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*SPEECH OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE*
*METROBANK FOUNDATION OUTSTANDING FILIPINO*
*September 12, 2016*

Kindly sit down. Thank you.

I will dispense with the acknowledgments, we’ve been introduced, all of us.
We know each other. Kasi ang haba pa naman iyong speech ko sa kaniya, with
the other guy. [Laughter] So I’ll have to make some shortcuts to come to a
parity with the time that we spent. It was a good one. Actually, we admire
you and we are just happy to be listening to you. Walang problema iyan.

This I can say, sa panahon ko ang military pati ang pulis walang problema.
I’ve been guaranteeing it day one sa pagka-Presidente ko, that you’ll have
everything you need and lahat ng weapons na makayang bilhin ng ating
Republika â€" iyong kaya lang â€" para maitayo ninyo ang bansa ng… ating bayan.

You know, I’d like to congratulate the awardees to whom this moment
properly belongs. We know your hardships. My mother was a teacher, and as a
matter of fact, there was a time in my life, earlier, na we were also tied
to the ever present 5-6. Ganoon ang buhay ng maestro, pati sundalo.
Maniwala kayo, totoo iyan. Ang suweldo talaga kulang. That is why the first
thing I did was to announce doble ang salary nila. Nauna sila. Because
there are these guysâ€"I hope it’s there, it’s shown in your ... by December
it would have been complete. It’s reflected on your August salary already.

And second, I am really inspired to just also take the podium to say to you
all that I said I’m proud of my mother. My father was not really proud of
me. It took me seven years to finish high school, and he died when I was
still in the stage where I was not sure of what to do in this life. How I
would wish that he would be here, sana, tatay ko pati si Obama so that he
would have heard also Mr. Siason doing his praising to me.

Alam mo, sabi ko, I am not trying to offend anybody. It’s just that this
Republic works this way. But there wasâ€"I’ve been to every camp, military
camp natin, all around the country. I’m on the last three visits, which I
failed in the previous because of weather. But next is pupunta nanaman ako
sa mga pulis just to prime them up for their duties.

Alam mo, inunako sila because these are the guys that we send to the mouths
of hell, actually. And look at Mamasapano, I grieve for them but marami
akong questions. It’s either it’s about too late in the day to raise it or
it would be useless. Whichever I will decide, maybe in the course of my six
years, because I need to make everybody realize that along the way, there
are lessons to be learned â€" iyong klase na iyon.

Now, I was attending the Summit, I would like to apprise you of what I did.
I did attend but I purposely did not attend the bilateral talks between
ASEAN countries and the Ambassador of... the President of the United
States. Talagang ini-skip ko iyon. I attended all others â€" iyong kay Putin
may one-on-one ako, and the ASEAN and also the Chinese, I was there.  Now,
the reason is not I am anti-West. The reason is not I do not like the
Americans. It’s simply a matter of principle for me.

Alam mo, had I not been elected as President of this Republic, tignan ko
masyadong kawawa ang bayan. Just look at the horizon. And all the
politicians thereâ€"I am not saying that I am the best. God’s call iyang
presidente eh, walang ano iyan. It’s destiny. Pero kung makita mo and just
thinking about it, sabi ko, didisgrasya tayo. Because when I was the Mayor
of Davao City, I was the favorite whipping boy of a certain lady and itong
mga bleeding hearts and some priests, some nuns. Of course, this is a
democracy. I can understand their criticism. I can accept it with a smile.
I know what public office is, what public trust is.

Ang akin lang is, I’ve been 23 years mayor, at least wala akong kasong
graft and corruption. Hindi ako pumasok diyan. But dito ako, I was really a
hardliner because I was a prosecutor, I’m a lawyer. And for about ten
years, I was doing trial work. And many a times, I saw cases falling apart
because of corruption. Iyong ebidensiya ko naging tawas, iyong aking
witnesses tinatakot, at pati iyong mga pulis. And there was a time they
said, “Sir, alam mo, wala man kaming pera,” even the guys in Manila. Those
assigned in the Customs, during the time of President Aquino, may nilagay
diyan na mga military men â€" young men with idealism â€" pero nag-surrender.
Bakit? Kasi pinapakitaan sila ng picture ng asawa nila, lumalabas sa mall,
susundo sa mga bata. Sabi nila, “Sir, wala man kaming pera na mailipat
namin iyong pamilya namin sa Amerika or some other place, so medyo dispensa
lang muna kami.” And that’s what happened. In Davao, they raped a teacher
who was the wife of a police officer. And in front of Obama sinabi ko, I
related to him, pinatay ko talaga iyong tatlo. I made them pay for what
they did. Pinatay ko. Walang kaawa-awa. Eh bakit ako maawa? Pity is not one
of my virtues.

Eh tutal iyong nanay ko noon, every time na may kasalanan sa altar ako
naka-ganoon, araw-araw. Susmaryosep! Kung buhay iyon, idemanda ko ng child
abuse iyong nanay ko â€" anak ng jueteng! Almost every day. Oo, totoo,
nagkaroon ng kalyo itong tuhod ko. Hindi iyan sa simbahan, diyan sa harap
ng altar sa bahay namin. Iyong si Hesukristo noon, noong I started
kneeling, mga second grade ako. I was looking up imploring the heavens for
his misery also. When finally, iyong last na punishment sa nanay ko, she
was always looking at me. Iyong ulo niya, bumaba na. Tapos I could hear
her, sabi niya, “Rod, pareho talaga ang suwerte natin.” Sabi ko, “tama ka
talaga.” Anyway, ganiyan ang pangyayari.

Alam mo kasi, pati ako, hindi ko alamâ€"makinig kayo ha. Hindi ko alam ganoon
kalala, pati ang mga pulis hindi nila alam, pati military. Hindi ko alam,
eh di papaano ninyo malalaman. We never thought the drug problem was that
widespread ang dimensions. Pero ang addiction does not stop there. Well, if
you are son of a millionaire, you can buy shabu every day, so, what? But it
starts with the use and it ends up with a dysfunctional family.

Kapag may anak ka, may asawa ka na nasa shabu, wala na  talaga iyan. So you
destroy the very fabric of the basic unit in the community. Then you start
to steal, you start to kill and you become ruthless because shabu six
months to one year of constant use would shrink your brain and that is why
itong mga -- well, media and of course -- ayaw maniwala na iyang mga ----
-ayaw maniwala talagang lumalaban iyan.

Maski ako, in many raids nandiyan ako. Ito si Bato, in many, siguro mga a
dozen time na sasabihin ko sa iyo, sige hintayin mo ako. Barilin lang
talaga muna iyan. At lumalaban iyan  because sira ang ulo eh and paranoia…
when you are paranoid you always carry either a knife or ano. Lumalaban
talaga iyan. Kaya kawawa naman itong mga pulisâ€"subukan mong mag-adik, that
is why I am suggesting na kung ayaw ninyong makinig, bigyan ninyo ng shabu
iyong mga anak ninyo, free of charge, I’ll give it you. Ipakain ninyo sa
mga anak ninyo at tingnan ninyo kung ano ang labas sa anak ninyo. They come
out monsters.

So I have to deal [with] that problem in Davao City. When I became
Mayorâ€"what propelled Davao City to be the fastest growing… I was hitting
already almost 5, 6 economic growth ko domestic, inside Davao lang. What
made it so peaceful? Anong lahat, kasi sinabi ko talaga in front of the
cameras there, “kung ayaw na ninyong lumabas sa Davao talagang papatayin ko
kayo,” period.

Now kung itong problema na ito can be solved byâ€"you know, it’s too easy
really to criticize. But when you think of the sheer number. Sabi ng PDEA
noon, that was two years ago, and it was uttered by General Santiago, the
PDEA head at that time, said that there are about 3 million. That was the
figure of the other administration. Mine is that, nung inipit ko na lahat,
lumabas ang not soâ€"I was awed, almost appalled and awed by the number --
700 iyong nag-surrender na takot.  How do we solve this problem?

Alam mo naging Presidente ako, dito ngayon standing. I entered the
government, the presidency midstream. So this budget that I am operating
now was made the previous year by the previous administration. Wala namang
expectations, there was no projection at all, one even a wisp na ang
paglabas nitong lahat ng droga thousands by thousands.

There is absolutely no budget for that. I cannot steal and Diokno will not
give you anything else other than what is being operated on in accordance
with the budget. Sasabihin nila, why do you kill them? Why don’t you just
rehabilitate them? 700,ooo, where do I get the money. Saan ako magnakaw?
Kunin ko iyong lahat sa departamento, then I would have derailed the
program of Briones, Medialdea, pati si Lorenzana dito. Stay as you are, the
budget that was given to you, as envisioned by the last administration. You
are limited on that budget.

Soâ€"but I go around a lot. Just to supervise. I did not declare a punitive
police action mind you against drugs. I declared a war. Talagang giyera.
Kasi kung alam kasi, lahat ng mga  police ko masasabit. That is why I had
to make a guarantee to them and to the military whom I called to join in
because I have no declared the drug threat as a national security issue.

Kasi pag hindi ko gawainâ€"if I cannot interdict this problem now, nobody in
the horizon can, unless you guys, magkukudeta kayo and start a military
junta there somewhere. Ganunan na talaga iyan. Wala nangâ€"there is no escape
from the…you know, just likeâ€"wala talaga, sinuman.  Alin doon, kaming apat,
mamili ka kung sino raw Bai. Mag-inum muna ako.

When as a matter of fact, the generals were into it, anak ka ng---. So
that’s I told them before I was elected. Either you resign now or I will
name you publicly and I did because they did not resign. Na iyong iba, sabi
ko, sige, at mind you maraming patay na pulis dito ha, baka sabihin puro
civilian at marami rin akong pulis na namamatay and sundalo. Soldiers even
in one drug… dala sundalo, apat na sundalo patayâ€"dalawa pala. I had to go
there. I had to fly to every town, every community to condole with the
family and to show to the world na wagâ€"do not with me, because hindi ako
nagbibiro dito.

And I said that even… I put at stake, my honor, my life and the presidency.
Walang atrasan ito. So ito local lang ito noon, yellow issue lang ito,
itong extra-judicial killing, sinakyan ng PR during the election time. But
they carry the propaganda too far at ito namang mga NGO dito, bless their
souls. I mean, I cannotâ€"you know you can correct your---if you have asthma
go to your doctor, if you have diarrhea either doon sa baba or in the mouth
you can go to your dentist. But stupidity cannot cure you. Kailangan ko ito
and I said to them go out and hunt for them and destroy them.

Iyan ang order ko rin against the Abu Sayyaf. That is why marami man akong
extraâ€"ano ngayon kasi nag-uusap naman tayo, Ma’am, eh galing pa raw ito sa
presohan sa Marcos days ba, were you also imprisoned? You are a leading
light of the Left, do not deny that, because  God is not forgiving to
liars. We have a working relations.

Wala naâ€"ang mga sundalo ko, wala na. No, I am just trying to be funny. Ang
mga sundalo ko, they are freed of, kasi wala masyadong… wala nang
encounter. So you have this moratorium. So I have enough soldiers now to go
to… it bleeds  my heart to send a  Filipino to kill a Filipino sa totoo
lang.

You know my mother is a mestiza, Maranao. Lola ko Maranao, lolo ko Chinese.
Kaya magsabi ako magpunta ka doon, but deep inside napakasakit naman itong
trabaho na ito. But I have to do it, because I have to, you know, preserve
the Republic and its integrity.

Pero itong mgaâ€"we are talking with the Left, the MI is so accommodating
they even help up in apprehending drug violator. And for that, I should say
we must really go to federal and help the MI. One day you will have a legal
entity of your own, I promise you that. Si Nur seems to be equivocal but I
hope he comes out one day to talk to us. But the Abu Sayyaf, wala na iyan,
it’s out of control.

Kaya sabi ko sa military pati pulis go out and crush them and destroy them
just like the drugs. Ngayon itongâ€"it started with a Rapporteur, it started
with the Ambassador. There was an election, he was asked for his comment
regarding an incident which actually happened in Davao. Tapos I was  just
narrating a fact and itong media, alam mo, how they spin a tale. Tanong
sila doon sa Ambassador na babae sa Australia, nagtanung diyan kay Goldberg
and they uttered something na masama para sa kandidatura ko. So it was
awfully wrong for them to state something during na election.

Kaya ako nagalit, wag mo siyaâ€"okay man iyong quote yan but not during an
election  because it could affect the results. Doon ako nagalit. So I said
something stupid, totoo naman. Ano ko that lady, I refused to talk to her.
Kasi may kagagaguhan angâ€"then they started to hit me, una iyong Rapporteur,
the very same method that they used during myâ€"nung Mayor pa ako.

Sabi ko, “look, if I am still the Mayor of Davao City you can hit me,”
actually walang problema iyan. But when I am… however small you look upon
me, I am now theâ€"and you just cannotâ€"a President of a sovereign state,
sabihin parang lecturan  mo, pati si Obama, it  would have been wrong for
him to do that.

Kaya binastos ko sila, kasi kakoâ€"But you know, itong media, theyâ€"you know,
men judge best when they condemn. Actually iyang “putang ina” ang
translation nila is… ang “putang ina” -- son of bitch, son of a gun if you
cannot pronounce the slur. It was never a ‘son-of-a-whore.’ That is notâ€"but
they actually did it to make it more palatable to the outside community and
they say that I ---my…ano raw ako, popularity ko sa Europe mababa. I am not
the President of the EU, Europe or America or China. I am the President of
the Republic of the Philippines.

I do not serve anybody else, except you. If I lose my position along the
way, fine. If I die, I’m assassinated, just fine also. But never I
wouldâ€"maybe honor, I don’t think I’d lose that. Ginagawa ko na para sa iyo,
bakit hindi ninyo ako kunan ng honor. So when I made it nagkamali siâ€"but I
came prepared. Nagkamali si Ban Ki-moon na katabi ko, isa ring nagsabi  in
public. You do not do it to a republic, the President. You communicate and
say “President Duterte just like before there are these allegations against
you when you were mayor but it’s being repeated now in the international
arena. Could you please communicate with us how we can, not really solve,
how we can maybe explain to the public.”

But si Ban Ki-moon reading the newspaper dito, basa rin siya ng basa. Pati
si Obama pumasok rin. Sabi ko, bakit ganoon? Mayor ako okay lang. So
pagsabi ni Ban Ki-moon doon, nandoon nga sila, si Secretary of Defense
hindi na nila… kasi binigyan ako ng National Security Adviser ko ng speech.
Hindi talaga ako nagbabasa ng speech eh. Hindi talaga, ayaw ko. Kasi
limitado ang time, kagaya n’yo oh, walang limitado iyong time ni Siazon
larga siya ng larga. Sabi ko sa  kanya “Oy, iyong kalahating niyang oras
akin na iyan ha.”

Noong sinabi niya, well to promote trade ganoon. Then he mentioned, katabi
ko lang eh. Pagkatapos niya binigay na ni National Security, tinapon ko my
prepared speech. I do not read my speeches. Sabi ko, “I’d like to show you
something. We kind of grieve over the human rights issue. When was the
great philosophy of human rights, when was it first adapted or when did it
evolved?” Sabi ko, you know, I would like to show you something, sinabi ko
sa kanya, these are the victims sa crater doon sa Jolo, may volcano, doon
nagtakbuhan ang Moro people when the Americans came. Nakita mo there is a
pile of bodies, tingnan mo ang mga sundalo sa tabi oh, standing over the
dead. You know except for the religion, the Moros are our brothers, our
flesh and blood.

Talking about human rights, who are you and what moral ascendancy do you
have over me to talk about human rights? Tingnan mo ‘yan. These are the
Moro people who must the Bud Dajo Massacre. Meron sa Lanao, meron sa Davao
rin. Kaya sabihin ko sa Amerikano what now. Me? You just alleged that I
killed about… police because I ordered the police to kill 1,000 criminals,
what is it to the 6,000 Filipinos men, women and children all in a common
grave because you were here as imperialists. You wanted to colonize my
country and because you had a hard time pacifying the Moro people, why?
Because in 1521 when Magellan landed in Leyte bringing with him his guns,
his cannons, his muskets and gun powder Mindanao was already thriving, an
Islam community by almost 100 years.

Mindanao was part of this Sri-Visayas Empire, including us. Pero ang Datu
nandoon sa kanila. But those who [are] richer and had settlements and even
sila Lapu-Lapu were actually Muslims. It was the first religion. But, kasi
island for island they had, it was a contiguous one, they had a hard time.
You read the archives of the Malaysians and you go to the libraries of the
Indonesians, you would know. Just a little reading.

Nauna kasi ang Islam doon. So when the Spaniards came they wanted to put
religion there. It was resisted by the Muslims because they were already
Muslims solidly for almost 100 years. So ang mag-aano na maggawa ng the
cannons of Magellan was able only to get one territory there, iyang fort
Pillar. But that was it, finished.

Then the Americans came they saw Mindanao below the typhoon belt, very
fertile land and they could get anything from the---they had the grand time
getting the fat of our lands, iyan nag totoo diyan. Walang magtrabaho sa
kanila eh, even the plantation. So what they did in the 30’s was to come up
with the sloganeering, “Go to Mindanao because it is a land of promise.”

In the 40’s it had prompted my father to -- still single -- to go to
Mindanao. Iyan ang totoo diyan. Mahirap kasi iyong ignorante, you just
blurt out, you sound too civilized. As a matter of fact, akala ikaw lang
nakapag-aral, eh kasi kung nandito pa iyong Harvard di dalawa na tayong
valedictorian, o ano ka. Hanggang 75 lang ako ma’m sa totoo lang. Hindi,
totoo honestly. Sonny Dominguez kababata ko iyan. He was our valedictorian,
since kindergarten valedictorian na iyan. He became PAL President and
Secretary of Agriculture under Cory. Si Art Tugade was a classmate diyan sa
San Beda. He was our valedictorian. Lahat iyan sila puro valedictorian, si
Medialdea, of course pati si Secretary Briones and Tigawalo. Puro ito mga
---totoo, Fernia. Even si Delfin Lorenzana. What I know of him, hindi ko
alam, alam kung sino nagsabi sa akin Pastor Quiboloy. Sabi niya iyang si
Lorenzana he was our valedictorian sa Cotabato sa Notre Dame. Eh ako, medyo
ano lang. 75 lang, basta maka-akyat lang. Biro mo naman 1990 tapos---Kaya
iyang Legarda na iyan, iyong kanto ng Legarda pati ano itong road na ito
Mendiola, diyan kami bumagsak lahat lahos. You see, inum-inum, hindi
mag-aral. Magkatinginan lang sa library---ano, ano, kala naghamon, ha,
order ka na

I’ll tell you, sino hong estudyante ni Solidum dito? Justice Solidum. He
was handling  Remedial Law and Criminal Law. One day -- alam mo maganda ito
eh â€"  in remembrance to a learned man â€" eh may question siya. Ang
pronounceâ€"Ilonggo iyon eh. Lente, Ilonggo na nga. Tae, ang narinig ko
Duterte. Si Villafuerte ng Camarines, tumindig rin. Sabi niya, “God dammit,
why are you standing up?” Sabi ko, “I thought, sir, I heard my name, sir.”
“Because you are always talking there at the back. Come here, sit down
here.” Eh di tindig ako. Pagdating ko upo na, sabi niya, “Stand-up. You,
sit down over there. You recite,” Eh di tindig ako nang ganoon. Hintay ako,
“Start talking, goddammit.” Sabi ko, “Sir, there is no question yet, sir.”
Hindi ba tama naman, nagalit siya. Aah nagalit sir, gumaganoon ako,
“Duterte, remember this, do not scratch your head and scatter your dandruff
in this room. Keep it on your head, it’s only one that you have.
Goddammit!” (laughter)

Ewan ko kanino pa, sa amin na section. Alam mo kasi kapag fourth year ka
na, puwede ka nang magdala ng girlfriend. Iyong mga bisita mo kasi
naka-Americana, practice nga eh. So you can invite â€" karamihan niyan mga
syota. May isang practice court, “O, call your witness.” Eh aksidente iyon,
simulated, “Yes, sir, I would like to call my next witness, a traffic
officer assigned in Quiapo.” “Hmm, call for him.” “Where you in fact in
duty at that day?” “Yes,” sabi ng witness. “And what happened there while
you were doing your duty?” “There was an assistance for an investigation, a
traffic accident in Morayta,” blah, blah, blah. Tapos pag sabi, magkamali
ka talaga eh kasi sa nerbiyos sabi ng bu****, “and what did you saw?”
“Goddammit, I thought he is a policeman?” “Yes, sir.” “Then why you asked
him what did you saaaw?” [Laughter] Tumindig talaga, gumanun, “Why are you
asking him, is he a carpenter? What did you saw?”

