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Run after lawmakers’ taxes too, not only Marcoses’

Run after lawmakers’ taxes too, not only Marcoses’

by | Apr 14, 2023 | Gotcha

PNA photo of BIR building

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written on June 24, 2022

 

Incoming BIR commissioner Lilia Guillermo can up the ante. Collect, as announced, not only the P23.3-billion estate tax of the family of her new boss Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos. Sweep the table by going after tax liabilities of lawmakers as well. Pay special attention to the supermajorities in the Senate and House of Reps. That way Guillermo can fulfill her revenue collection strategy of leadership by example.

The first 100 days are crucial. Marcos Jr. needs to prove his mettle at once. He would be inheriting a P13-trillion public debt and 25 percent unemployment and underemployment. Food, energy and transport crises loom. Solutions lie in government start-ups and “ayuda”. Those cost money – tax money.

Filipinos know why lawmakers form supermajorities. It’s not only to show fealty to the president. It’s more to get what they want – pork barrels from which to take kickbacks.

The Supreme Court has outlawed pork barrels since 2013. Before then, each senator received P200 million and congressman P70 million per year to spend at will. Those used to be called Countryside Development Fund, Priority Development Assistance Fund and Disbursement Acceleration Program. After illegalization, legislators resorted to “insertions” by the billions of pesos. Public funds are re-channeled from executive departments to their personal projects. Most preferred are multibillion-peso “flood control” works; that is, make-believe river dredging. The money goes straight to the legislators’ pockets.

Spotting the crooked in Congress should be easy for Guillermo. They usually are those who swap or synchronize seats with spouses, siblings, parents and offspring. A political dynasty used to target the P200-million loot. Today each hoards P2 billion to P20 billion. Not to forget the bureaucrats and local officials.

Every year one-fifth of the national budget is lost to corruption, the World Bank laments. That would be P1 trillion of this year’s P5-trillion expenditure program. Guillermo can partner with the Ombudsman and the Anti-Money Laundering Council to go after the stolen wealth.

As for Marcos, Guillermo already has her work cut out for her. The BIR as far back as 1991 calculated the estate tax: P23,293,607,638. In addition was the income tax deficiency in 1985-1986 of spouses Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Sr. and Imelda Romualdez Marcos: P184,159,289.70. Plus, Marcos Jr.’s income tax liabilities in 1982-1985: P20,410, an issue raised in the election campaign.

The SC in 1997 deemed those collectibles final and executory.

During the recent campaign too, retired SC justice Antonio Carpio computed the estate tax to have swelled to P203.8 billion due to interests and surcharges.

Marcos Jr.’s staunchest supporters say his presidency is his one chance to redeem the family name, through actions and accomplishments.

Guillermo’s role in that cleansing is vital. Collection of taxes from perceived untouchables would make the new admin credible. Individual and corporate income earners willingly would chip in their share. Foreign and domestic investments will multiply. The government would be able to take out additional loans.

Sinovac safety efficacy and price still need clarifying

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Stop reinventing the wheel; build upon science studies

Stop reinventing the wheel; build upon science studies

by | Apr 14, 2023 | Gotcha

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written on June 22, 2022

 

A new administration need not reinvent the wheel on assuming office. Building upon previous leaderships’ accomplishments guarantees quick results. More so since past successes invariably are anchored on scientific data and practices.

An example is in agriculture. In 1992 then-secretary Senen Bacani commissioned a soil study of the archipelago. Thick ring-binders of acetates illustrated the type and depth of loam – and therefore the suitable crops – in each municipality and barangay.

From the database farmers were persuaded to plant cash crops like asparagus, sorghum, broccoli, celery, peppercorn, even ornamental flowers. The Land Bank and some rural banks lent capital. The aim was to replicate Japan’s One Town-One Product program as Thailand did.

Unfortunately, the chain was broken. Government devolution moved state agricultural technicians to municipal payrolls. Unready for new responsibilities, many mayors retired the experts. No second-liners were mentored. Farmers lost trainors in new methods and techniques. Buyers lost suppliers.

That strategy can be revived. New cheaper technologies can be applied for crop packaging, storage and transporting. Imagine carts on hillside ziplines. Harvesters can link up online directly with buyers like restaurant chains, hotels and wholesalers. No longer should farmers be forced to throw away unsold produce on roadsides.

