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Dear Mr. President, I don’t feel safe in my own country

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By Raïssa Robles

I know, I know. Police statistics show an overall drop in crime. You said that in your State of the Nation address.

But that does not give me, nor many Filipinos, much comfort.

I just don’t feel safe in my own country. I don’t wear any jewelry that my mother gave me because it might be snatched or worse, I might be held up just for it. Sometimes, when I see men and women sporting thick gold necklaces which they bought in foreign lands, I am tempted to caution them to remove the dangerous baubles.

Whenever I walk the streets of Metro Manila, I make sure my handbag is not hanging from my shoulder that’s near the kerb just in case robbers on motorbikes try  to snatch it. When I’m in a vehicle I make sure all the doors are locked. Before boarding a cab, I look at the cab driver to gauge whether he might be a robber in disguise.

I don’t anymore ride the bus for fear of robbery.

After the recent shooting in Colorado, where a masked man entered a movie house and opened fire with an automatic rifle on the audience, I asked myself whether something like that could happen in Metro Manila. Maybe in the conflict-torn parts of Mindanao but not in Metro Manila, I thought.

However, last week I had appointments that took me from Trinoma mall to the computer wing of SM North Edsa and back. It was quite a long walk. But what struck me was the number of security guards with wands I had to open my handbag for and be patted by. I had to submit to seven separate pat downs and bag searches that day.

This is something that westerners find weird here but which has become a fact of life in Metro Manila. Despite such security, armed robbers still manage to strike inside malls.

Another thing that a German friend found odd in our national capital region is the pervasive use of barbed wire strung atop gates and walls of houses. Again, it is something that many residents including myself have taken for granted. Another thing taken for granted is the number of dead bolt locks that homes need for the front door and all other doors that can be opened from the outside.

There is a very disturbing trend in Metro Manila of various streets putting up gates and shutting them at night to keep away robbers. After dark, Metro Manila  turns into a garrison city.

This is not the way to live.

I am not blaming President Aquino for how much peace and order have deteriorated in the capital region and elsewhere. But I would like to request that this be given a priority in his administration.

The first and most serious crisis that hit the Aquino administration was a problem of peace and order – that of a rogue cop holding hostage a tourist bus to press for his reinstatement in the police force.

Aquino left the matter to Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim to handle. That was understandable. He was after all a former police general. But Mayor Lim flubbed it big time. To this day, the report on whether or not Lim should be made partly liable for mishandling the crisis has not been made public. That is, if there is such a report.

Which brings me to my appeal to fellow citizens in the run-up to the 2013 polls.

Aside from making the Philippine President accountable, let’s start making provincial governors, city and town mayors and police station chiefs accountable for crime in their areas.

One thing that has struck me is how residents give a free pass to local chief executives and police station chiefs when it comes to crime.

When a bank robbery  at Robinson’s Galleria mall last March killed one person and wounded six, did we hear a peep from Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista? Naaah, he kept a low profile. And amazingly, no one noticed. No one demanded that the mayor act on the matter.

Robbery at Robinson’s Galleria drew onlookers but not the city mayor

Mayors and governors are responsible by law for maintaining peace and order in their area, along with the police officials assigned there. The mayors and governors have the budget for this. If crimes, especially what we call “petty crimes” are rampant, then they are all falling down on their jobs.

UPDATE as of 8:41 P.M., July 28, 2012

A commenter named @Emong reminded me about barangay captains. Yesss. Barangay captains are at the forefront of the fight against crime. They also have the budget for it and they hire barangay tanods for this very purpose.  Thanks @Emong for reminding me.

And that is where the Philippine President comes in – to rally and apply pressure on the local chief executives to reduce crime in their areas. After all, many of them are supposed to be his own political party mates and he is the head of the Executive Department, under whom mayors and governors fall.

If you feel unsafe in your city and neighborhood like I do, then it’s time to shop around for a new mayor, new councilors and new station police chiefs.

Local elections are just NINE MONTHS AWAY.

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Comments

  1. Sa mga itinuturing na reklamo lang ang pagtutol sa EJK related war on drugs.

    Ang mali ay mali. Ang pagsasabi nito ay hindi reklamo kundi paninindigan. Kaya ninyo ba na maunawaan ito.

