Jacque Bermejo may be a victim of a setup!

Update 123 (after XYZ) Very professional company.

CASAPRESTIGE official statement

In regards to rumors circulating around Ms. Jacqueline Bermejo.

We would like to firstly clarify that Ms. Bermejo is not officially connected to our organization but rather helped our brand development through the offering of marketing/media advice for a temporary period being a personal friend to some of the CASAPRESTIGE team.

Having said that CASAPRESTIGE can again on a personal and professional level vouch for Ms. Bermejo to a 101% - condemning all these disturbing and groundless allegations made against her, we know for a fact because we accompanied here to the cyber crime department a year ago and to the Philippine embassy this time around.

To the concerned Filipino communities and individuals around the globe we urge you to not believe everything you read especially if it’s from less than credible sources such these online communities.

Facebook is not where you should be getting your information.

We also would like to point out that the numbers 0503416640/044329633 are not connected to Ms. Bermejo but indeed CASAPRESTIGE business numbers that are unable to provide information beyond this statement.

For the real story kindly refer to Ms. Bermejo’s only official statement and actual newspaper articles. please do look into it, i think we all owe her that much – to hear her side of the story,

“Suppressio very expression falsi” – a suppression of truth is equivalent to an expression of falsehood as a wise person wrote in,

And finally to victims of the typhoon we extend our prayers.

Signed

Robeen R. Kobeen – operational partner

Antonio Lupi – Managing directior

Hoping this brings finality to everything.

Update XYZ (gusto ko lang hehe)

So it seems like ABS has finally managed to reach Ms Jacque. Kasi some of us (I think most pinoys) think that people are on the Net 24 hours. Whatever the reason for the delay of her defense eto na, reposting the statements of Ms. Jacque (the real one) from a legitimate source ABS-CBN news

However, in an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau, the person behind the controversial name maintained her innocence.

Bermejo denied posting the insulting remarks on Facebook. The marketing executive is saddened by the comments she receives from fellow Filipinos for something she says she did not do.

“Pero naman kung ako siguro ang nakakita sa post na yun, mag iisip naman ako na, bakit naman niya gagawin iyan. Bakit niya ilalagay ang picture niya? Bakit niya ilalagay ang real identity niya? Parang bine-bait niya sarili niya na, ‘Ok, kill me’,” said Bermejo.

She explained that someone hacked her Facebook account and manipulated its contents two years ago. This prompted her to deactivate her account.

She said that an unidentified source created the accounts using her name, her personal details, and pictures.

“Because of these incidents, I reported such abuses and sent my credentials to the administrators of such sites, particularly Facebook. I have been abused and am still being abused online in social networking websites such as Facebook, Friendster, Multiply etc,” Bermejo’s statement said.

Her friends called her up and informed her about the cruel “shoutout” on the Facebook account and the numerous comments from other users.

“These malicious statement(s) which are posted under account names Jacque or Jackie are not of my doing. It is unfortunate that such statements were maliciously attributed to me and I do sympathize and understand the adverse and somehow verbally violent reaction that has been elicited by such insensitive statements or posts. Rest assured, I have taken every legal step that can be done in this regard,” the statement added

“I am devastated and shocked at the extent my character, my personal information and private space have been violated,” she stated.

Kasi naman, one statement lang binitiwan, di pa sure po na sya talaga may gawa eto ang ginawa sa kay Ms Jacque(same source ABS-CBN news)

A user named “Ondoy” posted on September 28, 2009: “Hambalusin na yan!”

Anonymous said: “don’t worry dadalaw tayo sa burol ni jacq bermejo. titingnan natin kung talagang patay siya! (sic)”

Jay-ar said: “meron ba kaung pix ng taong yan? baka kasi makasalubong ko sya mabigyan lang ng mag asawang bitch slap! grrrr…!! (sic)”

Srub09 commented: “sana sya na lng ang inanud ng baha!!porke nakapunta na ng ibang bansa.kung sino na makapagsalita…sipain ko yang mukha mo! (sic)”

Alyssa stated: “she’s pathetic and lacks good moral. dummy.(sic)”

Even pictures like these were made without sufficient reason, overboard self-righteous hatred.

how hate worksSource of picture in here >>>> click

Hooray can we go back na to helping others or you may want to be aware of something else….

Yesterday was such a traumatic day after the media posted the aftermath of Ondoy. With dozens dead, many more missing, people were looking for someone to blame. Being God fearing individuals few vocalized their resentment against God (only the real atheist did that) and blaming mother nature was as futile as scolding my cellphone for not being an iPhone. Unfortunately, one individual became the scapegoat of the day in the person of Jacque Bermejo who allegedly posted in “Definitely Pinoy” a statement that was callous yet ignited the whole blogosphere. I was one of the many who were affected.

However after a good night’s sleep, I was able to review her statement this morning and maybe my anger at her came from the fact that her statement sounded like tactless Ms. K.A. that I hated her on principle. So after a little bit of researching, Ms. Jacque Bermejo may be a victim of a hacker/hater who made a lot of

Fake Multiply Account

The different FB accounts

http://www.facebook.com/starfishbuang?ref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000136023166&ref=search&sid=1252598592.3254476159..1

Blogger EdzoneOnline

http://edzoneonline.blogspot.com/2009/09/jacque-bermejo-sex-scandal.html

Shocking fake pics

the gossiper

Conclusion

1.) Fake multiply account uses the term starfish as “walang utak

2.) Content of fake multiply albums “pictures with ugly officemates” no one would make an album with that content

3.) FB account that made statement on Definitely Filipno has the vanity URL of starfishbuang

4.) Trolled accounts its easy to make one

So to Jacque Bermejo who was wrongly accused, my apologies among many who will realize sooner or later their mistake.

(PS I won’t delete my previous post, but I will link these two to make everyone see that it was a big mistake, to your hackers/haters I hope you will find out who they are.)

UPDATE!

The extent of the haters of Jacque Bermejo, they even made a wikipedia entry of her. courtesy of the http://thegossiper.typepad.com/celebrity-news/

grabe

Update: She is a victim of trolling. eto ang meaning from wikipedia

In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[2]

187 Responses to “Jacque Bermejo may be a victim of a setup!”

  1. Jacque Bermejo being truthful is different from tackless « Imanhorn Says:

    [...] September 27, 2009 at 2:57 pm (Uncategorized) (bagyo ondoy, facebook jacque bermejo, jacque bermejo, jacque bermejo ondoy, jacque bermejo tactless) UPDATE! She’s a victim of haters lang. Read this post! [...]

    • arlene Says:

      i doubt if she’s a victim of that brutal statements. for sure she was the one who posted that emabarassing comment for all of us whose living here in this country. for you jacque, watch your word!

    • ofw Says:

      di siguro.

    • Roxy Says:

      This should be a lesson to everyone: get your facts straight before you judge people and be ready for the consequences of your acts. You should think twice before you forward another email about someone, don’t be reactive.

      With freedom of speech comes great responsibility!

      • suan Says:

        cannot blame others for being so over react…lahat kasi nasa stage of healing…emotionally and psychologically, lahat ng tao, nasalanta or hindi, pare pareho ang ang feelings. that’s why, im wondering why there are people like…kung sino man sya….please, this is not the right time to argue, this is non sense…

  2. Hitagi Senjogahara, Beatrice is my Bitch !!9cuYEdSUiWD Says:

    this proves filipinos are easily trolled. 9001/10. YHBT. YHL. HAND.

    filipinos have LOST THE GAME.

    facepalm.jpg.

    • Lev Says:

      I agree with you. If you ask me they are all being what they accuse her of: being a bitch, ruthless, no conscience, etc.

      No wonder when Chinese people came here they called Filipinos savages. (I’m generalizing here, so don’t kill me).

      G-G-G-Game over filipinos.

      • mag sibog Says:

        Ai,
        who are you to depend jacque??? and you also lev… just keep all your mouth shut… you dont know anything… its better to use ur time helping other people in need… if chinese said that fil are savages… what they are??? i hope they are the righteous people in the word…

      • Lev Says:

        Why, do you mag know anything too? Keep your facts straight before you accuse people. I’m not telling you to shut up naman ah. Nasosobrahan lang ako sa pagfflame kasi; maawa naman kayo sa tao.

        I also am not a Chinese. Filipinos deserve to be treated with respect. Pero sa mga nangyayari ngayon kay Jacque it makes me think so otherwise. Like I said, I’m generalizing.

        Hayaan niyo na kasi siya; tapos na ang issue.

      • Lev Says:

        OK, I apologize for that Chinese statement, I acted quite irrationally there. I too was affected by my emotions. I apologize kapag may nainsulto.

