Digong, The President

[yebo]

49. Passport expiration extended to 10 years

5 years pa din lang.

[ClaNker]

Btw, mabuti di na nilagay yung pagbigay ng mga barko ng Japan at bagong bagon sa MRT.

Dapat kasali yan at ang malapit na pag bubukas ng NAIA Expressway. O diba in less than 100 days, sang damukal na agad nagawa.

Saan ka pa.

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[jefbuan]

As an ofw , I didnt vote for Duterte but maybe this guy had really concerns for OFWs here in Saudi than the previous admin..Some of my friends who were not paid by their company for 9 months received financial aid(Pph 26K) and food relief from our govt ..Sabi nila last december pa raw humingi ng tulong pero di daw pinapansin..

[kisshmet]

My suggestion is just to ignore the guy and he/she will get tired of it. Let us continue the intelligent discussions and pay no attention to hacks and suckers.

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I suggest otherwise, engage comentator in an elevated, meaningful and truthful discussion to expose the lies and deception they are propagating

Only then they will know that not all filipinos are gullible

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[kisshmet]

As an ofw , I didnt vote for Duterte but maybe this guy had really concerns for OFWs here in Saudi than the previous admin..Some of my friends who were not paid by their company for 9 months received financial aid(Pph 26K) and food relief from our govt ..Sabi nila last december pa raw humingi ng tulong pero di daw pinapansin..

If the previous admin lined their pocket with public funds then the current admin wont have that money to dispense so quickly

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[ClaNker]

Duterte tabloid launched ahead of TV show

MANILA, Philippines – Remember President Rodrigo Duterte's weekend television show when he was still Davao City mayor?

Soon, the show Gikan Sa Masa, Para Sa Masa will be launched as a national television show and will be renamed Mula Sa Masa, Para Sa Masa, Palace Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said on Thursday, August 18.

But while preparations for the TV show are still underway, the Presidential Communications Office is set to release the tabloid version of the show with the same title.

"Ladies and gentlemen, habang wala pa po 'yung television show, ginagawa pa po namin 'yung studio sa Malacañang (while the TV show is not yet ready, we are still preparing the studio in Malacañang), please welcome Mula Sa Masa, Para Sa Masa tabloid," said Andanar during a Thursday press conference in Davao City.

He held up the first edition of the tabloid covering the dates August 19-31, 2016. Unsurprisingly, the main story is about Duterte's war on drugs.

Andanar said it will be a bi-monthly publication with an initial printing of 5,000 copies. The tabloid is free.

The topics of the tabloid are not all serious. It comes with an Entertainment or Showbiz section, said Andanar.

The Showbiz section even features a blind-item piece about a childstar whose career suffered from drug addiction and a singer whose talent faded due to vice.

Yerp there goes your tax money folks pero ok lang may FOI naman eh.

Wala man lang horoscope, result ng karera ng kabayo, at xerex.

[Ry_Tower]

Exactly. As for buying off the PNP and AFP... worked for idol Arroyo... works even better for Digong.



They became the PNP.

New leaf kuno, but many old faces still remained.

The impunity of their summary executions was passed on to a younger generation. While things have gotten better, there are still occassions where they take shortcuts and simply kill suspects. And one occassion, where I've heard that they've pulled a suspect out of the ER after a gunfight to take him to another hospital... far away... just to make sure that he wouldn't make it.



The middle class and provincials of the time didn't know much of what was going on.

Marcos controlled the media.

You never heard, at the time, about the killings, disappearances and how the law treated you differently if you had "connections"...

After the revolution, everything came out. There was chaos.

People only remember hearing about the police killings, disappearances and the like during Cory's time... which is why they don't associate them with Marcos.

Another big issue: You can't overhaul an entire rotten system overnight. So the corrupt officials from before stayed.

The abusive policemen from before stayed.

There was still corruption.

There was still summary execution.

And there was chaos in the streets because people had lost a lot of money in the years since 1983 and 1986... police were underfunded, crime went up.

But nobody remembered why that happened. All they remembered was that it was linked to the ouster of Marcos.

They didn't remember WHY we had no money and a morally corrupt police force. Or why the military kept revolting.

The didn't remember why the sugar plantations collapsed (crony politics) or why the industrialists fled our country in droves (crony politics). Hell... I still meet people who think the multinationals set out to screw us in the first place... not realizing that companies like Ford and DMG folded up because of cronies screwing with them.

Myopia.



Just because we want things to get better doesn't mean we should turn a blind eye to what is wrong.

