A LETTER IS BEING FORWARDED TO JACQUE BERMEJO’S DUBAI BOSS ABOUT HER “DISGRACEFUL PUBLIC CONDUCT“Domino Cid (Ateneo de Manila University) wrote
Robeen R. Kobeen
Head of Design – Operational Partner
CasaPrestrige
robeen@casaprestige.ae
Dear Mr. Kobeen,
A group of concerned Filipino citizens would like to inform you about the disgraceful public conduct of one of your employees, Jacqueline Bermejo. While we are in no way directly associated or remotely acquainted with Jacqueline, a viral detestation of her character as a person has been made apparent to thousands of people around the world, ourselves included. This enmity has driven the public and the press to know who Jacqueline isâ€â€Âwhere she came from, where she lives, where she worksâ€â€Âinevitably leading them to CasaPrestige.
The day the Philippines was hit by Typhoon Ketsana (local typhoon name Ondoy), resulting in massive flooding and the loss of human lives and thousands of homes, Jacqueline made an irreverent public remark on a Filipino FaceBook community page (screencap here), saying and we quote “buti n lng am hir in dubai! maybe so many sinners bak der! so yeah deserving wat hapend!â€ÂÂ. Roughly translated and improved upon, it can be understood as, ‘It’s a good thing I’m here in Dubai. There might be a lot of sinners back there [Philippines]. So yeah, they deserved what happenedâ€ÂÂ.
We are not requesting that any actions of dismissal or reprimand be done on your part, as this matter is strictly unassociated with your business or how Jacqueline conducts herself at work. But her gross and public slur, lack of sensitivity and propriety, and not to mention her blatant recklessness, are qualities unfitting of someone in her role and position as an officer; and although it is irrelevant to the purpose of this letter, her grasp of the English language as a public relations practitioner seems rather questionable. Also, we believe you have the right to know about the matter, as we fear her hate speech toward her own countrymen currently suffering from a calamity will undoubtedly create a negative impression on CasaPrestige and the values the company represents.
On behalf of all Filipinos and supporters and to those who have come to know CasaPrestige as Jacqueline Bermejo’s employer, we thank you for taking the time to read this letter and we hope that your company remains unaffected by this scandal.
Sincerely yours,
Concerned Filipino Citizens
concernedfilipinocitizens@gmail.com
CASAPRESTIGE’S OFFICIAL STATEMENT
In regards to rumors circulating around Ms. Jacqueline Bermejo.
We would like to firstly clarify that Ms. Bermejo is not officially connected to our organization but rather helped our brand development through the offering of marketing/media advice for a temporary period being a personal friend to some of the CASAPRESTIGE team.
Having said that CASAPRESTIGE can again on a personal and professional level vouch for Ms. Bermejo to a 101% – condemning all these disturbing and groundless allegations made against her, we know for a fact because we accompanied here to the cyber crime department a year ago and to the Philippine embassy this time around.
To the concerned Filipino communities and individuals around the globe we urge you to not believe everything you read especially if it’s from less than credible sources such these online communities.
Facebook is not where you should be getting your information.
We also would like to point out that the numbers 0503416640/044329633 are not connected to Ms. Bermejo but indeed CASAPRESTIGE business numbers that are unable to provide information beyond this statement.
For the real story kindly refer to Ms. Bermejo’s only official statement and actual newspaper articles. please do look into it, i think we all owe her that much – to hear her side of the story,
“Suppressio very expression falsi†– a suppression of truth is equivalent to an expression of falsehood as a wise person wrote in,
And finally to victims of the typhoon we extend our prayers.
Signed
Robeen R. Kobeen – Operational Partner
Antonio Lupi – Managing Directior
source:
http://www.casaprestige.ae/key.html,
http://ryanericsongcanlas.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/jacque-bermejo-facebook-users-at-war/Feeling ko(feeling ko lang to, wag nyo ako kokontrahin. hehehe), napahiya ang sumulat ng letter dun sa CASAPRESTIGE. akala nya kasi, dun talaga nagtratrabaho si jacque. anyways, lets move on,and mag isip pa tayo ng ibang paraan kung paano tayo makaktulong sa mga nasalanta ng bagyo.