        Pero talaga, sumosobra naman yung trato sa kanya eh. Namatay din tito ko sa baha, but you don’t see me flaming her. She’s no one important naman, why react that much to a single comment? Hindi naman siya nagdala ng Ondoy sa bansa, so hayaan nalang…

        Wag na sayangin ang oras sa pagfflame, gamitin nalang sa pagtutulong sa kapwa kesa sa sirain ang kapwa

      • rolan Says:

        Im not depending anyone here, Lev is right in saying that “if we dont stop” accusing anyone, we are all the same in character . perhaps, Magkakaiba lang ang sinasabi at sasabihin natin against each other, but we’re just showing that we have the same character as JB or whoever started these things. I understand those people who reacted furiously with what was “posted” by whoever did it, I agree with you guys, We should not tolerate such injurious act and we should react and let the world know that we condemn this malicious behavior and we wont allow anyone in anyway to malign us filipinos especially during adverse situation. After we aired our sentiments, dont say anymore bad words against these people who are behind this may it be JB or whoever, because we are all victims here, It’s the devil who causes us to sin. If we continue changing words that we dont even wanted other people to say it to us, the evil one are just succeeding with their desire to fall us into sin and take us away from the Lord. My fellow filipino, this is the time that we should be more closer to God. He is still in control… God bless!

      • Bianca Says:

        Its not that we’re being judgemental but everyone in the Philippines, whether victims of the calamity or not, are affected by the typhoon Ondoy. We are not showing that we are easily trolled. We, of course, are affected by the ruthless things said by the “Jacque Bermejo” account because as Filipinos, we are truly traumatized of what happened. We are not savages. We just happen to speak our minds and our opinions.

        Its not that I am siding with anyone because, I myself, is not a fan of bias. I am just saying that as your part, you can easily say that because your fellow citizens did not lose houses,properties and lives. We, on the other hand, are just hurt because some lost their livelihood and family member/s. No one has the right to call us savages because we are just defending against the false statements and accusations being made against Filipinos.

      • Keith Says:

        Lev- chinese people say that filipinos are savages? -___-…nigga they eat dogs and baby fetus O_O whos the savages now…i rest my case

    • marie Says:

      who are you to tell us that the filipino LOST THE GAME? is it a game for you to react after someone posted that very inhumane statement knowing that the whole country was suffering. what we felt when we reacted is really unbearable. it is so painful to read something posted like that by a filipino using our language. is it wrong for us to do that, to return the hatred that we feel from her statement? we are not playing any game here, we are just filipinos who tried to fight for our dignity ruined by people who thought that we are not worthy of it. i hope you’d understand that amidst what happened, filipinos are really fighters.

  3. Hitagi Senjogahara, Beatrice is my Bitch !!9cuYEdSUiWD Says:

    also, greetings from 4chan’s /a/.

  4. aymi Says:

    pero hindi pa naman tau sure kung hater nya lang yun. Malay naten pinag-tanggol lang sya?

    • imanhorn Says:

      I’ve listed down the reasons why haters ang may pakana.

      The urls being used, the profiles starfishbuang ang nakalagay. and the multiply site that was created last january 2009 pa makes a reference to starfish having no brains. Someone is riding on the emotions that happened after Ondoy and directing it to one girl. I agree with Max Daemon, innocent until proven guilty.

    • Freo Says:

      Pero malay din natin kung inosente siya.

      Let’s say you can’t make a conclusion out of the evidence… or let’s say walang evidence… which of these two is better?

      1. ‘yung guilty siya, naniwala tayo sa palusot niya… na wala namang mawawala sa atin dahil ‘di naman natin siya kakilala

      o…

      2. ‘yung inosente siya, ‘di tayo naniwala at patuloy natin siyang pinagbibintangan sa isang bagay na ‘di nya ginawa?

  5. Max Daemon Says:

    I am not a Filipino, but my in-laws are (who, fortunately, were spared the wrath of the typhoon)…

    Yes, regarding your post – whether it would be true that her account has been hacked or not, what matters right now is “innocent until proven guilty.”

  6. themetalmessiah Says:

    ser/mam,

    i believe those fake sites that you’re talking about were done AFTER she said those infamous line that made her famous. people got the initiative to do something against her so some people made such fake sites. i mean, why would people, who doesn’t know each other, would gang up a certain person, JACQUE BERMEJO, for no such good reason at all and it if all was just a prank?

    just my view on it. apir! =)

    • imanhorn Says:

      Nope, the multiply site was made January 2009 if you would look at the first post. and the albums were posted June 2009.

      I still believe in Max’s idea. Innocent until proven guilty. People are just riding their hatred because of Ondoy and channeling it through this woman. I stand by my new findings by the way.

      • Lev Says:

        They were all carried by their emotions, that’s why they ganged up on her. Use your heads people!

        I remember one of those fake sites which were also trolled; the one about an Atenean who was backstabbing other college institutions, saying that they are stupid, poor, etc.

        After a while the author of that post gave his REAL blog. The fake one was supposed to be a thesis of some sort on how people’s reactions were emotionally charged. And he was proven right.

      • Bianca Says:

        How about using your head Lev?? Filipinos are truly saddened about the typhoon Ondoy. Why don’t you be considerate that Philippines is under a traumatic period and stop accusing Filipinos of being mean.

  7. aquaenigma Says:

    let me correct that..I mean..
    She could really be a very techie online BIG hater victim..who ever did this to her is quite smart and very devil to do something like this… like I said.. ONLINE TRIAL by PUBLICITY is something one can’t just control BUT can use to ones advantage..

    I do hope she has more friends and family who really knows her and can try to do something to defend her. Kawawa sya if this goes on and on and only to know na hindi naman pala talaga sya yun.

  8. Jahncarlo Says:

    pwede ring siya yung naglagay nang starfish buang.. ngayon lang namn lumabas yun.. kahapon wala eh.. xempre para magkaroon ng angulo na haters nia yung gumawa..

    • ken Says:

      “…starfishes have no brain…maybe that’s why i’m like this…” will a normal person tell this to his/herself? yan yung nakalagay sa home ng multiply account nya. tsaka maggagawa ka ba ng multiply account ng walang i-aadd na friends sa contacts mo? if this is the real person. the account should have a contact. i think this account was made purposely para siraan yung girl. in my opinion baka this is a suitor na binasted nung girl or inggit sa career ng girl. madaming ganyan sa abroad. pinoy na naninira ng kapwa pinoy para lang umangat.

      • imanhorn Says:

        Thanks for noticing Ken. that was my point. The multiply account tipped me off that someone really is out to get the girl by cyber assassination.

      • marjo Says:

        i agree to this.
        i have heard and experienced from our kabayans who, instead of supporting us, are bringing us down.
        there really is no cure for insecurity.

      • Lev Says:

        At one look I knew the account was faked. It’s pretty easy to make a fake one. Hell, the name I use on the internet is fake; very few people on the net know me by my real name, so yeah.

  9. Ambo Says:

    There are many sides of the story and Max is right, shes still innocent until proven guilty. Mahirap kasi mabiktima if this really a fraud or hacked.

  10. Rocksteddy Says:

    In this information superhighway, one way to get away from the bad things you have truthfully done, in this case commenting with pure idiocy and hypocrisy on a social networking website, is to state that you are innocent and your account was hacked. but then again, innocent until proven guilty is the status quo of our society.

    PS she should not have been judged in the first place.

  11. Wency Says:

    i understand why you would post something like this. You are just looking out for your friend. Or maybe you are ms. Bermejo and you are trying to save your a**. But let this be a lesson to her. She should not be posting anything that tactless in the future.

  12. Wency Says:

    And if indeed she is a victim of a set up/hacker, why didn’t she immediately issue a statement like that? Why are you making this statement for her? Tell her to issue a statement right away in Facebook. That should solve everything and stop all the justified haters. Currently there are more than 8,000 members of the group that wants to oust her in Facebook.

    • imanhorn Says:

      @wency, not everyone is living their life in facebook. Some people just check back every week or so. So benefit of the doubt, the issue just exploded yesterday. 24 hours hasn’t even passed yet. Users in FB were kind enough to remind me “Innocent till proven guilty” and so far a face book comment is not enough since again of the presence of Trolls

      • tris Says:

        but in a situation like her? even if she’s not living her life in facebook and she is destroyed from that, of course she will immediately do something to clear her name.

      • Lev Says:

        But will people even listen to her? I doubt that when she releases a statement the people would just say sorry and turn back to their normal lives. The girl is traumatized. If ever she did post a statement I tell you the trolls will STILL keep flaming her. You piss off the net, you piss off a country, you piss off the whole world. It must be hard for her to come out with the weight of the country’s anger on her shoulders.