Correct applications eliminate guesswork. With good aquaculture research for instance, the country may not need to import fish. Government statisticians must not limit data gathering to “consignaciones.” Few tilapia and milkfish-raisers drop off harvests in those fish trading depots, says aquaculturist Norbert Chingcuanco. Most deliver straight to public markets.

With accurate data capture, policymakers may discover oversupply in fish pens and ponds, and that difficulties may lie in transporting via dirt roads and clogged streams. Tutors are scarce in fish deboning and filleting for added value.

Trainors are needed too in duck and goose raising. As contract-growing of chicken thrives, so should that of other fowl – with strict weight standards.

The energy department too has a wealth of information. But petroleum, wind and tide surveys are gathering dust. Millions of dollars’ worth of studies obtained from international experts and oil-and-gas explorers will go to waste. Uncaring appointees let the documents rot and videotapes mildew.

Liguasan Marsh in Cotabato-Maguindanao-Sultan Kudarat has long been estimated to contain up to 20 billion cubic feet of methane. Yet no admin has harnessed the gas in the 2,200-square kilometer bog into electricity worth a trillion dollars. Neither have forceful seawater flow in numerous straits been used for energy from new tide technology.

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau mapped all geohazard zones in 2003. Yet mayors continue to permit residential development in flood- and landslide-prone ridgesides.

Environment bureaucrats know all the watersheds that need protection. Yet their mindset is to license those off to mine and quarry speculators.

Sinovac safety efficacy and price still need clarifying

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Sinovac safety efficacy and price still need clarifying

Despite Manila’s protests, Beijing gets what it wants

Despite Manila’s protests, Beijing gets what it wants

by | Apr 14, 2023 | Gotcha

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written on June 17, 2022

 

“A diplomat is a gentleman who can tell a lie in such a manner to another gentleman (who is also a diplomat) that the second gentleman is compelled to let on that he really believes the first gentleman, although he knows that the first gentleman is a liar, who knows that the second gentleman does not believe him, yet both let on that each believes the other, while both know that both are liars.” (Herbert V. Prochnow)

Beijing lies when it says it is Manila’s friend. All its acts are belligerent. It occupies or blockades nine western Philippine reefs, shoals and islets. Its warships machinegun and watercannon Filipino boats approaching those traditional fishing grounds. Filipino exploration vessels are chased away.

China’s Communist Party deploys its fisheries militia to poach in exclusive Philippine waters. One steel trawler rammed an anchored Filipino wooden boat and left the 22 fishermen floating in the cold night sea. The CCP even justified the hit-and-run, a breach of international maritime law.

The People’s Liberation Army taunts Filipino defense forces. Bombers and troop transports test-land on airstrips concreted in the occupied reefs. Fighters routinely barge into Luzon airspace. Spy vessels trespass Sibutu Strait in Tawi-Tawi and Tubbataha reefs between Palawan and Panay. One PLA frigate aimed weapons at a Philippine Navy patrol near Malampaya gas field.

Beijing has neo-colonial designs on the Philippines – revealed in 1989. It designated a virtual Great Wall at sea along the Philippine west coast to Taiwan and Okinawa as a First Island Chain of Defense. A Second Island Chain connects the Philippine east coast, also to the two northern territories that Beijing claims to historically possess.

The plot has unraveled. Chinese warships traverse Philippine waters around Batanes, the sea lane from Balabac to Surigao Strait, and Sibutu Strait. They illegally explore the Philippine (Benham) Rise east of Luzon.

Part of the plot is to soften Filipinos. The CCP puts up national, congressional and local Manchurian candidates. Its United Front department influences via inducements Filipino academics, security specialists and businessmen. It abets shabu shipments to addle the minds of Filipino youths.

In March Chinese militia trawlers swarmed Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef, like last year, to attempt annexation. In April the China Coast Guard dropped fishnets and buoys to prevent Filipino sailors from resupplying Marines in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal. The CCG insisted that the Filipinos take a shallow but treacherous route instead.

Beijing was making it clear that Philippine vessels may only reach Ayungin with its permission and that it can prevent this anytime, says international maritime lawyer Jay Batongbacal, PhD. “So, if we act the way they expect us to, we lose.”

As active defense, retired Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio suggests that Manila build permanent civilian outposts on Ayungin and other West Philippine Sea features. Retired general Edilberto Adan, Advocates for National Interest chairman, proposes arming Filipino coastguards with water cannons. Asserting Philippine control over its waters is essential.

