CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ON OMB

The Truth Must COME OUT!

Foreword:

The source is a top official of the Optical Media Board (OMB) who squealed on the manipulation done by some OMB personnel and officials with regards to the missing replicating machines.

To keep his identity anonymous, we shall refer to him as “Janus”.

Janus contacted a business columnist who in turn passed on this information to this author hoping to clear matters with regards to the controversial missing machines.

In a nut shell, what Janus revealed erased all the perception that OMB chairman Edu Manzano is doing his job honestly and is pursuing his mandate in the interest of public service. In the same breath, it exposed the truth that Manzano is surrounded by OMB Officials who manipulate things to their advantage. Thus, the poor batting average of OMB as far as the cases it filed against the owners of the establishments it raided is concerned.

The OMB Factor

Janus particularly identified Atty. Rosendo Meneses and his boss at the OMB legal department Cyrus Valenzuela and assistant chief of the Operations Department Dennis Pinlac as those who manipulated the case of the missing machines.

Meneses is said to be the one who took care of the case before the Quezon City judge who quashed the warrant while Pinlac took care of the operation in carting away the machines. The same modus operandi was applied in several other operations conducted by OMB in the past, according to the source.

All this modus operandi had the blessings of Manzano, who, according to the source, has already amassed quite a fortune, reason why he is confident of having enough “moolah” to finance his planned political comeback next year.

Three days after the machines went missing, Meneses treated everybody at the OMB to free lunch and merienda that went on for more than one week. This was complemented by night out gigs in some big night clubs in Quezon City, suggesting that he has lots of money to burn. This usually happened after every “successful operation of the OMB”.

A month before the controversy broke out, Meneses and Valenzuela allegedly were in constant contact with a judge whom the source said could be the one who quashed the warrant. Together, the two clandestinely met the judge on several occasions.

As in other cases which the OMB worked on, the case of the replicating machines, accordingly to the source had the markings of a well planned and well executed “operation”.

Only a week after the replicating machines went missing, another operation was set against a Malaysian and Chinese- owned establishment engaged in the manufacture of fake DVDs and CDs in Laguna. A warrant has been acquired and around thirty OMB operatives were mobilized. But to the surprise of everyone, the operation was aborted by Manzano at the last minute. It turned out that Pinlac had already worked on the case.

The source later learned that two OMB operatives went to the site hours before the scheduled raid and showed the owners Xerox copies of the warrant. It is not hard to deduce that Manzano’s abort order was the result of the operation of these two operatives under the direction of Pinlac.

Two days after that Manzano met with top PR man Relie German and discussed among other things Manzano’s political PR gimmick and the counter PR moves should things get worse between him and PASG Head Usec. Villar. German is known for asking millions worth of fee for every PR job.

The source said Manzano was ready to shell out huge amount with regards to his media war with Villar.

On top of this, the abort order earned the ire of some big multi-national firms that have been funding the OMB operations against piracy like the Microsoft Inc.

This early showed that aside from huge money earned thru sham anti-piracy operations, OMB is also milking other multi-national firms like Microsoft for the huge funds they donate to the OMB just to protect their lives.

Manzano therefore is already at far with the other big shots in politics as far as funding is concerned, thanks to his magnificent running of the affairs of the OMB.

Concerned officers of OMB

This is Kyle Ledesma of 4C from the Ateneo de Manila high school. I have an English project in which i have to interview a Filipino author. I was wondering if you would be so kind enough to allow my partner and i to interview you regarding your works as an author.

I have visited your site and would really appreciate it if you would spare us a little bit of your time for an interview.

Likewise, i would be very thankful if you could let me know a schedule that best suites you; preferably after school hours. a reply asap would be very appreciated.

Thank you very much
Sincerely,
Kyle Ledesma