Digong, The President

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Tiba-Tiba yun lavaña and ata. Infrastructure and GOCC respectively. Grabe! The next Filipino billioners!


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Bong go! Baka privatized na PNP. [emoji16]


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[Ry_Tower]

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.

THe guy on the right is Vhong Hilario 20years from now.

[Monseratto]

Hope maayos yung mess na naiwan starting with Roxas not renewing the maintenance contract and puting incompetant officials due to Yellow Party affiliation...

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Change, or a U-turn?





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By:*Rina Jimenez-David, May 13th, 2016 01:14 AM



“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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Duterte's background

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His Excellency Rodrigo “Digong” Roa Duterte: The First Muslim Maranao-Kamayo Indigenous President of the Republic of the Philippines (expanded edition, 05.13.16)

President Rodrigo “Digong” R. Duterte’s parents were Cebuano lawyer Vicente G. Duterte and Soledad Roa, a native of Cabadbaran, Agusan, who was a school teacher and a civic leader of Maranao descent thus, Ka Digong possess Moro bloodline. While he is a devout Catholic and his father, former Governor Vicente Duterte, was a true-blue Cebuano, his mother, the late Soledad Roa Duterte, had both Maranao and Kamayo blood in her. The Maranaos are among the tribes in the Southern Philippines living in the periphery or vicinity of Lake Lanao who embraced Islam while the Camayos are the tribal people of Surigao and Agusan. The Kamayo People are concentrated in Bislig City, Lianga, Marihatag, and San Agustin in Surigao del Sur, Mindanao. A scattered population is also found in Cateel and Baganga, Davao Oriental. Kamayo is related linguistically to the Tausug and Butuanon, and belongs to the Meso and central Philippine family of languages.

The Duterte matriarch was born in Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte to a family which had Chinese, Maranao and Camayo lineage. Duterte’s first-born son, Paulo, also married a Tausug-Maranao girl and his children have embraced Islam so that Ka Digong has Muslim grandchildren.

The Roas are descendants of Rajah Sam****a, an 18th century warrior nobleman from the Sultanate of Baloi and Tagoloan, who married a Spanish noblewoman. The Roa family took refuge in Dansalan (now Marawi City) under the care of Sultan Alauya Alonto during the Japanese war. Sam****a's lineage can be traced to the bloodline of Moriatao a Bai in Uato (Balindong) and Maruhom Baraguir of Maguindanao and Mala Bayabao (Ditsaan Ramain). The Pelaezes, Neris, Cabilis, Chavezes, Emanos, etc. are descendants of Rajah Sam****a as well. Sharif Kabungsuan, grandson of Sultan Zein ul Abedin of Malaysia (Johor) is the ancestor of Rajah Sam****a.

Sharif Kabungsuan is the great, great grandson of Fatma Zohra (Fatimid Dynasty), daughter of the Prophet Mohammed, according to Malaysian genealogy experts. All Sultans of Mindanao (Maguindanao (3), Sulu (1) and Pata Pongampong a Ranao (4), Malaysia and Brunei must descend from that bloodline, as a rule.

Rodrigo "Rody" Roa Duterte nicknamed Digong, is a Filipino lawyer, politician and the presumptive 16th President-elect of the Republic of the Philippines. He is among the longest-serving mayors in the Philippines and has been mayor of Davao City, a highly urbanized city on Mindanao Island, for seven terms, totalling more than 22 years. He has also served as vice-mayor of and congressman for the city.

Popular with the locals due to his successful zero tolerance policies against criminals, he was given the nickname "The Punisher" by Time Magazine. During Digong Duterte's 22 years in office, the crime rate in Davao City, in the 1970s and 1980s known as the "murder capital of the Philippines," went down. Rodrigo Duterte had been urged to run for the Philippine presidency numerous times but refused these offers until well into 2015 on the grounds of a "flawed government system" and opposition from his family.

Nevertheless, on November 21, 2015 he declared his candidacy in the 2016 election contest for the office of the President of the Philippines and now recently holds the highest vote ever accorded to a President of almost 16 million votes surpassing that of Nonoy Aquino who supported the candidacy of Mar Roxas. VACC Chairman Martin Bobot Badulis Diño filed the Presidential candidacy in his behalf and the rest is history.