    Sang ayon ako sa masigasig na war on drugs at criminality. Pero mali ang patayin lamang ang mga maliliit na drug users na sumuko na at hindi nanlalaban. Mali ang pasukin ang mga pinagsususpetsahang nagtutulak ng gamot at patayin sila ng walang hapas kahit na hindi nanlalaban at mali din na magsinungaling at sabihin sila ay nanlaban. Mali din na idiin ang isang inosenteng tao habang hinahayaang makatakas ang maaaring tunay na utak ng droga at krimen.

    Ang mga mahihirap ay tinutulungan na umahon sa buhay at hindi pinapatay. Hungkag ang war on drugs na hindi kinakalaban ang tunay na nasa likod ng suliranin tulad ng mga narcopoliticians, mga tiwaling pulis at miyembro ng hudikatura etc. Ito ay maaari lamang na panliligaw ng atensyon ng mga mamamayan habang ang ating bansa ay ipinamimigay halos ng kunwari ay namumuno ng war on drugs.

    Mali din na gawing criminal ang kapulisan dahil ang tama ay ayusin lalo at paghusayin ang kanilang kakayahan at isangkot ang mamamayan sa pangangalaga ng kanilang sari sariling komunidad.

    Marami naman talaga mai mumungkahi na tamang paraan. Pero ito ay para lamang sa mga may isip at hindi bayaran. Hindi ko sinasabi na ikaw iyon.

  2. Accepted nga naman na last 2012 pa ito, at accorsing kay ma’am Raissa eh di pa rin siya safer sa bagong administration, and evwn pointed out that the president brought Violence to Mindanao. Which is wala talagang alam sa kung anonang sitwasyon sa Mindanao. Sabagay ma’am, di ka naman siguro naglalakad sa gabi ng mag-isa, at di ka din siguro mahirap na natatakot ma-dukutan, at di mo din siguro ata natry magkaroon ng adik na kapitbahay, kaya ganyan ka makapagsalita. Try mo po kaya mamuhay sa slaughter houses ma’am! Palibhasa kasi mga mayayaman kayo di niyo alam buhay ng mahihirap para magsalita kayo ng ganyan, which is na-eemphasize kasi nasa mainstream media kayo! Eh ang mga mahihirap? Natatabunan mga hinaing, kasi naman ang gagaling niyo magcomplain, at sana naman po kung magcomplain kayo, magprovide din po ng alternative solution at ibigay sa pangulo di lang yung ngawa ng ngawa, and pointing mistakes lang! Kung makapoint kayo ng mistake ng pangulo parang ang perfect niyo naman po, kayo na lang po kya maging pangulo? For sure kung kayo magiging president, ang mga mahihirap kawawa kasi naririnig niyo lang eh ang mga sarili niyo!

    • Mali lahat ang iyong mga akala.

      Mas lalong mali na sabihin mong mayaman ako.

      Ang mga mahihirap nga nag napapatay, e.

      By the way, ano yung sinasabi mong “slaughter houses”?

      Pagsabi mong – kayo na lang kaya maging pangulo – kabalbalan yung ganyang argumento, e.

  3. You are wrong I am afraid in your approach. I supported Aquino. His hands off approach (being polite, it could also be described as a total abdication of leadership) was necessary in building the wealth of the country. However, it did not attempt to tackle what everyone knew to be the main problems of the Philippines – corruption, poverty and inequality, lack of infrastructure, healthcare and education, agricultural inefficiency, the NPA and Moro rebels.

    Building on the strong economy left by Aquino we now have a President who is tackling these problems head on. His administration can, and I am sure will, succeed in turning this country round. This will make the lives of tens of millions so much better and will save the lives of tens of thousands.

    Criticism of government is to be encouraged BUT it needs to be fair and balanced. I do not feel this your approach. Instead you produce a very one sided attack on the current regime that harms the country, potentially preventing the lifting of millions out of poverty.

    To the point of this article, I do not live in a nice gated community in Manila. I do feel safer myself, and I feel a lot safer letting my kids play outside. I have already noticed many positive changes. By all means criticize but also celebrate the good this this administration is bringing to the country. Speak for the ordinary Filipino not just the few rich and powerful.

    • How can we celebrate Christmas with over 5,000 Filipinos dying?

      Many are probably drug addicts but last time I looked at our laws, death was not the penalty for drug addiction.

      The punishment has to be commensurate to the offense.

      The killings erase the good that this administration has brought. It’s that simple.

  4. Dear Ms. Robles,

    It is well noted that this was written for former president Aquino.

    But as far as I or the nation have seen and are concerned, you’re only concentrations are the deaths happening of the entire country.

