Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
had the highest murder and rape rate...till Duterte became Mayor.
New trumpish Philippines leader-you like trumpf, you will love him..
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You truly believe the way to handle this is by execution without trial? Is this like Trumps's admiration for Putin?
it looks like the country supports his actions.
The Sage of Main Street
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We Don't Need Prisons, We Need Morgues
The people of the world are tired of being ruled by soft-on-crime girlymen. Criminals are the enemy of the human race and must be exterminated as young as possible, like Trayvon Martin. People like Zimmerman save society from countless future crimes and murders.
The people of the world are tired of being ruled by soft-on-crime girlymen. Criminals are the enemy of the human race and must be exterminated as young as possible, like Trayvon Martin. People like Zimmerman save society from countless future crimes and murders.
dont forget hands up dont shoot thug micheal brown
"criminals thrive on the understanding of society"
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
No I don't. There are a lot of accusations about Duterte by people who are not informed on what is happening in the Philippines. First of all a lot of the murders being blamed on him are being committed by the druglords and drug traffickers to silence dealers who can turn evidence on them . I also don't think a lot of people here understand The scope of the drug problem with Crystal meth and heroin in the Philippines. There is a distinct possibility of them ending up as a Third World Narco state like what happened in Columbia. So though I do not agree with extra judicial killings. A large number of those killings being blamed on to Duterte are being Done by narcotrafficers and their gangs.
Duterte has been quite successful and drug trafficking in the Philippines has been seriously curtailed and the drug lords are on the run and drug trafficking related crime has dropped significantly too.
Now don't get me wrong. There may be a certain amount of Colonel Kurtz in Duterte and time will tell but right now He has been very effective in dealing with a serious threat to civil order and sound governing by Norco traffickers.
Philippines' Duterte wants to 'open alliances' with Russia, China
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would visit Russia and China this year to chart an independent foreign policy and "open alliances" with two powers with historic rivalries with the United States.
Duterte said the Philippines was at the "point of no return" in relations with former colonial ruler the United States, so he wanted to strengthen ties with others, and picked two global powers that have been sparring with Washington on the international political stage.
Last week, he last declared he would visit China, with which ties remain frosty over a South China Sea arbitration ruling won by the Philippines in July. He said Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was expecting him in Moscow.
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of trade moves annually. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam have rival claims.
An arbitration court in The Hague in July invalidated China's claims to the waterway in a case brought by the Philippines, a ruling Beijing refuses to recognize.
"I am ready to not really break (U.S.) ties but we will open alliances with China and... Medvedev," Duterte told reporters, adding he would open up the "other side of the ideological barrier".
He welcomed investment and shrugged off rating agency Standard and Poor's concerns last week about the Philippine economy on his watch.
"Never mind about the ratings," he said. "I will open up the Philippines for them to do business, alliances of trade and commerce."
The peso fell on Monday to its lowest since 2009, and foreign investors have dumped local shares for six straight weeks, worried about Duterte's anti-U.S. rhetoric and brutal war on drugs, which has alarmed rights groups at home and abroad.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the Philippine government had not contacted the United States about the comments made by Duterte.
U.S. cooperation with the Philippine government remains strong and the United States has not seen anything that would indicate a shift by Manila, Toner said at a daily news briefing.
"They're a sovereign nation and we're certainly not going to hold them back from pursuing closer relations with either of those countries. ... It's not a zero-sum game," he said.
Duterte also said he would open up telecoms and airlines, two domestic sectors long controlled by local players and criticized for being uncompetitive. He did not elaborate.
His vitriol against the United States has become a near-daily occurrence, sparking both amusement and concern. On Monday he accused Washington of "hypocrisy" and "lording it over us".
His latest swipe included ruling out participation in any maritime conflict initiated by the United States, despite a 1951 treaty which Duterte said required Manila to back Washington.
"I am about to cross the Rubicon between me and the U.S.," he said," without elaborating. "It's the point of no return."
Toner said he would dispute Duterte's premise that the United States might start a maritime conflict. "The United states has a strong security presence in the Asia-Pacific region, but we're certainly not looking to start a military action against anyone," he said.
It was unclear whether Duterte's outbursts will affect relations between the two countries, whose militaries have scheduled joint exercises in October.
On Monday, the U.S. embassy in Manila announced two-week deployment of a pair of C130 planes and 100 troops at an air base in the central Philippines, the third of its kind this year, as part of a rotational troops agreement.
