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[WallyWest]

the makati business club nixes the duterte candidacy


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Wala naman kasi talagang kwenta pinagsasabi sa speech nya eh.

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[Anak ng Pusa]

Duterte: Joseph de Mesa a fiction in Trillanes’ mind; senator a paid ‘askal’

PRESIDENTIAL BET SAYS HIS BPI DEPOSIT ROSE FROM P17K TO P27K DUE TO DETRACTORS WHO WANTED TO VERIFY ACCOUNT


Inquirer
By: Julie Alipala, May 3rd, 2016 08:22 PM

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Davao City Mayor and presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte said the Joseph de Mesa, whom Senator Antonio Trillanes identified as the source of the “documents” on his bank account at the Julia Vargas branch of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), was a product of the fiction in the senator’s mind.

“Joseph de Mesa is fictitious — an invention of Trillanes and those who are behind the dirty tactics against me,” Duterte told reporters on Tuesday.

He said he did not know anybody by the name of Joseph de Mesa, whom Trillanes had described to be a disgruntled Duterte supporter.

Trillanes said De Mesa gave him the documents containing information that the BPI Julia Vargas account contained P211 million.

Duterte denied the allegations and said his account only contained about P17,000 before April 28.

He said it became P27,000 because of deposits made by his detractors and other people.

“They deposited money in it to ascertain if it was active,” Duterte said.

He said he would no longer reply to any media questions relating to the accusations hurled by Trillanes, whom he labeled as a “paid askal” (street dog).

“From now on, I will not answer. He (Trillanes) is a plain askal. I will not, from now on, answer. Dakilang askal yan (he is nothing but a street dog),” he said.

Duterte called Trillanes a liar, and added that his claims should not be taken by the people and the media seriously.


Thousands raise their fists in support as Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte raises his own during a campaign rally at the Zamboanga City Coliseum on May 2, 2016.

During his invectives-riddled speech at his grand rally here on Monday evening, Duterte also described Trillanes as an ingrate for doing the Filipino people, who paid for his education at the Philippine Military Academy, a great disservice.

“He was educated at the PMA but he staged a mutiny. He is rude. He was exonerated and freed and made into a street dog,” he said in Filipino.

Duterte said Trillanes was “unleashed” by people who wanted to put him down.

“If I have billions of money, and I’m a 71-year-old guy running for president, if I had that money, I would have bought a plane and helicopters. Why would I ask ask for your help (in financing campaign)?” Duterte asked the crowd, whose number depended on who was giving the estimate.

Elmer Apolinario, the assistant city administrator, said the Zamboanga City coliseum could pack about 12,000 people but local concert organizer Cookie Catis said it would be more than that.

“This coliseum, if all the bleachers are occupied, its about 15,000. Since the ground is fully occupied, it’s about 20,000,” Catis said.

Bong Amin, a local Duterte supporter, was teary-eyed as he saw the crowd.

“I didn’t expect this so much people, this is overwhelming. I can see now that so many people here in Zamboanga share the same desire, the desire for real change, genuine reform,” Amin, a Tausug physician whose family has been running a string of hotels here, said.



Both Muslim and Christian Mindanaoans wait for Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte speak in his campaign rally at the Zamboanga City Coliseum on May 2, 2016.

Diocesan priest Michael Ufana said he attended the rally “because I want to hear Duterte speak and see for myself how he carries himself before the eyes of many people.”

Ufana admitted he was very impressed because “Duterte is frank as a person” but added that he was a bit concerned by the mayor’s cursing,

“We need to be polite when talking in front of people and he is well supported by people,” Ufana said.

“I have witnessed so many rallies in the past and it’s my first time to see the coliseum jampacked,” businessman Kenneth Wee, 48, who was already at the coliseum around 2 p.m., said.

Among those who attended Duterte’s rally was Abdurauf Pajiji, a working student from Bongao in Tawi-Tawi.

Pajiji said he sold fish and saved part of it so he could attend the rally.

He brought with him at least four cellular phones, some of them owned by his friends.

“I have to take shots and videos and bring them to my friends so they could use these to campaign for Duterte,” he said.

