About Mark Jimenez
Despite massive media coverage over the past ten years, the truth about former Manila Representative Mark “MJ” Jimenez remains unknown. He is regarded as one of the most controversial men in the country by those in power, and the print and broadcast media have branded him as a money launderer, a drug lord, a mafia boss and a smuggler, but none of these claims have ever been proven in court. These are lies propagated by those afraid of his power; these are unjust claims made to assassinate his character.
Now that MJ is running for president, the media is once again at his tail. The false claims against him are made fresh as his name graces the headlines of news in print and new media. It is time to lift the shroud of mystery and controversy around MJ. It is time to set the record straight.
MJ is a masterful businessman, a genius in his own right. He brokered many significant deals for various industry captains, presidents, world leaders and celebrities. Because of his keen sense for business and innovation, he was able to build giant computer corporations in and out of the country, specifically in Latin America and the United States. People have questioned the source of his wealth and have henceforth tagged him with unsavory titles, all of which are largely untrue. MJ even challenges other billionaires and business leaders to pay proper taxes and become transparent with their wealth. He denounces all forms of scheming and stealing; he believes that matters of money are inferior to matters of compassion and heart.
And what a big heart MJ has: he built the Hulog ng Langit (Gift From Heaven) Foundation to help alleviate the sordid living standards of many. He understands the plight of the poor and he gives away his own hard-earned money without expecting anything in return. He gives from his heart.
Among his projects are mass baptisms and feeding programs in deprived barangays all over the country. He also distributed relief goods to calamity-stricken areas, and provided families with much needed medicine and money. When education plan companies entered a time of financial trouble, he extended his own finances to help fund the college tuitions of thousands of hopeful young students. MJ has helped people on the streets, and the poor and the downtrodden look up to him as someone who cares without reservations.
And MJ calls on people to turn back to God because he believes that spirituality is the key in attaining true change. His vision of a God-fearing nation is hinged on the cause to champion human rights.
MJ is down-to-earth despite his larger than life status. He does not aspire for empty fame, which is why his good deeds are hardly ever publicized. While he remained silent about his poverty-alleviating projects, the media continued to magnify his mistakes and highlighted malicious and unfounded reports for the sake of sensationalism.
In the face of media demonization, MJ remains unafraid. When a case of extradition was filed against him for making generous contributions to Bill Clinton’s election campaign, he voluntarily surrendered himself to the authorities in the United States, and there, he served 22 months in prison. And today, the media focuses solely on branding him an “ex-convict,” and the news does not mention how he was denied due process in the event of his trial. On the flight of his arrest, he was handcuffed to his seat, whereas stipulations in an agreement with the Department of Foreign Affairs clearly stated that he should not be handcuffed and should instead be treated with respect. These are among the transgressions made on his human rights, events that are lost in the flurry of scandalizing name-calling in mainstream media. In the end, this series of unjust events led to the breaking apart of his family.
And yet MJ faced media demonization and various other human rights violations with integrity because he has the truth and legal documents on his side. Not only is this an indication of the strength of his character, it also shows that MJ is not a traditional politician. He works for the truth, he lives by the law, and he does not use his power to put himself above both the truth and the law.
MJ is not afraid of anyone; he will call a spade a dirty shovel while other politicians merely mince words out of fear of the powerful and the influential. MJ is not afraid of them simply because he has nothing to hide.
So who is Mark Jimenez? Some say he is a wise businessman, a passionate philanthropist, a God-fearing humanitarian, a controversial ex-convict. Sinner or saint, Mark “MJ” Jimenez is without doubt unlike other scheming politicians, avaricious business tycoons and selfish elites.
MJ brings in a firmer grasp on truth, a non-traditional take on governance, and a far-reaching view of upholding human rights.
More about Mark Jimenez
Mark “MJ” Jimenez, the man behind the Hulog ng Langit Foundation, was born in Paco, Manila on December 31, 1946.
Giving is a deeply ingrained trait of MJ. As a young boy, he often snuck out foodstuff and canned goods from his parents’ household to give to poor neighbors near the railroad tracks in Paco, Manila. He also served as a sacristan.
MJ engaged in various business activities, married, and tried to raise a family before he went to the U.S. There he became a very successful businessman dealing with computer parts and accessories in Latin American countries. In the late 1990s, his company, Future Tech International, was rated as one of the top 300 fastest growing computer firms in the U.S.– grossing over $500 million a year.
MJ was cited during that time as one of the most outstanding CEOs in the U.S. and included in the list of Who’s Who in America.
