Presidentiable Rodrigo Duterte faces possible DQ with the Dino substitution

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Rizal Philippines
December 7, 2015

From Inquirer - Possible DQ case vs Duterte

From Rappler - RD possible disqualification

Davao City Mayor Presidential Aspirant Rodrigo Duterte faces possible disqualification says Lawyer Romeo Makalintal.  And as per petition of certain Ruben Castor who said RD candidacy should not be given due course as a substitute for Martin Dino who had an erroneous COC.   Martin Dino filed candidacy for Pasay City Mayor not for President.

However, former Comelec Chair Brilliantes that substitution under the Omnibus Election Code is allowed (but does he know the erroneous COC of Dino.  Legally, if  Dino did not file for Presidency, RD is not substituting for anyone.  But on the other hand the camp said that if that is the case, RD filed before Dec 10, 2015 thus beating the deadline.

Only the Comelec en banc can decide on Dec 16, 2015 the validity of RD candidacy.  And RD will not feel bad if that is the case, although the left and the right and the Muslims will will feel bad.

RD was ahead in the survey which a business man from Davao paid for. Binay and Poe were second and the administration candidate was third.

Duterte tops SWS survey for Presidentialbles

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Rizal Philippines
December 7, 2015

From Philstar December 7, 2015

Duterte tops the latest survey (before he cursed the Pope) with 38% and followed by Poe and Binay tied at 21%.   Administration candidate was third at 15% and Myriam at far 4th at 4% The survey was conducted Nov 26 to 28, at the time Duterte filed his candidacy and involved 1,200 respondents with 300  coming from Luzon Visayas and Mindanao. and NCR

Sen Chiz Escudero topped the survey for VP raceat 30% followed by Sen Bong2 Marcos at 24 % and Sen Peter Alan Cayetano at 21%.

How would R Duterte cursing the Pope affect the survey? Would it be unchanged? Or did he commit a big slip?

Can surveys be relied upon to indicate who would really win?

Why are oil prices dropping like rock? Why will prices continue to plummet

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Rizal Philippines
December 5, 2015

Oil prices in free fall after OPEC agree on production cut - Fortune

Why are activists not rising in arms vs govt. now that oil prices are dropping like rock.  Diesel price, the fuel for many is down to as low as P23.50 per liter. down from a high of P50+ about a year ago. Good for our economy - drivers, transpo, travel, and factories, power producers.

For unknown reason there are no protests from the activiists (the antis - Hegelian animals) vs the govt.  Well, the govt has nothing to do with price under the free market conditions.  If the govt had subsidy for the fuel and the prices dropped this low, the govt could have lost billions!  As if people do not understand the free market.. Now we are benefiting from the free world market bonanza.

Why are the prices falling down?  Because of low demand - Europe economy is not ticking as it should, the countries have developed their renewables, and US production from shale and fracking has gone up.

And lately, OPEC in its latest meeting failed to agree on cutting down their production  The head of OPEC  is not cutting down its daily production of 30 million barrels  a day  (Production must be cut down to raise prices)  But perhaps, KSA can not sustain its govt budget with $40.00 per barrel.  Note that Argentina, and Russia which are also starved for cash, are not part of OPEC. Thus with OPEC in disarray, prices are most likely to fall below $40.00 even further.  The move is to force US shale producers to lose money and cut back on their production

The alleged cussing of the Pope by Rodrigo Duterte taken out of context

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Rizal Philippines
December 5, 2015

The alleged cursing of the Pope by Presidential Candidate Rodrigo Duterte was alleged to be taken out of context. The issue at hand was the traffic when the Pope arrived.  The PDP Laban did not take care of the media well.

Ganito context nuon.  I was there when he said it. He was in a humorous mood when mentioning the vulgarities. (nagtatawanan kami noon) when the issue of the traffic which is related to the airport came out.  He just mentioned the vulgarity as part of the sentence and not to curse the Pope himself.
 He mentioned that if we only have more airports, the planes could land elsewhere when a VIP arrives. And since we only have one, the arrival of the Pope became

 the reason for the heavy traffic. Yung lang yun. No real intent to disrespect.
We cannot just change his way of delivering his message, which was a product of many decades of fighting an evil culture in his hometown. He may have his flaws but i think he can deliver the what i call "culture change" that we need. This presidential elections, is now a classic case of "choosing the lesser evil who has a genuine heart for the people."
‪#‎duterte2016‬

Pope Francis on Duterte: "There's no need for an apology. I admire his Honesty"

Pope Francis on Duterte: There's no need for an apology. I admire his Honesty

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Defense of Presidentiable Rodrigo Duterte on alleged cursing by the former of the Pope

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Rizal Philippines
December 5, 2015

This is a rebuttal/comment on the alleged cussing by Candidate R Duterte of the Pope, the condemnation by Church Leader Soc Villegas  from FB account of E. Densing III December 2, 2015

And people do commit these sins. Even from our Pope down to the most ordinary catholic, we do commit wrongful acts (I will leave my church if they will tell me that there is a perfect person in this world!)
But the most important church teaching that I am practicing and teaching my children is the act of "forgiveness"!
The specific issue of "use of vulgarity as part of a sentence which mentioned the Pope" should be taken at the right context. I was there, I heard it. I never felt offended because I saw in Duterte's eyes that there was no intention to disrespect our Pope...period!
Be it as it may, Mayor Duterte has already issued a statement, that there was no intent to disrespect Pope Francis and the vulgarity was intended to our current system of government. Let's accept his words at face value.
Our church leaders should have been more understanding. While they condemned the unfortunate incident, it would have been more prudent and humbling if they issued a statement of "forgiveness" and just simply advise Mayor Duterte not to do it again (as the confession process goes).
Right now, our country's main problem is governance. While it is ideal that we elect a "clean and decent" national leader who has the personality to fight the status quo - corruption and criminality, it seems we may end up to have an imperfect one. If it takes this kind of a person to uplift the life of the poor, eradicate criminality, and curb corruption, then yes, I would want to have Mayor Duterte to be our President in 2016!
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CBCP hits Duterte’s cursing of Pope

MANILA, Dec. 1, 2015— The Catholic bishops’ leadership cried foul over presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte’s cursing of Pope Francis.

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