Asked why he was supporting Duterte, Pajiji, a Sama, said only Duterte made him “very important.”

“He fired up our spirits, he inspires us. No candidate has ever spoken to his supporters like an ordinary toughie neighbor,” he said.

He added that Duterte appeared to be sincere in his vow to unify the people. SFM


Read more: Duterte: Joseph de Mesa a fiction in Trillanes’ mind; senator a paid ‘askal’ | Inquirer News

[Juan Martinez]

I see. Yup Cebu I think is RoRo except for Lito Osmena who thinks 60% kuno is duterte. The guy who was responsible for Ceboom just lost his moral compass. ; (

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that's right bro
the whole province, i think, is roro because of jun davide and agnes magpale (incumbent gov and vice gov, respectively). agnes is the sister of secretary rene almendras of dfa.

cebu city is different because tommy o is dutertard and mike rama is binay.

the duranos of the fifth district is with grace poe. the campaign manager of GP is ace durano.

the garcias are dutertards. they were binay first but switch side. winston garcia is an ass. he's the older brother of gwen. former president of gsis. his younger brother pablo john is running in the newly - created 7th district. he is a dutertard also. gwen is binay.

that's, more or less, the political landscape here.

[minicarph]

Sharing this because I appreciate the critical thought





































and open-mindedness shown by the author. A lot of my friends have also gone through the same shift from supporting Duterte to campaigning against him.

For those who continue to support him, please enlighten me why. I genuinely want to understand.

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Simple Lang *juts sawa na kami sa continuity ng present setup, we want drastic change. Monetary and financial gains are useless Kung emptiness and feeling ng ibang Tao

Ikaw tanong, mo sa sarili mo, aren't you board internet-ing at night. Would you want to apply in action everything that you read sa internet, sasabog ka nyan. Sooner or later we will need an outlet for all those useless facts that we have in our heads.

Parang Age of Enlightenment tuned to industrial revolution then mass murder of the 2 world wars,

We what the release the energy that we have been reading all along, and Duterte is key to that.

[anonemus]

Eto scary

😦

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ENCOUNTERING DUT**TE FOLLOWERS:

Since February this year, I've been part of a campaign against the historical revisionism of the martial law years. My colleagues and I have reached schools and communities in Metro Manila, Iloilo, General Santos, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan City, Zamboanga, Cebu, Baguio, Pangasinan and Cabanatuan. Ours is a non-partisan campaign so we do not endorse candidates but tell millenials the true history, and the character of martial law.

In the "field," we've encountered a lot of Dut**te or "D" followers, and here are some observations:
(1). When we spoke about martial law and the abuses of the Marcoses, the students listened, laughed at the jokes, and nodded in agreement.
(2). But when the Q&A part of the forum came, students would ask questions that would naturally lead to choices for the presidency. They ask, first "hopeful" that our answers would be supportive of "D"or perhaps fishing if we were on "their side." When they realized we did not endorse their candidate, just as quickly their trust disappears, they become defensive, even hostile.

Note: In Dut**te followers' eyes:
(1). The word "dictatorship" is okay to equate with Marcos; but not with "D"-- but "benevolent, well-meaning authoritarianism" is equated with "D"
"D's" followers are "insulted" by the comparison of Marcos with "D." At one forum, hey asked repeatedly and defensively: how sure are you that Duterte will declare martial law as well? (I nearly answered: "because he said so... in a direct quote!" But I refrained from being mean...)

(2). There is definitely "pride" in having a "strong, no nonsense" leader like "D" come from Mindanao (regionalism reigns) -- with arrogance, they flaunt this at Imperial Manila. They are really PROUD of Duterte, much like the Ilocanos are proud of Marcos regardless of these men's dark history. It short, the fact that these men are guilty of extrajudicial killings or plunder -- does NOT matter at all. They come from Mindanao/Ilocos -- they are our own, that is all that matters.(Thankfully there were others who approached me later to assure me that not everyone in Mindanao shared this fanaticism. Hopefully they belonged to a silent majority - hard to tell, in two cities, there were NO Ro-ro posters/stickers. Seriously, you'd be afraid to post these!)

