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Opposition needs 9 seats to gain Senate majority control

By Raïssa Robles

Between now and February 12 when the campaign period officially starts, a lot of men and women will be huddled in rooms across the country negotiating political support and spoils.

President Rodrigo Duterte needs to make a clean sweep of the Senate race if he wants to consolidate his power and get the Senate to approve his charter change.

But the chances of him doing that, political analyst Ramon Casiple told me, are halos wala (nearly nil). Of course, those chances could improve after rigorous backroom deals with other political parties.

Here’s my South China Morning Post piece today explaining why:

PHILIPPINE SENATE ELECTION: ‘IMPERIAL MANILA’ LOOKS SAFE FROM DUTERTE … FOR NOW

Critics fear the president’s pledge to break the grip of the central government is just another move towards authoritarian rule. But analysts say they needn’t fear – to make good on his promise he will need an unlikely 12-0 victory

BY RAISSA ROBLES

18 OCT 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte needs his political allies to win all 12 seats in the 2019 Philippine Senate race if he is to make good on an election promise to break the grip of “Imperial Manila” on funding and

resources. That’s according to analysts, who have some bad news for the strongman leader: his chances of doing so are “nearly nil”.

One of the election promises that swept Duterte to power in 2016 was his pledge to replace the country’s highly centralised, presidential form of government with a federal system in which the country’s 17 administrative regions would become autonomous states.

But to fulfil that promise Duterte will have to scrap much of the 1987 Constitution, a move the Constitution says would require the backing of 18 of the 24 senators. Critics say the provisions for Duterte’s proposed constitution (drafted by his hand-picked committee) would impose something more akin to authoritarian rule, while his plans have also come under fire for relaxing restrictions on foreign ownership of land and on joint ventures on oil exploration with foreign governments such as China.

At present, he is thought to be able to rely only on nine or 10 senators, and the terms of three of his allies – Gregorio Honasan, Loren Legarda and Francis Escudero – will expire next year, leaving him as few as six guaranteed allies.

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  1. Ex-BOC Lapena suggests to In-Coming BOC Guerrero to apply counter-intel at the BOC. What kind of counter-intel?

    All former BOC chief were mil people. Other military officials had occupied the top BOC post in the past – former Air Force commanding general Ramon Farolan from 1977 to 1986; former Navy commander Guillermo Parayno Jr. from 1992 to 1998; and Marine Captain Nicanor Faeldon from July 2016 to August 2017. Did they apply counter-intel as Mr. Lapena says?

    What really is at the BOC? Money! Money from GOODS coming in. Taxes on the money. Or money on the money. Why is the procedure at BOC on tax-money not followed? Money kasi.

    Too many questions but remains unanswered.

    Too many illegal drugs coming in. To maintain too many EJKs. These two go hand-in-hand to happen.

    Endemic corruption.

    https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/10/27/1863579/isidro-lapea-new-customs-chief-improve-counter-intelligence

    • methink, lapenya is full of s- -t! there was prior intelligence but tinabi, nakisama yata sa kabaro. hindi naniwala sa intelligence at ayaw maniwala dahil out of his league yang intelligence na yan, so onerous and humongous, scared to act and afraid to go after the bigger sharks in illegal drug business. might come face to face with his own pardrino, e, at baka mapahiya pa siya at matanggal sa pwesto. he, he, he. kaya binaitan. he wont be able to find such good paying job elsewhere kasi, him and his corruptible ways.

      lapenya was already resting on his laurel dahil he was able to exceed kuno customs collection, and became complacent yata and let his guard down. when problem struck, tulala siya. and to make matter worse, tinakpan ang pagkukulang at nagsingungaling! and when there was no way out for him, saka na lang binago ang istorya. yes there was shabu, yes there was intel, yes he did not act on the intel, and yes, he needs another job dahil he’s a good man kuno.

      well, good men dont let in shabu that ruins the lives of many. good men make honest men of drug smugglers and prosecute them. good men dont tabi valuable intelligence and good men dont lie at the 1st chance they got. lapenya should have been straightforward instead of wasting inquiry time. the shortest way is the best way.

  2. Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Andres Reyes Jr. have all sent in their applications.