Separately, Duterte said the United Nations, European Union and United States would get a free hand to investigate killings in his anti-narcotics campaign, but only under Philippine laws.
Deaths in the campaign have averaged more than 40 a day since Duterte took office on June 30.
(Reporting by Manuel Mogato and Enrico dela Cruz; Additional reporting by Arshad Mohammed in Washington; Editing by Martin Petty, Nick Macfie and David Gregorio)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would visit Russia and China this year to chart an independent foreign policy and "open alliances" with two powers with historic rivalries with the United States.
Duterte said the Philippines was at the "point of no return" in relations with former colonial ruler the United States, so he wanted to strengthen ties with others, and picked two global powers that have been sparring with Washington on the international political stage.
Last week, he last declared he would visit China, with which ties remain frosty over a South China Sea arbitration ruling won by the Philippines in July. He said Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was expecting him in Moscow.
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of trade moves annually. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam have rival claims.
An arbitration court in The Hague in July invalidated China's claims to the waterway in a case brought by the Philippines, a ruling Beijing refuses to recognize.
"I am ready to not really break (U.S.) ties but we will open alliances with China and... Medvedev," Duterte told reporters, adding he would open up the "other side of the ideological barrier".
He welcomed investment and shrugged off rating agency Standard and Poor's concerns last week about the Philippine economy on his watch.
"Never mind about the ratings," he said. "I will open up the Philippines for them to do business, alliances of trade and commerce."
The peso fell on Monday to its lowest since 2009, and foreign investors have dumped local shares for six straight weeks, worried about Duterte's anti-U.S. rhetoric and brutal war on drugs, which has alarmed rights groups at home and abroad.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the Philippine government had not contacted the United States about the comments made by Duterte.
U.S. cooperation with the Philippine government remains strong and the United States has not seen anything that would indicate a shift by Manila, Toner said at a daily news briefing.
"They're a sovereign nation and we're certainly not going to hold them back from pursuing closer relations with either of those countries. ... It's not a zero-sum game," he said.
Duterte also said he would open up telecoms and airlines, two domestic sectors long controlled by local players and criticized for being uncompetitive. He did not elaborate.
His vitriol against the United States has become a near-daily occurrence, sparking both amusement and concern. On Monday he accused Washington of "hypocrisy" and "lording it over us".
His latest swipe included ruling out participation in any maritime conflict initiated by the United States, despite a 1951 treaty which Duterte said required Manila to back Washington.
"I am about to cross the Rubicon between me and the U.S.," he said," without elaborating. "It's the point of no return."
Toner said he would dispute Duterte's premise that the United States might start a maritime conflict. "The United states has a strong security presence in the Asia-Pacific region, but we're certainly not looking to start a military action against anyone," he said.
It was unclear whether Duterte's outbursts will affect relations between the two countries, whose militaries have scheduled joint exercises in October.
On Monday, the U.S. embassy in Manila announced two-week deployment of a pair of C130 planes and 100 troops at an air base in the central Philippines, the third of its kind this year, as part of a rotational troops agreement.
Separately, Duterte said the United Nations, European Union and United States would get a free hand to investigate killings in his anti-narcotics campaign, but only under Philippine laws.
Deaths in the campaign have averaged more than 40 a day since Duterte took office on June 30.
(Reporting by Manuel Mogato and Enrico dela Cruz; Additional reporting by Arshad Mohammed in Washington; Editing by Martin Petty, Nick Macfie and David Gregorio)
Legion Troll
A fine upstanding poster
I heard he compared himself to Hitler like it's a good thing.
Legion Troll
A fine upstanding poster
That's why it makes little sense, IMHO...
evince
Truthmatters
tsoms then climbs back into the goats ass he calls his favorite bed and breakfast
he didnt just win. He won by margins that i dont remember seeing ever.
Yes, & now he feels he has a mandate to do whatever he wants..........
so he shouldnt have a mandate? Look I can understand your shock if this came out of the blue but he ran on this. He told people beforehand he would do this to drug pushers and they voted him in massively.
The philippines has a longstanding tradition. The 2nd place candidate would always declare that the winner cheated and they would argue about it in court for 1-2 years resolving nothing (while the other guy went about his term). None of dutertes opponents claimed he cheated.
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
remember when Democrats said if we elected Obama he would restore our standing in the international community?........now they campaign that if we elect Hil-liar-y she would restore our standing in the international community......