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It seems that President of the Philippines is doing something in his country. Focusing on eradication drugs, corruption and criminality.  I guess the Philippines is now in the process of cleansing the nation. I see now what is on the mind of the President of the Philippines. Those plans of his administration works its like he use is words to change the mindset of the people. Its like the changing the mindset of the people into right the place by using bad example which is the war on drugs because he knows that it is the only language that bad persons understand it. And good listeners educate his leadership in the near future.

I see that a lot of people are talking about the Philippines and their President. So how exactly is he achieving this. Is this the guy who's like killing them, even if they come from another country? If so it would be interesting how such tactic turn out.

No he dont like killings watch one of his video when he said about killings he needs to do it to save his nation all he wants is PEACE in his country and to achieve you need ORDER to fix the country and DEVELOPED in the near future. His mind is far from ordinary person his vision is too wide too many plans and v ery unpredictable moves. But at the end of the day he makes the dream becomes reality.

I think the president is a bit misunderstood well mostly because of how he talks and addresses people specially foreign and local media. the Philippines has never had a president such as duterte and his style and approach towards certain issues, well especially drugs, may be a shock to most. and whether we admit it or not, there are a lot of positive changes that are being felt by normal people who are so used to  petty crime and corruption in their everyday lives.

Do pinoys mimic russia now?
An army of online trolls shilling for duterte and great pinoy land?

Killing individual soldiers never stopped a war. The big cartels will infiltrate into the government and use more underground methods.


All presidents tell what the people want to hear, they always have different plans :D

All of these initiatives it is very good. But too demonstrative. He certainly does good for the country. Winning the sympathies and support of the citizens. The fight against drugs is a very dangerous job. I hope that he will succeed

A good subject is guess. Since PDu30 is almost winning the war on drugs. Right now it's not yet  a 100%  winnings but I think there's a lot of chances he might accomplish it before the end of his administration. However he should also take note and action of the sudden apike of numbers when it comes to killings. I think some of them are victim of mistaken identity and was used to cover up the real persin who are involved in drugs. Anyways kudos for a job almost done. I just hope he will be more careful on the words that will come out to his mouth because some of them seems unreasonable and unacceptable.

He will not achieve any success. How can you do good deeds with murder? It support only Russian. They are happy that he's with the disrespectful comments about Obama, and to treat with disregard for the lives of its citizens in the blood of Russian rulers.

Sure he can kill as many as he wants there will always be more users and more drug dealers. He has to fix the underlying problem first.

His country is a 3rd world corrupt shithole. Lots has to happen before the drug problem subsides, like maybe creating jobs for his people.

How do you accept the idea that someone can afford to kill people without a trial even if they are drug addicts. Besides, addicts are sick people and they do not cure. I hope he will be punished for their actions.

I believe he's only eliminating the big drug dealers in philipines and jailing local smaller ones and I don't think he'll kill foreign ones, probably arrest and deport.

In order for a country to be better, some people need to die. Honestly, that's how I'd deal with that cancer too, not that harsh but similar. First I'd gather em all up, who resists arrest, he'll be murdered andthen you send them all to the coal mine for the next 10 years, working every day. Same thing can be done with those football hooligans, if they have more energy than they can use, they might aswell use thgat energy in the coal mine for the next 5 years.

You can't fight a crime by creating another crime, there's no justification for that, the government is just creating another problem for the society because if ever they eliminate all the drug addicts or personalities, it will just be replaced by killers and murderers everywhere and it doesn't make the country any better that way at all.

As long as he has the overwhelming amount of popular support, he can do things like these. But a single mistake can prove to be very costly. The entire population will revolt against him, and overthrow him. This has happened to many of the populist leaders in the past, and I believe that this will happen to Duterte in the future.

The Philippine government is not eliminating drug addicts and pushers if they surrender and not fight the cops. The government is promoting voluntary surrender of addicts and pushers and thousands of them rallied and promised to change and undergoes rehabilitation programs by the government. The government has suffered negative media publicity due to influence of oligarchs who owns the TV companies that are controlled by the other political party that tries to shut down the present administration.

This will just play into the hands of drug manufacturers and corrupt policemen. With the threat of death penalty, police can ask for more protection money. Drug lords will see their poorer competition die because of the increased cost of protection. In the end it's business as usual. America and Columbia's experience with the drug war should have shown that this approach is not as effective as it seem.

It would help if we could address the reason that people get into drugs. Supply will simply expand to fulfill the demand, as long as people yearn for it, someone would make and sell it. By making it harder to obtain, you also increase its price, meaning the drug lords earn more.

A few well placed operation here in there would yield some results but the solution would be socioeconomic if we are to solve this for the long-term. Anyone here remembered the American Prohibition where they banned alcohol? S**t escalated quickly and just caused more trouble than what it's intended to solve.

The prez of the pinoys needs to fix the economical problems and get his people jobs. If they had jobs then most of them wouldn't be addicts. But the Philippines is a shithole of a country that will never get out of the 3rd world paradigm. Not like this anyways...

I do not believe that the Philippines will ever be able to develop its economy in such presidents. Nobody will invest a dime in the economy of the country in which the street without trial law enforcement officers kill people.

I really don't know who are being brainwashed here, it seems from your statement that the killings isn't happening around the country and they way you potray the government seems you justify every extra judicial killings that happened and they are promoting something that is not happening. Listen, you don't have to watch or listen to every mainstream media to know what's happening around you, you just have to open your eyes and think.

In a totalitarian state the people can't think. Just because their brain does not work they allow the rise to power of dictators and murderers. This country has no future. People will have to overthrow the government of dictator and shed his blood.

The problem in the Philippines is we only want quick fixes. It's the get-rich-quicky mentality all over again. There are drug lords, kill them all, no more drugs. Well, it's not as simple as that. They keep on saying that the economy is growing but it's not really making any impact on the man on the street.

The political system is also bad. Even the election system is horrible. We almost always only get minority presidents and then they wonder why no matter who sits in that damned palace people are always angry.

It seems to me that the problem of drug addiction lies in corruption. It is not possible to sell drugs secretly. You need not to be greedy and set a monetary award for information on any dealer or manufacturer of drugs. The people themselves will find them.

Hhhmm.. It seems like this is really interesting and i certainly support your ideas for the president of the Philippines using his speaking to convince the Filipino's to follow his decision but recently not applied to some people really Filipino's is really hard headed i am a filipino my self and i really support what ever who's the president is i'll support all the way but still its the drug his focusing about because in the Philippines we abuse drugs i mean the drug users i think 50% of filipino's use drugs or sell because to earn some money or to get out of ones problems still our president is really focusing on drug users and drug lord they can kill civilians in the philippines i mean they really don't care about what will happened to them but they just take shabo and our president hates that he wants country to be perfect and no drugs :)

The root cause of drug addiction is poverty, and not corruption. I agree that corruption is one of the factors which tend to amplify the drug menace. But corruption itself is a byproduct of poverty.

