NBI Cybercrime, you may have overlooked a website that could have caused even more damage than any of the five websites you mentioned in your Bikoy report.
And here I am to help.
According to a Philippine Star article, you noted in the complaint that the libelous and seditious “Ang Totoong Narcolist” video was posted by different social media sites, 'having the front runners to wit:'
- Pinoy Ako Blog
- Change Scamming
- Metro Balita
- Madam Claudia
- What the FACT blog
The four-part “Ang Totoong Narco List” video series are more commonly known as the “Bikoy Videos”.
I thought it was over, until I stumbled upon another site which, judging from the dates of its posts and the engagement the posts garnered, may also qualify as a “front runner” like the five previously mentioned.
And I am referring to “Now You Know”, with Facebook handle @NowYouKnowPh.
As of 3:42 am of 07 May 2019, NowYouKnow (NYK) has over 667,000 likes and over 674,000 followers [Archived].
NowYouKnow has over THREE TIMES more followers than Pinoy Ako Blog (230,000), over FIVE TIMES more than Change Scamming (115,000), and over TWENTY TIMES more followers than What the Fact Blog (57,000).
NowYouKnow has over THREE TIMES more followers than Pinoy Ako Blog (230,000), over FIVE TIMES more than Change Scamming (115,000), and over TWENTY TIMES more followers than What the Fact Blog (57,000).
That is, in terms of potential propaganda damage caused, Now You Know dwarfs each of the these three websites mentioned in the NBI report.
To hammer the point home, here's the FaceBook page insights data taken at 08:10 AM 07 May 2019 of the pages listed in the PhilStar article (MetroBalita has already been unpublished) plus Now You Know:
Video Title: The "true" narco list?
Video Description:
Engagement as of 07 May 2019 2:20 AM:
Archived Copy: http://archive.fo/KIHJW
Video Title: 2nd part: The "true" narco list?
Video Description:
Upload date: 04 April 2019, 11:21 AM
Engagement as of 07 May 2019 2:00 AM:
Archived Copy: http://archive.is/ik4ei
Video Title: 2nd part: The "true" narco list?
Video Description:
Upload date: 04 April 2019, 11:27 AM
Engagement as of 07 May 2019 2:02 AM:
Archived Copy: http://archive.is/FRi9a
Video Title: 3rd Part: The "true" narco list?
Video Description:
Engagement as of 07 May 2019 1:49 AM:
Archived Copy: http://archive.is/wmDIo
Video Title: ANG TOTOONG NARCO LIST: EPISODE 4
Video Description:
Engagement as of 07 May 2019 1:55 AM:
Link: https://www.facebook.com/nowyouknowph/videos/275905503289157
Archived Copy: http://archive.is/lBw30
The usual ICANN WhoIs search won’t yield any significant data since NowYouKnow.ph uses a Philippine top-level domain (.ph).
Instead, the right way to do it is to go to Dot.Ph, the official domain name registry of the Philippines, and used its Dot.Ph’s internal WhoIs tool, and that’s what I did.
Typing in “nowyouknow.ph” and hitting the search button, I got this:
Now, it's possible that she's not the same Maghinay mentioned in the WhoIs records.
However, scrolling down her public timeline shows a 28 March 2019 post [Archived] as shown below:
Either this is the same Maghirang or its just one gigantic coincidence that I sincerely doubt.
At the bottom of the page is the foundation’s address and contact information [Archived], and I quote:
Yellow Boat's founders are very interesting.
According to a 16 February 2011 post by The Asia Foundation [Archived], Yellow Boat co-founder Anton Mari H. Lim, DVM is “on the board member of People Power Volunteers for Change – campaign supporters who have organized themselves to help President (Benigno) Aquino’s administration.”
During Pres. Benigno Aquino’s incumbency, Lim was also a commissioner of the EDSA People Power Commission [PhilStar|Archived], a government agency tasked with “institutionalizing the legacy of the EDSA People Power Revolution”[EO 82 s.99]
Meanwhile, the other co-founder Jay Michael Jaboneta in his personal website [Archived] describes himself as “the first and former Director for New Media under the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and started the team that managed Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III’s official website and social networking presence.”
To hammer the point home, here's the FaceBook page insights data taken at 08:10 AM 07 May 2019 of the pages listed in the PhilStar article (MetroBalita has already been unpublished) plus Now You Know:
Note that my page, Thinking Pinoy, is included by default because I used the Facebook Insights tool on that page. There's no option to remove it from the list.
As you can see, Now You Know's engagement is comparable to that of Pinoy Ako Blog, the strongest page among the five mentioned in the PhilStar article.
Let’s enumerate the instances.
As you can see, Now You Know's engagement is comparable to that of Pinoy Ako Blog, the strongest page among the five mentioned in the PhilStar article.
