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Actress Rita Avila to Duterte Supporters: “You can only help spreading more trash by bashing and hating”

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Actress Rita Avila has had enough of the tirades of President Rodrigo Duterte against the Catholic Church.

On June 22, President pointed out some flaws of the book of Genesis in the Bible, questioning why God would make a paradise, then destroy it immediately.

He even called God “stupid” for allowing sins of the mankind to happen.

“You created something perfect, and then you think of an event that would tempt and destroy the quality of work,” he said, referring to the story of Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit.

“All of us are born with an original sin… what was the sin? Bakit original? Nasa womb ka pa, may kasalanan ka na. Anong klaseng relihiyon iyan?” he added.

Because of this, Avila became one of the latest celebrities who criticized President Rodrigo Duterte for attacking the Catholic Church and its beliefs.

In her Instagram post which already deleted as of writing, she told President Duterte that he’s only respecting himself and treating the people like trash.

She also said that the statements of President Duterte would only make the Philippines more belittled.

“You only respect yourself. You look at us garbage cans where you freely throw your trash. Wag naman ganun. Tao kami,” Avila said.

“Sa ngayon ang pakiramdam mo ay tao lang kami. Lang. Kung ganyan ang trato mo sa amin ay lalo lang liliit ang dignidad ng Pilipinas. Katiting na nga lang ang meron tayo eh.”

Avila also addressed the supporters of President Duterte, saying that they’re only helping to spread bad vibes instead of spreading good words.

“To all Duterte fans, I held much hope in him. But sorry this is too much. You can only help by spreading more trash by bashing and hating us but I wish you spread GOOD WORDS instead to help clean all of us up. Clean the energies surrounding us and ur precious selves too.” she said.

“We need to rise from too much hatred and trash. Sa ganito po tayo dapat mag hawak kamay.” she added.

Later on, she reposted an Instagram quote by Dalai Lama about on how simple is her religion and how it spread kindness to everyone.

She also pointed out that while most of the religion teaches how to love each other, it became also the reason for division.

“Religion has always separated all of us when LOVE ONE ANOTHER is the greatest teaching of each religion. Ironic isn’t it? We FIGHT. We HATE. We MOCK. Because of religion.” she said

LOOK: Taiwan politician uses President Duterte in his campaign advertisement to gather votes

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It seems that President Duterte influenced many politicians not only in the Philippines but also overseas.

The photo posted by Nieviv Sucuaje is an evidence that even politician in other countries is using President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-illegal drug stance to gather popularity in their places.

In the mobile advertisement spotted by Sucuaje, it shows the photo of President Rodrigo Duterte and the Taiwanese Politician using the slogan,  “Value life, refuse drugs”.

The photo quickly went viral on the internet and Duterte supporters claimed that President Duterte’s stance against illegal drugs is correct because it’s already being imitated by several politicians internationally.

Netizen FJ Andrade also shared his thoughts on why some politician is now using the style of President Duterte in gathering popularity in their places.

He said that despite Duterte’s close ties with the mainland China, it seems that Taiwanese politicians don’t mind using Duterte in their campaign strategy.

This image is significant in more ways than one. First. The world is now accepting and admiring how our president is handling the drug problem, so much so that politicians from other countries are using PRRD’s image to get votes. Hindi lang siya effective sa Pilipinas, it seems even sa Taiwan.

The second and more important angle here is that PRRD’s image is being used positively in Taiwan – a country that is technically considered a rebel province by China. You would expect them to ridicule PRRD who is known to be close to the mainland government. Apparently there are those in the rebel state that thinks it is actually worthwhile to use the image of a character closely linked to that of their enemy. This is indeed a testament to the popularity and charisma of this old mayor from the province.

Taiwan and Philippines consider each other as partners in fighting illegal drugs. Several weeks ago, Taiwanese authorities arrested the fugitive Ozamiz City Councilor Ardot Parojinog, a suspected illegal drug lord to the Philippines.

Hundreds of Catholic priests, preachers and ministers asks PNP to allow them to carry firearms

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Philippine National Police (PNP) revealed that hundreds of Catholic Priests asked them for a permit so they can carry firearms to protect themselves from potential assassins amid the killings of several priests in the past six months.

PNP Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde in a press conference announced that they received 246 permits to carry firearms request from 188 priests while the other 58 are ministers, preachers, and pastors.