I do not agree. Corruption begets power. You can not know that the corruption you have in Russia is not associated with poverty. Just poverty deprives people of dignity. Here Russian and put up with this phenomenon. You do a very similar situation with the Philippines.

Well if you say corruption, you would be pertaining to those people in the higher echelon of governments that are protecting drug dealers and have no direct contact with drugs. It's not really about getting high or being addicted. I kind of agree that poverty is one of the main causes of this as most people who are using these illegal substances belong to the lower level of society. People who've experienced hunger, or those that can't support daily living. The current philippine administration has a different approach to solving this problem, albeit a radical one. Hopefully in the end, his style would prove beneficial

Stay on the topic. OP is about Philippines, and not Russia. You Ukrainian trolls better create another thread, rather than swamping this thread with your anti-Russian propaganda.


The vast majority of the drug users belong to the extremely poor social class. The reason why they are using drugs, is to relax from the tension and pressure of everyday life, or to mingle with their friends.

I can just imagine what would happen if it was suddenly legalized. The drug lords would see money taken right off their hands. Hmm, what if we legalize marijuana as recreational drug? It already grow well enough here and as far as I know it don't have the same extreme effect as meth. Maybe just pick it as a lesser of two evils, like how we always conduct or election?

You are wrong the ph governtment are not the one who is doing the extra judicial killings they are not also tolerating the criminals who are  doing this killings. The police also is doing their jobs about the criminals and drugs.

The Philippine government and Duterte can't escape from taking responsibility for all these murders done by the vigilantes. It was Duterte, who encouraged the vigilantes to massacre the drug peddlers.

Moreover Duterte himself participated in the execution of drug traffickers. This recognition necessarily ever lead him to the electric chair. But Filipinos are to blame for that chose a President.

People get the government they deserve.

Vigilantes swing in to action when the law enforcement authorities are not able to suppress the crime rate. As long as the vast majority of the Filipinos support him, he will stay in power..... and away from the electric chair.

The Philippines will surely feel the changes coming because tons of people are killed by now some their sons, parents or siblings. I think the presidents technique of leading is a bit unhumane. People should be given chances plus because of this killings police officers makes mistakes and kills innocent people without being punished.

:D Hahaha we are not blame that we are voted Duterte for Philippines President.And what you want we vote the thief that steal the typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan developing funds that donated by the great countries. WTF.We are not blame you are the blame.Peace

yes he is trying to eradicate drug trafficking but the penalty given to drug traffickers is too ash,the sentence should be converted to some years of jail terms instead of the ash penalty.well his attitude will scare away drug traffickers from Philippines

I believe that the president is doing his very best to stop drugs in our country and I think that the best that the citizens can do is to support him not criticise him and after all, all of this is for our own good I believe that little by little it can be achieved and it is feasible if we have a good leader whose loved the country so much like president duterte

I hope so. Maybe his way isn't appropriate for his position sometimes. Yet, that is his way of making change into better. No matter what, I'll support him, regardless of the critics. I believe, his advocacy will suceed no matter how many people are trying to break it because they do want to protect others whom will be affected if he do so.

I am glad he is doing something to curb this problem, Drug is the cause of most deaths, including gang wars, OD, i think it befitting to kill the drug dealers before their drugs kill a whole of people.

He does. I think, he was sent by God to change the Philippines into better. Although many irrelevant people are interfering in his plans and deeds, no matter what happen I see one thing to him, that is he has a on word. No matter what he say or promise, expect that he'll do it for his name sake. Corruption, drugs, and poverty must be stopped. May the force be with him.

Then what prevents you from doing it through the legal route? Countries such as Singapore executes people convicted of drug smuggling, and that is one of the reasons why drug use is very low there. Why can't Philippines implement something similar rather than shooting the random slum dweller?

What?! He was sent by GOD to change the philippines?!!! You sound like a muslim terrorist. By killing people he is only paving the way for more killing people. Soon there will be only one form of punishment for crime in the philippines, it will be death. What a terrible precedent to set for that nation.

Lol i dont think he was sent by god by a long shot. Though desperate situations i think need deperate actions. What the war on drugs showed people is that nercopolitics have grown deep in the philippine government and that people who holds high positions are also involved in drugs. It would be nive though if one or two high officials would be reprimanded. I think the president's motive is sincere that he wants to rid the country of drugs and corruption though his ways are a bit of a shock for a nation not used to strong governance

So killing people is what God wanted to the country of Philippines?    I admire Pres. Duterte's dedication to end drugs, but isn't this only an excuse to fill his hunger for blood?  People  were killed everywhere, then the same time the war on Drugs were launched, murders and vigilante killings were the content of the news almost everyday.  

I really do like the way duterte want to prevent drug abuse, but in my opinion he might be doing it wrong. The action he is doing might be headed to a good future, but there is still the possibility that it ain't and the country will remain the same. Instead of killing a random stranger using drugs, I guess he should just focus on improving the country's economy or maybe finding the big bosses of drugs first to stop the problem with less killings required.

I think, some of people or citizens in Philippines does not know how he handles the situation. Philippine's president just like a killing machine for who will abuse, or disorienting his own rules how he handle the situations. Others see it is his bad side, but we must know what will happen if we do it.

Both the methods are wrong. Even if you remove the drug lords, new people will replace them. Or drug barons from the neighboring countries such as Thailand and Cambodia will move in to fill the gap. The best method is to find out the reason why so many people are using drugs. If it is due to a lack of awareness, then such campaigns must be launched nationwide.

The President of the Philippines is doing a wonderful job of eradicating drugs in his country. But I think killing of these drug sellers is totally unconstitutional and against the basic human right. He could at least arrest them and make a law stating that sellers and users of drugs in the country is tantamount to death. After the law is approved he can kill them all he  wants because it will be Just and Constitutional.

We cannot always trust some one, what if he do some extra judicial killings. We all know what will be his way to kill drug dealers on Philippines. We know that he is a strict president, but other say, it is his way to minimized the drug dealers.

There is a chance that Duterte is doing all this to divert the public and media attention from other important issues such as poverty and the Abu Sayyaf insurgency in Mindanao. I am curious why the supreme court of the Philippines is remaining silent on this issue. What he is doing is clearly illegal, and the judges are having a responsibility to act.

They are going to return the death penalty in the Philippines. But how can you arrest a person if he refuse to be arrested instead they're firing a gun against the police. Many Filipinos believe in Duterte because of all the president he is the one who is willing to stop drugs in Philippines.

Since duterte is our president i put all my trust on him i believed that he can really fixed the country from suffering to the last adminstrator they had lot of pets who are using drugs one is delima who always deny those acuse to her even theres an good evidence to her.

