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(Topic: The Marcoses Should Be Careful What They Wish For)
Name: Rodel Rodis
City/State/Country: San Francisco, CA
IP Address: 50.79.39.134
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A number of readers who describe themselves as Christians have posted comments asking us to forgive Marcos for his sins and for us to move on. But, last I checked, biblical forgiveness is conditional, its release dependent on true repentance (Luke 17:3-4). "Christians are called to forgive others as God has forgiven us (Matt 6:12; Eph. 4:32). By example, God forgives those who confess their sins and repent of their actions (1 John 1:9). The forgiveness of God is not unconditional: God requires faith and repentance. Like God, we should be ready to offer forgiveness to all, yet also require genuine remorse and a change in behavior. Therefore, we should only forgive those who truly repent and look to the Cross for grace and help in their time of moral failure (cf. Psalm 51:4)." None of the Marcoses have confessed their sins nor have they shown any
repentance or expressed remorse of any kind. Show pity and compassion towards the tens of thousands of Filipinos whose loved ones were killed by Marcos and his cohorts. Pity the millions of Filipinos living in poverty because of the atrocious plunder committed by the Marcoses. Forgive?
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: Burial at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani--As dictator responsible for 3,257 killed 35,000 tortured and 70,000 incarcerated..Because Martial law was declared to extend himself in power.. in short...for greed. Imee Manotoc was adjudicated as responsible for the torture and death of Mr Trajano whose only crime was asking Imee a question during a rally..They should not have been elected anymore thus
Filipinos have short memories. Fake medals and this current President would allow FM to be buries at the Libingan ng Maga Bayani. I'm glad I'm now a U.S. citizen.
Name: Hit&Run
City/State/Country: ONTHEROAD
IP Address: 98.91.4.158
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So far martial law is our most valuable lesson in our history. To the ordinary Filipino, who is the most vulnerable to injustice, the true and ugly pictures of a government by decree are just starting to unfold. We must not let this dark period of our country be repeated by anyone man. We must not shed blood in silence; spill it by fighting against injustice.
Name: IRENE SACOCO
City/State/Country: PHILIPPINES
IP Address: 168.235.1.4
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There is such a thing that says RIP. If you believe in prayers, if you believe in God there is indeed!
Word of Mouth is Human Rights the leftist and Not have their ups and downs also.
We all should have the pros and the cons on both sides of the groups..be fair. listen and understand both sides and our country as well as our fellowmen will find peace not only to ourselves..........
Name: DEONNA MAOAL
City/State/Country: PHILIPPINES
IP Address: 168.235.1.4
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Why Filipinos are so much of hatred, having a hard time to move on for goodness or righteousness, so pessimistic, why are we having a hard
time to forgive and forget when we ourselves are not perfect at all? Why full of drama in our lives? Why make it so complicated? please life is too short ,please we have the 10 commandments to follow to make our lives unmiserable! Stop all the negative propagandas! Stop the lies! Thank you
Selected Comments
(Topic: A Libingan ng mga Bayani Burial: Is Slyness a Marcos Family Trait?)
Name: Hit&Run
City/State/Country: ONTHEROAD
IP Address: 74.178.27.164
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The spirit of the truly heroic and deserving deceased people interred in LMB will be violated if this man's body be buried in that sacred place. Let's not desecrate that hallowed ground by allowing his remains to muddy a rather decent place for the true martyrs of our land.
Name: BatoCatPhil
City/State/Country: LV, Nv.
IP Address: 75.142.253.184
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Marcoses already have valid contract about Ferdie's burial and they want it twisted to disturb those real heroes in LIbingan ng mga Bayani. Wow, what a family of worms are they? This is a sign that P.I. would not be able to move forward if the present administration allow it, what a super joke.
Name: Juan
City/State/Country: Angeles city
IP Address: 67.111.83.250
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Fake your records and you will have the chance to be a hero.
Name: Hit&Run
City/State/Country: ONTHEROAD
IP Address: 74.178.27.164
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Let the president decide on this, trivial, if not laughable matter. One thing I can say with conviction is Marcos doesn't deserved to be interned there. The inexcusable crime and excesses done by him and his wife during their term of office overshadowed and voided their claim for his supposed heroic service to the nation even if that was true.
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: Ex Pres. Ramos Agreement with the Marcos Family. I believe the recollection of EX Pres Ramos is corroborated by some memos that are still in
Malacañang. When he extended himself in power in violation of the Constitution, I believe he lost any claim to be buried at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani.
