For months, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte talked tough when it came to Islamic terror and has arguably taken the most hard-line stance against it of any single world leader. Only weeks ago, in a rant against Islamic jihadists, Duterte stated that if the terrorists wanted to take their chances in the Philippines, he would have them arrested and he would do to them what they do to others…only worse. He was quoted as stating that he would have their liver brought to him with some salt and vinegar and would consume it.
Now, ISIS has completely infected one entire island of the Philippino nation. Mindanao is the home of a very large population of Muslims and the island’s social structure has been split between two large Islamic sects: the Maute and Abu Sayyef, both ISIS affiliated. In 2012, ISIS established the “Khalifa Islamiah Mindanao” (“Mindanao Islamic Caliphate”) recently receiving a pledge of allegiance by the groups who have since raised the ISIS flag over their headquarters in Marawi.
While tough and unorthodox, Duterte is not well-regarded by many of his people. Here in Ketchikan, where the population of Philippino people is tremendous because of an historically-based workforce going back all the way to the 1800s, I have been privy to many conversations with people from the islands of the Philippines nation who are extremely upset with the leader. The Philippinos here take trips back to their homeland, sometimes for two and three months at a time. They bring back goods from America that are extremely difficult to obtain there. But there is no shortage of opinion, political or otherwise, when it comes to President Duterte. And while most didn’t bat an eye last year when the Philippino leader told Obama what to do with his advice for their nation (not in such diplomatic terms as those) by and large they do not agree with Donald Trump on any issue.
Most of the Philippino people are friendly, hard-working and genuinely sweet people who will share their food with you without so much as a spoken word and I have become friends with many of them who are co-workers. That being said, they are very distrustful of President Trump’s policies. When asked why, they simply point to Rodrigo Duterte and remark that Trump reminds them of him.
I’ve never been to the Philippines, nor even to the South China Sea, but I have been told about the abject poverty in that nation, the restrictions of rights, the corruption of government, and the election fraud…but in the big scheme of things, it doesn’t sound all that different than the United States after all. We have our problems with all of those things, particularly over the past presidency, as is evident from the rise in food stamp recipients and assistance, the attempts at restricting both the First and the Second Amendments, the nearly constant cycle of leaks from the Obama shadow weasels, and the information being revealed by the new Voter Fraud Commission.
With almost all of Europe so binded by political correctness to do anything meaningful about the ISIS invasion, they might not be too far away from doing what the Philippines has done.
Truth and action, i would like to correct you. What you are referring that there many people who dont like him is not true. The kind of people you have been talking to are minorities from the opposition. Get the opinion of majority as to how the big population now love our president. In fact, he remains to be popular and is getting more popular in almost all four corners of the world becaue this is the only president whose interest is for the people and his nation. I strongly recomment thar you get an opinion from Mr. Stephen Sackur of BBC HARDTALK. He can help you shed light of the true situation in the country. Why do you think he won by landslide in 2015 election with the difference of 6 million votes from his opponents?
Truth and action, i would like to correct you. What you are referring to that there many people who dont like him IS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE. The kind of people you have been talking to are minorities from the opposition. Get the opinion of majority as to how the big population now love our president. In fact, he remains to popular and is getting more popular in almost all four corners of the world becaue this is the only president whose interest is for the people and his nation. I strongly recomment thar you get an opinion from Mr. Stephen Sackur of BBC HARDTALK. He can help you shed light of the true situation in the country. Why do you think he won by landslide in 2015 election with the difference of 6 million votes from his opponents? Matter of fact his satisfaction rating has gone higher after a year of his presidency. Gone are the days where people get tired of useless administrations from the past. The cinderella moment in our country has started upon Duterte’s assumption to office.
He’s gonna have to come up with something better than eating salted Muslim liver.
Prepared by more than 170 US diplomatic posts around the world, the Investment Climate Statements for 2017 report gives an assessment of the business climate in foreign economies, according to the department’s official blog site.
“The Philippines is becoming a more attractive destination for foreign direct investment,” read the report, which comes after the World Investment Report 2017 — published on June 8 by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development — in which “[t]op executives” counted the Philippines “among the most promising host countries” for FDI.