However, they’re not yet sure if this requests from the priests are connected to the murder of Father Richmond Nilo of Nueva Ecija.

He then urged the priests again to report threats to them and coordinate with the authorities to prevent another crime to happen.

Albayalde explained that priests can own two firearms depending on the category that they applying.

Automatic rifles and so-called long firearms are not covered by the permits.

However, Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) public affairs committee member Father Jerome Secillano believes that arming priests would be inappropriate because it might contradict their teachings.

“It was very clear, arming guns for a priest, well it’s unbecoming, it’s inappropriate.” Father Secillano said during an interview with ANC.

“We preach against violence, we are against the culture of death, we are against impunity and if we arm ourselves that do we expect us to do? If I see somebody who’s suspicious looking what do we expect me to do? So I pull the trigger outright because he’s suspicious looking? So what it does make to me? I’m also the killer,”

“Eh ayaw nga namin ng violence, ayaw namin ng impunity, ayaw namin ng culture of death so there’s a contradiction,”

He also rejects the suggestion of giving bulletproof vest and helmets to some priests.

However, he believes that the better thing to do is to ask PNP for security detail.

Kris Aquino knows why she don’t have television show anymore: “Hindi naman ako type ng mga Duterte supporters”

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Former television host Kris Aquino believes the real reason why her comeback in T.V is still not yet possible.

During a press conference for her upcoming movie, Aquino said that the possible reason why she’s still not yet receiving offers to become a talk show host again are her ties with the Liberal Party and the bitter relationship between President Duterte and her former network ABS-CBN.

She said that because the franchise of the ABS-CBN is at stake after the threats of the President against the media giant, they may not want to upset Duterte and his supporters by giving Kris another show in television.

President Duterte criticized ABS-CBN and vowed to block their franchise renewal because of not airing his political advertisement during the presidential elections in 2016.

“I know that their (ABS-CBN’s) franchise is at stake. I’m being so honest, diretsahan na ‘yan so why do they risk it by giving me a show especially na kahit wala naman kaming isyu ni president (Duterte), hindi naman ako type ng supporters niya. So naiintindihan ko kung bakit wala,” Aquino said.

However, her career is still alive and boasted that many brands still paid her as their endorser.

“Pero they can see me every night if they want to, I’m online and I have 53 brands supporting me.” Aquino said.

Aquino also said that she had some plans to establish a talk show on social media, but she didn’t disclose more additional details.

“I was forbidden to say more, I’m sorry. Sinabi ko nga eh, normally wala akong kinakatakutan pero ang kontrata at non-disclosure agreement kinakatakutan ko,” she said.

Kris Aquino became the main target of the Duterte supporters after she criticized Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson over the video that the latter posted featuring Ninoy Aquino.

The two exchanged in a heated word war on social media and even President Duterte apologized to Kris Aquino for what happened.

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Fr. Jerome Secillano of CBCP on Duterte’s tirades against Catholic Church: Pagkakataon ito para tignan ang sarili namin and to better ourselves

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Unlike the other Catholic Priests who quickly engaged President Rodrigo Duterte in a word war after the latterly released tirades against the Catholic Church, one priest has better thoughts on how they would handle the anger of the President on the most prominent religion in the Philippines.

Father Jerome Secillano of the Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) public affairs committee believes that engaging the President in a word war would only “worsen the matter” and only “add fuel into the fire.”

“”Isipin mo, halimbawa, may patutsada ang Pangulo tapos sasagot naman kami sa Simbahan, hindi matatapos ‘yan. Kaya kinakailangan dito prudence,” Secillano said.

Fr. Secillano, who was interviewed by ANC believes that the attacks of Duterte against the Catholic Church would be a big chance for the priests to have a self-reflection and think if they really need to improve themselves.

He said that if Catholic Church turned into a defensive mode against the President, that would be a bad move for them.

“Every tirade against us is an opportunity for us to look into ourselves. Binabanatan kami, tingnan din namin ang sarili namin, hindi ‘yung nade-defend kaagad kami, di ba?” he said

“Malaking pagkakataon ‘yan. Ano ba talaga’ng kulang sa amin?” Secillano said.

The priest seems to understand why President Duterte attacks against the Catholic, saying that the tirades of the most powerful official in the Philippines are an indication that they need to improve themselves and make better things.

“We priests need to better ourselves. This is what I discovered about myself, and perhaps I can do better things than this. I can be better than this,” he said.