    • andthen Says:

      im glad i did not post anything to further the hatred towards her, but i have to admit that i also made harsh comments while discussing it with my friends because at that time i was agreeing with all the comments made against her.
      The question is, if she have issued her statement and given all the evidence that would prove her innocence, How many people do you think will send their apologies? I don’t think anybody would have cared, because we were angry, frustrated of what is going on in our country that we know in our hearts should be a lot better by now. I have to give it to the people who looked deeper into this to shed some light to this controversy.

    • Freo Says:

      Tell us: if Ms Bermejo confronts you right now, and tells you that she didn’t do it, will you believe her?

      http://freopersonal.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/if-i-were-jacque-bermejo/

  13. oes tsetnoc Says:

    whatever the reason behind it, whoever was behind it. The damage has been don to both her and to those who are affected by ondoy.

  14. Che Says:

    ok granting that she is innocent until proven guilty, but can anybody prove that such fake multiply sites werent also created to look that she was hacked? comeon looking at the sites it seems pretty obvious that they are fake accounts…if i were the one hacking and making her look bad intentionally wouldnt i want the sites that i made for her look really believable and authentic???

    just my opinion…

    • imanhorn Says:

      Yes I can @CHe since the dates on the multiply account was created January 2009 with the tag line “…starfishes have no brain…maybe that’s why i’m like this…” no one would tell themselves na wala silang utak diba? Tapos, pictures and albums created june 2009 “with ugly officemates hihihihihih” that’s gotta be fake and purely hate.

      The angle I’m investigating right now is a slighted lover or someone jealous. BTW, I’d like to correct statements. This isn’t HACKING but trolling. if it was hacking her real account would have been used. then again the account used to post such insult had the vanity url of “starfishbuang” in referral to the multiply account. All of it is so coincidental already.

      Somebody probably just stole her real pics and then made up a new profile. right click save as, sign up upload and destroy. ganun lang.

  15. lui Says:

    simple lang yan, “wala kang haters kung wala kang ginagawang masama” ganti man yan o sya tlaga nagsulat isa lng meaning nyan.. we can all judge n masama ugali nya… That’s my opinion please respect….

    Thanks

  16. PinoyinHK Says:

    Its easy to say that her account got hacked. It might be damage control, its easy to blame it on a “hacker” or a “hater”. if you’re a nice person, why would someone go out of his/her way to ruin you? It just doesnt make any sense. And how come she has friends on the accounts? are those hacked accounts too? fact of the matter is she made some lousy comments and she should take responsibility. a simple sorry would do

  17. Janet Says:

    About the multiply account being fake, well maybe the owner was just being facetious when she put in the bit about starfishes being brainless and her officemates being ugly. These playful antics are not uncommon in social networking sites. It could still be really Miss Bermejo’s.

    • imanhorn Says:

      Good point ms janet. But right now I’m just seeing an unbelievable amount of energy being channeled to something as small as this. Yes I got hurt the first time I read it, once you get over it you’ll realize it was stupid wasting time on a dubious comment compared to real people dying on the streets.

    • Freo Says:

      Maybe. Then again, maybe not.

      What matters is we know how to examine the evidence before we jump to conclusions. Keep your options open.

  18. AJA!!! Says:

    Jacque Bermejo – nang mabasa ko ung about sa kanya I was really angry. Kaya I tried to investigate if who really Jacque Bermejo is..after reading all the comments and seeing her pictures all I can say is there is no proof that she really is the one who posted such comment. She looks so professional while the one in the facebook account don’t even know how to construct simple English sentence..Kaya guys before tayo magbitaw ng comment about sa kanya sana isipin muna natin na merong possibility na hindi nga xa ung nagpost nun.kawawa naman kasi xa kng talagang d nga naman xa ang nagpost ng comment na un..kng xa man un eh di problema nya na un dba?!and we got so many things to do than cursing her..PEACE po.

    • Angela Says:

      If you dress well and look professional, that doesn’t mean you are one. Don’t be easily fooled by that facade. I’m sorry but the excuse “my account was hacked” is just too easy of an excuse. If your account would be hacked, it would something more drastic than that like put profanities. What she posted seemed like a sincere personal opinion which she even defended several posts later. With her actions/reactions, to me she’s guilty, until proven otherwise.

      • imanhorn Says:

        again dahil nga tayong pinoy don’t know the word trolling po, we tend to believe that everything on the net is true. But you do have a point there po.

      • angel aoi Says:

        you have a point…

        imanhorn…

        pinoys don’t know d world trolling?
        u wud go so far as to call pinoys stupid
        just to defend her?

        i can’t help but think that d reason y ur doing this
        is either that u love her so much, or
        u are her…

      • Angela Says:

        Excuse me, but I know very well what trolling means.

      • Freo Says:

        If you don’t know her (or don’t intend to know her) then you won’t lose anything by giving her the benefit of the doubt. So why be afraid of getting “fooled by that facade?”

        (I think marami sa atin masyadong takot mauto.)

        If she is indeed the bitch who posted those horrible statements, then let God judge her.

        But what if she is innocent?

      • pheelyp Says:

        Angela, imanhorn did not call Pinoys stupid. He said that because most Pinoys did not know about trolling, Pinoys in general have a tendency to believe that what is posted in the Net is true. Those are two different things.

  19. nicey Says:

    Please. You keep saying walng hiya sha and all those nasty things, but you don’t even know how much your hurting her and her family. SHE is the Subject of someone’s envy. Her friendster account was hacked a few years ago she didn’t really do anything about it, but THIS has grown way out of proportion. PEOPLE I BEG YOU, NG JACQUE is INNOCENT! She just became the subject of an evil person’s HATE and ENVY and by believing this person’s lies you’re feeding a SICK OBSESSION and HURTING innocent people’s feelings. WHAT IF IT HAPPENED TO YOU? CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT YOU, AND YOUR FAMILY WOULD GO THROUGH? PLEASE. HELP US STOP THIS PERSON! MAAWA NAMAN KAYO. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY?! I pray that this does not happen to any of you.

    • imanhorn Says:

      Yep, just spread the word that Jacque Bermejo may be a victim of a setup. thanks for the replies of everyone!

      http://imanhorn.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/jacque-bermejo-may-be-a-victim-of-a-setup/

      Still, sa mga tono kasi ng ibang tao kasi dyan. They keep forgetting.. do we Pinoys subject women to harsh comments? san na ang pagpapahalaga natin sa kababaihan?

      • pheelyp Says:

        Not that I think this apparently innocent girl should be treated harshly, but I think it’s a good thing that we discarded the whole because-she’s-a-girl-I-won’t-do-anything-bad attitude, which I find sexist. It’s better in my opinion to chastise those who should be chastised and love those who should be loved, whether the person is female or not.

  20. jellymae Says:

    hmm…i agree with imanhorn.that’s possible.my friend became a victim of trolling in friendster.then this jacque bermejo might be a victim.wala n taung magagawa.damage has been done.pero sana hindi ganun ang reaction ng kapwa natin pinoy.. qng cnu man gumawa nun..makonsensya ka naman..do you think lahat ng namatay sinners..like infants?darn it.qng pamilya mo ang maging biktima ganun pa rin ba reaction mo?grabe ka.people here are mourning.and yet,may gana kapang mag gaganyan.hmp.dami q cnv ah.nkakagigil.my mom and my bro are affected in that flash flood kaya hindi aq natutuwa sa mga taong walang puso qng maka reak!aun lng.

  21. SgtMack Says:

    Sobrang tindi naman ng galit ng taong gumawa nito kay ms. bermejo if this is truly the case.

    When I read her statements nagalit din ako. I didn’t even think that she was set up by someone….I wonder why would a fellow Pinoy would say that to her countrymen? But in any case, maybe…maybe…victim nga rin sya…

    Let’s not waste time to figure out about that for now…there are more important things to focus on…like…helping those real victims of Ondoy. Let’s extend our helping hands to them.

  22. nicey Says:

    She is innocent. Her FAmily is looking into this matter, so I hope that every would just be sensitive to the things they write until this is resolved, because you might regret it later when this accusation is proven false.

  23. Ayn Says:

    INNOCENT. flat and period.

  24. donzie Says:

    JACQUE BERMEJO is INNOCENT.. shes a good person..

    • MC Says:

      I agree with you. She would never say bad things like “buti n lng am hir in dubai! maybe so many sinners bak der! so yeah deserving wat hapend!”. Only a hacker of her account can do that. She is a well-educated person who writes & speaks English well & is a graduate of UP.

  25. G Says:

    Obviously identity theft of some sort….degrading Jacque by posing as her.

    Hope Facebook provides the ip add of the hacker lol!

    • j Says:

      I agree this could be an identity theft, I think facebook and also with multiply could provide an ip address about the post in question.

