Spreading The Word On Two Wheels

Philippe: Who are the people behind Word Riders? Are these certain types of groups? Are they from the business sector, government…?

John: All backgrounds actually. But we all share a common denominator, which is sharing the Word of God. Okay, for some of you out there it will sound boring, but the thing is, if you understand the reasons and the purpose why we’re doing it.

Philippe: It’s a good thing because you target schools—the young ones, children who are the foundation of this nation.

John: We’d like to get as much schools as we can.

Philippe: Normally, how many schools would be involved?

John: We try to target anywhere between 1,500 Bibles to about 3,000 Bibles per distribution. We actually give it away for free. I’m a graduate of the traffic administration course of the University of the Philippines. I also graduated in traffic law enforcement from UP as well. From our years of travel and distributing the Bible, we have found that a lot of people don’t even know how to use the Bible nor read the Bible.

Well, one is they don’t read it. Number two, they don’t even know how to begin to read it. And people think the Bible’s a single book. No, that’s wrong. The Bible’s a library of books. It’s still the number one selling book in the entire world. There’s an underlying lesson with the Bible which most people overlook.

Philippe: Very blessed. We’re happy to have you.

John: Yeah. And maybe that’s the reason why I’m here.

Philippe: Great.

John: That’s the reason why I’m here, you know, to share this with you guys and then your viewers.

Philippe: I love—I love your story, Sir John. And we’re so surprised now. What we didn’t know—

John: Actually, it was a slow process, but they were shocked because… the Lord works in mysterious ways. I mean, prior to having this surgery, I mean I was really active. I was riding… which, okay… I was riding, okay. I went back to golf before I had the surgery, so all my golf mates were worried, okay.

And I was thinking probably after this I’m never going to play again. Of course, that was frustrating. I was worried about so many things—that I won’t be able to do this, I won’t be able do that. Surprisingly, I’m more than able to right now, okay. I mean, I couldn’t imagine myself taking the stairs to the seventh floor before.

John: Probably I can do this 16th floor. I could probably do this, you know, take the stairs from the ground all the way up here. Yeah, I could do it, okay. So that’s how good it is.

Philippe: Wow.

John: So it’s amazing. It’s amazing what they’ve done really. And you know, I tip my hat to the guys in the Heart Center. I mean, of course, I’ve heard like, “Ah, it’s a government hospital, you know. You have to have it done in St. Luke’s, you have it done in Makati Med, you know, Medical City.” But then I discovered the machines that they have in the Heart Center: state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line. It’s a training hospital.

And one of them asked me, “Why don’t you talk to another doctor from St. Luke’s?” Of course, I asked, “Doc, where did you train?” to the doctor, I won’t name names. And he was proud to say, “Well, of course, I trained at the Heart Center.” Okay. And then I find out later on that when the Heart Center replaces their equipment with the latest, newest ones, the old ones are bought by St. Luke’s, Makati Med, and these other high-end hospitals.

John: And they’re like, “Oh, we have the best.” No, not really. You got second-gen, okay. The newest ones are over there. So the doctors who trained on those machines at the time who went here now are now going to receive the same machines they trained on, okay. As replaced machines from the Heart Center.

So if you’re gonna have any heart procedure done, go to the Heart Center. I’m not plugging—I don’t get any percentage here—but that’s a fact.

Philippe: I would go to the Heart Center because they specialize in it and they know the latest techniques, the latest skills, and all that.

John: Absolutely. And the instructors are there. The ones teaching the doctors of tomorrow are there. And the doctors of tomorrow are also there. So, okay. And they were like, someone had this crazy idea like, “Oh, a student’s going to operate on you.” Sabi ko “Of course not.” A student will be there.

Philippe: Yes.

John: Okay. But the surgeon is the teacher, the mentor. Okay. So this is what you do, this is the technique. So he’s teaching his students. But you know, so you’re the lab rat. Okay. But yeah, that’s fine.

Philippe: And still because if you think about it logically, Heart Center is where, that’s where they experience all the cases, all the different types of cases, all the different types. So they’re well experienced.

John: Oh yeah. In fact, I qualified my surgeon and I was shocked when I saw him like here are tests, here are these records, okay? And he was like, I don’t need those. And I was like, this is something new. I was like, why you doc? May I ask why?

And he was like, hey, listen, all of that. Yeah. We’re going to do that before I open you. Why is that, Doc? Because that could even that could be a week old and you’re different now.

Philippe: Yeah.

John: Things could have changed in the last 7 days, 5 days.

Philippe: Wow. That meticulous, huh?

John: So, like I want it done a day before or a couple of days before then. It’s like so everything. Yeah. Sabi niya don’t show me that. I don’t need that. I want to see the tests now. So, of course, in next couple of days, you know, needle here, needle there. It’s like, you know, I can’t take this, but yeah, I have to.

And next thing I knew, hey, okay, John, it looks like you’re doing okay, but not okay-okay. And I got to get in there. I know. Yeah. So, we’ve been lucky. I’ve been very lucky. So, so far so good. That’s why I’m here. That’s why now I ride further. I play harder. Okay. I’m enjoying life. I’ve been so blessed.

Philippe: You are.

John: Yeah. And it’s not all about money. That’s a problem. People think it’s all money, money, money. No, it’s not money. It’s getting the chance to enjoy the money and enjoy the life. You don’t, you don’t need much. You just cover your needs, you’re good. If you get to cover a want like once in a month, you should be okay. Like, hey, I want that watch. Yeah.

In a few months, you get the watch, you’re good, you know? I mean, a Casio would do. Okay. But in this case, yeah. I want that high-end watch. It looks good on me. Okay. Actually, you know what? Yeah. The Seiko will give you the same time. Doesn’t matter. Enjoy lang just enjoy life.

Philippe: And what did your surgeon say about your activities like riding?

John: Oh, he was encouraging it.

Philippe: Wow.

John: You know it’s like, no, but the delay was me riding my bike because I waited for a year, a whole year. So the bike was parked in the garage. So once a month I go to it, start it, stand on it and like start tearing up like when will we go out again? And you know, of course, I didn’t wanna lift it because, you know, I just had surgery. So that took a year.

After a year, my surgeon was like, “Can I ride doc? Can I ride already?” Yeah, of course. Yeah. Yeah. Go ride. You know, get at it. My wife being a doctor herself was like, “Doc, you don’t understand.” “No, let him ride.” “Doc, you don’t understand.” “Why I don’t understand?” So I have friends who ride who ride. Diba, in Filipino – ang laki ng motor niyan. Diba.

John: He’s got a big bike. It’s heavy. It’s almost half a ton. You go. Ah ganun ba?. Oh no. Oh is that so? Okay. How big is it? It’s big enough. And he was like, “Yeah, I think you can, but if you it it falls, just don’t try to lift it. Let it fall, okay. And then get some friends to help you lift it.”

Philippe: And did you tell him about the trips that you take with that bike?