He became a close friend of 17 Latin American heads of state, and became very influential with the then incumbent US President Bill Clinton and a number of Democrat senators. MJ dined with the Clintons and stayed overnight at the White House about a dozen times during their incumbency. He was the first and only Filipino to receive such a privilege.
MJ visited the Philippines in 1998 and, fascinated by what he saw as the bright prospects of the Philippines, he decided to stay for good. He became the unofficial adviser (there was no government contract between them) to former President Joseph Estrada, who called him a “corporate genius.”
MJ was later on elected as a congressman representing the sixth district of Manila. While in Congress, he introduced many meaningful bills, including the House version of the Anti-Money Laundering Law and the law raising the salary of AFP officers and enlisted men. However, his term in Congress was short-lived because he was later on indicted in the US for contributing excessively to the political campaign funds of President Bill Clinton.
Rather than plunge the Philippines and the U.S. Government into a political crisis by insisting on his Constitutional rights as a people’s representative, Mark Jimenez voluntarily surrendered to American authorities in 2003. In the U.S., he was sentenced to two years in jail at the minimum security Allenwood Federal Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania.
In jail, Jimenez was repeatedly put in solitary confinement (bartolina) for regularly giving food, medicine, and financial assistance to both Filipino and foreign inmates– a violation of prison rules. But there in the dark and cramped isolation chamber, he realized God’s plan for his life.
Up to this day, he regards his prison experience as the most glorious and joyful time of his life.
He returned to the Philippines in December 2005 and started his crusade to help the neglected, deprived and abused members of society, as well as the victims of calamity and injustice. He also embarked on a personal calling to bring back spirituality in people’s lives.
His philanthropic activities and denunciation of what he feels are injustices against the marginalized members of society have earned him the ire of some powerful people and other influential personalities.
Since his return in December 2005, the businessman-philanthropist has given away more than P700 million of his own wealth to various charitable and humanitarian causes.
“I am sharing my wealth because God has given me abundantly,” he says. “That is what a Chrstian should do. If other wealthy people are not doing it, they are the abnormal ones – not me.”
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Jimenez in 1989 and i only have good things to say about him. He gave me a Job when i need it the most and i learn much from him. He’s a excellent person and business man , a man with a vision.
God Bless you Mark !!!!
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If you all wonder who Acosta is, don’t bother. Only the mysterious elfs in the COMELEC knows. Acosta was recently interviewed by Mike Enriquez over DZRH radio, and the result was very puzzling why COMELEC ever allowed this clown to run for president. He is supposed to be the standard bearer of the KBL Party of Ferdinand Marcos.
But he said he hadn’t met and didn’t have the support of Bongbong. Imee, and Imelda Marcos! He didn’t know who Jay Sonsa is, the vice presidential bet of KBL. And Sonsa said he doesn’t know Acosta either!
The KBL has not held a single meeting yet. To questions about his political platform, Acosta has only one word: development. Asked how he would do it, he said “Pag-iisipan pa niya.”
Wala siyang naisagot na matino, parang nakikipag-usap sa retarded o autistic si Mike Enriquez! (And that’s saying it kindly) GOD HELP US KUNG GANITO ANG PINAPAYAGAN NG COMELEC KUMANDIDATO!
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Correction, hindi aakyat yung pangalan ni noynoy sa pag pasok ni Jimenez, bababa lang yung pangalan ni Villar. Para umakyat ang pangalan ni Noynoy, kailangang mawala ang pangalan ni acosta. Pero bago pa lumabas ang desisyong ng court, nakaprint na balota.
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Now ,ngayon alam na ng lahat bakit di pinayagan c mark jimenez tumakbo – KASE AAKYAT ANG PANGALAN NI NOYNOY SA BALOTA AT BABABA ANG PANGALAN NI VILLAR SA PWESTO NG PRINT SA BALOTA!
For your information apat na columns na alphabetical ang pagkaka print ng balota – hindi yung pinakikita nila na isang column na pababa lang. Bawat column, tatlong names ang nakalagay.Kung pumasok name ni Jimenez, mapupunta pangalan ni villar sa second row ng fourth column. Gets nyo? Ung mga hindi decided, kung saan mapunta ang tingin un ang iboboto. Ganito ang balota:
__________ ____________ ____________ VILLAR
AQUINO ____________ ____________
__________ ____________ ____________
Kaya kung papasok c jimenez, magiging ganito:
__________ ____________ ____________ _________
AQUINO ____________ JIMENEZ VILLAR
__________ ____________ ____________
Bakit hindi c Noynoy ang first? kase meron clang pinayagan na isang ACOSTA para kumandidato para maging Presidente!!! CNO YUn?!!