    Just a question, why is all that all the deaths in the country are classified as EJK. Are are no people dying naturally anymore or have all the bad people ceased to exist and are there only police force out there to kill anyone they want?

    How many percent have the criminality in the Philippines have declined so far? I think this is very irrelevant to you.

    How many percent has been our recorded growth since the turn over?

    We’re there not new laws implemented to alleviate the poor, ever since the take over of the Duterte Administration?

    I think you have not seen:
    Duterte’s Kitchen feeding the poor? (As someone from the laylayan ng lipunan says it doesnt taste good but it is still hot free food.)
    Free Medication for the poor soon even without Philhealth?
    Free Irrigation to farmers?
    Free Education in the SUCs?
    Agricultural Machineries given to farmers?
    More protection for journalists like you?
    Increase of foreign investment?
    This is just the few considerable achievements of President Duterte, can you not make other articles concerning these good news?

    Now if you are so concerned about drug addicts and drug lords being killed, then WHY DON’T YOU HEAD THE GIVING OF ARREST WARRANTS YOURSELF? That way you can guarantee their safety “maybe they will be somehow enlightened to surrender peacefully”, so when you get bullets for response feel free to catch all the bullets intended for the cops since you don’t like them to protect themselves otherwise you can hide behind them. Of course you can only say that THAT IS NOT YOUR JOB. So let them be and do yours, but if you want the truth, accompany them for a week. Then you start writing from experience and not from speculation.

    And if you are not PAID by any local or foreign power why can you not try to help the country prosper by doing a fair and square news reporting, not the biased way you are doing now. The people are not blind to see how the news coming from your establishment is spinned for the benefit of the obvious.

    Trolls dont exists, these are people that see injustice in the very irresponsible news reporting that is very rampant, which unfortunately is headed by none other than you. OUR EYES ARE VERY WIDE OPEN ITS TIME YOU OPEN YOUR’S AND BE THE JOURNALIST THAT YOU ARE.

    I use to admire you a lot for your old way of reporting things but you have gone down so low I can’t even find you even if I try to fish you out of the mud where you are. What has happened to you, where have your principles gone? I pray that you find in you the true you not this pretentious, BIASED, DISENTE persona you have incarnated. Or maybe you have always been one we your old admirers did not see before.

    • To answer some of your points –

      1. Just a question, why is all that all the deaths in the country are classified as EJK. Are are no people dying naturally anymore or have all the bad people ceased to exist and are there only police force out there to kill anyone they want?

      My reply – you should ask the police that. They were the ones who gave the stats.

      2. How many percent have the criminality in the Philippines have declined so far? I think this is very irrelevant to you.

      My reply – Street crime has significantly gone down, but murder has dramatically shot up.

      Now my question to you is – does a thief who steals your necklace deserve the death penalty?

      3. Now if you are so concerned about drug addicts and drug lords being killed, then WHY DON’T YOU HEAD THE GIVING OF ARREST WARRANTS YOURSELF?

      My reply – Only a judge can do that. Or did you not know or you were trying to be smart alecky on such a serious subject.

      4. And if you are not PAID by any local or foreign power why can you not try to help the country prosper by doing a fair and square news reporting, not the biased way you are doing now.

      Your logic has false premises. A journalist’s job is not to be nice to the current adminsitration. A journo’s job is to be a watchdog. What you want is for reporters to turn into poodles. And those who refuse to do so you call biased.

      5. OUR EYES ARE VERY WIDE OPEN ITS TIME YOU OPEN YOUR’S AND BE THE JOURNALIST THAT YOU ARE.

      My reply – your eyes are open but are WIDE SHUT. aND HEY, WHO are you to tell me what to write and what not to write? God? But even God gave journalists free will. So don’t mess with my free will.

      6. I use to admire you a lot for your old way of reporting things but you have gone down so low I can’t even find you even if I try to fish you out of the mud where you are.

      My reply – Now this one takes the cake. I write more gently than I used to write about Corona or Binay. I’m even holding my punches.

      There, there, it’s ok. You may stop reading me if yo think I’m biased.

      bye.

  6. Raissa, you are a HYPOCRITE AND A PAID SCUM JOURNALIST. Your dignity seems to belong to the highest bidder. The millions of Filipinos pity your soul..it has turned black.

    • Dear Jiggy,

      You are a piece of shit.

      this is the last time you are posting here.

      You don’t even know me yet you judge me, sabagay, by your standards.

      Maybe you;e only been exposed to PAID SCUM JOURNALISTS.