Ka Digong Duterte was born on March 28, 1945, in Maasin which is now the capital of Southern Leyte but was then part of the insular province of Leyte in the Philippine Commonwealth. His parents were Cebuano lawyer Vicente G. Duterte and Soledad Roa, a native of Cabadbaran, Agusan, who was a school teacher and a civic leader of Maranao descent. Duterte's father Vicente, prior to being provincial governor of (the then-undivided) Davao province, was once a mayor of Danao in Cebu. Rodrigo's cousin Ronald, on the other hand, served as Cebu City mayor from 1983 to 1986. Ronald’s father, Ramon Duterte, also held the position from 1957 to 1959. The Dutertes consider the political families of the Durano and the Almendras clan as relatives. Duterte also has relatives from the Roa clan in Leyte through his mother's side. Before they resettled to Davao, Duterte's family lived in his birthplace in Maasin, Leyte, and in his father's hometown in Danao, Cebu, until he was five years old.

The Dutertes initially moved to Mindanao in 1948 but still go back and forth to the Visayas. They finally settled in the Davao Region in 1951. Vicente as a lawyer engaged in private practice, while Soledad taught in public schools as a teacher. Mrs Duterte, however, retired as a supervisor in 1952 when her lawyer-husband entered politics there. She left government service owing to the demands of being a wife of an active politician. As wife of the governor, she became familiar with the social and economic problems of the people, especially out-of-school youth, women, children and the disabled.

Research: Datuk Delmar Nur Faramarz Ferdowsi Salah Ad-Din Topinio Taclibon, Bt., DKR, KRSS, MBA, Phd.D.A.

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[noitimed]

Hope maayos yung mess na naiwan starting with Roxas not renewing the maintenance contract and puting incompetant officials due to Yellow Party affiliation...

Someone explained before here dito sa tsikot why MRT mess is not because of Pnoy admin. I think nobody contested that post. Perhaps most agree that the current admin should not be blamed for that.

[wowiesy]

Someone explained before here dito sa tsikot why MRT mess is not because of Pnoy admin. I think nobody contested that post. Perhaps most agree that the current admin should not be blamed for that.

it was said before by Mar.. that the issue with MRT3.. was when it was proposed... tipong masyado malaki ang kita ng mga owners (parang ganun).. at yun ang punto na gusto sana nilang baguhin... but since the contract was valid.. hindi din nila basta basta mabago... kung bakit hinayaan ng gobyerno noon na maging ganoon ang arrangement..malamang same mentality ito with the PPP (power purchase thingy) as an offshoot of the "dark years" of the late Cory Aquino Administration noong panay ang brownouts na ...

eventually government wanted to buy out the MRT3 from the owners... but I don't know kung yang process na yan ay nasimulan na or nasa nego pa rin (mukhang hindi pa since pumapapel pa rin ang MRTH)...

kung paano nagka roon ng opportunity or basis ang DOTC na pumasok.. pahintuin si Sumitomo (which I think had a contract w/ MRTH then) yan di ko na alam... dyan na nagsimula lahat... may nabasa ako na DOTC discovered na Sumitomo wasn't really doing maintenance... walang mga parts na being purchased at nire recycle o reallocate lang yung ibang parts ... pero not sure kung totoo ba talaga yun o pasahan lang ng sisi...

so hindi nga pina renew ang Sumitomo... pero yung ibang ipinasok na supposedly providers... parang hindi rin nagawa yung dapat gawin... so yan na...

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Nice

[Juan Martinez]

Someone explained before here dito sa tsikot why MRT mess is not because of Pnoy admin. I think nobody contested that post. Perhaps most agree that the current admin should not be blamed for that.

PGong and his handlers promised to fix the MRT mess, IF ANY. now, as promised, let them fix it. if hell they can't, don't act like their facking APOLOGIST.

most people here give THE PUNISHER a chance. stop writing posts that tends to divide the people from pro or against the administration of PGong. YOU, of all people, should know that. you are a doctor, right? you treat diseases, right? you know that there are sore losers, right?

PGong has already extended his hand for purposes of reconciliation, DON'T facking get in the way. comprende?

WTF. the guy hasn't even taken his oath of office and there you are.

[fireice2.0]

To all Duterte haters, I can finally say thank GOD di na elitista ang presidente!! Lex Talionis the Best!

[anonemus]

To all Duterte haters, I can finally say thank GOD di na elitista ang presidente!! Lex Talionis the Best!