(3) They hate facts. One student came to the mike during open forum and said "D" was tough on illegal drugs, etc. and no other leader was basically a go-getter like that. She was so pissed when I answered: "We encourage the study of history so let us look at the history of this candidate. In the many years that he has been mayor of Davao, how many drug lords has he sent to jail? None. The only people in the drug trade he has cracked down on (and killed) are 400 children as of 2015 who were mere delivery boys/girls , not the big drug lords."

(4) They hate it when you quote "D" saying: he "will abolish Congress," he wants to "instill fear," he will "eradicate crime in 3-6 months" -- these are considered quotes that the media has unjustly hyped. When you start quoting "D" in this manner, they are dumbfounded and remain quiet. But in the ladies restrooms, they discuss loudly and resort to a catch-all statement: BASTA Duterte pa rin ako/kami. The word "Basta" shows no amount of reason will change their minds. The willingness to even "think" is no longer there says Leloy Claudio.

(4) Ironically the most hostile reaction came from the very senior faculty member from a state university who invited me to speak to their studentry. I think she thought that I was just going to talk about martial law and the Marcoses. That was a safe topic. But when asked, I started to draw parallels between history and D's statements, she made sure she ended the forum by emphasizing that my views did NOT in anyway reflect those of the school (she repeated that at least three times basically disowning me!). So much for academic freedom.

(5) And when it wasn't a "D" follower asking a question, it would at times be a student from the extreme Left insisting that martial law had never been lifted; that PNoy was acting like Marcos, pointing to the Hacienda Luisita massacre and the recent Kidapawan shooting incident (of farmers) as examples. These comments I've answered with: "There have been human rights violations by all the presidents since Marcos. I do not make light of these because each human being is precious. But in perspective, all the deaths under the other administrations combined do not add up to a tenth of the extrajudicial killings under Marcos' martial law. And if we are in the state of martial law today, I wouldn't even be here speaking to you."

Pray for a clean and violence-free election... We have but a few days to save the Philippines!
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[vinj]

You are not alone. I have spoken to some acquaintances who are having second thoughts about this guy. I myself, was considering this guy as my strongest candidate for president because I couldn't stand the thought of having a very corrupt president (Binay). But after hearing all the things he's been mouthing off, I had to ask myself, "seriously, is this the guy I would want to take charge for the next 6 years?" Then stories from Mindanao about his son being a drug pusher & another son being a smuggler. So now, it's NO TO BINAY, NO TO DUTERTE.

I'm happy to hear that you are still considering your choices after thought and observation.. It's a process really and there are people who are also undergoing the same as we speak. Chito Miranda seems to be thinking things through as well, based on his tweets.

[minicarph]

The shift to Duterte is alarming. Even if he said all those tactless things, the support for him is overwhelmingly increasing,

Now, that is something extraordinary. Almost as if an invisible hand is protecting him. It"s so obvious naman kasi the plan of the current admin, allow 2 candidates who will play as two opposing roles, while the true candidate (though attacked and humiliated earlier) carefully forge alliances with the regional powers. I wonder if this true candidate is also worrying now.

That's what happens when you scheme too much, thinking that you can play with people's minds, If Duterte gets the prize, then there may have been an intervention 😇

[explorer]

Duterte Bank Transactions not made on Nov. 2 but Oct. 2, 211Busted: Transactions not made on November 20, 2011 in Trillanes’ docs, but on October 20, 2011

An image showing a portion of the bank deposits made into the alleged BPI Julia Vargas account of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has been circulating online. It highlighted that five of those deposits were made on November 20, 2011, which fell on a Sunday.

The image came with a title, “PWEDE BANG MAG DEPOSIT SA SUNDAY NG P190 MILLION?” with the rest of the caption mocking Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who made those documents public after he alleged Duterte for having P211 million transactions in his BPI Julia Vargas account.

The same document was used by former North Cotabato Gov. Manny Piñol to take a swipe at the Philippine Daily Inquirer for failing to verify documents before publishing them. In his Facebook post entitled “RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM AND THE TRILLANES’ EXPOSE,” he wrote that even the netizens were able to spot the wrong dates themselves.