      • imanhorn Says:

        TOS wise, unless if the Phil goverment orders it, multiply and FB cannot destroy their integrity by giving ip addresses for mundane reasons such as this. Giving an IP address is equivalent to giving the address to your home. She could be swamped with junk mail or stalked without reason.

  26. yurdssss Says:

    Brother And sister stop all the arguments lets face the future and face again the incoming typhoon. 2 more…
    Be prepared!!!!!
    Please pray to almighty god.
    Wag nyo nang patulan yan…tumulong nalang tayo sa mga nasalanta ng bagyo.

    Para sa gumawa nito alam mo na ngang nasalanta ang bansa mo minaliit mo pa?
    mahalin mo naman ang bayang sinilangan natin.
    Sana makatulog ka pa.

  27. Final Update : Jacque Bermejo’s Innocence « Imanhorn Says:

    [...] comments of my post http://imanhorn.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/jacque-bermejo-may-be-a-victim-of-a-setup/ asked …why would people, who doesn’t know each other, would gang up a certain person, [...]

  28. angel aoi Says:

    imanhorn…wats ur connection wid her? u defend her so much…

    based on everything i read, there are a lot of angles in this

    1st wud be, wat people most believed in was that
    she really is d one who posted what pissed d people
    without knowing and taking into consideration wat other
    people might think, let’s just say that maybe “it slipped her
    mind” and posted it thinking that no one wud take it seriously

    2nd wud be wat ur saying, that it might be a hacker…
    if it is really a hacker then do u think, the hacker wud
    stop at that? just one post and he’s done? if the hacker
    really wants to destroy her, the hacker wud really go deep
    and will stop at nothing not just 1 post…

    either way, it’s her word against those of many
    if she is innocent i hope her name wud be cleared soon
    if she is guilty, then i suggest that she just admit it
    and say sorry to everyone…

    we can’t blame all those who are offended by that post
    after what the filipino people has been through and is still
    going through…

    • Roxy Says:

      Hi angel aoi

      I have a friend in Dubai who changed his status to “I Love Typhoon Ondoy” and immediately removed it after two of his friends (which includes my sister) called him insensitive. If you think you made someone’s hackles rise, you’ll delete that comment right away. But that hacker didn’t and threw in more fuel in the fire by posting another comment…

      When my friend learned about Jacque’s case (and he met Jacque a couple of times or so–I know Jacque) he got so afraid and deleted it from his wall so there would be no trace of his stupidity (sorry dude! At least you learned your lesson, there’s always room for tact!)

    • Freo Says:

      @angel

      “2nd wud be wat ur saying, that it might be a hacker…
      if it is really a hacker then do u think, the hacker wud
      stop at that? just one post and he’s done? if the hacker
      really wants to destroy her, the hacker wud really go deep
      and will stop at nothing not just 1 post…”

      See? If a hacker / thief had done what you said, and posted several messages, you will realize that he / she is a hacker / identity thief.

      A smart online criminal will make sure that he / she appears genuine to the average person.

    • pheelyp Says:

      Angel, I agree that people can’t be blamed for being offended because the content of the message was indeed offensive. But people, though offended, do not necessarily lose the ability to reason, and thus are still responsible for what they do. People (including me) responded to the troller’s comment with hate and vitriol; I did so because I chose not to verify the identity of the one who posted it, because it was more convenient and satisfying to discharge my indignation at this perceived offender than to give her the benefit of the doubt.

      I could have done otherwise, but I did not. Thus I am accountable for my action. As is everyone else who blindly lashed out at this innocent.

  29. Charlie Y Says:

    Anyone with half a brain and analyze her FB comments should realize that it is indeed her. Her FB comment is just a mindless, insensitive, tactless one. One that is obviously said without thinking..in other words.. a freaking BLUNDER. Anyway, the reactions of the online community is quite too harsh. I think she never really meant it that much but the damage has been done already. There is just no other excuse on her earlier statements other than admitting pure stupity, or a simpler one.. a “hacked account”. But the thing is, if I was the one who “hacked” her FB account and wanted to destroy her reputation, i’d do something a little more destructive than a silly comment.

    The excuse that her account was hacked is just plain LAME. She deserves all the harsh reactions from the online community.

    • Angela Says:

      My sentiments exactly. Her excuse is very convenient.

      BTW, her Multiply account has been deleted. If that was hacked too, as most people are saying, why would the hacker even care to cancel it?

      • imanhorn Says:

        The multiply account wasn’t cancled po. It was reported to multiply and one of the TOS of multiply they have the right to close it if its being spammed/trolled

    • Freo Says:

      “Anyone with half a brain and analyze her FB comments should realize that it is indeed her. ”

      Kindly support this with an argument. There is nothing in your statement that supports this.

    • pheelyp Says:

      First of all, I doubt any one of us is in the position to judge that a person *deserves* whatever suffering he experiences. To say that a person “deserves” suffering is to say that, despite his innate human dignity and goodness and potential for goodness, it is just to harm him. Who but God can justify evil and suffering?

      Second of all, I think that anyone with half a brain (or maybe even just one quarter of a brain) can realize that the point of this blog entry is to point out that there is a reasonable cause to doubt the identity of the person who posted the offensive comment.

      Nobody is contesting that what was posted was, as you said, mindless, insensitive and tactless. But you see, precisely because it was all those things, it is something that a troller would post, for that would generate a lot of rabid haters of Jacque Bermejo, such as yourself.

      Third of all, imanhorn has already pointed out that there is a difference between hacking and trolling. The argument being presented here is not that Jacque Bermejo’s account was hacked, but that she was trolled.

    • MC Says:

      Actually, it’s not an excuse that her account was hacked. What she said is TRUE.

      Jacque Bermejo is a UP Graduate & she writes and speaks English well.

      Therefore, because she writes & speaks English well, she is not the one who posted “buti n lng am hir in dubai! maybe so many sinners bak der! so yeah deserving wat hapend!” but someone who hacked her account.

  30. Floren Mago Says:

    reading her “dumb” posts makes me think na talgang hacked lang yung account nya. I mean, mataas na narating nya, so its impossible na ganito cya kabobong magenglish. ikalawa, to post na “with my ugly officemates” would be suicide kc ang multiply e siguradong makikita nang boss at officemates nya at magagalit sila nun for sure.

    So, i believe she’s just a victim.

  31. FromSG Says:

    The only thing that she can do is to do a public apology. Okie, given that her account have been hacked or someone just created an account for her, what she said gave a lot of Filipinos around the world a mark of hatred. And that leads to that kind of accusations to her. I don’t think that she’s a victim and people are just looking for someone to blame to. But think of this way, thousands of people are being affected of this calamity, who is the real victim then? I can say that those things that are written to her multiply account (whether fake or not) are harsh enough for her to handle. But she should have said something after yesterdays comments on her FB account, instead, she said some words with sarcasm. This just became an issue because she didn’t say anything. And she said those stupid words because her family are safe somewhere. What if her so called family affected by this disaster? Well, yes she’d been tactless, but why not apologize immediately and changed her status. Maybe, just maybe if she done that, and she just thought of doing that, this issue wont go far.

    • Freo Says:

      “The only thing that she can do is to do a public apology. Okie, given that her account have been hacked or someone just created an account for her, what she said gave a lot of Filipinos around the world a mark of hatred.”

      That doesn’t add up. First, you say that she might have been hacked… and that given she had been hacked, SHE SAID something that made Filipinos hate her.

      No. If she had been hacked, she didn’t say anything. SOMEONE ELSE said something using her name.

    • pheelyp Says:

      FromSG, if her account had indeed been hacked or someone created an account that made people believe it was her, as you granted was possible, then that means that she had NOTHING TO DO with what happened and thus was INNOCENT and should not have to apologize.

      Moreover, I believe the point of this blog entry is to point out that there is reasonable cause to doubt the identity of the one who posted the comment, whether it was really Jacque Bermejo who really posted it or it was someone else. Thus the question is not whether what she did was right or not but rather whether the one who did posted the offensive comment was actually her or not.

  32. Don Miguelito Says:

    I agree guys.. I posted a note in FB about my opinion with Jacque help me clean her name, because I believe she is innocent.. Help me voice out because some influential people are already trying to make the real Jacque jobless in Dubai.. please spread the word.. thanks..

  33. krauser Says:

    FAKE ACCOUNT IS REALLY BELIEVABLE! IS SHE A CELEBRITY TO HAVE SOMEONE GO THROUGH THE MOTION OF MAKING AN ELABORATE SETUP TO BURN HER? Didn’t think so. So whoever’s making this excuse, think of something better.

    • imanhorn Says:

      Fake accounts can happen and FB has been used a lot of times. Search “4chan” who managed to troll/hack a lot of accounts.

