Hot News! Incoming VP Leni Robredo Has Something To Say To The Presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte!

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFalNI8jYil4heFqL6VzyvNO1OAk5BaQUmyaGiGjTs5wXl_0HAux9URFl_qiag0cdtbW_bgCztg5DBnt9nQemTUs2Oabyd16cgiN0tIarrCpNM4crLr5re4ZpQANenhhV_Mk4SQlgYU0/s1600/Leni-To-Duterte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hot News! Incoming VP Leni Robredo Has Something To Say To The Presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte!" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFalNI8jYil4heFqL6VzyvNO1OAk5BaQUmyaGiGjTs5wXl_0HAux9URFl_qiag0cdtbW_bgCztg5DBnt9nQemTUs2Oabyd16cgiN0tIarrCpNM4crLr5re4ZpQANenhhV_Mk4SQlgYU0/s1600/Leni-To-Duterte.jpg" title="Hot News! Incoming VP Leni Robredo Has Something To Say To The Presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte!" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> The final and official tally of votes in the congress has already ended and the Davao City Mayor <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Rodrigo</b> <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Duterte</b> wins the <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Presidential race</b> while the Camarines Sur Congresswoman <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Leni Robredo </b>wins the <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Vice</b> <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Presidential race </b>defeating the <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">son</b> of the late president <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Ferdinand Marcos</b>.</div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <br style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Leni Robredo then promised to personally communicate with the incoming president Rodrigo Duterte after their official proclamation on Monday.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Meanwhile, the outgoing President Benigno Aquino III has already congratulated Leni Robredo for winning the VP race.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <br style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> "At least maka-pay lang ng courtesy visit, para i-assure siya na makakaasa siya sa aking suporta," Robredo said.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <br style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Robredo and her three children agreed that they will never leave their home in Naga and have decided to keep it and continue taking bus rides even after she assumes the office!</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <br /></div> </div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="tube" frameborder="0" height="315" id="player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q7naH5Y1YPA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">Source: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/nation/05/29/16/robredo-to-talk-with-duterte-after-proclamation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABS-CBN</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Link ads --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-format="link" data-ad-slot="6029612651" style="display: block;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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Hot News! Incoming VP Leni Robredo Has Something To Say To The Presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte!

The final and official tally of votes in the congress has already ended and the Davao City Mayor  Rodrigo   Duterte  wins the  Preside...

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Hot News! 'Stop nitpicking' Duterte to CHR on rape remark

<div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPUJVW_hetF1uPUHQmYtQX2MP0m15jeK8L3bOPLUYNU0qbva-vnxEQe3blDhLX-MWh1QFCohlT0B4Rnlfd8kmCWR7mKC48Gl3ikSUbV-GFK1JoYnUMfkbdkfa4jNQKg2zj9IDMTJMg_8/s1600/duterte+chr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hot News! 'Stop nitpicking' Duterte to CHR on rape remark" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPUJVW_hetF1uPUHQmYtQX2MP0m15jeK8L3bOPLUYNU0qbva-vnxEQe3blDhLX-MWh1QFCohlT0B4Rnlfd8kmCWR7mKC48Gl3ikSUbV-GFK1JoYnUMfkbdkfa4jNQKg2zj9IDMTJMg_8/s1600/duterte+chr.jpg" title="Hot News! 'Stop nitpicking' Duterte to CHR on rape remark" /></a></div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">DAVAO CITY, Philippines – After the release of a Commission on Human Rights (CHR) resolution that Rodrigo Duterte violated the Magna Carta of Women with his rape remark, the president-elect accused the agency of "nitpicking."</span></div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">He called out CHR chairperson Chito Gascon.</span></div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">“That idiot is nitpicking. I told already in public how it happened. Then you keep on issuing a statement. Here I am, I’m about to enter the presidency. What do you want?” said the president-elect at a press conference on Wednesday, May 25.</span></div> <div class="p2" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Duterte reiterated his explanation that the controversial remark that sounded like an offensive joke to many was actually just part of his retelling of the hostage-taking incident in 1988. The rape of an Australian missionary by the hostage-takers supposedly prompted him to utter the statement out of anger.</span></div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">He called the statement a form of “gutter language” that was meant to ridicule the manhood of the hostage-takers.</span></div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Duterte said he had retold the incident during the campaign sortie to preempt people who were “digging up tapes” of the time when he first made the remark.</span></div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">“<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kaya inunahan ko na. Itong putanginang [Commission on] Human Rights kumagat rin. Masipa ko sila eh</em>. (So I tried to preempt them. This son of a bitch Commission on Human Rights bit the bait. I want to kick them),” he said.</span></div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Davao City mayor also called CHR “too naive and too simplistic.”</span></div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">He said he was merely “exercising my right to free expression, right to speech.”</span></div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">While the CHR can comment on his statement, they are powerless to mete any serious punishment.</span></div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">One of the agency's “recommendations” was for the Civil Service Commission and the Department of the Interior and Local Government to "consider taking appropriate measures" on Duterte's violation of the law.</span></div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Round one <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">pa lang sila</em>. Wasting the money of the Filipino people. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sabihin mo, ‘Shut up.’</em> (They are only on Round One. They are wasting the money of the Filipino people. Tell them, 'Shut up'),” he said.</span></div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> The CHR, which had acted on the complaint of women's groups against Duterte, found the latter's words and actions to be "discriminatory of women."</div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> Gascon also noted that the commission's constitutional duty is to protect human rights and to "call out persons when these rights are violated no matter what their position in society may be."</div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Link ads --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-format="link" data-ad-slot="6029612651" style="display: block;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br />

