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.

President Rodrigo Duterte was angered by the new occupation made by urban-poor group Kadamay in the housing units for uniformed personnel in Rodriguez, Rizal this week.

If Duterte became soft to the members of Kadamay before after they occupied some housing units in Pandi, now the President gave an ultimatum to them that if they would not stop capturing houses made for soldiers and cops, they might face a violent dispersal.

“I will give you until noon tomorrow, umalis kayo (leave) and I will order the Special Action Force (SAF) to go in,” Duterte said to Kadamay during his speech yesterday.

The President said that he would not hesitate to kill the members of the urban-poor group if that’s the only choice to disperse them.

““Sabi ko sa pulis kunin ninyo uli. Kung gusto ninyo ng away sabihin ko sa pulis, bigyan mo ng away, kung magkamatayan, ‘wag kayo mauna pero kung kailangan pumatay kayo para i-implement ang legal na regulasyon, gawin ninyo,” Duterte said during his speech.

He also said that he does not care how many members of Kadamay would be killed and he only wanted to maintain peace and order in the vicinity of the government housing units.

“Mamatayan? Lima, anim, pito, wala kong pakialam,” he said.

In his ultimatum, he gave the members of Kadamay to vacate the housing projects until 12 noon, June 15.

“Umalis kayo by 12 [noon tomorrow]. Pag hindi, sabihin ko ang police, with a riot, back-upan ng SAF. Makamali kayo mag-gamit ng armas, kung mamatay kayo, ‘yun ang dapat para sa lahat,” he said.

Duterte also expressed his anger to the members of the left where Kadamay belongs because they’re burning an effigy of the Presidente during their rallies, but seeking help to the government at the same time.

“Iniihian niyo yung mukha ko tapos sinusunog niyo yung [mukha ko] ngayon hihingi kayo ng tulong? P***** *** *** problema niyo na yan,” he said.

In June 13, 500 members of Kadamay attempted to occupy some housing units built for uniformed personnel in Rizal.

Later on, some Kadamay members have voluntarily retreated from occupying the vacant houses.

Some of them thought that the housing units were already awarded to them by the Rodriguez Local Government Unit, however, when they arrived they realized that they’re only going to occupy the houses that they don’t really own.

Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte has a new post to annoy the members of the opposition which called by their critics as “Yellowtard”.

People started to call the supporters of the Liberal Party as yellowtard during the Aquino administration and this word has been used until now by the followers of the government.

Now, the presidential daughter itself, who declared a word war against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV yesterday gave her own definition of yellowtard.

According to Inday Sara, yellowtard means:

– noun
a person infected with yellow fever
a person who is liberal
someone who has an immaculate heart; spotless; clean< a person with incorruptible integrity - Adjective conforming to moral and ethical principles chaste perfect holy Synonyms: honest, infallible, virtuous, intelligent, faultless, decent, righteous, moral, squeaky clean, clever, uncontaminated, saint, sexy

In addition to her post, she even urged the netizens to vote Senator Trillanes and his friends in the upcoming senatorial elections in 2019.

“Please vote for Trillanes under the Magdalo Partylist and his yellow friends. They need to survive because they are perfect and perfect is the way to go.” Inday Sara said in her Facebook post.

At first, you might say that Inday Sara Duterte is praising the Liberal Party and the other opposition groups. However, the Davao City Mayor is known for being sarcastic to her enemies.

Several netizens also quickly understood that Inday Sara Duterte didn’t jump ship to LP and only trying to annoy the opposition by her sarcasm.

“Most so-called educated people in this country cannot distinguish sarcasm from reality. That is the reason why they couldn’t get the sarcasm being expressed by the President. Let us all recognize that Bisayas have a different way of expressing realities than Tagalogs.” Netizen Lawrence See said after reading Inday Sara’s post.

“Sarcasm at its best..” Doc Yoj said

As of writing the post of Inday Sara quickly gained thousands of reactions and shares from her fans.

Yesterday, Inday Sara slammed Senator Trillanes for claiming that President Rodrigo Duterte might urge her to run for Presidency to hold onto power.

The Senator quickly backed out in exchanging words with Inday Sara, saying that he doesn’t have time to quarrel with the presidential daughter.

In response, the tough Mayor called Trillanes “coward” for not facing her.