If Duterte is going to reinstate the death penalty, then I am going to support him. It has been proven from the experience in many countries that the death penalty is an effective deterrent against violent crime, such as rape and murder. But it won't be very easy for him to reinstate it. The Catholic church is extremely strong in the Philippines, and they are going to oppose it.

All of us scared to death penalty. We should also scared to death, we are afraid to death penalty. We cannot escape to death, but if we have been accused, but we did not do the case against us.

Thats true im scared to in death penalty just obey law to dont punish like death penalty.

Are you sure that it is the government that is killing these individuals. Though the president mentions that he will eradicate them but he also mentioned that as long as it is in accordance to the law. There are no evidence linking the deaths to the president all of this are theories and false hypothesis. Even though the Philippines have a new president the corrupt government officials and workers are still there. Aside from that many killings have happened before and the media does not give a highlight to it but only now. Im sure the media is being biased as they are controlled by the oligarchs.

There is no need for us to avoid death penalty if we are a law abiding citizen , The Death Penalty Law is literally for us because it threatened criminals not to commit a crime , But if they really going to pursue the death penalty they just have to make sure that no innocent people will be convicted.

Thailand already have the death penalty for drug traffickers. If the culprits refused to be arrested and open fire, i think its the right of the policeman to open fire and protect themselves. If he has the support if the people of the Philippines in how he deals with this, then he can surely do no wrong.

To take someone's life is a crime, regardless of the person being drugged, drug dealer, drug baron or the greatest serial killer in history, yet taking someone's life is a crime.

Off topic:

In my country in some districts people were encouraged that they should do justice with their own hands and the result was this:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_NcfzR--q1Y/T-REASm4DTI/AAAAAAAAX8Y/Ur1RV9k8QiU/s1600/LINCHAMENTO2.jpg

 :'(

People became cruel.

Violence generates more violence

I am one of those who believes in the administration of President Duterte, if he will push death penalty I will 100 % support him.
It is right that we should give justice for the victim especially rape and murder victim. If I were to ask, they should not remove the death penalty because of that a lot of people did not afraid of doing a crime.

But then Duterte must also make sure that justice is delivered on time. If a court judgement lags on for 20 or 30 years, then it is akin to punishing the victim. Unfortunately, this is very common in third world nations.

He who supports prohibition is fascist corrupt scum, always and everywhere.  Ignorance is no excuse. 

Drugs are too dangerous to put in the hands of criminals. 

Sometimes, who are those supporting are the one who have the main idea and sometimes he/she is the source of drug dealers. Drugs is very dangerous if misused, sometimes we are not well practice about this drugs, sometimes, drugs user abuses themselves, they overuses drugs, and lead them to be addicted with it.

As a Filipino I find it difficult to truly appreciate President Duterte. Yes, addiction on drugs should be stopped and discipline is a must but killing people immediately is immoral. We are cleansing our nation but we also affect other people the good ones, some police officers killed innocent children for being inaccurate in shooting the drug user and that's totally wrong. I think we should think of better ways than killing directly.

The president is often gets misunderstood by most of the people and it seems these people are also getting astounded because of the president's unpredictable moves and plan . Anyway regarding to his war on drugs, for sure people are having a different perception because of his war on drugs although it is only supposed to cleanse and fight agains those drug traffickers and drug lords inside the country but still some authorized persons which is usually the police are being abusive on their authority for example the last issue which they kidnapped a korean national and extort him and eventually killed him . This war on drugs isn't became a good idea in my opinion because of these instances I am not against to the law which is implement by duterte administration but sometimes it only results to the authorities being abusive . If only they can also punish those people abusive people and sentence them to death then that would be nice and that would be totally considered as cleansing . Don't mind what the CHR's reaction will be .

Till now, I think around 6,000 people were shot dead by the vigilante squads and the police. There is no doubt that at least 20% or 30% of them were innocent civilians who didn't had any connection with the drug business.

In terms of cleansing the immorality of the entire human race, I agree that we shouldn't do  bad things in order to correct bad deeds. However, we shouldn't let that bad source to influenced other good ones. Hence, we should stop that source of bad deeds , and I do believe, persident Duterte is doing what must be done, he's just doing what he believe will stop that bad source to influence those good ones.

:D Again what is your source that 6000 people dead by war on drugs and the 20-30% is innocent? From the bias report right.?If 30% you know that innocent and not connected to drugs the total innocence killed is 1800 peoples.Please dont spread fake news.

We cannot ignore but take into consideration that the possibility of a mistaken identity might happen.  And besides the person is innocent unless proven guilty by judiciary trial. We have judiciary system here that process cases.  Unless people do not believe in this system then they should abolish it . 

I can assume that these studies were built on communication with relatives of the victims of criminals. Give me somebody from relatives who recognize that a member of their family was a criminal.

This is the reason why i salute duterte. He is a political genius as experts says. By his words there were corresponding actions. However i still dont believe that its him who commits edjk here it was still those syndicate them selves

One thing that I love President Duterte is that he really cares about his nation, even all corrupt politics will hate him he doesn't care, he also receives a lot of death threat almost everyday. But he is willing to die for his country, this is a wake up call in the Philippines that if you want to  have a big change we have to support Duterte and change our self as well, don't just watch.

This is the one reason why Philippines are going to go on its highest peak, we should follow our own President, if we want to change our economy. There a big change if we follow our president, we know that President Duterte can change Philippines. First on drugs, a lot of drug dealers and drug addicts have been arrested. New rules, regulations and laws are implemented to make Philippines to change.

Absolutely true.  Instead of prohibition and so-called profiteering from these dangers, we should be pursuing education and treatment.  Prohibition says "we don't care about you - we just want to pretend we are profiting from your troubles by institutionalizing fascism".  Don't put up with it.  Speak out against it and pursue the rational course suggested by religious leaders, law enforcement, and really anybody who is literate:  end drug prohibition. 

 

 

No. I was not referring to such interviews. There were a few cases where the victim was killed just because of some personal vendetta with the members of the vigilante squads. Only a few such cases were uncovered, but many remain hidden.

I am sure that under the guise of the drug war in the Philippines is a civil war. In such conflicts is always a lot of personal. And in this civil war there is always a place for vendetta. You agree with that?

vendetta or whatever it is, its their own fight. the government could care less to it. there are far worse that is happening in some other countries like dropping a bomb to a village than killing the merciless drug personalities. they'd be lucky they died and not in the hands of several felons inside.

When you talk about the bombs dropped on civilians in Syria? Do Putin and Assad are tyrants who deserve death, but do not forget that Duterte also wants to be friends with Putin. For me it means that it is the same.

I think its good that the Philippines is getting a different treatment this time. I believe change is inevitable and the people need to feel this to progress. A lot more will happen and the country needs to be prepared. Some might find it overwhelming, scary even but it's better than no change at all.

