tayong taga dito, hindi lang ikaw ang may karapatan dito, pati ako dito dahil taga rito ako,” he told his neighbor.
He also clarified that the criticisms he said in the published yesterday were intended to his neighbors who didn’t even help other people amid the crisis being faced by the country.
Marcos also insisted that they should allow the truck to enter the subdivision because they’re using it for humanitarian aid.
“Mayroon tayong lockdown rules, pero pwede bang makiusap ang sabi ko, ‘in every rules, even the rules of the land, there will always be an exemption as long as there a justification, especially if it is committed or connected to humanitarian reason’,” he said.
Marcos also told his neighbors that they should be proud of him instead of complaining about his actions because what he’s doing is helping the needy.
Yesterday, Marcos posted a vlog to urge his neighbors to go outside their mansions and help the people affected by the enhanced community quarantine.
Senator Risa Hontiveros criticized President Rodrigo Duterte for calling the health professionals who lost their lives because of the coronavirus as ‘fortunate’.
In a statement, Hontiveros said that the health workers are not lucky to lose their lives because of the virus, saying that no frontliners would perish if the government just gave them the right equipment to protect themselves from getting sick.
“Hindi po ‘swerte’ ang mga health workers na namatay dahil sa COVID-19. Our health workers should not have been dying in the first place if they had been given ample PPEs & access to testing! Ngayong may special powers & funds, no more excuses,” Hontiveros who’s also the only Senator who rejected the ‘Bayanihan To Heal As One Act’ tweeted.
She then urged the government to enhance the testing capacity in the country to prevent the spread of the virus.
Hontiveros also asked the government about their steps to ensure that the people affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) are going to receive help.
“What are the steps being taken to enhance our capacity for mass testing? How do we ensure that there are enough PPEs? How do we get the funds to the most vulnerable ASAP? We need to mobilize the funds now-kailangan na ito ng taumbayan. To defeat COVID,we need a sense of urgency,” she said.
“The Quarantine is essential at this time to slow the spread of the virus. But it cannot stand alone. For it to be effective, it should be backed up by intensified actions to increase the capacity of our health system, conduct mass testing, & protect our health workers,” she added.
Hindi po ‘swerte’ ang mga health workers na namatay dahil sa COVID-19.
Our health workers should not have been dying in the first place if they had been given ample PPEs & access to testing!
Ngayong may special powers & funds, no more excuses.
According to Hontiveros, Duterte should act faster now as he already got the special powers he needed to address the problem as soon as possible.
“W/ all the funds & special powers at his disposal since last week, the Pres should at least act w/ a sense of urgency & provide the people w/ concrete plans to address the COVID-19 crisis. But after an almost 8-hour delay, his late-night talk show was a prelude to bad sleep,” she said.
Yesterday, President Duterte said that health workers who sacrificed their lives while fighting the virus are fortunate enough to leave this world as heroes.
“I assure you that your efforts will be rewarded. Your heroism will not be forgotten. Saludo kami sa inyo,” Duterte said.
“May doktor mga nurses namatay, sila ‘yong nasawi ang buhay para lang makatulong sa kapuwa. Napaksuwerte nila. Namatay sila para sa bayan,” he added.
“‘Yon ang dapat rason na bakit tayo mamatay,” Duterte said.
A businessman has gone viral on social media after he violated the rules of the super-exclusive subdivision he lived in to call the attention of his rich neighbors to go out of their mansions to help the people affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).
Francis Leo Marcos CEO of Marcos Group of Companies suddenly became famous on social media because of his philanthropic activities amid the crisis being faced by the country right now.
In his live video yesterday, Marcos showed his ‘humble home’ and sports car in the said super-exclusive subdivision in Pasig City.
He also showed some of the mansions of his neighbors and even told his followers about their occupation.
Marcos shared that his closest neighbor is a politician who made many false promises to his/her constituents.
The businessman then used his sports car to roam around the subdivision and honked the horn of his vehicle to attempt to wake up his neighbors.
“Hoy gising kayo diyan, tulong tayo sa mga kababayan natin, tulong na tulong na, tulog tulog kayo,” Marcos said.
Marcos said that he’s going to talk to the admin of the subdivision to issue a memorandum urging all its residents to help the people affected by the ECQ.
