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.

READ MORE: Businessman violates super-exclusive subdivision rules to urge his rich neighbors to help the people: “Makasarili kayong lahat!”

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.

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.

READ MORE: Businessman violates super-exclusive subdivision rules to urge his rich neighbors to help the people: “Makasarili kayong lahat!”

“Para sa mga kapitbahay ko dito sa subdivision, para sa akin makasarili kayong lahat, kayong mga hindi tumutulong sa ating mamamayan,” he said.

He also admitted that what he did was against the rules of their subdivision, but he still did it to spread awareness.

According to him, his live videos on Facebook was deleted due to unknown reasons.

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.

— risa hontiveros (@risahontiveros) March 31, 2020

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.

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:

• Senior Citizens
• Persons with Disability
• Pregnant and Lactating Women
• Solo Parents
• Overseas Filipinos in Distress
• Indigent Indigenous Peoples
• Underprivileged Sector and Homeless Citizens
• Informal Economy Workers