Ranks up there with—the dog ate my homework
Just My Opinion
By Raïssa Robles
President Rodrigo Duterte claims the International Criminal Court cannot prosecute him mainly because the Rome Statute which created the ICC never took effect in the Philippines.
He argues that although the Senate did ratify it, the Rome Statute was never published in the Official Gazette nor in any Philippine newspaper of general circulation.
Thus, he concludes in his nine-page “Statement” issued on March 13, 2018: “There being no jurisdiction of the said law, it stands to reason that the Rome Statute cannot be enforceable in the Philippines hence the International Criminal Court has not acquired jurisdiction nor can it acquire jurisdiction over my person.”
This lame excuse is similar to a student telling his teacher that the dog ate his homework.
According to Duterte, a former city prosecutor:
…in our jurisdiction, it is required that a law before it takes effect, the same must be either published in the Official Gazette or in a newspapers of general circulation.”
On August 30, 2011, the Philippine Senate ratified the treaty in the matter of the enforcement of the Rome Statute between the Philippine Government and the United Nations.”
Official record particularly the Official Gazette, the Rome Statute or the law by which I am now being subjected to a preliminary examination was not published thereat. Neither is there any showing that the said Rome Statute was ever published in a newspaper of general circulation.”
There being no jurisdiction of the said law, it stands to reason that the Rome Statute cannot be enforceable in the Philippines hence the International Criminal Court has not acquired jurisdiction nor can it acquire jurisdiction over my person.”
Duterte is correct when he says that the Rome Statute, which is the ICC governing law, HAS NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE nor by a newspaper of general circulation.
And for four good reasons.
First, because the Rome Statute is not a law enacted by Philippine Congress, requiring final approval by the President. In fact, treaties and international agreements like the Rome Statute are the exact opposite. It is the President who submits these to the Senate for ratification.
Second, the Senate ratifies treaties and international agreements by approving A SENATE RESOLUTION. NOT A LAW.[NOTE: Duterte insists on calling the Rome Statute “a law”. The word “law” has a specific definition in the Philippine Constitution. It has to be passed by both the Lower House and the Upper House of Congress. Clearly, the Rome Statute is not “a law”, as defined by our Constitution.]
Third, it is the Senate portal, not the Official Gazette under the Office of the President, that publishes international treaties and agreements it has ratified. The text of the Rome Statute is in this portal. Click on this link.
In the same manner, only the Supreme Court portal publishes decisions it makes as well as those of the Sandiganbayan, Court of Appeals and Court of Tax Appeals, not the Official Gazette.
Remember, we have three co-equal branches of government.
Fourth, in 2011, the Office of the President authorized the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) under Secretary Albert del Rosario to take charge of publishing ALL international treaties and agreements ONLINE. At that time, these numbered 1,600.
In fact, the Official Gazette announced this development online:
DFA launches Philippine Treaties Online
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2011/09/07/dfa-launches-philippine-treaties-online/
A September 7, 2011 press release from the Department of Foreign Affairs
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through its Office of Legal Affairs (OLA), has made available on its website the full text of some 1,600 international agreements entered into the country since 1946, under its “Philippine Treaties Online” project.
“The launch of the Philippine Treaties Online is a significant achievement for the Department pursuant to the commitment of the Aquino Administration to “transparent, accountable and participatory governance,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said.
The announcement gave the link to the Treaties as—http://dfa.gov.ph/treaties/ola
The contents had been painstakingly gathered by former DFA spokesman and now Ambassador to Malaysia J. Eduardo Malaya.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer carried the news release without the DFA link:
Philippines puts 1,600 international treaties online
GMA News also published both the release and the DFA link:
DFA: 1,600 PHL treaties now accessible online
But now, when you go to http://dfa.gov.ph/treaties/ola, you get the message – “category not found”.
Try it.
In the DFA website, under Resources, when you click on the link “Philippine Treaties Online”, you get NOTHING.
Here’s the link—http://124.106.127.217/treaty/
Try it.
Why were copies of the 1,600 plus treaties signed by the Philippines disappeared? When I told my hubby Alan @hotmanila about it, he asked me: “Was it upon the initiative of a low level coward or the orders of a high level coward?”