John: Yeah, I know. I mean, I was like, when he let me ride, he finally let me ride, he just told me like, I’m giving you 5 kilometers first radius. Then observe it. Okay. Once you’re okay with that, we can go 10 km. Okay. After 10 km radius, okay? You slowly it further and further if you don’t feel anything, you should be good.

So next thing you know, I was in Mindoro. So riding in Mindoro and of course my wife was like, “What?” It’s like, “No, no, no, don’t worry.” You know, the roads are good. So yeah. Oh, it’s fun. It’s always fun.

Philippe: You should mention your surgeon’s name. He’s a lifesaver. We’re happy.

John: It’s okay for me to announce?

Philippe: It’s okay for you to announce anyone that we should be proud of.

John: Yeah. Dr. Zab Villanueva. Okay. One of the best heart surgeons in the country. Okay. I’d highly recommend him. Highly, highly recommended.

Philippe: Our gratitude extends to Dr. Zab because without him…

John: I wouldn’t be here. Yeah, true. True. True. It’s true.

Philippe: So, we’re happy to have you, Sir John.

John: Thank you.

Philippe: And I know you’ve been recovering, but it looks like hindi ka lang nag recovering. You

John: Recovered.

Philippe: recovered 200% better.

John: Been lucky. Just been lucky.

Philippe: And blessed.

John: And blessed. Definitely blessed.

Philippe: Sabi ni Lord, ‘di ka pa tapos. there’s so many kids to work with.

John: True, true. I have so much people to reach. It’s true. Including your viewers.

Philippe: How is your group with the word riders? When’s your next trip?

John: End of the month, June 24 to 27. We’ll be riding in Sagnay Bicol and Pili. So we’ll be riding from Manila to Bicol to distribute Bibles to the eighth grade students.

Philippe: Wow.

John: Public schools, huh. Private. Yeah. Yeah. All public schools.

Philippe: It’s really good to know that you know you’re doing this not just because of riding but can you tell us more about how did you start Word Riders and what really is the mission behind it?

John: Yeah. Okay. Word Riders Philippines was established in June of 2015. Okay. So, we’ve been around since 2015. Okay. And it started actually in South Africa. Okay. There was a time that me and my fellow riders, we went for rider training with the highway patrol. And what happened was we all got together and we started riding, okay, as a class.

Then one of my friends Attorney Mosquera said that you know we just ride to have fellowship, have fun, okay, eat, drink, and that was it. It’s like, you know, I think there must be something more. Sabi ko “Yeah. True.I agree. It’s like why don’t we do this?” Okay. So, at the time he was the one of the board of trustees of the Philippine Bible Society.

John: And he wanted something to do with the Bible and motorcycle riding and I was like, that is a weird combination. I mean, what, diba? Motorcycle riding and the Bible that is some weird combination. So true enough puts in the keywords comes up on the computer word rider South Africa. So he’s like oh what’s this?

So he sees now that the riders of South Africa use their bikes to go to remote villages in South Africa to share God’s word. So he was like, “Oh, this is something new. It’s novel.” So he opens it up with me and a few other riders that he knew were devout Christians and Catholics. And yeah, from there we said, “Yeah, let’s let’s go for it.” You know, let’s try. So in June of 2015, we went for a first Bible distribution just here in Bulacan. Okay, so it it was a short ride from Manila to Bulacan.

John: And when we got to the school and we were all looking at each other, it’s like, “Okay, we’re here. What are we going to say?” And everyone’s like, “Oh no.” So, one of our members were like “You know, let’s just say a prayer and let’s see what comes to mind. Sabi ko “Yeah, let’s do that.” Okay. So, we agreed, we said a short prayer and we all agreed. Yeah.

You know, share what God has done in your life, how he helped you, how he influenced you, what the Bible means to you and this and that. Okay. How important it is to you. So, we start with that. To our surprise, the kids’ attention was 101%. They were like totally glued on us. Okay. So, yeah, the the formula works basically. Back in the States, I’d call it shock and awe. Okay.

John: You’re in shock because we’re talking about the Bible, but you’re in awe because you’re in awe because of the motorcycles around you. Okay. It does have its appeal. Okay. I mean, everyone there was like, “Wow.” Okay. And you know, I’m gonna actually talk to a rider, you know, a real rider.

Philippe: And most of the time because when people around the provinces see like a group of motorcycle riders, they get intimidated.

John: Yes and no. Okay. Actually I’ve been privileged to ride in South Africa. I’ve ridden with the riders in South Africa. I went around Cape Town. I went around, what’s this? The Limpopo area. Okay. I’ve been around um South Africa and I’ve been around the remote villages that they were talking about. Sad because I remember while riding in the desert. Okay.

I could see people lighting bonfires. So I was like in the middle of the day, what for? Little did I know, they were lighting bonfires and trying to get in touch with the next village, warning us that a group of bikers are on the way there and they’re going to kill people in the next village. So they were so scared. So that’s the difference, you know. I mean, they had no idea.

John: Okay, because Johannesburg is quite a rough town. Okay, Joburg is a rough town and people there are so remote they have this misconception that riders are bad people. Then when you get there, there was one school we got to. They boarded it up. They closed the gate, okay. They locked themselves into the rooms. They were boarding up the the windows, you know.

One of our fellow South African guys came up to them, spoke through the door, okay, was speaking to one of the headmasters and was explaining, you know, no, we’re here to give Bibles away, you know, trust me, you know, we’re not here to harm you. And you know. And yeah, one teacher came out, we spoke to him and we showed them the Bibles that we were giving away and you know that we weren’t armed in any way you know and and they were shocked.

John: They were like we thought you were coming here to harm us. You know, it is sad that there are still people on this planet that think that way. And same thing here in the Philippines, the remote schools, villages have this misconception that riders are wild up to no good. Okay. I mean, I use the term wild. Okay. I mean, you know how rowdy it gets.

You know one drink too many. That happens, okay. Then you get wild you get loud and people think yeah these are riders these are bikers, you know. No, no, no, not not that way not with us. So we’re trying to change that image as well, okay. I mean it is difficult enough to spread the word of God it’s even harder to change the the perception that riders are up to no good.

John: But we’re getting there. One day at a time, we’ll get there.

Philippe: At least now you guys are trying to not really change the image, but change the perspective of everyone because like you said, everyone thinks riders are generally wild, especially on streets. And it’s such a it’s so ironic because every time riders would pass by, I did think, “Wow, a group of gangsters.”

John: Yeah.

Philippe: It all started in the US with Hells Angels.

John: Hells Angels. Yeah, that’s right. Yeah.

Philippe: Very intimidating, you know. Well technically they were really harming people by then. Gangs versus gangs. But it’s a good thing wala nang masyadong gang dito in the Philippines. It’s really more just groups having a fun time going around having fun riding bikes with your friends. But you guys set the new standards of there should be a mission behind it.