I can't believe that the FM excesses when he was a dictator are not in our history books to be taught to school children. He extended himself in power because he was greedy..thus the final punishment for him being literally kicked out of the islands by the Filipino
people. Now we honor him with a burial in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. There are still many
unsolved disapperances..what happened to Tivo Mijares is still a mystery. It is a good example of FM's abuse of power.
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: Sol Gen. Jose Calida..His Argument is that by burying FM in the Libingan ng Mga Bayani(LNMB) it doesn't make him a hero.. True but why do you have to bury him there when it has been proven that he declared Martial Law to extend himself in the Presidency and he caused the disappearance and death of so many innocent Filipinos because of his
greed. In the first place the family agreed with the condition of Ex-Pres. Ramos that he can be admitted back to the P.I. but that he has to be be buried ib Ilocos Norte.
Name: alfonso
City/State/Country: la Habra, Ca.
IP Address: 76.90.233.8
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Marcos blind Loyalist would always say that the media is bias against the Marcoses. What most media outlet are doing are showing documentary evidence that solidly attacks the credibility of Marcos' fake heroism. Philstar for one has shown through the "Vera files" that Marcos has placed the name of Fidel Ramos (FVR) as one of his commanders in his so-called "Maharlika Guerrilla" when in fact Fidel (yes, the former president) was only 15 years old at the time of the war. Media should ask FVR why he allowed his name to be used for Marcos money-making tale that was rejected by the US Army.
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: Burial of FM in the Libingan ng mga Bayani.. There was an agreement that he should be buried in Ilocos Norte then FM's remains should be buried there. Ex President Ramos reason was the abuses committed during Martial law..There was no reason for Martial Law other than to illegally extend FM's term and continue their Plunder of Government funds and confiscating profitable Companies. e.g. Meralco. Martial Law
would not happen again because the Filipinos have learned their lesson they will die for their rights. If Duterte declares Martial Law he will be history in less than a year.
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: Speaking of abuses during Martial Law, here is one which I recall I read from the Los Angeles times sometime in 1989. A movie actor named George Hamilton (he appeared in a
commercial for Kentucky Fired Chicken). When FM and Imelda Marcos were exiled in Hawaii in 1989, The office of PCGG (Phil Commission on Good Government) then headed by
former Sen. the late Jovito Salonga was about to sue the Actor because there was a residential property worth $5 million in Beverly Hills Ca. in Hamilton's name but the money used to buy said Residence was Imelda's money.. Guess what George Hamilton did? He executed a Quitclaim deed in favor of the PCGG to avoid a law suit. He returned the ownership to the PCGG.
Name: Hit&Run
City/State/Country: ONTHEROAD
IP Address: 74.178.27.164
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The Philippine government must not engage the Marcos in a wishy0washy manner on this issue. For the sake of both parties, there are only two words to resolve this matter: YES or NO. Period.
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: Abuses during Martial Law- I believe it was about less than a year after Martial Law declaration, there was a headline in one of the Ph. Dailies. The Wall Street Journal of
Hong Kong was sued by JPE (Juan Ponce Enrile) for an Article in the WSJ which stated that JPE is a Partner in the Angara, Abello, Regala, Cruz & Conception or ACCRA Law as it was well known then. Of course the headline remained a headline. I don't recall what happened to that case. But I heard it from one of the named partners that indeed JPE was a Partner in that Law Firm. Yes JPE was the Sec of National defense at that time.. This was the law firm in South East Asia which charged their clients "New York" rates.
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: Ferdinand Marcos. Does he deserve to be buried at the Libingan ngMga Bayani?
Absolutely not.. After World War II he filed an application with the U.S. Army to recognize his guerilla group "Maharlika" for their supposed guerilla exploits during the war. The American Officials investigated his claim and it was denied. Their conclusion was that his supposed guerilla activities was a fraud. A fraudulent claim. Thus FM lost credibility with the Americans. I seriously doubt that he was a guerilla. His father Mariano Marcos was I believe a collaborator as he was a compadre of President Jose Laurel the President during the Japanese Occupation. If people who were alive during that could write the exploits of FM, I seriously doubt he was in the death march.