Of course, we need to feel the changes that are happening, eradicating those that are eye sores in the society. But it should be done in the proper way, not the way I am seeing it days weeks ago. There should be a fair justice to all, and they should not be killed as if they are mice running around being shut.

Though they are not just done by the authorities ( killings ) , it is their mandate to serve and protect their people.

Im agree that I feel some changes when President Duterte came to office.War on drugs is on hold but they're focusing to cleanse the organization of PNP because they're knew that some officials they protected drugs.

"Some officials"! I think that's all. I'm not sure that he Duterte at war with drugs. It seems to me that he is fighting for to lead this trade. Of course he's not talking about it openly. But the methods of struggle give it.

Nope, I doubt that the President really wants to liquidate those other drug dealers for his own sake of leading the drug market. Besides, he might not need it anymore, he has all the power in the country, he can just be a corrupt than being a drug dealer.

This past days, I haven't heard much about the police operations, probably they are now planning it carefully.

For politicians to have power is not enough. They come to power to earn a lot of money. When the Philippine economy is weak then how he earns money? The drug trade is big money.

He really wanted to be the most powerful drug leader then he can do it even not as President, he can actually do it while he is just a Davao Mayor, but nope, he did not do it. Why? Because he really hates drugs. Just do some research about his life, he might be a killer during his Mayor but  it is for the sake of his City not for his own good.

How do you know that he was not dealing drugs? He's not all to talk about it openly. To become President you need to have a lot of money. Do you know where he took your money?

During the campaign period, this is what I am always saying, he will always be dealing with drug matter most of the time and it will be a never ending fight, what we need is more work, and improvement in economy.. Well, it turns out that he can never really end drugs...

Right now, I still don't believe that he would lead drug trades... Besides, the term has only just began, lets just hope that we won't be like this until the end of his term...  :)

its always good to hope for the best we knew that drug lords will do their best to manipulate situations, they have money and influence so even the president really aiming to clean the nations it will be a long journey for him unless we as civilians and concerned people will help him pointing out who's really behind and uncover those corrupt and involve politicians and police generals.

He kills so many drug users or drug lords, Because the president of the philipines he is so angry that kind of people and many innocent people die because of them.

Yes, he kills assassins. But I'm not sure that it's humane. He had to give them a chance to reform. It seems to me that the murder can be replaced with life imprisonment in prison

Yes... a lot of drug users have been killed. But what about the major drug lords? I am not a resident of the Philippines, and therefore I don't know what happened with them. But if drug dealers are being targeted irrespective of their rank, then Duterte deserves a lot of accolades. He did something which is nearly impossible to do in a third world nation.

http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/02/09/PNP-Vigilante-group-operating-in-the-guise-of-drug-war.html

Apparently its a rival drug gang vs another drug gang. Stupid, Retard, Idiot do you know business? I run a business and most businesses tends to take out the other. Educate yourself.

Well, I wouldn't care much. Even if one drug gang is taking out the others, overall it is good for the society. The total number of drug dealers will decline, along with the volumes.

Rofl

Yeah exactly that is how it will work out.
Jeez this 3rd world people like sithara so bigly smart  :D

Me too. I hope he'll be careful on his words everytime he face big people and the media. He's jokes are a threat and not perceive as a joke by most of the people. It can be a source of mistrust and a chance for those group that are against him.

He is just like Donald Trump. He distrusts the media and is not very fond of the journalists. He is also careless about what he says. But it doesn't matter. It is his actions which speak.

There is a book on his legacy rodrigo roa duterte.  The maute group and his martial law.  He declared martial law because of marawi siege. He also dismiss the writ of habeas corpuz which the warrantless arrest. It is use to destroy the maute group in the southern philippines which is the mindanao.

He is the president of the country. He must watch what he says. His speech should be wise and without unnecessary emotions.
His policy is very tough, but it will bring a positive result in a few years

I love my country and even if I did not vote the current president into his job am fully supporting him because we only have one President but it also means that i am always watchful on everything they are doing because he is only human and can also commit lapses and he can not be present all the time anywhere we have to help him by pointing out problems and mistakes done by the people in the government. I am fully supporting the martial law just proclaimed but hope that nobody in the government will use it as an excuse to commit abuses and crime. Otherwise, we can not reap the benefits of the martial law and the whole nation may suffer. I wish him and his administration all the lucks they need.

I hope that his strategy works. It is not possible to counter the Islamists through talks and dialogue. They only understand the language of the gun. Also, remember that this particular group (Maute) is affiliated to the Islamic State.

I have read a lot of people speaking like they know it all which is in fact they are just ignorant to even make a comment. It irks me really how local and international media have tarnished and blur the vision and mission of the president by emphasizing his antics and whatsoever that is putting the achievements at low.

These foreigners speaking like they know it all and been here to witness the entire scene. Why don't you come here and educate yourself for you to wake up to your ignorance. The president has the political will which went missing from the previous presidents. He have shown how smart and wise leading the nation to great heights and not be a nation who can just do what big countries tell because he knows that the Filipinos are sick and tired of this and want to achieve true freedom from this tyrants.

The people have supported him because they have seen what the president has done and not by what he have promised alone.

Just please, before you speak be sure that you know it. You are just not like any other people who just let themselves be brainwashed and a puppet who just let themselves be controlled with the journalists who twist the story to scoop a very controversial news and earn profit from it. Educate yourself first and after you have gathered enough then that is the time for you to speak and judge.

I also didnt vote for him but of course as a president i have to support him and i also know how he lead his people thst is the reason why he has a lot of supporters even if they didnt vote for him in the first place

I do believe that he can somehow reduce the number of sources of drugs that are imported from other countries or better yet, stopping all the laboratories within the Philippines that produces or manufactures cocaine or other substances. In the end, there would always be problems in a country, and that is inevitable, we just have to show support for our nation and believe that the system works.

The term used by the President at his campaign, "kemay na bakal" where a really good metaphor. Iron fist, making the rules a little bit hard or harsh, but it is for the better, it is for the good of the people and the country that he love the most. With his age and his experience at his service, he will really cleanse the government.

Many drug den and drug cartels are now raided. we all know some drug users where killed by some vigilants and some are getting killed on the mission "oplan tokhang". Good lead on this thing as we all know that drugs is one of the reason on why philippines is still in the third world country. we all know that we have all the resources and many want to invest in the philippines.

Drugs very much hamper the development of countries. And now, when the Philippines have got rid of this disease, the development will be rapid and will bring a lot of good to all the inhabitants of this country

But there are still a lot of drug roaming the streets of Philippines. Drug lords are making a new ways how to conceal and distribute the drugs. But I hope the Police will not stop from raiding and arresting those involved. I saw some news that the drug Lords has financed the Maute group attack on Marawi. So this drug war has really affected the business of big time drug lords that they are willing to work with the terrorist group to hurt the government.