Hay naku, those were the days. But that’s the vignettes of life.

I do not want to prolong your stay, it’s quite a bit late. I’d like to
again my warmest felicitations to the awardees. And of course, ni reserba
ko talaga, my deep respect to you, sir, George and to Mr. Sobpreña for
remembering the services of your fellowmen, lalo na kaming tagaâ€"we’re just
workers of government. Pareho tayo, I do not address my officers or
officials. You only say in public, in public I say, ‘we are workers of
government and we are paid to do our part.’ Kaya lang a little bit of
understanding, this campaign against the drug problem/menace will not stop.
It will not stop â€" pinupusta ko na ang presidency ko diyan pati buhay ko â€"
until the last addict is eliminated.

For as long as it would take me, two years, fine. Sabi ko nga, if they feel
that they want to impeach me, go ahead, be my guest. But for as long as I’m
there, they will have my support. Itong drug campaign, ladies and
gentlemen, I assume full responsibility. What the military will do and the
police have done and will do in the future, they have my command,
blessings, and nobody should go to prison for just working. Eh kung
mademanda sila, ituro na lang ninyo, it’s the presidential order. You
arrest Duterte if you want. And I’m ready to be arrested. Pumunta ka dito
‘pag hindi binaril kita, p**t... Karami kong Presidential Guard oh. May
machine gun pa pala diyan sa loob.

Anyway, I said, I will try to govern this country in parallel with
development, economics and all. Pero hindi ko bitiwan. For as I have said,
if I stop now, I wish I could but... I should have compromised the next
generation.

Maraming salamat po.

*INTERVIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE  *

*SECRETARY MARTIN ANDANAR*

*DWIZ/Karambola by Jojo Robles, Conrad Banal and Jonathan dela Cruz*

*September 13, 2016/8:49-9:06 A.M.**





Q:

Good morning sa iyo, Martin at welcome sa Karambola.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Good morning po.  Sir Jojo, Sir Jonathan, Sir Conrad. Medyo mahina po iyong
dating ninyo, sir.



Q:

Okay, lakas-lakasan natin ng kaunti. Balita ko nagkakaroon na raw ng
reputasyon iyong inyong department naâ€"Department of Apology na raw ang
tawag diyan. Totoo ba ito?



SEC. ANDANAR:

For every mistake, you really have to apologize.



Q:

Tama rin iyan. Tama rin. Kaysa  magpalusot ano ho, kaysa makipag-argue, mas
mabuti na iyon.



Q:

Kasi iyong iba ay palusot.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Ako naman ay hindi perpektong tao, at we accept criticisms fromâ€"certainly,
hindi po tayo napipikon. Mali naman talaga iyong   ginawa ni Asst.
Secretary Mon Cualoping na tinanggal po iyong martial law doon.   Nung
nalaman ho natin iyon,   nung nakita iyon ay kagyat hong pinabalik iyong
martial law, pati iyong exile po ni Presidente Marcos sa Hawaii. Talagang
mali ho iyon. At iyong nagkaroon po ng overzealous na iyong Presidential
News Desk,  at sinama iyong sitting arrangement na hindi naman  ho dapat,
dahil  under the protocol hindi naman po nire-release iyong mga  sitting
arrangement, ay nagpatawag  tayo ng imbestigasyon. At the same time I
accepted full responsibility because I am the head of agency. At rest
assured that  these mistakes won’t happen again.



Q:

Martin, ako may tanong ako. Ano ba talaga ang pinagmulan noon, isa-isahin
natin. Iyong sitting arrangement lang  iyong naging controversy tungkol
diyan? Saan baâ€"



Q:

Na pinalaki iyan.



SEC. ANDANAR:

IN every international multilateral event ay meron hong maliit na  booklet
na binibigay ho sa mga government officials, nandoon nakalagay iyong mga
sitting arrangement, alam po ni Ambassador Jonathan iyan. And we are not
supposed to telegraph it. We are not supposed (unclear) or relay them. But
still we’re saying that bakit kinuha naman ng media kung sino po iyong
nakaupo doon (unclear) sa Protocol? Bukod po doon ay meron pong naging
Minister-to-Minister information, kuwentuhan in the staff that nabanggit
doon na  posibleng magkatabi si President Obama,  si President Duterte,
iyong Prime minister ng Lao, at iyong sa United Nations  doon po sa isang
(unclear). Iyon po iyong pinaguusapan nung mgaâ€"eh nagkataon po na iyong
ating Presidential News Desk was there during the conversation nung ito  po
ay napag-usapan natin over dinner, ay became  too overzealous, and siguro
ang pakiramdam niya ay reporter pa rin siya, at naka-exclusive siya,
sinulat. So iyon po ang nangyari.



It was a bad call, and I’d like to say na it did not go through me. I did
not give any authorization. Kaya the next day when the reporters asked me
about the sitting arrangement, sabi ko anung sitting arrangement? Sabi nila
eh ni-release ho ng opisina ninyo,  ng Presidential News Desk. Naipit po
ako, hindi ko po alam kung ano ang sasabihin ko dahil hindi ko naman
in-authorize na ilabas iyon. Sabi ki po... eh sinabi ko iyong katotohanan.
Sabi  ko na, there’s supposed to be a sitting arrangement na magkatabi po
iyong ano, pero (unclear)  to speculate, because this sitting  arrangement
can  change at the end (overlapping voices).



Q:

Pero nakakatanggap din kayo ng mga maanghang na salita, Secretary. Sabi
kasi iyong Malacañang ngayon masyadong accommodating kay Marcos, iyon ang
reaksyon.



Q:

Hindi, iyan iyong pangalawang isyu.  Pangalawang isyu iyong paratang sa
kanila mabigat, historical revisionism.



Q:

Rebisyon ano. Ano po ang reaksyon ninyo doon?



SEC. ANDANAR:

Kung anuman ho ay pinagsabihan ko po iyong Assistant Secretary na in charge
doon, pinabalik ko. And then iyon, then he (unclear) up to, siya ang may
responsibility, that he was the one who did that. Hindi ho maganda,
pinaimbestigahan din ho natin. So today there is an investigation, though
he already expressed his apologies to the public and to those who he neverâ€"



Q:

Saka po iyong nagsulat. Asec, hindi ba, ang in-charge doon?



Q:

Asec na ang nagsulat, na in-approve nung Asec. Ang nagsulat isang  staff ng
News Desk.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Isang staff po ng Strategic Communications po, in charge ng...



Q:

Tatlong portions naman doon, isa lang naman iyong medyo problemado iyon.
Unang-una, ang sinabi doon ay birthday. Number two, ang sinabi doon ay
longest serving president. And number three iyong tungkol nga doon sa
pagde-declare ng martial law at saka iyong sa exile. Iyon lang.



Q:

Nangyayari  iyan eh. Pero bakit naman revising the history  na agad iyon?



Q:

Hindi naman  revising the history iyon eh.



Q:

Ako, ito lang ang gusto kong  sabihin, Martin. Tayo naman ay  hindi naman
tayo mga bagito na hindi sa naguusap. Iyong mga nagrereklamo, bakit daw
iyong Official Gazette, ginagamit ‘no â€" dahil Diyos ko naman iyong mga
nagsasabi  nito, iyan iyong mga gumagamit ng Official Gazette.



Q:

Katakot-tako ang paggamit nila sa panahon nila



Q:

Manolo Quezon ba iyan?



SEC. ANDANAR:

Ang katotohanan nga diyan ho talaga, the main role of the Official Gazette
is to publish rules, regulations, laws, executive orders, administrative
orders; iyon na po talaga eh. The Official Gazette is a quarterly
publication. (unclear) talaga iyan, na tong sa social mfedia, this is just
an extension of the Official Gazette na ito iyong binuo ni Manolo Quezon
nung siya ay naupo diyan as undersecretary. So, nag-evolve na po ito eh,
pero kung titingnan po natin iyong batas, dapat hindi ho talaga ito
ginagawa ng Official Gazette.



Q:

Eh ginamit nila iyan, silang dalawa niâ€"ang tindi nga ng paggamit diyan ni
Ricky.



Q:

Gusto ko lang balikan iyong Official Gazette na iyan.



Q:

Mga troll na iyan.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Alam ho natin na talagang hati ho ang bansa natin, meron pong pro- Marcos,
may anti-Marcos. Kaya lumaki po iyong istorya, kasi nung unaâ€"I understand
nakalagay ho doon iyong martial law, tapos in-omit, tapos nagreklamo, tapos
binalik natin, tapos nagreklamo pa rin. And on top of that, gumawa sila â€"
hindi ko alam kung sino sila â€" ng isang parody na superficial gazette,
gamit pa ho iyong bandila ng Pilipinas, gamit pa ho iyong ating logo.



Q:

Mabibilis sila sa ganyan.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Oo, mabibilis sila sa ganyan. Isipin mo iyong socialite na... iyong
socialist na naging socialite eh....



Q:

Wala kang magagawa riyan. Walang ginagawa iyan kung hindi sabihin na ano.



Q:

Pero ito gusto ko talagang itanong ke Martin, kaya ko pinatawagan ngayon si
Secretary Andanar. Ang daming nagsasabi, Martin, siyempre alam natin kung
sinu-sino, halo na lahat iyan pati iyong mga anti-Duterte, mga dilaw, kung
tawagin ni Pangulo, eh talagang mahina raw iyong ating ComsGroup. Ano ang
reaksyon mo diyan?



SEC. ANDANAR:

Well, talagang marami ho ang pagkukulang. Tatapatin ko na po kayo, lahat po
ng by the book na nakasulat na dapat gawin, ginagawa ho natin, pero wala ho
tayong pera, kulang ho tayo sa pera.



Q:

Isa iyon. At saka may appointment na ba iyong mga tao mo? Parang hindi pa
rin nakaka (unclear)yata?



SEC. ANDANAR:

Meron na pong mga appointments po, at meron na po iyon sa government
agencies. The elephant in the room really is the money. In the past
administration, they had been spending millions and millions of pesos of PR
money. (Unclear) pagka ginawa iyon. We’ve been operating for the last 60
days just using our own devices, left to our own devices na wala ho kaming
pera.



Q:

You should know kung saan napunta iyong budget.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Oo, iyong first six months (unclear) kasi wala po kaming pera pang-PR,
Public Relations. And that is part of the play book. And that is the reason
why I get all of the flak. People are writing about my competency. You
know, I wasn’t born yesterday, alam ko po iyan.  But what do you do when
you don’t have money? Of course you’re left to your own devices, and you do
whatever you have with whatever resources you  have in your hands.



Q:

Ano, iniwan ba nila diyan iyong mga equipment, kasi baka kinuha nila Ricky
iyan. Tapos ang  mga iyan pinagkukuha nila ha. Ang tindi  din ng mga
equipment ng mga iyan dati.



Q:

Government property iyan.



Q:

Hindi naman yata dumaan sa process.



Q:

Dinaan nga iyan sa credit card, ikaw naman, naalala mo ba iyon? Credit card
ni (unclear)iyong pinambili diyan.



Q:

But anyway, I think you would have a very good opportunity, Martin, dahil
maganda naman ang produkto ninyo. If you look at it from a propaganda
perspective, you have an excellent product in President Duterte. So kaya
ang napo-focus ngayon ay parang kayo, iyong pag-deliver naman ninyo ng
message ni Pangulo, doon daw nagkakaroon ng problema.



Q:

Ginagawan nila ng problema.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Alam n’yo naman ho na ang ating produkto ay napakaganda ho. At alam ho
natin na ang iyong ating produkto everytime  nagsasalita po iyong ating
produkto ay nagiging istorya, nagiging headline po iyan. Hindi ho naman
iyong produkto natin na puwede ho nating diktahan kung anung sasabihin.
Itong mga umaasa lang ho sa _11:59 ay sinusulat ng mga Communications
Department at sa _12:05.9____po natin ay ni hindi nagpapadala eh.



Q:

May speech na nga tapos _____ pa  roon eh.



SEC. ANDANAR:

So we accept criticisms constructively.  But then I also address criticism
that are being thrown at us, ­­­­_____there is really no rationale to it.
They don’t know the story inside Malacañang and what’s happening in a room.
And _____12:30.9 and we’re dealing with leader who has a very, very strong
personality and quite different from the past presidents that we’ve had.



Q:

Secretary umaangal din iyong inyong principal, si Duterta na binabanatan
daw siya, unnecessary, unfounded, but he doesn’t care, ganoon.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Opo.



Q:

But kayo, its your job to care as Secretary, hindi po ba. How do you assess
now, ano po ba ang tingin ninyo   sa media ngayon, fair kay Duterte o medyo
killing a guess or killing in favor of. Ano po ba ang assessment ng inyong
office?



SEC. ANDANAR:

Well, meron po namang media na fair, at meron din naman pong ibang media
naâ€"I am not saying that  they are not fair, but maybe they failed to read
the  real message. Sinusunod po natin ang ating Pangulo. Pag nagsalita po
ang ating Pangulo, tila jurisdiction or historical and social protection.
So, iyon po ay nasasabi ninyo hindi naman lahat ng presidente ganoon
magsalita. At pati ang Pangulo ay meron po siyang stage na hinuhugutan
tulad ho sa Mindanao. At kayo ‘no, 13:54____ ng ating media kung saan  po
siya nanggagaling.



Q:

Saka hindi nila inilalagay sa context.Iyong mga nagbabasa, ano na lang, ang
tingin nila itong is President Duterte kailangan ito, punahin natin ito,
masama  ang gising  o  iyong kanyang pag-ano ng barong tagalog, iyon lang
ang mga pinag-uusapan. Hindi naman iyan pinaguusapan iyong mga laman, iyon
ang mabigat, iyong policy ayaw  pag-usapan.



Q:

Iyong mga kritiko sa mga maliliit na bagay.



Q:

Iyong pagmumura.



Q:

Samantalang ito, talaga naman itong presidente, ang kanyang ipinangko
change eh, change nga ito, pagbabago nga ito eh.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Opo eh binoto po natin siya na ganoon ho ang ating Pangulo. And we also
have to understand that our President is his own communications man. At
narating niya po ang tugatog ng tagumpay itong pagka-pangulo sa pamamagitan
po ng sarili niyang tactic sa media, wala po siyang inasahan. And kung
tatanungin ninyo ako, bakit hindi mo makontrol ang Presidente mo,   whom am
I?



Q:

Hindi ka namin tatanungin ng ganoon. Wag kang mag-alala.



Q:

Iyong mga nagsasalita ng tungkol sa ganoon, hindi nila naiintindihan si
Presidente Duterte At hindi nila naiintindihan iyong trabaho ng
Communications Group. Hindi nila naiintindihan iyan.



Q:

So ang assessment mo, okay lang, you are doing fine sa media.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Salamat po. at nais ko langâ€"I want to share with the group. sa inyong tatlo
na, halimbawa, I’ll give you an example. We play it by the book. Sasabihin
namin na merong pre-departure address ang Pangulo. Alam naman ng Pangulo na
no question and answer portion; alam ng media, nakasulat po iyan; tinanong
ninyo doon sa MARO no question and answer, last minute babaguhin ng
Presidente iyong rules.



Q:

Na meron ba kayo, may tanong ba kayo?



SEC. ANDANAR:

May tanong ba kayo? Eh what do you expect me to do? That is to overrule my
policy. Of course at the end of the day the buck stops with the President,
you follow what he says and he is our principal. Kaya iyon po ay dapat
maintindihan din ng mga kritiko. But I’m not saying na, you know, stop
criticizing me. Go ahead and criticize me because I am public servant. And
just like my President, if you think I’m wrong criticize me, and you know,
meron naman... I cannot explain to everyone kung ano iyong problema. I
cannot tell everyone that I know that I don’t have money to pay PR.  Hindi
naman ganoon eh. But thank you so much for understanding my job and
challenging. And the more that we  interact like this, the more that I
learn new things.



  Q:

Martin may pahabol ako, merong balita sa Tribune ngayon, you’re restricting
access daw, totoo ba iyan?



SEC. ANDANAR:

Well hindi po iyon. Alam n’yo, ‘pag may mga okasyon ay hindi naman nila
binabasa iyong _____16:46 Office.



Q:

Hindi ako ang nagsabi nun ah, nire-report ko lang sa iyo.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Hindi, in-explain ko ito eh. Doon   ho sa  Appointments Office, the PCO
does not hold the  monopoly of what happens to the activities of the
President ‘no. Dumadaan sa  Social Secretary, Appointments  Office,  and
they are the ones to decide if the events  should be live or covered live.
At malinaw po doon na hindi po live, if it cannot be covered live, but you
can still stay there and you can cover the event. Iyon lang po iyon, it’s
as simple as that, hindi puwedeng live. You know of course iba-iba po iyong
interpretasyon ng media, iba sasama ang loob dahil hindi
nakakapag-(unclear) live. But then again, ano iyan eh, all for one, one for
all.



Q:

Salamat, Martin. It’s refreshing to talk to myâ€"to somebody who does not
give us, iyong mga holistic.



Q;

Ordinary holistic approach.



SEC.ANDANAR:

Mahirap iyan.



Q:

So lamang tayo, Martin ha, sa media ha.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Maraming salamat.



Q:

Pero pabayaan  mo na iyong mga medyo....



Q:

Alam naman ni Pangulo mismo nagsasabi dilaw iyan eh. Hayaan mo na iyon.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Iyon nga, sinabi ni Presidente kagabi merong concerted effort ng mga dilaw
para matanggal siya.



Q:

From the very start ayaw nila sa kanya, hindi nila siya kakilala.



Q:

Ako talaga theory ko, personal kong theory habang nandoon iyong dilaw na
vice president, magpapatuloy. Alam mo, iyon ang aking theory. Matagal ko
nang (overlapping voices)



Q:

Na-neutralize na nga iyon, hindi ba?



Q:

Alam mo pare, one word â€" succession. That is the only thing that matters sa
kanila.



Q:

Pero bayaan mo na  ang Supreme Court na ang magdesisyon.



Q:

Salamat, Martin, ha.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Maraming salamat sir Jojo, Congressman Jonathan and Mr. Conrad. Mabuhay po
kayong tatlo.