How old are you? Did you have to deal with curfews? With killings in the streets? I've seen people shot, stabbed, beaten and tear-gassed. I've had two of the above happen to me, and the other two nearly happen. I've seen police abuse and radical violence. I've been hauled out of my car by police. I've been trotted out of a jeepney like a common criminal, lined up on the side of the road with other passengers.

I remember when rape-slays were a dime a dozen... weekly fodder for sensationalist tabloids. I've seen victims... no... it's not nice.

I laugh at all the millenials who believe that crime is worse than it has ever been. Crime is bad, make no mistake... but as a country, we have come a ****ing long way in the past thirty years. The previous two administrations have put us on the right track, economically, and the benefits of CLEAN infrastructure spending started under PNoy will come to fruitition with the completion of the NAIA Expressway and the Japanese rail project... the rail that everyone after FVR kept ignoring... who got that project again? Then there are the multinationals who've been returning in the past few years, and Chinese and Japanese companies setting up shop and producing new jobs. Is that nothing?

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Life is hard. Provincial development still isn't happening properly... but that's the nature of the beast. If we want our economy to grow, we chase the money... and the money isn't in agriculture. Not right now. I think it's a good thing if Digong will try to develop the provinces, but he should not ignore the steps we have made under Aquino, and he shouldn't focus on sky high promises, but also making the same kind of incremental improvements started in the past decade.

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So... blah blah crime... blah blah... life is frickin' hard. Tell me about it. Life was easy for me back in the day, too. Back when I was young, stupid and didn't understand what was going on in the Philippines and the world.

Would I like to go back again?

Hell no.

Only cowards refuse to face reality.

As always, very well said.

People who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither.

Aptly put sir.

[dreamur]

I heard that tax collections for July and August abruptly dropped. Let's wait for the official announcement but this could be the reason why they are scrambling for tax reforms (to the disadvantage of the investors ).

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[ClaNker]

I heard that tax collections for July and August abruptly dropped. Let's wait for the official announcement but this could be the reason why they are scrambling for tax reforms (to the disadvantage of the investors ).

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More of that and bye bye investors.

[namwaran]

Okay. No one posted the FOI exceptions. I'll move on.

Mandatory ROTC- di ako agree dito. Source of corruption yan. Mas mabuti gawin na lang National Service style gaya ng Singapore na pwede military or civil defense

This one I would agree. Our youth have little sense on patriotism. False Pinoy Pride all over FB. I only see millennials caring about the WPS issue or the Arbitration case and most of it are found in various fora.

What I mean is urong-sulong din statements niya. SImetimes sasabihin niya totoo na pumatay siya, sometimes i-dedeny tapos magagalit kapag iniimbestigahan. What gives? Ikaw hindi ka ba nagtataka sa sa stye niyang bulok?

What I observed is the guy is tactless during the campaign period and usually engages in such tirades when triggered. I remember the Trollanes propaganda a few days before election was nasty. I guess he is still in that mood of attacks since he won.

So far, I can't say he's done excellent and I can't say he's done real bad as a president. Too early for me to say.

[namwaran]

I heard that tax collections for July and August abruptly dropped. Let's wait for the official announcement but this could be the reason why they are scrambling for tax reforms (to the disadvantage of the investors ).

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That's not so good to hear. How much drop? I think the tax collection last May didn't hit their target as well.

More of that and bye bye investors.

This one I can agree with. Foreign investors or corporate tax payers are usually willing to pay right taxes as they trust that these taxes are mostly for infrastructure. If infrastructure development slows down, expect lesser foreign investments. Japan might not like that and they're our 2nd largest source of foreign investment next to US.

[anonemus]

Would you be kind enough to post the exceptions? I can't recall seeing those except for possibility of excepting police and military intelligence gathering. Thanks!

[namwaran]

Thanks! Still does not have a clear cut guidelines which sounds like DOJ has the control of. I think that'd be determined on August 28 then.

[anonemus]

Thanks! Still does not have a clear cut guidelines which sounds like DOJ has the control of. I think that'd be determined on August 28 then.

I bet there won't be any.

But generally speaking, national security is invoked as an exemption to public scrutiny. Duterte's intelligence and confidential allocations (P2.5B) are exempted from FOI.

[badkuk]

i hope we won't resort to borrowing to cover the budget. The past admin made a lot of headway in reducing our foreign debt, thereby increasing PH's investment grade, thereby encouraging foreign investment.

Dominoes.

[anonemus]

i hope we won't resort to borrowing to cover the budget. The past admin made a lot of headway in reducing our foreign debt, thereby increasing PH's investment grade, thereby encouraging foreign investment.