    These FIVE are justices already. Each still wants to be CJ of the High Court. WHY is that? If there is still another HIGHER post in the Judiciary, each would still want that. WHY is that?

    The Judicial and Bar Council earlier said that it would “dispense with public interviews of senior SC justices vying for the position, without prejudice to closed-door interviews by the members of the JBC.”

    Each gets that privilege other ordinary judges do not. Being a justice HIGH na higher PA!

    Why is that? Greedy? Maybe not but if it is I do no know why.

    https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/10/26/1863406/five-sc-justices-vie-chief-justice-post

    • being chief justice is ultimate trophy, having their names in the honored roll of chief justices is feather on their caps. and to be recognize as such is priceless!

      they asked to be exempted from interviews by virtue of their jobs as justice associates. they want the cake but not the scrutiny, too plebeian kasi yang interview, too humbling and too banal and good only for neophytes. the last time kasi they were interviewed was ages ago? and since then interview techniques have dramatically changed and maybe not to their advantage yan.

      they want the top job but not the due process, not the nitty gritty and not the much feared psyche test again. and of those vying for the top job, only one will be chief justice and maybe only for a few months.

      • hukbong ng mga recycled po yan, kaso this does not solve problems, only shifted problems. digong is good in choosing men with questionable characters, flawed gaya niya, ka-mirror image niya. no wonder po he cannot rebuild marawi city. the military are just waiting for next manna from heaven to drop, an appointment to higher govt offices, vying for it they are. best qualification nila is the ability to say yesssir! yesssir! yesssssirrrr! and saying yessirs still does not solve problems. it may make digong feel good to appoint them, na-hoodwink kasi yan sa uniporme at face value. mistah, mistah, mistah, gaggle of mistahs.

        • digong has need of honest men in govt offices kuno, kaso he does not know an honest man if he sees one. there was an honest man who asked him to be transparent and sign bank waiver, but digong refused. honest men and women just cannot turn blind eye on digong dahil he is fast proving to be the ultimate pater noster of the corrupts and the dishonests, he appoints them to high places! befriends them and encourages them, and rewards their dastardly acts pa.

          digong persecutes honest men and women, he’s paranoid around them and sending them to jail is comfort to him. else he builds fake charges against them and revoking amnesties. pinapahirapan talaga ang mga honest men and women.

          truly, if digong wants honest men, he has to start with himself. like he said previously, he cannot change. but he can learn, so learn!

          set the tone and the pace of what honesty is, digong should. not coddle them and shift them to other places.

          investigate their crime instead of waiving their crime and if found guilty, punish them, not waive their punishment because they’re friends, kumpare niya, ninong siya. not takip their sins and crime dahil their crime reflect back at him and embarrasses him, he’s in their company, he appoints them, therefore he must be liable.

          must be but maybe not. if digong has not ordered them to do dastardly act as turning blind eye to crime, then his liability is less. but if digong has ordered them to turn blind eye to crime being committed dahil the one committing the crime is kakilala at kaibigan niya, then he is liable.

          and the way he’s recycling them, he must indeed be liable. they did what they were told, and to do as told, ugali yan ng military, he, he, he.

  4. ‘Albayalde: PNPA cadets who allegedly forced plebes to perform oral sex should be dismissed’ – news item. Is this true? This is SEX CORRUPTION but still corruption.

    Alike. . . Monico Lawinsky sa WH.

    Mayroon ba sa PMA rin ng ganito? Sa USMA? To prevent defense of DENIAL. . . hating kagat or buong putol kagat. he he

    https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/10/23/1862502/albayalde-pnpa-cadets-who-allegedly-forced-plebes-perform-oral-sex-should-be-dismissed

    • now we know who are spreading HIV-AIDS! albayalde should ensure no cadets had contracted sexually transmitted diseases. test them for chlamydia too, the damn thing can lead to blindness.

      • uhm, methink, what albayalde failed to disclose is that it was sextorion attempt on the hapless plebe. parang blackmail baga, pay up or cadets will post pics of plebe on the internet, plebe on compromising position on knees and slurping, he, he,he.

  5. The Soriano-Makat court, sustained the factual findings of Proc. 572. Sen. Trillanes IV case per Order was dismissed on Sept. 21,, 2011, is final and executory under the immutabilitydoctrine.