*PRESS BRIEFING OF PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON ERNESTO ABELLA*

*with DAR SECRETARY RAFAEL “KA PAENG” MARIANO*

*September 13, 2016 (11:09 â€" 11:59 a.m.)*





ROCKY IGNACIO/PTV4:

Good morning. Welcome po sa Press Briefing ni Presidential Spokesperson
Ernesto Abella. Good morning, sir.



SEC. ABELLA:

Good morning. We have a special guest this morning. Siya po si Agrarian
Secretary Rafael “Ka Paeng” Mariano. Prior to his entry in the executive
government, Ka Paeng served as Anakpawis Representative in the House of
Representatives where he pressed for the passage of the genuine agrarian
reform bill. He was the Chairman of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and
Chairman for the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.



Following his appointment in President Duterte’s cabinet, Secretary Mariano
said his goal is to protect the welfare of farmers. To ensure protection of
farmers, Sec. Mariano said he will vie for new agrarian reform law to
ensure farmers won’t be forced out of their lands.



Kagabi po, there had been a lot of questions whether we had a cabinet
meeting yesterday. But actually it was not a cabinet meeting, it was a
Presidential Agrarian Reform Council meeting. It included a presidentâ€"the
cabinet.



Now ladies and gentlemen, we’d like to invite you to welcome one of the
survivors of the 1987 Mendiola Massacre, Department Secretary Rafael “Ka
Paeng” Mariano.



SEC. MARIANO:

Maraming, maraming salamat Secretary Abella at magandang umaga po sa inyong
lahat â€" sa ating mga kaibigan sa media. Uulitin ko po ang lubos na
pasasalamat kay President Rodrigo Roa Duterte sa pagkahirang sa akin bilang
bagong Kalihim ng Department of Agrarian Reform.



Sa unang araw po ng aking panunungkulan noong a-uno ng Hulyo taong 2016,
makaraan po ang matagumpay na turnover ceremony na aming pinangunahan ng
dating DAR Secretary Gil Delos Reyes, noon pong hapon ay akin pong
ipinag-utos na buksan ang dalawang main gate ng Department of Agrarian
Reform, na kung hindi po ako nagkakamali ay mga labingwalong taon na ang
nakakaraan at nakakadena. At doon din po sa araw na iyon, akin pong muling
idineklara na ang patakaran po ng departamento sa ilalim po ng pagiging
Kalihim ni Ka Paeng Mariano ay iyong continuing open dialogue and
consultation sa lahat po ng stakeholders natin sa Agrarian Reform,
lalong-lalo na po sa ating mga magsasaka.



At amin pong binalangkas ang limang puntong thrust and policy directions ng
DAR. Una po ay ang... protect farmers and ensure their security of tenure.
Pangalawa po ay, promote farmer’s’ rights and welfare. Pangatlo po ay ang
contribute to rural development. Pang-apat po ay ensure... help ensure food
security. At panglima po ay strengthening the community. At may mga agaran
po akong ipinag-utos na direktiba sa mga pinuno po ng departamento. Una po
diyan ay iyong mabilisang pagsasagawa ng validation at imbentaryo sa lahat
po ng lupa na naipamahagi na sa mga Agrarian Reform beneficiaries.



Sa ngayon po, ang datos po ng DAR kung ang pag-uusapan po ay accomplishment
report nito sa pamamahagi ng lupa, from 1972 to June... katapusan po ng
June 2016 ay mayroon pong mahigit sa 4.7 million hectares of lands na
naipamahagi na sa mahigit dalawa punto pitong (2.7) milyong Agrarian Reform
beneficiaries po natin ng Agrarian Reform Program. Mahalaga pong maisagawa
ang field validation at imbentaryo para po lubos nating matiyak na iyon
pong mga lupa na naipamahagi sa ating mga benepisyaryo ay nasa possession
pa noong ating mga magsasaka, o iyon pong magsasaka nating benepisyaryo ay
nandoon pa sa lupa na nai-award o distributed sa kanila, lalo na po iyong
mga unang taon ng pagpapatupad ng Presidential Decree No. 27 o ang Marcos
Land Reform at iyong mga unang taonâ€"ay sorry, unang taon po ng pagpapatupad
ng Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988. Iyon pong CARP law as amended
by Republic Act 9700.



Isa pa po ay aking ipinag-utos din ang madaliang pag-imbentaryo at
pagrepaso noong mga conversion orders po na in-issue ng DAR. Kasi po, ang
karaniwan pong kondisyon sa bawat order na ini-issue ng DAR sa mga
application for land conversion ay kinakailangan pong ang applicant,
ipatupad niya within five years iyon pong... at makumpleto po iyong
implementation ng development plan ‘no, so nalolooban ng limang taon para
po mapag-alaman natin kung may mga conversion orders na na-issue ang DAR sa
mga nakaraan na ang edad ay mahigit nang limang taon pero wala namang
development o hindi naman po lubusang naipatupad iyong development plan.
Iyon po kasi ay kung lampas limang taon ay hindi po na-develop, iyong
sasabihin natin for industrial, residential o commercial uses. Eh iyon po
ay pupuwede pong maging basehan ng pag-revoke o pag-recall ng conversion
orders na in-issue ng DAR.



Ganoon din po iyong ating ipinag-utos na gawin ang mabilisang pagrepaso po
sa mga Agricultural Leasehold Contracts. Mayroon pong datos na mayroon
tayong 1.2 million agricultural lessees, mga magsasakang namumuwisan sa
kanilang lupang sinasaka. Ang datos po natin ay may 1.7 million hectares
under the Agricultural Leasehold System. Kasi po ang DAR ang may exclusive
authority to determine and fix these lease rentals, para po malaman natin
kung may mga magsasaka na tayo na namumuwisan na gusto na nilang magkaroon
ng renegotiation sa kanilang kontrata, kung gusto nilang mapababa iyong
kanilang buwis sa lupa o kung may mga magsasaka ba na ginamit ng mga land
owners iyong hindi nila pagbabayad ng lease rentals bilang grounds ng
kanilangâ€"ng ejectment o kaya ng termination ng lease contract.



Ganoon di po, atin pong ipinag-utos ang pagrepaso noong mga existing na
kontrata kung saan umiiral iyong mga stock distribution option plan o
agreement. Marami pa po niyan ay sa isla ng Negros. Ganoon din po iyong mga
kontrata na sumasaklaw naman doon sa mga agri-business venture
arrangements. Sa ngayon po ang datos po natin sa DAR, mayroon pong 433
contracts ‘no, kontrata ng mga agri-business venture arrangements at
sumasaklaw sa mahigit limampu’t pitong libong ektarya ‘no sa ating bansa.
Gusto po nating marepaso ito para matiyak natin na iyong mga agrarian
reform beneficiaries, mga farm worker beneficiaries sa mga lupang saklaw ng
nasabing mga kontrata, ay kinikilala iyong kanilang karapatan lalong-lalo
na doon sa kanila pong karapatan sa lupa.



Kasi po, malinaw naman po ang tinatadhana ng Section 4 ng Article XIII ng
ating 1987 Constitution, that, “The state, shall by law undertake an
agrarian reform program founded on the right of farmers and regular
farmworkers who are landless, to own directly and collectively the lands
they till.” At sa kaso po ng Hacienda Luisita, ilan beses pong binanggit ng
Korte Suprema that the policy on agrarian reform is that control over the
agricultural land must always be in the hands of the farmers, para po
matiyak natin na iyong ating mga magsasaka at manggagawang bukid na
benepisyaryo ay masasabi nating may tuwirang control sa lupang naipamahagi
sa kanila.



So mga ilan po iyan sa atin pong ipinag-utos na gawin noong ating mga
opisyales at personnel ng Department of Agrarian Reform. Mayroon na rin po
akong mga dinesisyunang kaso, halimbawa po iyong dating pending protest ng
Tarlac Development Corporation doon sa may 358 hectares na sinasabing
pag-aari ng Tarlac Development Corporation. Dinatnan ko po iyong pending
protest na iyon doon po sa inisyung Notice of Coverage ng DAR by
publication noong December 2013, covering po iyong nabanggit na 358
hectares. So, eh kailangan na pong desisyunan iyon, so sa desisyon ko pong
nilabas ay lalong napatunayan na iyon pong 358 hectares ay agricultural
land kahit pa prior doon sa June 15, 1988 â€" the effectivity date ng
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 or the CARP Law.



At kahit po nang mag-file po sila ng protest ng January 2014, at kahit pa
before iyong sinasabi nilang June 2014 ay agricultural iyong lupa at
nakakuha lang po sila noong sinasabing dokumento na nagpapatotoong
na-reclassify ng nasabing lupain ay June of 2014. So talaga pong masasabi
nating agricultural iyong lupa, kahit pa noong panahong mag-issue ng Notice
of Coverage by publication ang Department of Agrarian Reform. So dineny
(denied) ko po iyong protest ng Tarlac Development Corporation.



Ang isa pa pong aking dinesisyunan ay iyong petition for
exclusion/exemption sa may 159 hectares naman. Ang petitioner po dito ay
ang Provincial Government of Negros Occidental through Governor Alfredo
Marañon. Doon po sa desisyon na iyon sinabi ko na, kung mayâ€"iyon po kasing
desisyon doon sa petition for exclusion na iyon, exemption, nadesisyunan na
po iyon ng dating Secretary Gil Delos Reyes. Naghain lang po ng motion for
the reconsideration ang Provincial Government of Negros Occidental through
Governor Marañon. At iyon po iyong dinesisyunan ko, in-affirm ko po iyong
desisyon ni dating Secretary Gil Delos Reyes na ang esensa naman po doon
ay wala pong basehan iyong petition for exclusion and exemption ng nasabing
lupain at nananatiling agricultural iyong lupa at kailangan pong mapamahagi
ito sa mga agrarian reform beneficiaries, sa potential agrarian reform
beneficiaries.



So kung tanungin, may remedy pa po ba ang provincial government? May remedy
pa naman po, nasa sa kanila poâ€"iyon pong parties doon sa kaso na iyon,
puwede pong maghain po ng apela sa Office of the President na po.



And then, akin pong in-issue na rin po iyong order na kung saan magsisilbi
pong guidelines, governing po iyong distribution ng may ten thousand
hectares of land. Matagal na po itong na-turnâ€"o turned over na po ng mga
lupa ito ng Landbank of the Philippines sa Department of Agrarian Reform as
per Republic Act 3844 po, iyong Agricultural Land Reform Code. At iyon po,
makaraan pong ma-publish iyon, iyon po ay puwede na pong maging gabay o
guidelines sa atin pong mga DAR officials and personnel para po masimulan
iyong distribution ng nasabing ten thousand hectares of land.



Ganoon din po, may ongoing consultation po na isinasagawa ang DAR with the
DILG, with the HLURB and with the Department of Agriculture. Kasi po ang
gusto po nating malaman dito, ay iyong ano na ang inabot po noong
implementation ng Section 20 ng Local Government Code. Sa ilalim po ng
nasabing seksiyon ng LGC of 1991, iyon pong mga city o municipal councils
has the authority to reclassify agricultural lands to other classification.
Eh gusto po nating malaman, ilang ektarya iyong nasaklaw noong mga
reclassification ordinances halimbawa, at ano na estado niyan. Baka naman,
hindi naman developed into non-agricultural uses at nananatiling idled o
tiwangwang, baka puwedeng ibalik sa klasipikasyong agrikultural at i-devote
po natin sa food production ‘di po ba? Eh ang programa po naman ng Duterte
Administration ngayon eh, makamit natin ang food self-sufficiency ‘no, ano
po?



And then panghuli po marahil ay, ito po ay maituturing nating
napakahalagang pagpupulong po iyong naganap po kagabi na pinangunahan po ng
ating Presidente, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte bilang Chairperson ng
Presidential Agrarian Reform Council ay na-convene po at na-meeting po
kahapon ito, kahapon po ng hapon. Alam po ninyo, ang huling meeting po ng
PARC ay noon pong May 3, 2006. Hindi po labis pinulong ni former President
Noynoy Aquino itong PARC, lalo na po nang magdesisyon na ang Korte Suprema
sa kaso ng Hacienda Luisita. Opo. So kaya po halos sampung taon po, hindi
po na-meeting, hindi na-convene at kami po’y lubos na nagpapasalamat sa
ating Pangulo dahil sa nalolooban ng kaniyang isandaang araw ng
administrasyon, ay napulong po kahapon ang Presidential Agrarian Reform
Council na matagal nang naka-“park” itong Presidential Agrarian Reform
Council.



Ang PARC po kasi ang the highest policy-making and coordinating body ‘no,
‘pag ang pag-uusapan natin ay implementation agrarian reform program and
laws, particular po iyong Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 sa
ilalim ng RA 6657 as amended by Republic Act 9700. At kahapon po ay
nabanggit ko na, pinangunahan po ng Pangulo ang meeting/pulong ng
Presidential Agrarian Reform Council, at ako po naman bilang DAR Secretary
ang tumatayong Vice Chairperson. At nagkaroon po ng pagpapakilala lang at
paglalahad noong legal bases ng PARC at ano po ang istruktura nito. At iyon
nga po, akin pong iprinesenta sa harap ng mga miyembro ng PARC lalong-lalo
na po sa harap mismo ni President Rodrigo Roa Duterte iyong limang puntong
thrust and policy directions ng Department of Agrarian Reform na nabanggit
ko na po kanina.



Mayroon din po namang mga mahahalagang naging kapasyahan po ang PARC po
kahapon. Malinaw po doon that the President fully supports the Agrarian
Reform Program, and once that and during his administration, land will be
distributed directly to the qualified farmer-beneficiaries ano po. And the
President wants DAR to take the lead in addressing issues in agrarian
reform, and wants PARC to be more responsive to the issues by imposing
timelines. Kaya nga po agaran po ay isasagawa po ng DAR iyong mabilisan po
nating pagtugon bilang compliance po sa mga naging desisyon po ng PARC sa
meeting nito kahapon, at mismo po sa mga direktiba mismo ng Presidente.



At nabanggit din po kahapon muli ng President, iyong polisiya sa libreng
serbisyo sa irigasyon, pagbabalik po ng pondo ng Coco Levy sa ating mga
magsasaka o mga magniniyog. And the President, kahapon po instructed
Landbank to provide more assistance to ARBs (Agrarian Reform
Beneficiaries), at sabi nga po niya ay dapat daw po ang Landbank ay
nagpa-function as the bank for the ARBs and less of a commercial bank.



At ganoon din po, ang isa sa mga mahalagang naging resolusyon po ng PARC ay
bilang policy-directive po para sa DAR bilang main implementing agency po
natin ng pagpapatupad ng Agrarian Reform Program ay maipamahagi po iyong
balanse pa, iyong land acquisition and distribution balance po na umaabot
po sa mahigit po iyang 621 thousand hectares pa po iyong balance. At kung
idadagdag pa po natin iyong mga lupang hindi pa po na-isyuhan ng Notice of
Coverage, covered ng mga petition forâ€"o request for coverage pero hindi pa
po naiisyuhan ng Notice of Coverage, eh aabot po ng halos ano pa, 800
thousand hectares ‘pag dinagdag po natin iyong mahigit pang mga 148 o 184
hectares of land.



Madadagdagan pa po iyan kung iyon pong mga agricultural lands ng mga
Government Owned and Controlled Corporations, State Colleges and
Universities, government financial institutions at iba pang inaatasan pong
i-turnover iyong mga agricultural lands na nasa kanilang possession o
pag-aari as per Executive Order 407 as amended by EO 448. At kahapon din po
ay in-adopt o sinang-ayunan po ng PARC iyong pag-i-impose muna po ng
dalawang taong moratorium on conversion of agricultural lands. At mayroon
po kaming inihanda na, sinimulan pong i-draft na executive order na ito po
ay siyempre po, magdadaan pa po sa pag-aaral/pagrepaso at pagpapatibay po
mismo  ni President Rordrigo Roa Duterte, ng ating Presidente.



At ganoon din po ay, ito po iyong mahahalaga pang dinesisyunan pa kahapon
ng PARC. Iyon pong PARC revoked the 1992 PARC Resolution, at ito po iyong
nullification din ng stock distribution option of Wuthrich Hermanos. Ito po
ay mga 174 hectares na mahigit, at ito ay sa Calatrava, Negros Occidental.
Ganoon din po, ni-revoke din po ng PARC po kahapon iyong 1993 PARC
Resolution na ni-nullified po niya iyong SDO ng SVJ Farms â€" isa pong sugar
plantation, ito po’y sa Negros Occidental din, sa Talisay City na
sumasaklaw naman sa 170.65 hectares. Ganoon din po kahapon, ni-revoke din
po ng PARC sa kaniyang meeting kahapon iyong 2002 PARC Resolution at
ni-nullify din po iyong Agri-business Venture Agreement, released AVA
between agrarian reform beneficiaries and Marsman Estate Plantation Inc. o
MEPI kung kaya’t mga... iyon pong almost 800 hectares of banana plantation
is available for the 762 ARBs under the Agrarian Reform Program, where the
ARBs shall get their CLOA and possess their awarded lands.



So iyon po iyong mga mahahalagang naging kapasyahan po ng pulong po kahapon
ng Presidential Agrarian Reform Council, na pinangunahan po bilang
Chairperson po ng ating Presidente, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. So for
now, iyon lamang po ang akin pong maibabahagi’t maiuulat po sa atingâ€"sa
mamamayang Pilipino sa pamamagitan po ng panayam na ito kay Secretary
Rafael “Ka Paeng” Mariano ng Department of Agrarian Reform.



Maraming, maraming salamat po at mapagpalayang araw po sa ating lahat.



DEXTER GANIBE/DZMM:

Sir, good morning. Clarification lang doon sa pag-i-impose the two-year
moratorium sa conversion ng agricultural land. Kailan po ito ine-expect na
magsimula? Ibig bang sabihin ng conversation ng agricultural land, ito
iyong mga agricultural land na hindi puwedeng gawing subdivision, hindi
gawing commercial lands? Tama po ba ako sa pagkakaintindi?



SEC. MARIANO:

Ito pongâ€"magdedepende po kung kailan po malalagdaan ni Presidente itong
executive order na ito, na amin pong hiniling kahapon at iprinesenta po sa
Presidential Agrarian Reform Council.



DEXTER GANIBE/DZMM:

So ibig sabihin naâ€"



SEC. MARIANO:

Ito po iyong declaring a moratorium on the processing and approval of all
applications for land use conversion of agricultural lands to
non-agricultural uses. At iyon nga pong saklaw na period, ay hinihiling po
nitong aming panukala na dalawang taon. Ang applicability po nito,
iyongâ€"the moratorium shall cover and apply only to the following ‘no: All
awarded lands under Republic Act No. 6657 as amended and then lupang
saklaw, Presidential Decree or PD No. 27 and other agrarian reform laws
‘no.



Gayun din po, kasama dito iyong mga agricultural lands with Notices of
Coverage issued by the DAR. Iyong naisyuhan na po ng mga Notice of
Coverage. And then 4.3, irrigated and irrigable lands. 4.4, prime
agricultural lands. Kasi po, there’s an existingâ€"mayroong umiiral pong
state policy to preserve prime agricultural lands to ensure food security
ano po. Then 4.5, iyong mga retention areas of the land owners which are
tenanted. Kasi po dahil sa agraâ€"atin pong mga programa sa reform
agraryo/agrarian reform laws, mayroon pong right na magpanatili iyong mga
may-ari ng lupa na 5 hectares po eh. Iyon pong mga magsasaka doon ay, ang
katayuan po nila, ang tenancy relation nila ay sila ay namumuwisan ‘no. And
then iyong 4.6, iyong agricultural lands with presence of agricultural
activities or being cultivated by the farmers individually or collectively.



