Bluestar Management Systems (BMS) has terminated its agreement with Zyrus Oyong of the Philippines, who had been acting as their official sales representative in that country since January of 2022. The move comes as BMS learned of Oyong’s online defamation of Oxebridge, whom Oyong has falsely accused of extortion and financial crimes.
Oyong operates Bluestar Certification Management Inc. (BCMI), which provides ISO consulting but also offers certification services and transfers, which can only be done by a certification body. When called out on this, Oyong launched a defamation campaign against Oxebridge. In less than two weeks, Oyong has posted dozens of posts and articles accusing Oxebridge of fraud, scams, extortion, and making other false accusations.
The actions by Oyong appear to have reached a limit with Bluestar Management Systems’ home office in India. In a letter to Oxebridge dated 10 July 2025, BMS wrote:
Mr. Zyrus is no longer associated with us and has been asked to remove our information from his website. We have not authorised him to defame you or your company. We shall put a reminder to him to remove his association with our company from his website.
The BCMI website has removed references to BMS, but still markets the services of a number of other Indian CBs: Staunchly, LMS Certifications, A-Mark, and SQC.
Oyong claims he only acts as a sales representative for various CBs and does not perform actual certification, even though the BCMI website indicates otherwise. As of 10 July, the BCMI website continues to have content marketing consulting and certification as a package option, and hosts a page titled “How to Transfer Your Certification to Bluestar.”
Oxebridge has retained legal counsel in the Philippines regarding this matter. In that country, cyberlibel is a criminal offense, and if found guilty, Oyong faces up to eight years in prison and fines of up to $26,000. Due to the pending litigation, Oxebridge is limiting its reporting on Oyong and BCMI.
UPDATE 29 Sept. 2025: Mr. Oyong has removed all articles related to Oxebridge, including those falsely accusing the company of crimes, from the Bluestar website and social media accounts. This came after Oxebridge’s attorneys in the Philippines sent a cease-and-desist letter, demanding the removal of the articles and a published apology. The attorneys warned that failure to comply with the order would result in the filing of criminal charges against Mr. Oyong and his companies.
Meanwhile, Mr. Oyhong is attempting to form a new company, Philippines Certification Management, Inc., to comply with Bluestar Management Systems’ demand to stop using their name. However, another company already has a similar name in the Philippines, complicating Mr. Oyong’s rebranding efforts.
Mr. Oyong published an article falsely claiming the decision to break from Bluestar was mutual, and published a cropped version of BMS’s demand letter to support his version of events.