Geopolitics professor Renato de Castro, PhD says coast guards must protect Filipino fishermen from Chinese harassment. Former foreign secretary Albert del Rosario seeks more naval exercises with Philippine allies and tabling Beijing’s bellicosity at the UN General Assembly.

So far Manila only protests Beijing’s mounting provocations. Some leaders are subservient, unconstitutionally giving the top CCP commissar unlimited fishing rights in Philippine seas. Others are defeatist, proclaiming as futile buying patrol helicopters and boats.

Beijing’s foreign ministry is exhilarated. “A diplomat is a fellow that lets you do all the talking while he gets what he wants.” (Kin Hubbard)

Sinovac safety efficacy and price still need clarifying

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Scientists, tribesmen, notables join outcry against quarries

Scientists, tribesmen, notables join outcry against quarries

by | Apr 14, 2023 | Gotcha

PNA photo of alleged encroaching on the Masungi Georeserve

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written on June 15, 2022

 

Government scientists, tribesfolk and civic leaders have joined the outcry against quarrying in the Marikina watershed. In separate statements they denounce rock-crushing in the mountaintops of Rizal province that ruin protected areas and ancestral lands. Landslides and flash floods destroy lives and property in the cities below. The rainy season has begun. They plead with Malacañang and the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources to preserve the forests, not level the slopes.

Their support boosts the morale of the few park rangers in Masungi Georeserve. The rangers replant and secure 2,700 hectares of hillsides in Baras town. Trespassers maul and harass them with gunfire.

Leave the watersheds untouched, National Museum specialists advise. Interconnected with surrounding watersheds, Masungi is sensitive to various disturbances. They propose ways to preserve it.

Karst characterize the Marikina watershed. Limestone beneath the topsoil absorbs rain, serving as aquifer for plants and clean spring water for animals and humans. Quarrying destroys the karst dating back to the Paleocene epoch 66-56 million years ago.

“The quality of any karst depends on the relationship of water, land, vegetation and soil,” National Museum chairperson Luli M. Arroyo-Bernas reiterates that 1997 report of the World Commission on Protected Areas in a May 6 letter to DENR Acting Sec. Jim Sampulna.

“Major land or hydrologic disturbance, even outside the actual karst landscape, can have expensive consequences,” Arroyo-Bernas stresses. “Anthropogenic activities [human disturbance of nature] in the vicinity may not cause direct destruction in the geopark itself, but may still disrupt the karst systems. These include forestry, agriculture, land clearance, quarrying, waste disposal, landfill and other developmental activities.”

The National Museum study was circulated among Filipino conservationists last May 22, International Day of Biological Diversity. Arroyo-Bernas says the report strengthens and substantiates state plans to preserve the watershed. “I hope this report and the recommendations specified can form a useful basis and tool for assessing and determining important measures to protect and conserve the area.”

Dumagat-Remontado tribesfolk petition authorities to save Susong Dalaga (maiden’s breast) peak. Part of their ancestral domain, the mountain formation is within the watershed. Yet DENR included it in two of three quarry permits issued in 1998.

A hundred Dumagat-Remontado leaders want President Duterte, Sampulna and Rizal Governor Rebecca Ynares to preserve the peak, their sacred shrine. Most of the tribe members farm within Antipolo City below the 1,300-hectare quarries.

A thousand hectares of quarry land overlap with the Masungi Geopark. In 2017 then-Sec. Gina Lopez tasked the Masungi Georeserve Foundation to rewild the watershed.

Birds, butterflies, wild boar and various flora flourished within five years of replanting 67,000 native trees, foundation president Ben Dumaliang beams. But trespassers have built a dozen swimming pool resorts in the overlapping zone. The two largest have fenced off and diverted half a kilometer of riverway into their pools. Illegal woodcutters engage in slash-and-burn (kaingin) farming.

The prestigious Knights of Rizal also wants the quarry permits cancelled and the trespassers evicted. “We lend our voice to the long overdue imperative to protect our forests, waterways, oceans and biodiversity,” the Chivalry Order says. ”State policy is to protect and promote the right of every Filipino to a balanced and healthy ecology. Every citizen should do his part to care for and protect our natural heritage, including forests which serve as our sole natural defense against disastrous floods, landslides and other calamities.”