DEXTER GANIBE/DZMM:

Last na lang, sir. Ilang ektarya po itong pinag-uusapan natin? And areas na
covered niya?



SEC. MARIANO:

Eh kasi po iyongâ€"ito pong, ibig pong sabihin itong mgaâ€"karaniwan po niyan
irrigated rice lands, prime agricultural lands, retention area â€" ito po,
itong retention area nasa ilalim na po ng leasehold iyan ‘no, kasama na
doon sa 1.2 million. Ang agaran po nating pinoprotektahan dito iyong 4.7
million na eh na agricultural lands na distributed o awarded to our more
than 2.7 million agrarian reform beneficiaries.



So, kaya din po mapag-alaman natin iyong mga... alam po ninyo, bawal po
iyong tinatawag na ‘illegal and premature conversion’. Basta po walang
naiisyung conversion order iyong DAR na siya pong may exclusive authority
na mag-issue nito, mag-approve o disapprove ng mga applications for land
use conversion, lalo pa po ay lampas ng June 15, 1988 eh iyon po ay may
kaso po ng illegal and premature conversion iyong sinumang magsasagawa ng
anumang earth-moving operation nang walang kaukulang order, na conversion
order mula sa Department of Agrarian Reform ‘no. Para malaman din po natin
iyong mga violations â€" at mayroon pong kaukulan po iyon na criminal
liability.



So dito po sa panukalang execuâ€"sa ano na ito, executive order, sa draft
executive order, magki-create po ng task force na kaagad ay mag-a-assess po
ng status ng land us conversion sa ating bansa, at ang DAR po ay may call
upon the support of other implementing agencies po. And then iyon po, kung
ito po ay mapagtitibay at malalagdaan na ng Pangulo, ang agaran po namang
mamandahan dito sa draft executive order, ang DAR na maglalabas po siya,
magpo-promulgate po siya ng rules and regulations para po sa implementasyon
ng nasabing kautusan. Sa panahon pong ito’y mapagtibay at malagdaan po ng
ating Presidente, the President Rodrigo Roa Duterte po. Marami pong
salamat.





ROCKY IGNACIO/PTV4:

Thank you, Dexter. Thank you, Secretary Mariano.



SEC. MARIANO:

Maraming, maraming salamat po muli at magandang araw po at mapagpalayang
araw sa ating lahat.



ROCKY IGNACIO/PTV4:

May isa pang tanong.



REYMUND TINAZA/BOMBO RADYO:

Magandang hapon po, Secretary. Sir, brief lang. May balak ba kayong
ipa-review o hihintayin pa iyong executive order, iyong mga naglalakihang
mga bagong mga subdivision ngayon sa mga agrikulturang sakahan na ngayon ay
ginagawa na ng mga bilyonaryong mga may-ari ng lupa na iyon?



SEC. MARIANO:

Iyon nga po, bahagi po ng ating ipinag-utos na pag-imbentaryo ay iyong
pagrepaso po doon  po sa mga orders, decisions din na inisyu po ng DAR.
Katunayan po, akin pong ipinag-utos iyong creation ng policy review and
formulation committee. Ang ginagawa po nito ngayon ay inaaral po,
nirerepaso, nagsasagawa ng pag-aaral doon sa mga existing administrative
orders or other issuances na inisyu po ng DAR. Halimbawa po nito ay iyong
pinakahuling administrative order na may patungkol po sa mga kontrata ng
Agri-business Venture Arrangements. Kasi po doon sa AO na iyon, ang
nagiging papel lang po ng DAR doon ay base pa, optional pa doon sa mga
partido sa kontrata kung iimbitahan o ire-request nila na maging observer
ang DAR sa negotiation. At iyon pong DAR, ang papel lang ay to issue notice
to proceed sa negotiation.



Alam po ninyo, sa agricultural (unclear) system natin, ang DAR nga ay may
authority to determine and fix the (unclear). Dito po, gusto po natin na
mas malaki iyong poder ng DAR para nga po matiyak iyong karapatan ng ating
mga agrarian reform beneficiaries na pumapasok po sa mga katulad na
kontrata o agri-business venture arrangement.



Maraming salamat po. Magandang umaga po sa inyo muli.



ROCKY IGNACIO/PTV4:

Thank you, Secretary. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella? Thank you,
Secretary Mariano.



SEC. ABELLA:

We’ll just cover two points for today. The first one has to do about the
supposed green light that the President gave to President Widodo.



Let me just cite six points:

   1. Even before the visit to Indonesia, the execution of Mary Jane Veloso
   had already been indefinitely deferred.



   1. Next, Indonesia previously agreed to allow Ms. Veloso to testify
   through deposition the criminal prosecution of her illegal recruiters in
   the Philippines.



   1. Therefore, there was no need to make a plea for clemency as there was
   no scheduled execution.



   1. What PRRD and President Widodo talked about that, number one, he
   respects the judicial processes of Indonesia; that he will accept whatever
   final decisions they will have on Veloso0. This is assuming already that
   Veloso would have  testified. And these statements were interpreted as a go
   signal or green light by the foreign press.



   1. Even when the Indonesian Supreme Court decides to act on the
   execution…. Let me repeat: Even when the Indonesian Supreme Court decides
   to act on the execution, that will be the time to present the compelling
   evidence of Veloso’s innocence as a justification for a plea of clemency.



   1. In other words, as in all things, worthwhile matters are achieved by
   going through the process.



Regarding the questions about whether American troops are being asked to
leave Mindanao, this was in context with what President Duterte shared
yesterday. Basically, what he was sharing was a backgrounder on his new
chartered course of an independent foreign policy, that he was simply
presenting the context of why there was conflict in Mindanao with the
Muslims. Simply because the Muslims have this long historical and cultural
wound which has been left unaddressed and unatoned for and unrepented for
but they have held in their collective memory in which they see the
Americans as perpetrators of a wrong that has not been redressed. And the
Philippines, having ties with the Americans are therefore also suspect in
their intentions regarding peace in Mindanao.



And this is the context of that statement, that the real reason why there
is conflict in Mindanao is because the Muslims do not trust lowland
Filipinos and lowland Christians because of their implicit connection with
the Americans, who  have not decided in any way at all, as far as their
perception is, to redress, to address or atone for the past wrongs.

End of statements. Thank you.



DEXTER GANIBE/DZMM:

On Veloso’s case, sir. Sir, I learned ang Nueva Ecija RTC ay mayroong move
na magkaroon ng hearing doon kung saan nakapiit si Veloso para doon sa
personal na testimony sa kaniyang kaso laban sa kaniyang mga recruiters.
May update ba tayo kung ano na ang naging tugon ng Indonesia? Kung mayroon
na tayong communications?



SEC. ABELLA:

Hindi ko po alam. But that was the process supposed to be, that she would
testify through deposition.



REYMUND TINAZA/BOMBO RADYO:

Sir, doon lang tayo sa konteksto. Sir, that conversation happened in a
bilateralâ€"



SEC. ABELLA:

Which conversation?



REYMUND TINAZA/BOMBO RADYO:

Between the President and JokoWi.



SEC. ABELLA:

Yes.



REYMUND TINAZA/BOMBO RADYO:

That happened on a bilateral meeting?



SEC. ABELLA:

This was after the ASEAN meeting.



REYMUND TINAZA/BOMBO RADYO:

Yah. So only President JokoWi heard what the President said to him on the
respect to the judicial process in Indonesia?



SEC. ABELLA:

Yes.



REYMUND TINAZA/BOMBO RADYO:

And the source of the Jakarta Post is with JokoWi?



SEC. ABELLA:

And your question?



REYMUND TINAZA/BOMBO RADYO:

So who would have misinterpreted the President’s words?



SEC. ABELLA:

I’m not saying that this is their misinterpretation. But this is how they
translated into English what President Widodo answered in Bahasa.



REYMUND TINAZA/BOMBO RADYO:

But have we checked officially to President JokoWi if what he really meant
to that? Baka naman si President JokoWi angâ€"



SEC. ABELLA:

I already gave you the context, okay. I think it’s very clear that they
were talking about … not about the execution but about the judicial
process. In other words, what President Duterte was saying, he was saying
he would accede, he would accept whatever final decisions they would … in
regard to the judicial process that they would take. He was not giving a
green light on execution.



REYMUND TINAZA/BOMBO RADYO:

Sir, klaro tayo doon, iyong sa posisyon ng Pangulo. Pero ang nakarinig lang
kasi sa pahayag na iyon ay siâ€"



SEC. ABELLA:

Wala na po tayo roon. Kanila po iyon.



REYMUND TINAZA/BOMBO RADYO:

Hindi po kaya posible na si  JokoWi ang namali iyong pagkasabi naman niya
sa press?



SEC. ABELLA:

That is conjecture. That’s not my field. Thank you.





JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

So, sir, is it clear now that President Joko Widodo misinterpreted the
President?



SEC. ABELLA:

I’m not saying that at all. We’re not saying that he … there’s no
implication at all regarding that matter except that we’re just giving you
the context as far as we can say it, as far as this has been related.



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

Okay. It seems now, sir, that ang statement ni Presidente that we will
allow Indonesia to proceed with their process.



SEC. ABELLA:

No. We’re simply saying, the context is that there is already a process
that has to be set in motion as in Dexter’s term that there will be a trial
and all that. Assuming that, then President Duterte said yes, we will
follow through with your decisions. Assuming everything. Assuming that the
trial proceeds, Veloso testifies, she is found innocent, in which case, the
Supreme Court would make the decisions which would still be to execute. And
then â€" because that is where decision is â€" and then they would make a plea
for clemency. Malinaw iyon.



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

Yes, sir.



SEC. ABELLA:

Iyon po iyon. In other words, ano po siya, there is a very clear process.
There is a very clear process. And ang mahalaga lang na mapatuloy din iyong
â€" what do you call it? â€" the judicial process.



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

Kaya nga, sir. So ibig sabihin, at this point, let Indonesia do its job,
correct? In terms of the judicial process?



SEC. ABELLA:

No, in which case, ituloy na natin iyong kay ano, iyong kayâ€"



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

Iyong role ni MJ dito sa local case niya, sir, ‘di ba kasi she’s been
sentenced.



SEC. ABELLA:

Yes, yes. In Indonesia, she’s already sentenced. But if it can be clearly
seen that she is innocent, then that will be the ground for a plea for
clemency.



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

Okay. So assuming, sir, that iyong illegal recruiters niya have been
declared guilty here, now we can move to ask for clemency, correct?



SEC. ABELLA:

Yes, yes.



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

That’s the procedure.



SEC. ABELLA:

Yes.



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

Do we know now, sir, ifâ€"kasi yesterday parang wala pa, do we know now if
the President maybe in a little way asked for or brought up the issue of
clemency in his talks withâ€"



SEC. ABELLA:

In past references, he made a what would be called a moderate plea, because
you cannot impose, you can onlyâ€"but actually, there was no need to make a
plea for clemency because already, the execution has been deferred
indefinitely, so wala tayong hinihingi.



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

Yah, but during that…., did he imply that kind of subject with theâ€"



SEC. ABELLA:

I’m not privy to that conversation.



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

Just last. Sir, schedule? Sabi ni Presidente he wants to meet with the
Velosos.



SEC. ABELLA:

Probably within his own …



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

Wala pa?



SEC. ABELLA:

Hindi ko po alam.



BENJIE LIWANAG/DZBB:

Sir, good morning. Sir, so walang timeline an,o kasi judicial process eh.
So walang binibigay na timeline, although, napag-usap na nila ito, the
Philippines or si Pangulong Duterte will abide kung anuman iyong sa kanila.
Basta iyong tayo, iginigiit lang din natin iyong judicial process. So wala
po silang napag-usapan na hanggang dito or something?



SEC. ABELLA:

Hindi ko po alam iyon.



BENJIE LIWANAG/DZBB:

Wala tayo noon? You are not privy to thoseâ€"



SEC. ABELLA:

Hindi po natin alam iyon. Ang alam lang po natin, they agreed on what would
be just and fair for both, for all.



LEILA SALAVERRIA/PDI:

Sir, since there are those who interpreted the conversation between the
President and Widodo as a green light, whoever these are, are we going to
send a new message to Indonesia just to make sure they won’t schedule the
execution?



SEC. ABELLA:

I think they are very, very clear about the situation. They are very clear
about the situation.



Q:

[OFF MIC]



SEC. ABELLA:

The parties who conversed, you know.







LEILA SALAVERRIA/PDI:

You’re saying, it’s clear there won’t be an execution scheduled anytime
soon since the judicial process is ongoing in the Philippines?



SEC. ABELLA:

Yes. We are assuming that, of course now. But sinceâ€"this is a conversation
between neighbors and brothers.



INA ANDOLONG/CNN PHIL:

Good morning, sir. Sir, doon sa sinabi po ni President Duterte about the US
troops that they should go; those in Mindanao, they should go, when does
the President want them to leave? And are we expecting a formal directive
on this to be put on black and white to formalize that directive?



SEC. ABELLA:

Okay. Basically, he amplified on that. He added the clause. He said,
basically that goesâ€"he was also referring to the fact that in Mindanao,
especially in the areas where … in Muslim areas, in Moro areas, their lives
are in danger. They would be kidnapped, they would be shot at, whatever it
is. In other words, that was part of the reason why he said go. You know,
it was forâ€"



Q:

[OFF MIC]



SEC. ABELLA:

Given that context



Q:

[OFF MIC]



SEC. ABELLA:

Yes, given that context. Given that context.



INA ANDOLONG/CNN PHIL:

So when? And how will this directive beâ€"







SEC. ABELLA:

No, it was  not a directive so much as in, you know,  I give  you a
timeline. It was simply an injunction like a warning, you know.



INA ANDOLONG/CNN PHIL:

Sir, but what is the basis of the President in saying that “Mas lalong
iinit ‘pag nakita iyong Amerikano, papatayin sila”? Because US soldiers
have been there for a while. And do we have reports of US soldiers actually
being killed or kidnapped by terrorist groups there?



SEC. ABELLA:

I do not have report on that. I do not have report on US soldiers being
killed.



INA ANDOLONG/CNN PHIL:

Okay, lastly, sir. The US presence in Mindanao is part of their global
fight against terrorism. If we tell them to leave, how would that affect
our own campaign against terrorism especially considering that the
President has said that the ISIS threat may become more serious in the
future?



SEC. ABELLA:

These were not directives to leave, okay.  But this was a context on why we
have a conflict. In other words, he is just giving a broad historical
landscape â€" historical, cultural landscape â€" which is giving us a
perspective why there is such a conflict. It’s not just a question of
terrorism, it’s not just a question ofâ€"in other words, he is uncovering, he
is uncovering something that has not been addressed, it has not been
addressed at all. And I suppose some clues should be taken from that â€" it
needs to be addressed.



INA ANDOLONG/CNN PHIL:

You mean, the President is seeking an apology or acknowledgment of what
happened before, iyong sinasabi po niyang pagpatay ng mga Moro noon?



SEC. ABELLA:

I don’t know if he is seeking that now. I don’t know if he is seeking that
now. But certainly, he has also made mention it. I mean, in other words,
it’s a lingering skeleton which in a sense, removes the moral ascendancy of
those who are criticizing the Philippines regarding human rights killing,
supposed to be a human rights infractions.



So in a sense, what he is saying is, this skeleton in the closet erodes at
the moral ascendancy of anybody who has not sufficiently addressed their
own faults.



INA ANDOLONG/CNN PHIL:

Very last from me. Just to clarify, sir. Is the President asking the US
troops to leave Mindanao or not? Or he is just, as you mentioned, telling
them that they might not be safe there that’s why they should consider may
be leaving? Ano po ba talaga?



SEC. ABELLA:

Okay. The conversation of the President is very layered. It can  be
interpreted at a number of layers, okay.



INA ANDOLONG/CNN PHIL:

Exactly, sir, that’s why we are sort of clarifying what he really meant.



SEC. ABELLA:

Okay. In other words, if you’re asking does he have a timeline, does he
have â€" there’s no such thing as that right now. There’s no such thing as
‘Okay, by August 15 or September 15 you’re supposed to leave right now.’ In
other words, he’s laying a â€" what do you call it? â€" he is laying a notice
that really while you’re here, there will be conflict; it’s not safe for
you.



LEILA SALAVERRIA/PDI:

Sir, what does  the President’s statement mean for the EDCA and Balikatan?
Under the EDCA, an airbase in Cagayan de Oro is one of the areas where US
troops have access. So how would that affectâ€"



SEC. ABELLA:

At this stage, those statements are not policy set in stone, okay.



Q:

[OFF MIC]



SEC. ABELLA:

Not policy yet.  But these are backgrounders for possible future action.



LEILA SALAVERRIA/PDI:

So in the meantimeâ€"



SEC. ABELLA:

There’s a difference, isn’t there?



LEILA SALAVERRIA/PDI:

In the meantime, the arrangements under EDCA and Balikatan Exercises will
continue?



SEC. ABELLA:

Things areâ€"until such time as it’s probably acted on. But in other words,
notice is being served.



LEILA SALAVERRIA/PDI:

Notice is being served for them to prepare leaving?



SEC. ABELLA:

Notice is being served that it’s uncomfortable for them to be there.



LEILA SALAVERRIA/PDI:

Sir, how this affect the assistance, the aid that the US has been giving
us?  Are we also foregoing this if we’re warning them  that they might not
be safe there?



SEC. ABELLA:

You know, I think this is where the President is beginning to elaborate,
elaborating more and more on the fact that he is setting a … that the
foreign policy that we have is an independent one, and not dependent on one
superior state or two from which we depend on. In other words, these
actions, these references that he is making are intended to communicate to
one and all that we need to be ready to chart our own course and find our
own alliances.



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

Sir, still on the statement of the President. So klaro, not policy?



SEC. ABELLA:

Which one?



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

The statement yesterday that forces have to go. That’s notâ€"



SEC. ABELLA:

It’s not a policy yet. It’s not policy, in other words, nobody acted on it
yet. But it is a notice. It serves as notice that really the reason why
there is trouble here is because of that presence.



JOSEPH MORONG/GMA7:

So we will not have a scenario that the US forces, at least in Mindanao,
will have to leave? Just to be sure, sir.



SEC. ABELLA:

Not as if it was already a decision yet. But definitely, the President has
already painted the picture, and let’s see how it unfolds.



Q:

So, sir, are we turning our backsâ€"



SEC. ABELLA:

We’re not turning back. We’re not turning our back on anybody. We’re just
simply charting an independent course.



Q:

Is that independence from the Americans or independence fromâ€"



SEC. ABELLA:

Less dependent on perhaps.



REYMUND TINIZA/BOMBO RADYO:

Sir, but the President is our top diplomat, and whatever he says
automatically becomes the policy. So, sir, now, on that context, sirâ€"



SEC. ABELLA:

It is not automatically policy, but it is the basis of policy.



