Digong, The President

[ClaNker]

Some people are just bitter and won't accept that their candidate did not win. Instead of just accepting the truth, they still go around bashing and complaining. Acting like the retards they like to complain about. Like they say, haters gonna hate.

Don't think this is a smart idea ...

Duterte’s economic team to make Davao City as a model | MindaNews

Speak for yourself.

Next time when he say jump. Your response should be, how high?

[baludoy]

i hope duterte doesn't tinker much w/ the brain trust of the bsp. i think they've been doing a good job handling our monetary policies

what i'm really interested in is will the incoming admin really push for federalism. if so, when will he start campaigning for it since 6 years lang naman siya naka-upo sa malacanang (or will he move the seat of gov't to davao?) . it'll take a concon or con-ass to achieve this and that'll take a bit of time and lots of wrangling. or he may just abolish the legislative branch like what he said before to bring his well meaning plan to come into fruition in the shortest possible time. either way, it's going to be a heckuva ride for everyone

[absinthe]

yes

Apparently, biktima DAW ng Ondoy tong Benz S-Guard na to.

This Merc was very seldom used by Noy. Ang tanda ko lang na nagamit to was during his inauguration, and the 2011 Independence Day celebrations in Kawit, Cavite.

Though some are saying this this was a convenient excuse for one of Noy's KKK to replace the official state car.

Yung bong go (yung presidential photo bomber) kala ko, body guard ni digong. Laging nakabuntot e. Laging nasa likod, nasa tabi ni digong.

Matindi pala yun. Chief Exec ba? Parang si Ochoa?

COS ni Du30 and his so-called utility man.

He's in the very inner circle of Du30.

[vinj]

D.M. Consunji eyes 'instant flyovers' for Duterte admin to solve gridlock | Money | GMA News Online

They've had those prefabricated steel flyovers in San Fernando, Pampanga. The first one is well over a decade old already. The second one was constructed two years ago.

[Juan Martinez]

The 8-point agenda is mainly to appease investors that no radical change will happen soon. Or yet. Or ever?

What's more important is who will be appointed to administer those agenda. The team who will screen.


Digong's focus will really be on peace and order.

This is one of the things I'm keen about. If kakagat ang DU30 administration as political payback to one of its supporters. Approving this self-serving proposal will worsen the traffic situation in MManila. The solution is to move people, not cars.

D.M. Consunji eyes 'instant flyovers' for Duterte admin to solve gridlock | Money | GMA News Online

WTF. bonggo for security and peace order?

he really looks like the former agriculture secretary of GMA, now congressman of the 3rd district of bohol, arthur yap.

management at DLSU. working with digong since 1998. no more.

[vinj]

WTF. bonggo for security and peace order?

he really looks like the former agriculture secretary of GMA, now congressman of the 3rd district of bohol, arthur yap.

management at DLSU. working with digong since 1998. no more.

I remember reading somewhere, that the incoming President will be responsible for making quite a number of appointments to the SC? I think Mar Roxas was the one who mentioned that before.

[Juan Martinez]

I remember reading somewhere, that the incoming President will be responsible for making quite a number of appointments to the SC? I think Mar Roxas was the one who mentioned that before.

yes, that's true. if you take a look at the jbc website (judicial and bar council), it is very clear that applications for judges of mtc, mtcc, mctc, and rtc of regions 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are being processed now by the jbc, and the president who will appoint them is no other than digong. in region 7 alone, there are more or less 40 vacancies for rtc judges.

PNoy before the ban on midnight appointment took effect on march 10, 2016 issued more or less 300 appointments to the judiciary and the doj.

[noitimed]

IMO, Greater Foreign ownership will make a huge difference. It will break the monopoly here in the Philippines. Greater foreign ownership doesnt include land ownership which is good

Duterte Has Investors Spellbound With Philippine Metamorphosis
Duterte Has Investors Spellbound With Philippine Metamorphosis - Bloomberg

Rodrigo Duterte is reinvigorating financial markets in the Philippines with his transformation into a business-friendly leader.

Having won the May 9 election, he now says he’s open to greater foreign ownership of businesses and will seek to eliminate corruption in the tax system.

“President-elect Duterte has conducted himself more as a statesman rather than a campaign brawler,” said Joey Cuyegkeng, an economist at ING Groep NV in Manila. “He’s now toning down and facing reality on what has to be done. Market-friendly actions would help sustain the peso’s strength.”

“For the moment, everybody is saying the right things,” said Paolo Magpale, a treasurer in Manila at BDO Private Bank, a unit of the country’s largest lender.