      Pity you.

      Bye.

  8. Hey miss. Question have you seen the better side of this war? Or youre already blinded with what you believe in..

    • Hey mister, this is not a war. This is a slaughter.

      I believe in justice without impunity.

      I believe street crime should be stamped out but not by killing the petty criminals.

      Killing is the easy way out. Arresting, convicting and jailing them is harder. You gets?

      • SO do you really think hard-skinned criminals will just give themselves up without a fight and march to prison?

        How stupid can you get?

      • Hey miss I wish that your mom or your love ones will be the next victims of those criminals so to find out how pity these criminals your are saying. I just can’t wait to see your feelings so I really wish this will come true to you. Good luck 👍

      • Arresting, convicting, jailing.. and then what? – They’ll bail out? Then what? They’ll do the crime over and over again. How many more victim needs to be sacrificed just for you to say enough!? You think criminals deserves a second chance? Ok let’s give them the second chance. How about those victims that they have killed? I think they deserve a second life, but of course that’s not possible. How about JUSTICE? You imprisoned the criminal, convicted, then jailed, then a few months later they got out because they have means (money). What happens to Justice? It’s enough to be jailed and convicted for one life that was taken? I may be impudent to say this but they deserve more than just being jailed and convicted!

        • Your argument is for killing indiscriminately without justice.

          We had that during Marcos’ Martial Law. And it did not work. And the result was disastrous.

    • There is no better side in the slaughter of addicts and innocents at this time even years after Raissa wrote this article.

      Honestly, I may feel a little safer back then in 2012 than at this time.
      Because I know the leader and his men were not in a murderer’s mode and my mind is more accepting if only the civilians I’ll consider as either the enemy or the criminals.
      I WON’T HOLD IT AGAINST THE PREVIOUS GOVT AND HIS MEN any shortcoming if they were not. I would glorify a govt more if they are softies in the killing fields. It doesn’t mean they condone but they are more HUMANE. Blaming that prev. govt for problems at that time and until before Do30 took his office is beside the point. All the PAST presidents are lacking in greatness. But what is greatness in leadership and making the subjects contented and peaceful?
      It only comes in three lettered words,,, RIP.

      I have come to meditate on great teachings I learned from a a good friend…. about murder/killing what ever you want to call it.

      Murder
      35. “Thou shall not kill” is made clear in the Old Testament, yet confused by the untrue god, Yaldabaoth, in which mob mentality – the will of the people – is able to kill another human. To kill another human is to impose your will upon another for eternity. This is the infinitely dark sin. The tendency to believe that if a group of people decide a fellow human should die, that this somehow divides up the consequences, is an illusion. As this is an infinitely evil sin, the infinite cannot be divided up, no matter the amount of people in favor of a death.

      36. Jesus said, “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” This is to warn us against what can destroy our soul – an incorrect lifestyle – which is to be more feared than murder.

      37. Jesus explains in Matthew 5:21-26 that murder begins in the heart. So if you are in disagreement with someone, then it should be resolved as quickly as possible. Murder of passion and impulse begins in the heart, as Jesus said. When one contains that feeling of hate in the heart it lurks about and spreads. It will spread to the mind where, if it finds a mind lacking understanding, it will wrap the mind around the murderous passion. A mind with murder at the core is the most dreaded thing and is something which can kill the spirit as well as the body.

      38. On the Path of Humanity (Chapter 2:6), murder tangled with knowledge and wisdom leads to premeditated murders. This is a vicious thing which kills without end as found in Henry Lee Lucas & Otis Toole, Pedro Alonso Lopez, Gilles de Rais, Raman Raghav, Yang Zhiya, Moses Sithole, Ivan Robert Marko Milat, and so many other killers throughout history.

      39. Murder tangled with wealth leads to killing to sustain wealth and wealth to sustain killing and was the start of events such as World War II for German prosperity, the genocide of the Native Americans for European prosperity, the Mongolian Expansion for Mongolian prosperity, and the violent wars and imperialism in Africa for European prosperity.

      40. Jealousy mixed with murder leads to killing another because of their own prosperity and lead to events such as the 9/11 attacks upon America, The Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the murders by Elizabeth Bathory.

      41. Kingship tangled with murder leads to evil leaders such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse-Tung, Pol Pot, and Idi Amin.

      42. Deities mixed with murder leads to killing in the name of religion such as the Christian wars against threats (the Crusades), the continual warring between Jews and Muslims, and the wars between Catholics and Protestants.