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I asked Manolo Quezon why the Rome Statute is not in the Official Gazette
Just to make sure, I asked former Presidential Communications Undersecretary Manolo Quezon why the Official Gazette, which was once under his care, never published the Rome Statute.
Quezon told me:
international agreements were handled by DFA and Senate concurrence is a legislative document so it would only appear in paper gazette if Senate and/or DFA had copy included, while we did not have a direct pipeline to Senate since they handle their own website.”
Quezon added:
On the other hand DFA has a section on treaties on its site as well as announcing treaty matters, coordination was always taking place to ensure primacy of DFA on foreign affairs matters and to avoid improper use of terms.”
I also asked Quezon to click on the DFA link—http://dfa.gov.ph/treaties/ola
He confirmed that the link was dead.
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Only rarely has the Official Gazette published an international agreement. One of them is the “Mutual Defense Treaty between the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America, August 30, 1951” [see – https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1951/08/30/mutual-defense-treaty-between-the-republic-of-the-philippines-and-the-united-states-of-america-august-30-1951/
Another is the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between Manila and Washington. http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2014/04apr/20140428-EDCA.pdf
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Still, let’s test Duterte’s argument with a simple experiment
Don’t just take my word for it.
Let’s test the correctness of Duterte’s argument that if an international agreement such as the Rome Statute was not published in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper, it is not in effect and therefore does not cover Filipinos.
This argument should cover ALL TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ratified by the Senate, right? Duterte makes no exception.
In August 2012 – or a year after ratifying the Rome Statute – the Senate also ratified the Maritime Labour Convention 2006.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Loren Legarda underscored its importance to Filipino seafarers who are among the best in the world. She said,
Our ratification finally and justly establishes the bill of rights of 1.2 million seafarers worldwide, 400,000 of whom are our very own. We should take great pride in this achievement.”
You can read Legarda’s press release by clicking the link below:
http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2012/0813_legarda1.asp
You can read Senate Resolution 118 concurring to Maritime Labour Convention 2006 be clicking on this Senate link:
http://www.senate.gov.ph/15th_congress/resolutions/resno118.pdf
Senate Resolution 118, however, does not append the entire Convention. You can read the text of the Convention by clicking this link on the International Labor Organization website
Now, let’s pretend we’re Duterte.
Go to the Philippine Gazette website: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph
In the search bar, type in the words: Maritime Labour Convention.
Did you get a hit?
No?
Using Duterte’s logic, Filipino seafarers are not yet covered by the Maritime Labour Convention because this international agreement cannot be found in the Official Gazette website.
I sincerely doubt any Philippine newspaper had published the entire text – which Duterte insists should be done with international agreements – since the English version of the Maritime Labour Convention runs to 120 pages.
Let’s try again.
Another very important international agreement that the Philippine Senate concurred in is the Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers, adopted by the Conference at its 100th Session, Geneva, 16 June 2011. It sets a Bill of Rights for Filipino domestic workers working in the Philippines and abroad.
By signing this Convention, the Philippine government and all other governments that are signatories require employers to provide contracts with clear terms for working hours, wages, decent living conditions, paid vacation leaves and weekly off days. It is what helps protect from abuse our more than 2.2 million OFWs working as domestics abroad.
According to Duterte, if this Convention is not in the Official Gazette, then Filipinos are not covered.
So again, go to https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/ and type on the search bar – Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers.
Again, the document IS NOT THERE. So just like the Rome Statute, this Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers was never in effect because it was never placed in the Official Gazette.
Senate Resolution No. 115 concurring with the passage of this Convention is in the Senate portal. Click on – http://www.senate.gov.ph/15th_congress/resolutions/resno115.pdf
The Senate also uploaded the text of the entire Convention – see http://www.senate.gov.ph/15th_congress/Treaties/international%20labour%20conference%20189.pdf
Let’s try some more.
In 2012, Manila and Beijing agreed to formalize a mutual legal assistance agreement on criminal matters. The Senate concurred by approving Senate Resolution No. 83 entitled – Resolution Concurring in the Ratification of the Treaty between the Republic of the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China Concerning Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters.