      • Roxy Says:

        I made a fake account so I can have an extra family member in Mafia Wars :-D I also hacked some games using that extra account so I can have loads of virtual coins. You can get all the tools you need online.

    • Freo Says:

      Fact: It is easier to troll a non-celebrity (i.e. JB) because she doesn’t have a public background and fans to defend her.

      Now, if you happen to troll Angelina Jolie, boy, you’re gonna have Hollywood, publicists and lawyers, and thousands of fans wringing your neck.

      Makes more sense to troll someone lower, eh?

    • pheelyp Says:

      People have different ideas of what counts as “elaborate”. Perhaps yours is just lower than most?

  34. Rei Says:

    her fake fb was only made recently. Her real account was banned. Her fake FB is not the one who made the comment. hmm…..

    I don’t know why trolls would see her.
    And trolls usually “make” accounts – not hack into one.
    If one has the ability to crack an account, I think they would not spend their time cracking a nameless account. Unless the cracker hates her but the cracker would also steal and or delete files or actually send the same comment/status several times to different profile walls and such.

    but no… it was only one comment… seems like a comment out of humor… a normal one, that would perhaps really be from Jacque’s.

    • imanhorn Says:

      I don’t think her real account if ever real yun was banned but more likely deactivated by the user as well as deletion on some of the pages she supposedly posted. And yes Rei, most pinoys say when their pictures are used in a fake account hack na yun, its more on trolling. Majority don’t know that yet.

    • em Says:

      i agree with rei…how could we know if her account was fake..if the account was banned or deactivated..?

  35. pC Says:

    we really won’t know if it’s her or not… for now. But the hurtful words has been said, and we really just can’t stop people from saying how they felt about that awful comment.

    people would always pick the easiest explanation and will not even bother to know this person before they make a comment. People’s initial reaction will always be hateful towards the statement made… and no matter how many blogs and articles you write about her. People would always see what she has done wrong… unless the person who really posted the comment will step up… which is never gonna happen.

    let’s just all hope that she really is just a victim… it’s so sad and disappointing if one our own kababayan thinks this way.

    • pheelyp Says:

      pC, I agree that no matter how many blogs and articles are written to advocate that Jacque Bermejo be treated innocent until proven guilty, there will still be people who would feel hate for her. But the blogs and articles ought to be written anyways, because unlike you, I don’t believe that “people would always see what she has done wrong” because people have reason and the capacity for good, to not cast the first stone, to withhold judgment or change it in the face of evidence, to give others the benefit of the doubt. Humanity is not as bad as you think, as evidenced by the hordes of volunteers who are helping out victims of Ondoy.

      And the point of this blog entry is to point out that there IS indeed reasonable cause to DOUBT whether the one who posted the offensive comment was indeed Jacque Bermejo or not.

      I think she’s a victim. I doubt any of our kababayans, even if they thought that way, would be bold and imprudent enough to announce it.

  36. Miguel Dasig Says:

    One way to find out if she really did post those statements is to check if the poster accessed the Facebook profile from Dubai, and posted the message from there. This can be identified with the help of Facebook administrators. We will ask them to look up the IP Address of the poster at that time on their databases. By the time we get the IP Address of the poster, we will then be able to verify his/her location.

  37. FightChique Says:

    I am so sorry to read about what happened. Almost all my friends reacted on her FB account. I pity her. Really. She’s definitely the victim here.

  38. chuchay Says:

    i think she’s a victim of identity theft,i was also guilty of accusing her upon reading that post but when i checked her fb and multiply accounts,thoughts went through my mind…she doesn’t have any friends on her accounts!wow,how could somebody possibly create an account without even 1 contact or friend?i research infos bout her,a UP graduate and a PR officer for 4 yrs in dubai,parang imposible for her na magkamali ang grammar! marami na naman cases of cyber assassination kaya di imposible yun,kakaawa ang pamilya nya!i don’t know her pero naaawa ako sa kanya ngayon.for sure hindi sya yun.walang tao ang basta sisirain ang career sa pagbibitaw ng mga insensitive na salita.

    • imanhorn Says:

      Thanks very much for that comment Chuchay. I just hope Pinoys will clear their head and start helping.

    • Roxy Says:

      She can actually file a libel case against all those who has injured her reputation :-D

      I got this info from a site:

      Posting false and defamatory information online also amounts to libel, not just on a website but also in the context of a discussion in a USENET newsgroup, listserv or IRC chat room. Several libel lawsuits in various countries have been brought against parties for Internet libel, sometimes referred to as cyberlibel.

      • pheelyp Says:

        I’m not sure, but I think there should be a delineation between private/individual defamation and public outrage. When Willie Revillame violated the collective sense of decency of the Filipino people when he insulted the memory of President Cory Aquino in his show, the very vicious and very public indignation expressed in blogs, letters and opinion pages and the like do not seem to me like libel.

        If ever, the one who trolled Jacque Bermejo is the one who should be punished for inciting the public to mob an innocent person.

  39. Poks Divina Says:

    The Multiply account is indeed fake. The Facebook account that made the comment seems authentic. However, I’ll reserve further judgment on this matter based on how things unfold.

    I certainly agree that trial by publicity is unfair. We are all afforded the right of innocence until proven under wise. I am a strong advocate of this right. This right is for everyone, even the President!

  40. angel aoi Says:

    sorry but i still don’t bite it…

    only the posts of Charlie Y, Floren Mago
    FromSG, krauser and Rei

    only makes sense to me
    i see it more of a possiblity
    than wat ur(imanhorn) saying…

    • imanhorn Says:

      well anyway, each to his own. I just wish people see the real problem which is a broken Luzon rather than one woman with 1 statement. Advertise again (kulit ko no?)
      http://imanhorn.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/channel-your-energies-in-helping-others-ondoy-away/

    • pheelyp Says:

      Interesting tidbit #1: Sabi nila, the human brain is made to look for affirmation of whatever it believes in order to preserve psychic integrity and its sense of wholeness. The example used in my psych book is that if a girl, who believes that men are pigs, enters a room full of men, she will ignore the 99 good, wholesome, God-fearing guys but rather fixate on and identify and pay attention to the 1 man who is a pig.

      Interesting tidbit #2: The worst suffering that can be inflicted on a person is not physical daw but rather psychological. The pain and devastation experienced when one is forced to give up a cherished, fundamental belief is supposedly equivalent to that experienced during torture.

      Torture is difficult, but so is being hated by your country for something you did not do.

  41. jake Says:

    “Being God fearing individuals few vocalized their resentment against God (only the real atheist did that)”

    The REAL atheist has no reason to blame a ‘god’ because he denies its existence in the first place. What you implied, good sir or madam, is not what a true atheist is. Actually, most religious people are very much more likely to place the blame on a supernatural scapegoat, which of course is irrational.

    I know I’m missing the point. I just wanted to clear that up even though I’m not one myself.

    Anyways, people should just devote their time, energy and focus on the calamity rather than endlessly harassing this so-called ‘public enemy’. I know I’ve done my part and that did not include an angry comment against someone who may or may not be a victim of a sick, tasteless gimmick. At the end of the day, who cares?

    • imanhorn Says:

      Oh, I stand corrected. I seem to have a misguided image of what atheists are ahahahah.

      Anyway, thanks for the last paragraph. My point exactly

  42. Jen Says:

    They can change taglines or album names overnight, can’t they??? I think this is the best alibi in a situation like this. Besides, it was the facebook account that was in question here not the multiply nor friendster that was said to have been hacked back in 2008.
    Even the brother sounded arrogant, although I do admire him for standing up for her, issuing statements which she should’ve been doing in the first place. True, not all people live their lives in facebook, but the issue had reached her family already, it means she is well-aware of what’s happening. A true innocent victim tothis prank would courageously face these attacks and explain her side, Why hide now? Maybe she doesn’t have the guts to face what she started.
    I think this is a case of tactlessness, people who had perished in the typhoon doesn’t deserve those harsh words, nor this girl deserves this attention and hullaballoo from us.
    I’m still not buying this lame excuse about a hacker but I want to divert my energy helping out the true victims instead of trying to figure out wether she did it or not.

    • imanhorn Says:

      Maricar Reyes faced a much grimmer scandal that this and she chose not to say anything and look at her now, she’s living life peacefully compared to katrina halili who the more cried justice the more was castigated. Seriously wala na bang oras ang pinoy kundi habulin ang kapwa pinay na di naman sure kung sya yun?

  43. Etchus.... Says:

    Etchus lang yan… Napapackat lang cla..

  44. Rocks Says:

    if she’s a victim of trolling or hacking wala man lang bang nagsabi sa kanya na she’s being subjected to “hate words” from FB? wala man lang ba sha ni isang friend or relatives to tell her what’s happening? so she could have issued her statement the soonest possible time?