What did “Now You know” do?
Now You Know did not simply share the videos from the original youtube source. Instead, the page itself hosted each of the four Bikoy videos, garnering hundreds of thousands of views as of this article’s writing.Let’s enumerate the instances.
For Ang Totoong Narco List Episode 1
Video Description:
A week ago, Now You Know did a story on ex-cop Eduardo Acierto's testimonies exposing the alleged involvement of certain Chinese Nationals in the illegal drug trade in the Philippines. Among them is the controversial former "economic adviser" of President Duterte, Michael Yang. Acierto also floated names of political personalities such as the former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go.Upload Date: 02 April 2019, 01:33 PM
Today, NYK received another video presenting a testimony of a certain "BIKOY" (not his real name) who claims to be a former member of a big drug syndicate that operates in Southern Luzon and Visayas region. Bikoy presented in the video "the true narcolist" along with other documents that lead to big names behind certain illegal drug transactions.
Showing a series of evidences, Bikoy's camp claims that Presidential Son Paolo Duterte is one of the names behind such operations.
Watch this.
#NowYouKnow
#NYK See Less
Engagement as of 07 May 2019 2:20 AM:
370,000 views;
2,900 reactions;
1,879 comments,
2,517 sharesLink: https://www.facebook.com/nowyouknowph/videos/428970197912289/
Archived Copy: http://archive.fo/KIHJW
For Episode 2 (1st Upload)
Video Description:
After exposing the alleged involvement of Presidential son Paolo Duterte in the illegal drug trade in the country as indicated in the TARA--an internal document used by the drug syndicate in their financial transactions--the second part of the exposé reveals another name from the Duterte family.
In this video NYK received today, "BIKOY" (not his real name) reveals that Presidential daughter Kitty Duterte also "gets a part" in the illegal drug trade as she allegedly hides behind the name of Veronica Salvador.
Meanwhile, Paolo Duterte in his social media post on Tuesday responded and lashed out at a certain J.S., whom he tagged as being behind the video detailing his supposed connection to a drug syndicate.
“Wow ha kung makaimbento ka wagas. Galit ka kay Waldo kasi binabara niya lahat ng smuggling mo ng bigas at asukal diba J.S.," wrote Duterte.
Watch this.
#NowYouKnow
#NYK
Upload date: 04 April 2019, 11:21 AM
Engagement as of 07 May 2019 2:00 AM:
49,000 views;Link: https://www.facebook.com/nowyouknowph/videos/2249963005242374
621 reactions;
374 comments;
1,074 shares
Archived Copy: http://archive.is/ik4ei
For Episode 2 (2nd upload)
Video Description:
After exposing the alleged involvement of Presidential son Paolo Duterte in the illegal drug trade in the country as indicated in the TARA--an internal document used by the drug syndicate in their financial transactions--the second part of the exposé reveals another name from the Duterte family.
In this video NYK received today, "BIKOY" (not his real name) reveals that Presidential daughter Kitty Duterte also "gets a part" in the illegal drug trade as she allegedly hides behind the name of Veronica Salvador.
Meanwhile, Paolo Duterte in his social media post on Tuesday responded and lashed out at a certain J.S., whom he tagged as being behind the video detailing his supposed connection to a drug syndicate.
“Wow ha kung makaimbento ka wagas. Galit ka kay Waldo kasi binabara niya lahat ng smuggling mo ng bigas at asukal diba J.S.," wrote Duterte.
Watch this.
#NowYouKnow
#NYK
Upload date: 04 April 2019, 11:27 AM
Engagement as of 07 May 2019 2:02 AM:
247,000 views;
4,100 reactions;
2,400 comments;
1,777 sharesLink: https://www.facebook.com/nowyouknowph/videos/1335941513223695
Archived Copy: http://archive.is/FRi9a
For Episode 3
Video Description:
BIKOY’s camp is out again with another episode of the “true” narco list, now bringing into light another big name in the national politics. This exposé claims Former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go holds a high position in the drug syndicate as one of the “principals”. Go’s alleged involvement to the illegal drug operations can also be testified by the TARA—an internal document used by drug syndicate’s operations.
According to this video received by Now You Know this morning, Go also has a dragon tattoo on his back with an alphanumeric code of COATLIBRA-0018. Like what this camp demanded from presidential son Polong Duterte, they also urge Go to show his back to the public.
Watch this.
#NowYouKnowUpload date: 08 April 2019, 12:31 PM
#NYK
Engagement as of 07 May 2019 1:49 AM:
223,000 views;Link: https://www.facebook.com/nowyouknowph/videos/2040357599403206/
4,700 reactions;
2,300 comments,
2,219 shares
Archived Copy: http://archive.is/wmDIo
For Episode 4
Video Description:
“BIKOY,” who claims to formerly be part of the inner circle of a big drug syndicate in the Philippines, is apparently not done with his expose. Here he is once more with Episode 4 of his series, “Ang Totoong Narco List.”