    Silently, Soriano-Makati Court says that dismissal cannot be disturbed.

    Is it a tie that Crim. case #03-2784 is valid as to its dismissal and that Proc. 572’s valid as to It’s factual findings? Can the ORDER of this Court be termed as TABLA in favor of both parties?

    It looks like it is. But it is not really. Procl. 572 lost. Trilla IV won. Procl. 75 won.

    Quo Warranto lost. Immutability doctrine won.

    • dear leona, my pamangkin in high school wants to understand kung bakit legal ang proc. 572 and at the same time na dismiss ang kaso ni sen. trillanes. at bakit dadalihin daw sa sc. ano ang puedeng mangyari sa sc? maraming salamat po.

      • Salamat rin sa pamangkin mo <b<@kalakala.

        1.) Ang na-dismiss na KASO ay yun kaso noon nag-apply si Sen. Trillanes IV ng Amnesty noon Sept. 2011, hindi itong kaso to ‘revive or buhayin’ per DOJ’s Urgent Motion. This MOTION was ‘DENED’ or hindi pinagbigyan ng Korte ni Judge Soriano
        sa mga dahilan nakita ng Korte.

        2.) Yun Procl. 572, sabi ng Korte, ay para lang kay Sen. Trilllanes IV. Puede. Within the President’s power yan (says the Korte). Hindi voiding Procl. 75 on Amnesty grant. Ibig sabihin ‘very LIMITED’ ang sina-sabi ukol kay Sen. Trillanes IV. Maari ‘o puede yan.

        3.) Sa SC, wala nakaka-alam kung ano ang mangyayari kasi wala pang doon yun ISSUE (or this kaso) na ito.

        Ganoon ang mga bagay sa pag i-iKOT sa paliwanag sa ilalim ng Batas. Mayroon maraming ‘twists ‘o turns’ in legal working knowledge. Law is a SCIENCE that keeps on growing or very VIBRANT (as sabi ng Korte sa Makati).

        Sa ma-ikling salita: Be able to understand to NOT UNDERSTAND what it is really about the LAW in its vibrancies.

        My limited SAGOT. Salamat again.

        • arc says

          October 24, 2018 at 5:47 AM

          kalahari’s “The decision means that the coup case that was dismissed in 2011 may be reopened for trial”, ay sweet dreams with that.

          if said case is reopened, again! and brought to trial, again! and if the result is again like that of judge soriano’s, aba baka instead of uling, baka mag-aapoy na ang mukha ni mukhang uling!

          Buksan uli ang coup de tat’ case.

          Hindi puege – sabi ng Soriano Makati Court. What reason(s)?: Final and Executory – na daw. In short ‘good as DEAD’. Does a case really DIE?
          Only the SUPREME COURT can say a case is dead BUT can be revived.

          In short, like old soldiers they never die but only fade away. . . alive!

          Vibrancy in the law.

  6. On the Makati RTC ruling on the amnesty case:

    Sa sobrang dami ng mali ng rehimeng Duterte

    Ganito pala ang pakiramdam kapag tama ang nanaig sa mali.

    Ang tama, nilalaban.

    • ang tama nanalo. must have been gut wrenching for judge soriano to deny the command of the most high of the pecking order, king of the food chain and the resident buang in situ.

      a stupid command and a malicious one deserved to be thrashed and not allowed to prosper. not allowed! thou shall not pass!

      and god has answered my prayers and the prayers of many.

      there are few good men left standing and judge soriano is one.

    • Trillanes clinched game 1 of best-of-7-game series since Judge Andres Soriano of RTC 148 upheld the legality of PRRD’s proclamation 572 which voided ab initio the amnesty granted by PNoy to Trillanes & Co.

      The decision means that the coup case that was dismissed in 2011 may be reopened for trial

      • maybe. only maybe, just maybe, could be maybe. and maybe to make digong more paranoid and more edgy, he, he, he.

        reopen old wounds, na-revoked ang revoke, got a kick in the guts, got a spit on the face, mapakamalicious and vexacious na ang govt ni digong. but 1st, gotta save his mukhang uling face dahil face pa naman siya of his emerging dynasty. na-shrug off kasi ni judge soriano.