Father Secillano is also optimistic that the Catholic Church and the government would be reconciled easily.

According to him, an official to Malacanang is already communicating with the CBCP to talk about several matters to prevent another misunderstanding and word war.

“Let’s work together for the common good, we have the same goal to make every Filipino better, have a better life, maybe we have differences in our strategies, but perhaps maganda dito ay gawin nalang natin kung anong makakabuti,” Father Secillano said.

In terms of protecting the other priest, Father Secillano believes that buying bulletproof vest and helmet for them would not be afforded by the Catholic Church.

He saw that the only possible option is the cooperate with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and ask for some security.

Arming priests are also unbecoming and appropriate, Secillano believes.

President Rodrigo Duterte since the election period in 2016 is already slamming the Catholic Church for being critical against him.

He even distributed a book wrote against the Catholic Church called the “Altar of Secrets” which contains the darkest secrets of some priests in the Philippines.

Duterte even said that one of the priests who got killed had an affair with several married women.

Because of this, some critics of the government believes that Duterte has a role in the killings of three Catholic priests.

However, Duterte denied the accusations of his critics.

A doctor writes open letter to Archbishop Villegas: “You have to pay taxes, too. For the Bible tells us so.”

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Doctor Ethel Pineda, an avid supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte wrote an open letter addressed to Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines President Archbishop Socrates Villegas whom apparently blaming the government for the killing of several priests.

On June 11, Archbishop Villegas denounced the killing of Father Richmond Nilo and urged President Rodrigo Duterte ‘to stop the verbal persecution of the Catholic Church,’

In his statement, Villegas said:

“They are killing our flock. They are killing us shepherds. They are killing our faith. They are cursing our Church. They are killing God again as they did in Calvary,”

Many supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte believes that the “they” which Villegas is referring to in his statement is the government, and the Catholic Church might blaming the current administration for the killings of their priests.

As a response, Ethel Pineda, who’s also read the statement of Villegas asked the Archbishop for clarification, if the latter is really referring to the government.

She said that Villegas should criticize the government directly and provide an evidence to the people that the Duterte administration is the one who really ordered the assassination of several priests.

Pineda was disturbed that the Catholic Church seems to side with the opposition forces and using the death of their priest to destroy the image of President Duterte by putting the blame on him.

The doctor also listed several teachings of the Bible, proving that God even commanded their believers to obey the government and its leaders.

She also pointed out that even the Catholic Church should not be exempted in taxes and showed a bible verse that would support her point.

You can read the open letter of Pineda below:

“They are killing our flock. They are killing us shepherds. They are killing our faith. They are cursing our Church. They are killing God again as they did in Calvary.”

Who are “they,” Archbishop Socrates Villegas?

Do you mean this government? Why don’t you say it outright, instead of couching your assertions in pronouns? Why don’t you, so you can provide the people proof that it is the government doing the killing, if you are so sure of that. Innuendos do not build a case. They mislead. Something that a true shepherd will not do to his flock.

Do you know who killed the priests? Do tell us, because we, too, want to see the face of the “outrageously evil” murderers. Tell the police. Help bring them to justice. That is your civic duty.

It is very disturbing and plainly disappointing that the Catholic Church chooses to side with the forces that conspire and scheme to bring down the duly-elected president who enjoys unprecedented popular support.

Archbishop Villegas. Isn’t this what the Bible says?

“Every person must obey the leaders of the land. There is no power given but from God, and all leaders are allowed by God. 2 The person who does not obey the leaders of the land is working against what God has done. Anyone who does that will be punished.

3 Those who do right do not have to be afraid of the leaders. Those who do wrong are afraid of them. Do you want to be free from fear of them? Then do what is right. You will be respected instead. 4 Leaders are God’s servants to help you. If you do wrong, you should be afraid. They have the power to punish you. They work for God. They do what God wants done to those who do wrong.

5 You must obey the leaders of the land, not only to keep from God’s anger, but so your own heart will have peace.”
Romans 13.

But wait, there’s more!
Romans 13:6 says something that’s tailor made for you.

“6 It is right for you to pay taxes because the leaders of the land are servants for God who care for these things. 7 Pay taxes to whom taxes are to be paid. ”

Sweet.
Not only do you have to obey the president you disdain. You have to pay taxes, too.
For the Bible tells us so.

