Sleazy Get-laud billboard beside seminary taken away for good!

[corinne romabiles]

Below is a letter from the secretary of Msgr. de la Cruz, head of group administering to the Church's properties.

Scroll further down for the letter of gratitude to the Msgr. for their efficient action.

For other problems of a similar kind, write to: reijav...@yahoo.com - Vivien Andanar of the Phil. Realty Corp. 

From: VIVIEN ANDANAR <reivaj...@yahoo.com>
To: corinne romabiles <corinner...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wed, October 28, 2009 9:33:50 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: From an outraged Catholic about San Carlos Seminary


Thank you for the information. We already had the billboard removed.  We appreciate if you could give us the list of other companies with the same reputation/image  as "Get Laud" that you discovered from your research.  That would be of great help as reference in the future.

Thanks and regards.

Vivien J. Andanar

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: corinne romabiles <corinner...@yahoo.com>
To: VIVIEN ANDANAR <reivaj...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wed, October 28, 2009 1:35:05 PM
Subject: A letter of Thanks to Msgr. de la Cruz c/o Vivien

Dear Vivien,

Sorry for this late reply. When some friends mentioned that the billboard was removed immediately after we emailed you, we were impressed by your efficiency. Thanks and congratulations for that quick action! Extend our gratitude to Msgr.de la Cruz and the staff of the Phil. Realty Corp., and to you in particular who had been the most accommodating.

We will keep in touch with you every so often, maybe give you a list of companies known for their sleazy and distasteful ads, so that the Church's vicinities remain free of this kind of "filth".

I guess, with all the campaign happening in our Parish about the Year of the Priests, we had developed a strong affinity towards the situation of our clergy.

Once again, thank you and keep up the good work.


Sincerely,

Corinne Romabiles  

UP, Diliman - College of Arts and Letters, Art Studies Dept. 

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> From: corinne romabiles <corinner...@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Fw: From an outraged Catholic about San Carlos Seminary
> To: reivaj...@yahoo.com
> Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 2:49 PM
> c/o
> Ms. Vivian
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> CC: Msgr. Rolando de la Cruz
> Philippine Realty Corp.
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> To: the
> Administration of the San Carlos Seminary
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> I was very disturbed to see the billboard of the apparel
> company "Get Laud" right in front of the seminary.
> I'm currently doing a research on Philippine Visual
> Culture at UP Diliman and this sort of case, precisely - a
> Catholic seminary's facade bedecked with a billboard of
> a company which uses soft-pornography for their in-store
> displays and billboards - can communicate the worst of
> MEANINGS and REPRESENTATIONS.
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> PLEASE... in this Year of Priests, which our parish priest
> so endearingly promotes, let us give the Church the most
> zealous support she deserves (and our
>  priests too) through IMMEDIATE and RESOLUTE action towards
> these very distasteful and inappropriate advertising
> materials.    
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> PLEASE REMOVE THE BILLBOARD OF
>  GET_LAUD AT THE FACADE-ENTRANCE OF THE CATHOLIC SEMINARY
> ALONG EDSA --- HERE and NOW!
>
> Thank you very much.
>
>
> Sincerely, Corinne Lopez
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