Again, this is not in the Official Gazette. But it is in the Senate portal: http://www.senate.gov.ph/15th_congress/resolutions/resno83.pdf
Going by Duterte’s logic, this Treaty is not yet in effect because it is not published in the Official Gazette. So therefore China and the Philippines should not be exchanging any information about criminals, especially drug traffickers.
Let’s try just one more time.
On October 8, 2008, the Senate approved Senate Resolution No. 131, Resolution Concurring in the Ratification of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
This was a ground-breaking agreement which widened the areas where Filipino workers could be deployed in Japan. Before JPEPA, Filipinos could only work in bars, clubs and in some domestic settings. With JPEPA, Filipinos were allowed to work in construction, as caregivers and nurses in hospitals. JPEPA also eased tariffs on Philippine exports.
But, again, JPEPA IS NOT PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
Senate Resolution No. 131 on JPEPA is published in the Senate portal – https://senate.gov.ph/14th_congress/resolutions/resno131.pdf
However, the entire JPEPA agreement is available on the website of the Department of Trade and Industry – https://www.dti.gov.ph/international-commitments/bilateral-engagements/pjepa
Using Duterte’s logic, JPEPA is NOT A DONE DEAL because, like the Rome Statute, it is not in the Official Gazette. And I doubt if the text of JPEPA was ever published in a newspaper. It runs close to a thousand pages because of the Annexes.
Gee, so many treaties benefiting our Filipino workers are defective and they never took effect because, according to Duterte, for treaties to take effect these should first be published in the Official Gazette or a newspaper.
leona says
If X filed suit for US$2Billion against FM in the latter’s personal capacity for award of damages and won the suit, why should PH gov’t have the right to block the payment to X?
1. OSG said . . . ‘driven not by the purely noble aim to seek justice and retribution for human rights victims, but by the hefty attorney’s fees he stands to receive’. – Hefty daw.
2. Another blocking reason . . . ‘baseless and inequitable ratio of the splitting scheme which was manifestly disadvantageous to the government.’ What is the business of the OSG objecting? it was a US court that decided the case. That court did not find the Attorney’s Fee hefty.
3. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo declined to comment but said . . . “In the first place, do they have jurisdiction over us?” Jurisdiction daw, wala. Did PH under this Adm and even past Adms have jurisdiction over that US case? Eh, wala rin. So, why ‘O why?
4. Another OSG blocking reason. . . ‘The OSG said the government “fully recognizes the right of martial law victims (but) their claims remain personal liability of the Marcoses.’ Is the TITLE of this US case ‘vs the PH’? Eh, hindi. It is against the MARCOSES, et. al. This suit covers even the SOULS of the defendants in liability. So, what ‘personal liability’ more does the OSG wants to say?
5. PH Adm through OSG and DOJ have nothing to do with this US court executory decision. X and so the other VICTIMS of Martial Law . . . ‘Class members are Filipinos who were tortured, summarily executed or disappeared during the martial law years.’ Tortured, summarily executed or disappeared.
On No. 5, PH wants PH laws to apply in this US case. There is no PH case existing ruled by our SC. Is there? If there is, what did the SC say? If none, our SC did not say anything.
On ‘Foreign judgments,’ our 1997 Revised Rules of Court does not support OSG’s malicious stand to block execution of the executory decision. When will these claimants get their award?
Suntok sa buwan na ito! Buang Buang Buang.
he he
leona says
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1105498/award-to-martial-law-victims-executory-us-court
arc says
hefty or not, lawyers and attornyes work for a fee, much like doctors who also work for a fee. both legal and medical bills are costly at halos hindi about kaya ng mga maralita. I wont begrude attorneys their hefty fee lalo na if they win their case.
on the other hand, duterte’s solgen mainly works for duterte. anything duterte says, goes. and the solgen’s pay is just as hefty, maybe heftier, he, he, he.
so, before solgen points his crooked finger at other attorney’s hefty pay, he should look at his own hefty pay.
arc says
denying victims of marcos martial law what little compensation they would get ay hindi malasakit.
and a precedent has opened and maybe now, victims of duterte’s mindanaw martial law can similarly file case vs duterte. they have lost their livelihood and homes, some have lost love ones. they’ve been traumatised, humiliated and scorned.
and the only way they can get justice is through the court.
arc says
ahem, maybe by denying retribution to victims of marcos martial law, duterte and cohorts are also denying retribution to future claimants of duterte’s mindanaw martial law.
if so, duterte and cohorts know little of the fighting spirit of filipinos.
give victims their due! give victims what is rightfully theirs!