The death of Father Nilo has become a national news and even some senator wants to investigate the crime because they believe that there’s some “pattern” between the death of the priest and the verbal attacks of President Duterte against the Catholic Church.

Meanwhile, Philippine National Police already arrested the suspect behind Father Nilo’s murder, who’s identified as Adell Roll Milan.

Milan was identified as a former drug user and hitman.

However, some critics of the government believe that Milan is only a fall guy and urged the opposition politician to dig deeper into the case.

Source: Ethel Pineda

Agriculture Sec. Piñol slams 4ps: “Tinuturuan ng 4ps maging tamad ang mga Pilipino”

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Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol slammed the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) during his visit to South Cotabato on Wednesday, explaining that this program only teaches Filipinos how to become unproductive.

Piñol his speech during the sidelines of distribution of Post-harvest facilities in the town of Tupi, couldn’t stop himself from criticizing 4Ps, insisting that the system on this program must be changed.

He claimed that most of the beneficiaries of 4Ps are only in their house, not working and just waiting for the money that they would receive from the government.

The worst part is the money that some of the beneficiaries receive are only being used to fund their gambling expenses, according to the agriculture secretary.

He said that the reforms that he proposed would change the system of 4Ps and its fund would only be used to give livelihood programs to its beneficiaries.

Piñol believed that this reform would avoid its beneficiaries to become lazy as they need to work to earn profit from the funds that they received from 4Ps.

He said that livelihood program such as poultry and farming would be the best alternative from the current conditional cash transfer (CCT) scheme of the government to fight poverty.

“Instead of giving it out in the forms of dole-out every month, why don’t we start a livelihood program using that money so that the 4Ps beneficiaries would be contributors to agriculture production instead of them not being able to participate right now,” Piñol said.

Piñol is planning to ask the congress and senate to help him to implement this reform because he believes that the 70-B funds of 4Ps are only wasted because of the current system.

Despite some lawmakers opposed Piñol’s proposal, the agriculture secretary is ready to debate with them to prove that the current system of 4Ps is a failure.

Vice President Robredo on arresting bystanders: “Hindi krimen iyong pagtatambay”

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Vice President Leni Robredo questioned the move of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to arrest nighttime loiterers around Metro Manila.

In her statement, Robredo asked the PNP to explain why they’re arresting people just because they’re a bystander.

She believed that being a loiterer is not a crime and the police must only arrest them if they violated any law.

“Ano iyong dahilan kung bakit pinapaaresto? Kasi hindi naman krimen iyong pagtatambay. Kung may krimen na ginawa talagang may karapatan para hulihin,” Robredo said.

“Pero kung tumatambay lang, hindi iyon krimen at walang dahilan. Kung hindi naman nakakaabala sa iba, kung hindi naman gumagawa ng masama, walang dahilan para ipaaresto,” she added.

Last week, cops arrested hundreds of loiterers around Metro Manila for violating the local ordinance.

Some of them were caught drinking outside during nighttime, having no proper clothing and minors violating the curfew ordinance.

“Kung wala namang ginagawa dun, kino-caution, sinasabihan lang naman natin eh, pero kung may violation ng ordinance yun ang dadamputin natin,” NCRPO Chief Guillermo Eleazar said.

But, Senator Kiko Pangilinan opposed the recent actions of the PNP saying that loitering have been already decriminalized during the former Aquino administration.

“Republic Act 10158 has decriminalized vagrancy, amending Article 202 of the Revised Penal Code,” he said in a statement on Monday.

President Rodrigo Duterte told the police to become strict when it comes to loiterers, saying that “they are potential trouble for the public.”

Meanwhile, Malacanang defended the decision of Duterte, saying that he only wanted a strict implementation of city ordinances as part of government’s fight against criminality.

“It is more of crime prevention; hence, the President’s remarks are for the police to ask those who stay late at night in the streets to go home.  Now, should they be arrested if they refuse? The President as a lawyer knows that if no crime has been committed, there is no basis for arrest. But just the same, he would rather that those loitering should go home so that those people with bad intentions are thwarted,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement.

Senator Pangilinan reminds PNP: Legal na ang pagiging tambay ngayon!

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Last week, hundreds of bystanders also widely known as “tambays” has been praised by many netizens because they believe that people should stay at home during nighttime.