For me, he not want to kill people. He must to elliminate drug addict why? Because some case in the Philippines drugs are the reason so kill where are the root not kill the branch. If you kill the branch it is still growing. I like President in the Philippines because he know what his doing and he must want what was the good for his country.

 The president of the Philippines has taken his much criticized war on drugs to another level, placing a bounty on the heads of “ninja” cops protecting drug syndicates. He said they will "face a day of reckoning," announcing a US$43,000 reward on their heads.

"I might be inclined to place a reward on their heads, the members of the ninja or the members of the police who are protecting the drug syndicates in this country. I am placing per head 2 million peso [$43,000]," President Rodrigo Duterte said in a National Heroes Day speech on Monday.

"I want the police and the armed forces to destroy the drug apparatus in this country," he told retired and serving soldiers, government officials, and foreign diplomats.

He also said that officers who are aware of unethical "ninja" cops should "squeal on your friends," Reuters reported.

 

The president of the Philippines is now cleansing the country. Especially in drug problems  which the president focuses to eliminate it with that many country have notice the economic progress in country.

This is the biggest chance for the Philippines to improve. I really thought before that there is no hope for this country but now, everything has changed. trust me, I am from Mindanao, I know him. He is the last hope of the Philippines, Let us stand with him in all his decisions.

What he is doing is good. It gives work to many people and many are happy with it.
At first we liked what he (Duterte) did. But the longer I started to question what he was doing. All who want to change are killed just like that.They are not even given a chance to explain to the authorities. "Do they know the fate of the (murdered) families if it is good for them."

I am from the Philippines and I can say that we feel good changes on our country now compared to previous administration.  Even there are still people who hate him because of saying bad words, war against drug, human rights issue, I still believe in his administration. The reason why I still believe on him is his advocacy and love for my fellow Filipinos. His concerns on the soldiers who killed on war on Marawi is heart warming.  The only people who are not benefited on his administration are those people who commit crime and illegals. The number of people who are killed are just few people compared to the possible numbers to be affected if drugs and corruption will not eliminate.  His program like free tuition in all state universities also show his concern regarding Filipinos future that I appreciate most.  If ever there will be another president like him who will run for the next election, I will surely vote him.

As of the current situation right now that is happening in the Philippines i could say that our president duterte wasn't just words and tell people whatever they want to hear but he is really doing what he has told the people that he will eradicate drugs and stop corruption in the Philippines. Other countries should really see this occurrences as an good example to pick a better leader and respect each others borders to not interfere on some countries problem. Like US they should really mind their own business and fix their piece of shit country.

correct,now philippines president become my idol,he have a good will to declare with drugs,corruption and criminality,they have no mercy with people wh have bad plan on their country,the law being better and strong,esspesially for drugs crime,it has been major problem for philippines since lonng time ago,i hope other country will follow this process.

The first time I saw this subject, the first thing that comes to my mind is the president of the Philippines and I was correct.  A beautiful disaster for the Philippines is having our very own President Duterte. A beautiful disaster for me is having through hardship but at the end is gaining a wonderful and satisfying result.I know many of the residents in the Philippines voted and still didn't like President Du30 as he reigns the our country now through the Anti-Drugs campaign. Don't get me wrong, I am pro Anti-drugs campaign. I just want to make things clear that President Duterte didn't want to kill. Think of it as preserving Philippines for our future. It is a long way term campaign that gives us what we result we want. It is staying safe in our country. It is not just for Duterte but for all the Filipinos.

I know him..
If you know him tell him he will never ever win the drug war.. :D

People can SNIFF PETROL and get high ;D..

Many many many substances that get you HIGH..

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In Kuwait do you understand KUWAIT well more money to combat drugs and they are ISLAMIC
have they stopped it?..

So what is a child killing president going to do? ..Answer NOTHING..

Drugs will carry on when he is long dead and when his children's children are long dead..

YOU WILL NEVER WIN THE WAR..NOT EVER..

Black markets create dark things ..

Legal markets create open policies no dark things happen all open air..
So no hiding stuff all legal ..

But you tell your president to leave the poor children alone THE ASS HOLE..

Just to take the people circle-jerking to their idol back to reality... It's been more than a month already and they still haven't gotten rid of those terrorists in Marawi. Guys, it's just a year into his term.

I'm not saying he's up to no good but the way his fanatics speak, it's like he's got everything under control, like as if he's capable of solving everything. These must be the most fanatical people I've seen in decades. Guess his propagandists did well splurging most of the campaign money on the social media front.

Reminds me of Putin. He became the president of Russia, when that country was in deep turmoil. During the last 18 years, Putin has almost singlehandedly restored the super-power status of Russia. Here, Duterte is also singlehandedly eradicating crime and drug addiction in the Philippines, despite the overwhelming odds against him.

the president sure is doing some nice cleaning in his country. He may be misunderstood at time (mostly by media) because of his vulgar way of speaking but his vision for his country is good :)

What you pointing out let the drug rule and do nothing? If you have that mindset you are like a child with less thingking.

I dont know much about kuwait but you cannot compare the Philippines to kuwait. The Philippines is a Christian country and islam is less portion. The terrorists are in those few cities inthe country where large volume of muslims are but not every muslims are terrorist. Real muslims hate terrorism nad follow the law and the beliefs of their religion. Terrorist will never win in this country

     I don't think that the president had his bad intentions on implementing his rule or law against drugs which is currently being abused in his country, there are too many presidents and terms that had passed and it seems that there is no changes in the case related to illegal drugs, maybe that is his own principle and method to do a game changer which could also open the eyes of the people living in that country.

It is not possible to achieve good goals by violent means. Duterte sets in the Philippines dictatorship. Now it's too late. Even if Filipinos will open the eyes of the regime simply will not give up power and this will lead to civil strife.

I think our president is doing a good job on carrying out his duties, however, he's sometimes misunderstood because of the way he talks and how he speaks his mind in public.

No one cares about the language as long as he does the job properly. His popularity ratings are sky high, and only a few corrupt politicians and the drug kingpins are complaining against him. And he should ignore the media. Let them bark.

Read my friend..

Portugal decriminalised drugs 14 years ago  ;D ;D...


Portugal decriminalised drugs 14 years ago – and now hardly anyone dies from overdosing
The country has 3 overdose deaths per million citizens, compared to the EU average of 17.3

Among Portuguese adults, there are 3 drug overdose deaths for every 1,000,000 citizens Getty Images
Portugal decriminalised the use of all drugs in 2001. Weed, cocaine, heroin, you name it — Portugal decided to treat possession and use of small quantities of these drugs as a public health issue, not a criminal one. The drugs were still illegal, of course. But now getting caught with them meant a small fine and maybe a referral to a treatment program — not jail time and a criminal record.