REYMUND TINIZA/BOMBO RADYO:

Okay. Sir, but you mentioned yesterday on your statement, there is no
mention of the safety, security of the American troops, but it is on the
basis of the unrecognized, unrepented and unatoned for massacre in Bud
Dajo. So meaning, the President was very clear, very firm and very strong
in what he wants, that US troops should be out of Mindanao, otherwise the
threat will continue. So now you are saying another thing, the American
security?



SEC. ABELLA:

I’m not saying another thing. It is simply a clause that the President
added. It was a clause he added. We’re not changing anything.



REYMUND TINIZA/BOMBO RADYO:

Sir, last. Was the Cabinet, considering this is a major, possible major
move or possible major foreign policy decision, was the Cabinet, the
Defense and other stakeholders every consulted to this before he made the
statement?



SEC. ABELLA:

Secretary of Defense is aware of the matter.



MODERATOR:

Thank you, Reymund. Thank you Malacañang Press Corps. Thank you
Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella. Thank you, sir.

19 ka biktima sa pagpamomba nagpabilin sa tambalanan

Nagpabilin ang 19 gikan sa 69 nga nasamaran sa 16 nga nagkalain laing tambalanan sa Davao City, Setymebre 14, dose ka adlaw human
ang pagpamomba didto sa Roxas night market.

Base sa rekord sa City Social Services and Development (CSSDO), pulo gikan sa 19 nga samaran  ang ginatambalan didto sa Southern Philippine Medical Center (SPMC). Samtang usa ang nagpabilin sa Davao Doctors Hospital, duha sa Davao Medical School Foundation (DMSF), ug lima sa San Pedro Hospital.

Labing menos sa 15 katawo ang namatay sa pagpamomba kaniadtong Setyembre 3. Ang pinaka-ulahing namatay ang unum ka bulan nga mabdos nga si Vicenta Asperin.

Lakip sa 19 nga samaran, si Julius Gallardo ra ang nagpabilin sa Intensive Care Unit (ICU) sa SPMC samtang ang uban gibalhin na ngadto sa pribado nga mga lawak.

Laing biktima nga si Junaib Usman ang bag-o lang miagi sa operasyon sa tinai ug nabalhin ngadto sa usa ka pribado nga lawak sa Ricardo Limso Hospital para malikayan exposure sa uban pang sakit.

Matud ni CSSDO chief Ma. Luisa Bermudo nga ang City Government sa Davao magpadayon sa paghatag ug pinansyal nga tabang ngadto sa mga biktima. Ang hospital watchers hatagan usab ug allowance alang 20 ka adlaw.

Miingon sab si Bermudo nga ang mga bayrunon ug uban pang galastohan abagahon sa Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.

Davao Public Safety Center nakig-alayon sa Interpol

Nakig-alayon ang Davao City Public Safety and Security Command Center ngadto sa International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) sa tinguha nga mapahugtan pa ang seguridad sa lugar subay sa nahitabong pagpamomba Roxas night market niadtong Setyembre 2 diin 15 ka mga tawo ang namatay samtang 69 ang samaran.

Matud ni Retired General Benito de Leon, hepe sa PSSCC nga ang Davao City maoy unang local government unit sa nasud nga nakig-alayon ngadto sa Interpol.

Gidugang ni de Leon nga makatabang ang maong lakang sa intelligence monitoring sa mga lawless groups ingon man sa ilang mga kalihukan.

Giklaro ni de Leon nga ang ilang pakig-alayon ngadto sa Interpol, wa nagpasabot nga ilang gimonitor ang kalambigitan sa mga international terrorist group sa nahitabong pagpamomba sa Davao.

Usa ka France-based organization ang Interpol nga gilangkuban sa 190 ka mga miyembro nga nasud diin ilang trabaho mao ang pagsiguro sa kaluwasan sa publiko, pagbatok sa terorismo, krimen, drug trafficking, money laundering ug uban pa.  https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=1246257638759089

Gisugyot nga balaodnon gigawas sa Malacañang

Gipagawas ni Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) Secretary Adelino Baguio Sitoy karong adlawa ang mga gisugyot nga mga balaodnon alang sa administrasyon ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte.

Gibalita ni Sitoy atol sa usa ka press briefing ang resulta sa nahitabo nga cabinet meeting kaniadtong Myerkules diin gipresenta sa Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), ug Department of National Defense (DND) ang ilang mga sigugyot nga balaodnon.

Girekomenda sa DOF ang pagkunhod sa personal ug corporate tax, buhis sa gasolina, sugary products ingon man ang pag-amendar sa Sin Tax Bill.

Samtang, gisugyot sa DBM ang rightsizing sa burukrasya ug sa paglalang sa Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Girekomenda sab sa DND ang pag-amendar sa National Defense Act alang sa pagbuhi sa Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).

Lakip sab sa listahan ang pag-amendar sa mga gisaad ni Presidente Duterte atol sa iyang State of the Nation Address (SONA) kaniadtong Hulyo sama sa anti-terrorism law, anti-money laundering act, anti-cybercrime act, whistleblowers' act, creation of OFW department, BBL, ug Counter-terrorism Act.

Miingon sab si Sitoy nga ang miting sa Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) kay regular nga ipahigayon nga apilan ni Presidente Duterte isip Chairman, Leni Robredo isip Vice Chairman, Senate President Koko Pimentel, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, ug pito ka mga sakop sa kabinete

Maapil sab sa LEDAC ang tulo sa mga miyembro sa senado diin nominado silang Fraklin Drilon, Ralph Recto, ug Vicente Sotto III ug tulo ka sakop sa House of Representatives ingon nominado si Rodolfo Fariñas, Danilo Suarez, ug Dakila Cua.

INTERVIEW WITH PCO SECRETARY MARTIN ANDANAR
RMN/STRAIGHT TO THE POINT/by Rod Marcelino and Einjhel Ronquillo
September 15, 2016/7:43-7:52

EINJHEL:
Magandang umaga, sir. Welcome po to the Straight to the Point.

Maayong buntag, sir. Welcome sa Straight to the Point.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Good morning.

Maayong buntag.

ROD:
Opo, Secretary. Maayong buntag. Welcome po sa Straight to the Point.

O, Secretary. Maayong buntag. Welcome sa Straight to the Point.

EINJHEL:
Secretary, kasi ngayon nakakakuha po ng iba’t-ibang reaksiyon ano especially nga po may payo po itong si Senador Lacson na kung saan iba’t-iba daw po ang paglalabas ng official statement ng tagapagsalita nitong si Pangulong Duterte na nagdulot naman po ng iba’t-ibang impresyon. So ano po ang masasabi ninyo dito?

Secretary, karon man gud nakakuha ta ug nagkalin-laing reaksyon ilabi na adunay tambag si Senador Lacson kung asa lain lain daw ang pagpagawas sa mga opisyal nga pamahayag
Gikan sa tigsulti nianing si Presidente Duterte nga miresulta sa nagkalain-laing impresyon.
Unsa man ang imong masulti niini?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Kagabi po nilinaw ko sa Gabinete at tinanung ko po ang ating  mahal na Pangulo aboutâ€"sabi ko sa kanya, “Mr. President we have been under fire and we have been  heavily criticized, our government, because of having too many spokespersons.” At ang sagot po sa akin ng Pangulo sa harap pa po ng Gabinete, eh sabi niya, “ O ‘di lahat naman ng tao ko sa Gabinete, hinahayaan kong magsalita,” at sabi niya, “iyong media bahala sila kung maniwala, kung sino ang paniwalaan nila.” So, kasi alam mo, Rod and Einjhel, ang inyong lingkod at ang opisina namin ay sumusunod naman sa libro ng public relations. Kami ay sumusunod sa mga nakagawian natin lahat. Pero alam n’yo po, prerogative at iba ho ang istilo ng ating Presidente. So, kami ho ay sumusunod lamang sa istilo ng  Presidente.

Gabii, giklaro nako sa gabinete ug akoang gipangutana ang atong pinalangga nga presidente bahin sa â€" ingon ko niya , “Mr. President we have been under fire and we have been  heavily criticized, our government, because of having too many spokespersons.” Ug ang gitubag sa atoang presidente kanako sa atubangan pa sa Gabinete, inon siya, “O ‘di lahat naman ng tao ko sa Gabinete, hinahayaan kong magsalita,” ug ingon siya, “iyong media bahala sila kung maniwala, kung sino ang paniwalaan nila.” Kay kabalo mo, Rod and Einjhel, ako ug ang opisina namo kay gasunod sa libro sa public relations. Gasunod mi sa naandan natong tanan. Pero kabalo mo, katungod ug lahi ang estilo sa atong presidente. Gasunod ra mi sa estilo sa presidente.

EINJHEL:
Pero, Secretary ano, paano po ba ang sistema na ipinapatupad diyan po sa Communications Group po ni Pangulong Duterte. Halimbawa, meron pong isang statement ang ating Pangulo: Ano po, nagga-gather po ba muna ang Communications Group ng ating Pangulo and then saka po magbibigay ng statement o kahit sino kumbaga? Ang sinasabi kasi magkakaibang interprestasyon, magkakaiba ng pakahulugan. So, ngayon in the end, nagkakaroon ng pagkalito at in the end din nasisi ang ating media dahil tila tini-twist daw po iyong istorya?

Pero, Secretary kuan, unsa diay ang sistema nga gipatuman diha sa Communications Group ni Presidente Duterte. Pananglitan, naay pamahayag ang atoang presidente. Kuan, gipangtigum ba usa ang mga Communications Group sa atong presidente unsa maghatag ug statement o bisan kinsa gumbaga? Ang giingon man gud lain laing interpretasyon, lain lain ug pasabot. Karon, sa pagkaulahi, makalibog ug sa pagkaulahi pud nagmahay ang atoang media kay murag gilubag  daw ang imong istorya?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Opo naiintindihan ko iyong dilemma ng media ngayon, naiintindihan ko, ako man ay galing sa media. Pero ganito po, as far as I know and as far as I am concerned, there is only one Presidential Spokesman. Ang Presidential Spokesperson po natin, Einjhel at Rod, ay si Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella. Malinaw po, kaming dalawa ni Ernie we work hand and hand, halos araw-araw magkausap kami at halos araw-raw nagtatawagan din. We work hand and hand at kaming dalawa ang aming arrangement ay ganito: Ang first option na magsasalita sa media ay si Ernie.

O, nasabtan nako ang dilemma sa media karon, nasabtan nako, ako pud kay gikan man sa media. Pero ingon ani, kutob sa akong nasayran, ug kutob sa akong kalabotan, naa ray usa ka President Spokesman. Ang Presidential Spokesperson nato, Einjhel at Rod kay si Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella. Akong klarohon, kami duha ni Ernie, nagtinabangay mi, halos taga-adlaw magkasturya mi ug halos taga-adlaw magkatawag pud. Nagtinabangay mi ug kaming duha, ang among arrngement kay ingon-ani: Ang unang kapilian nga musturya sa media kay si Ernie.

ROD:
Secretary Abella, opo.

Secretary Abella, o.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Yes, oo. Para malinaw po ito, puwede po ninyo itong sabihin sa mga kasamahan natin at alam ito ng MPC. Si Ernie iyong magsasalita, kaya nga kung mapapansin ninyo sa Malacañang News Brief halos siya palagi ang nagsasalita.

O, o. Para klaro ni, pwede ninyo ni isulti sa mga kuyog nato ug kabalo ang MPC niini. Si Ernie ang magsulti, maong kung nabantayan ninyo sa Malacañang News Brief, halos siya pirmi ang nagtabi.

Tapos ako naman ay papasok lamang kapag wala si Ernie. Eh kasi siyempre iyong mama ay kailangan ding magpahinga ‘no. So kapag umaga, mga ganito, mula alas-singko hanggang alas-diyes, ako kung mapapansin, I’m very available sa radio, puwedeng tumawag sa akin at ma-interview ako. So that is the only time that I set in and speak on the behalf of the President. At meron pang ibang mga pagkakataon, mga boss na halimbawa, wala talaga si Ernie may sakit o bumiyahe, talagang ako ang magsasalita. So malinaw iyon.

Nya, ako kay musulod ra kung wala si Ernie. Kay syempre, imong mama kailangan pud mupahaway. So kung buntag, mga ingon-ani, gikan sa alas-singko hangtod alas-diyes, ako kung matabantayan. Anaa ko sige sa radyo, pwedeng mutawag nako ug makahinurya ko. Mao ra na ang oras nga  musulod ko ug musturya para sa presidente. Ug naa pay uban nga panahon, mga boss nga pananglitan, wala jud si Ernie naay sakit o gabiyahe, ako jud ang magsturya. Klaro na.

So, any presidential pronouncement na ang nagsalita ay galing sa Presidential Communications Office consider that official, official po iyan. Now, ang sinabi ni Presidente, “iyong mga Secretary dito, pare-parehas lang kayong Secretary,” sabi niyang ganoon ‘no. “Puwede kayong magsalita, I am giving you the order and the authority to speak”  lalo na kung iyong mga… halimbawa, pag-uusapan sa mga joint patrol sa West Philippine Sea, di DND ang magsalita, eh natural lamang na DND and pinaka-credible dito; at iyong Foreign Affairs.

Bisan kinsa nga presidential pronouncement na ang nagsturya kay gikan sa Presidential Communications Office ikonsiderar na nga opisyal, opisyal kini. Karon, ang giingon ni presidente, “iyong mga Secretary dito, pare-parehas lang kayong Secretary,” giingon to niya ‘no. “Puwede kayong magsalita, I am giving you the order and the authority to speak” ilabi na katong mga... pananglitan istoryahan sa mga joint patrol sa West Philippine Sea, di DND ang magsturya, natural ra nga DND ang pinaka-credible ani ug katong Foreign Affairs.

You know, nasa media na po iyan. Kung merong isyu ang Presidente at lumabas na kailangang na klaruhinâ€"basta pag Office of the Presidential Spokesperson, iyan po ay directly coming from the Office of the President. Meaning, the OPS is the alter ego of the President pagdating sa komunikasyon. So, malinaw po iyon. Now ang problema po natin ngayon ay ganito, iba ang interpretasyon ni Ernie halimbawa, iba rin ang interpretasyon ni Sal Panelo. Doon talaga nagkakaproblema eh, kasi siyempreâ€"

Kahibalo mo, naa na na sa media. Kung naay isyu ang presidente ug mugawas nga kailangan klaruhon â€" basta kung Office of the Presidential Spokesperon, gagikan jud kana sa Office of the President. Pasabo tang OPS ang alter ego sa president pag-abot sa komunikasyon. Klaro na kini. Karon ag problema nato karon kay ingon-ani, lahi ang interpretasyon ni Ernie pananglitan, lahi pud ang interpretasyon ni Sal Panelo. Diha jud magkaproblema, kay siyempre â€"

EINJHEL:
Korek,  magkakaiba tayo.

Sakto, magkalahi ta.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Oo, sasabihin iyong media, na ano, hindi alam kung ano ang ire-report, di ba? Basta ganito na lang ho iyan: Basta as far as the Office of the Presidential Spokesperson and the Presidential Communication Officer are concerned, hindi  ho official line ang sinabi ng ano… halimbawa, ni Secretary Sal.  Ang official line ng Presidente ay iyong sinabi ng PCO.

O, iingon nang media, nga kuan, wala kabalo kung unsa ang ireport diba? Basta, ingon-ani ra na: Basta, kutob sa kalabutan sa Office of the Presidential Spokesperson ug sa Presidential Communications Officer, dili official line ang gisulti sa... pananglitan, ni Secretary Sal. Ang official line sa presidente kay katong gisulti sa PCO.

ROD:
Oo, kasi kagaya po sa isyu ni Mary Jane, eh pati is Secretary Piñol meron din po siyang ibinigay na statement.

O, kay pareha sa isyu ni Mary Jane, bisan si Secretary Piñol, naa pud siyay gihatag nga pamahayag.

EINJHEL:
Kasi sabi niya malapit lang daw po siya kay Pangulong Duterte, kaya ngayon nagpa-interview rin siya kumbaga parang narinig daw niya iyong pinag-usapan.

Kay ingon siya, duol ra daw siya ni Presidente Duterte, maong karon nagpa-interview pud siya kumbaga murag nadungog daw niya ang gipangsturyahan.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Oo.

O.

ROD:
Ano ho ba iyong protocol diyan, Secretary?

Unsa diay ang protocol dinha, Secretary?

SEC. ANDANAR:
I brought it up already last night. Malinaw po ang sinabi ni Presidente, Einjhel at Rod, na ganito ‘no -- Iyon nga lahat puwedeng magsalita. So I asked the President again, “Mr. President puwede ho ba ganito na lang, kapag meron hong pronouncement ang inyong opisina, puwede ho ba kami muna sa PCO ang puwedeng mag-interpret noon. Puwede ho ba kami muna, kasi kami ang napupuluan eh. Puwede ho ba kami muna, tapos kami na ang magdedesisyon kung sino sa mga miyembro ng Gabinete ang maaring mag-clarify nito dahil meron siyang specialization tungkol dito sa area na ito.”

Akoa na nang kipahibalo gabii. Klaro ang giingon ni presidente, Einjhel, ug Rod, nga ingon ani ‘no â€" Mao to, tanan pwede musturya. Akong gipangutana usab ang presidente, “Mr. President puwede ho ba ganito na lang, kapag meron hong pronouncement ang inyong opisina, puwede ho ba kami muna sa PCO ang puwedeng mag-interpret noon. Puwede ho ba kami muna, kasi kami ang napupuluan eh. Puwede ho ba kami muna, tapos kami na ang magdedesisyon kung sino sa mga miyembro ng Gabinete ang maaring mag-clarify nito dahil meron siyang specialization tungkol dito sa area na ito.”

EINJHEL:
Ayon, clear iyon.

Kana, klaro na.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Clear yun. So halimbawa meron… iyong kay Mary Jane. Takbo iyong media sa amin, sasabihin namin sa media, sandali lang tatawagan muna namin si DFA Secretary Yasay and then kapag sinabi ni Yasay ganito, ganito, ganito, okay. Sasabihin ko, “Secretary Yasay puwede bang patakbuhin namin iyong MPC.” “Oh sige puwede sabihin mo tawagan ako ngayon.” And then we go back to the MPC, “O puwede na is Secretary Yasay magsalita. Siya iyong official ngayon.”

Klaro na. Pananglitan naa... katong ka Mary Jane. Managan ang media namo, muingon mi sa media, Unya sa, tawagan sa namo si Secretary Yasay nya kung ingnon ni Yasay ingon-ani, ingon-ani, ingon-ani, okay. Muingon ko, “Secretary Yasay puwede bang patakbuhin namin iyong MPC.” “Oh sige puwede sabihin mo tawagan ako ngayon.” And then we go back to the MPC, “O puwede na is Secretary Yasay magsalita. Siya iyong official ngayon.”

ROD:

So iyan po ang napag-usapan ngayon, Secretary, para hindi magkakaroon ng problema.

Mao na ang nasturyahan karon, Secretary, para dili magkaproblema.

EINJHEL:
At iyan ma-implement po starting po today?

Ug kana, mapatuman na sugod karong adlawa?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Iyan ang i-implement natin starting last night, nung nakausap ko po ang Pangulo.

Mao na ang gipatuman sugod gabii, katong nakahinabi nako ang presidente.

EINJHEL:
Kasi ito nga po, gusto rin namin marinig po mismo sa inyo, Secretary Andanar, kung ano po ba ang totoo. Kasi nitong mga nakalipas na araw, medyo… ang daming ano eh, kumbaga interpretasyon katulad nga po noong kay MJ Veloso, as well as iyong sa US troops natin ‘no; sinasabi ni Pangulong Duterte na mag-pull out na. Tapos nung isang araw ang sabi warning lang daw ay hindi naman daw talaga pinapaalis iyong tropa ng Amerikano sa Mindanao. So ano po ba ang totoo doon sa dalawa?

