Bernardo Velasco

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Bernardo Velasco

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Senatorial candidate JV Ejercito Estrada say he is learning that being a top contender in the coming elections is to become a magnet for invented charges, just like the one linking him to having squirreled away a lot of money in undeclared Virgin Islands accounts. But then JV, the son of Erap, is no stranger to how black propaganda is used to bring down political enemies, having seen such moves employed against his father when he was President.

Now that JV is landing in the top three in surveys for the Senate, he is not surprised at the attacks. These started, he said, after Holy Week with an advertisement claiming that he was the top spender for political ads.

This was followed by a television report alleging that he had supposedly snubbed a niece during a political rally.

JV now believes that the reports of his having an undeclared offshore account for his businesses are yet another ploy to link him to a scandal. After three terms as mayor and now as congressman of San Juan, these efforts have been unsuccessful; at least his detractors are being consistent.

Unlike most other members of so-called political dynasties, JV has always distinguished himself in public service. Under his term as mayor, San Juan’s revenue quadrupled to P1.1 billion, from an annual income of P300 million when he first assumed the mayorship in 2001.

JV won a seat in the House of Representatives in 2010 when he completed three terms as mayor of San Juan. He was one of the principal authors of the landmark Kasambahay Law and many other legislative measures intended to “nationalize” his success in San Juan when he was its mayor.

But JV has always been a businessman, as well, having put up– mostly with his mother Guia – about 30 companies in the food and real estate industries. “My father wanted me to become a successful businessman, but circumstances forced me to enter politics in 2001. My father was a victim of a conspiracy. I was tasked to carry the torch of the family, so to speak.”

JV has every reason to liken the current demolition job against him to the 2001 effort to oust his father from office. The personalities behind the attacks against his father and now working against him are practically the same, he said.

Easter is all about Love and Forgiveness. 

As forgiveness is an expression of love. I forgive all those persons who have offended me.

I ask for forgiveness from all those persons, whose feelings, faith and dignity, I have offended in thoughts, words and deeds. For all my shortcomings, weakness and wrongdoings, I am truly sorry. To my Family, friends, colleagues and community, I am very much sorry.

This Easter, as the Risen Lord has shown us, let us start our life anew.

Let us pray for greater fortitude, temperance, humility, prudence and mercy in ourselves.

Happy Easter Sunday to everyone:) 

[WORD & TEXT: Joseph Ginno Tiburcio-Jaralve] 

2013 DO VOTE: A group of farmers flash the “JV” sign in Nueva Ecija to show supports for UNA Senatorial Candidate JV EJERCITO ESTRADA.

Cong JV Ejercito Estrada gives us hope and glee. He has more than common sense with absolutely no pretense. He gives us hope, offers strategies to cope. Comprehends and share our hopes. Works well and never mopes. He has vision for the country with no thought of any booty. Gifted with intelligence. With no tolerance for nonsense. 

[via Cynthia Sycip]

What is imperative right now is to ensure that these deserving students who are placing education as their prime objective be provided the mechanism to fulfill their dreams. - JV EJERCITO ESTRADA

Thank you for the very warm reception, San Fernando, La Union! Simply overwhelming! - Cong JV Ejercito Estrada

[March 16, 2013 — Rep. JV EJERCITO ESTRADA in San Fernando, La Union]

Hindi lahat ng AHAS nasa GUBAT! Yung IBA nasa Short Pant. [via Emil Aniban]