According to him, only the elites and billionaires could afford to live in the said subdivision that’s why he expressed his displeasure to them and called them greedy for not going out to help others.
“Para sa mga kapitbahay ko dito sa subdivision, para sa akin makasarili kayong lahat, kayong mga hindi tumutulong sa ating mamamayan,” he said.
Marcos also admitted that he violated the community rules of the subdivision, but he did it to convince his neighbors to share some of their wealth to the needy.
“Violation po yung aking ginawa na businahan ko yung mga bahay bahay para gisingin sila, pero wala po akong pakialam,”
Before ending his live video, he revealed that most of his neighbors don’t really care to the people because they’re not going to get anything from them.
“They’re don’t after political power, they’re are after for economic gain, yun po yung totoo niyan, if they can sabotage the economy they will because they’re big player” he stated.
However, he vowed to expose his neighbors as long as he’s still residing in the said subdivision.
“Tulong kahit konti, kailangan ka ng taong bayan, magkapit bahay tayo rito eh, tulong na, kaya natin yan dahil higit tayong kailangan ng tao,” he told his neighbors.
The video already reached 3-M views as of writing on social media.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development already explained the process of how to avail the social amelioration program aimed to help the people affected by the enhanced community quarantine.
On Tuesday, DSWD published a video to teach the netizens how to avail of the social amelioration package from the government.
DSWD will provide social amelioration measures amounting to P5,000 to P8,000 for two months to families belonging to vulnerable sectors who have been affected by the community quarantine amid the COVID-19 crisis as mandated by Republic Act (RA) 11469 or the “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act.”
The help will be distributed first in the form of food assistance, then after that they’re going to distribute it in the form of cash.
Photo: Usec. Annalyn M. Sevilla
Here are the steps on how to avail the package:
The local government units (LGUs) are going to distribute the Social Amelioration Card (SAC) to their constituents.
LGUs are required to distribute the card house-to-house.
The applicant is going to receive two copies of the SACs, one copy for the IATF, and one copy for the beneficiary.
The head of the family is going to list down the information of his/her kin in the SAC.
The information should be written in all capital letters.
The applicant should ensure that all the information they put in the SAC is complete.
A representative of the LGU is going to visit their house again to get the form.
You should only give the IATF copy to the LGU and keep the beneficiary copy for reference and monitoring.
The social amelioration package is going to be distributed by the DSWD via LGUs.
DSWD clarified that the SAC form is only a ‘validation tool’ to see the families who need the most help from the government and receiving SAC doesn’t mean that you’re automatically a beneficiary.
“Ang lahat po ay nilalayon naming makatanggap ng Social Amerlioration Progran sublalit ang pagpapamahagi po ay naayon sa lebel ng pangangailangan. Kung kaya’t ang inyong pong kooperasyon, pagbibigayan at pangunawa ay higit na kinakailangan,” DSWD said in the video they published.
For more information, you can call the DSWD hotline 8-951-2803.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles already said that the social amelioration package should be distributed as soon as possible by the government.
Nograles ensured that only the eligible people are going to receive the help because aside from the LGUs they’re also going to look at the database of DSWD to see the list of families that really belong to the vulnerable sector.
“Yung national database po punong puno po yan ng lahat ng beneficiaries mula sa DSWD, mula sa DOLE, mula DA, at iba pang mga ahensya ng gobyerno… so lahat po yan ay naka centralize na sa database ng DSWD, so lahat ng government agencies are required to share their database ng beneficiaries nila para yung DSWD nalang ang mag coconsolidate ng listahan ng mga beneficiaries,” Nograles said.
“Mula sa database na yon ay makikita po natin kung sino yung kwalipikado based dito sa joint memorandum circular ng social amelioration program, so yun po yung mauuna nating bibigyan sa pasada na yan, habang ginagawa po natin yan ay hihingin po natin yung listahan mula sa LGUs at kasama na diyan mula yung sa barangay kapitan pero dapat ang pagbibigay ng listahan ay based sa guidelines natin yung kwalipikado na beneficiaries,” he added.
According to the joint memorandum circular, their target beneficiaries are families belong to either poor or informal sector which are at risk of not earning a living during the enhanced community quarantine, who may have at least one member belonging to any of the following vulnerable or disadvantaged sectors:
President Rodrigo Duterte warned the Local Government Units (LGUs) not to attempt to corrupt the help going to be sent by the national government, including the funds for the ‘biggest social protection program’ in the country’s history.
