Seems Duterte means business.

In the words of a resident expatriate friend in the Philippines, and occasional contributor here:

"According to Duterte supporters there is a global conspiracy to embarass the Philippines by accurately reporting what's going on. Go figure."


For the True Believers in President Duterte, the "international media" are part of a "Yellow Conspiracy" to harm their Great Leader.

This conspiracy includes the United Nations and the European Union.

The power of the Liberal Party, funded of course by the "drug lords", is so great that one wonders how on earth they managed to lose the election.

The international conspiracy includes the Pope:

http://www.cbcpnews.com/cbcpnews/?p=76531

How can the catholic church claim to have any moral credibility

And it gets worse! Did you see that dreadful Cardinal Tagle offering help and support to drug addicts? How low can he sink? Drug addicts ought to be shot, as everybody knows!

This should not have needed saying, but a professor of politics has said it anyway:

http://politics.com.ph/cayetanos-qu...-beda-law-dean-says-robredo-nothing-matobato/

Anyone for Wikileaks?

http://www.opensourceinvestigations...ent-duterte-clearly-behind-davao-death-squad/

Some great pictures in the top link

Which ones? The software varies them according to user, so you may not be seeing what I see, apart from the not terribly exciting picture of the Dean of Laws at San Beda sitting at his desk, sans dog collar!

In the "dog bites man" category, "Politician is a liar":

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/816443/duterte-asks-for-another-6-months-to-stop-crime-drugs


Your "honour" is already gone, old son.

Time to think about the other two.

You are 71, and not in good health. Why spend the next six years heaping shame and contempt on yourself, when you could be enjoying a few rounds of golf with FVR in the comfort and security of Davao?

From the Comments to that article:

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Ah, yes, "Asian Values" and "Be a Father to Your People"...

Straight out of the Marcos playbook. No surprise; Daddy was a Marcos crony, and Dirty is up to his neck in utang to the Marcoses.

"order", "discipline" - frankly there is no evidence at all that Dirty has any self discipline, so let's not expect too much...

Here's an item from the dreaded "International Media" - one of dozens...

http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/15...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Filipino`s are very capable of being law abiding citizens...
Just look at how they behave themselves on the whole when they work,visit and live in other countries..They make exemplary citizens in my view and are happy to follow the law`s there.
The problem is that over here,they know they can get away with certain things even if it only means paying a little snack money (baon) to take a short cut..
Abroad,thats not possible and they know it..
About every 6 months here they decide to enforce helmet laws..So everyone goes out and buys a helmet..
After about a month,the law is relaxed and forgotten...No more helmets for 6 months/a year!
Once they know that something is strictly BAWAL (prohibited),hey follow,but if they do not,there MUST be consequences other wise who cares?

The Mayor of Tagbilaran has just bought about 500 wheel clamping devices and has placed 100`s of warning signs around the town about illegal parking..(Starting September)
Since then,Ive noticed NO illegal parking anymore on national roads..
They have employed what seems like another 200 Parking attendants with posh uniforms that are allowed to clamp cars and bikes and they have been doing so..Large fines for release BTW...Pics of these strange alien looking yellow clumps of metal viced onto their vechicle wheels!!
Ive never seen anything like it here in the province.
This has all come about because of DU30`s attitude towards dicipline and breaking laws.
DU30 is in a far harder struggle against the Shabu trade but as people learn,without a single doubt in their mind`s that they will suffer the consequences by breaking this law,they will stop..
I prey that they will stop so that we can see an end to this so called "war".
As I mentioned in another post..A U.P (university of the Philippines) Professor told me..."Filipino`s know they have been very naughty and they voted for papa DU30 to give them a damned good and well deserved spanking".
This spanking is now being administered...
You better believe it!

http://www.rappler.com/business/ind...ion-peso-donation-drug-rehabilitation-centers

http://www.economist.com/news/asia/...ndo-economic-gains-recent-years-sceptred-bile

One of the links above:
"The Philippines is worse off than ever under Duterte's erratic and violent rule".

I have to say I'm impressed by the sheer number of speakers in the media who voice similar sentiments. As s firm believer of straws showing which way the wind blows, it seems unlikely that all the articles are completely without substance. It's an interesting time.

Seems that Duterte wants another 6 months to solve the drug problem.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/18/asia/philippines-presidents-drug-war/

I didn't much like the quote from 'pirata ako' above where the author seems to blame the situation on 'Filipino acting like westerners' whilst simultaneously claiming that as a race they needed someone strong so they could maintain their discipline.

Errrrrr. no. I don't buy it.

Is Michael Mearing the real reason behind the bitterness from Duterte towards the USA?

There are those who say so.

Here are a few yards of conspiracy theory, for those who like that sort of thing:

http://atimes.com/2016/05/meiring-murder-subversion-and-treason-dutertes-beef-with-us/

What does not stack up, though, is why some Yank blowing his legs off in a hotel room with a fertiliser bomb - ingredients not hard to come by - should continue to agitate the murdering Mayor fourteen years later.

Ockham's shaving instrument would suggest a simpler explanation - that anti- Americanism is there to be exploited, so why should Duterte not help himself to some votes?

http://time.com/4485089/philippines-richard-gordon-habeas-corpus-suspension-duterte-drugs-war/

Not sure if this bill is being considered seriously, maybe others have more information?

Dick Gordon has just been rewarded for his demonstration of loyalty to Duterte with the Chairmanship of the Senate Justice Committee. Looking at the numbers, in the Senate and the House, his Bill could certainly pass.