John: Yeah. It’s critical. We have this mission because the country needs so much. It needs direction. Okay. And the best way is to plant the values. But you know you can’t teach old dogs new tricks. You’ve got to hit them where you can influence them. Influence in a positive way, okay? Not in another way. So, yeah, reaching out, reaching out is what we’re doing, okay?

I’ve been privileged to ride the entire Philippines, okay? From Aparri all the way down to Sarangani Bay in General Santos City in Mindanao. And I even went further. I had to fly to Batanes, you know. I couldn’t take my bike on Batanes, to Batanes. Okay. And I can tell you the Philippines is really beautiful. You have to see it. You have to try.

John: I mean, it’s like you’re in a different country when you’re in Batanes. Okay. Something like out of Lord of the Rings, that kind of terrain. And when you see the beauty of the people and the culture, you know, the natural resources that we have, it’s unbelievable. You know, it is sad that, you know, it’s all being lost to corruption and neglect and personal agenda and fulfillment.

It is sad. It’s really sad what’s happening to this country. Okay. really sad but you know somebody has to make the call. Okay. I don’t think it’s going to be soon. I pray it’s not soon but you know I mean the people need to wake up. They have to understand what’s going on. Okay. I’m sure you’re quite aware what’s going on right now.

Philippe: Of course.

John: It’s not pretty.

Philippe: Who are the people behind Word Riders? Are there certain types of groups? Are they from the business sector, government?

John: Actually, sectoral representation is everywhere. Okay. Most of us were well we’re into business. Some in the medical field, some in politics, some in the construction, architectural, engineering, okay, legal, lawyers, okay, for all backgrounds actually. But we all share a common denominator which is sharing the word of God. Okay.

I know it sounds boring. Okay, for some of you out there, it will sound boring. Okay. Yeah, word of God. Yeah, I heard that one before. Yeah, I know. I know. I couldn’t agree with you more. But the thing is, if you understand the reasons and the purpose why we’re doing it, that would clear things for you. Okay? Because the problem of religion, the enemy of religion is boredom.

John: Tell me how many times have you gone to service that you didn’t find yourself dozing off or closing your eyes. Come on, really. Tell me the truth, please. Okay, here now, here I am. Okay. And we’re just going to talk bluntly here. Okay. I mean, no holds barred. Okay. I mean, yeah. I mean, I’ve been to service number of times and guilty is charged, you know. Yeah. Yeah.

I dosed up like a couple of minutes, you know, because I found the sermons so boring, the topic so insignificant. Okay. And here was one guy just talking and talking like yeah. I’m dosed up and you just nudge me, you know, when it’s done. Yeah, it’s true. It’s so true. But yeah, once you understand the reasons and the purpose I think that change your perspective.

Philippe: Your group is like the new age disciples of God and of course nothing fanatic but it’s a great it’s a good thing because you target schools the young ones children who are the foundation of this nation. And it’s true enough if we don’t target them or if we don’t help them build the nation and they don’t have that influence will still be stuck in where we are right now or maybe even worse in the future.

What is, is there in the word writers group if other people would be interested in joining you guys, what’s the process? Is there a process or is it selected limited to a certain type of degree?

John: Okay. Okay. Yeah. No, that’s true. I get asked that quite a lot. Basically, well, to be a rider, you got to have a motorcycle. I mean, it starts with that. Okay. Not just any motorcycle because we run on the highways. In contrast, here in this country, you need a bigger bike to be on the highways, okay? 400 cc’s and up.

Unlike in other countries, I can ride the freeway on a 250, okay. Engine size for that engine size. But for here, it’s 400 and up. Now, since we travel the entire Philippines, okay, we normally use the the national highways, the freeways, okay, and they have that restriction. So, yeah, to be a rider with us, normally you have a bigger bike, okay. Preferably a 650 should do it, okay.

John: I started with a 650 in this group. Okay. Now if you don’t ride, we do have volunteer groups. Okay. When we organize because aside from the riders, we have volunteers who help share the word of God and they join us on trips. They’re usually in the vans at the back. Okay. Backup. Okay. And yeah, that’s how that’s what they do. They come with us. Okay.

They take care of logistics. They take care of planning. Okay. Assign it. Assignment of a okay you’re handling this section, he’s handling that section. And you know that’s how we do it.

Philippe: And how many schools do you coordinate with let’s say your trip to going to Bicol? Normally, how many schools would be involved?

John: That would depend on the size. Okay. Of course we’d like to get as much schools as we can, but it would depend on the number of students. Okay, the bigger schools could have anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 students in one grade level for a couple of grade levels, while some other schools can have as little as 50.

So, it depends on the size of the population, the census of the schools. So, normally every Bible ride, we try to target anywhere between 1,500 Bibles to about 3,000 Bibles per distribution.

Philippe: Wow. That’s a lot of Bible.

John: So, And that’s free. Yeah. We actually give it away for free. So, the the difference is I’m sure you’ve heard of the uh group called the Gideons.

Philippe: Yeah.

John: The Gideons, they leave Bibles everywhere, including your hotel room, your room at the end. Okay? And the thing is, it’s called a Bible drop. They drop Bibles and like, you put this in each and every room. And there’s nothing wrong with that. That’s fine. But from our years, we’ve been around for more than 10 years. This is our 11th year, 2026.

From our years of travel and distributing the Bible, we have found that a lot of people don’t even know how to use the Bible nor read the Bible. One is they don’t read it. Number two, they don’t even know how to begin to read it. They don’t know the difference between a book, a chapter, and a verse. They have no idea.

John: So sometimes when we come to schools here we are now teaching you Bible basics. We call it Bible basics. And people think it the Bible is a single book. No, that’s wrong. The Bible’s a library of books. The book of John is as it says the book of John like myself. The book of Luke that’s another book. The book of Matthew that’s another book.

Book of Mark that’s another book. Okay. Ecclesiastes is another book. They’re all different books. The only thing is you just compile them into one physical book. Well, that’s actually like 66 books more. For Catholics, it’s more. So, it’s interesting. So, I’m just clarifying the perspective because everyone’s like, “Why don’t you read your Bible?” It’s too thick. It’s too long. It’s boring.

John: I don’t understand it. You know, the uh the son of Ebenezer Scrooge, you know, for the hell. No, I don’t know who that that guy is. Okay. No, it doesn’t work that way. Okay. I mean, the Old Testament deals with a lot of that. Okay. The son of Joseph, Manasseh, Ephraim, and this and that. No, no, no, no, no. Excuse me.

I’m not asking you to memorize it, but I am asking you to understand the story. If you get to see what it’s all about, okay? You understand what’s going on, you might be quite surprised that it is quite an interesting book. Okay? Hell, you know, I mean, what’s going on out there? You got sex and lies and intrigue and this is that that’s our country today. It’s society today.

John: Not just in the Philippines to the world over. Okay. But you know what? No. The problem is you think the Bible is all holy. No, that’s not true. In fact, you find the Bible, you know, it’s got sex and intrigue in there, too. So, it doesn’t differentiate. It actually talks about, you know, it actually talks about, okay, yeah, this king had like seven concubines. Here’s number eight.