Among Portuguese adults, there are 3 drug overdose deaths for every 1,000,000 citizens. Comparable numbers in other countries range from 10.2 per million in the Netherlands to 44.6 per million in the UK, all the way up to 126.8 per million in Estonia. The EU average is 17.3 per million.

Perhaps more significantly, the report notes that the use of "legal highs" – like so-called "synthetic" marijuana, "bath salts" and the like – is lower in Portugal than in any of the other countries for which reliable data exists. This makes a lot of intuitive sense: why bother with fake weed or dangerous designer drugs when you can get the real stuff? This is arguably a positive development for public health in the sense that many of the designer drugs that people develop to skirt existing drug laws have terrible and often deadly side effects.

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Drug use and drug deaths are complicated phenomena. They have many underlying causes. Portugal's low death rate can't be attributable solely to decriminalisation. As Dr. Joao Goulao, the architect of the country's decriminalization policy, has said, "it's very difficult to identify a causal link between decriminalisation by itself and the positive tendencies we have seen."

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Still, it's very clear that decriminalisation hasn't had the severe consequences that its opponents predicted. As the Transform Drug Policy Institute says in its analysis of Portugal's drug laws, "The reality is that Portugal’s drug situation has improved significantly in several key areas. Most notably, HIV infections and drug-related deaths have decreased, while the dramatic rise in use feared by some has failed to materialise."


THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING ;)..

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Well, he is really straightforward with what he wants and tells everyone what he thinks is right, he just doesn't do anything without any consent because he has counsel and I hate the corrupt politicians like Trillanes whose goal is only to destroy his term or to put him away as president. If you think about it, they are only mad because they have under the table deals probably and he's not focusing on the country's problems.

Antonio Trillanes is the guy who had a disastrous interview with Stephen Sackur of BBC Hardtalk, right? He looks like a buffoon to me. Such people will be present in every country. When someone does something good, these people would like to tarnish him and his work, so that they could gain political mileage out of it.

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Now why are they EMPTY? ..

weed legal prostitution legal ..

Now less girls have babies at a young age why if prostitution is legal?

Weed legal so because weed legal no one will come around with crazy drugs like spice to make them go mental because weed is there and weed as never killed anyone NOT EVER..

And saves police wasting money on locking up people for weed or prostitution ..
So just by legalising those 2 things there jails are empty ..

Now you think they be over run with druggies ..

See if weed available less likely they will try harder drugs because weed and beer gets you smashed so much the room spins ..

When they are ILLEGAL people tend to bring any old shit that gets you high  ..
And then they are hooked on BAD SHIT..instead of GOOD SHIT ;D..

Indeed, President of the philippines was doing the right things system in His administration.
Actually, since He seated as a President of His country the drug syndicate case, criminality, corruption has been
resolved anyhow. So, everything is now doing good according to His plan.

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You know the problem ?..

The problem is your to BIBLE THINKING..
Not moved with the times you think god will solve all your problems ..

Bible says this and this is how we should ACT..

Now if you look at HISTORY you will notice the religious times was the worst times in HISTORY..
Nothing as ever come good of believing in LIES ..

I wont wait for a god to dig i will dig it myself .. ;)

My great gran father was Philippine he moved to the uk in the early 19th century and 3 generations later.
I am here in the uk a DILUTED Philippine ..

But my gran mother brought me up and she tell me stories of her father and she was proud to be half
Philippine so when i was a child i was proud to have a bit of Philippine in me..

I got the colour alright but white features ..And well taller :D :D

My gran  CATHOLIC so i imagine you lot are in the Philippines ..

Now we grew out of religion in the UK because the trouble it caused ..
Plus the VICARS are child abusers ..SEXUAL VICAR PREDATORS..

So one thing i hate is poor children getting the blame for the way they are when an adult should be looking after the children to not get in trouble or take drugs..

But your president decides he likes to kill these poor young street children who have nothing
not even the love of your NATION..
You disgusting SHIT FACES..

Also am i raciest by calling you the Philippine?..

You would have to say NO..Because why?

Now i care very much what happens to your peoples ..
BUT if you start to act like crazies your country will turn to SHIT..

 if your so RELIGIOUS  thou shalt not kill..

THE POLICE LAW..MURDER IS WRONG..End of story..
2 wrongs don't make a right ..5 hot dogs give you heart burn< JOKE :D..

Prison they suffer for way longer than death in 1 hour ..
And if your prison is a shit hole they suffer well more than death they wish they was dead ..

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So they drip fed him to keep him alive :D..

All the things they wish they could be doing but they cannot is hell ..
Picking a simple apple off a tree GONE ..

Watching the waves come in on the beach GONE ..

But your president LOVES TO KILL ..He boast of it..DIRTY SCUM BAG killing poor street children..

Your president is SCUM of the earth..Poor children he killed them like people kill a rat.. >:( >:(.

I will prove how your religion is letting you down..

The act is criminalized by Philippine law. Articles 256, 258 and 259 of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines mandate imprisonment for women who undergo abortion, as well as for any person who assists in the procedure.

Because of your RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ..^^^

Now don't you think it so fucking stupid to let a child grow in an unwanted family who is poor only to grow to 10 years old to be killed for being a poor street child who takes drugs?..

I mean are you that STUPID to not realise well i will get rid of this baby before it know about life?..

You let it be born only to kill it for being poor.. >:( >:(
And what chance does a poor child have anyways?..

So all because of your STUPID fairy tale religious beliefs your country is going to SHIT..

No abortion law when your country is poor so more chance the child will be poor so more chance of the child being on the street so more chance of the child taking drugs so more chance of the child stealing to buy these drugs..And it goes around and around SAME OLD SHIT ..SAME OLD STORIES..

So i suggest SOME NEW SHIT and SOME NEW STORIES..

Like the one about the UNIVERSAL INCOME for all ;)..

BUT you just carry on reading bibles while the president spends ;)..

Tell your president he as a jungle and he can produce almost anything you want..
BUT your so stupid you have no brains ..

You need to copy anything we west do..THINK and you shall receive ..

GROW MINE  you got the fucking lot..BUT YOUR STUPID..

Now i hope you thinks cheeky fucker we will show that western twat ;)..

YES it's a fucking challenge YOU STUPID Philippines ..

NOW GROW MINE and create ..YOU THICK SHITS..

And remember who the mines belong to THE PEOPLES mines to make schools and what not..

Now get you asses into gear you lazy drug taking MF ..JUNGLE MINES do something dozy fuckers..

International rights organizations have reported mass disappearances.
They claim he is making the bad guys vanish with out any trial etc.

I've been following the guy occasionally since he was a Mayor.
He's a sleazy corrupt piece of shit scumbag.