“A forceful campaign against crime and corruption could reap benefits for the Philippine economy over the long run,” said Andrew Wood, the Singapore-based head of Asia country risk at BMI Research, part of Fitch Group. “However, the methods by which Duterte goes about this will be hugely important. Too aggressive and he risks undermining near-term business sentiment and economic growth.”

[anonemus]

WTF. bonggo for security and peace order?

he really looks like the former agriculture secretary of GMA, now congressman of the 3rd district of bohol, arthur yap.

management at DLSU. working with digong since 1998. no more.

Part of the incoming inner circle: Go, Cayetano, Evasco

[anonemus]

IMO, Greater Foreign ownership will make a huge difference. It will break the monopoly here in the Philippines. Greater foreign ownership doesnt include land ownership which is good

Duterte Has Investors Spellbound With Philippine Metamorphosis
Duterte Has Investors Spellbound With Philippine Metamorphosis - Bloomberg

Rodrigo Duterte is reinvigorating financial markets in the Philippines with his transformation into a business-friendly leader.

Having won the May 9 election, he now says he’s open to greater foreign ownership of businesses and will seek to eliminate corruption in the tax system.

“President-elect Duterte has conducted himself more as a statesman rather than a campaign brawler,” said Joey Cuyegkeng, an economist at ING Groep NV in Manila. “He’s now toning down and facing reality on what has to be done. Market-friendly actions would help sustain the peso’s strength.”

“For the moment, everybody is saying the right things,” said Paolo Magpale, a treasurer in Manila at BDO Private Bank, a unit of the country’s largest lender.

“A forceful campaign against crime and corruption could reap benefits for the Philippine economy over the long run,” said Andrew Wood, the Singapore-based head of Asia country risk at BMI Research, part of Fitch Group. “However, the methods by which Duterte goes about this will be hugely important. Too aggressive and he risks undermining near-term business sentiment and economic growth.”

Without structural reforms, the DU30 administration will just allow the global oligarchs to replace the local oligarchs.

[Juan Martinez]

Part of the incoming inner circle: Go, Cayetano, Evasco

the guy on the right side isn't mayor jun evasco. the latter is already old with white hair but still good looking and very humble. that guy is ugly.

[anonemus]

the guy on the right side isn't mayor jun evasco. the latter is already old with white hair but still good looking and very humble. that guy is ugly.

My bad. He's Glenn Escandor, owner of Mandaya Hotel, close friend of Go
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[Juan Martinez]

jun evasco is a very interesting guy. soft spoken, humble, and unassuming. he was the parish priest of catigbian, bohol when his convent was raided by the military in the late 70s on suspicion that he was a subversive. he went to the hills and became an npa commander. he graduated his theology at seminario mayor in cebu city. had a master's degree at ateneo. undefeated for three terms as mayor of maribojoc.

[Flipo]

Change, or a U-turn? | Inquirer Opinion

Change, or a U-turn?

By: Rina Jimenez-David
*inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer 01:14 AM May 13th, 2016

“Change is coming” was the campaign mantra of Rodrigo Duterte’s camp, and indeed it was a most tantalizing prospect, especially given that the main opponent was promising “continuity” via the “daang matuwid.”

But if “change” meant new faces, new policies, new directions and a fresh perspective, it seems we’ll be disappointed. Let me start with the cast of characters surrounding the presumptive winner of the presidential election, beginning with that sleaze ball lawyer Sal Panelo on the fringes of the circle of followers surrounding the Davao mayor wherever he goes. Then there are the other old faces, mainly former Cabinet members dating back to the Ramos and Arroyo administrations, indicating that instead of moving forward, what we’re witnessing is in fact a U-turn. Reports have it that these former secretaries, along with retired generals and big-time Mindanao business leaders, were largely responsible for engineering and financing Duterte’s run for president. What was their motive?

A possible scenario, hinted at, if not stated outright, is the release from hospital detention of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, even if she still faces corruption charges. Then there are Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Bong Revilla, doubtless salivating at the prospect of joining Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, who was released on bail on compassionate grounds. Will Janet Lim Napoles be crashing the party, too?

I don’t get it. Opinion polls say that “graft and corruption,” second only to crime and drugs, I think, is the issue about which voters, many of them supporting Mayor Digong, were most concerned. And yet, why this seeming tolerance for the return of the “big fish” finally caught in the net of anticorruption bodies in public life? Where’s the change—at least the positive change—now?

* * *

There have also been claims made that ordinances that have supposedly made Davao a peaceful, crime-free city will be implemented nationally.

These include the imposition of a curfew on minors as well as the ban on smoking in public places, on the sale of alcohol, and even on loud karaoke sessions that disturb the sleep of neighbors.

