Roberts Commission members named

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The Roberts Commission Formation
10:56 AM EST, Thursday, May 29th, 2014

Members of the Roberts Commission:
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts (Chairman)
Former NM Governor Bill Richardson (Vice Chairman)
US House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
United States Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK)

CA State Attorney General Kamala Harris (D)
United States Senator William Nelson (D-FL)
United States Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
NV Governor Brian Sandoval (R)
Former US Ambassador to PRC Gary Locke
 
Chapter 4: Noynoy's personal testimony to the Roberts Commission

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COMING SOON IN CHAPTER 4 OF THE DAY CHAOS STRUCK
Testimony of Philippine President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino, III on the April 28th Incident in Manila
[It'll be quite lengthy]
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Part I of Gillan 1220's personal testimony

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Personal Testimony of Gillan 1220
2:27 PM PHST, Friday, May 30th, 2014
[Part I]

Gillan 1220's personal version of events so far: "I started getting interested in politics or world events since 2012 but it was in 2013 where I started reading or watching the news. Prior to entering college during my last days of high school the previous year, I was watching the news of the Korean Peninsula Crisis and the Boston Marathon bombings and manhunt. Then when I entered college, big headlines around the country and the world were made. First, it was the Pork Barrel Scam and the Ghouta Chemical attacks in Syria in August 2013. I remember anxiously watching if the US, UK, France, and their Arab Allies would intervene against the Syrian Arab Republic, which the Russian Federation eventually called bluff. Then, on September, the Zamboanga City siege occurred which lasted for roughly three weeks. A month later, on October 15th, 2013, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Bohol. I was in Bohol that morning and I remember correctly where I was in the Bohol Tropics Resort in Tagbilaran City. Three weeks later, on November 8th, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan (Local: Yolanda) hit the provinces of Samar, Leyte, northern Cebu (plus the Camotes Islands), Panay, Mindoro, and Palawan. Tacloban City was affected badly as I saw on the news. I would never forget the heartbreaking photos seeing destroyed houses, dead bodies on the streets, the long lines into relief centers, foreign militaries coming to the aid, and more. I remember Obama promising help to arrive as soon as possible. The first help came in the form of US Marines based on Okinawa. Second semester of SY 2013-14 began and I remember seeing several C-130s and C-17s fly over Cebu as more relief came pouring into the country. The presence of the USS George Washington and China's PLA-N hospital ship known as the Peace Ark were most memorable of them all. It came to a heartbreak when we knew "Fast and the Furious" actor Paul Walker met a fatal accident as he did a charity run for the victims of Haiyan, which was followed by the death of Nelson Mandela (the former South African President) a few days later."
 
Part II of Gillan 1220's personal testimony

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More of Gillan 1220's personal testimony of events
2:43 PM PHST, Friday, May 30th, 2014
[Part II]

"When 2014 came, I remember watching the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine erupt into their President running away from the country followed by the Crimean Crisis in which "little green men" seized Ukrainian military bases. For the first time, we millenials got a glimpse of a "second Cold War" brewing up in Europe. A month later, Malaysia Airlines MH370 would disappear enroute from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China. The disappearance of a plane in modern times baffled the world as it was merely impossible to happen. My friends and I followed the news of the plane for roughly two months now....to no luck. Then came our finals before our Summer 2014 officially began on March 27th, 2014. Two days later, the Philippine government successfully resupplied our Philippine Marine Outpost located within the rusty LST BRP Sierra Madre at the Second Thomas Shoal at the middle of the Spratly Islands where China Coast Guard vessels lurked. It was a beholden sight seeing a smaller boat getting challenged by a bigger boat. I would spend the next few weeks going to the beach and celebrating the Holy Week with my relatives......"
 
Part III of Gillan 1220's personal testimony

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Gillan 1220's testimony of events
2:59 PM PHST, Friday, May 30th, 2014
[Part III]

"Monday, April 28th, 2014 was a historic day in the Philippines because it marked the first time in 11 years since a US President visited the country. That was back then with George W. Bush in October 2003. I was still seven that time and didn't really care about politics or world affairs. Now I am 17 turning 18 this September 4th. During that time, I was currently 1 month into the summer after my freshman year in college which was an eventful school year of headlines. At that time, my family and I just came back from Bohol (we revisited the province six months after the earthquake). The city of Lapu-Lapu just celebrated the festivities of the Battle of Mactan while a schoolmate of mine from high school named Vanessa was joining Miss Teen Earth Philippines. She was currently in NAIA the same time Air Force One landed. I remember jokingly asked her if she saw it but unfortunately she didn't. It was a very hot summer afternoon and I was glued to the TV watching the State Visit of Obama as the Presidential limousine entered the Malacanang Palace. I was taking pictures of the TV on my iPad and also tweeting at the same time when the unexpected happened. Obama had been shot. I remember that moment all social media went wild. All my friends and most of my followers posted about it. We prayed for his safety but the bad news hit us that night that Obama had died. I was shocked. The entire nation was shocked. The world was shocked. Vice President Joe Biden was then sworn in as the 48th President of the United States.