The Knights condemn trespassers such as a retired DENR bigwig and an active police general who have built manors within the georeserve. The quarries, resorts and trespassers “have long destroyed our forests and waterways and irresponsibly put the lives and property of our countrymen downstream in peril,” state Supreme Commander Gerardo Calderon and eight other national officers. “The recent summer flood and landslide in Leyte killing about 200 is a wake-up call.”

Last April more than 30 conservationists and NGO leaders also sought quarry prohibition. They asked why, despite cancellation orders by then-Sec. Roy Cimatu in March 2020, his subordinates have not acted. Among the petitioners are environment lawyer Tony Oposa, Edward Hagedorn, Bro. Armin Luistro, UN Environment Program goodwill ambassador Antoinette Taus, University of Santo Tomas College of Science dean Rey Papa and Manila Observatory head Fr. Jett Villarin.

The other week Sampulna suspended the three quarries. Dumaliang criticized it as feeble, explaining that mere suspension means the quarries can be resumed and even extended for another 25 years.

Sixteen other quarries operate in Rodriguez (Montalban) mountains of Rizal. Victims blame them for the flash floods during Typhoon Ulysses in November 2020 in San Mateo, Marikina, Cainta, Antipolo, Taytay, Pasig and Quezon Cities. A former DENR official owns the largest of those quarries.

Sinovac safety efficacy and price still need clarifying

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How our Independence was stolen, nurtured, regained

How our Independence was stolen, nurtured, regained

by | Apr 14, 2023 | Gotcha

Wikipedia photo of the official draft copy of the Declaration of Independence

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written on June 10, 2022

 

An American was among the 98 signatories of the Philippine Declaration of Independence, June 12, 1898. The presence  of artillery colonel L.M. Johnson has not been fully explained. The Declaration merely described him as “the only stranger (extranjero) who attended those proceedings.”

Strange events ensued in America. Policymakers and influencers debated what to do with the islands they had just taken from Spain. The imperialists chest-thumped national destiny and interest, but were themselves split on colonizing only Manila as a coaling station or including the whole archipelago. The anti-imperialists also subdivided: some invoked their Bill of Rights to encompass even non-Americans; others abhorred co-citizenship with “barbarians” across the Pacific.

A new book details those early sentiments and the subsequence. In Stories from the Other Side, historian Augusto de Viana presents in split-screen goings-on in America and the Philippines from Independence Day 1898, to the American and Japanese Occupations and the first two Post-War presidencies up to 1953. Following is the foreword I had the honor of writing:

“’News is the first rough draft of history’. That quote by writer-civil libertarian Alan Barth in the 1940s has since taken on many meanings. Journalists file reports on the run, under deadline pressure, day in and day out. Put together into an edition, the newspaper provides a snapshot of the day or week’s noteworthy events, places and people. And when reviewed sometime later, the many editions offer a wealth of first-hand information on a given period.

“That is what historian and prolific book author Augusto V. de Viana, PhD, does with back issues of The San Francisco Call. Digging up the American newspaper’s archives from 1898 to 1953, he recollects a unique period of Philippine history.

“Those 55 years were most turbulent. They span such events as the exoneration of the assassins of General Antonio Luna, the US military buildup to take Manila, the opposition of prominent Americans to imperialism, the atrocities during the Filipino-American War and the Japanese Occupation, and post-Liberation reconstruction and diplomacy. Aside from the Philippine capital, places covered were surrounding and far-flung Philippine provinces, North Borneo (Sabah), Washington DC and The Call’s California home state. Persons featured included Filipino and American political leaders, United States and Japanese army generals, their supporters and critics.

“The San Francisco Call is itself a unique source of historical tidbits. Based in the City by the Bay, it looked at two crucial directions. First, east across the United States mainland towards the policymakers in Washington DC. Then west, across the Pacific towards the Philippine islands targeted for colonization. The point of view naturally is American. For a time the newspaper’s editor was the fierce anti-corruption crusader Fremont Older. Correspondents and commentators of the period of coverage included anti-imperialist Mark Twain. The articles presented the reasons behind and the actions forwarded from the American side. Hence, in compiling them into a book, Professor de Viana aptly entitles it Stories from the Other Side and Other Narratives. For context he provides factual background and scholarly insights to each selected news report.