Dominoes.

Ahhh....



As to foreign investments, Europeans are now taking a wait-and-see attitude


From this link: http://www.bworldonline.com/content....tors&id=132189

There’s a hesitation at this point in time to really come in to the Philippines from an investment point of view because the people would rather be at a wait and see situation on how it turns out,” ECCP President Guenter Taus said at the sidelines of an EU-Philippine relations forum on Thursday.

Mr. Taus was elaborating on remarks he made in response to a question at the forum pointing out the extrajudicial killings amid the government’s war on drugs. President Rodrigo R. Duterte won by a landslide in this year’s election on the promise to rid the country of illegal drugs and their related criminality.

“This is not a judgmental issue. This is basically what we see and what we feel when we talk to international business trying to set up in the Philippines,” Mr. Taus also said.

“We’re not looking at it from a political point of view -- really from a business point of view. Everybody waits and sees what [findings] the human rights commission comes up with,” he said, referring to the almost 90 cases of suspected killings brought to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR).

“So I think this would explain the hesitation in business attitude and people are just waiting to see how it’s gonna end.”

When asked if he had any specific industry in mind, Mr. Taus said: “Nobody in particular we want to mention here, but it’s a general sentiment that we sense when [we] talk, when we do our trade missions in Europe.”

Apart from this, the Senate committee on justice and human rights, chaired by Senator Leila M. de Lima, would hold a probe in aid of legislation next week on the spate of killings since President Rodrigo R. Duterte assumed office on June 30.

A total of 665 suspects have been killed in legitimate anti-drug operations, with 899 more deaths since July 1 under verification as to their circumstances, said Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director-General Ronald M. dela Rosa when he testified before the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs also on Thursday.

“Let’s give the new administration a hundred days and judge it from there. But I think if this would continue, we would probably see more hesitation from the international business community when they look at the Philippines,” Mr. Taus said.

[jack_husain]

1. 600k drug surrenderees; 5k+ arrested and 500 killed ;

The 600 would end up like the 500 killed if they did not give themselves up.

500 killed= 500 cases of denial of due process

2. Druglords, Mayors and protectors surfaced and admitted their involvement in illegal drugs after being named in public ;

Mayor Espinosa slept at Bato's White House.
Where is Peter Lim?

3. Executive Order on the FOI was signed;

Issued to be used as a ploy for shaming. Brilliant.

4. National Security Council was convened with 4 past presidents present;

what's the big deal? it was just a meeting of septuagenarians and octogenarians. what did they accomplish? do we have now exclusive dominion of the west Philippine sea?

5. Emergency 911 hotline and 8888 for corruption-related reports implemented nationwide:

calls are mostly pranks. the same hotline used by the police, bureau of fire, or hospital, but change to a different number. nothing new.

6. Rehabilitation of the AFP Medical Center and additional hospital benefits for soldiers

nothing spectacular. that's the job of the commander-in-chief.

7. Permits of some big mining companies ordered suspended and the rest are under review

SOME only why not all. what about ding borja's mining activities? selective? because they kumpare, and kumpare with Peter Lim?

8. Big businessmen, oligarchs and tax evaders next on name list

what's wrong with big businessmen?

9. Order to implement appointment basis in all transactions with government and "no queing" policy

what's wrong with first come first serve basis? why not increase the numbers of frontliners?

10. Immediate repatriation of 11k OFWs stranded in Saudi now underway

are they actually, immediately repatriated now? are they in the country now? why we have OFWs in the first place? he should stop the old labor export.

11. Ordered the dismantling of Laguna Lake fish pens and conversion into an eco-tourism zone

Ordered! are they actually dismantled now?

12. Malacañang gates opened to the masses and militant groups can talk to the President personally

so? then why our troops were ambushed in davao?

13. NAIA terminal 3 upgrading underway ; regular taxis now allowed inside

big deal! underway!

14. New Bilibid prison clean-up; millions of cash and high-tech gadgets confiscated by SAF

yes it's true. but the drugs are still there.

15. DA extended Php100M fund each to support Leyte and Apayao farmers

why leyte and apayao only?

16. p2B worth of hoarded machineries released to farmers

common sense! impossible to conceal TWO BILLION worth of machineries. they were just stocked in cotabato waiting for farmers' counterpart

17. Stock market went up significantly after his inauguration and SONA ;
investments start pouring in

it's not about him. the Philippines has strong economic fundamentals

18. Crime rate now down by 49%

yes, according to andanar

19. Informal talks with China on the WPS issue now ongoing

we won! what the hell is informal talks for?