According to him, public officials should not act like they own the money of the people and they must honestly distribute the help to their constituents.
“I will see to it even tomorrow, if I discover some embezzlements, some hoarding there, at dina-divert ‘yung pagkain sa mga tao na dapat hindi sa kanila, you better think. I am not a cruel man. Pero kung may report ang pulis, I will order your detention hanggang matapos itong COVID-19,” Duterte said in his televised address.
“Sabi ko huwag ngayon. Huwag na huwag kayong mandaya, mangurakot at taguin ‘yung mga pagkain at ‘yung iba hindi bigyan kasi… You know, people sometimes think that they own whatever they receive from government. This is not yours, neither is it mine,” he added.
The President then vowed to punish every public official that would attempt to use the money of the government for personal purposes.
“Pero kung mamulitika ka tapos mabalitaan ko na ‘yan ang nagawa mo, I will suspend you ora mismo. And for those who are really absconding the money, I will detain you, I said, and maybe I will release you pagkatapos ng COVID.”
Yesterday, President Duterte announced the 200-B social protection measures for the poor and called it the “largest and widest social protection program in the country’s history,”.
Under the “Bayanihan to Heal As One Law” low-income households should receive P5,000 to P8,000 monthly from the government for two months.
Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan III asked President Rodrigo Duterte if he already did anything since he signed the Bayanihan to Heal as One law.
In a Facebook post, Pangilinan who’s also the president of the Liberal Party asked the Duterte administration about the promises they made to the people like the food packs, money and personal protective equipment (PPE).
“Where is the money? PPEs, food packs? Plan?” Pangilinan said.
The said law gives the President special powers to hasten the procurement of necessities.
It also includes the monthly ₱5,000 to ₱8,000 emergency subsidy for 18 million low-income households for up to two months.
Pangilinan cited that The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) led by Duterte was required to submit a weekly report about the progress made by the national government since the special powers were given to the chief executive.
“It’s been five days since the emergency powers, and as required by law, IATF needs to submit to Congress and effectively to the people a progress report every week,” the Senator who also voted in favor of the Bayanihan law said.
“We’re almost halfway in our enhanced community quarantine, at katulad ng nabanggit natin sa ating pahayag nang ipasa ng Senado itong batas na ito, gusto nating makita na ipinapatupad ang batas at inilalaan ang pondo nang ayon dito at gaya ng inaasahan,” he added.
One of the most notable progress made by the Duterte administration since the activation of Bayanihan Law was the purchase of 1,000,000 pieces of PPEs worth P1.8-B to address the shortage of equipment being used by the medical frontliners in the country.
The President was expected to address the nation tonight and probably going to inform the people about the actions made by the government during the first week of the Bayanihan law.
Senator Manny Pacquiao said that worldly riches are valueless now amid the C̶O̶V̶I̶D̶-19 crisis happening in the Philippines and other countries.
In a statement, Pacquiao who’s under home quarantine said that having too much money is useless nowadays because people couldn’t go out to spend their money and wearing luxury things are pointless because no one would see it.
According to him, the enhanced community quarantine is the right time to spend more time with your family.
“Walang value ‘yung pera ngayon no? Kahit ang dami mong pera, wala kang mabili, kasi lahat sarado. Kahit anong ganda ng kotse mo ngayon, wala kang mapuntahan. Kahit LV o Gucci pa suot mo, nasa bahay ka lang din naman,” Pacquiao said.
“In this time of crisis, you’ll appreciate more all your memories and quality time with your families and friends. ‘Yun lang yung meron tayong lahat ngayon,” he added.
He then told the people that after the crisis, they should be more humble and focus on having a relationship with God than seeking more wealth.
“Kaya pagtapos ng lockdown na ito, we should learn to humble ourselves na it is not the material things that we should crave for. It is about our relationship to God and the memories and the legacy that we will leave to our children,” he said.
Pacquiao is one of the most richest Filipinos in the Philippines, but he’s also known for being religious and humble because of experiencing poverty before he became a successful boxer.
A few days ago, Pacquiao was ordered by the officials of Dasmarinas village in Makati to undergo quarantine after having contact with Senator Aquilino ‘Koko’ Pimentel III who tested positive in the said virus.
