Malapascua Island Casino Resort plan of Loot consortium allegedly a fraud

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https://bantay.blogsite.org/index.ph...9-casino-fraud

The following information has been obtained by private undercover investigators working for the people of Daanbantayan for the last 2 years, and their sources are known to provide credible information. The information involves serious allegations of fraud and misrepresentation by the Municipal Council of Daanbantayan Cebu, and alleges involvement with International criminals. This information has been discreetly supplied to Provincial Authorities in Cebu & to the Governors office for further investigation. It is believed that Justice authorities in Manila are looking into the alleged involvement of local personalities in International crime.

The information is published here to pre-empt the proposed official announcement & inform the general public so that they have another point of view to consider, when determining the bona fides, benefits & legitimacy of the project. This information will also allow the people of Cebu to decide if they wish to be involved in a project that allegedly derives its profits from the proceeds of criminal activity, suffering & addiction of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people throughout SE Asia. This connection to organised crime is allegedly covered up by the proponents of the scheme.

An informer inside Daanbantayan Council has confidentially revealed that the Mayor, Maria Luisa Loot, plans to announce soon (most likely this December), a huge “Club Med style” Tourist Resort & Casino Development project on Malapascua Island, near Daanbantayan. The informant said this announcement is intended to garner favourable support for the plan by showing it will bring income & wealth to the local economy of Daanbantayan & Cebu, & Mayor Loot intends to promise improved infrastructure projects for the town eg schools, hospitals, employment, welfare etc, as a flow on effect from this injection of profits into the local economy. Her intention is to make the project very appealing to the people as it will benefit them greatly, but will also make her look good politically. Based on the cash flows indicated, there will be big profits from this Casino Resort complex, and millions of pesos will flow into the local economy. On the surface this scheme appears very good & something that any progressively minded person would embrace.

The informant alleges that Mayor Loot has attracted a consortium of 12 overseas & local financial backers, and cites the recent "private business trip" to China by Loot & senior members of Daanbantayan Council including the Accountant, to promote the scheme & gain financial investors. The informer also says that these investors will bring political pressure on the Philippines government to give the go ahead to this project, a move designed to stifle any legitimate objections from locals.

Unfortunately this project appears to be a case of "too good to be true".

The informer alleges, that for some time now, Malu Loot has deliberately delayed the official Provincial sponsored tourist resort project & associated works slated for Malapascua Island. This allegation is supported by this press release from Atty Sepulvida - Port's delay Sepulveda: Loot blocked contractor | The Freeman >> The Freeman Sections >> Cebu News. This & other delays, have put the Provincial project way way behind schedule, allegedly allowing time for the Loot proposed scheme to be planned & implemented. It is a simple question to ask, why has Mayor Loot delayed the project for nearly 4 years now, the Memorandum of Agreement was signed in 2006, so the official Provincial Resort could have been completed by now, and have already been earning income for the local economy.

Citizens of Daanbantayan, Provincial officials & Gov Gwen Garcia, have been puzzled why Loot has apparently deliberately blocked works and driven contractors away, citing lack of funds, but since the plan was backed by the Province, then that excuse is invalid. What is her reason then ? With this pre-emptive release of information about the alternative Casino based plan, it is now apparent why, Mayor Loot wants her own plan to prevail, allegedly for her own "behind the scenes" financial profiteering.

Further leaks from a senior official who has seen documentation about this scheme, indicate that the "legitimate" business side of the project, is a cover for a behind the scenes illegal International money laundering project backed by SE Asian crime & drug gangs based in Japan.

The senior official, who did not want to be named for fear of reprisals, has alleged that the Mayor, in her capacity as the final approving authority, will quickly approve the development plans submitted to Council, without proper public scrutiny.

The official further alleged that other underhanded actions will take place to make the deal even more favourable to the developers, resulting in a Resort & Casino complex much larger than the original plan indicated. The official alleged that after the publicly released approval, the original approved plan will be quietly & secretly changed to include a large parcel of public land. It was said that this will be achieved by simply altering a boundary line on the drawing plans & replacing earlier copies of the plans. This parcel of public land will allegedly be sold to the developers "on paper" for a cheap price & it is further alleged that Malu Loot will profit greatly from kickbacks of money as a result of this "bogus transaction".

The senior official has indicated that the reason "they" leaked this information publicly was to prevent this allegedly corrupt scheme from proceeding, as in the long term it would be a bad thing for the Filipino people and detrimentally affect the lives of millions of people in the coming decades. "They" said it would allow organised International crime to get a strong hold in the Philippines, and they ultimately could not have these long term bad effects for their own people on their conscience.

The official said that for a long time "they" have been unhappy with the way matters are handled in the Council, citing allegedly unjust application of laws & regulations & allegedly dictatorial like control & overbearing dominance of the constituents, & said there is still some decency left in "them", despite having turned their eye to alleged wrongdoings for many years. The official said: "It's about time some decency came to this area".

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dba naa na mn thread ani?

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Take a look at:
https://bantay.blogsite.org/index.ph...9-casino-fraud

[peewee_toot]

so blog ra ni?

[bantay]

so blog ra ni?

No it is not a free for all public or even private blogsite. It is a News website about Daanbantayan, as it says in the banner at the top of the home page. As far as I know the site is maintained by administrators. There is an email address that the general public can make submissions to, but stories are vetted before publication. I would think the site would have to be very careful about libellous & defamatory content, so they check their information before publication. The site has been running for over 2 years and I'm not aware of any censorship or legal action against them, ie they are still there online, and the site does contain some very contentious & accusatorial articles. I would have thought the Loot family would have taken legal action against the administrators if they felt there was a case to answer for libel or defamation, and as that appears not to have happened, then one is led to conclude that the published news information & allegations are true.

There is a seperate blogsite called Daanbantayan Gossip where anyone can post their thoughts or comments or leaks of information anonymously, at
Daanbantayan Gossip

I note one of the stories in the Our News section, was about Malu Loot releasing an Inday Malu Health Care Card, which was "exposed" in September 2009. Malu finally publicly announced the exact card scheme some 6 months later in the lead up to the May 2010 election. Obviously the web site has good contacts and leads to be able to obtain exacting information like that, so far ahead of the actual announcement date. As it turns out, the card was a scam & a fraud, Malu Loot actually withdrew the card and demanded people hand them back. The opposition candidates attacked her so ferrociously about it and the townspeople agreed. They were physically throwing the cards back at Malu Loot during one election campaign speech she gave, as the cards were worthless.