Hot News! 'Stop nitpicking' Duterte to CHR on rape remark

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – After the release of a Commission on Human Rights (CHR) resolution that Rodrigo Duterte violated the Magna ...

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Hot News! Rody Duterte met INC's Eduardo Manalo

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-Hyh3GbHpawvONLQ4xitIVjD8FbSV8atJNDQvD8Yw9QhGZ1fNIkDSt1Ncj0Wbi_fCmDSugHtXPyYlGq2zov-8itlDf92DTLYTfTgE8r-lAxb6GQpKzapXK6lmYRdwjblO1T1J1Df2oo/s1600/duterte-evm-iglesia-meet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hot News! Rody Duterte met INC's Eduardo Manalo" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-Hyh3GbHpawvONLQ4xitIVjD8FbSV8atJNDQvD8Yw9QhGZ1fNIkDSt1Ncj0Wbi_fCmDSugHtXPyYlGq2zov-8itlDf92DTLYTfTgE8r-lAxb6GQpKzapXK6lmYRdwjblO1T1J1Df2oo/s1600/duterte-evm-iglesia-meet.jpg" title="Hot News! Rody Duterte met INC's Eduardo Manalo" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> If it was any indication of preferences, Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte was reported to have spent about an hour-and-a-half in the cavernous Bulwagan room speaking with Iglesia ni Cristo Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo last April 22.</div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> Clumsily clad in an unbuttoned barong with rolled up sleeves, and wearing leather shoes and corduroy, a relatively formal-looking Duterte shook hands with Manalo who was wearing the typical suit he dons during special occasions.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> The two got along quite well, according to insiders who accompanied Duterte. Days later, a fake letter supposedly signed by Manalo endorsing Duterte went viral on Facebook. The INC quickly disowned it and said it would file charges against people behind it. One sure sign it was fake? It contained a typo and spelled “Rodrigo” as “Ridrido”. The Iglesia typically sends out formal, clean letters in flawless Filipino, we are told.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> The mayor, who was formally invited to have an audience with Manalo, joked and chatted the time away. By now, we all know how Duterte is predisposed to long, winding speeches.</div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> Vice President Jejomar Binay was given about 30 minutes, while administration bet Mar Roxas, who was accompanied by his wife Korina stayed for around 20 minutes, the Duterte insiders said.</div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Link ads --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-format="link" data-ad-slot="6029612651" style="display: block;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br />

Hot News! Rody Duterte met INC's Eduardo Manalo

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Hot Topic! Communists Praises Duterte rejecting Aquino's way of Governance