Okay. And number eight. Yeah. Yeah. When the name of Bathsheba, you know what, David, you know, has her husband killed who happens to be his general. So, it’s like, oh, that is worthy of a nice film. That would be a great story. And you know, I mean, it’s funny, but most people think that the Bible is all teaching and scripture and, you know, it’s like you got to you can’t do this, you got to do this, and it’s an, you know, no, it’s a story.

John: It’s the story of mankind. Okay? I mean, it’s been proven. It’s been people tried to debunk it. Okay, as far as the uh 12th, 13th century, they’ve been trying to debunk it. Okay, but it’s it has withstood the test of time. Okay, people try to attack it. It’s still here. It’s still the number one selling book in the entire world. It doesn’t become number one for no reason.

Okay And you know, I want everyone there to understand that. I mean, if it’s that widely read, there must be some truth in there. You got to think of it that way. I mean, there is a lesson. I mean, there’s an underlying lesson in the Bible which most people overlook. Okay. I’ll tell you what. You know, the world is filled with liars. They lie to get their point across.

John: The lie to get what they want from you. The lie to make you do what they want you to do. The world is full of liars. And the root word of liar is lie. And the enemy of a lie is truth. The Bible is about truth. Jesus is about truth. You know, I don’t want to preach, but that’s a fact. Jesus spoke the truth. And I can tell you a lot of things that, you know, you’d be quite shocked to know.

But yeah, there is another side. Jesus was right. There is life after death. So, he spoke the truth. And as it turns out, liars don’t like to read the Bible because it exposes them. You know, the truth hurts, but sometimes you need to face the truth. Okay. It’s like a bitter pill. Okay. I don’t want my medicine. No, no, I don’t like because it tastes awful. I know it’s awful.

John: Yeah, but listen, mister, you need it. You want to live, you want to survive, you got to take it. That’s how it works. Okay. So, the Bible is a book that you got to read. And it’s not boring. If you really got into it, it’s not boring. It’s actually quite interesting. It’s quite intriguing. And it’s in fact, it’s quite sinister. Some stories are sinister. Okay, like I was telling you about David.

Okay, sinister. I’ll talk to you about Genesis. I’ll talk to you about Joseph. The story of Joseph, you’re familiar. Joseph was sold off as a slave. But isn’t that what’s happening here? Human trafficking. People, especially women, are being sold off to become what? Prostitutes. Prostitutes. Slaves. Prostitutes, it’s technically a sex slave for money.

John: And you know who does it? Syndicates. So technically the tribes of Israel, it’s basically your first syndicate. You have the brothers of Joseph ganging up. Yeah. Let’s sell him off. That’s a syndicate. They syndicated with one another to sell the brother off. But God uses that to get his will done. You know, this may sound boring to most of you, okay. But I’ll cite Proverbs 19:21.

Okay. Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it’s the Lord’s will that prevails. Sometimes his will, you don’t understand how he’s doing it, but it has a purpose. So, you know, hope that wasn’t boring. Okay. But yeah, we all have our plans. But how many times does it happen that you have your plan but everything falls apart? I have a friend and my colleagues back in the US.

John: Okay. I guess you got me figured by now that it came from there. 911 he was on his way to work, took the subway as we expect coming from Queens into the world trade and he was so pissed on himself because he was late. He was running late and you know everything fell apart that morning. Okay. Coffee maker wasn’t running. Okay.

To make a long story short, he didn’t make it on time, but that was the Lord’s protection. He had a purpose. And now he’s here in the Philippines being a senior vice president of a very high position, vice president of one of the biggest banks in this country. That’s what he’s doing now. He moved back to the Philippines. He’s a Filipino, by the way. Okay. He’s back here.

John: He’s very close to me. Uh he was my high school classmate and we were friends ever since. And the Lord has his reasons. But that day, that faithful day in September 9 , he was like, well, short of a word, you know. Yeah. Yeah. You, God. You know, my schedule’s all screwed up. Okay. I’m not making it in time. Okay.

I’ve got meetings and all and next thing you know, yeah, here’s the World Trade Center coming down. And he was there. I don’t know what street he was on. But he was telling me when the ground started shaking and they looked he turned and he saw the world trade coming down the first tower and they were running for their lives and paper was flying everywhere.

John: People screaming left and right. It was hell on earth. Funny that when all hell breaks loose, it’s the only time we remember God. How many times did people watch your houses burn and say, “Oh my god. Oh my god.” Just exactly what does that mean? Oh my god. You remember when things fall apart, but you forget him when everything is so good. Okay.

You curse him when everything in your life is going crazy. God doesn’t need that. Okay. He’s always been there. You just have to thank him every day. Thanks for the new morning. Hey, thanks I’m still breathing. You know, because you really don’t know when your time’s up. I mean, you can come down now and get run over, okay.

John: You can get hit by lightning for heaven’s sake. Okay, I play golf. You know, I have friends who died by lightning. Okay, not a pretty sight really, but you know, yeah, it happens. So, what do you do? You got to trust in God, okay. Live your life in gratefulness. Okay. Righteousness and gratefulness. That’s what we’re trying to impart here.

Showing kids that, you know, being righteous, you can never go wrong by doing what is right. You can’t go wrong by being righteous because being righteous always says you’re doing things in according to God. Okay. And how do you know that? Listen to the Bible. It’s simple. Time and time again, people have turned their backs on God.

John: And time and time again, God is still here. He’s never given up on his people. That’s the reason why we share the Bible because we’re not giving up on people as well. Somebody’s got to do it. You’re not doing it. I am. Okay, I’ll volunteer. Maybe you’d like to volunteer. You know, that’s what we’re all about. And so, I’ve been blessed.

I’ve been very blessed in my life, you know, being given the opportunity to serve. I mean, that counts a lot, really. Any questions?

Philippe: During your visits to some of the schools, I remember that you would create breakout groups.

John: Oh, yes.

Philippe: And I wasn’t so sure about what was happening there, but was it more of a storytelling to different groups of children telling different verses just like you did?

John: Yeah. Actually, you know, I’ll address your viewers. Each of us has a story to tell. Each and every one of us. What you’ve been through, where you’re headed, okay. What you’re going through right now. And interestingly, you know, people like to talk, okay. Especially when they feel like it’s going to help someone. I mean, it is human nature, okay.

People want to help, but at the same time, people also need help. So, if what I’m sharing with you is helping you right now, then I’m getting my point across, okay. That I’m able to help you because I’ve been exposed, okay. I’ve seen so much in my life. It’s unbelievable. Okay. I mean, I’ve seen so so much things happened around me, okay. More than 60 years on this planet.

John: Okay, I am but don’t quote me on World War II, please. You know, I’m not that old, okay? I mean, no way. Okay, please. Okay, I’ll talk to you about the Iraqi war, okay. But definitely not World War II, okay. You can talk to my uncle, but anyway, true. I mean, really. Okay. I have seen so much things that happened, you know, good and bad.