He was on the record telling the media he figured he should have been first in gang raping then murdering a white girl that was in jail who was murdered / raped and had her throat slit.
A classy guy when he says he should have been first to fuck her when hearing of the news.

So we have alleged drug offense related criminals being murdered by a hit squad by a maniacal corrupt mentally ill dictator.. does that sound like a good thing ?

Justice omitted is not good.. then he is just as much a criminal as they people he accuses.
Meanwhile in Canada we are legalizing Marijuana.
So would he approve ?

This president has a very tough policy. I'm seriously worried about his life. After all, many drug dealers have dangerous acquaintances who will try to stop the president. I'm surprised that we have not heard the news that there have been assassination attempts on the president

That dumb ass senator.  It so pathetic for those who voted him before.  He do not know what he is talking about everytime.  It seems that he elected as a senator just to be a detractor of the current administration.  He is completely insane.  You are right, they might just have under the table deals and because the President is not corrupt they are having a hard time to do all these dirty things.  May our President have more years in life.

as we are pilipino not all of us is agree with our president dissicion but most of us is agree on whats going on in the philippines specialy like us OFW we are working in long distance place deferent countrys we only have one wish that our family is in safe our childrens did not involve in some bad habbits specialy the ilegel drugs that number 1 enemy of the country and now there is a leader that willing to protect his people even if it coz of his life i was totaly suported that in that way so i vote him and im proud of that the media is manipulated outside of the country so the emage of the president it looks bad from other country specialy some senators

Sooner or later, there will be an attempt to assassinate Duterte. Because he has made enemies with a lot of powerful people.

the main story is about you hating religious beliefs.
to give you insights, im a filipino but i dont read a bible, i only have a one memorized verse in tagalog. i only once or never visits church every month. we dont ask god to dig for our dreams we have the saying "nasa dyos ang awa nasa tao ang gawa". but you were correct about the baby being raised but got no connection with the religion its all because of the shit mindset of many filipinos to have a one big family in "poverty".

if you never been in philippines and you have no idea about what filipino culture is so please shut up. there are filipinos shit enough to make 3 or more children even without a decent and permanent source of income that can raise the 3 or more babies. but it also happens in any part of the world there is no exemption to other countries. you know what the main problem is? is not the religion as what you talking about but its all because of our shit government.

the reason why filipinos supports duterte is that if you never raised in the philippines as i do, i will tell you im 24 years old and since the day i know what the meanin of life is, i knew we never had a good president who can rule the country and to stand in the country as president and not being a puppet of other country.

the elder filipinos says ferdinand marcos was the best president the philippines ever had but he was moved out of the country because of the americans cant dictate him. but if that part of the history did not happened the philippines could be one of the best country in asia.

everything is not because of the religion as you saying. its just our government with shit capability to help and to tech the people the importance of the family planning and the ability to help the people to learn how to use their money.

many filipinos are talented but got low IQ to be honest. many filipinos dont think the consequences of their actions before they do.

my english is not solid so please i apologize.

To be honest, for me, President Duterte is quite good being a leader, he proved it once by running Davao as a Mayor, but still, I can't say that he suits being a President very well. You know, we're talking about politics and nobody will show their true face, they'll hide in the shadows instead. I might say that all of what he has done was planned, that he just used being a Mayor to reach this goal of him. For example, in my own opinion, before absolutely discriminating De Lima in the congress, he first showed her "scandal" with her private driver Dayan which really gained interest to people, and it's what he exactly needs, the countrymen. And about the rumor of his corruption, if I remember it right, after a senator asked him to show his bank accounts, he refused and rather spoke some contradicting words, then he shows off to people with his shoes broken, perhaps to convince the people he's not that rich, but I wondered why would a mayor be using a broken shoes? For me it's too exagerated, maybe if it's a car, I won't doubt.
I'm not saying all these are true, maybe yes, and maybe not, just hope my thoughts are all wrong. I'm just used about politics, it's just like show business, be good when the cameras are on.
And about his "War on Drugs" campaign, it's nice to know he's desperate to fight against illegal drugs. It's a better way to make Philippine a much better country. But with honesty, I suppose it's getting too crucial. Most cops are starting to be abusive with their power. I know "War on drugs" campaign is necessary, but conceivably, he must first train these cops to have enough discipline. Why? Because of the fact that it's getting more worse rather than getting better. The people are alarmed of this, we all know that, we don't know, maybe the next day, one of our friends, relatives, family members, or even ourselves will be a victim of such a crime, to be killed being an innocent person. We don't want that to happen, do we?

i am definitely agree on this !!!
filipinoes are done with those flowering words by the other politicians .. they are talking with  clean hands but in back they are corrupt and drug protector
i admire those curse of the president and those move he made on his country .. i hope people of the Philippines will stand on their feet soon in the world with free of drugs .. and i hope that those politicians that still fight at his back will be condemn!! but is 6  years enough ? what what happen if the presidency will fall again to a wrong hand? i hope not anymore and i do hope that people of the republic of the Philippines  are totally open and ready for that changes

The president canbe said as really dedicated to eradicate criminilaties in the society and corruption in the government. And i believe that if he really wanted to make the Philippines prosper then he should really be starting to cleanse the nation. Going directly to improving the economy without eradicating illegal acts both by private citizen and those who are seated in the government will just soon be brought back to chaos if they are not being dealt first.

A lot of post here says that he ordered to kill those criminals and addicts, well do some research and
do not just rely on media, He clearly states to the policemen that arrest all drug addict and pushers
if they will fight back and threatened the lives of the authorities, then defend yourselves, even it
will kill them, he also said that he is not a good economist so he hired some good persons to do the job.

Well i think it works both ways. One, it will definitely have a chilling effect to the drug industry in the philippines since this one is really making good on his promise to kill everyone involved in drugs. Users and pushers would have to think about their safety as well. On the other hand, him being so openly in approval to killing opens up opportunity to oppressive policemen and people in power.

i believe that those bad words and those cursing is just in front of the media. if you have talk to president duterte he is kind by heart. It's just that he does not like the drugs thats why he is using unique way jist to stop it. and we should be proud of him because for a long time, soneone who is brave enough to actually stop it.

the most beautiful disaster i think :D it is difficult to change a bad habit to be good. alcohol, drugs, corruption, and human traficing isn't good for people life. so, need an action to change it. what a presiden  do is for the good of his people.

The most beautiful disaster indeed! Because even though many drug addicts are getting killed it still change the mindset of every Filipino because other drug addicts are now afraid to buy drugs because they could be killed even to the drug dealers. And President Rodrigo Duterte are man of his words and he is now cleansing the Philippines from corrupt officials to corrupt minded.