“This latest book complements Professor de Viana’s other compilations of first-hand historical accounts. Notable are The I-Stories: The Philippine Revolution and the Filipino-American War as Told by its Eyewitnesses and Participants; and Stories Rarely Told: The Hidden Stories and Essays on Philippine History, Volumes 1 and 2. From his personal interviews with the characters came Kulaboretor!: The Issue of Political Collaboration During World War II. Readers of Philippine history, depending on the period, can rely on Filipino, Spanish, Japanese and other sources. On the American Rule, learning from American news accounts help complete the picture. In Stories from the Other Side Professor de Viana facilitates that education.”

(Stories from the Other Side and Other Narratives is available at Solidaridad, New Day, Libreria Filipiniana, and Books Atbp.)

Sinovac safety efficacy and price still need clarifying

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‘Cancel, don’t just suspend,’ quarries in protected parks

‘Cancel, don’t just suspend,’ quarries in protected parks

by | Apr 14, 2023 | Gotcha

PNA photo of Masungi Georeserve ranger

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written on June 8, 2022

 

“Don’t just suspend quarries in the Marikina watershed; cancel them as they don’t belong there.” Reforesters in the uplands of Rizal province pleaded to Malacañang as the onset of the rainy season again threatens destructive floods below. Rangers of Masungi GeoPark also sought protection against physical attacks and constant harassment by trespassers.

“Mere suspension means the quarries can resume operations and even be extended,” Engr. Ben Dumaliang wrote President Duterte on June 2. He heads the Masungi Georeserve Foundation that replants and rewilds 2,700 hectares of watershed.

The Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources suspended the other week three rock quarries in Baras town, Rizal. All three are within the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape. Downhill are Antipolo, Marikina, San Mateo, Cainta, Pasig and Quezon cities.

Suspended were Rapid City Realty and Development Corp., Quarry Rock Group Inc. and Quimson Limestone Inc. The interrelated firms hold Mineral Production Sharing Agreements in 1,000 hectares of fragile forests. The lower slopes of the quarries overlap Masungi GeoPark.

In signing the suspension, DENR Acting Sec. Jim Sampulna said there should be no “activity within the MPSA contract area… pending review of [Masungi’s] allegations.” Quarries contravene nature, conservationists decry.

“Cancellation is long overdue because the quarries are located in a geohazard zone prone to floods and landslides,” Dumaliang explained. “Besides, national parks and protected areas are closed to quarrying. Therefore the MPSAs are void from the start.” MGF has restored thousands of endemic trees since authorized in 2017 by then-Sec. Gina Lopez. Birds, butterflies, reptiles and wild boar have returned.

In March 2020, then-Sec. Roy Cimatu ordered the MPSAs revoked “for being anathema to the protected watershed.” Inspecting the site, he and anti-illegal logging officers tore down fences along Marikina-Infanta Highway ascending the Sierra Madres.

National Scientist and former Sec. Angel Alcala lauded Cimatu. In 1993, he forbade quarries and other destructive businesses in the area (Department Administrative Order No. 33). The 1977, Presidential Proclamation No. 1636 declared as a national park, wildlife sanctuary and game preserve the uplands of Rizal, Bulacan, Laguna and Quezon provinces.

PP 1636 and DAO 33 preceded and thus debarred the quarry permits of 1998, Dumaliang said. The 25-year MPSAs are about to expire. Replying to Sampulna’s show-cause order prior to suspension, the quarriers said they “will not give up.”

The quarries have been idle, Dumaliang said. But a dozen private swimming pool resorts sprouted. The two largest fenced off and diverted half a kilometer of riverway into their compounds. Word has reached Malacañang that a retired DENR official and an active police general have erected manors.

Masungi park rangers have been shot at while replanting and fencing off trespassers. Last February, seven of them were mauled and stoned by 30 employees of the resorts; two rangers were hospitalized for serious injuries. On April 26, Press Secretary Martin Andanar conveyed Malacañang’s order to investigate forest trespassing and timber cutting. As then acting presidential spokesman, he zeroed in on the quarries and resort construction: “We urge the DENR Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force to look into the matter and file charges against violators of environment laws.”

Masungi is a showcase of the Duterte administration. “Safeguarding the environment and natural resources is an important component in our sustainable development,” Andanar said.

Sixteen other quarries operate in the mountains of Rodriguez (Montalban), Rizal. The biggest is owned by a former DENR chief.