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCsZzQ6DC1-E677k8nqPYSqoLAUXF3GHk_jvvG_l8thzRuzGbVUqqCF8_9WsdaSeehzg4qQWF9s22ZDcYNAEoiFEHi5yeWOxi2Ph2f5L5gvmkNJ4vpQlPYAIlTYmwdL_wVXohd2hNezo/s1600/duterte+cpp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCsZzQ6DC1-E677k8nqPYSqoLAUXF3GHk_jvvG_l8thzRuzGbVUqqCF8_9WsdaSeehzg4qQWF9s22ZDcYNAEoiFEHi5yeWOxi2Ph2f5L5gvmkNJ4vpQlPYAIlTYmwdL_wVXohd2hNezo/s1600/duterte+cpp.jpg" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> THE imminent presidency of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is a resounding rejection of outgoing President Benigno Aquino III’s claims of good governance, inclusive growth, and his slogan “Tuwid na Daan” (straight path), the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said.</div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> Duterte, the CPP Central Committee said in a statement, attacked the Aquino administration and presented himself as “an anti-thesis of the oligarchic and cacique rule, keenly aware of the Filipino people’s profound hatred for the Aquino administration and its six years of corruption, mendacity, and failure to address the needs of the Filipino people.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> His rise to the presidency, the group added, is a reflection of the deepening and aggravating crisis of the “semi-colonial” and “semi-feudal” system that he was able to draw broad support from the people for presenting himself as sympathetic to the people's discontent and deep desire “to put an end to the oppressive and rotten ruling system.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> “Duterte’s election also reflects the deepening factional strife among the ruling classes. He polarized the political elite with his cuss-filled bluster,” the CPP said, although it added many of the huge business owners had supported Duterte in his campaign.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> And for the first time, it said, “the Philippine client-state is to be headed by one who is not completely beholden to the US imperialists” citing an incident where Duterte railed against the US and the [Central Intelligence Agency] for whisking away its agent Michael Meiring who accidentally exploded the improvised bomb he was preparing inside a Davao hotel during the height of the alleged 2003 US terror bombings in Mindanao.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> He [Duterte] opposed the use of the Davao airport as a base for US drone operations and spoke unfavorably] against the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (Edca), the group said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> CPP added that if Duterte “seriously and vigorously pursues his promise to eradicate criminality, especially widespread drug trade within three to six months, he will likely drive a wedge deep into the ranks of military and police generals and bureaucratic capitalists who are protectors, operators and associates of criminal syndicates.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> On peace talks, the CPP and revolutionary forces welcome Duterte’s plan to seriously pursue the National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Government of the Republic of the Philippines (NDFP-GRP) peace negotiations as well as his plan to visit The Netherlands to meet NDFP senior political consultant Prof. Jose Ma. Sison and the Utrecht-based NDFP peace panel.</div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> “The CPP fully supports the NDFP proposal, put forward by [Sison], to pursue NDFP-GRP peace negotiations under the Duterte government with the aim of forging an agreement to establish a government of national unity, peace and development,” it added.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> Among the first measures that need to be carried out by the Duterte administration to boost peace negotiations, the CPP said, would be the release of all detained NDFP consultants and facilitation of their travel to a neutral territory where negotiations can be conducted. They were treacherously arrested in violation of earlier agreements and made to suffer unjust prolonged imprisonment.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> By intensifying their struggles, the Filipino people are bound to attain more and more victories in the years to come. The people’s war is set to press forward under the Duterte administration, the group said.</div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Link ads --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-format="link" data-ad-slot="6029612651" style="display: block;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br />

Hot Topic! Communists Praises Duterte rejecting Aquino's way of Governance

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Hot New! Duterte's First Strike on Drugs Starts in Bilibid Prison: All Jail Guards Will Be Replaced - Aguirre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPBrLm2xqHy-PebClzc4lq83N3YDdkd_WQle0laI0VScUyeIPm84DhpSuG-RAcTbAeryxesKbhwRRPIMPfu85oIJEbyv2GJ1TuEDh9fS1YDt8foywntGZ0NCTN-oR38As4vLD9ZLSJJU/s1600/aguirre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hot New! Duterte's First Strike on Drugs Starts in Bilibid Prison: All Jail Guards Will Be Replaced - Aguirre" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPBrLm2xqHy-PebClzc4lq83N3YDdkd_WQle0laI0VScUyeIPm84DhpSuG-RAcTbAeryxesKbhwRRPIMPfu85oIJEbyv2GJ1TuEDh9fS1YDt8foywntGZ0NCTN-oR38As4vLD9ZLSJJU/s1600/aguirre.jpg" title="Hot New! Duterte's First Strike on Drugs Starts in Bilibid Prison: All Jail Guards Will Be Replaced - Aguirre" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> Incoming Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II will do what incoming Senator Leila de Lima failed to do during her more than five years in office as Justice Secretary – ‎smoke out the drug lords doing business at the heart of the National Bilibid Prison (NBP).<br /> <br /> In an interview with ANC’s Karen Davila, ‎Aguirre said he would start incoming President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs by shaking down the drug lords inside the NBP.<br /> <br /> “I’ll begin with the BOC (Bureau of Corrections). The biggest drug lords who are there are able to manufacture drugs inside,” said Aguirre.<br /> <br /> Aguirre said despite de Lima’s ritual of making surprise inspections, the drug manufacturing business has endured because the BOC employees have conspired with the drug lords. “If necessary, I will replace all jail guards,” said Aguirre.<br /> <br /> Aguirre said Duterte’s broad plan was to toughen up on the prosecution of drug pushers and drug lords. “Respondents in drug cases get off the hook because of some loopholes in the procedure of handling evidence,” said ‎. <br /> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> <br /> Duterte is planning to reimpose the death penalty to cover convicted drug lords and pushers. <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Link ads --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-format="link" data-ad-slot="6029612651" style="display: block;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br />