Kay mao ni, ganahan mi makadungog mismo gikan nimo, Secretary Andanar, kung unsa jud ang tinood. Kay niadtong mga niagi nga adlaw, medyo... daghan kaayong kuan, kumbaga interpretasyon pareha atong ka MJ Veloso, apil na kadtong sa US troops nato ‘no; giingon ni Presidente Duterte nga mahuwa na.. Unya atong usa ka adlaw ang ingon pasidaan ra kuno, wala man jud kuno gipapahawa ang tropa sa Amerikano sa Mindanao. Unsa man ang tinuod ato nilang duha?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Hello?

Hello?

EINJHEL:
Hello, Secretary naririnig n’yo po kami, Sec? Naputol.

Hello, Secretary madunggan mi nimo. Sec? Naputol.

(communication line cut)

(naputol ang linya)

DAVILA:
Presidential Chief Legal Counsel Atty. Sal Panelo is with us this morning. Thank you. I‘m happy you made it. What happened?

Si Presidential Chief Legal Counsel Atty. Sal Panelos ang kuyog nato karun buntaga. Salamat. Nalipay ko nga nakaabot ka. Unsay nahitabo?

ATTY. PANELO:
The traffic is horrendous.

Grabe kayo trapik.

DAVILA:
Okay, fine. So do you really believe they should give emergency powers to President Duterte, ASAP?

Okay. Unya mutuo jud ka nga kailangan nila tagaan ug emergency powers si President Duterte, sa labing duol nga panahon nga pwede?

ATTY. PANELO:
Yes, yes.

Oo, oo.

DAVILA:
Since it’s taking Congress a while.

Alright. But as Chief Legal Counsel, I wanted to ask you: Recently, our Ambassador, Ambassador Rebong, submitted an aide-mémoire to the Human Rights Commission, wherein she said the President did not issue a shoot-to-kill order. And the UN now wants that the government invite a UN personnel to come in and observe, and they said he lacks an understanding of the principles and institutions of human rights. Your reaction?

Kay nadugayan naman gud ang Kongreso.

Ok. Pero kay ikaw man ang Chief Legal Counsel, ganahan tika pangutan.on: Bagohay lang, atong Ambassador, si Ambassador Rebong, kay ni hatag ug aide-memoire sa Human Rights Commission, unya didto niingon siya nga wala nihatag ug shoot to kill order ang Presidente. Unya karun ang UN kay ganahan nga ang gobyerno mu imbitar ug UN personnel para muadto ug obserbar, unya niingon pud sila nga nakuwang siya ug pagsabot sa mga prinsipyo ug institusyon sa tawhanong katungod.

ATTY. PANELO:
The rapporteur is the one who is lacking an understanding in human rights.

Ang rapporteur ang nakuwang sa pagsabot sa tawhanong katungod.

DAVILA:
But that was the UN High Commissioner who said that.

Pero ang UN High Commissioner man ang gaiingon ato.

ATTY. PANELO:
Whoever that is. That should  be applied to him or to her, whoever that is. Now, no order was made by the President regarding shoot-to-kill. We must remember that this President is a lawyer; he is trained in the law. We lawyers always follow the rule of law.

You know, I remember the last time the rapporteur was telling us that there has been violation of human rights here, I said then that you’re 10,000 miles away, and you cannot be saying that unless you come here and see for yourself. And then I think the rapporteur said, “okay, I will accept.” You know what my (recording distorted) said, “Oh, so you’re admitting that what you’ve been saying had been baseless because why should you becoming here if you have already validated what you have said?” Oh ‘di ba?

Bahalag kinsa paman to. Dapat ipadapat na kaniya, kinsa paman na siya. Karun, walay mando ang Presidente nga shoot to kill. Atong timan.an nga ang Presidente kay abogado; hanas na siya sa balaod. Kaming mga abogado musunod jud sa mando sa balaod.

Kabalo ka, nakahinumdom ko sauna nga ang rapporteur kay giingnan mi nga nay paglapas sa tawhanong katungod , unya niingon ko nga 10,000 miles man ang gilayon nimo sa amoa, di ka dapat muiingon ana gawas kon nakaari naka unya nakit.an na nimo ang imong giingon. Oh, diba?

DAVILA:
There is a UN office in the Philippines. I mean, there’s UN staff here too, not just the rapporteur.

Naa may UN office dire sa Pilipinas. Akong pasabot kay, naa puy UN staff dire, dile lang rapporteur.

ATTY. PANELO:
Yes, but if it’s true what they have been saying have been validated, why do they have to come here? They can say that, “Oh, we have validated that already. We don’t have to come there.”

O, pero kung tinuod ilang giingon nganong mauri paman sila? Niingon nalang unta sila nga, “Oh na validate na namo na, Di na mi kailangan muara dira.”

DAVILA:
But I was going to ask you, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, says, “I strongly encourage the Philippines to extend the invitation to the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions.” Will we invite? Will the Philippine government invite the UN Special Rapporteur to the Philippines? Have they received an invitation?

Pero mangutana tako, ang UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, kay niingon “I strongly encourage the Philippines to extend the invitation to the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions.” Mu imbitar ba ta? Mu imbitar ba ang gobyerno sa Pilipinas sa UN Special Rapporteur dire sa Pilipinas? Nakadawat na ba sila ug imbitasyon?

ATTY. PANELO:
But they don’t need an invitation. They should have come here in the first place before they opened their mouths. They spin a lot of things. You know, during the ASEAN Summit, I talked with Ban Ki-moonâ€"

Pero di man sila kailangan ug imbitasyon. Niari na unta sila sauna pa sa wa pa nila giabrihan ilang baba. Daghan na sila ug mga butang nga gituyok tuyok. Kabalo ka, pag ASEAN Summit, nagstorya mi ni Ban Ki-moon---

DAVILA:
I know. I saw a photo with you and President Obama â€" somebody sent me. You were able to talk to President Obama.

Kabalo ko. Kita ko sa picture ninyo ni Presidente Obama --- naaay gahatag nako. Nakastorya ka ni Presidente Obama.

ATTY. PANELO:
Yes, I did. I talked with the Secretary General, I was telling him that all the information he had been receiving had been unclear)

O, gihimo to nako. Nakipagstorya ko sa Secretary General, ako siyang giingan nga tanan nga impormasyon nga iyang nakuha kay dile klaro.

DAVILA:
You told Ban Ki-moonâ€"

Imong giingnan si Ban Ki-moon----

ATTY. PANELO:
Yes.

O

DAVILA:
Tell me about that conversation.

Ingna daw ko sa inyong gistoryaan.

ATTY. PANELO:
More than 10 minutes we talked with each other. I was explaining him that these extrajudicial killings you have been hearing about are actually done by the members of the drug syndicate.

Lampas sa 10 minutos mi ga storya. Ako siyang giingnan nga ang extrajudicial killings nga iyang nadunggan kay gihimo man jud sa mga membro sa sindikato sa drugs.

DAVILA:
How do you know that?

Nganog kabalo man ka ana?

ATTY. PANELO:
Look at what’s happening. How come there are so many killings? There are so many killings because there are so many surrenderees who  are pushers and users, both of them ... hey are either users or pushers or both. Now, if they are going to tell on their colleagues, now if you are one of their colleagues, what will you do? You’re going to protect yourself and kill them. That’s why they’re killing each other. That’s why nobody’s complaining.

Tan.awa ang mga nahitabo. Nganong daghan man kayo ug mga patay? Daghan kayo ug mga pinatyanan kay ang mga mu surrender kay mga pusher ug user, kanang duha… mga pusher o user o pareho na. Karun, kung ibuking nila ang ilang mga kauban, unya kauban ka nila, unsa ilang himuon? Imo jung protektahan imong kaugalingon unya patyon sila. Mao nang nag pinatyanan na sila. Mao nang walay ga reklamo.

DAVILA:
So you don’t believe there is a possibility of police abuse?

Di jud ka mutuo nga nay posibilidad sa abuso sa mga pulis?

ATTY. PANELO:
There is none, absolutely none.  You know why? First, President Duterte is so against it. He said anybody who abused authority will not go unpunished, there is hell to pay. And as we know, during the Senate investigation, those who abused or what appears to be an abuse, have been charged with murder. And not only that, there are so many policemen involved in drugs. Alam mo, Karen, hindi pupuwede iyong isa, dalawa doon ay hindi magsusumbong. There are so many of them eh. They cannot just abuse like that.

Wala, wala jud. Kabalo ka? Si Presidente Duterte kay di jud ganahan ana. Niana siya nga ang basin kinsa nga muabuso sa otoridad kay dile pwede nga dile masilotan. Ug sa kabalo ta, pag imbestigar sa Senado, katong mga na abuso or katong murag giabuso, kay gikasuhan na ug murder. Ug di lang ka na, daghan kayo ug mga pulis nga naglakip sa drugs. Kabalo ka, Karen, di pwede nga isa ra, duha dira  kay di musumbong. Daghan kayo na sila. Di na pwede nga muabuso ran a sila ug inana.

DAVILA:
Is it possible that while the President did not give a shoot-to-kill order, some policemen have felt or some of them feel encouraged or emboldened to take it to the extra step; for example, calling one a suspect to surrender, and  instead of, like, bringing him to the police station and kill him. Do you understand me? And then the report is ‘nanlaban’.

Posible ba nga basin wala nihatag ang Presidente ug shoot to kill nga mando, naay mga uban nga pulis ang na awhag; example, gitawag ang suspect para mu surrender, unya imbis ug dalhon sa istasyon sa pulis ug patyon siya. Kasabot ka? Unya ang naa sa report kay ‘nilaban’.

ATTY. PANELO:
You must remember, Karen, that these pushers and addicts are sick. They have... according to the experts, their sickness is irreversible. May problema talaga ang mga utak niyan eh. So when they go outâ€"

Dapat nimong hinumduman, Karen, nga kaning mga pusher ug adik kay naay sakit. Naan a silay… matod pa sa eksperto, kay ilang sakit kay di na mayo. Naa juy problema ang mga utok ana nila. Mao na nga kung mugawas sila----

DAVILA:
You can rehabilitateâ€"

Pwede man nimo ma rehabilitate---

ATTY. PANELO:
It depends. If it’s six months to one year, may problema ka na. Ang dami ko nang nakausap, ganyan ang sinasabi sa akin eh. Anyway, so iyong mga tao na iyan, when they go out, may mga baril iyan. Hindi susuko sa’yo iyan. Makikipagpatayan sa’yo iyan.

Depende mana. Kung says nga buwan sa us aka tuig, naa nakay problema. Daghan na kog nakastorya mao na ang giingon. Mao na kana silang tawhana, kung mugawas sila naan a silay pusil. Di na musko nimo. Makipagpatayan na sila nimo.

DAVILA:
So you believe all suspected drug users, I mean, foughtâ€"

Mutuo ba ka nga tanan nga gidudahan nga drug user, akong pasabot kay, nilaban----

ATTY. PANELO:
Definitely,yes. Kasi iyong mga sinasabi nila, even iyong that have been charged with murder, tinanong ko si PNP Chief eh, “Ano ba talaga ang kuwento doon, doon sa denemanda, para ngang mabait eh.” Sabi niya, eh kasi naka-handcuff daw, paano naman dawâ€"sabi niya, “Alam mo, sir,” sabi ni PNP General Bato, “Eh naka-handcuff nga pero kapag pinasok mo iyan doon sa selda, you have to remove the handcuff. Eh pagka-remove doon sa handcuff, bumanat na. Kaya siya ...”

Siguradong, o. Kay ilang mga giingon , kay bisan pa ug nakasuhan nan a sila ug murder, ako man gud ug gipangutana ang PNP Chief, “Ano ba talaga ang kuwento doon, doon sa denemanda, para ngang mabait eh.” Ana siya, naka handcuff man gud, unsa man--- ana siya “ Alam mo sir” ana si PNP General Bato, “ Eh naka handcuff nga pero kapag pinasok mo iyan doon sa selda, you have to remove the handcuff. Eh pagka-remove doon sa handuff, bumanat na. Kaya siya…”

DAVILA:
Your conversation with the UN Secretary General, what did you say? What did he say?

Inyong gistoryaan sa UN Secretary General, unsa imong giingon? Unsa iyang giingon?

ATTY. PANELO:
Well, I explained to him. Ganito ang argument niya sa akin, you know, if there are ten persons telling you that this is what’s happening in the country while only one is telling us, siyempre maniniwala kami sa ten, sabi niya. Sabi ko naman, that is perception. In other words, since those ten persons telling you that this is what’s happening in our country are getting the wrong information and transmitting to you, eh mali talaga iyong ano mo. Eh sabi niya, but that’s the perception. Exactly, perception  (overlapping voices)...

Ako man siyang gipasabot. Mao man ni iyang argumento sa akoa, kabalo ka, kung naay napulo nga taw ang gaiingon nimo nga mao ni ang nahitabo sa nasud samtang isa ra ang gaiingon nato, siyempre muto ka sa napulo, niingon siya. Ana pud ko, mao na ang perception nila. Sa ubang pulong pa, kay naa may napulo ka taw ang gaiingon nimo nga mao ni ang nahitabo sa nasud unya sayop man ang ilang nahibawan ug giingon sa imoha, sayop jud to. Unya ana siya, pero mao mana ang perception.

DAVILA:
So you just talked about (distorted audio) with Ban Ki-moon, nothing more? I mean, did you talk  about the number of deaths?

Busa gastroya ramo ni Ban Ki-moon, wa nay lain? Akong gipasabot kay, nagstorya bam o kung pila ang mga patay?

ATTY. PANELO:
Hindi, ini-explain ko lahat iyan. I started with how many surrenderees, why there are so many extrajudicial killings. Sabi ko ang problem sa inyo, nakikinig kayo sa mgaâ€"

Wala, ako nang giexplain tanan. Niingon ko nga pila kabuok ang ni surrender, nganong daghan kaayo ang extrajudicial killings. Ana ko ang problema sa inyo, maminaw mo ana sa mga---

DAVILA:
You told the UN this?

Imong giinan ang UN ana?

ATTY. PANELO:
Eh ten minutes plus kami nag-uusap eh, bakit hindi mo naman masasabi iyon.

Napulo raman mi ka minute ga storya, nganong di paman na nimo iingon.

DAVILA:
But you told the Secretary General the problem with you?

Pero imong giingnan ang Secretary General ang problema sa imo?


ATTY. PANELO:
Yes. Sabi ko, “You know, sir, the problem is you believe in what you hear and what other people tell you.” “What is happening in this country is this and that,” kinuwento ko sa kaniya.

O. Ana ko “You know, sir, the problem is you believe in what you hear and what other people tell you.” “What is happening in this country is this and that,” akong gistorya sa iyaha.

DAVILA:
Did you talk about President Duterte other than this?

Nagstorya mo mahitungod kay Presidente Duterte ug lain pa ani?

ATTY. PANELO:
I told him that our President, our country has been following the rule of law. Definitely there is no violation, whether international law or local laws.

Ako siyang giingnan nga atong Presidente, atong nasud kay gasunod sa mando sa balaod Wala juy bayolasyon, basin international pa o lokal nga balaod.

DAVILA:
How did the conversation end?

Naunsa pagkahuman ang inyong storya?

ATTY. PANELO:
Well, sabi niya, “I cannot argue with you. I’m not a lawyer,” sabi niya. “I hope you can talk with our Commission.” Sabi ko naman, “Sir, there is no need for that. I’m telling you this to assure you that there has been no violation, whatsoever, in our country.”

Ana siya “I cannot argue with you. I’m not a lawyer,” ana siya. “I hope you can talk with our Commission.”  Ana pud ko, “Sir, there is no need for that. I’m telling you this to assure you that there has been no violation, whatsoever, in our country.”


DAVILA:
Now, I saw a photo of you with President Obama. I’m correct, right?

Karun kita pud ko ug picture ninyo ni Presidente Obama. Sakto ba ko?

ATTY. PANELO:
Buti ka pa may photo.

May pa ka naa kay picture.


DAVILA:
No, I was sent a photo. And I’m presuming this is you withâ€"I just want to confirm: This is you?

Dile, gitagaan rakog photo. Unya gapaingon ko nga ikaw ni--- ganahan ra nako mapamatuod: Ikaw ni?

ATTY. PANELO:
It looks like me.

Mura man ug ako.

DAVILA:
Okay, fine. Now, how long did you talk to President Obama?

Ok, maayo. Kaarun, pila mo kadugay ga storya ni Presidente Obama?

ATTY. PANELO:
Well, a few minutes.

Pipila ra pud ka minute.

DAVILA:
Okay. What did you discuss? I mean, was it anything... this was like hi, hello. I mean, did you bring up anything?

Ok. Unsa man inyong gistoryaan? Akong pasabot kay, unsa man… kuan bag a hi, hello. Akong pasabot kay naa ba kay giusbaw

ATTY. PANELO:
Yeah, I told him ...I told him that he was not insulted by our President. I gave him the context by which the remarks were made I said, the question was predicated on a situation where a superior or head of a state confronting an inferior head of state. And that is precisely the Presidentâ€"

Oo, ako siyang giingnan… ako siyang giingnan nga wa siya giinsulto sa atong Presidente. Ako ra siyang gitagaan ug kontexto sa mga giingon ako siyang giingnan, ang pangutana kay gipasikad ra sa sitwasyon nga ang mas labaw o ulo sa nasud giatubang ang ubos nga ulo sa nasud. Ug mao na ang tukma sa Presidente----

DAVILA:
You said that, superior, inferior?

Niingon ka ana, mas labaw ug ubos?


ATTY. PANELO:
Yes, yes.

Oo, oo.

DAVILA:
When you’re saying inferior head of state, the Philippines?

Pag ingon nimo sa ubos nga ulo sa nasud, ang Pilipinas?

ATTY. PANELO:
Because the situation was predicated on that. That is why the President was reacting because he said, “If youâ€"I should be treated with respect. I am the head of the state. You cannot do that to me.” So he was not actuallyâ€"

Ug kay ang sitwasyon gipasikad ana. Mao na ang Presidente kay ni react kay niana siya, “If youâ€"I should be treated with respect. I am the head of the state. You cannot do that to me.” Busa di siya sa pagkatinuod----

DAVILA:
You told Obama this. It’s quite interesting.

Imong giingnan si Obama ani. Makapaigan na.

ATTY. PANELO:
Yeah, I did. He said that, “I didn’t take that personally.” Okay na sa akin iyon.

UK BUSINESS FORUM HIGHLIGHTS STRONGER PHILIPPINE-BRITISH COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

19 September 2016-- Philippines and British government and business leaders participated in the ‘Going Global: The Future of UK and Philippine Business’ held at Asia House, London on September 07.

The briefing session in London was organized by the British Embassy Manila in cooperation with and the UK Department for International Trade and the Philippine Embassy in London. The event featured discussions about business prospects and opportunities to further strengthen Philippine-British economic and commercial relations.

UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Minister for Asia and the Pacific Alok Sharma was the key note speaker. The British official stated that “the Philippines is now, and will remain, an important partner for the UK in the region. The opportunities for British investors are significant.”