    • imanhorn Says:

      There is a saying mr Rocks. “Don’t give excuses to your enemies, they won’t listen to them. Don’t give excuses to your friends, they don’t need it.”

      • bayen Says:

        Question lang: if there was already an existing facebook, multiply account, friendster account, etc that were “trolling” the real Jacque Bermejo and were all put up as early as January 2009 or even 2008 (long before the controversy erupted), hindi ba na pick up yan ng real Jacque Bermejo and lodged a complaint to the facebook, multiply, etc admin? Clarify pls. Because while I believe in innocent until proven guilty, so far, occums razor principle also applies here.

  45. steelmagnolia72 Says:

    so longstoryshort, who is jacque bermejo and is someone so mad at her?

    • imanhorn Says:

      looking at her multiply site and a lot of hate pictures, I feel that it is the current relationship of ms Jacque that’s causing some hatred. Slighted lover perhaps.

  46. Jen Says:

    Can’t stop wondering “why are you so into this, imanhorn”…. What’s the connection huh?
    If you are simply another citizen trying to pass fair judgement, you won’t sound as pushy as this. I can’t help but think you are from Jacque Bermejo’s camp. You seem to know all the answers to every angle…. very strange!

    • imanhorn Says:

      Believe me ms jen, I am totally unrelated to her. But after experiencing identity thefts of my friends plus trolling I just felt I had to act for a change. People were hell bent on making one woman suffer when hundreds are dying. As for my experience, a female friend of mine had her pictures downloaded and reuploaded to a fake account advertising her as a 1 peso prostitute complete with her cellphone number, address and some intimate details such as the mole of her butt. This is what is happening and as for answers that people aren’t seeing, I just opened my eyes and READ everything before reacting again.

    • Freo Says:

      No, he/she is simply a smart and thinking person who prefers to use his/her mind and consider possibilities rather than accept everything at face value. He/She is the kind of citizen that Philippines is, I’m afraid, growing short of.

    • pheelyp Says:

      I think imanhorn is advocating for fairness, levelheadedness and prudence in a situation that desperately needs all three. When one believes in the beauty of one’s cause, then one stands up and speaks out for it.

      And I think justice is very beautiful indeed.

  47. nins Says:

    imanhorn,

    I really can’t tell if you’re educating the Filipino public about trolls, or if you’re just adamantly defending Jacque Bermejo.

    You keep pointing out repeatedly that Pinoys know very little about trolls. Even if it were true I absolutely see no need to rub it in. You’re making the rest of your readers feel stupid.

    If you want to undertake the gargantuan task of stopping trolls, you don’t need a Jacque Bermejo. Just write in layman. Like you said, it’s internet slang. So un-slang it.

    And everyone, we all know we will never get the truth out of this issue so just get on with your lives. Really, this is going nowhere fast.

    Its online gossip.

    • pheelyp Says:

      I think the whole discussion on trolling needed to be pointed out in order to properly contextualize what was going on, that there is a difference between hacking and trolling, and that this difference is relevant to the situation.

      If it was pointed out repeatedly, I think it was not because imanhorn wanted to make his readers feel stupid but rather because it was a point that needed to be pressed, as shown by the various comments that seemed to be based on an incomplete/incorrect understanding of what trolling is.

  48. Top Posts « WordPress.com Says:

    [...] Jacque Bermejo may be a victim of a setup! Yesterday was such a traumatic day after the media posted the aftermath of Ondoy. With dozens dead, many more missing, [...] [...]

  49. Lev Says:

    How hard is it to accept that her account is faked? What would you feel if you were wronged when in fact you are innocent? Let’s just wait. Innocent until proven guilty.

  50. imanhorn Says:

    dami kasi self-righteous na tao. So she had one statement, hindi nila inisip kung gano din kabastos ang statements nila. In one of my posts, I detailed the ugly pictures made in dishonor to a Filipina. Even if may nasalita sya nasaan ang value natin na pagpapahalaga sa kababaihan? Don’t tell me it was also washed out by Ondoy.

  51. opinionkolang Says:

    try to access multiply account starfish.. it says the username doesn’t exist. (i use the link posted above) . If facebook account is fake. facebook admin should trace the ip address of the user and check if the ip is designated to dubai. if not then its a fake.

    if you know how to manipulate links and accounts.. you can never hide the truth when your IP address is being traced.

    kalampagin niyo ang facebook admin to get the IP address of the user.. tingnan natin kung hindi sya matutonton..

  52. darqueangel Says:

    I have no right to say if she’s innocent or not. but i encourage her to post a video so that people would know the she’s the one releasing the statement. ms. bermejo don’t relay your words to other people have your dignity and say the truth. just like aubrey O’day did on youtube. atleast people would judge you according to what you will say. prove it wrong..

  53. opinionkolang Says:

    got this from PEX.. will repost here:

    kakarelease lang ng statement na ito..**** from DUBAI..

    OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM JACQUE BERMEJO – PLEASE PASS THIS

    I am issuing this statement to clear my name in the current controversy in which I allegedly posted a highly insensitive and offensive message on the social networking website, Facebook, in relation to the victims of typhoon Ondoy that recently struck parts of the Philippines.
    About two years ago, an anonymous source created these accounts using my identity, posting my personal details, my real pictures captioned roughly and attacking other people. Because of these incidents, I reported such abuses and sent my credentials to the administrators of such sites, particularly Facebook. I have been abused and am still being abused online in social networking websites such as Facebook, Friendster, Multiply etc.

    In the early stages, I was advised by close friends to ignore the situation, saying this would simply go away. Unfortunately, it has not stopped. Hence, I filed a complaint with the Dubai Police about eight months ago hoping they could help me with my problem. Should anyone wish to check my statement, my case is still under investigation with said authorities.

    Time passed and these sites continued to generate malicious, obscene and cruel messages that are widely exposed and relayed to the public under my name.

    Yesterday, September 27th 2009, I received phone calls from my close friends regarding very alarming posts in the above mentioned websites that directly offended flood victims as a result of typhoon Ondoy..

    These malicious statement(s) which are posted under account names Jacque or Jackie are not of my doing. It is unfortunate that such statements were maliciously attributed to me andI do sympathize and understand the adverse and somehow verbally violent reaction that has been elicited by such insensitive statements or posts. Rest assured, I have taken every legal step that can be done in this regard.

    I too, have become a victim as much as those who may have lost their lives and properties to such a devastating natural calamity. This recent controversy has greatly affected my reputation, my family, and my friends. I am devastated and shocked at the extent my character, my personal information and private space have been violated.

    I have a deep respect and regard for my country. I am proud to be a Filipino and would never say or do anything to harm the interest of my country or countrymen. I have also had the privilege of participating in civic-oriented activities in Dubai, particularly in trying to help my fellow countrymen seek employment during the height of mass layoffs brought about by the ongoing global financial crisis, as well as those seeking employment for the first time. Making a mockery of any unfortunate incidents befalling any of my fellow Filipinos is simply contrary to my character. I condemn the person or persons behind these malicious acts to impute damage on my integrity and I hope that you can dig deep into your hearts and minds to truly find the truth in all these.

    Jacqueline Bermejo
    http://pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=409195&page=174

  54. Amor09 Says:

    Hmm i wonder if one of the people posting here is the “so called troller/hacker” who can’t take that people are starting to give the accused lady the benefit of the doubt. Seems the fire’s subsiding so kailangan pang gatungan? psst, you know who you are.

  55. Sadiki Says:

    kung gumagamit ka ng internet, alam mo kung gaano ka powerful ito… isang salita mo lang sa mga commentaries within the blogosphere,etc.. lalong lalo na kung ang tema ay kagaya ng mga salitang binitiwan daw ni Ms. Jacque Bermejo, tiyak, hindi lang iisang tao ang kakalabanin mo, kundi buong bansa, at higit sa lahat, gigisingin mo ang nag uumigting emosyon at galit ng sambayanang Pilipino. Bakit kaya hindi ito ang emosyon na maari nating maramdaman sa tuwing nakikita natin ang mga walang modo, talipandas at kurakot na mga politikong gumagahasa sa dignidad at karangalan nating mga Pilipino.

    ayun sa aking narinig mula sa isang kaibigan na may kaibigang nakakilala at malapit kay Jacque Bermejo, lahat ng itoý isang napakalaking kalapastanganan sa karapatan at dignidad ng isang taong nanahimik at kumakayod sa Dubai upang mabigyan ng kaginhawaan kahit mumunti lamang ang kanyang pamilya at sarili. Para sa isang OFW na nagpapakahirap mabuhay sa isang lugar, kumayod at magbata ng lahat ng pasakit upang mabigyan ng katuparan ang mga mithiin sa buhay at siraan o sirain ng sino mang HERODES ang iyong pangalan… ano ba ang dapat nating maramdaman???