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Duterte’s infrastructure projects in 1st year 7x more than Aquino’s
An astounding difference between the infrastructure projects of President Rodrigo Duterte and former President Benigno Aquino III is evidently seen in the infographic created by Business World.
In Business World’s infographic, Duterte has seven times more projects in his first year than Aquino did from 2010-2011.
With the current administration’s vision of a golden age of infrastructure, Business World Research reports that the stats look “promising” and Duterte can possibly achieve that golden age vision within his years of service.
The current administration has released Php 461.26 billion for its approved infrastructure projects within Duterte’s first year contrary to Aquino’s administration which only released Php 135.66 billion for approved infrastructure projects within his first year.
Additionally, Aquino’s infrastructure projects were plagued with suspensions and cancellations of approved projects of his predecessor former President Gloria Arroyo.
On the contrary, Business World cites that the positive trend of Duterte’s infrastructure projects is due to the fact that he honored the approved projects of his predecessor, Aquino.
Political analyst Malou Tiquia says that for Duterte to achieve “golden age” would mean that two million jobs are generated every year for the next five years.
In her full post on Facebook, Tiquia said,
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“Thanks BusinessWorld!
Just to complete the picture, the “golden age” would mean 2 million jobs a year for the next 5 years.
We are also paying for the decision of BSA3 to cancel contracts, such as on the Laguna Lake dredging where “a World Bank body ordered the Philippine government to pay P800 million to a Belgian firm following the cancellation of the P18.7-billion Laguna Lake Rehabilitation project”, among others.
And of course, you know how long CAVITex (14 kilometer-long) got constructed…the rest is history…”
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THE PHILIPPINES ranked high in terms of enforcement against human trafficking, according to a report on this global phenomenon newly released by the US State Department.
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International commentator shares why Liberals are afraid of Duterte victory against terrorists.
Garrie Adam, an author at the Duran and political commentator shared his thoughts on why the yellow party won’t say good things and afraid of the duly-elected President Rodrigo Duterte.
In his article, he cited, “Liberals will never side with Rodrigo Duterte, even if he crushes ISIS in Philippines. Even as he fights ISIS, the western liberal elite and their mainstream media allies have nothing good to say about the Philippine President.”
The article titled, “5 reasons liberals are frightened of Duterte beating ISIS.” Adam enumerated his reasons why these yellow camp are frightened to Duterte.
First of his reason is that ‘ISIS is financed by drugs.’ If Duterte won the war against drugs and ISIS, then Liberals have to answer the issue about ignoring the illegal drugs.
Second, he tackled about, ‘it vindicates President Bashar al-Assad’s fight against terrorism.’ Same with Duterte, former President Assad he fight terrorism in his country and had been demonize by the mainstream media.
“Duterte in his battle can show the world the way to beat ISIS. It is not through capitulation or by surrendering one’s values, it is through extreme toughness. If the liberals were afraid of Assad, they will be even more afraid of Duterte. The fact that the only people who have to fear the two Presidents are terrorists, seems not to matter to the liberal west.”
Third, “A Duterte victory will demonstrate that Syria is surrounded by enemy states.” Fourth, “It shows that yet again Russia and China are on the correct side of history.” It proved that the alliance of Russia and China to the Philippines made a good decision to take sides.
Lastly, “It unmasks the poor priorities of the liberal mainstream media and political elite.” Adam said, ‘They were literally more concerned with Duterte’s domestic policies which they have no right to change, than they were about helping a democratic nation fight ISIS terrorism.’
According to the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report, which examines the economic paths of the world’s economies, the Philippines is now the 10th fastest-growing economy globally with annual growth projected to be at 6.9% in both 2017 and 2018.
OUR PRESIDENT IS TRUE TO HIS WORDS. PHILIPPINES IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
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“The amount of P20 billion has already been allocated to ensure that this happens. More funds will be added, if necessary. Meaningful and long-term support will also be made available, with the help of our partners in the private sector and the international community,”
“Tatapusin ko talaga ito (I will finish this). One thing I will promise you, my brother Moro, I will see to it that Marawi will rise as a prosperous city again,”
-President Rody Duterte
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ON THE FIRST YEAR OF PRESIDENCY OF DUTERTE, THE CRIME CRATE HAS DECREASED BY 10%. OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED AS DRUG-FREE. MORE TO COME.