Rolly says
baka gustong makihati ang OSG and DOJ.
leona says
Collusion. . . out to pick the pockets of electric consumers.
Artificial electric outages here and now, for 1 hour in the next so many days until election day.
Poor us people! We’re being HAD! hide and duck.
Big huge companies firms ‘. . . into possible collusion among the power producers after the Luzon grid was put on red alert on Wednesday.’ Why do them always take advantage of us poor folks?
No pause to many investigations again. Month of April is month to fool others. Hot summer time makes duck and hide to override our empty pockets. Nobody goes to over filled jail !
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1105503/collusion-to-hike-rates-seen-in-luzon-power-shutdowns
leona says
1. Lately and today and until after the elections China and its boats will be making FAKE threats all over the PH islands, isles and atbpa pang territories by parking their boats near or close thereby.
2. Then it is followed by FAKE threats and/or protests by this Adm. A fake gimmick. For what purpose?
3. To help elect the candidates of Hugpong Pag Babago. Nice!
You noticed? Yeaaa. We’ll have fake clap clap claps on this gimmick as a form of approval for No. 2 in relation to No. 1 & No. 3.
1 2 3 bobotantes tangi !
3 2 1 kain kayo ng Pakwan !
4 5 6 See it as a trick !
6 5 4 Kita nyo ang mga bapor !
7 8 9 It’s all benign !
T E N Every happy again !
N E T Sooo tricky !
leona says
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/174342/palace-china-vessels-have-no-business-at-phs-kota-island
leona says
Today, this is said: ‘the military is ready to defend the country’s sovereignty if challenged.’ Matagal na overdue! Does this Adm have calendars and time clocks?
Further: 1.) ‘Chinese presence near islands occupied by Filipinos an assault on Philippine sovereignty.’ Assaulted na. What are we waiting for?
2.) ‘sovereignty when it is being impaired or assaulted,’ Impaired na. What do we now know? Nada.
3.) ‘If they continue to be present in our territory then it is an assault to our sovereignty,’ ‘IF’ daw. Wrong! China built already mil garrisons on our territories. What more? Nada more.
4.) ‘Panelo emphasized the Chinese have “no business being there.” ‘ Ask Xi Gin Ping on this. ‘What business al you there?’
I believe PH can ask Indonesia and Vietnamn on actions how to deal with trespassers on territories. What we have is inaction.
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/04/11/1909115/palace-china-vessels-near-philippine-isles-assault-sovereignty
he he
arc says
learn the art of assassination, sabi ni duterte sa kapolisan at military, at saka kill self rather than be taken captive by npa. else puputulan sila ng ulo!
I hope by grandstanding and by his need to be front page and be shocking! duterte must realize he’s traumatising the families of kapolisan and military. instead of giving hope and inspiration, duterte is spreading doom and gloom and desperation. sometimes, there are things better said behind closed doors, not broadcast out in the open for families, young children and everybody to hear. children should not be hearing their brothers, uncles, fathers are being made out to be killers, hopeless against a ragtag force of disorganized rebels. and to commit suicide if cornered. shut up! mr president. learn to shut up and know when to shut up. put things in perspective.
once children and wives and sisters and mothers and grandmothers start catastrophising, crying and begging their military menfolk to come home safe and sound, ayan demoralise na ang menfolk nila, defensive na even before start of engagement. put them in a state to fire before being fired upon, make them lose focus too. and all because they want to come home safe and sound.
and sadly, those they killed have families too, and they’ll cry to the high heavens for justice!
and then in the absence of justice there is revenge. killing begets killing, and the killing cycle continues on.
duterte is fast becoming an instrument of death.
leona says
where is he picking up all these tips? A waste of time. To China he says: ‘Di kaya! Says his spokesman: Eh! Wala tayong magawa! – Panelo.