Name: John Dimaculangan
City/State/Country: Dinalupihan
IP Address: 180.191.138.125
In the heroes cemetery , at its entrance, you find this inscription: " I don't know the dignity of his birth but I do know the glory of his death." Literally one could interpret it to mean that you don't care less what the man did while
living. In the case of Marcos he was a soldier and a president. He may not be a good soldier or a good president either But he was both. Not all past presidents were buried in the heroes cemetery neither were past US presidents were buried in Arlington Cemetery. They have different burial sites. Reagan had his Reagan presidential library,
Washington in Mt Vernon, Lincoln in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Only JFK was buried in Arlington. People argue that Libingan was a hollowed ground. How come Angelo Reyes got there? What is the big fuss? To make all happy let Digong build a Ferdinand Marcos Presidential Library in Batac.
Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158
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I fought the Marcos regime. There is no need to convince me he is a dictator. He abused the power that was entrusted to him by the Filipino
people. HOWEVER, it will be ridiculous to say he has not done good things as well. To say he has no positive contributions at all is very much like the left saying the United States is totally evil and devoid of goodness and positive contributions. But that is always the left....It was hard for me to accept that Marcos has done a few remarkable things as well... it still is but the truth of the matter is, He really has done remarkable contributions... I realize that now looking back. For example, He introduced the 13th month pay which to this day is still a wonderful help. He eliminated Lim Seng, which is one example Duterte should learn from and Yes, He saved the nation from a snowballing leftist takeover spawned from the domino principle in southeast
Asia. I am not defending Marcos. But No one can judge him without him defending himself in public court... Do we pick on the dead now in our democracy? If we have all kinds of gripes against Marcos, let us all remember the undeniable contributions he gave as well.. After all, it was still the Filipino people who voted him into
power. So my point is this, since the Man can no longer defend himself, Can we at least reflect in our lives if he was that terrible a figure in our lives as a people? and then, can we reflect just the same at the blessings we have now from his leadership. Is that hard to accept because he was evil or because of our ego? I say let him be buried in the Libingan ng Bayani for the things he did as a soldier who fought the
Japanese... and for that alone!!!! Now, for the bad things he supposedly did, Should we judge him without him being able to defend himself? Should we decide this way, then we are submitting to a
judgment by publicity and public opinion. If he was really a terrible person in our history, let the historians debate on that.. I say bury him and let's move on.
Name: Irene bayabang
City/State/Country: philippines
IP Address: 168.235.1.4
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Nag doubt kayo sa marcoses what about si cory Aquino? di ninyo alam kung ano ang mga ginawa niya at ang cabinet niya,ang cojuangco lopez sa bayan at sa mga kababayan natin? masydo ang mga pinoy na closed minded.....masyadong imbalance ang mga pinoy please use your mind and heart ..puro drama ,stagnant . puro justices when in fact unfair ang justices natin .....puro salita wala naman sa gawa.ang hirap mag move on sa tama. puro nakukuha tayo sa pera....sa totoo lang ang mga pari at madre or any religious sect should be an example to mend all the problems pero sila pa ang mga negative at sumasama pa sa rally ? instead of mag pray ng peace nag side pa sila instead of unity ??? OMG
Name: ann sigalle
City/State/Country: saudi arabia
IP Address: 77.31.42.138
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continue to destroy? ahaha nakakatawang pahayag. wla kayong magagawa tuloy na tuloy ang libing ni late president at ang tunay na hero... dectator daw bakit sya lang ba ang nag decide? di ba constitutional ang martial law? victims? bat di mo tanungin ang mga NPA na pina mumunuan ni Ninoy nyu?
Other Comments
Name: Hit&Run
City/State/Country: ONTHEROAD
IP Address: 74.178.27.164
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There are various ways we can tackle headlong our drug-infested society. Application of the law and humaneness are only two of them. Drug lords and their agents who are already well-known must be tried in every court of the land; addicts must be taken care of by the government. The killing must end and the sick cared for. If the whole population must be rehabilitated and every drug cartels be abolished at government expense so be it. It's a high price to pay but it is a price tag of being a "Filipino". If the Philippines were able to pay for the Marcos profligacy, why can't we also do this.
Name: Jun Sapote
City/State/Country: Angeles City
IP Address: 203.184.49.253
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Leila de Lima is nothing but a whore pretending as a human rights advocate.
The senate must eject her as a member and put her in jail as druglords protector.
Name: Boyax U.S. Trained Cop - Police Sergeant
City/State/Country: U.S.A.