Hot New! Duterte's First Strike on Drugs Starts in Bilibid Prison: All Jail Guards Will Be Replaced - Aguirre

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Hot Topic! Duterte's First Orders - Liqour Ban, Curfew, No Smoking

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWARExyQMmJeM6nrofup3xL09XhvHHukHoTGkpJZCkXm7e2r3AL7hjvuiiO241Rcp3D6NTZAyn9c6I0SBU6Ca-I46ElkTFvLph2bx0Q1uwNNeEbodmFMOd3SHGRxoRo9bxytcpUpZnGow/s1600/liquor-ban.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hot Topic! Duterte's First Orders - Liqour Ban, Curfew, No Smoking" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWARExyQMmJeM6nrofup3xL09XhvHHukHoTGkpJZCkXm7e2r3AL7hjvuiiO241Rcp3D6NTZAyn9c6I0SBU6Ca-I46ElkTFvLph2bx0Q1uwNNeEbodmFMOd3SHGRxoRo9bxytcpUpZnGow/s1600/liquor-ban.jpg" title="Hot Topic! Duterte's First Orders - Liqour Ban, Curfew, No Smoking" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Incoming president Rodrigo Duterte is ready to work with Congress to implement nationwide the curfew for minors, liquor ban, and no-smoking ordinances he has enforced as mayor of this city.<br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> When asked what would be his first order as president, Duterte replied, “The very fundamentals of society – curfew, no drinking beyond 1 o’clock.”<br /> <br /> “I’ll ask if I would need a national law. If I have the authority under the broad police power of the state, maybe I can (implement them). But if it is inadequate legally, I will ask Congress (to pass a law),” Duterte said in a press briefing Saturday night here.<br /> <br /> “Why should we drink until 2 a.m.? Is this a drinking contest?” he added.<br /> <br /> Duterte said he wants to implement the liquor ban because employees of establishments like waiters, cooks and cashiers also need to rest.<br /> <br /> He said he would also prohibit smoking in public places.<br /> <br /> “They say that they are using their money for the cigarettes. Look, if you’re not an idiot, you know that when you smoke in enclosed restaurants or offices, you pass off cancer to others,” the incoming president said. <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> “It’s not fair for you to distribute cancer. It is scientifically proven beyond doubt that it (smoking) causes cancer,” he added.<br /> <br /> Duterte implemented the no-smoking, liquor ban and curfew ordinances during his more than 20- year stint as mayor. <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Link ads --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-format="link" data-ad-slot="6029612651" style="display: block;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br />

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Hot News! Duterte challenges Catholic Church’s stand on family planning