You know, it it really pains my heart seeing what’s happening to the Philippines as well and what’s happening now with the US Iran war, okay, the war in Ukraine, okay. I mean, wars never stop, okay. There will always be conflict. But you see what is the problem here? The problem of man is not just ideology. It’s greed. You know, it’s greed, really.

John: I mean, if people would just stop and go figure, I need to work, I need to make enough money not for what I want but for what I need. I just need to cover what I need. What do you need, really? Food, clothing, shelter. Okay. In the modern days, yeah, I need money for gasoline. Yeah. At five bucks a gallon and it’s not easy.

I mean, in the Philippines, it’s like what? Right now it’s like 74 pesos 75 pesos per liter. Okay, which translates to almost the same amount back in the US. What else do we have? Well, money for gasoline, money for electricity, for water. Okay, basic necessities, necessities of life. That’s what we need. Okay. Necessities for life. Okay. To sustain your life.

John:Money for education, the tuition of my children. Okay. I mean, clothing, books for my kids or whatever. Yeah. The new laptop. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, Dad. I want a new laptop. Yeah. You know, it’s got to be this. It’s got to be that. That is some serious computing power. Really? You building an AI or you’re building a bach? What are you doing? Okay. Unbelievable.

Really? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. How much is that? $5,000? Are you serious? That is way too much money, kid. Come on. Really? Okay. No, Dad. You know, I need a new iPhone. What was wrong with the old one? You know, I mean, I could still call you. You can still call me. No, you know, I got this new feature. I got this new app. You know, I I need the computing power.

John: No, come on. Please. That’s a want. That’s not a need. I need to call you. I just said it. Need. Yeah. You know what? You know, I need to say hello to my mom. If I can fulfill my needs, I’m good. Because believe me, in the final hour, you’ll realize that all this money and wealth and property and what have you, you’re leaving it all behind. You’re leaving your iPhone behind.

You’re leaving your laptop behind. You’re leaving your house behind. You’re leaving the cars behind. You’re leaving everyone behind. But I needed to tell my wife I love her. I needed to tell my brother I love you. I needed to tell my neighbor, “Hey, you know what? Yeah, I love you in a platonic way.” Okay. I mean, really. Okay. Nothing in there. Okay.

John: But that’s the thing. I mean, people remember people not for what they got from you, but from how you made them feel. If they felt important, if they felt that they mattered. That’s the key because they remember that for the rest of their lives. I don’t know the next time if I’m when I’m going to see you again after this. If I’ll even see you after this. Probably. I hope so.

I’d like to, but you know, I don’t hold the cards. Neither do you. Okay. I had a friend. He’s from Venice Beach. The guy’s back in the States. You know where this is. I just got a sad news that he’s younger than me, couple of years younger. He passed on just uh five days ago and I was like sort of like disbelief. But then again, people my age, death is a normal thing.

John: I’m not afraid to die because I know I’m a servant. If Jesus says, “Okay, John, time’s up.” Time’s up. If God says it’s time’s up, there’s nothing you can do. Okay? But I’d like to go to God with the ability to say, “Hey, listen. I’ve done what I can. I tried to reach out to more people than I could. I tried to make a difference. Okay.

Maybe I wasn’t good at it, but this country is so down the drain and screwed up. Okay, I mean, yeah, you know, it’s our fault. We elect the wrong people into power. That’s human nature. Why? Because of the lies. As I said, campaign period, it’s all lies. You’re lucky if you get half, okay, half of the promises. You’re lucky. You won’t. They’re doing it so that they get into power.

John: Same with the Philippines. Same with everywhere else. Okay. That’s not what matters. What matters is how you serve your fellow man. That’s what matters. What you’ve done for these people. Okay, we’re all servants. Some serve better, some serve less. Nevertheless, you’re still a servant. So, serve the flock. The flock is everyone else around you. That’s how it goes.

Philippe: How would you compare our situation right now in the Philippines as of 2026 to the time where Marcos Senior was in power?

John: Oh, that is a good question. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I’m a witness to the Marcos Senior time and well, economies of scale, the dollar was 7 pesos back then. The dollar is in senior citizen territory now. It’s 61 going 62. And not much has changed. Corruption’s there. But then then again, let me be clear. Corruption never went away. You know, I was there.

I was here in the Philippines, the 1986 revolution, if you call it a revolution at all. And promises were made. But then again, as in politics and everyone running for office, they’re empty promises. And not just for the Philippines, it’s the entire world, okay. They promise you the world. They’ll promise you the moon and the stars, Haley’s comet as well, you know.

John: They’ll promise it all to you, okay. It’s not gonna get you anywhere. Yeah. The problem with the EDSA revolution, we never hit the mark. We had hopes. We had hope for the country. We had hope for our future. We had hope for our children. We had hope for everything about the Philippines and of course the world. But you see, money corrupts people.

Greed corrupts people. If you understand the root cause of the Philippines saga, I’ll call it a saga. The root problem starts with the Filipino himself, no discipline, the complete utter lack of discipline. You know, funny. I mean, I’ve been very fortunate that I go around the world, okay. I’ve been to many Asian countries. I’ve been to the US many times. I came from the US.

John: I’ve been to South Africa. I’ve been to Europe. Been almost everywhere. Funny and I know a lot of Filipinos will relate to this. Why is it that when you are in another country, you learn to follow rules? But here, it’s absolute mayhem. Really, in the Philippines, a sidewalk becomes a parking lot. You got a stoplight. It’s red. Yeah, that’s a suggestion.

When it’s green, yeah, take your time. Really. And if it’s yellow, yeah, go faster. Come on. Really? What is wrong with you people? Listen up. It’s not because you don’t know. It’s because you lack discipline. It’s like I want to be first in everything. I’m not willing to wait. I’m not willing to wait. I don’t want to line up. Okay. I’m so impatient. It’s unbelievable. I got to be first.

John: I got to be first in Jollibee. Okay. I mean, I don’t wanna line up at the airport. You know, tend to me first. What is that? Where the hell did you get that idea from? Why are you so entitled? Filipinos are not entitled. They lack the discipline to think about the other person because they have been lied to. Look at our laws.

Self-perpetuating, selfserving, selective justice. If it serves me, it’s good. If it goes against my ideals or what I want, it’s no good. Why is that? Why? So, the problem in the Philippines is discipline. I grew up in a time of discipline. There’s a saying we have in the US, when you do the crime, you do the time. Sound familiar?

John: In the Philippines, when you do the time, oh no, when you do the crime, you just smile to the bank. I got more money. They’re in suitcases. Really? What’s wrong with you people? And you what? Yeah, Mr. Congressman just gave me a bundle of money, so yeah, he’s all good. It’s self-perpetuating. It’s self-centered. Why do you think is our infrastructure so screwed?