IP Address: 158.96.58.5
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I still consider Philippines to be a civilized country that adheres to the rule of law and justice. Justice extends to those poor and troubled people. I am in favor of stopping the proliferation of drugs BUT NOT by Extra-Judicial Killings like what is going on right now. This is a reflection of a weak / failure system in dealing with drug problems and chooses the most unpopular way in dealing with it by killing people. We are solving a problem by creating more problems. There has to be a more civilized way in dealing with these problems and killing is not the answer. There is life when our political career ends. We are sending a wrong message to our officers about their immunity from law suit when they violate rules and policies or fail to perform their jobs with utmost respect to the rights of others. Philippine cops REALLY have to be trained the different stages where Deadly Force can be used. They have to understand what constitutes an "Imminent Threat" before Deadly Force can be used. They have to articulate extensively why the used a deadly force. These killing should be investigated by an outside agency and NOT within the department to eliminate doubts and prejudices.
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: Campaign "Ceo" Stephen Bannon. He was the head of Breitbart group. He is supposed the help Trump in the campaign.. The problem with Bannon is that if Trump is a racist Bannon is a White
supremacist. One of his emails was shown in a popular Cable network. Trump has right now about 1% of the black vote. How can Trump get black votes when his campaign Ceo calls blacks " mongoloids". he is losing in all the big must win states e.g. Pennsylvania,
Virginia, Ohio & Florida. As late as last week Stephen Bannon supported the opponent of Speaker Paul Ryan who got a landslide vote in his Congressional district in Wi.
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: Thaksin of Thailand. Based on the comments of Ben Maliksi, from Maragondon Cavite, I did a little reading about the Former Prime Minster of Thailand Thaksin.. Very similar in operation to what Duterte is doing thru Bato Del Rosario.. There is already a lot of abuses. A father and son arrest resulted in
their being beaten to death by the policemen. Pres. Duterte even suggested that he may withdraw the Philippine
membership in the UN.. Pres. Duterte you are not a dictator you have many powers as president but it does not include the power to withdraw membership of the Philippines in the U.N. Even before the Ph was officially declared an independent country in July 4, 1946, the Philippines became a member of the U.N. in 1945. Please note that Thaksin was removed by a military Coup.. If things continue as they are happening now I seriously doubt that Duterte will last up to the end of 2016.
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: Pres. Duterte..July 1, 2016 was his first day in office.. He has been President for less than 2 months and this is now happening.. 564 have been killed, that number was about a week ago from the Los Angeles
Times. There was no breakdown how many were killed by civilians and how many were killed by Uniformed policemen.. Duterte is overwhelmed by his new job as President at this rate of killings and with the U.N. already about to send representatives..there is an appearance that Duterte is not doing his job well.. He made another pronouncement that all appointees of the previous President are required to vacate their office. That is limited to the executive branch other branches like the judiciary and legislative are not
affected. The former Mayor appears to be overwhelmed by his duties and
responsibilities. If this continues I seriously doubt he is going to last for 6 months..
Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158
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I am very disturbed by Duterte's recent statements and actions... If he keeps on doing this, he is inviting his own downfall... He threatened to breakaway from the UN after the latter expressed its concern about Duterte's wanton disregard and bypass of the accused individual's presumption of innocence and thereby, violating human rights... Thus, a suspect remains innocent until proven guilty.. The UN is right by being concerned. Should we expect a UN that should just keep quiet about this matter? That will dumb. Duterte should have just defended its position without resorting to insults and threats.. but he did it anyways like a freaking street bully... Now, The UN is a big common denominator when it comes international rights as well as peace and order, regardless of their series of failures.. Yet Duterte without any qualm did his thing.... I just have to wonder, Why is Duterte more critical of the UN (who actually helped us against China) than China who have no qualms in bullying and invading Philippine territories? With China Duterte even said, War is
not an option. But with the UN and the US, He calls them with names and insults..
Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158
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At Present, We all know that China is bullying the Philippines.. While the UN and the US helps us deal against this bully, Duterte insults the UN and the US rather than China and throws the idea of creating another Association of Nations that will be led by China (surprisingly), and joined by other African nations... What does this tell us about Duterte? Now its all coming out.... For you guys who oppose him like me, They call us elitista......So
all you guys who voted for this character, behold your soft tyrant who is fast becoming into a full blown one. Is he helping the Philippines at all? Marcos dealt with the drug problem with just one measure and it was effective... The Live Firing squad of Lim Seng... Just one "live event" on TV... and it was very effective... As of the present, Duterte's "scores" have now amounted 1400 deaths... and the big names or the Drug Lords are still alive aided by their lawyers... A firm and fair administration? Not one single warrant of arrest... Has the drug problem been solved?