        • anyhow, there’s a wide gaping hole and more recent wound that needs urgent attention: marawi city. trillanes can wait, he’s not going anywhere po.

        • marawi city needs rebuilding, not if the military can help it. there is something secret about marawi city baga. tambakan ng illegal drugs na kaya and lugar na ‘to? no private citizens allowed in, only military personnel. methink, unexploded ordinances are just excuse cooked up by the military to keep people out, he, he, he.

        • kalahari’s “The decision means that the coup case that was dismissed in 2011 may be reopened for trial”, ay sweet dreams with that.

          if said case is reopened, again! and brought to trial, again! and if the result is again like that of judge soriano’s, aba baka instead of uling, baka mag-aapoy na ang mukha ni mukhang uling!

      • Judge Soriano should be the OMBUDSMAN! To improve the Agency’s prosecution effectiveness to provide EVIDENCE to win the cases.

        He noted in that Trilla IV case that DND Ad Hoc commtte lost or failed to produce that single copy of the ‘application form’ for Amnesty. Was that copy hidden by extracting it?

        Very unusual or mysterious indeed. How inventive are prosecutors in this Adm on evidence proofs. Who taught or suggested to them this?

        he he he

  7. 2019 polls an “uphill climb” for the opposition – VP Leni

    It will be an “uphill climb” for opposition candidates in the 2019 elections due to President Rodrigo Duterte’s popularity, according to Vice President Leni Robredo during a leadership forum in Washington on Thursday

    Robredo chairs the Liberal Party which leads the opposition for next year’s midterm elections

    The opposition slate is composed of:

    1. Mar Roxas
    2. Sen. Bam Aquino
    3. Lorenzo “Erin” Tanada III
    4. Jose Manuel “Chef” Diokno
    5. Muslim Mindanao assemblywoman
    Samira Gutoc
    6. Election lawyer Romulo Makalintal
    7. Former solicitor general Florin Hilbay
    8. Rep. Gary Alejano of Magdalo party
    list

    Of these eight, only Roxas and Aquino have figured in the top 12 winners’ circle in pre-election surveys

    “We are hopeful that we will be able to win a number of seats. Instead of 12, we’re putting up only eight. And it’s a strategy. We decided to put up names of really very good people, so that we could differentiate from the names put up by the administration, she said.

    http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/671770/2019-polls-an-uphill-climb-for-the-opposition-vp-leni/story/

    • uphill climb, but climb anyway. hard climb yan lalo na’t insurmountable ang odds. less money for campaign but taumbayan will pitch in and will help where they can.

      climb and we’ll push! climb!

      • Mukhang hindi totoo ang kuwento ni kalahari.

        Is GMA News is subscribing to fake news…para bang si GMA????

        • PH needs leaders who protect human rights – Robredo

          https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/10/18/ph-needs-leaders-who-protect-human-rights-robredo/

          Updated October 18, 2018, 6:30 PM

          By Raymund Antonio

          In defending democracy, Vice President Leni Robredo said people need leaders who protect human rights and has empathy and not those who display brute force and intimidate people they govern.

          “Defending democracy for us means embracing all of its imperfections and supporting extraordinary leadership that will make democracy work despite its imperfections,” Robredo said.

          “Now, more than ever, we need leaders who will step down from their pedestal and walk with the last, the least, and the lost. We need leaders who will commit themselves to the protection of human rights. Leaders that draws strength, not through brute force or intimidation, but through acts of empathy and respect,” she added.

          The Vice President delivered the keynote speech during the leadership forum held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.
          Robredo, a longtime human rights lawyer, spoke on the theme “In Defense of Democracy” before the top policy think tank. The forum is considered a premiere platform for discussing issues that have significant impact on Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific.

          In her speech, the Vice President underscored the need for the United States and Philippines to make democracy “more relevant and responsive” for the people in the face of threats to democracy.

          “We could, and should, make public institutions more responsive and promote good governance. We could, and should, do more in ensuring that democracy leads to more people living better lives,” Robredo said.

          “However, the need to make our democracies more relevant and more responsive should never be an excuse to give up on its principles and values. Instead, it should inspire us to seek ways to make it better,” she continued.
          The Vice President spoke about the emergence of new modes of “populism, protectionism, and extreme nationalism” that have become “alternatives” to “defunct” democratic values.