a waste of wasted time.
he! Wala tayong magawa!
arc says
ayaw gumawa kahit ano si panelo, tamad, e. he, he, he. buti pa sina dating foreign sec del rosario at dating ombudsman carpio morales ay may nagawa kahit pahabol at nagsampa ng kaso sa ICC vs china.
just because walang magawa si panelo does not mean wala rin tayong magawa.
marami tayong magawa, otso diretso ako! dont re-elect the undeserving! no to sara’s hugpong! tanungin ang mga lumulobong tagong yaman ni duterte’t mga anak!
mind your own business sabi ni panelo to the senators sa estados unidos when they asked that de lima be released! as good samaritans, business nila yan to ask for the release of de lima. to show contempt and to put human right violators on the spotlight, to voice concern and to alleviate the suffering of the oppressed business nila yan as good samaritans.
and as good neighbors it’s our business to point the finger at those that thump down our rule of law!
arc says
double plaka law, methink, dangerous yan to have dalawang plaka, one at the front of the motorbike, the other at the back. methink uli, pinas would be the only country in the world to have double plaka sa motorbike.
yong plaka sa harap kapag matanggal at lumipad will cause accident. therefore, motorbikes can expect their insurance premiums to rise.
flying plaka like flying yero can and may cut the heads off o decapitate motorbikers. gruesome sight. helmet is useless against decapitation. head is protected but not the neck. it will be sliced like butter.
Rolly says
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1101757/probe-urged-into-negros-oriental-killings
MANILA, Philippines — Human rights and farmers’ groups and the Catholic Church on Sunday condemned the killings of 14 farmers in Canlaon City and two towns in Negros Oriental province, denying police claims that the victims were communist rebels who had violently resisted arrest.
The Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) called for an independent investigation after the Philippine National Police insisted that the 14 were communist rebels who were killed when they opened fire on security forces who were serving warrants of arrest on them on Saturday.
Another Gestapo-like killing.
arc says
ahem, germany’s gestapo were organized and consistent in hounding and purging jews. habang ang kapolisan naman sa negros ay napaka-disorganized, confused at lito at trigger happy pa. makes me think tuloy kapolisan were high on drugs o baka naka-inom at lasing! one polis was hit on the bum; methink, from ligaw na bala, courtesy of kabarong polis, he, he, he. hala tira! bang! bang! killing 14 farmers aba, mark of professionalism kuno yan.
not wearing body cams ang kapolisan dahil not needed yong body cams, the farmers were not threats e. if there was threat polis would have been wearing body cams, complete with warrants and paper works, at baka may medic on standby pa, just in case.
methink, what happened was not masaker, but night raid gone horribly wrong.
and once back at the station, kapolisan should have been tested for drugs and alcohol. the 14 dead farmers tested for gun residue, and if the farmers were indeed firing, dapat may mga basyo ng bala pangmalapitan.
pero duda ako farmers were firing. tulog sila at pagod sa kasasaka. in the ensuing noise and melee, farmers would not know what hit them, baka thinking pa sila there was earthquake! at kung may mga tagong armas sila ay tago ang mga iyon, not easy to get at. and sleep would have made them easy targets, compliant and slow to react.
the farmers were certainly not as professional as the raiding polis, he, he, he.
leona says
From the looks of it…Guess-ta polis can do it. No more Internal Affairs Section of PNP to check the suspicious incident. More investigations na naman. Na mi-mihasa na sila guess-ta polis.
he he
arc says
another out of topic:
health sec duque is not working to capacity yata. unlike eric tayag na very active in health promotion and dancing his way into the melee; duque is namumutla in his office, lacking in sunshine and exposure to the community, hiding at takot yata na magkatigdas, he, he, he.
duque ought to be like eric tayag, not dancing dahil duque probly dont know what dancing shoes are for, but out and about and promoting health and wellness. not just immunization. duque should be fore-fronting drug issues, after all he is doctor and knows more about drugs than anyone, both legal and illegal.
say, drugs is not the panacea the cure all for tiredness, make people stay alert longer on the job, the boost that party goers needed to party longer and dance more.