He also added that the UK’s imminent departure from the EU offers an opportunity for the UK to broaden its trade and investment relationship with its important partners around the world, including the Philippines.

Mr Sharma also expressed enthusiasm over the trade and investment relationship between the Philippines and the UK noting Emperador and Monde Nissin as Philippine companies, which recently acquired UK businesses â€" Whyte & Mackay and Quorn Foods, respectively.

In his speech, Philippine Ambassador to the UK Evan P. Garcia said: “the country remains ‘Asia’s bright spot’ as evidenced by a streak of 70 quarters of unprecedented economic gains, with 7% growth in GDP for the second quarter of 2016 and a stable inflation rate.”

He reaffirmed that the economic outperformance of the Philippines will continue with the complementation of the government’s 10-point socio-economic agenda making the country a safe place to live, work and do business, while improving the welfare of Filipinos.

A panel of representatives from UK companies such as Arup, Atkins Acuity and HSBC also shared their success stories about investing and doing business in the Philippines. Whyte & Mackay, Quorn Foods, and Rothschild representatives described smooth acquisitions and turn-over of operations involving new Philippine investments in the said UK companies.

British Ambassador to the Philippines Asif Ahmad discussed his observations on investments and franchising between the Philippines and the UK. Meanwhile, UK Trade Envoy to the Philippines Richard Graham also addressed the crowd, following the success of his recent trade mission to the Philippines. He described the country as a business-friendly destination that represents a number of interests and opportunities for the UK.

UK remains to be the top European investor in the Philippines. UK was Philippines’ third largest investor in 2015. As or First Quarter of 2016, the UK ranked 6th as Philippines’ top source of total approved foreign investments by country of investor. In terms of trade, there is a continuous growth of trade between the Philippines and the UK of a 7 percent yearly average.

DTI conducts info session on e-commerce roadmap
By Gliceria N. Cademia, Trade and Industry Development Specialist, DTI-EMB

The Department of Trade and Industry’s Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB) recently conducted an info session on the 2016-2020 E-commerce Roadmap and global practices of e-commerce at the Audio Visual Room (AVR) of DTI International Building, Makati City.  The activity was one of the seminar series under the Philippine Export Competitiveness Program (PECP) of DTI-EMB. 
Cristina Reodica, Division Chief of the DTI’s Sector Planning Bureau (SPB), said the roadmap sets targets for information security, data privacy, electronic payment, consumer protection, and logistics. By 2020, it is projected that e-commerce will contribute 25% to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and that 100,000 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and 40-50% of internet users will engage in e-commerce. At the same time, there will be fast and competitive internet access; cybercrime enforcement and protection will be in place as well as online and connected government infrastructure. 

The 52 roadmap action agenda are aligned with the six I’s of the ASIA Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Digital Prosperity checklist and with the Philippine E-commerce Act. 
Meanwhile, Michael John Menzon, account manager of Trancosmos Philippines, Incorporated, the biggest Japanese Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company in the Philippines, talked about global practices in e-commerce. 

He enumerated five types of e-commerce models: 1) Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e.g. Lazada, Zalora, Metrodeal etc.; 2) Business-to-Business; (B2B) e.g. Alibaba.com; 3) Government-to-Business (G2B) e.g. DTI (business registration), SEC etc.; 4) Government-to-Consumer (G2B)  e.g. passport processing, birth / marriage / death / no marriage certificates request; and 5) Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) e.g. OLX., Facebook, Instagram, Shopee.

He also cited e-commerce global practices and trends in 2016 (please see side bar).   
Participants were advised that investigation on complaints in C2C and social media websites are not under the DTI’s purview but that of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
The info session was participated by business support organizations composed of the Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI), Philippine Printing Technical Foundation, Inc. (PPTFI), Chamber of Philippine Cosmetics Industry (CPCI), Printing Industry Association of the Philippines (PIAP), Virgin Coconut Producers and Traders Association of the Philippines (VCOP), Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP), and Philippine Franchising Association (PFA); Philippine exporters namely, Century Pacific Food, Inc.,  Goldware Essentials Company, Century Pacific, and Philippine Native E-Tailers Company; and personnel of DTI-EMB.

The full text of the 2016-2020 E-commerce Roadmap is downloadable at http://e-commerce.gov.ph/index.php/roadmap.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presents to the media Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, the remaining kidnap victim of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), after being released by his captors on Friday (September 16, 2016) in Indanan, Sulu.

Ambassador Erik Førner and company, ah Kjartan ah the hostage, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, I would like to thank ah the efforts, the efforts beyond human ah patience, of ah Secretary Dureza and ah of course ah Nur Misuari, who all along assured us that ah he would need time but he would succeed. So he said ah many months ago and I would like to thank him also. And of course ah Sakur Tan, ah the former governor of ah Sulu. Ah It was a long, long negotiation, ah as far as I’m concerned, talk to Misuari. Even in the cabinet meetings, I had him called and ah he assured us that ah he could assured me that ah we would be able to recover alive and well Kjartan and so here we are. 
Ambassador Erik Førner ug mga kauban, Kjartan nga mao ang gibihag, mga higala. Una sa tanan, ganahan nako pasalamatan ang mga paningkamot nga labaw sa pasensya sa tawo ni Secretary Dureza ug syempre ni Nur Misauri nga sugod sa sinugdan nipasalig nato nga kinahanglan niya ug oras pero molampos  siya. Miingon siya daghan na ang bulan nga milabay ug ganahan pud nako siyang pasalamatan. Ug syempre si Sakur Tan, ang gobernador sauna sa Sulu. Usa kadto ka taas kaayo nga negosasyon, sa sakop sa akong gikalabotan, nga pakipagsulti ni Misauri. Bisan sa mga miting sa gabinete, ako siyang ipatawag ug mipasalig siya nato ug kanako nga makuha nato nga buhi and mayo si Kjartan ug mao nga naa ta karon diri.

So the efforts actually belongs to Misuari, Secretary Dureza and Sakur Tan. I was just you know, there up directing the traffic of war and out to go about the job and simply just investing upon them the full authority to negotiate and ah  see to it that ah nothing of this sort will happen again.
Ang pagpaningkamot gikan jud nila ni Misauri, Secretary Dureza ug Sakur Ta. Ako, kahibaw mo, naa ra ko didto sa taas nagmando sa trapiko sa droga ug sa gawas padong mobuhat sa trabaho ug gihatag lamang nila ang bug-os nga awtoridad nga makignegosasyon ug isigurado nga wala nag ingani nga mahitabo ug balik.

Now the problem is “is it safe in Mindanao”. I cannot ah tell you now but we are trying our very best to put order in this country. We are rack with the so many problems, kidnapping in the south, terrorism, drugs which is really pulling us down. And ah I can say that ah we would need time I said to put everything in order.
Karon, ang problema kay kung dili ba delikado sa Mindanao. Dili mo nako maingnan karon pero naningkamot mi sa abot sa among makaya sa pagbutang ug kalinaw niini nga nasud. Tambak kaayo mi ug daghang mga problema, kidnapping sa South, terorismo, mga droga nga maoy na naghatak nato paubos. Ug maingon nako nga maningahanlan ta ug oras para mabutang ang tanan sa kahusay.
Ah That self-imposed time of 3-6 months, well, I did not realize how severe and how serious the problem of drug ah men is in this republic until I became president. So when I started to press everybody, so it was like a worm out of the can. And ah nobody would have believe that ah there would be about 700,000 new ah guys ah maybe probably in the, in the drug business ah that have surrendered to the police and military. But ah the problem is ah it was headline I cannot kill them all. You see, even if I wanted to, I mean ah that was what I said a preface in my statement. Even if I wanted to, I cannot kill them all because the last report would be this thick [hand gesture showing how thick] and ah prominent really, our barangay captains were there and just like other places, the barangay captains connive or cooperate or extend assistance to terrorists and drugs.
Kaniadtong akong giingon nga 3-6 ka bulan, wala pa nako naamgo unsa ka grabi ug kaseryoso kining problema sa droga ani nga republika hangtod nga nahimo kong presidente. Mao nga pagsugod nako ug duot sa tanan, mura siya ug usa ka ulod nga nigawas gikan sa lata. Ug walay nagtuo nga adunay mga 700,000 ka mga bag-o na tawo nga basin tingali  apil sa negosyo sa droga ang mosurender sa mga pulis ug military. Pero ang problema naa to sa headline nga di nako sila mapatay tanan. Kita nimo, bisan pa ug ganahan ko, ako ning giingon nga pasiuna sa akong pahayag. Bisan pa ug ganahan ko, di nako sila mapatay tanan kay ang miagi nga report ingani kabaga [ang kamot nagpakita unsa kabaga] ug prominente sa tinuod, atong mga kapitan sa barangay naa didto ug parehas sa uban nga lugar, ang mga kapitan sa barangay nikonsabo o nikooperar o nihatag ug tabang sa mga terorista ug droga.
Everything down here it seems to be… Well, in Manila, but down here on the ground it’s really a-a-a far different from what we would like to see that would happen. Ah I have ah… I-I think I will give it to congress ah to decide. Kaya sabi ko, “hindi ko kaya to maski gusto”. Even if I wanted to. But it was cut short by saying “I cannot kill them all”. That’s what the inquirer came out and “even if I wanted to”, I said to the soldiers yes-yesterday, “I cannot do it”.
Ang tanang butang nga naa diri sa ubos murag... sa Manila, pero diri ubos sa yuta kini lahi jud kaayo sa unsa atong ganahan makit-an nga mahitabo.  Akong gihuna-huna nga ihatag kini sa kongreso para sa paghukom. Mao miingon ko, "dili ni nako makaya bisan ganahan ko". Bisan ug ganahan ko. Pero giputol kini ug mubo pinaagi sa pag-ingon "dili nako sila mapatay tanan". Mao kana ang gipagawas sa Inquirer and "bisan ug ganahan ko", ako miingon ngadto sa mga sundalo gahapon, "dili nako mabuhat".         
This thick [hand gesture showing how thick] and that is why I joined the call for the postponement of the barangay elections. You know why? Because if you hold the elections now, drug money is still going around and the barangay captains, most of them, are really into it. They would just stay in power and this time, they have the money. And they will win. So we’ll have a narco politics on the lowest government unit which is the barangay. And that would be the start of our maybe, our perdition and agony.
Ingani kabaga [ang kamot nagpakita unsa kabaga]  ug mao kini ang rason nganong niapil ko sa tawag alang sa pag-uswag sa eleksyon sa barangay. Kahibaw mo ngano? Tungod kay kung inyong himuon ang eleksyon karon, naglibot pa ang kwarta nga gikan sa droga ug ang mga kapitan sa barangay, kasagaran nila, tutok ani. Magpabilin lang sila sa gahum ug karon, naa na silay kwarta. Ug madaog sila. Unya aduna na kitay nacro politics sa pinakaubos nga sangay sa gobyerno nga mao ang barangay. Ug mao na ang sinugdanan sa atong tingali, atong kapildihan ug kasakit.
Di ko pwedeng mag-mag eleksyon tayo ngayon maraming--, marami talagang bad dito sa Davao. And I never realized it. I-I-I didn’t even know. I said I, I am a president who holds office, I do not investigate. I do not ask questions. I only receive reports from the military and the police and the validation of PDEA.
Dili ko pwede nga mag-eleksyon ta karon kay daghan jud ug mga dili mayo diri sa Davao. Ug wala jud ko nakaamgo niini. Wala gani ko nakahibalo. Miingon ko, ako usa ka presidente kinsa naghupot sa katungdanan, dili ko mag-imbestigar. Dili ko mangutana. Modawat lang ko ug mga report gikan sa military ug pulis ug balidasyon sa PDEA.
So, this new list was there before me about two months ago. But I ordered a revalidation just to make sure and uhmm well uhh what’s really funny [inaudible] the Alcala. We we knew that uhh somebody was operating there but uhh with a… yeah, I I never- I I told the police to be very careful. Set it up. Do a clean job. Get the witnesses to be there including the media when you arrest. So that you’ll have a good story and we can prosecute. So that’s how bad things are right now.
So, kaning bag-o na lista kay naa na didto sa wala pa ko mga duha ka niaging buwan. Pero nagmando ko na magpabalidasyon ug balik para lang masegurado ug ang kataw-anan gyud [inaudible] ang Alcala. Kabalo ta na naay nagpadagan didto pero uban ang… yeah, wala gayod ko- ako giingnan ang pulis na magbinantayon ug maayo. Ipahimutang na. Pagbuhat ug limpyo na trabaho. Ipaadto ang mga saksi apil ang medya kung magdakop ka. Para naa kay nindot na storya ug maka-prosecute ta. So in-ana kabati ang mga butang karon.
But just give me a little extension. Maybe of uhh another six months. Then, [stutters] there was nobody ever. [inaudible] I didn’t have that idea that there was hundreds of thousands of people already in the drug business. And what is- what makes it worse is that they are operated now by people in governments especially those elected positions. So it will be government versus government. Nakita ninyo ang… closest barangay captains sat around with guns with bodyguards. So we just have to defang them. Get the police out of- as bodyguards. I will now uhh order uhh- I will not allow any policeman to act as a bodyguard of a barangay captain. If you take that you’re afraid of being killed, if you are there in the rural areas by the NPAs, then do not run for public office. Find another occupation. But uhh because from the- from the looks of it, it was really- it’s a government already doing the operation, the illegal drugs [smacks the podium]. And they just don’t realize it because it’s not their country.
Pero tagai lang ko ug gamay pa na oras. Basin lain pa na unom ka buwan. Dayon, [stutters] wala gawod bisa’g usa. [inaudible] Wala gyud koy ideya na naa na’y gatos ka libo na mga tawo na naa na sa negosyo sa droga. Ug ang nakabati pa ug samot ani kay gipadagan ni karon sa mga tawo sa gobyerno labina ang mga naa sa posisyon. Mao, mahimo kining gobyerno laban sa gobyerno. Nakit-an ninyo ang… ang mga pinakasuod na kapitan sa barangay kay naglingkod uban ang ilang mga pusil uban ang mga bodyguard. So kailangan lang nato na dli na sila makadaot sa uban. Dili na ipa-bodyguard ang pulis. Magmando na ko- dili nako tugtan ang bisag usa ka pulis na mahimong bodyguard sa kapitan sa barangay. Kung mahadlok mo na patyon, kung naa ka didto sa mga rural na mga lugar duol sa NPAs, ayaw nalang ug dagan sa posisyon sa gobyerno. Pangita ug lain na trabaho. Pero tungod sa tan-aw nako ani, ang gobyerno na gyud ang nagpadagan, ang illegal na droga [gidukdok ang podium]. Ug wala lang ni nila namatngunan kay dili ni nila nasod.
But uhh we go back now to the order and disorder, the the best that happen uhh this week to us was really the release of uhh Kjartan because uhh we are able to complete our promise to the Norway which is uhh giving us the good offices for a uhh space to talk. Vis-à-vis with the Communist Party of the Philippines. It has provided good offices to several countries for so many conflicts. And I salute uhh Mr. Ambassador of your country for being uhh peaceful. And uhh I I was joking to the Ambassador uhh. You are the descendants of the Viking who’re really fierce uhh fighters. If there’s a group there still remaining, could you just bring them here and uhh we’ll just let them loose somewhere in Basilan. But uhh the Slavs are uhh [stutters] are very peaceful uhh race now.
Pero mubalik ta karon sa pagkahan-ay ug pagkagubot, ang pinakanindot na nahitabo karong semanaha sa ato kay ang pagpagawas kay Kjartan kay nakompleto na nato atong saad sa Norway nga mao ang maghatag sa ato sa mga nindot na opisina para lugar sa pagstorya. Sa relasyon nato sa Communist Party of the Philippines. Naghatag sila ug mga nindot na opisina sa daghang mga nasod sa daghang gubot. Ug nisaludo ko ni Mr. Ambassador sa inyong nasod para sa iyang pagkamalinawon. Ug nagbinuang ko sa Ambassador, ikaw ang  kaliwat sa Viking na mga isog na mag-aaway. Kung naa pay nabilin didto na grupo, pwede ba ninyo na dad-on lang sila diri ug ato lang sila buhian didto sa Basilan. Pero ang Slavs [stutters] kay malinawon na kaayo karon.
And uhh again, uhh just uhh, salamat for uhh helping. And of course, he’s the only one who can do it because he has the problems of Mindanao at his fingertips. Has been there for quite a time. And if we succeed now, that wou- that would be a long journey also for him. From the time of Mr. Ramos to President Arroyo and now sa akin. Hopefully in the fullness of God’s time, he would be able to uhh establish really law and order in this country. There’s simply too many gangsters and terrorists. There’s simply too many battles here and there. And uhh, I assure you and I said uhh that when the time comes, I will inform you. I’ll just inform you and that uhh we’ll be enabled to catch up with them. [stutters] Nothing else except that uhh I’ll just say na.. your travails in life are over. Until such time that we get the- the one true justice. [stutters] We’ll give them. If that’s what they want.
Ug usab, salamat sa pagtabang. Ug syempre, siya ra ang makabuhat ani kay dali ra niya ma-access ang problema sa Mindanao. Dugay na naa didto. Ug kung malampuson na ta karon, taas pud na na biyahe para sa iya. Gikan sa panahon ni Mr. Ramos hangtod kay Presidente Arroy ug karon sa ako. Malaumon ko sa panahon na gitakda sa Ginoo, makatukod gyud siya ug balaod ug kahusay sa nasod. Daghan ra gyud kaayo’g mga gangster ug terorista. Daghan ra kaayog pakigsangka diri ug didto. Ug, akong gisegurado sa imo ug niingon ko na kung muabot ang panahon, ipahibalo nako sa imo. Ipahibalo lang nako sa imo ug makaapas ta sa ila. [stutters] Wala na’y lain gawas sa… muingon ra ko na… imong mga pag-antos sa kinabuhi kay nahuman na. Hangtod na maabot ang panahon na makuha nato ang usa ka tinuod na hustisya. [stutters] Ihatag nato sa ila. Kung mao na ila gusto.
Uhh, that is all for the evening, the Ambassador is uhh flying out uhh at 10. He’s going to just stay behind. Maybe- [interrupted by someone talking in the side] Uhh, he’s also leaving. Uhh, okay. You might want to just go around but uhh near my city, not there in the islands. I do not have a control over those. But you know I said terrorism is everywhere. New York just blew up. So, wala- wala tayong- there’s no escape of terrorism. That is the next great battle of the century. Terrorism and civilization. Those who believe in civilization, those who believe ehh maybe to less feel the end of the planet. Maraming salamat po.
Mao ra na tanan karong gabii, ang Ambassador kay mulupad na ig-10. Magpabilin ra ni siya diri. Basin â€" [nahunong tungod sa nagstorya sa kilid] Uhh, muhawa pud siya. Uhh, okay. Basin ganahan ka na maglibot-libot lang pero duol sa akong siyudad, dili didto sa mga isla. Wala koy control adto. Pero kabalo ka niingon ko ang ang terorismo kay naa bisan asa. Bag-ohay lang naay nibuto sa New York. Mao, wala gyuy ikyas sa terorismo. Mao na ang sunod na dakong gubat sa siglo. Terorismo ug sibilisasyon. Katong mga nituo sa sibilisasyon, katong mga nituo basin para dili kaayo mabati ang katapusan sa planeta. Daghang salamat.

EJK hearings damaging image of the Senate & the entire PH

“We have to save our nation from the efforts of a few people to destroy the image of our country, our economy, and the future of our next generation.”