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: The Flip/Flop of Trump on Immigration..last night on O'Reilly,, Bill Oreilly reminded Trump that He mentioned Eisenhower in 1953 who had a massive deportation of illegal immigrants and then Trump said no, no I'm not going to follow what Eisenhower did I'm not going to have a massive deportation.. those who have been here for a long time and are law abiding can stay....Now there were millions of Republican voters in those primaries who voted for him because he said he was going to deport 11 million illegals.. I'm going to build a wall , Mr. Trump you won't because
you can't win and become POTUS.
Name: Sam "The Mercenary"
City/State/Country: San Diego California
IP Address: 66.27.52.158
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The problem with Duterte is that he is neither governing or leading... He is trying to create by force, a Philippines that is according to his vision... It's also baffling and disturbingly puzzling that his tolerance and overall restraint to China's adventurism is high while he couldn't take a heat from the UN or the US over the issue of human rights. The UN and the US are decisive big cards in our hopes for controlling an aggressive China... If not for these two, South Korea wouldn't be South Korea... sure the UN has its failures... but the Philippines as a country is not a success either.. It is a big failure as a country and I have no qualms saying that... Look at the number of
Filipinos migrating somewhere else... college grads willing to work as domestic helpers... We are not a success at all when it comes to the basics of life. I think Duterte is very Pro-China and i won't be surprised if sells out to this bully regardless how one sided the deal is... Whatever happened to his pledge to jet-ski to the Spratleys and
plant the Flag there? Another dog and phony show.. I don't think this guy is a braveheart at all... I don't think he can fight without a gun. I also believe that Duterte is very conceited and self-centered... and that's how tyrants are born... Actually to say he is self-centered is an understatement. In just about two and half months, He has lost sight of himself as a servant at the expense of 1800 deaths as he now acts as a closet tyrant. The Filipino people clearly made a big mistake in this page of history. This is what happens when we as a people subscribe to popularity of celebrities and supposedly strong political figures with social and "political romance." It will get worse before it gets better, before we finally learn our lesson... We have a leader who sees nothing wrong with killing 1800 people for merely being tagged as drug users or pushers... no warrants of arrests, no investigations, no objectivity, no compassion. For all you liberals and big government fanatics, these actions speaks big shades of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot and Mao Tse Tung... This is Political lynching. By the way, Has he caught a Big Time Drug Lord yet? Pathetic...
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: Pres. Duterte--One of the sentences in the Oath of Office of the President was to uphold the laws and the Constitution without any reservation..Our Constitution has been Amended during the GMA regime to remove the Death Penalty. Duterte has allowed the execution of Filipinos who are merely suspected of violating the Drug laws. I believe Duterte in allowing close to a thousand of suspected criminals to be executed is in violation of the Constitution and has committed an Impeacheable Offense..Congressmen do your jobs your leader has
violated the Philippine Constitution.
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: U.S. deeply concerned as death toll in Philippine drug war rise..The U.S. is "deeply concerned" about the extrajudicial killings that have
occurred since Pres. Duterte took office and called fora crackdown on illegal drugs.. " The United States believes in the rule of law, due
process, and respect for universal human rights, and that these principles promote long term security" U.S. State Department Deputy spokesperson. Last month Pres. Duterte said:" My order is to to kill. I don't care about human rights". Pres. Duterte. you are wrong not to care about human rights because the Philippines is a member and signed the duties and responsibilities of being a member of the U.N. respect for universal human
rights. Your pronouncements amounts to a failure to uphold the oath that you read when you became
President..respect for due process and uphold human rights. I won't be surprised if one of these days you would be confronted by the same people who ousted Erap Estrada. The 6 years is not fixed it can be shortened any time by the people if it feels that you are unable to implement the
Law. You still behave like a Mayor and not a President.
Name: NPA
City/State/Country: Luisita
IP Address: 65.93.138.67
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Digong should declare Martial Law....why not? Let the False Asia and SWS run a survey if the people wants
it. Anyway these 2 surveys firms are certified Yellow lapdogs. Or ayaw nila kasi ...majority of Pinoys are OK with DU30's performance...
Name: deonna maoal
City/State/Country: philippines
IP Address: 168.235.1.4
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Please please let trillanes know that he does not have any code of ethics! He was talking in the public referring to the Head of the PNP and his group like he was threatening them.
That he is a one of the one set closed minded personnel with authority! he is with revenge and with vendetta to those who are not with his group?