duque ought to be active in debunking drug myths. he has the authority and yet stop short at immunization siya, did not go far enough to address drug issues. the natural way to get high is to be well nourished, have good sleep, etc.emphasize health and nutrition vs drugs and death.
mortality and morbidity, the legacy of duque’s term as health sec. more drug deaths under his watch.
raissa, my apologies for ranting. may surot kasi itong silya ko, he, he, he.
leona says
Immunization- vaccination to keep healthy. . . can be very deadly: it can kill or it can cure. Be healthy at early age or be dead at it. Cured at early age but defective like: autistic they become, retarded or PILAY-PILAY or Patay-Patay – babies can become. What is the choice of parents? Of the government?
In one REPORT: ‘Like prescription drugs, vaccines are commercial pharmaceutical products that carry two risks: a risk the vaccine product will fail to work 9 10 and a risk the vaccine product will cause harm.’
One US case: In 2011 in a split decision in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, the US Supreme Court majority ruled that vaccines are “unavoidably unsafe” and effectively removed all liability from drug companies, even if there was evidence a drug company could have made a vaccine safer.
U.S. Supreme Court. Bruesewitz v. Wyeth 09-152; Feb. 22, 2011. Justices Sotomayor and Ginsberg Dissenting (pg. 30)
In USA, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively removed all liability from vaccine companies. In ‘PINAS, it is effective to BURY dead babies resulting from vaccination and parents RANTS to blame vaccinations. But nothing more to that or to it. Just a sad life to lose babies from this venture.
https://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/Vaccinations–Know-the-risks-and-failures-.aspx
arc says
out of topic ito:
methink, labor sec is lame ducky duck duck. labor scale is tipping towards the chinese na, so unbalanced na, and yet smiling pa rin ang labor sec and quack quacking sa opisina. pinoys are self employing themselves na lang, selling and dealing drugs and being killed on the job.
most jobs kasi ngayon at mga well paying jobs pa ay napupunta sa chinese. some chinese workers are illegal pa, the bulk of the money earned by both legal and illegal chinese workers is sent back home to china, not boosting pinas economy.
with skilling ang mentoring, pinoys can learned all there is to learn about a job, but labor sec is not for skilling pinoy workers and mentoring them. labor sec is big on excuses, not bulllish on his own turf. hindi kuno kaya ng pinoy ang work, yeah right. not willing to give pinoys a kick start but willing to give pinoy excuses. yan baga ang labor sec.
with bills to pay and food to put on the table, grandmothers at mga nanay, mga lolo’t lola, mga estudyantes at mga bata, mga neighbors, etc. are into drug jobs na rin po, working the drug route and stepping in for their dead breadwinners killed by kapolisan.
and still labor sec is happily ensconced sa opisina, not addressing the ‘other’ most prominent alternative job in the community,: the drug job. buta’t bulag.
leona says
Chinese labor and laborers creeping into our country. Times have changed! China gets PH territories. China ignores our laws. China is defended by PH officials. China! China! China!
The last thing China will do is get PH wholly, physically, spiritually and politically, atbpa into China! It’s coming! It’s here! And WE will be nowwhere here and there.
Conspiracy with courtesy of this Administration.
Rolly says
balita ko, Pinas is now a province of China.
Rolly says
Heto ang isa pang bagay kaya ang problema sa drugs is worsening. And one more reason why China’s invasion of the Philippines is imminent.
Paolo Duterte denies getting kickbacks from drug syndicates
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1102615/paolo-duterte-denies-getting-kickbacks-from-drug-syndicates
By: Darryl John Esguerra – Reporter / @DJEsguerraINQ INQUIRER.net / 01:50 PM April 03, 2019
In the six-minute video that was uploaded on YouTube, which has been shared on various social media platforms, a narrator showed a “tara” or the list of principals and their kickbacks that were deposited in the alleged drug lords’ bank accounts as well as their code names.
Included in the list of the code names was “POLODELTA-TSG01” and “ALPHA TIERRA-0029.”
The narrator claimed that Polo Delta referred to Paolo Duterte, as represented by his initials.