      43. Lordship tangled with murder leads to brutal societies such as the culture of prisons, the culture of criminals, and the culture of prehistoric man.

      This is of the current time.***IMO

      44. Isn’t murder acceptable if it will put an end to one of these endless cycles? No! All other options must be exhausted until the issue is resolved – even until the natural end of one’s life. Killing another is a permanent solution to a temporary problem, and this blatant abuse of free will results in an endless cycle. Murder gives way to more murder just like an eye for an eye results in a blind world.

      In addition, let us think about teachings on death penalty.
      I am for it after a fair judgement by fair men.. but alas, I only cry foul.

      The Code of Hammurabi
      8. In Babylonia the Code of Hammurabi was set up to give structure to a savage society.

      9. The death penalty was used as punishment for many infringements upon the law. If you accused someone of a crime which could result in death yet you couldn’t prove the accusation, then you would be put to death. Stealing from the temple resulted in death, stealing a slave resulted in death, robbery was meet with death.

      <3 LOVE THIS!
      10. The heart of humanity was still hard at this point in time and society fragile, but since Hammurabi the heart of humanity has grown softer. Modern society is mature enough to abolish the death penalty. For a government to form a collective will and decide the death of another being is a blatant abuse of free will, which is the most unpardonable sin of man.
      *****
      Have great moments Raissa & family, CPMERS HAPPY HOLIDAYS <3 :)
      You have a rather loooonnnnnnggg celebration since September 2016-2017.
      No more tears!!

  9. After the recent shooting in Colorado, where a masked man entered a movie house and opened fire with an automatic rifle on the audience, I asked myself whether something like that could happen in Metro Manila. Maybe in the conflict-torn parts of Mindanao but not in Metro Manila, I thought.— this paragraph.???
    I am from mindanao, I live in Davao City, but I usually go back to the province of my hubby kidapawan city, that’s cotabato side in mindanao. I’m 38 years old, but I never saw riding in tandem and robbers, I took public transportation if a car is not available. I sure wear my thick old jewelleries with no fear.
    I went to manila few years ago, to apply an agency for nursing abroad. My money around 200thousand, I put inside my rubber shoes and never wear jewellery for fear. I took a taxi with fear and not alone. I tried the train once, and never will try again.
    Don’t compare mindanao to manila, they have enormous differences regarding safety and crime. In Davao I could wear anything I want, same here in Singapore. I’m not terrified if my kids will ride taxi or jeep eye alone with their cellphone and ipadsI playing inside, nobody will attempt to snatch them. Never would I change Davao or Mindanao to any place in philippines.
    Yes some other parts of Mindanao is not safe especially the remote areas. But the cities are safe.

    • Singapore is safe because they follow the rule of law. Eh yung presidente mo ngayon? Siya pa nga mismo nagbi-break ng law. Hay nako talaga…

      • Kung adik ka baka nga na break ang law, pero kung law abiding citizen ka, then you will be convinced na mas mabuti pa ang mga addicts at criminals ang mamatay kaysa ang ka familya mo ang ma victima…

        • That’s the Duterte reasoning that you have swallowed hook, line and sinker.

          Not all addicts are killers. If all or most addicts are killers or rapists, we should have had over a million rapes and murders by addicts. But we dont.

    • Ok. This is debatable, I agree. But why is PRRD always quoted as saying that the state of lawlessness he declared, he always annexes Mindanao as an example?

  10. Thanks for this 2012 article Raissa. It reminds me of life during Aquino and putting the local government unit accountable on the crimes in their locality. Aquino is not responsible on the Luneta Hostage crisis and blaming it to Lim just like Yolanda deaths blaming it to the Romualdez. Is this still applicable today? Or will the president now accountable on all crimes wherever and whenever this time? I can see what you did there…

    • The difference between Aquino and Duterte is that Aquino delegated a lot of powers to others. In the case of the bus hostage taking, he delegated its operational details to Puno, Lim and to that SAF guy. All three failed to deliver.

      In Duterte’s case, he has clearly said aloud, very frequently, that he’s in charge of the “war” on drugs. And that if anyone is hauled to court, he will take the fall. Duterte has publicly said he is accountable.

      Remember, too, that the bus hostage taking was something that just happened. In the case of the “war” on drugs, it is clearly Duterte’s operation.