The 16 quarries in Rodriguez and the three in Baras were blamed for the catastrophic floods from Typhoon Ulysses in November 2020. Lives were lost; homes and shops inundated up to rooftops; vehicles, business equipment, home appliances, furniture and personal records ruined.

Rizal Gov. Rebecca Ynares urged DENR to stop all mining and rock crushing in 4,964 hectares. The quarrying goes on.

Sinovac safety efficacy and price still need clarifying

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Sinovac safety efficacy and price still need clarifying

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3.2 (a)Be courteous. You agree that you will not threaten or verbally abuse jariusbondoc.com columnists and other jariusbondoc.com community Members, use defamatory language, or deliberately disrupt discussions with repetitive messages, meaningless messages or “spam.”

 

3.2 (b) Use respectful language. Like any community, the Feedback Sections will flourish only when our Members feel welcome and safe. You agree not to use language that abuses or discriminates on the basis of race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual preference, age, region, disability, etc. Hate speech of any kind is grounds for immediate and permanent suspension of access to all or part of the Service.

 

3.2 (c) Debate, but don’t attack. In a community full of opinions and preferences, people always disagree. jariusbondoc.com encourages active discussions and welcomes heated debate in our Feedback Sections. But personal attacks are a direct violation of this Agreement and are grounds for immediate and permanent suspension of access to all or part of the Service.

 

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3.4 You are solely responsible for the content of your messages. However, while jariusbondoc.com does not and cannot review every message posted by you on the Forums and is not responsible for the content of these messages, jariusbondoc.com reserves the right to delete, move, or edit messages that it, in its sole discretion, deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or otherwise unacceptable.

 

3.5 You acknowledge that any submissions you make to the Service (i.e., user-generated content including but not limited to: text, video, audio and photographs) (each, a “Submission”) may be edited, removed, modified, published, transmitted, and displayed by jariusbondoc.com and you waive any moral rights you may have in having the material altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you. You grant jariusbondoc.com a perpetual, nonexclusive, world-wide, royalty free, sub-licensable license to the Submissions, which includes without limitation the right for jariusbondoc.com or any third party it designates, to use, copy, transmit, excerpt, publish, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, create derivative works of, host, index, cache, tag, encode, modify and adapt (including without limitation the right to adapt to streaming, downloading, broadcast, mobile, digital, thumbnail, scanning or other technologies) in any form or media now known or hereinafter developed, any Submission posted by you on or to jariusbondoc.com or any other website owned by it, including any Submission posted on jariusbondoc.com through a third party.

 

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  1. ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE AND LINKS

 

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5.2 jariusbondoc.com does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement, or other information displayed, uploaded, or distributed through the Service by any user, information provider or any other person or entity. You acknowledge that any reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement, memorandum, or information shall be at your sole risk. THE SERVICE AND ALL DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

 

  1. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN JARIUSBONDOC.COM AND MEMBERS

 

6.1 If you indicate on your registration form that you want to receive such information, jariusbondoc.com, its owners and assigns, will allow certain third party vendors to provide you with information about products and services.

 

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6.3 jariusbondoc.com reserves the right to disclose information about your usage and demographics, provided that it will not reveal your personal identity in connection with the disclosure of such information. Advertisers and/or Licensees on our Web site may collect and share information about you only if you indicate your acceptance. For more information please read the Privacy Policy of jariusbondoc.com.

 

6.4 jariusbondoc.com may contact you via e-mail regarding your participation in user surveys, asking for feedback on the Website and existing or prospective products and services. This information will be used to improve our Website and better understand our users, and any information we obtain in such surveys will not be shared with third parties, except in aggregate form.

 

  1. TERMINATION

 

 

7.1 jariusbondoc.com may, in its sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Service for any reason, including, without limitation, breach or assignment of this Agreement.

 

  1. MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1 This Agreement has been made in and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the Republic of the Philippines law. Any action to enforce this agreement shall be brought in the courts located in Manila, Philippines.

 

8.2 Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in this Terms of Service will serve to preempt the promises made in jariusbondoc.com Privacy Policy.

 

8.3 Correspondence should be sent to jariusbondoconline.com.

 

8.4 You agree to report any copyright violations of the Terms of Service to jariusbondoc.com as soon as you become aware of them. In the event you have a claim of copyright infringement with respect to material that is contained in the jariusbondoc.com service, please notify jariusbondoconline.com. This Terms of Service was last updated on November 7, 2020.