The video claimed that the bank accounts were owned by Waldo Carpio who will then transfer the money to an international bank named under President Rodrigo Duterte’s eldest child.
Waldo Carpio is the brother of lawyer Manases Carpio, Pulong’s brother-in-law and husband of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. He is currently an undersecretary at the Department of Agriculture.
arc says
china yata now has equivalent to ms gregorio del pilar, the rusting old ship sa shoal na pangmatagalang homebase ng soldiers natin, parang garisson baga nila yan. the presence of the rusty old ship and our soldiers signify na atin ang karagatang in question.
likewise, ang china ay may barkong stationary na rin po sa lubo batanggas mismo, much closer to pinas than ms gregorio del pilar.
the rectos, vilma at asawa ay tahimik yata, balwarte pa naman nila ang batanggas.
expect to have chinese forces in rota onboard their ship off lubo batanggas, observing and watching and gathering info, and then, maybe marching off to take over batangga!
habang digong is feeding the public jim paredes!
arc says
and if I were jim paredes, I’ll write quirky music, no point being mired in self pity, people will just kick you.
so, rise above your mistake and write music. unburden your soul! get up kiddo and shout your way out of misery with damn good music and make it your best selling ever.
shed your tears and sing the goddamn blues!
tame the beast with music.
leona says
Yes, for all of the 6 years up to 2022 of Pdutz, PH is China. It’s a short and long story. PH has abandoned itself For, Of and Bought into China.
How much 9-dash campaign money was given to Pdutz for this? It’s a long guess.
Mr. Locsin says his Office filed a protest against China but not for public reading. Mr. Panelo agrees. It’s a silent-NO protest was filed. It means PH agrees everything that China wants re PH.
Everything! From PH territories in West PH Sea. To Chinese Loan Contracts. To Chinese Laborers. To Beijing Arbitral Court. To Interests on China Loans. Even PH Soil is taken from for China’s Build Build Build of garrisons in PH territories thereat.
PH Administration colluded to China. PH has no more border with China. PH is China. PH has a China Economy now. PH has a China Foreign Policy now. PH has a China president now. Pdutz is now a governor of China. PH has now a Chinese Executive Secretary in the person of Zhao Jianhua. Hwa!
PH’s AFP is now a China Militia. PH’s PNP is now Chinese police. PH is China System of Government like Hong Kong. PH’s has Chinese LGUs. PH voluntarily and deliberately has been HAD by China.
PH’s constitution is an Annex to China Constitution. As I am opining here, Rolly is correct, PH is a China province now. We need to think to change to China names, like:
Luk Sin.
Pha Nes Lu.
Lu Rin Zin Na.
Li o Na. Ru Li.
A rchi. Ni Ty.
Ri Za.
A Lin
Ri Di Go
So Ti
Ari Yu
Pi Min Til
Bu Go
Ai Mi
A Lun Ztu Ri to Zho Tu Ri.
arc says
leona, begging your pardon po unlike the japanese, the chinese have difficulty pronouncing R. ang hapon can easily say aregato, the chinese can only mouth a pitiful alegato, he, he, he.
lodligo – rodrigo
inday sala – inday sara
luli – rolly
alc – arc
lu lin za na – lorenzana
dok tol hose li zal – dr jose rizal
li za – riza
la i sa – raissa
a lu yo – arroyo
I was wait staff once and it drove me nuts having to serve the chinese. they liked discounts and even tawad the prices in the menu! and if they could eat for free, they would!
and it took me a while to realize what the chinese meant by ‘olens yus’ – orange juice.
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pinas being province of china will backfire on the chinese. the novelty can easily wear off. magaling ang pinoys sa gapangan and as ‘new’ chinese, pinoys will ask for equal opportunity and perhaps demand the same jobs the chinese have, the same work and pay conditions too. and maybe representations in chinese govt as well. and as always, there is corruption en masse! if the chinese are corrupt, mas ang pinoy, he, he, he.
pero, why descend that low? we are not yet chinese and never will be. we’ll hang on to our identities and be pinoy through and through. no chinese masters. no chinese alphabet! no chinese boats pretending to be dredging sand, establishing platforms for further drilling and mining at sea.
otso diretso ako!