    Kung ako ang tatanungin… gusto kung pumatay ng tao, gusto kung patayin ang naglapastangan sa akin. Sa kaso ni Ms. Bermejo, sya po ngayon ay lubos na nahihirapan, naguguluhan, lumuluha at nabibigatan sa malaking pasanin na kanyang dinadala, buong mundo po ang maaring nagagalit sa kanya, humahamak at umaalipusta sa isang bagay na kanya daw pong tinuran… ngunit ang tanong ko… sapat na bang dahilan ito para tayo ay madala sa hype na sa una ay di muna natin sinubukang alamin kung itoý may katotohanan. Ang google ay nasa “TIP” lang po ng ating mga daliri….

    Ako po ay isang OFW… Sadiki po ang aking screen name kasi ako po ay dating umiinom ng sadiki sa Saudi Arabia (alamin nyo rin po kung pano ginagawa ng ating mga kababayan ang sadiki). Mahirap pong maging isang OFW at sa ganang akin lamang, kung mangyari sa akin ang nangyari kay Ms. Bermejo, Diyos lamang ang nakakaalam kung ano po ang maari kung magawa sa taong gumawa sa akin ng ganyan… ngunit ako po ay isang taong kumakapit sa aking pananalig sa Diyos, kaya’t Diyos na ang bahala sa taong gumawa ng ganit o sa akin…

    sa aking huling panayam sa kakilang may kaibigan na malapit kay Ms. Bermejo… meron na po atang Media na kinukuha ang kanyang panig…abangan na lang po natin. sa mulit muli po, lahat po ng nararamdaman nyo, nauunawaan ko ko po, kaya’t akin lamang nais ipahiwatig, sa bawat emosyon na ating maramdaman sa lahat ng ating nararanasan… subukan po nating alamin kung bakit nangyayari ang mga bagay-bagay sa ating kapaligiran, subukan po nating maging mapanaliksik at wag tayong maging biktima ng ating mga sariling emosyon… lahat ng itoý pananagutan natin sa Diyos….

    my 2 cents… wala po sanang may magagalit sa akin.

  56. kindly Says:

    let the incident serve as a lesson to us, everyone is entitled to their own opinion,
    mahirap talaga baguhin our own stand onces we make it unless we realize that were wrong.
    let’s be thankful that are people able to reflect on what are they doing and what should be done.
    regardless if these are her doings or not, please let it pass for now for the truth about these matters will eventually come.
    let your hate and judgment towards her subside for a while and focus it instead on matters that can be done to help typhoon ondoy’s victims.

    for those whose gonna leave their comment, you are free to say anything but please read the previous comments first and think about it carefully. it not easy making people understand if they are clouded by their own pride

  57. If I were Jacque Bermejo… « Freo Sandbox Says:

    [...] no. Their puny brains are all made-up by now, and would refuse to listen to reason. Those narrow-minded [...]

  58. IP Police Says:

    Every comment that you make over the net, leaves an IP address. Every IP address has an origin (location, country or company). Proceed with the investigation and that will prove if the statement from Ms. Bermejo is true or just a cover-up. FB can easily detect it for sure. It is easy to look innocent by giving a statement that will appeal that it did not come from her. I understand your shift of sympathy but the truth will still prevail.

  59. napadaan lang po Says:

    I am an OFW..

    This afternoon I received an email regarding Ms. Jacque Bermejo statement.
    At first, when I read her post, I really felt bad and sorry.. How can some people made a statement like this..?

    I didn’t stopped searching about this news.. Until I read your (imanhorn) blog and her brother statement..

    It’s MAYBE right that there’s someone had hacked her Facebook Account.. Why I agreed and said so..
    1.) I’ve searched her facebook account and yet I cannot find one. (maybe deleted already at this point of time)
    2.) The brother said so that Ms. Bermejo is a U.P. grad, and I believed that she has the knowledge in using facebook (it’s just a basic one, even my 8th yr old cousin knows how to use it). Well, my point is, how can she just leave her profile not in private settings if her friendster account had been hacked before?
    And I believed as well that those who posted their comments in Ms. Bermejo profile is not even in her friends list.

    I feel that the above mention points will not convince anyhow those people who already made their “bad” comments against Ms. Bermejo.

    I’m not speaking for her, my point now is, if Ms. Bermejo really did or wrote that comment, I cannot blame you to be angry and affected, but I’m asking you as well not to throw harsh words against her.. Don’t put in our hands the judgement.. If someone curse us, don’t curse them back, yet, turned to GOD and pray for their souls. Devils are just around the corner. And I know, Devils are too happy seeing the Children of GOD quarelling..

    Thanks.

  60. Walwyn Says:

    I know how everyone will react when i asked all again this:

    “IF that (JB) is proven GUILTY (lets look inside our proud Filipino hearts what kind of punishment should be bestowed upon her) since WE judged her already from the beggining.”
    ive read:
    Iban hbangbuhay sa pinas
    Patalsikin sa trabaho
    Balatan ng Buhay
    Parape sa Camel
    Lunurin sa gitna ng dagat
    Iparape sa mga patan at indiano
    Ibaon sa Desert ng buhay
    At itakwil ng BUONG PILIPINAS!!!
    (and other GRUESOME kind of death)
    (isama n din natin ang inoccent family nya, no one said this but incase no one notice i just made the situation in words.)

    “Now if that (JB) is to be proven INNOCENT(lets again look at our PROUD COUNTRY LOVING HEARTS ask what kind of punishment should be bestowed upon us?)
    Ive red:
    I don’t care
    I’ll say Sorry
    Let’s forget this thing
    We’ll be shamed
    God will forgive us (pretty religious clap!! clap!!)

    “HAHA PRETTY FAIR DON”T YOU THINK, PROUD HEARTS OF COUNTRY LOVING FELLOW FILIPINOS”

    • pheelyp Says:

      I get your point, Walwyn. There is a pretty gross discrepancy there. But people were being hyperbolic when they were discharging their rage against Jacque Bermejo, I think.

  61. Walwyn Says:

    –”NO ONE HERE” has disregard those who are helping and Sympathyzing on those fellow brother’s who have lost everything because of the Typhoon, I’m too am proud about those who give everything they could just to help. Infact i know God is happy to see us showing UNITY to help each other and SYMPHATY to those who innocent people and children who have died.

    –but in here? You think God is happy to see us showing UNITY to trample a fellow Pinay merciless and condemn to death and show no SYMPHATY to her innocent family and love ones even if they are too..are obviously being dragged down and trampled by the UNITY of kind hearted and forgiving heart of their fellow Pilipinos?

    I wonder if GOD will say “JACQUELYN BERMEJO deserve that BIGTIME”….
    “and I can forgive all of you for all for that” ^_^

  62. Ayn Says:

    I can’t bare to read the negative comments, but like one of the users here said, “we have the right to ‘comment/judge’” ..yes ok fine, but at least make it appropriate. Not go shout out loud, SHE’S A BITCH. Besides none of the internet people here knows her, most probable of course her friends. But defending her makes her more guilty due to narrow minded people. Sana ang mga pinoy di ganun ka kitid. Pinoy ako, and I just can’t believe most Filipinos still don’t have good morals. I know many good citizens and I’m glad meron pa naman. But like imanhorn said, innocent until proven guilty then. But I hope none of those who miss judged JB eats their words. Because you’ve spoke too fast before even knowing whats the real story behind it.

    @Wency.. you’re just filled with anger, I think you need to just go hide in your room. Naninira ka pa eh.. you know, if she could IMMEDIATELY REPORT, she will.. its not like everything at her place was that easy. Crazy woman. Who do you think you are? FLASH the super hero? the woman should have been terrified of course, especially getting out from her place since people started threatening her. Miss Wency, THINK. psychological lng po mga tao. iiyak muna yan.

    @the rest, hays.. I can’t read EVERY single comment out there for I have no time and its 5am patulog palang ako. ito lang masasabi ko, kesa ito intindihin nyong issue, tumulong nalang kau sa pagdonate. Thanks. God bless.

    Please stop bashing other fellow country men. It’s not helping.

  63. pissed-bitch Says:

    instead of bitching about ms Jacque…
    you guys should get off the computer and help out the ondoy survivors…
    GET OVER IT! its done….cant take it back…..now MOVE ON!

  64. napadaan lang po Says:

    “Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.”- John 3:20-21

    • pheelyp Says:

      The problem comes when people believe that the “truth” they have made for themselves is the Truth, and brandish the evil that they do in broad daylight for all to see, thinking that they do it God when in fact they do it for themselves.

  65. imbestigador Says:

    I’m not defending jacque,I didn’t even know her,But i couldn’t stand These “educated” people bashing Jacque.