Kaya itong si Acosta na walng organisasyon at walang nakakakilala at di pa nakita ninuman ang kahit anino, ay pinayagan kumandidato para BABABA ANG PANGALAN NI NOYNOY SA BALOTA AT MAPUPUNTA SA KANAN AT NAG-IISA ANG PANGALAN NI VILLAR!! Advantage nga naman un! Grabe!!! Kung ganito nila hawak ang comelec, ang judiciary at military, paano na ang eleksyon!!!!!
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Mr. Mark Jimenez is an exemplary man, if what he has been doing is what he really believes into, like helping the poor.
I wish he would’nt have to be a politician, much less a president of the land, inorder for him to continue his noble legacy.
Does he also help build or rebuild a church?
God bless him always. From: Elsie Junio-F, Munoz, Nueva Ecija
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mabuhay po kayo ninong..sana matulungan nyo po ang tulad ko na walang trabaho..tapos po ako ng kolehiyo ..pero hirap po ako makapasok ng work..sana po matulungan nyo ko..at pamilya ko..salamat po.
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bilib ako sa yo ninong
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mapalad tayo at may isang mark jimenez na handang sumagip sa mga taong hirap sa buhay.he’s just human…..kung kayat nagkakasala din.sa huli’y natuto humingi ng patawad sa ating panginoong diyos na cyang lumalang sa atin. nagsisisi at ngayo’y isang alagad pa.cno sa atin ang walang bahid dungis.kung tatakbo nga lang cya bilang pangulo ng atin bansa.ako ang unang susuporta sa kanya.pero dahil di cya sakim sa kapangyarihan mas ninais nalang nyang magkawang gawa sa tao at maglingkod sa ating panginoon diyos.kaya kung cno ang susupotahan mo mr jimenez kaisa mo kami dyan.mabuhay ka!at lumawig pa buhay mo para marami ka pang matulungan at maituwid ang mga sakim at ganid na politiko.god bless and wish you a good health always.
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i didn’t know mark jimenez was a rapist but it’s expected naman. mukha pa lang devil na devil na!
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@mai
Your comment shows that you are either an ignorant lout, malicious, or plain stupid.
The theory of atavism or physiognomy in criminology has long been declared as RIDICULOUS AND IDIOTIC by scholars and criminologists all over the world.
The belief you have has been around since the time of the Greeks, Plato and Aristotle. And it persisted over the years. In the Middle Ages, they convicted persons based on ugliness and not on evidence.
You will see how ridiculous is your belief by the fact that secular law during that time directed jurists to convict the uglier of two people who were under equal suspicion for a crime (Wilson and Herrnstein 1985).
But these theories were DISPROVED and DABUNKED by hundreds of psychological and anthropological studies plus empirical studies around the world involving thousands of prisoners and ordinary, law-abiding persons in the US and Europe.. Your theory has been ridiculed and termed as an IDIOTIC theory by both scholars and criminologist over the last 500 years!
Did you know that most serial rapists and killers in history were handsome men? Take the case of Ted Bundy who was convicted of three death sentences for killing at least 100 women in the US in the 1970s. He used his good looks to lure young women, rape and kill them.
The same LUNATIC theory as yours was adopted by Hitler and the Nazis during the Second World War. They selected people destined to die on the gas chamber by their looks. The most handsome and prettiest, they forced to mate!
The result is 6,000,000 dead Jews and hordes of mongoloid and retarded children! GOD help the Philippines if this is the kind of vision you have for our country based on the SCATTER-BRAINED THEORY you believed in!
Abraham Lincoln was one of the ugliest persons to assume the American presidency, according to historians, But he remains one of the greatest.
If you see Stephen Hawkins, he has a face and body only a mother can love. But he is regarded as the greatest physicist alive today, discovering black holes and many other things that changed our perception of the universe.
Look at the picture of Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, and Aldous Huxley… to name only a few. Their weird and ugly looks do not reveal the enormous contributions they did to civilization
So much for your pretensions!!! PADALA KA NGA NG PICTURE DITO PARA MAKITA NG MGA TAO ANG HITSURA MO!!!
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i didn’t know mark jimenez was a rapist but it’s expected naman. mukha pa lang devil na devil na!
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I dont believed villar is one of the supporter, coz as far lm concerned si villar ang may pinakamagandang at maraming nagawa sa kapwa mahihirap lalo na sa mga OFW kahit noong d pa cya ngdeklara tumakbo at d cya mayabang at nasa loob na nya ang matulungin. hoping cya ang manalo, sana nga lang d cya magbago pag cya na ang manalo.
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