          These, she said, are being spread by various networks on the Internet and social media to “bypass borders and institutional regulation.“

          “This has given rise to a new breed of populist leaders, seeking to reintroduce tyranny as a more alluring counterpoint to democracy,” said Robredo.
          Robredo then cited “How Democracies Die,” a book written by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, about the ways to break democracy.

          “It is less dramatic but equally destructive. Democracies may die at the hands not of generals but of elected leaders—presidents or prime ministers who subvert the very process that brought them to power,” she quoted the book.

          In her remarks, Robredo highlighted the importance of the Philippines’ defending its democracy, particularly against the “aggressive expansionism,” in the West Philippine Sea.

          “Today, we reiterate our commitment to a rules-based order within the region, founded on mutual respect of international law, treaties, and agreements,” she said.

          “The rise of China will no doubt usher in a new era of prosperity in Asia. But aggressive expansionism that threaten to trample on the sacred percepts of international law, and done at the expense of smaller, less powerful nations, must at all times, be met with diplomatic resistance,” Robredo stressed.

          The Vice President also thanked the U.S for its assistance in battling insurgency and terrorism in the country.

          “Ending it allows our military to focus on other growing external challenges we face, such as the row in the West Philippine Sea,” she said.

        • yong, “Now, more than ever, we need leaders who will step down from their pedestal and walk with the last, the least, and the lost.”

          careful lang po tayo dyan, dahil digong has been known to sleep kuno under kulambo, just like the poor kuno. and walking among the poor, visiting din po siya sa mga iniwan ng tatlong polis na pinatay kuno ng npa, nakiramay at respectful kuno kaayo siya sa mga biyuda and again, namigay pa ng anu-ano, libre. sobrang pakitang tao, cameras were there to record the event of his visit, bong go on the background like a bored drone watching.

          walking with the lost, digong is good at that and always with cameras in tow. though he rarely walk or visit the wake of those mga napatay ng polis niya, bihirang bihirang nakiramay sa mga iniwan nila. at hindi rin po siya nakiramay sa mga pinahiran at ginutom ng train law, wala siyang pakialam kung tubig at hangin na lang ng kinakain nila.

          still, if there is photo opportunity, you can be sure digong will be there, showing his perverted version of care for the less fortunate and the needy. a facade he had perfected, made to perfect.

          or bong go will cut off digong’s foot! he, he, he.

        • pls lang po, we also need leader that will do what is best for the nation, not what is best for their families, friends and relatives. we need leaders that follow the rule of law, not leaders that are law unto themselves. pardon for being repetitive po but again, I’ll say, we need leaders that do not give away our territories to china just because he stupidly believes the chinese are his ancestors and kin, sold by their smiles and gifts and bird nests.

          and we need leaders that are not paranoid, his paranoia fed by the people around him, sees every cough as terror plot and bomb threat, he, he, he. noisy students are seen as threat to his presence. and appoints mostly military men to top jobs dahil yessir kasi ang military, do whatever is asked, blindly obedient. no questions asked. just keep them medals coming and they’re happy. medals means higher pension later in life.

          we need leaders that are not hoodwinked by martial law, thinking ml will solve problems. well, it did not and ml only serves to prolong problems. mindanaw is till in quagmire and marawi city is still dump.

          cheers po to vp leni robredo. so glad she came up with good candidates line up for next election.

        • Our 3 principal Institutions: Executive, Congress ( with Senate) and Judiciary Depts are supposedly the ‘wells’ for leadership but this is now eversince a dried-up well.

          We lack good leadership for the lost, the needy and those living under injustice circumstances. Even the LP and others cannot find them. Too many but too few and this few is not even enough.

          The whole structure is clottered. A sorry state way to live!

          .

  8. How or what do you call these lawmakers’ statements re political dynasties?

    – 1.) “Real power emanates from the people. For as long as the sovereign will of the people is not subverted, we cannot do anything about it [having family members running],” Lopez said. (Rep. Manny Lopez)

    – 2.) “Let these observations be an election issue and submit the same to our electorate,” said Batocabe, the president of the Party-list Coalition.” (Bicol Rep.)