    They say that “Her post” was insensitive,yet Ang dami nilang sinabing masasakit na salita against her…

    Isn’t it Insensitive? Isn’t it rude? where is your heart? Nawawala ba?

    • ewankolang Says:

      they may be also insensitive when they have posted it. But it is only because of their emotion, as we all know, many people suffered, and reading the, “whether fake or not post” would really enraged you specially when you are one of those victims of the typhoon.

  66. Vlad Says:

    Seeing all the points imanhorn has raised, I honestly think Jacque Bermejo is innocent. I have a good friend who suffered the same “account hacking” , and believe me she was a nice person. Some people hate for many reasons, and for this case, I guess we will never know.

    I am also appalled by all the hate this simple statement has generated–as if the death of Jacque Bermejo is the only thing that will relieve the ‘hurt’ her Facebook comment brought. I do understand that the bashing was inevitable, considering the timing of the statement. I was offended as well when I first saw the post. But the pictures, the sites, the groups, were too much (add to that the time people are taking to create these things) –its ridiculous. And now there’s so much hate that we can’t even give her a moment to explain. Yes, there are many possibilities and her statements may be just another scam to close the issue, however her statement may also be the truth. I say let’s shut up for a moment and listen. After all she is after all, entitled, by virtue of being a human being, to defend her innocence.

    The saddest thing though, in my opinion, is even if she proves her innocence, I doubt people would accept and forgive her because doing so would mean taking back and eating all the bull they dumped on her.

    • pheelyp Says:

      Vlad, you are so right.

      People need to listen. The justice they all supposedly advocated, in disparaging Jacque Bermejo in the name of all the Ondoy victims she offended, is the same justice that demands that they make reparation for suffering that they have unjustly caused another.

      • Vlad Says:

        It’s just really saddening though that it has to be that way. If they cant say sorry and get it over with, why just not drop the issue, or shut up at the very least? The issue’s way beyond Facebook already and already threatening (if it has not yet damaged) Jacque Bermejo’s reputation. If there’s anyone we should direct our disappointment on (and bashing that might actually lead to something), it should be GMA for using the emergency funds for her foreign travels and other useless people in power who are not doing their jobs, using tax-payers’ money for their own welfare. And instead of using our energy bashing Jacque, maybe we could use the time to think of solutions on how to help those in need.

  67. Ryan Says:

    Lalo lng cyang sisikat… Tama na yan…

  68. Jeremy Says:

    Our initial reaction upon reading this Wall post will be clearly understandable and normal due to its timing.

    But let us not forget that it doesn’t tell us the truth. That’s just a part of a larger truth that is yet to be seen. If we really want to use our intellect, then let not that post tell everything about the story.

    Don’t become that harsh to her. She deserves justice.

  69. kamalayang Kalayaan Says:

    “saying and we quote “buti n lng am hir in dubai! maybe so many sinners bak der! so yeah deserving wat hapend!”. Roughly translated and improved upon, it can be understood as, ‘It’s a good thing I’m here in Dubai. There might be a lot of sinners back there [Philippines]. So yeah, they deserved what happened”.

    kung hindi talaga niya sinabi yon…she has to proved it…kaya namang e trace yun kung saan nanggagaling ang IP….anything na dumaan sa linya is traceable e…

  70. Please Says:

    To those who are telling that IP address tracking is easy, please refer this posted comment.

    imanhorn said,

    September 29, 2009 at 5:39 am

    TOS wise, unless if the Phil goverment orders it, multiply and FB cannot destroy their integrity by giving ip addresses for mundane reasons such as this. Giving an IP address is equivalent to giving the address to your home. She could be swamped with junk mail or stalked without reason.

  71. melody Says:

    i was also a victim of identity theft online so i would understand. let’s just give her the benefit of the doubt. she has said her statement and tried to clear her name. if she is innocent as she claimed then let us believe her. most of us don’t know her personally anyway.

  72. chat Says:

    I wonder kung p’wede ma-trace ang “ip address” sa facebook noong nag post…. hmmmm

    • imanhorn Says:

      Pwede sa hacking. Pero I understand why Facebook will not divulge IP addresses. That’s a violation of the TOS and mawawalan sila ng advertisers if ganoon lang mabigay ang IP address. Think of it as giving out your own address to robbers. They can now track your moves by watching your house and pag walang tao sa bahay WHAM ninakawan ka na.

  73. unknown Says:

    You know what’s wrong with us, we are judgemental..We would judge on what we first saw or heard..We won’t listen to the other side..
    Masakit talaga marining o makita ang ganung comment..pero d naman dun ngtatapos yun eh’..MAraming nasaktan at naapektuhan sa mga binitiwang salita..pero ang dapat isipin natin ngayon ay panu tutulungan yong mga nasalanta..

  74. limar_skie Says:

    there is only one victim bout this we filipinos

  75. anna Says:

    “She explained that someone hacked her Facebook account and manipulated its contents two years ago. This prompted her to deactivate her account”. diba this year lang ang facebook? paano naging 2years?hayzzzz…

    • nakiki isyoso lang Says:

      acebook is a social networking website, launched on February 4, 2004.

      Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, a former Harvard student. Initially the membership of Facebook was restricted to students of Harvard College. It was subsequently expanded to MIT, Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University and all Ivy League schools within two months. Many individual universities were added in rapid succession over the next year. Eventually, people with a university (e.g .edu, .ac.uk, etc.) email address from institutions across the globe were eligible to join. Networks were then initiated for high schools on February 27, 2006 and some large companies. Since September 11, 2006, anyone 13 or older may join.[2][3] Users can select to join one or more participating networks, such as a school, place of employment, geographic region, or social group.

      The site has more than 64 million active users (including non-collegiate members) worldwide.[4] From September 2006 to September 2007 the site’s traffic ranking increased from 60th to 7th, according to Alexa.[5] It is the most popular website for uploading photos, with 14 million uploaded daily.[4]

      The name of the site refers to the paper facebooks depicting members of the campus community that some U.S. colleges and preparatory schools give to incoming students, faculty, and staff as a way to get to know other people on campus.

      Facebook has met with a certain amount of criticism and controversy in its short lifespan, mainly because of privacy concerns, but also due to the politics of it’s founders and some censorship issues.

      * 2 years ago

  76. mamai0607 Says:

    Hello, Everyone! Let us not waste any more time on hating or bad mouthing someone, we all don’t know the truth anyway. Divert those energies to help those in need, esp. the victims of calamities around the world. It’s good for the soul. God bless us all!

  77. ruth Says:

    nako uunahin payan……… basta kung sino man gumawa non MAY GOD TOUCH YOU!

  78. pilipino Says:

    mga kababayan… isa po ako, kasama ng aking pamilya, kapitbahay na nasalanta ng bagyong ondoy… magtulangan nalang po tayo… kahit ako, nasaktan sa komentong iyon. pero naisip ko na may mga bagay na itinadhana ang Diyos para maipakita kung sino tayo. isa itong opurtunidad para magpatawad sa kabila ng delubyong naranasan natin. hindi rin naaayon para sa atin ang manghusga ng kapwa dahil tayo rin ay may mga pagkakamali.

    tingnan na lang po natin ang mga positibong nangyari… naging mapagbigay tayo sa bawat isa, naging mapagmahal tayo sa kapwa natin. eto po sana ang maging kalakasan nating mga pilipino.

    Huwag po tayo magpaaekto sa mga negatibong salita ng kung sino man. maging kababayan man natin siya o dayuhan. ito po ang sisira sa atin.

    marami po salamat sa mga tumulong.

    Ipagpasa-Diyos po natin ang lahat.

  79. Mark M.V. Salin Says:

    Having read all the sides of the story (in the spirit of fairness), it leads us to think of one thing… Did somebody from Malacañang made all these things up, just to veer our attention away from the Administration’s ineffectiveness in resolving the Ondoy issue, to something else related yet irrelevant?

  80. dalena johnson Says:

    nice blog i really enjoyed reading this blog lot’s of good info … keep up the good work…

  81. imanhorn Says:

    Ngeks, I’m me po. Pero I was one of the first people who posted against her. Call it guilt pero I want to stop trolls for once. It happened to a lot of my friends in friendster. I had one experienced when all pictures were stolen and her friendster profile advertised her as 1 peso prostitute, anywhere on the go. So now that I’m a blogger and at least help a bit I’m doing what I can.

    As a blogger you can use it for good and evil.

  82. imanhorn Says:

    Then I guess I don’t have to explain anything else.

  83. imanhorn Says:

    I am actually approving this comment. Natatawa kasi ako…
    Ay ayokong patulan eh. Pwede po kayo mag comment in filipino po mr mag sibog


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