However, the Trillanes’ documents that were uploaded by Inquirer are telling a different story and showing different figures.

[Anak ng Pusa]

Amid bank controversy, Duterte keeps survey lead

The ABS-CBN poll, conducted by Pulse Asia, covers the time Davao City Mayor Rodrigo was accused of not declaring a bank account that contained more than P200 million in deposits

Bea Cupin
*beacupin
Published 1:02 AM, May 04, 2016
Updated 1:19 AM, May 04, 2016
POLL LEADER. Rodrigo Duterte remains the survey front-runner in the April survey of ABS-CBN-Pulse Asia.


ILOILO, Philippines – Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte maintained the solo lead in the latest ABS-CBN survey, conducted by Pulse Asia at the time the candidate was accused of not declaring a bank account that contained hundreds of millions in deposits.

Duterte was preferred by 33% of the 4,000 respondents in the survey conducted from April 26 to 29. The survey had a margin of error of +/-1.5%.

Trailing Dutertee was Liberal Party standard-bearer Manuel Roxas II with 22%, and Senator Grace Poe with 21%.

Vice President Jejomar Binay placed 3rd with 17%, while Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago got 2%.

The results of the latest ABS-CBN survey was released via a post on the TV network's official website late Tuesday night, May 3.

Duterte's numbers remained unchanged from the last ABS-CBN survey, conducted from April 19-24.

Roxas saw a slight rise of 2 percentage points, while both Poe and Binay dipped by one percentage point each. Santiago's numbers were unchanged.

Vice presidential race

In the vice presidential race, LP's Leni Robredo got 30%, compared to Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr's 28%. Senator Francis Escudero got a preference rating of 18%, while Senator Alan Peter Cayetano got 15%.

Senator Gregorio Honasan II got 3%, while Senator Antonio Trillanes IV got 2%.

A full copy of the report has yet to be released. – Rappler.com

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[jut703]

Er, the survey doesn't really cover the entire BPI saga. It was only yesterday when we saw Duterte's trapo tactics of making an irrelevant SPA and hiding behind the skirt of bureaucracy and due process to delay the issue.

I really don't understand why he can't just show his bank transactions and explain them, if he really has nothing to hide.

This is a question that bothers many supporters, and I'm sure that this week's survey will result in lower Duterte numbers, making the elections very, very close.


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[Anak ng Pusa]

There are rules. Atty. Panel requested BPI to disclose that information, so the public may know. But BPI ask 7 days to resolve the issue. Regardless, the stray dog trillanes is rendered USELESS.

[Walter]

BPI is just playing it safe, it really doesn't take 7 days to resolve the issue. Either it's allowed or not, what else is there to deliberate.

Duterte has already made it clear that he will not make it easy for Trillanes and give him a hard time.

[chua_riwap]

BPI says, 7 banking days. Di kasama Sat & Sun.
Tapos na election nun.......

[anonemus]

There are rules. Atty. Panel requested BPI to disclose that information, so the public may know. But BPI ask 7 days to resolve the issue. Regardless, the stray dog trillanes is rendered USELESS.

There's only one rule applicable here:

kapag gusto, may paraan; kapag ayaw, maraming dahilan.

[keithdb]

There are rules. Atty. Panel requested BPI to disclose that information, so the public may know. But BPI ask 7 days to resolve the issue. Regardless, the stray dog trillanes is rendered USELESS.

If the account holder requests it himself
It would take just minutes to print out the transaction record. The problem is how the request was done which was through an spa and the content of the request. That would take 7 days as a matter of procedure. Duterte knew that and used it as an excuse. Not that it matters to you since you are sheep.

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[Monseratto]

Hahaha... tapos sasabihin hyperbole lang iyan...

Duterte upsets labor groups after threatening unions
Published February 11, 2016 9:15pm

By TRISHA MACAS, GMA News

Labor groups on Thursday heaped criticisms on Davao City Rodrigo Duterte after he called on the organized labor sector to give the country a ten-year break from active unionism or he will have to kill its members.