    – 3.) “These are all elected in a democratic process so you cannot blame them,” Garbin said. (Rep. Alfredo Garbin) – “I think what we should do is to empower the electorate by providing them an informed choice and amend the Constitution to return to the two-party system,” he added.-

    – 4.) Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte shrugged off criticisms that her family is building a political dynasty

    Shrugged off is the name. Shruggy politikos. The 1987 Constitution did not shrugg off political dynasty. The delegates did shrugged off by not expressly prohibiting it inccomplete clause. They proposed a long draft but could not do a shorter one it. How or what do you call it? NO MEATTY BALLS. Ampao ang mga itlog nila.

    What did Congress do afterwards? Tuloy ang ligaya ng mga no meatty balls. Ampao pa rin. Effects? Ampao ang buhay sa Filipinas sa dynasty.

    So? Do Not Vote For Candidates in political dynasties. It is NASTY!

    • 1) real power emanates from the people, kaya people are fooled, duped and given false promises. lied to, given false info and fed fake news. just as foolish to say nothing can be done about it (dynasty) for laws can be enacted and comelec can be made to bite with sharp teeth instead of being terribly toothless.

      2) it’s going to be like the 25% shading, we dont all fit in the same pigeon hole. let the electorate decide and yet the menu given is meager at napaka ang monopoly. anywhere you turn, it’s the same name glaring at you, different faces but same name.

      3) elected in the democratic process, that’s the only process at hand po. there isn’t any other processes. empower the electorate kuno by giving them informed choice, kaso informed choice is often blinkered and tweaked and far from the truth. sometimes, one needs to be rocket scientist to separate the grain from the chaff of contrasting info.

      and it’s not just empowerment that electorate needs. what is in dire need is good politicians who are content with their salaries, not keen to line their own pockets with pork and who will work for the good of the nation, not for the good and benefits of their own familes first and foremost.

      4) shrug off policy of inday sara and duterte clan, that’s the chinese way, they shrug us off in west phil sea. you’re stealing our fishes and selling them back to us, and the chinese just shrugged their shoulders. shrug, shrug, okay, better if botantes shrug their shoulders at duterte clan and not vote them in. give them the shrug and not the votes.

      • That’s WHY many DO NOT VOTE anymore. The wealthy and Middle Class do not vote enough.

        The 16M loves to vote especially when fooled to be greedy.

        Suffrage rights is dead alright. Under dictatorship, it is 3x dead alright.

        Oh, how supporters of dictatorships loves when there are so many dead!

        DEADMA ang situation.

  9. Tweet for the day:

    Yung feminism ni Pia Cayetano, kailangan approved ni Boy Bastos. hi hi hi

  10. Hi Raissa, for me, a Brit long, long time married to a Filipina and long time resident of Pampanga, the root of the problem is that the badic Filipino does not care about the effect of her actions on others.
    Consider the totally inconsiderate actions of jeepney drivers, tricycle drivers, truck drivers, bus drivers and most motorists.
    Consider those wandering through Malls, texting whilst walking and expecting others to make way for them.
    Consider those who find it impossible to stand in line.
    Consider those groups who stand in doorways and block aisles whilst recounting the daily gossip.
    Consider those who take their children to church and then let them treat it like a playground.
    Consider those who find it impossible to speak but must communicate at full volume.
    Consider those who throw their takeaway debris, soiled tissues and even diapers from their car windows.
    And of course, all those men who think it is okay to flash their birds anywhere in public whilst taking a leak.
    And more.

      • I can understand parents taking their kids to church, leave them at home and they’ll play with matches and burn their home.

        kids dont have the same attention span as adults and being kids, will play. it’s up to us adult to be creative. childhood studies say that kids are quite partial to bribe. I’m ashamed to say that yes, I bribed kids! lalo na at church and at bus stops where there is long line and patience is thin. I got sweets and sometimes candies in my backpack and gave them to screaming kids. that shuts them up, mouths too busy salivating to make mischief. but first ask parent’s permission if it’s okay for their kids to have sweets and often, the answer is resounding yes. pls lang po, dont infuse candies with drugs and whatnot. dont abuse kids. bribe them instead.