20. Camp visits to almost all major service commands from Aparri to Jolo

with a promise to double their salary by December, but diokno is adamant- it is impossible, not covered by the proposed GAA (general appropriation act)

21. Implementing phase of peace agreement with MILF already launched

as early as 2010, we already have peace with them

22. Ramon Ang and Roberto Ongpin has committed billions of pesos for the establishment of drug rehab centers

Roberto Ongpin, the "oligarch"? is this a peace offering? wow!

23. Bus terminals along EDSA ordered removed to ease traffic

Ordered! no more traffic in EDSA now because of the order?

24. Validity of driver's license extended to 5 years

I renewed my license in march 2016. it is valid up to 2021. what's new?

25. Mandatory ROTC in college curriculum ordered revived;

so?

26. Quiapo, Pasay and Divisoria cleaned up of sidewalk vendors;

do we still have the local government code? is that the job of the President?

27. Operating hours of LRT lines extended up to 10:15pm

bravo! this is huge achievement. why not make it around-the-clock?

28. PagCor funds relocated for health care services;

what about before? same, right?

29. Barangay Drug Cleaning program implemented nationwide;

what's this suppose to mean? genocide?

30. Issued directive NOT to address the President as His Excellency, his Cabinet Secretaries as Honorable

what difference does it make, populist?

31. Realignment of 12 agencies under one Cabinet Secretary;

yes, giving unbridled authority to one person only over these agencies-- evasco :clapclap:

32. Increased the allowances of Olympic athletes;

hahaha! kahit ito achievement? how much?

33. Approved the hosting of the 2017 Miss Universe beauty pageant in Manila;

ouch! my foot!

34. Tons of smuggled sugar confiscated by Bureau of Customs;

it's the customs' job.

35. Businessmen strongly urged to end contractualization;

URGED!

36. Bureau of Quarantine official sacked;

oh Christ! duh!

37. Ordered the burial of the late Pres. Marcos at the LNMB;

why not make Marcos our national hero? and make September 21 our independence day!

38. Rebel couple released from prison to pave the way for the resumption of talks with the CPP-NPA;

it goes without saying! how could we talk peace with them if they are still inside?

39. DILG spearheads the information campaign on Federalism ;

you call this achievement?

40. Ordered the AFP to pulverize the Abu Sayyaf

pulverized?! why they are still cutting necks with glee?

41. Directed all gov't employees to refrain from travelling abroad to attend seminars;

really? check the records of BI. there officials who went to France to attend seminars lately.

42. No VIP treatment in airports, hotels and malls in undergoing security inspections;

This is only in paper, not in real practice

43. Travel by plane ONLY on economy class for all gov't employees;

why the hell they should take the plane in the first place?

44. Ban of the use of number coding car plates for government officials;

damn! still in practice

45. Implementation of curfew for minors ;

supreme court issued a TRO

46. Ban on the use of landmines by rebel groups in offensive military operations

hahaha! it's in the Geneva convention. he just pointed it out to the reds. does he have operational control over the npa for him to order the latter: "hey, pntangina! ban the use land mines!" they are called rebels! nagrerebelde nga!

47. Extension of break time by gov't employees maybe considered as a crime of estafa;

only congress can define a crime

48. No more "Tanim Bala", decriminalizing the mere possession of bullets;

only congress can repeal a law

49. Passport expiration extended to 10 years

👏

50. Reopening of the Malacañang of the South to lessen official engagements and cause traffic in Manila.

it was not closed. there is only one Malacañang of the South and it's in Cebu. They have this stupid sounding Panacañang in Davao!

Tor, it's either you are paid hack or plain stupid.

[namwaran]

And the wheel continues to turn.

PNoy used around P4.1T of debt. So, with the amount of P631B, Digong is set to end his term with P3.7T.

Though, it's not all bad to have foreign debts if credit rating is going up which means our economy is perceived as capable of such. One good thing about debt is it accelerates the completion of projects. That is if it really is used properly.

[namwaran]

it was not closed. there is only one Malacañang of the South and it's in Cebu. They have this stupid sounding Panacañang in Davao!

Tor, it's either you are paid hack or plain stupid.

I thought we're going the high road here?

Anyway, I think Panacañang is a paronomasia for where the premises is located - Panacan. Came from a type of fish iirc.

Though I agree that the list is a bit stretched and the source is probably from a fanboy FB page.

[Juan Martinez]

I thought we're going the high road here?

namwaran, you need not defend commentator. he saw it coming. there is nothing high about this guy. he sets the bar of public discourse too law.