Is this indicative of the priorities of the presumptive winner of the presidential election? I thought he promised to go hammer-and-tongs against major crime syndicates, smugglers, drug pushers and street criminals. But with police kept busy chasing after young people out on the streets past 1 a.m., public smokers, drinkers and out-of-tune singers caterwauling in the wee hours, will they have the time and energy to go after big-time criminals, much less manage the traffic?

Perhaps the mayor’s image-builders are just trying to create a more accessible version of their tough-talking principal, addressing the “little” problems that pose a daily, constant irritation to ordinary folk who can be easily placated by little measures, forgetting the bigger, more difficult and vastly more dangerous and complicated issues that bedevil society.

We were promised “change,” but so far the changes in the works are rather underwhelming. We’re still waiting for clearer directions that promise more decisive policies and actions. But if overturning the historic rulings against corrupt officials is the starting point, then the road to change will be rocky indeed.

* * *

More humanizing are the video footage of the mayor breaking down in front of the graves of his parents, especially of his mother Soledad, a public school teacher known to many Davaoeños as “Nanay Soling.”

Described as strong-willed and of imposing demeanor, Nanay Soling retired from teaching when her husband entered politics, and even as an elderly widow was an anti-Marcos activist, even debating then visiting Defense Minister Enrile in a public event. No doubt she played a big influence on her son, even if the mayor’s political genes can be traced to his father Vicente, who served as Davao’s governor for many years.

Duterte was overheard begging his mother for “guidance” as he prepared to assume the presidency, a reality that may have suddenly hit him the morning after the voting. Who knew the tough-talking, swaggering mayor was a “Mama’s boy”? But as sociologist and Inquirer columnist Randy David has observed, isn’t every macho a Mama’s boy?

But it was refreshing to see the mayor caught in a vulnerable moment, allowing the public a tiny peek into his humanity and, yes, his weakness.

He might yet defy the stereotype of the macho who is unfeeling and incapable of empathy. His lingering devotion to his Nanay Soling might yet soften the rougher edges of his persona.

* * *

I’m also glad to see former senator and now Taguig congresswoman-elect Pia Cayetano joining the Duterte “transition team,” mainly, so reports say, to ensure that gender fairness prevails in the incoming administration.

To be sure, Cayetano may have been recruited as a “deodorizer” for the multifarious odorous offenses that the mayor has committed against women—from “joking” about rape, and the gang rape of an Australian missionary at that, to bestowing his lascivious favors on women at his rallies, some of whom were visibly unwilling, if not offended.

Cayetano has been quoted as saying that a “gender-sensitive” Duterte Cabinet doesn’t necessarily mean having an equitable number of women in it. That what’s more important is that all Cabinet members, as well as the president, are gender-sensitive and will mainstream women’s concerns.

I don’t know about that, “Cong” Pia. The cast of characters around the mayor don’t seem all that feminist to me.

[anonemus]

jun evasco is a very interesting guy. soft spoken, humble, and unassuming. he was the parish priest of catigbian, bohol when his convent was raided by the military in the late 70s on suspicion that he was a subversive. he went to the hills and became an npa commander. he graduated his theology at seminario mayor in cebu city. had a master's degree at ateneo. undefeated for three terms as mayor of maribojoc.

So many like-storied progressives who joined Erap when he won...but got eaten by the corrupt system.

I hope progressives like Evasco will learn from their past peers.

[Juan Martinez]

So many like-storied progressives who joined Erap when he won...but got eaten by the corrupt system.

I hope progressives like Evasco will learn from their past peers.

i have the same hope too. BUT who the hell is BONGGO? peace and security portfolio for him? for photobombing maybe.

[dreamur]

My bad. He's Glenn Escandor, owner of Mandaya Hotel, close friend of Go
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On the lighter side, kaya pala hindi nag post glenn manikis dito sa forum nakipaglaro pala ng baskebol kay cayetano. :D Saan na kaya si macsd?

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[Kyle06]

"i have crossed the Rubicon"- Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, in declaring his candidacy for president.

and the new

[Juan Martinez]

On the lighter side, kaya pala hindi nag post glenn manikis dito sa forum nakipaglaro pala ng baskebol kay cayetano. :D Saan na kaya si macsd?

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lol bro! nagtataka din ako kung saan na, baka kinain na ng buhay ng mga babae 😅

[chua_riwap]

OT
Nagrireklamo itong si BBM, meron pa palang mga 600k reg voters na OAV. at di pa nabibilang ito.

Sabi nga ng Namfrel, baka maging "game changer" ito.