  12. It would be a Manna gift from heaven if PRRD proclaims martial law before the elections. FM in his grave would cringe! quipping to PRRD “Hey Bodoy Diggong! My 1973 constitution was changed. I got exiled to Pauwaii. I call all that unsuccessful. My only consolation is that my immediate family were not permanently exiled and stripped of citizenship plus my plundered treasures as mainly intact. Don’t even think of forming a revolutionary government. It won’t do. You do not live forever. Look at me! I’m here down in this stenching hole of HELL burning in hotty sulphur without death.”

    “My prayers said here are useless. All of us here makes curses against each other to Hell’s delights! There is no merciful God here as you keep on saying up there. Better believe this. It would have been better, if you continue your ways, that you wish never to have been born. One once big shot here I curse all times on is Adolf Hitler who curses me back in turn. We grapply against each other everytime a new burning hotty sulphur is placed below our feet and both of us loses with more curses to each one. Worst dictators are here but much lower than us and per information by a tiny devi it’s worst down below.”

    “I want to pray that your senatorial candidates will all lose their bids! So that you cannot commmit the same mistake I made with fakely believing I was a strong man there to live forever. I pray also that my immediate family will apologize for the wrong things I did there. Their spending the stolen wealth I made doesn’t excuse them from returning it to the people and to excuse themselves that they did no wrong. Spending those wealth makes them principal conspirators of what I did. So warn you immediate family members too.”

    “Put&*&^%ina! Sobrang sunog paa ko! Demmmonyoooo! Tigilan mooo itoooooo….ahhhh ahhhh”

    • he, he, he, baka sabihin din po ni makoy, put %%^^&&**## na mo wife of mine! I have given you everything and still not enough for you! pati pa naman musmos ng angkan ko, ginawang cult members mo. shouldn’t you be enjoying retirement now instead of trying to emulate me? you dont have my bayag, you dont have my mind, and you dont have my guts!

      • p.s. iyak si makoy duon sa kabilang dako at sabi, I was not liked, I was not loved, and now, crazy wifey make me most hated! together with that coal faced from dabaw, wifey has made me icon of all that is detestable! hu, hu, hu, bakho. and my children are no better. lord, where did I go wrong!

    • Relative to hell, Pope Francis was quoted as saying “there is no hell”

      In an interview with a longtime atheist friend, Pope Francis claims that Hell does not exist and that condemned souls just “disappear.” This is a denial of the 2,000-year-old teaching of the Catholic Church about the reality of Hell and the eternal existence of the soul

      https://www.cnsnews,com/blog/michael-w-chapman/pope-francis-there-no-hell

      Come to think of it, can the condemned souls, if any, be really burned in hell scorching in flames?

      The mortal remains, once buried 6-feet underground, will be eaten immediately by maggots irrespective of whether they are rich, powerful or the poorest of the poor.

      • uhm, condemned souls just disappear, they dont, really they dont! they’re quite creative and reincarnate and become bad politicians. and some even got the mark of cain, the biblical ‘his brother’s keeper’, at nag-uuling ang mukha, he, he, he. mukhang uling attributed the fair skinned chinese as ancestors. more believable sana si mukhang uling had he attributed monkeys as ancestors! he’s as screechy and my bet is, he’d soon be growing thick black hair all over his face!

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        anyhow, no need to feed them decomposition worms, cremate the dead instead, cleaner at cheaper yan. worms will be sad but. them worms should not be gorging when many of our kababayans are eating less.

        pardon po for my being uncouth.

      • It is said and believed by the Catholic Church in its teachings that the SOUL is spirit. It has just a form but NO MATERIAL SUBSTANCE. How then can a SOUL be burning in Hell?

        Sometimes the word ‘soul’ refers to the part of the human being that will live on in eternity as in Matthew 10:28: “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. And in the Great Commandment, we are taught to love God with all of our soul” (Matthew 22:37).

        We humans cannot grasp this one. Only HIM.

        Kaya, there are so many many corrupts.

        https://www.biblword.net/difference-spirit-soul-body/?gclid=CjwKCAjw9sreBRBAEiwARroYmyb22g2D2kMolbc7zUs5B9k-j6vtQGBY-jG2fQjEO0Jaur3S-B7OFBoC0SkQAvD_BwE