The next drug syndicate major player revealed in this video released to NowYouKnow on April 13, 2019 is yet another member of the Duterte family. Want to know who it is? Watch this.Upload date: 13 April 2019, 12:36 PM
#NowYouKnow
#NYK
Engagement as of 07 May 2019 1:55 AM:
188,000 views;3,500 reactions;1,700 comments,
1,127 shares
Link: https://www.facebook.com/nowyouknowph/videos/275905503289157
Archived Copy: http://archive.is/lBw30
Who is “Now You Know”?
According to its “About Page”:“NOW YOU KNOW (NYK) is an online civic media platform managed by volunteers that delivers relevant news and information on the burning issues of the day.”According to the same page, NYK was founded on 15 November 2018 with the mission:
“To be the among the country's top factual information online hubs that encourage more Filipinos to be involved in important conversations on issues that impact their lives.”According to the same page, NYK’s email is nowyouknowph@gmail.com and its website is www.nowyouknow.ph.I tried to visit nowyouknow.ph but it’s a dead link. Not content with such a result, I checked its WhoIs data.
The usual ICANN WhoIs search won’t yield any significant data since NowYouKnow.ph uses a Philippine top-level domain (.ph).
Instead, the right way to do it is to go to Dot.Ph, the official domain name registry of the Philippines, and used its Dot.Ph’s internal WhoIs tool, and that’s what I did.
Typing in “nowyouknow.ph” and hitting the search button, I got this:
WHOIS info for nowyouknow.ph
Domain Name: nowyouknow.ph
Creation Date: 2018-11-26T09:52:21 +08:00
Expiration Date: 2019-11-26T09:52:21 +08:00
Updated Date: 2018-11-26T09:52:27 +08:00
Registrar: dotPH Domains, Inc
Registrant Name: Jerry Mae Maghinay
Registrant Organization: NKY
Registrant Street: 2515 the linear Makati T2
Registrant Street 2:
Registrant Street 3:
Registrant City: MAKATI CITY
Registrant State/Province: Zambonga Sibugay
Registrant Postal Code: 7000
Registrant Country: PH
Registrant Email: mae...@...
Name Server: dns1.domains.ph
Name Server: dns2.domains.ph
Background checking the registration details
Though riddled with typographical errors, it’s clear that the registrant’s name is a certain “Jerry Mae Maghinay” from “2515 the linear Makati T2”.I checked for a social media profile under "Jerry Mae Maghinay" and I found this:
Now, it's possible that she's not the same Maghinay mentioned in the WhoIs records.
However, scrolling down her public timeline shows a 28 March 2019 post [Archived] as shown below:
Either this is the same Maghirang or its just one gigantic coincidence that I sincerely doubt.
Why is this relevant?
Well, a google search for “Jerry Mae Maghinay” [Archived] doesn’t yield any significant results. A search for “2515 the linear Makati T2” [Archived], however, does yield some very interesting information.
More specifically, this writer discovered a volunteer organization database entry [Archived] about a certain project called “YBH BANGKARUNUNGAN & SOLAR LAMPS TUNROVER (SITIO LIPATA CARAMOAN)” with the following contact information:
More specifically, this writer discovered a volunteer organization database entry [Archived] about a certain project called “YBH BANGKARUNUNGAN & SOLAR LAMPS TUNROVER (SITIO LIPATA CARAMOAN)” with the following contact information:
YELLOW BOAT OF HOPE FOUNDATIONIn short, available data suggests that the Maghinay mentioned in the WhoIs data is the same as the Maghinay I found on Facebook. Here's one of the photos of herself that she shared publicly [Archived]:
Mae A. Maghinay
09290761859
chief.hopepaddler@yellowboat.orgYellow Boat of Hope Foundation
The Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation
Next thing I did was to background check “Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation”.
The said foundation described itself in its about page that partly reads:
The said foundation described itself in its about page that partly reads:
The Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, formerly referred to as the The Philippine Funds for Little Kids, started as a national movement to help children who used to swim to school in the mangrove village of Layag-Layag, Brgy. Talon-Talon, Zamboanga City.
Zamboanga? This may partly explain the seeming typographical error in NowYouKnow.PH's WhoIs registry entry.
Suite 2515, The Linear Makati Tower 2, Yakal cor.
Mayapis St. Makati City, PHILIPPINES, 1607
chief.hopepaddler@yellowboat.org
www.yellowboat.org
A deeper look at Yellow Boat
Here’s what can be gleaned from the foundation’s website:Yellow Boat is an “Angat Buhay” partner, according to its 13 April 2019 blog post [Archived] where it thanked Vice-president Leni Robredo. Angat Buhay’s flagship project [MB].Meanwhile, the foundation’s two founders are Anton Mari H. Lim, DVM and Jay Michael O. Jaboneta, according to its “Board and Management” page [Archived].