Flood control, streets, bridges where they’re supposed to be, they’re not there. Okay. Simple drainage. Look at the garbage. Amsterdam wanted to share their garbage processing with us. They turn their garbage into energy. That was proposed for this country. You know there’s such a thing called best practices and you know we could actually learn from other countries how they do it.

John: But what’s the problem? Yeah. Before you do this project. Yeah. Yeah. What’s under the table? You know, I got to make money here. You know, I mean, yeah, this is good for the country, but you know, you got to make it good for me first. That’s a problem. Who put these people into power?

The problem with church and service here in this country and in every everywhere else is people say, “Let’s pray for our leaders.” If you said the proper prayer, yeah, yeah, I pray he gets out of power. Okay. Why? Plain and simple. He doesn’t care about you. He cares about his pockets. He cares about his concubine. He doesn’t care about you.

John: He cares about what he’s going to get next. And if you ask everyone here in government, why are you so corrupt? The answer is simple. Because I can do it. Because you empowered me to be able to do it and I lack the discipline not to do it. Truth be told, wake up, Philippines. It doesn’t take much to go figure it’s not much. Don’t look at me. I’m not your leader, okay.

I’m a nobody, okay. I just have a clear understanding of what’s going on. Okay, I’m a senior citizen of this country and I know exactly what’s going on. I can see it because I don’t take sides. I’m not pro anyone because they’re all liars and thieves. And I’m sure a lot of Filipinos don’t want to hear the truth, but now you’re hearing it. Hear it. Accept it.

John: Now, what are you going to do about it? I’m not calling for any uprising or not at all. I’ve been asked this question about a couple of weeks back before all this Senate hullabaloo came about and I’m not going to name names as I said I try not to but what’s going on. What you see in the Senate is a power struggle. Truth be told, it’s a power struggle.

Who wants to control the country? Who wants to influence everyone else? But remember, there’s money behind all of this. The world doesn’t move without money. But if you listen to the parable of the wealthy man and Jesus, what did Jesus say? Give all of your money to the poor and follow me.

John: Because you think God really cares about how much money you have that belongs to God, not to you. That’s his. Doesn’t matter. The problem with this country and with everyone in government, and here’s the blunt truth. Listen people. Everyone in government, in power, not government working staff. No, no, no. I’m talking about people in position in power.

They’re all liars. They and the problem is we know we put people in positions that they have no idea about. They like someone goes into airport management and do you know anything about airport management? I have no idea but I’ve been appointed here so here I am. So you don’t know your left from your right. You don’t know what starboard is. What’s going on?

John: Do you know anything about flood control? No. I know I can make money out of it. Do you know anything about road construction? No. But there’s money to be made. Don’t you ever wonder in Japan how fast does it take them to build a road? Even in the US, back in the US, how fast does it be? Does it take? I can wake up one morning and there’s a road in front of me.

In the Philippines, you’re lucky with three years for the same stretch. Really? Really Philippines, what’s wrong? Okay, let’s be more blunt. Why do I say discipline? Okay. One of the most disciplined peoples that I have seen in the world are the Japanese. I love going to Japan. I go back and forth to Japan. In fact, my son is getting married to a Japanese woman.

John: You know, I’m so happy for him. He speaks Japanese as well. My son learned, you know, I’m quite impressed and quite happy for him. Okay. And he’s lucky. In fact, I told him already, if you can get out of the country, get out of the Philippines, get out. And he was like, “Dad, I’m not doing things the way doing my life the way you did.” Yeah. I got out of the Philippines, went to the US.

I came back because, you know, this is home. Okay. Somebody’s got to do something. But in his case, you’re going to build a family, build it there. don’t build it here. And the Japanese have been very very disciplined people. In fact, I’ll be blunt about it and I hope I can hit all of the TikTokers out there. Filipino TikTokers.

John: You know, pedestrian crosses are in Tik Tok locations. Okay, really? Please. I saw that I was crossing the Shibuya crossing in Shibuya, Japan. And as the light turned green for pedestrian crossing, I see five three or five Filipino women running in front, okay. Just so they could do their Tik Tok and block everyone. Please, these are not true tourist attractions, okay.

You have no consideration for other people. All you think about are yourselves. I mean I’ve been to the Burj Al Arab in Dubai. Okay. I mean so I go and I see Filipinos blocking the entrance taking photos and like are you checked in here? Really? Please think about the other person. Back then there was an old man called Pacholo Ramirez.

John: He passed on already and he said “Delikadesa, konsiderasyon, be considerate of the guy next to you.” Okay. Delikadesa, okay It’s like be proper. It’s come to this point that people only think about themselves. And that is one of the missions of the word riders. We give Bibles to grade 8 students, grade 9, sometimes grade 10 because we try to impart the truth about life.

We try to impart values, form the values of these children so they don’t grow up becoming liars and they have this sense of country advanced citizenship caring about the guy next to you. I didn’t ask to give him a doll out. No, but if you’re crossing a space, please think again. Be proper. We’re just trying to impart discipline.

John: But the problem is people don’t want to be disciplined, especially Filipinos in the country, but out of the country, outside the country, they’re willing to be disciplined because the penalties and the punishment is real. But here, yeah. You know what? No. No. You got to be punished. But you know, but Oh, yeah. He’s the cousin of the Barangay Captain.

No, no, you can’t touch him. Okay. He doesn’t get punished. But this guy doesn’t know anyone. You’re in deep buddy. Really? What is wrong with you people? It’s selective justice. And that’s exactly what’s happening now in government. Selective justice. It’s not justice. That’s political maneuvering. So what’s the root cause of the problem? Let’s hit it now. Discipline.

John: People are not disciplined to be able to sacrifice for the right things because they don’t want to sacrifice. Not in the first place, not ever. Because they’re not disciplined to begin with. They grew up. Yeah. He’s teacher’s pet, so he gets a high grade. I study like crazy. Yeah. Yeah. Because sorry, I’m not LGBTQ. Really? Come on.

You know, the the problem goes down to the system. When being a snitch or being, you know, teacher’s pet gets you somewhere, but on your own merit. Sorry, boy. Welcome to politics. That’s what it’s all about. So now, why are you wondering that this country, pardon my words, why are you wondering that this country is so up? Really.

John: That the world the entire world is also up. Okay, sorry. I’m sorry. Sorry for the language, but it’s something that gets the point across. Okay, the whole world is messed up, especially the Philippines. We’re one of the worst in Asia. We have one of the highest electric bills in the world. We have one of the poorest educationally trained people.

You see, you see things from a different perspective once you know the truth. You know what really happened. So that’s why I’m not surprised you know what’s happening. My kids ask me that. Daddy, what do you recommend? You know, it pains me to say it. Anak leave. I don’t want my grandchildren to be victims. If they have to go to Spain, go ahead.

John: If they have to go to the US, go ahead. If they have to go to I don’t even recommend the US.

Philippe: Anymore?

