Special Report | FPM, Bank of Philippines. Who are these people?

Day 488, 08:19 Published in Philippines Philippines by Rageldo Dimagiba

In behalf of the Filipino people, I would like to welcome the members and delegates of the http://www.erepublik.com/en/party/-filipino-progressive-movement-2368/1”>Filipino Progressive Movement Party (FPM) to our shores. Mabuhay!


In their article, entitled “http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/a-new-era-beckons-759447/1/20”>A New Era Beckons”, the http://www.erepublik.com/en/organization/1339117”>Bank of Philippines/FPM party, a group of self-proclaimed “experienced members of the Erepublik world”, declared their intentions of providing economic aid to the country, helping build medical and defense facilities, and participating in partisan politics.


The article has generated quite a response and has elicited mixed feelings among the general population.


While Filipinos are known the world over for being a hospitable people, and while the foreigners at FPM themselves appear sincere, the Filipinos are understandably wary of their intentions.


Just 12 days ago, a Philippine Congress with a foreign majority passed a bill to transfer all the GOLD in the national treasury to http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/271361”>Bunaly’s organization, http://www.erepublik.com/en/organization/1332464”>Bangko ng Pilipinas, an organization whose name is strikingly similar to FPM’s partner organization, Bank of Philippines. In fact it is just a word-for-word translation of the former!


Moreover, if my memory serves me right, just days ago, the logos used by both the Bangko ng Pilipinas and the Bank of Philippines were the same! They both used the logo of their purported real-life counterpart, the http://www.bsp.gov.ph/”>Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.


If I didn’t know any better, I’d think the two organizations were somehow linked to each other, and not, as I hope, that FPM just has some serious PR issues. But I digress.


The Filipinos are now, more than ever, filled with questions.


Questions such as: Who are these people? Where did they come from? What are they doing here? Why do they want to help us? What are their motives?


In this special in-depth report of THE DAILY COCONUT, we will try to answer these questions and more.


(to be continued in the NEXT ISSUE...)