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“ONE MANIRA” RUN BY LYING, DISHONEST POLITICAL LOSERS

There is a famous saying that “he who cackles laid the egg,” meaning, he who talks first is the guilty party.

In my last column, I chided a group calling itself “One Manira” for resorting to cheap tirades as an offshoot of their being mentally-bankrupt and for being sore losers.

Lo and behold! A Facebook account has owned up as the one I was referring to by issuing a very long reaction and hitting me for my tirades against those whose main preoccupation is to spread falsehoods about the current city officials and situation in Manila, while hiding behind a bogus FB account.


I will not be mentioning the account name unless and until the cowards behind it come out in the open. Until then, to me, that group remains nothing as “One Manira,” an apt description of their apparent mission in life, which is to continue in attempting to fool Manilans and discrediting those to whom they have lost the last election, notwithstanding the fact that this was the very same strategy that caused their landslide political defeat.

Anyway, one of the four (yes, four) who have read the said post has told me that the black propagandists think I am at the sunset of my political career.

Oh well, if this is what they believe, so be it. At least it means they are acknowledging that I have reached the pinnacle of my political career, unlike them who have not, even for a single time, even tasted the sweet victory of being voted. I don’t think they can make it even in any elective barangay post. If they say I am “laos,” it means sumikat ako once upon a time. Eh sila, hindi pa sumisikat, laos na.

Modesty aside though, this humble public servant was a Councilor representing the third district of Manila for a period of eight terms, or an equivalent of 24 years. As such, I hold the distinction of being the longest-serving Manila councilor.


I was also Secretary to the Vice Mayor to then VM Isko Moreno, before I became the Secretary to the Mayor and now, City Administrator of Manila.

Unlike the wimps hiding behind “One Manira” to spread lies and black propaganda, this humble servant of yours does not hide anything. My full name and picture is in my column for all to see and know that whatever gets published here, I stand by it.

Using the social media has an accompanying responsibility. If you use it to peddle false information, then you are nothing but a social media troll, a term that usually refers to someone who maliciously harasses, attacks, or cyberbullies others.

If you hide behind a bogus account, it means you are being dishonest.


I will repeat what I have stated here before. The people of Manila are smart enough to distinguish truth from lies. They cannot be fooled and they showed this overwhelmingly in the last elections when they gave Mayor Honey Lacuna and her entire slate the highest margin in the history of the city’s electoral results.

The effective management under Lacuna’s stewardship came to the fore when she left to receive a Policymaker and Visionary Award as 2022 Most Influential Filipina Woman in the World by Filipina Women’s Network (FWN) during the six-day Filipina Leadership Global Summit at the Dom Pedro Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal.

Like clockwork, all that needs to be done in the city went regularly without any hitches.

And while the sore losers in the May elections were busy trying to find fault, none of them extended any form of assistance to the victims of typhoon “Paeng.” Not even a single can of sardines.

If only lies can be eaten, these losers will be able to feed the whole city and more.

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