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| Yellow Boat co-founders Anton Lim (left) and Jay Jaboneta (right). |
Yellow Boat's founders are very interesting.
According to a 16 February 2011 post by The Asia Foundation [Archived], Yellow Boat co-founder Anton Mari H. Lim, DVM is “on the board member of People Power Volunteers for Change – campaign supporters who have organized themselves to help President (Benigno) Aquino’s administration.”
During Pres. Benigno Aquino’s incumbency, Lim was also a commissioner of the EDSA People Power Commission [PhilStar|Archived], a government agency tasked with “institutionalizing the legacy of the EDSA People Power Revolution”[EO 82 s.99]
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| During the Noynoy Aquino administration, Yellow Boat co-founder Anton Lim was a commissioner of the People Power Commission. |
Meanwhile, the other co-founder Jay Michael Jaboneta in his personal website [Archived] describes himself as “the first and former Director for New Media under the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and started the team that managed Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III’s official website and social networking presence.”
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| Yellow Boat Foundation co-founder Jay Jaboneta in 2011 receives the "Liberal Project Award" from the Friedrich Nauman Foundation, an affiliate of the Liberal Party of the Philippines. Handing the award is then Senator and LP President Franklin Drilon. Witnessing the event is then Transportation Secretary Emilio "Jun" Abaya. |
The Yellow Boat Foundation’s founders are heavily linked with the Aquino Administration as both held appointive positions in pro-Aquino propaganda arms, namely the Aquino-era People Power Commission and the Aquino-era PCOO.
What just happened?
Before you get confused, let’s consolidate what we’ve found out so far.
Judging from the timing of NowYouKnow’s five uploads related to the four-part Ang Totoong Narco List video series, along with the engagement each video received to date, I think the National Bureau of Investigation Cybercrime Division should also take a look at NowYouKnow’s potential complicity.
To help law enforcement with this prospective investigation, I checked for leads by tracing the ownership of NowYouKnow’s official website, NowYouKnow.ph.
The search led me to a registrant named Jerry Mae Maghinay with address at 2515 The Linear Makati T2, Makati City.
Now, publicly available data shows that NowYouKnow shares addresses with The Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, whose two founders Anton Lim and Jay Michael Jaboneta are not just Aquino supporters, but Aquino appointees.
Aside from the common address, is NowYouKnow totally unrelated to The Yellow Boat of Hope?
Apparently not, as publicly available data cited in the previous sections show that NowYouKnow’s registrant also works for The Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation.
Now, it is interesting to note that “The Linear Makati” is a high-rise residential condominium complex whose biggest unit design is just 49 square meters, according to its developer's website.
Judging from the timing of NowYouKnow’s five uploads related to the four-part Ang Totoong Narco List video series, along with the engagement each video received to date, I think the National Bureau of Investigation Cybercrime Division should also take a look at NowYouKnow’s potential complicity.
To help law enforcement with this prospective investigation, I checked for leads by tracing the ownership of NowYouKnow’s official website, NowYouKnow.ph.
The search led me to a registrant named Jerry Mae Maghinay with address at 2515 The Linear Makati T2, Makati City.
Now, publicly available data shows that NowYouKnow shares addresses with The Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, whose two founders Anton Lim and Jay Michael Jaboneta are not just Aquino supporters, but Aquino appointees.
Aside from the common address, is NowYouKnow totally unrelated to The Yellow Boat of Hope?
Apparently not, as publicly available data cited in the previous sections show that NowYouKnow’s registrant also works for The Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation.
Now, it is interesting to note that “The Linear Makati” is a high-rise residential condominium complex whose biggest unit design is just 49 square meters, according to its developer's website.
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| Diagrams of units at The Linear Makati. Source: aspirebyfilinvest.com |
This 49-sqm area is just 7x7 meters which, in my opinion, is pretty small to house two organizations, unless [1] the two organizations are basically one and the same or [2] they are significantly independent from each other but their respective management teams don’t mind packing all their employees into such a tight space.
With that said, I think the NBI should ask a few questions to the people whose names were mentioned above because based on my years of experience as a social media practitioner, the damage that NowYouKnow caused on the credit of the state is no laughing matter.
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With that said, I think the NBI should ask a few questions to the people whose names were mentioned above because based on my years of experience as a social media practitioner, the damage that NowYouKnow caused on the credit of the state is no laughing matter.
We need to find an answer to this question:
Is the LP-linked Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation moonlighting as a black propaganda organization?That's what I would personally like to know. [ThinkingPinoy | RJ Nieto]
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