So sad so pessimistic and so stagnant in anyways.....why did people like his kind put him into that position.....those who were appointed after the 1992 revolutions, so pathetic that it got worst in any ways......selfishness, dishonesty, disrespectful and greediness is so rampant now!!! so scary, frustrating and disappointing! I wish the spiritual sectors will do their duties as to unite everybody ,to support spiritually what peace is all about........PLEASE do something to ease everybody for the sake of God's Love? thank you for this section ..I was able to vent out my feelings towards my fellow Filipinos. let us help each other ....
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: President Duterte. He took his oath of Office on June 30, 2016 and has been President for close to two months.
A little over 1000 Filipinos had been killed since July 1st,..so . Is that a successful start? Is the Philippines finally controlling its population growth by killing its citizens? Now some Filipino balikbayans are having 2nd thoughts about going back home , will they be unduly endangering their lives if they go on vacation to the P.I. Attention Department of Tourism you have to give some directives right now and give some kind of directives to prospective balikbayans and also first time visitors to the P.I.
Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenue, manila
IP Address: 174.50.134.150
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"It remains a puzzle to me why we should choose a strongman to solve our problem at this time rather than...to create stronger & functional institutions." [see Inquirer: Thinking about democracy in Mongolia by Randy David]. I think it is common knowledge that democratic election can produce a tyrant, a despot, a totalitarian, a dictator, a strong legitimate democratic leader, and so on. Democratically elected strong leader like president Duterte, is aware that he is accountable for his behavior & leadership. Mr. Randy David must realize that the "essence of democracy is not elections but an informed consent of the governed." And a nation will only grow [or emerge] into a democracy if the flow of information will be decentralized: Every democratic society must have "a system for providing people with a voice in the making of decisions that affect them & a mechanism for holding representatives accountable to those whom they represent." Mr. David should remember that the power & legitimacy of a leader can't be attributed to a one-time election, compact, referendum & so forth. Why? Scholars pointed out that in order for democracy to survive or persist, it must rely on the people's continuing support. It must rely on leaders legitimacy. Moreover, the relevance & irrelevance of revolutions [i.e., EDSA 1986] need to be scrutinized. No one can argue that revolutions are implausible in democratic societies & liberal democracy is irreversible. Again, one of the enemies of democracy is "elective despotism." Why do you think that the spread of democracy is misleading in a modern world?
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
IP Address: 107.185.155.99
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Re: President Duterte.. He was quoted recently by the Los Angeles Times, that he doesn't care about Human rights. I also read in one of his press statements.. " due process is not mentioned in my order. I would like to quote here the oath he took as President of the Philippines the day before he started serving as President of the Philippines.. "I Rodrigo Roa Duterte do
solemnly swear that I will faithfully and conscientiously fulfill my duties as President of the Philippines preserve and defend its
constitution, execute its laws do justice to everyman and consecrate myself to the service of the nation. Part of his oath as stated above says defend its constitution
execute its laws do justice to everyman.. that includes the drug dealers and/or drug addicts. Please stop saying that you don't care about human rights .. read your oath of office again Please.
Name: mockingmaya
City/State/Country: taft avenue, manila
IP Address: 174.50.134.150
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I think president Duterte is a great leader who has the intellectual & moral courage to defend the Republic of the Philippines against war on drugs, terrorism, political corruption, Abu Sayyaf bandits, etc. This evil is a massive threat in the national security of the Philippine Republic. I think nothing would be worse than condoning the existence of enormous evils: the corruption of the young Filipino children, the corrupting influence of drug trades & politics [i.e., Senator De Lima's alleged association with drug lords], the long & dishonorable history of treason [i.e., for president Aquino's & former president Arroyo's failure to defend the Philippines against Communist China's threat]. I think the Filipino people have a duty to support president Duterte's "good war" [see Jojo Robles, Manila Standard: A good War]. There must no let up in president Duterte's war on drug & war on terrorism. This evil must be fought in any mountains, along the coasts, in any streets, in the air, in the halls of Congress, in PNP, etc. May God Bless President Duterte!
Name: Phil Researcher
City/State/Country: LA County, CA USA
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Re: The Trump campaign-- A lot of Republican Filipinos are ignoring Trump denigration of nonwhite including Filipinos.. The Campaign "CEO" who was recently hired by Donald Trump is a racist who didn't want his children to be enrolled in a Jewish school because he didn't like Jews. Stephen Bannon in his recent email called blacks who were shot by police as: "Mongoloids" and they purport to be Nationalists when they are actually proponents of the superiority of the white race over all other races. Trump himself included the Philippines as among the countries who could be exporting Islamic Jihadist because we have a Muslim population.. Are you still voting for Trump who considers Filipinos as an interior race
that's you GOP candidate.