"All unions and workers should be outraged by Duterte's threat to kill unionists who will organize in economic zones. We might have found it amusing when he declared war on drug lords and vowing to kill them," said Julius Cainglet, assistant vice president of the Federation of Free Workers.

"He tried to downplay his badmouthing of the Pope. But to threaten to kill workers who want to exercise their right to organize themselves for just wages, better working conditions, social protection and the right to be heard is just direct attack on workers' and human rights," he added.

Duterte's running mate Senator Alan Peter Cayetano quickly tried to explain Duterte’s statement, saying the mayor only wished for industrial peace and was not calling for the scrapping of unionism.

"Ang message niya noon hindi buwagin ang unyon. Ang ibig niyang sabihin doon, tigilan natin ang rally-rally, tigilan natin ang strike-strike kung kakausapin ko ang mga namumuhunan, mga kapitalista, bawal na ang contractualization, bawal na ang mababang sweldo," Cayetano told reporters.

"Pero kausapin ko kayo, let's guarantee industrial peace.... Sino ba namang kandidatong magsasabi na bawal ang unyon?" he added.


In his speech during his campaign kick off in Tondo, Manila on Tuesday, Duterte said that he needed to come to terms with KMU to create economic zones for more jobs.

“Kayong mga KMU, medyo pigilan muna ninyo ang labor union. Ako na ang nakikiusap sa inyo. Magkasama tayo sa ideolohiya. Huwag ninyong gawin iyan kasi sisirain mo ang administrasyon ko. Kapag ginawa ninyo iyan, patayin ko kayong lahat. Ang solusyon dito patayan na. Eh pakiusapan mo, ayaw eh. We have to come into terms with each other,” he said.

“Do not do it now iyung active labor front. Kasi kapag ginawa ninyo, nasisira. Do not do it. Give the Philippines a respite of about 10 years,” he added.

His remarks did not sit well with KMU which expressed their dismay on Facebook on Thursday.

“The plight of workers won’t improve without their own action and organization, without unions, and without genuinely pro-worker unions in particular. It is simply not true that workers, unions, and KMU cause companies to close down; that is just a scare tactic to make workers accept low wages, contractual employment, and repression,” KMU said in a statement.

“He cannot make progressive statements on other issues and then make this horrid mistake on the issue of workers – directly addressing the KMU and threatening the lives of unionists – and still expect people to believe him. He is making a big joke of himself with this statement,” KMU also stated.

Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) president Leody de Guzman also pointed out that Duterte’s promise to abolish contractualization may have been just an electoral gimmick.

"We will not allow Duterte, this time, to hide behind his favorite alibi of 'hyperbole'. He had the gall to utter a not-so-thinly-veiled threat to unionism. We dare him to share the same harsh words to abusive capitalists and landowners who violate every letter and spirit of the Labor Code and the Agrarian Reform Law," he said.

"Duterte’s speech before his proclamation rally in Tondo revealed his bankrupt development agenda. He says, the country needs to entice investments for economic growth. How? By scaring the hell out of the trade union movement, i.e., by making workers surrender their rights to the altar of global capital," he added. -NB, GMA News

- See more at: Duterte upsets labor groups after threatening unions | News | GMA News Online

[CVT]

Hahaha... tapos sasabihin hyperbole lang iyan...

- See more at: Duterte upsets labor groups after threatening unions | News | GMA News Online

Di ba nga't sabi ay kung hindi mapapaki-usapan,- huling Pasko na ng mga marumi sa lipunan?....



"The measure of a man is what he does with power" LJIOHF!

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[ClaNker]

There are rules. Atty. Panel requested BPI to disclose that information, so the public may know. But BPI ask 7 days to resolve the issue. Regardless, the stray dog trillanes is rendered USELESS.

PI yang rule na yan, ayaw mapakiusapan o di patayin na yang PI na yan. Simple.

Small time criminals, labor unions? PI, patayin nyo yan!

Ay si digong pala yan? Sorry, rule of law pala applies to him.

[rambo149]

pagnananalo kaya si duts eh the born of qiboloyism? hahahha :

[Anak ng Pusa]

General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa relieved from his position

A victim of Political harassment.

"You can't put a good policeman down"