tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post8877022075662683656..comments2023-09-28T05:38:56.877-07:00Comments on THE FILIPINO MIND: THE FRIAR LAND SCANDAL - How Filipinos Were Being Robbed of the Soil (1912)Bert M. Dronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864941770380173324noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-56194775030058532042015-07-05T20:24:53.800-07:002015-07-05T20:24:53.800-07:00I see I misspelled Philippines, but as the result ...I see I misspelled Philippines, but as the result of the crash course I received from just reading some of The Untold Story - Kingdom of Maharlikhans, I just don't know. Is, or should, the country itself be referred to as Maharlikha? This whole thing with Spain and the friars and monks, and so forth is just incredible. However, if you read anything about the Jesuits (Jack Chick/Chick publications), the vatican, and Inigo Lopez de Recalde (Ignatius), then it does make sense. We see that Rome has been everywhere. Stratolefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190147425618135443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-24775141972690605472015-07-05T19:46:51.403-07:002015-07-05T19:46:51.403-07:00I see the spanish and colonization history and so ... I see the spanish and colonization history and so forth, but why is it that Rome and catholicism in general is danced around? I read some of this, and I can't possibly see how the Phillipines can have any relation to Rome unless it is that infested, like it is here in America. Incidentally, President Abraham Lincoln has a quote about catholic Rome in regards to the U.S. Civil War, I'm sure most people don't want to see. Anyways, is the following common knowledge? It wasn't for me: <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/55070574/The-Untold-Story-Kingdom-of-Maharlikhans#scribd" rel="nofollow"><b>The Untold Story Kingdom of Maharlikhans</b></a> Stratolefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190147425618135443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-8559763165656148552012-10-23T04:57:50.974-07:002012-10-23T04:57:50.974-07:00Hi All,
It may seem remote but please read the be...Hi All,<br /><br />It may seem remote but please read the below Concluding Observations regarding a major and disastrous impact of Parity Rights on our national patrimony,including our lands now owned, leased and/or controlled by foreigners. These mostly unknown facts comprise one root of the existing generational poverty among our fellow native Filipinos.<br /><br />CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS: <br />(Extracted from " Alien Interests in the Land (1900- Present)" - Prof. Perfecto V. Fernandez, U.P. Claro M. Recto Professorial Chair on Constitutional Law, 1984-1986.)<br /><br />********<br /><br />Under the Constitution of the Philippines (1935 as well as 1973), one of the broad objectives postulated for the Government is "to conserve and develop the patrimony of the Nation" which is set forth in the Preamble.<br /><br />From the foregoing exposition, however, the National Patrimony (in the sense of public domain) has been steadily dwindling, and may reach the vanishing point before the century ends. <br /><br />Stress must be given the fact that, to begin with, the National Patrimony had been greatly reduced by the beginning of this century. Much of the best lands had been taken over by the Church and its religious orders, and vast tracts had been deeded by the Spanish monarchs under royal grants.<br /><br />All these became vested rights under the Treaty of Paris, and the episode of the Friar Lands only underscore the problem of getting back choice lands once they get into alien hands.<br /><br />During the long period of Spanish rule, the lands taken by the colonizers were arable and residential lands. <br /><br />During the much shorter period of American colonial rule, the choice of the colonizers shifted to mineral and timber lands. <br /><br />Some of the richest deposits of valuable ore were taken over by Americans and their companies, and most of what was taken have remained in their hands. <br /><br />Such alien acquisitions continued during the Commonwealth period, and also during most of the life of the Republic up to this time, by force of the Parity Amendment.<br /><br />Under the present Constitution, the alienation of the remaining National Patrimony has taken other forms. Large tracts have been given away under management or service contracts with the Government, and even larger areas could be placed under alien hands through international<br />agreements. <br /><br />The situation is aggravated by alien take-over of private landholdings under management contracts, and to a lesser degree, under increasing resort to growers' agreements.<br /><br />There is bitter irony in the situation that has emerged, that the sovereign power of the Filipino people expressed through their fundamental law, is used to maintain alien control and enjoyment of the lands taken from the Nation.<br /><br /><br />(Source: U.P Philippine Law Journal, Volume 59-1984)Bert M. Dronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864941770380173324noreply@blogger.com