<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtj-5lbYQwmNL5e7cMYtjcY4QDuO0XvLBMl6XMLwTuSa_kXVgs2xZgaZAGp7Ie7BxGRaimu_jBanXnRDjugbhGKnZ6zEFmcCc8ORvTQUz3gtom_qzHhTimIUKJS7IvjhczQWVrLl-zj4Q/s1600/duterte+defies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hot News! Duterte defies Catholic Church’s belief on family planning" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtj-5lbYQwmNL5e7cMYtjcY4QDuO0XvLBMl6XMLwTuSa_kXVgs2xZgaZAGp7Ie7BxGRaimu_jBanXnRDjugbhGKnZ6zEFmcCc8ORvTQUz3gtom_qzHhTimIUKJS7IvjhczQWVrLl-zj4Q/s1600/duterte+defies.jpg" title="Hot News! Duterte defies Catholic Church’s belief on family planning" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <h3> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mayor curses at church, calls it most 'hypocritical institution'</span></span></h3> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">DAVAO CITY — Despite strong opposition from the Catholic Church, presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said he would push for family planning, saying the Church’s beliefs were no longer relevant.</span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“It will do us good. Mas maraming magawa ‘yan, walang kasamaan ‘yan (It will accomplish many things, it won’t do any harm). Ako naman, I said, I am a Christian but I am a realist and we have to do something about overpopulation,” Duterte told reporters.</span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He said he might offend the religious sector with his statements but he said their “fundamental beliefs do not solve the problem of our country anymore.”</span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I take the opposite view; I defy the opinion or the belief of the Church,” he said. He said the scriptures in the Bible cited by his critics were no longer relevant to society.</span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“The ideas there (were) written 2000 years ago and it does not relate or find relevance to our society,” he said.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I don’t give much importance to the spiritual; walang maitutulong iyan, sa totoo lang (It won’t help, to tell you the truth). What you should worry about is how you suffer here on this planet. You do not worry about suffering after you make the exit,” he added.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Earlier, Duterte said that he believes in God but not necessarily in religion. “The best thing is just to prepare and pray to God when you are alone and in a quiet room,” he said. “I have this deep and abiding faith in God. But this does not mean that you have to have a religion or follow somebody,” he added.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <h4> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not moving</span></span></h4> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Duterte said the family planning program of the government is not moving forward because the country’s leaders always refer to the beliefs of the Catholic Church.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“It (family planning) is not moving because the President has referred always to the stand of the Roman Catholic Church,” he said, adding that politicians were afraid.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He said in Davao City, family planning is “vigorously implemented,” where free contraceptives were given.</span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /><br /><h4> <br />Blasts at Catholic Church</h4> <div> <br /></div> <div> Duterte also slammed the Catholic Church, particularly bishops who womanize and have luxurious lifestyles.<br /> <br /></div> <div> “If I start (naming) the bishops who got married and have women in their lives, sasabog itong Catholic Church (the Catholic Church will explode),” he said.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> He cited the bishops embroiled in a controversy during the Arroyo administration who were reported to have received Mitsubishi Pajeros from the administration. “Panahon ni Gloria Arroyo, naghingian kayo ng (personal favors)… that is graft and corruption,” he said.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> “’Yung mga tao dito sa Pilipinas walang makain, walang medisina (while) you were enjoying the money of the god**** people of the Philippines. P***** i** kayo! ‘Di na kayo nahiya niyan? Tapos kung magsalita kayo, akala niyo kung sino?” he said.<br /> <br /> (The Filipinos don’t have anything to eat and have no medicines (while) you were enjoying the money of the god**** people of the Philippines. [expletive] Aren’t you ashamed of yourselves? And who do you think you are when you speak?)</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> He urged the Catholic Church to have a debate with him and said, “I will lecture until June 29 the sins of the Catholic Church and whether or not you are still relevant,” he said, calling the Church the most “hypocritical institution.”<br /> <br /> Source: <a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/786977/duterte-defies-catholic-churchs-belief-on-family-planning" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inquirer.net</a></div> </span></span></div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Link ads --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-format="link" data-ad-slot="6029612651" style="display: block;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br />

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Duterte: It is always the interest of Filipinos that counts" /></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> DAVAO CITY — Country first before friendship.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> So said incoming President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday following reports that his longtime friend Pastor Apollo Quiboloy was hurt after he was  snubbed by Duterte’s camp.</div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">“Let me be very clear, my friendship with my friends ends where the interest of the country begins. I would as much as possible make you happy if you are my friend, but I will not allow anybody to (lend) color (to) my decisions in government. From now on, it is always the interest of the people of the Republic of the Philippines that counts, period,” Duterte told reporters in an interview here.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mike Abe, the spokesperson of Quiboloy, earlier said that the pastor has not been given access to Duterte since their last meeting which ended at 2 a.m. on May 10.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Quiboloy’s camp has  criticized Duterte’s men, saying they had set up a cordon around Duterte that left out his own spiritual adviser.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Abe said Quiboloy has not been consulted about Duterte’s appointments to his Cabinet, adding that some incoming Cabinet members were lobbied for by some politicians.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Large --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-slot="3053760250" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br /> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> But Duterte denied that he was being influenced by anyone in appointing his choices of Cabinet members.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Ako lang. I never consulted anybody. I do not consult anybody. Nakikinig ako sa kanila (I  listen to them), but I decide. I do not take into consideration friendship,” he said.</div> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- PNT Link ads --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1900446417817686" data-ad-format="link" data-ad-slot="6029612651" style="display: block;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <br /> <br />

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