That's what Erap fans also said when he won as President. Just temper your expectations because PGong's campaign financiers from big businesses like mining and agribusiness will expect their ROI soon.

Be on the lookout also for more Chinese investors suddenly coming in.

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*Atty JM, ayos yung "PGong" na term 😀👍

[ClaNker]

To all Duterte haters, I can finally say thank GOD di na elitista ang presidente!! Lex Talionis the Best!

Walang kamag anak, walang kumpare, walang kaibigan! That did not end well.

Tagal ng December at nang ma kubra ko na ang panalo ko sa kaibigan ko.

[Walter]

The Chinese investors are already here, they have been here for a long time already. They are all over the world. They are into almost every industry, whether directly or indirectly.

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To all Duterte haters, I can finally say thank GOD di na elitista ang presidente!! Lex Talionis the Best!

Maybe you haven't met your quota yet? You're too late already.

[jut703]

PGong and his handlers promised to fix the MRT mess, IF ANY. now, as promised, let them fix it. if hell they can't, don't act like their facking APOLOGIST.

most people here give THE PUNISHER a chance. stop writing posts that tends to divide the people from pro or against the administration of PGong. YOU, of all people, should know that. you are a doctor, right? you treat diseases, right? you know that there are sore losers, right?

PGong has already extended his hand for purposes of reconciliation, DON'T facking get in the way. comprende?

WTF. the guy hasn't even taken his oath of office and there you are.

By "current admin" I believe he means the PNoy admin, not the PDiggy admin.

BTW, I was the one who posted the intricacies of the MRT conundrum. In summary:

- MRTC got a very good deal at 15% for 25 years, at the expense of or gov't
- MRTC is in charge of MRT maintenance, not govt. Govt just pays
- MRTC's original contractor, Sumitomo, started screwing up as early as 2005. COA found out that they were cannibalizing parts from other running trains instead of ordering spare parts
- When Sumitomo's contract expired, they were renewed 4 more times, at ridiculously higher rates each time, with the same crap service
- When DOTC intervened because of Sumitomo's crap, they were replaced by PHTrams/CB&T (maintenance contractor of LRT1)
- It was found that PHTrams was connected with Vitangcol so he was charged with graft
- Busan is now the contractor of the MRT, after going through the proper bidding process
- New trains could've been brought in as early as 2014, but Sobrepeña (MRTC) filed a TRO because he "didn't trust Dalian". Dalian produces trains for Singapore's train system.
- TRO was eventually lifted and we were able to bring in the first batch of trains this year, one set of which is already operating
- Gov't is already moving to buy out the MRT contract from MRTC. It costs 47B pesos though so it will take time to allot budget for it. Once gov't-owned, Sobrepeña can no longer lay a finger on the MRT.

I'm disturbed with Duterte's talks with Sobrepena. It might happen that all the reforms being pushed by the Aquino admin will be scrapped and Sobrepena will be in control again. Hopefully more details about PDiggy's plan for the MRT are released.

[noitimed]

That's what Erap fans also said when he won as President. Just temper your expectations because PGong's campaign financiers from big businesses like mining and agribusiness will expect their ROI soon.

Be on the lookout also for more Chinese investors suddenly coming in.

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*Atty JM, ayos yung "PGong" na term 😀👍

Incidentally, I bought ACR stocks last week anticipating a duterte win. It went up this week and immediately sold it. ACR is a mining company from davao AFAIK. Mining has been down for the past years. Many are predicting the resurrection of mining industry under duterte.

[anonemus]

The Chinese investors are already here, they have been here for a long time already. They are all over the world. They are into almost every industry, whether directly or indirectly.

You're right. But I did say be in the lookout for MORE Chinese investors. Exponentially more like during GMA's time.

[anonemus]

Incidentally, I bought ACR stocks last week anticipating a duterte win. It went up this week and immediately sold it. ACR is a mining company from davao AFAIK. Mining has been down for the past years. Many are predicting the resurrection of mining industry under duterte.

One of DU30's biggest campaign funders is Zamora of Nickel Asia. But Digong banned mining in Davao City. I'm curious to see what he will do in this sector and who he will appoint at DENR.

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One of DU30's biggest campaign funders is Zamora of Nickel Asia. But Digong banned mining in Davao City. I'm curious to see what he will do in this sector and who he will appoint at DENR.

Bagsak pa naman yata income ng nickel Asia.


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[anonemus]

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

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