John: You know, the concept of the land of milk and honey and equal opportunity, It’s not true, you know. Well, yeah, I’m part white. Yeah, that’s true. But you know what’s this? There is such a thing as a racist. I mean, it’s true naman. Okay. I mean, not for anything else, but white supremacy. Yeah. That’s that thing. I’m not endorsing it. I’m not condemning it really.

But yeah, I mean that because you’re white, you’re smarter than me. Well, it doesn’t hold. You see, I’m looking at as a human being, as a person. Not because you’re white, because you’re black, because you’re yellow, because you’re, you know, you’re brown. Doesn’t matter. You’re all God’s creation here, diba? What are you, diba? What are you all about?

John: Like me, people ask what do you really do? Actually, I’m into everything. I’m into a lot of things really. Well, not everything. I’m into a lot of things. Yeah. As a rider, as a consultant for the highway patrol, for my wife’s clinical practice, for my restoration shop, being a national judge. I mean, all of these things, a businessman, I’m into many things.

But that’s that’s you can’t be focused on one. If I need something more specific, I have a good understanding of law, but if I need more something more specific, I’ll call my lawyer friends, explain this to me. If I need I understand something about medicine, medical, good knowledge, but if I need something more specific, I’ll call my doctor friends.

John: That’s why you have specialists. Okay? That’s why you have consultants, you have specialists. That’s how it works.

Philippe: And where do you specialize as?

John: Well, automotive is one. Okay. National policy for traffic is another. Many. You know, they say jack of all trades. No, no, no. I’m not a jack of all trades. I’m just into a lot of things.

Philippe: And what do you think our traffic situation is currently?

John: Oh here? Oh, yeah. You know we have you call traffic enforcers. Yeah. They enforce traffic. They create the traffic. Yeah. That’s why they enforce the traffic. Okay. Really? You know the traffic is so messed up in this country. I’m not sure where to begin. But no, I’ll start. Anyway, I’m a graduate of the traffic administration course of University of the Philippines.

I also graduated traffic law enforcement. Okay. From UP as well. And…

Philippe: What would you like to share with us today in terms of traffic and the problems and solutions?

John:Okay. I’ll start with this. Okay. It’s a lack of infrastructure. I’ll explain this in more detail. Okay. Unfortunately, the problem begins with our mode of travel. In other countries, it’s mass transport. That’s the answer. Okay. Mass transport. Now, I’m not talking buses, you know. Eradicate the jeepneys. Yes. Eradicate that tricycle and that god forsaken pedicap.

Really, you got to eradicate. These are not and all of this you know electric pedicabs or what have you. Okay. I mean these are not roadworthy. Okay. You have to create the infrastructure for mixed mode of transportation. I’m glad that the subway is finally happening. Rail is being pushed, rail travel, trains or.

John: If you look at New York, more than half the population don’t own cars. They don’t because they rely on their train system, mass transport. And if you look at South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, especially Japan, okay, it’s all rail. Rail there. There are these buses but okay I mean, it really boils down to mass transport and I couldn’t overemphasize this.

Okay, this is what the Philippines needs, not more roads because eventually you just fill up the road. Okay. The way cars are selling hybrid, electric, gasoline, the more motorcycles will become we’re becoming Vietnam. Okay. I mean, it’s a hopeless endless cycle. You will never solve the traffic problem in this country. Never. The only solution is rail.

John: You have to have trains going to every major city. You have to have the proper infrastructure, parking at rail stations. Canada does the same thing. I can live in Ontario or live somewhere else like 30 miles from the city, 50 miles from the city, but park my car in the province in the train station and take a high-speed train into the city. Okay.

Discourage using your personal car, exorbitant parking fees. I remember parking in New York, paying $130 for parking. For heaven’s sake. Yeah, I know. Parking, you know, for like was that 4 hours, diba? Like, wow. Because it’s discouraged. Take the train. So, I can live in Jersey and work in New York. Take the train. So using your personal transport is discouraged.

John: That’s what the Philippines needs. But to do that, you need mass transit. This case, I recommend trains. Singapore, the same thing. In Hong Kong, the same thing. You have the MTR. In Japan, especially, you’ve got how many lines? You’ve got the JR lines, the Yamasuti lines all these trains and you have maps and you know they’re all subways.

So to get here to there, diba take the train. It’s all convenient. It’s all, it’s a network. That’s what the the country needs. Okay. You know, it’s mass trail mass rail. So that’s how you solve it. You won’t solve it with more tricycles, more jeepneys for Christ’s sake, okay? More buses. No, diba? more grab, more. No, that’s not the answer. The answer is mass trail rail.

John: I don’t mind living in Cavite or living in Batangas or living in Rizal. You know, what? I’ll go to the train station, park my car. There are parking buildings there. Leave my car there for a nominal rate. Yeah, I can park the whole day for 20 pesos, okay. Or 30 pesos, okay. Add that and then take the train to Makati to wherever, okay. And then go around there, okay.

Take local mass rail to take another train to connect to wherever I need to go. Okay, I don’t need to take my car and I’m mobile. I can go anywhere and grab a cab if I have to or better still walk. Filipinos have forgotten how to walk. Singapore is a walking city. Korea is a walking walking city. I mean, Korea did it well. Okay.

John: Been in Seoul and they have lanes for bicycle, their own road for bicycle actually. They have a road for pedestrians for walking. They have a road, their own road for motorcycles only. Bicycles are separate from motorcycles, separate from people, separate from public transport like buses, separate para the train has its own line and then the cars and the trucks proper flow.

Unfortunately, how do you do that here? Okay, you can’t even appropriate it’s called the right of way and this and that and then the right of way won’t be resolved with so many barangay captains and connect I know the mayor I know the vice mayor I know this and that how do you get right of way? It’s not gonna happen.

John: And then you have infrastructure you have this electric posts in the middle of the road. Please you know I mean everything is so politically entwined favors and this and that you know it’s self-perpetuating it’s not it’s not going to solve itself. The only way to do it is go underground, tama yung subway. For me network the entire Philippines you know what for all that matters get get your bridges across the islands.

Sad that the bridge supposedly connecting Boracay to Caticlan was scrapped by San Miguel. Sad, but that’s the way to do it. Interconnect the islands. That’s the way to do it. Okay. Interconnect them with trains. Interconnect them with the rail transport. That’s the way to do it.

Philippe: What’s what’s going on? Did we lack the leadership under the Department of Transportation? Don’t we have a solid hand or at least a USec who would take charge of things?

John: Actually, LTO in Department of Transport. Okay. They they’re overlooking a critical item no. Let’s start with the most basic. Okay, I’ll start with the LTO. They have penalties and fines. It’s all penalties and fines, administrative. The problem is someone who wants a driver’s license. First of all, they have to criminalize those without a license.

I mean falls under two categories, two categories. One unlicensed person. You should criminalize that if they’re operating a motor vehicle on the road. That’s to give your license more teeth because unlicensed person ah no problem you know I should pay the fine I don’t care. I can pay 5,000 pesos. I can pay 10,000 no problem.

