WHAT A SAD AND HEARTBREAKING STORY It was just announced Friday, April 24, to the family of Mary Jane F. Veloso and the Philippine government that she will be executed on Tuesday, April 28 at Nusakambangan, a high security prison in Indonesia. All last-minute appeals for clemency to President Joko Widodo have been exhausted by many international organizations and Philippine President Noynoy Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay. I, self, I'm very glad to know everybody is trying their best to help and save her from execution as she was an innocent victim, a mule of drug trafficking. Mary Jane is very much deserving of forgiveness and mercy.
The Veloso Family
They had a prison inmates celebration three days ago, April 21, where Mary Jane was a third-place winner of fashion contest. Wow! She looked beautiful in her Indonesian native dress, totally different from her gloomy and stressed photos. The more of her deserving a second chance in life, in my opinion.
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WHAT A DICHOTOMY?! The Philippines is the largest Catholic nation in Asia and Indonesia is the largest Muslim nation in the world. The last known Muslim in history to show mercies to Christians was Saladin. Hopefully, there will be a last-minute change of heart for mercy by Widodo.
If I need any kind of help, this prayer for divine intervention is never known to fail for me. As a Catholic Christian, I'm using this simple prayer for Mary Jane Veloso.
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THE PHILIPPINES IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP LABOR-EXPORTING NATIONS WITH ABOUT 10 MILLION SKILLED AND UNSKILLED WORKERS SCATTERED ABROAD, MOSTLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
Remittances from Filipino migrant workers constitute a significant source of the country's foreign exchange, sending home over $22 billion per year.
I said to myself, self, the Philippines have embassies and consulates all over the globe where these Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) find jobs - welcome them upon their arrival, have a list and at least be aware of their well-being by being in touch how they are doing occasionally or once in a while. Don't just go to diplomatic parties and social events. Help your kababayans. The Philippine government owes these OFWs for helping in a progressive economy by sending money. As domestic workers in foreign land they are subjected to abuses and even rape or attempted sexual assault as what happened to Mary Jane Veloso when she was a housemaid in Dubai.
All OFW recruiting agencies in the Philippines should be closely monitored by the government - that they are legal and not into scams.
There should be a strict ban of Filipinos seeking jobs in Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia where there are no human rights.
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle recently said, "I have an appeal to make to our fellow Filipinos who are planning to work abroad: Do not just accept parcels or bags from people, especially (from) those you do not know." He urged OFWs to be wary and do not easily trust people they hardly know for their protection.
But what do you do as in the case of Mary Jane Veloso when she was stranded in Malaysia, when her Malaysian employer was a no show to meet her at the airport? There she was, an uneducated Filipino, 25-year old and very confused. Huh, can one do better?
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MARY JANE FIESTA VELOSO SHE'S ONE OF TEN DRUG TRAFFICKERS THAT IS ALMOST ONE STEP CLOSER TO BE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD IN INDONESIA. She just lost her court appeal. Many Filipinos believed the 30-year-old mother of two sons who came from a poor province in the Philippines to be innocent and just ignorant of the scamming ways of her own kababayan. A recruiter gave her a job as a maid in Malaysia. She was not met at the airport by her employer. There she got caught up in the web of international drug traffickers and told her to bring with her a "package" (turned out containing drugs, 2.6 kilos of heroin) to Indonesia and was caught by Indonesian police in 2010. She's been languishing in prison since then. The United Nations and Amnesty International appealed her cause to Indonesian President Joko Widodo but to no avail. Even though Indonesia is not Mexico and/or America where drug lords and drug traffickers and users get away from being prosecuted with the help of high-powered lawyers, still executing her is a cruel and unjust punishment.
UPDATE: April 23, 2015 Mary Jane Veloso was transferred to an island in Indonesia where death penalty prisoners are usually executed.
Recycled Web Page 3/27/15
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KEEP PRAYING FOR MARY JANE UNTIL DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2015
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YOURSELF
Published 4/29/06 ALT MSN Group
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WHERE THERE'S LIFE, THERE'S HOPE. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE. IT'S THE "YEAR OF MERCY" IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. DIVINE MERCY PRAYER IS THE ONLY ANSWER SO I ASKED AND DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MY FRIENDS TO PRAY FOR MARY JANE FIESTA VELOSO AND THAT SHE BE SPARED FROM BEING EXECUTED.
ReplyDeleteKEEP ON PRAYING FOR MARY JANE FIESTA VELOSO -- THAT THERE WILL BE A CHANGE OF HEART IN INDONESIA.
ReplyDeleteWHY DO I HAVE THIS CONFIDENT FEELING THAT MARY JANE VELOSO'S LIFE WILL BE SPARED? CALL IT FAITH IN DIVINE INTERVENTION. HOW ABOUT LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITH POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE AND DEPORTATION TO THE PHILIPPINES?
ReplyDeleteBISHOP RUPERTO SANTOS OF THE DIOCESE OF BALANGA CITY, BATAAN, EPISCOPAL CHAIRMAN OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE PASTORAL CARE OF MIGRANTS AND ITINERANT PEOPLE ASKS FOR PRAYERS TO SAVE MARY JANE VELOSO FROM INDONESIAN JAIL. "EVERY LIFE IS PRECIOUS AS IT COMES FROM GOD. WE STORM HEAVENS WITH PRAYERS THAT SHE BE SAVED FROM THIS TRAGIC FATE."
ReplyDeleteWHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS. SUBMITTING TO THE WILL OF GOD: "OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME, THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE OUR TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US, AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL."
ReplyDeleteSUNDAY, APRIL 26 INDONESIAN PRESIDENT JOKO WIDODO TO REPORTERS: "I HAVE ALREADY SAID REPEATEDLY I WILL NOT DISCUSS THIS AGAIN" (ABOUT THE PENDING EXECUTIONS OF 9 DRUG TRAFFICKERS).
ReplyDeleteASIAN BROTHER TO BROTHER: PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT AQUINO HAD A SIDELINE TALK WITH INDONESIAN PRESIDENT WIDODO AT THE ASEAN SUMMIT IN MALAYSIA WHEN THEY MET SUNDAY, APRIL 26, ABOUT THE CASE OF MARY JANE VELOSO. WIDODO TOLD AQUINO HE'S "SYMPATHETIC" AND GOING TO TALK TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. I MUST SAY I'M FOR GENDER INEQUALITY THIS TIME: MARY JANE IS THE ONLY FEMALE OUT OF 8 MALES TO BE EXECUTED. SPARE HER.
ReplyDeleteUNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN-KI-MOON JOINED IN ASKING FOR CLEMENCY AND ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN INDONESIA. PHILIPPINE BOXING ICON MANNY PACQUIAO WROTE A BEAUTIFUL REQUEST TO PRESIDENT WIDODO TO SAVE THE LIFE OF MARY JANE VELOSO.
ReplyDeleteI ASK MYSELF, CAN I DO BETTER? NO! I CONSIDER MYSELF EDUCATED AND SMART AND A CITY GIRL, NOT PROVINCIAL. HOWEVER, YOU ARE A YOUNG GIRL IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, DON'T KNOW THE SIGNS AND LANGUAGE, ALONE AND AFRAID. THEN, YOU MEET SWEET TALKING CON MEN, PROMISING YOU SOME KIND OF JOB PLACEMENT IN NEARBY PLACE (INDONESIA) AND MONETARY REWARD. I BET YOU, YOU'LL BE A SUCKER, TOO!
ReplyDeleteI HOPE TOMORROW NEVER COMES FOR MARY JANE VELOSO - HER DAY OF EXECUTION IS TUESDAY, APRIL 28.
ReplyDeleteVELOSO'S DEATH WATCH: SHE'LL BE EXECUTED THIRD IN LINE AFTER 2 AUSTRALIAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS ON APRIL 29, AT 1:00 AM. CROSSES AND COFFINS ARRIVED BESI PRISON IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR BODIES. PEOPLE ARE ASKING WHY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS ARE WORKING SO HARD TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THE 2 AUSTRALIANS (MEMBERS OF BALI 9 SYNDICATE). DURING THEIR TRIAL IN 2006 THE FAMILY PAID $77,000 IN COMPENSATION IN EXCHANGE FOR A PRISON SENTENCE OF 20 YEARS.
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS REALLY, REALLY SAD. THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON AND FATE IS THE HUNTER. I JUST HAVE TO KEEP ON PRAYING.
ReplyDeleteALLELUIA! THE LORD IS KIND AND MERCIFUL. FILIPINO PEOPLE'S PRAYERS TO THE LORD AND VIRGIN MARY HAVE BEEN ANSWERED - THERE WAS A STAY OF EXECUTION FOR MARY JANE VELOSO AT THE 11th HOUR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE EXECUTIONS OF 8 CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS WENT ON AT THE DESIGNATED TIME. WITH VELOSO BEING ALIVE, SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO RELATE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO END, STARTING WITH THE NAME OF HER RECRUITER CRISTINA "TINTIN" SERGIO WHO'S NOW BEING HELD BY THE PHILIPPINE POLICE, THE CONNECTIONS OF THIS RECRUITER IN MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA. I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF VELOSO HAD THE SAME LUGGAGE FROM THE PHILIPPINES, TO MALAYSIA AND TO INDONESIA.
ReplyDeleteGOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELPS THEMSELVES. THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT WIDODO AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR A CHANGE OF HEART AND PRESIDENT NOYNOY AQUINO III BY MAKING THE CASE FOR MARY JANE VELOSO, HIS WHOLEHEARTED APPEAL WHILE RESPECTING THE LAWS OF INDONESIA.
ReplyDeleteTHE PRAYERS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN ANSWERED: PUBLISHED APRIL 28, 2015. REALLY AND TRULY NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL.
ReplyDeleteON JULY 9, 2015, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) FOUND PROBABLE CAUSE TO FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST MA. CRISTINA SERGIO AND HER PARTNER JULIUS LACANILAO FOR ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT AND ESTAFA. BOTH OF THEM AND A MAN IDENTIFIED ONLY AS "IKE" WILL BE CHARGED WITH "QUALIFIED TRAFFICKING," WHICH INVOLVES RECRUITMENT, TRANSFERRING AND HARBORING OF PERSONS FOR AN EXPLOITATIVE PURPOSE. THE DOJ IS STILL WORKING WITH INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES TO LEARN OF THE ACTUAL STATUS OF VELOSO'S CASE.
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