President duterte only wants good for his beloved country, he implemented new laws to eradicate the drug related crimes in the country and to stop the spreading of illegal drugs. And president duterte wants to free the country from corruption , many government officials in the previous admimistration are corrupt. That is why they hate duterte and wants him down in leadership. They always finds way to overthrown him and many accusations are being thrown to him by his oppositions in the government. But the president is strong to face them and he never giving up for the sake of his beloved country.

In a war, there is always collateral damage in the process. It would have been even more dangerous if Drug Kingpins controlled the streets in the Philippines. More innocent civilians would have died. Take a look at what's happening at Chicago gangs are killing innocent civilians over turf.

I agree with what you said that Yes the Duterte administration clears the country. But in the face of the event there were no good scenarios that were subsequently slaughtered. Because I'm also in favor because most police do not do their job properly. They are drowning in money that is rewarded for who has caught a man who is involved in illegal drugs. Thus, most police officers in the Philippines will arrest the victim and engage in the drug on the part of the body. Just like what happened recently in the Philippines, the issue about the death of Kian Loyd Delos Santos. The majority who did not expect him at his low age would have been as bad as that. There was a lot of anger and fear of the police, since the surveillance camera saw the wrong work or the victim's capture. So now the police have been charged with the evidence that they really are the cause of Kian's death. Today in the Philippines most people are opposed to suppressing illegal drugs. Because many innocent people are being mistreated. If all the police could not be the same as those arrested for Kian loyd :(.

I don't have a problem if the drug lords and the drug traffickers are getting killed. But too many innocent bystanders are being killed as well. Duterte needs to look in to this. The percentage of collateral casualties has been quite high. He needs to see how he can reduce this percentage. Innocent lives can't be allowed to be lost, no matter whatever be the reason.

The Philippine president is the best bet when it comes to change, development, and organized country. He takes up actions that other leaders are afraid to do. His decision that risks instead of picking the safe bet causes the country to undergo so much confusion in terms of the people's trust. The president does his best to achieve the greater good of the country.

I see that some of those who comments here does not really understand what is happening here in the Philippines.  The president is not perfect but he's doing more good things than all other past presidents combined.  Mainstream media is portraying him as a bad guy and always give him the bad light. His political enemies are the biggest problem the country have, these self-serving-idiots want him out because they cannot do some corruption while he's in power.

As a Filipino who watches all of these things going on from outside the country, it looks really bad when people try to justify disregard of law. The statement "The Philippine government is not eliminating drug addicts and pushers if they surrender and not fight the cops" is concerning to me. There should always be a due process of law. Moreover, the President has a foul and dirty mouth...geez. I don't know how many times I have told my family back home to please stop justifying his obviously dirty mouth. It is so tacky. I can't believe I have to remind my very own family about the values that they taught me growing up. As a Filipino, I want a president of the country I love to be well-mannered and conduct himself appropriately. I think it is great that he is doing things for the country and I hope he implements and makes policies that will help better the lives of Filipinos.

Please, the President of Philippines, re-login to your man account  ;D

the country is becoming better actually with this president. the previous administration does know how to sugarcoat a shit but this president threat criminals as criminals that deserves what they deserves and delivers justice. philippines is doing better than ever because of him.

the media knows nothing and they are manipulated BUT filipinos knew how good the country can be with DUTERTE.

If only Filipino people would realize, what is happening, it may look bad but if we only accept change positively, those disaster will somehow turn into good...like what happening in Pinatubo.. it creates beautiful crater.

I really love watching YouTube videos about disasters and various disasters. I will tell you honestly that all these powerful cataclysms have tremendous power And it fascinates. I myself am afraid when I think about the fact that such a mortal danger for a person, but it is very beautiful.

Pres. Duterte is in action yes as we can see now the country is become better because of him.
P'duterte is a good leader better than p'noy
He's doing more good things than all others past presedent in philippines

I followed some of the Duterte development news, its too bad that he killed with no mercy, but somehow, this kind of things is needed, if he followed by the usual protocol there will be no solution for this problem, almost every place is the drug dealers spot, so if you catch them, they will just bribe to release the drug dealer again, drug dealers has caused so many casualties and bad things to other people, so I am agree with duterte action, now the country looks better

After 10 years , the philippines will be now drug free.
And not just that 20 million people already after 10 years.

He is having a backbone and that's what makes him different from the past presidents. President Duterte reminds me of Vladimir Putin of Russia and Narendra Modi of India. Both these leaders were elected when their respective countries were facing a lot of issues. And through their hard work and dedication they have turned the fortunes of their citizens. The same here with Duterte as well. I respect him, although I am not from the Philippines.

It was never a disaster for the Philippines.  It was a disaster only to those people who does not understand what the president was trying to do.  Those who are used on the system of the government.  It is a disaster for those who does not want change because they benefit from the system it self.  I am so happy to see how the president stand up with head high on his beliefs and goals.

I can honestly say that there has been a change in the country after President Duterte went into office. Whether its positive or not solely depends on what legacy he would be leaving behind once he steps down and I think that would be the final grade more than anything

The president DU30 of the Philippines is the best compare to the other pass president,, he’s done a lot ,,,,,,,,,

yeah I'm agree to you, Duterte is good president and other people in the world are impressed to him,, that's why he no.1 in TIMES magazine, in other side im sad because some of pilipino's hate duterte,, i dont why,,because of war of drugs?how about killing the innocent involvement drugs. if i have to choice its better to kill the drug addict/pusher/lord instead the innocent people.

Yep pres. Duterte actually is a great blessing for the Philippines. His leadership is what we Filipinos need to have here. His iron hand is the only we to bring Philippines into success. There were many presidents before him and they were good but duterte's leadership is unique. We feel the change unlike the others past administration.

WAR against drugs is really on a winning side for the people who want peace of mind and hate drugs, as the war of drugs started many crimes fall on numbers as we all know most crimes are under the influence of drugs especially rapist.
the number of crimes really gets the low number now and that is all to MR. PRESIDENT DUTERTE!

our new president is really great compare to the past administrations. he boldly speaks and he do what he say and lots of drug pushers has been caught  because of his campaign against illegal drugs. philippines will become better because of him.

But their are still haters amonst its own cabinet and the senate. But at least he showed a great patriotism amongst the previous administrations. It is not easy to be in the highest position but at least the citizens now are at ease because they have a president who is not controlled by one entity.

It sounds funny my dear friend. Haha.. The beautiful disaster in the Philippines. Now I know that there is real indeed, the beautiful disaster. When we say disaster normally it wasn't beautiful. Like the yolanda, the mayon volcano eruption, the tidal wave and many disaster things is not beautiful.
Sounds very interesting the beauty from disaster. This wasn't easy to do by the President. More politicians are disagree and against to it. The strong hand of the presidential must win than the hands of the corrupt and liars. Hopefully no matter what happen the victory and beauty from disaster will happen few years from now.