But Liberal Party President and Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan seems didn’t like the operations conducted by Philippine National Police (PNP) against some bystanders, pointing out that loitering was already decriminalized during the former Aquino administration.

“Para po sa mga tagapagpatupad ng batas, hindi na po krimen ang tumambay, o mag-loiter. Republic Act 10158 has decriminalized vagrancy, amending Article 202 of the Revised Penal Code,” Pangilinan said in a statement.

He also reminded the cops that their salary was already doubled by the government, so they should do their job more carefully and follow the law.

“Doble na sweldo ng mga pulis, sundalo, at lahat ng uniformed personnel ng pamahalaan. Gampanan niyo naman ang inyong tungkulin sa taumbayang pinagmumulan ng inyong kabuhayan at kapangyarihan. Maglingkod nang maayos at nang ayon sa batas.” he said.

“Kayo ang tagapagpatupad ng batas, alamin ito at ipatupad nang tama. Kayo ang dapat manguna sa pagsunod ng batas at hindi pasimuno sa paglabag dito. Sumunod sa batas at hindi sa utos na lumabag dito.” he added.

Pangilinan is not the only one who opposed this new order of President Duterte, Akbayan party-list representative Tom Villarin also criticized the arrest of some bystanders because it imitates the situation during the martial law period.

“Nothing wrong with fighting crime being a responsibility of government. But if you go down to going after tambays and having them thrown in the Pasig River, then something must be afoot now that President Duterte views common crime being a national security threat,” Villarin said in a statement.

On June 13, President Duterte said called the loiterers as “potential trouble” and said that the streets should only be used by law-abiding citizens.

He warned the loiterers, not to go out in their homes during nighttime because they might face arrest, or else worse than that.

“‘Pag hindi kayo umuwi, ihatid ko kayo doon sa opisina ni ano—Pasig. Ako nang bahala. Ilagay mo lang diyan. Talian mo ‘yung kamay pati—ihulog ko yan diyan sa…”

Several days after the statements from Duterte, hundreds of ‘tambays’ faced arrest in different parts of Metro Manila.

Meanwhile, the Palace defended Duterte’s statement against the loiterers, said that the former Davao City Mayor only wants a stricter enforcement of city ordinances to fight criminality.

“The President’s remarks are for the police to ask those who stay late at night in the streets to go home. Now, should they be arrested if they refuse? The President as a lawyer knows that if no crime has been committed, there is no basis for arrest,” Roque said in a statement.

President Duterte maintains his promise against Tanim-Bala: “Ipapakain ko talaga yung bala sa taong gumawa nito”

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President Rodrigo Duterte maintained his promise that he would force the people behind the bullet planting scheme in Ninoy Aquino International Airport which widely known as “Tanim Bala” to eat their own bullets.

In the post of Presidential Assistant to President Christopher “Bong” Go, he informed the netizens to not worry about the alleged latest incident of tanim bala.

The Bullet found on the luggage of Ms. Moran Photo: Facebook

Go said that they already tasked the concerned agencies to investigate the case of Mrs. Bumanglag-Moran within 24 hours.

The right hand of the President also vowed that Duterte itself would force the involved airport personnel to eat bullets if they’re proven guilty.

“Sinabi na ng Pangulong Duterte noon, na pag nangyari pa ito, ipapakain niya yung bala sa taong gumawa, and I assure everyone, he will really do it.” Christopher Bong Go said in his post.

Christopher Bong Go’s response on the latest alleged tanim bala incident

He also urged the people not to hesitate to report alleged tanim bala scheme to the government.

Netizen Kristine Bumanglag-Moran on June 15 said in her Facebook post that she was victimized by “Tanim Bala” in NAIA, however, she was not forced to cancel her flight because of the new policies of the government against the infamous modus.

Meanwhile, Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Sunday that the security personnel who checked the luggage of Ms. Bumanglag didn’t commit any irregularities during the inspection.

According to them, the luggage of the government employee was still wrapped in plastic when they discovered the bullet via x-ray operator.

They also found out that the father of Ms. Bumanglag is a retired Marine while her brother is working as a cop.

Statement of DOTr 

DOTr also assured that the people would never be victimized by tanim bala again because of their new measures that would prevent the scam.

“Note that since the Duterte administration took over, not a single passenger has missed a flight due to a piece of ammunition. Not a single passenger was asked to pay any amount to anyone, which is what the “tanim bala” scheme is all about.” DOTr said in their statement.

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