      • Aquino delegated but he is not taking full responsibility. He never took responsibility to any failure from his administration. As a president, you should clean up the mess of your incompetent delegates/appointees. Who else is going to do that? After all you appointed them. If they didn’t do their job properly, then he (Aquino) was a failure for appointing incompetent people. How can you say that its Puno, Lim, SAF operation, did they just go there on their own without Aquino’s knowledge? The problem with Aquino was yes he delegated but after that he didn’t care to follow up. Also, blaming others is NEVER a quality of a good leader.

        As for war on drugs, who else is going to take responsibility? Duterte is the president, that’s his job to protect his people . It is his job and it is his responsibility. No other presidents in the Philippines ever had the balls to fight drug menace. And for those who are killed during the process, they are unfortunately the casualties. Is there another a peaceful way to fight drugs? Maybe the rich and the elite can host the drug addicts at their home and take care of their needs. Maybe just maybe, it is the peaceful solution. But who is willing to do it?

        • You are partly correct when you say – No other presidents in the Philippines ever had the balls to fight drug menace.

          You should add – in the way he is doing now.

          But you are very wrong when you say – And for those who are killed during the process, they are unfortunately the casualties. Is there another a peaceful way to fight drugs?

          You’ve bought into the lie. The war is only one-sided. The real problem of drugs is the corruption in government – the officials protecting those in the drug trade.

          I would challenge you to go to Butch Dalisay and tell him up close and personal – sorry, the girlfriend of your relative was just an “unfortunate” casualty. In a just society, every death counts.

          Yes, drug lords and drug traffickers should be brought to justice. But short cuts should not be taken, short cuts that lead to unnecessary loss of lives.

          When you say – Maybe the rich and the elite can host the drug addicts at their home and take care of their needs. Maybe just maybe, it is the peaceful solution. But who is willing to do it?

          That is an absurd solution and you know it. Duterte has reduced the drug problem with a one-dimensional approach that you have bought into. That drug addicts are sub-human and therefore it’s ok to kill them or have them killed needlessly. Drug addiction is a complex human problem needing a complex solution. Some turn to drugs because they become addicted to them to ease the pain.

        • Do you have a better solution in the war against drugs? All people complain & if you have a better idea, a fool proof & 100% victimless approach well then go ahead & propose this said idea to the people in authorities!…

        • Kung meron naman po pala, eli try niyo po i-offer ang solution niyo kay presidente. I beliebe, he would be happy to hear it. Palibhasa po, hindi niyo alam ang buhay sa kalsada, natry niyo na po ba yun? Natry niyovna po bang mamuhay sa slaughter? Na try niyo na bang maglakad sa gabi at natatakot na baka may nakasunod sa’yo,? Na try mo na bang mamatayan ng kamag-anak nang dahil sa nga adik? Try niyovpo munang mamuhay sa ibaba bago ka magsalita na parang alam mo lahat, na parang napagdaanan mo lahat nang napagdaanan ng nga mahihirap na tao.

        • Alam mo Carol, you presume too much.

          Hindi mo man lang ako ni-research, kung ano ang pagkatao ko, Sinasabi mo ng hindi ako marunong ng buhay a kalsada?

          Ano ba yu7ng sinasabi mong “buhay sa slaughter?? Yun hindi ko maintindihan.

        • Are you campaigning because you are right? or campaigning to be famous with your commentaries? You’ve gained sympathy and fame with your open letter to Pnoy, how you felt unsafe back then, and now with a very hyperacti e president, who have done great in few months, apart from his war on drugs campaign, your sentiment doesnt seem to connect. What is your intention? Introspect.
          People who voted and supported the president all this time are not zombies, nor clueless about him. They are people who believe that this man can make this country a better and safer place to live again.
          No matter what you say on how the president cleans up the country, all I can say, He is doing a great job. And people including myself will continue to support his administration.

        • Bully for you, that you support the President.

          Your questions are wrong.

          I am NOT campaigning. I am a journalist who sees that while the drug problem needs to be tackled, his way of tackling it leads to many human rights violations.

          That is all.

      • And your Aquino administration always blame whoever!
        A leader who can’t take up responsibility is clearly a Responsibility Deficit Disorder. It runs in their blood.

      • Delegating tasks to others can be a convenient way to avoid any culpability later on or in certain circumstances, it can simply mean incompetence. On the other hand, you have a President who mans up, does not mince words, stands his ground and, definitely, has a strong political will.

        • Do you think when he says he was “just joking” that’s a form of palusot and not manning up?

  11. This is Philippines! I hope all local executives will cooperate with our new president in maintaining peace and order.