John: And be on the road and endanger the general public. Try to criminalize that with jail time. That’s how you do it. People will pay the fine, but they won’t accept jail time. Give them jail time. Minimum 6 months for no license, max 2 years.

Philippe: Why can’t they enforce this?

John: Well, because they’re looking at money. It’s all money, money, money. No, money add that. The moment, you see, why is it that Filipinos can follow traffic laws and rules in other countries? Because the fines are painful and there’s possible incarceration. Okay. You go to jail in handcuffs. Okay, try it. Try it abroad. You will. They don’t care who you are.

They don’t care who you know. You’re going to jail because you broke the law. Start with that. As I said earlier, the problem of this country is discipline. Traffic discipline is nonexistent. It doesn’t exist in the Philippines. As I said, the red light, well, that’s a suggestion. Really? You know, it sounds funny, but it’s true. Yeah. Hey, you know, I think you run a red light back there.

John: Yeah, but nobody saw us. It’s okay. Contactless apprehension. Yeah. Really? You know, the problem begins with the LTO. Yeah. I caught you on camera. I got you on candid camera, boy. Yeah. Guess who that’s registered to? Yeah. This was the owner like back 10 years ago. Yeah, it’s got nothing to do. It doesn’t even know the car still runs. Really.

You know, it’s all administrative. The LTO is one of the causes of the problem. And you want Department of Transport to solve this? They can’t. Internally, LTO is the problem. The land Transport Office is the problem because you license people who don’t deserve a license to begin with. Yeah, in the test. Yeah, I know the rules. I know the I know traffic rules.

John: I know traffic regulations. They feel like it’s their right. The driver’s license is not a right. That’s a privilege extended to you by government. You break the laws, that’s canceled. But yeah, I don’t care. I can still drive without my license. I’ll just pay the fine if I get caught. If I get caught, if it’s a big iffy, no. Criminalize it. Jail time. It’s about that.

I remember back in the 70s, I remember my dad told me this. You know what? You get caught without driving without a license, you go to jail. A lot of the older folk out there would know this. If you get caught driving without a license, either because my license is expired or I forgot my license or I was never a licensed person to be, the never a licensed person is a big thing.

John: You know, you have this 15-year-old boy running a motorcycle. He’s unlicensed. Never issued a license. Yeah, I’m going to catch you. Yeah, whatever. I’m going to suspend your license. What license? Never had one. Dumb. Dumb to begin with. Get this guy off the street. Throw him in jail. You put jail time in there.

Believe me, more than half of these road crashes, this accidents on the road is going to go away. Motorcycle accidents are one of the highest now in the Philippines. And I’m only talking about the reported ones. I’m not even talking about the unreported ones because there’s a thing in this country called Areglo. Yeah. Let’s just come to an agreement, Okay?

John: Yeah. I give you a thou I’ll give you 500 pesos and I’m going to go away. I’ll give you a thousand pesos, go away. Never happened. That’s a problem. How many cases have I seen my wife having to do emergency surgery on an old woman who was hit by a motorcycle driven by a young student who was unlicensed with a fractured skull of optical orbit or whatever.

It’s not good. And these kids run away because they know they never had a license to begin with. How many times do our law enforcers run after people? They’re being caught and these people are running away. What is this? Starsky and Hutch? Come on. You know what is this? I mean the moment you run from law, law enforcement technically you should be considered a fugitive.

John: Why are you running away? If in the US you try this, guns are drawn. Why? Because the initial suspicion now is you’re a fugitive from law. Why are you running away? You’re under suspect now. But what happens? Yeah. Withdraw our guns. You try to run down a law enforcer in the US. All right.

You’re going to open fire because you’re now using your vehicle as a weapon. Don’t talk to me about human rights. How about the human rights of the law enforcer? This guy has got family that you’re about to run over and you’re about to kill or maim. Two choices. And you’re using a one and a half ton vehicle to do it. And you’re going to justify. No, no, no, no. I got scared.

John: It’s not reason. No. Because I have family to feed. You know, that’s a problem in the Philippines. You’re glorifying the poor. You’re glorifying the the lazy. Stop glorifying the poor and the lazy. You know I pity in this country? You know LTO is one of the problems. But you know what I want to pity in this country? The working class. They pay their taxes.

You press on them. The businesses that you squeeze for money by the BIR. And it’s the same money that the government officials steal and throw away with that 4Ps program. I’m not gonna say who started it. 4Ps is a way of empowering laziness. 4Ps. Okay, if you’re not familiar, what does 4Ps mean?

John: Poor and this indigent people who don’t have jobs and it’s just their support for this 4Ps thing. You know I don’t even want to recall it but anyway it’s their way of giving money to these lazy people and you know it’s not their money anyway it’s easy to give away money that you didn’t work for, that I just squeezed from someone else.

It’s easy to give that away. And you know what? Okay, I might sound like Trump here, okay? But you know, I mean, terrible, terrible people, okay. But you see this uh supposed poor people with a brand new appliances and this and that, you know, drinking beer and getting drunk on the street and they don’t care, you know.

John: Is their human rights that you’re protecting? Really? How about the working people, the working class who work their asses off and you can’t even give them decent roads, decent mass transport, I mean a decent government, a decent infrastructure in this country. It’s sad. It’s sad. It’s really sad. It’s what’s happened in this country.

That’s why I said, you know, I hate to be the bearer of truth here in this matter, but this country is hopeless. Yeah. As said earlier, is there unless Yeah. I don’t want to advocate communism but you need someone who loves this country more than himself. Who lead this country and he’s not afraid to go against the system.

John: Who’s not afraid to go against the politicians who’s not afraid to go against decades of corruption decades of maneuvering, empowering you know empowering the wrong things of this country. It’s not. And yeah, mind you, it started ever since the time of Aguinaldo. So don’t blame this administration. Don’t blame the Marcos administration.

Don’t blame the Quezon administration. Don’t blame the Roxas administration. Don’t It goes way way way back. Way way way way back. Sorry. It goes all the way back. Okay. To the 1800s. That’s how it is because Filipinos were so hungry for money for power that they even went against the Catholic Church because of course the Catholic church was also abusing.

John: But that’s human nature, human nature take advantage and abuse and squeeze out that’s why you know that’s why we do the Bible in the first place trying to impart the truth you know the truth you know,, it was used once, the truth will set you free. I’m not going to say what government did that, but they use that that sales pitch. Yeah.

The truth sets you free if you empower it. But if you conceal it and you hide under that slogan, the truth will set you free. And here you are doing under the table deals. What for? We lost the purpose of EDSA. So the problem goes way way way back. For those, you know, you want a good picture of the Philippines. Yeah.

John: It’s sad to say, but there was no such thing as a Spanish American war in the 1800s. Never happened. I was telling you earlier, never happened because Spain at the US Spain paid Spain I mean , I don’t know how many hundreds out thousands of dollars for the Philippines. So there was a transaction. Simple, truth be told.