The next two days were awash with repeated broadcast of the Obama assassination. On April 30th, I visited my old high school on their last-day-of-school and everyone was talking about it. Instead of festive mood, most of the talk was about Obama. I visited the outgoing batch of 2014 since their graduation was the following day (May 1st) and all of them were still shaken by the news. I couldn't blame them. So was I. That night, I attended my neighbor's 15th birthday party and while we did talk about the upcoming movies for the year and other stuff while also playing GTA V on the Xbox 360, the topic would inadvertenly switch to the infamous incident.

A week later, on May 9th, 2014, my family and I went to the United States to visit our relatives in Michigan. The political atmosphere was really tense. Upon arrival in Detroit Metropolitan Airport, most Asians and POCs were subject to intense questioning by the CBP officials. My family and I were the last ones in that line unfortunately so the immigration official also subjected us to a search before we were cleared and given entry to America. Of course I was happy to have entered the USA but the atmosphere was just so different. A President was assassinated a week before and now there was a new President in the White House. During dinner that night with my relatives and cousins, the Obama assassination was brought up once again just like it was throughout the trip. From May 9th-28th, my relatives and I visited various states including by driving through the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida before flying to New York then back to Michigan. We returned back to the Philippines on the 28th. Life went on as usual. The vacation ended, my friend Vanessa won Miss Teen Earth Philippines for this year (I was supporting her 12 HRS prior when I was still in Detroit Metropolitan Airport and then I traveled to Tokyo for the connecting flight back to Cebu when the pageant began. I would know she won when I arrived back in Cebu around 11:00 PM and I was just so tired from the trip), where upon arrival at the airport, we got the awful news: US Secretary of State John Kerry was killed in a violent plane crash in Brazil and many people watching the news on television were shocked: "Who could it be?" asked a Korean-Filipino woman. One American said, "It has to be terrorists. First they killed Obama and now they killed Kerry!" We had no idea what was happening, but my summer had turned into a total nightmare. Then I realized summer was about to end and the second year in college was going to begin in less than two weeks. As I said, life went on a month later after the assassination. My brother and I bought a PS4 on the 31st along with Ubisoft's new game known as Watch_Dogs. Currently, I am just making the most of my remaining days of my summer. It began as fun but mid-way the shocking event happened that would forever change my perception of the world and this decade. I can never forget seeing an American President being shot on live TV. For my generation, it served as our JFK moment. I will forever carry this on throughout my lifetime."
 
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ABC News Polling Survey ahead of the 2014 Midterm elections

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ABC News Polling Survey (May 14th-May 30th, 2014)
Do you approve or disapprove the job President Joseph R. Biden is doing ?
Approve: 65%
Disapprove: 20%
Undecided: 15%

Do you approve or disapprove the job Congress is doing ?
Approve: 41%
Disapprove: 57%

Who do you think was involved in the assassination of the late US President Barack Obama on April 28th, 2014 ?
North Korea: 19%
PRC: 16%
Terrorists: 16%
Undecided: 56%
 
Vicky's backstory

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Backstory on PNP Patrolwoman Vicky De Leon
Saturday, May 31st, 2014
Quezon City, Philippines.

PNP Patrolwoman Vicky De Leon had been in law enforcement for several years following graduation from the Philippine Naval Academy (serving in the Philippine Marine Corps including doing reserve duty in the Marine Corps Reserves where she rose to the rank of Captain). She had been working in Philippine National Police's Civil Service Group. At the age of 36, she was excited at this opportunity & learning from her family (majority of whom served in law enforcement & retired military veterans) on doing public service for the betterment of the Filipino people. Upon learning about the horrific events of April 28th, 2014, Vicky decided to put her Columbo-esque investigating techniques to good use by asking specific questions to several witnesses, who were attending the Welcoming Honors Ceremony at Malacanang Palace; upon learning from an elderly woman, who had the Miss Archie Bunker outfit, who informed Vicky that she noticed some shining lights blinding her & several other well-wishers that day, Vicky replied "Thank you very much for giving me this specific detail Mrs. Valdez, this information will be critical going forward in this major investigation, I will check this out & do some digging into this right now."

Getting into her vehicle, Vicky drove to the outskirts of Quezon City & noticed an intriguing building that was secluded from the hectic workings of daily life in Quezon City; it was located in the suburbs, so she decided to check it out herself. After driving toward the inside parking garage & then locking her vehicle, she took out her badge to one of the security guards, explaining she needed to speak with some folks in her investigation she was working in, the security guard let her in. He was the last person to see Vicky walk inside the penthouse apartment complex....

Inside the 5th floor, Aliyah (disguised as a Victoria's Secret Model with the alias "Paloma Salvador") was waiting inside her private penthouse apartment, waiting for the unsuspecting police detective to arrive & little did Vicky realize of the unsuspecting danger awaiting her because things weren't going to end well for her. Aliyah had two long, large brown suitcases & special secretive kit for use as well as a flight plan toward an unknown destination.....
 
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ABS-CBN News Polling Survey

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ABS-CBN News Polling Survey (May 13th-May 31st, 2014)
Do you approve or disapprove the job Philippine President Benigno SC Aquino, III is doing ?
Approve: 73%
Disapprove: 23%
Undecided: 2%

Do you approve or disapprove the job Congress of the Philippines is doing ?
Approve: 61%
Disapprove: 25%
Undecided: 14%
 

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