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said this as he appealed to his fellow lawmakers to be one in guarding the country against efforts of some politicians to discredit the administration’s campaign for real change. 

Cayetano delivered a privilege speech on Monday (September 19), a few days after the Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee held another hearing on the alleged extrajudicial killings being linked to President Rodrigo Duterte’s strong anti-drug policy.

During last week’s probe, self-confessed “Davao Death Squad” (DDS) member Edgar Matobato was grilled by some senators for giving inconsistent statements regarding his knowledge of the killings that happened in Davao during Duterte’s term as mayor.

Cayetano for his part called out committee chairperson Senator Leila De Lima for failing to vet the witness and test Matobato’s credibility before allowing him to testify in the inquiry.

He also questioned the conduct of the previous proceedings, particularly on how De Lima failed to provide members of the committee with a list of witnesses prior to the hearing and how she denied Cayetano of his right to finish his interpellation of Matobato.

“Kitang-kita ang bias ng ilang senador laban sa krusada ng Pangulo,” Cayetano decried.

“Even if the [suspected] DDS or the killings in Davao had no place in the present EJK hearings, they brought that surprise witness without informing the co-Chairman, Senator [Panfilo] Lacson, without informing the members… Our tradition is that when we have a surprise witness, we keep that identity a surprise… but we let the members know that there will be a key member… Kaya maraming hindi nag-attend eh,” he explained.

Cayetano, who had been expressing his doubt over the real motive of the probe, lamented how some politicians are using the Senate in their plot to damage Duterte’s reputation and reclaim power in government. He said the continuous efforts to discredit the administration have also taken a heavy toll on the country’s image worldwide.   

“The Senate is being used to mislead the public and the international media. Noong una, to discredit the President and his efforts. But ngayon, iba na,” he noted.

“Now… the effort [is destroying] the image of our country abroad… Second, [it is destroying] the image of the Senate as an institution, distracting us from more urgent work that needs to be done. And third, [it is] destroying our long-honored traditions of collegiality, civility, of disagreeing but allowing the other person to speak freely.”

The senator then appealed to his colleagues to remain focused on helping the administration win in its ongoing war against poverty, crime, illegal drugs, corruption, and terrorism, as opposed to fueling the negative impact of the smear campaigns against the President.

“The President is fighting three wars… The War against poverty, which includes leveling a playing field that by and large only oligarchs grow and prosper, while the greater majority struggles just to survive; The War against crime, illegal drugs, and corruption; [and] The War on war, or the quest for a just and inclusive peace and an end to the decades-long communist insurgency as well as other rebellions in our country,” Cayetano said.

“In the end, we might all lose this war. But the biggest loser will not be President Duterte. It will be the economy, the political institutions, and the entire nation. Why should we allow our Institution to be used this way,” he added.

Following Cayetano’s speech, Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao moved to declare as vacant the chairmanship and entire membership of the Senate Justice and Human Rights committee.

Sen. Trillanes asks Senate to investigate Davao Death Squad
By Jelly F. Musico

MANILA, Sept. 19 (PNA) -- Senator Antonio Trillanes IV filed Monday a resolution urging the Senate to investigate, in aid of legislation, the alleged extrajudicial killings purportedly committed by the Davao Death Squad (DDS).

Trillanes said his Senate Resolution No. 151 aims to come up with remedial legislation to ensure the protection of the people’s basic human rights, right to life and observance of due process of law.

The senator based his proposed Senate inquiry on the article written by Fr. Amado Picardal, who claimed 1,424 people were killed by the DDS from 1998 to 2015.

”This does not include unrecorded incidents, as well as victims from other cities and municipalities to which DDS has spread, franchise-style,” he stated in his resolution.

According to the Coalition Against Summary Execution (CASE) and the Tambayan Center for the Care of Abused Children, the documented death squad killings from Aug. 19, 1998 to Feb. 1, 2009 was 814.

Trillanes said the Constitution provides that government should value the dignity of every human person and guarantee full respect for human rights.

”No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the law,” he quoted Article 11 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.

Trillanes said when the Commission on Human Rights conducted public hearings in Davao City with regard to the killings, it identified 206 deaths attributed to the DDS between 2005 and 2009.

”These killings do not signify justice and a successful crackdown on crimes but indicate a breakdown in law and order,” he said.

In last week's Senate inquiry, self-confessed former DDS member Edgar Matobato confirmed the presence of the squad, which he linked to former Davao City mayor and now President Rodrigo Ruterte. (PNA)

BRIEF STATEMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL PEACE ADVISER JESUS DUREZA RE NORWEGIAN

Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad was released by his captors earlier today Saturday at around 2pm somewhere in Patikul. Sulu. He is now staying overnight at the place of MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari in Barangay Kagay who volunteered to  host his stay due to heavy rains and nightfall. Men of Misuari and former Governor Sakur Tan and other volunteers helped in the release. I will fly him out of Jolo town tomorrow morning. His first words when I spoke to him on the phone : "Thank you  to President Duterte." His release from captivity capped months of quiet, patient but determined efforts with the assistance of all sectors.  He was taken hostage by armed men in a samal resort in Davao last

SPEECH OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
WITH STAR TROOPERS
September 17, 2016 (12:33 - 12:59 P.M.)
CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, ISABELA



...his house is just about a kilometer away, sumama siya sa akin to visit you. Undersecretary Arthur Tabaquero, Undersecretary Cesar Yano, General Ricardo Visaya, Lt. Gen. Eduardo Año, Brig. Gen. Paul Atal, officers, men and women of the 5th Infantry Division’s Star Troopers, my beloved countrymen, soldiers of this republic.

I have a very limited time because nagsasara kaagad dito. I have to go to Cabanatuan for another appointment. But mayroon akong mga mensahe sa inyo. Well, for one, we are talking now with the Oslo authorities providing the good offices para makapag-usap tayo sa mga komunista pati ang Republika.

Now let me tell you from the heart, masakit ‘to kasi alam mo natural enemy. But let me also remind you ano, itong natural enemy natin na gustong magpatayan rin are Filipinos, and kaming lumaki na since estudyante kami noon and then naging presidente ako. Basahin ko iyong constitution, baliktarin ko man o sidewise, it is really my bounden duty to seek peace for the land. Ang trabaho ko is maghanap ng paraan kung paano natin matapos ang patayan sa kapwa Pilipino. And I have done everythingâ€"as  a matter of fact, even before I took my oath of office, I was already sending sila â€" si Secretary Bello and Dureza â€"  to start the negotiation.

We are doing well, and in the fullness of God’s time I pray na magkaroon tayo ng kapayapaan. But ang problema natin, kakaumpisa lang sa other side. The Mindanao is a very sticky issue. I come from a lola na Maranao, ang lolo ko Chinese. So in a way, if there is anybody who would also want peace for my land, isa na ako. Because the vice mayor, si Punong[?] â€" iyong kabarkada ni General Atal diyan sa Mindanao, lahat ng mga opisyal ninyo dumaan ng Mindanao, so kilala ko. I’ve been mayor for 23 years.

‘Pag naareglo natin itong komunista, it is not a case where relax na tayo because your training would continue. In the horizon, at huwag ninyo akong tanungin kung dadating ba o hindi. Dadating iyan, sigurado ako. And even if I’m no longer... you will remember me. Dadating iyan kasi ito ang na-experience ko. So I find it easy to have access to every Moro tribe for the reason that, well, lola ko Moro. I have talked to Jaafar, to Murad, easily sabi nila, “Sige Rod, mag-usap tayo. Let us revive the talk.”

Now remember that Murad said before na kung hindi niya makuha ang BBL, he will go to war. Sinabi ko, saka pumunta ako doon sa kampo nila, at sinabi ko, “Ako na iyong Presidente, magpatayan na tayo, gusto mo?” And to Jaafar. And si Nur Misuari is ambivalent siya. Ang tingin ko si Nur will not commit now, he’s consolidating the forces but he has lost control of the young men of the Moro generation. Iyang Abu Sayyaf na iyan, ang Abu Sayyaf no longer hungers for independence sa Mindanao. They are no longer hungry for autonomy â€" they are hungry for a fight to establish a caliphate in South East Asia. Caliphate is a kingdom for the Muslims. Moro lang naman dito sa atin iyan eh. The natives called them Moro, kasi Moro naman talaga iyan sila.

So ang problema is hindi na ngayon sila makipag-usap on the basis of anong maibigay mo, eskuwelahan oâ€"it’s either the caliphate or nothing. Ito, you have to reorient and reinvent yourself, because itong terrorism, just like in the Middle East, although may prompt war, may kasaling urban terrorism. Putok dito, putok doon. Araw-araw iyan, magtingin ka sa newspaper â€" CNN or lahat ng international network. Iyan ang problema, may banatan. Maybe in Mindanao, talagang intense iyan. So hindi kagayaâ€"

Ang NPA on the move, naghahabulan kayo. Pero itong Abu Sayyaf, kasi island lang naman, static iyan sila diyan. Hanapan iyan, pabilisan na lang ng tainga pati mata. So you have to train more, you have to reinvent yourself from almost a soldier in uniform to all of you being intelligence operatives. Kasi karamihan diyan magpasyal ka, mangangamoy ka, hindi naman army ‘to eh. So they come as parang farmer ‘di ba? Just like in the Middle East, may mga paputok na ng kotse iyan. Hindi iyan kuntento doon sa Davao na bomba-bomba. So it’s a long fight ahead.

What I can assure you is, for as long as I am President, you will have all equipment and weaponry necessary to win the war, or at least to defeat them in every fight. Hindi kayo maluluma diyan because si Defense Secretary nga binigay ko absolute authority to buy whatever is necessary. We are doing good with the sniper activity, you learn more about it. At saka iyong mga vest ninyo, sabi ko lahat dapat pagpasok, lalo na iyong mga entry, ‘pag kailangan na. But all of you will be given the... iyong protection sa armor, and of course the weapons that you desire.

But above all, I have ordered and willâ€"binigyan ko kayo din ng almost half a billion. Last time sa AFP nagpunta ako, maraming kulang ninyo, maraming... marami akong binili â€" MRI, baric. Baric is for â€" ‘pag nag-away kayo diyan hindi kayo na-extract kaagad tapos nasugatan ka sa kamay/paa, at iyong gangrene, basta maipadala ka lang, mailipad ka saâ€"and my orders are, iyong presidential plane ko, binigay ko na sa Armed Forces for the use as air ambulances. Maski isang sundalo lang, basta ka ma-injure, magdating na iyong gangrene ganoon, ilipad kaagad. It is like a tank where iyong divers, tapos mas mabilis pa sila sa bubble, and they suffer â€" they call the bends, iyon, ilagay ka doon, and the circulation will help you normalize or stabilize you. Lahat na puwedeng para makabuhay.

And iyong mga field hospitals ninyo, I’d like to mention it to you now for the first time. Somebody is giving us one billion toâ€"iyong sa mga Davao mayroon doon ospital. We will complete it so that kung maari lang ipauna ko iyong sa Jolo. Doon ko ilagay iyong ospital na mga operating rooms, lahat ng kailangan. Somebody is giving us, but he does not want to... me to mention his name. Pero ewan ko lang someday, maybe magli-leak rin iyan. He wants to startâ€"as a matter of fact, they’re also starting to build the rehab for the addicts sa shabu.

So lahat iyan, ipalapit ko iyong mga ospital na for lifesaving. And I said, there are about... ilang eroplano ba iyan sa presidential ano? I have given that up, hindi ko nagamit ni minsan. Sabi ko, gamitin na ninyo iyan for ambulances, for those na kailangan ng ospital kaagad sa Maynila, madala kaagad kayo doon â€" to save lives and everything. And do not be afraid as a soldier, alam inyo iyan eh. Noong pumasok kayo pagkasundalo, alam ninyo iyan.

But you know, let me be very philosophical about it. Hindi pa kayo pinanganak, wala pa iyang... nag-asawa iyang tatay pati nanay mo, lahat tayo dito sa mundo may guhit iyan. Believe me, huwag kayong makinig saâ€"may chaplain ba dito, wala? ‘Andito iyong chaplain? Huwag na sana ma-open. But lahat tayo, bago kayo pinanganak alam na ng Diyos kung saan ka ilagay at kailan ka hanggang. And you choose to be a soldier, nandiyan na iyan sa palad ninyo â€" that when the time comes, when you grow old enough to decide for your own, that you will become a soldier is already written in your destiny.

So pinili ninyo iyan, hindi sabihin mo mamatay, but you play with life and death. But that is natural. Kung ako ang sundalo, papiliin mo ako in the field of honor sa battle field o paabutin mo ako ng 70 years old, ang sakit ko bangungot mamatay... ay p*tang... dito na ako sa... I mean when you are a soldier, you die as a soldier. Bakit ka pa mamili ng iba? But if you are good enough, well at least makalima/anim ka lang naman, tabla na, but most of you will survive; I know that. Hindi naman iyong mga casualties, hindi naman kagaya noon, modern medicine, modern lahat.

As a matter of fact, I said iyong mobility ninyo is faster by allowing you to use iyong eroplano para sa akin, sa inyo na iyan. Bayaan na ninyo ako, kaya ko nang mag-commercial-commercial. So, prepare for that eventuality because ang kalaban ninyo dito sabog, sabog. So magbantay kayo iyongâ€"you know, you have to learn from the police, iyong mga nakatapos ng mga ganoon. Pagtingin nila sa isang bag, and iyong movement sa eyes, typical iyan. Kaya ninyo ano iyan, nakaganoon, naka-shades, ayaw halos makita iyong configuration ng mukha. Tapos may bag, very casual but very nervous. Kaya ninyo iyan, pag-aralan lang ninyo ng mabuti, profile â€" the profiling of a bomber or a terrorist. Now, the second, I said you will have everything you need, walang problema, ibigay ko sa iyo lahat. Second is iyong sa droga. I do not know if I will survive the six years or not, but if I do not survive the six years, iyon, the imponderables of life whatever the cause may be. Kaya nga ako pumunta dito, na-late ako ng kaonti, kaonti lang naman because I have to pass by the headquarters diyan sa PSG, sa likod because the doctor there died yesterday.  And I had to pay my respect ko doon, to the wife and the child. Kaya ako nandoon, eh hindi naman natin talaga alam ngaâ€"he was very young, 57 years old. So, iyan ang mga bagay-bagay. But if I do not survive, (unclear) mo ako ng ano, Alam mo ‘dre, hindi naman ako lang, abogado ako eh. Pero sa Crame hindi ko kayang patayin lahat, parang ako pa ang patayin nito.

You know, ito, lahat iyan ang lot. Mayor. Mayor Reynaldo Flores, HVT, high-value target, Naguilian La Union, La Union, validated. Tapos dito sa isang page, mayor, assembly man, mayor, vice mayor. Dito sa iba naman, puro barangay captain, puro barangay captain. Barangay Captain Boni Sultan, Lumati, Maasin; municipal councilor. Alam mo, ang kontra ko dito, gobernor, congressmen, mayor, barangay captain, basta gobyerno. How can I build a case na ganito? Sa Crame, sabihin ng Human Rights, itong mga torpe naâ€"you build a case, then you file the (unclear) paanoâ€"saan ako maghanap ng pulis, na tayoâ€"you are preparing for war, ito o.. Saan ako mag... Kagaya si Loot, Region 1, nandiyan iyong pangalan niya, Gen. Loot; Region 2, nandoon iyong pangalan niya; Region 3, nandoon iyong pangalan niya, Region 4 nandoon. What does that mean? He has to see that wherever he was assigned, he was into drugs â€" that is what it means. Eh, iyon ang mga kalaban, medyo....

Kaya sabi ko, pagâ€"if it would outlast me, pag nawala ako bigla, ang hingiin ko lang sa inyo, lahat kayo pati mga judges, see to it that this country will not take a spin kasi ito, the whole of the Philippines ang tinamaan, hindi ninyo alam iyan, hindi ko rin alam iyanâ€"sa Davao strikto lang ako, may namamatay, kaya ko binibirahan na human rights violator. So, noong Presidente ako iyong piniga ko na lahat, doon naglabasan na, ito na iyon, entire Republic of the Philippines: pulis, PO3, PO1, PO3, PO3, PO3, tapos may inspector. Ibigay ko ito sa Armed Forces, sa mga nandiyan. Ito iyong problema natin. Ang bayan ng Pilipinas hindi talaga umangat. Parang sa runway tayo, full blast lang, bomba na ngâ€"ayaw talagang umangat.

One, corruption sa gobyerno. Kita mo naman dito pati mga pulis, pati mga barangay.... Paano tayo aangat? Paano tayo aangat? Ito, talaga ganito ang buhay natin.  Then corruption sa airport, diyan sa Customs, sa Immigration, pahirapan pa. Sa bagay ngayon, wala na. Talagang marinig ko na isang balita lang, out ka. Hindi na ako maghintay ng let’s seeâ€"talagangâ€"kaya ngayon I want zero, at least makinabang ang ating mga kababayan. Pero ito ang pinakamabigat, korapsyon ito plus crime.

Alam mo itong droga, ‘adre, ito pag nag-asawa, mayâ€"pag napapasok ang babae o lalaki sa droga, iyang pamilya na iyan would be dysfunctional, it would not function as a family, sira na, so karaming tatamaan nito, humawak ng droga, magsabi ka ng mga dalawang milyon. Sabi ng PDEA noon 3 million, huwag mo na lang dagdagan except iyong nag-surrender, 700, 000. Thousands ti-nurn all over the country, di anong mangyari ng bayan natin? Plus the corruption, tapos may gulo pa tayong hinaharap. May terrorism. Talagang hihinaan tayoâ€"but first ang masira sa atin ang gobyerno. Wala akong sinasabi sa inyo; I’m just saying that the ultimate warriors sa constitution to protect the people is the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

So, bahala na kayo kung ano ninyong isipin ninyo ito, kung walang (unclear). Inyo iyan. Sa constitution is to preserve, to preserve ang atingâ€"but again, sa panahon ko kung 6 years, wala iyong takot. Lahat na gawin ninyo sa utos ko, akin iyan; ako ang magpakulong. Sabihin lang ninyo utos ‘yan ni Mayor Duterte. Siya na ang tanungin mo, kami nagtra-trabaho lang, sumusunod kasi siya iyong mayor. Siya iyong ikulong ninyo. O walang problema, ako ang magpakulong, trabaho lang kayo. Just do what is the mandate of the constitution, at ako na ang bahala dito sa inyo, sa iba. I will protect you. I will not allow one policeman or one military to go to jail for doing his duty. Iyan angâ€"inyong trabaho iyan, baka nakalimutan ninyo, inyo iyan, to protect. Ang police diyan lang, pero pagsabog iyan, inyo ‘yan. Do not allow the country to disintegrate.

Hindi na ako magtagal, kung saan na iyong.... Because you are listening, bilib ako saâ€"ganito na lang Bong, ito na lang, i-donate na lang niya sa gobyerno, pero with the understanding na iyong sinong may hawak nit0, doon ibigay. Kasi kung i-process mo pa sa... ang lisensiya, magkuha pa ito ng mgaâ€"

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(Off mic)

PRRD:
Hindi personal, kasi apply-an pa nila. Kasi mag-uwi pa iyan, magkuha ng clearance ng fiscal. Hingian pa iyan ng.... Di iyong maghingi barilin mo, p***** ina. Ngayon, kasi because you are good listenersâ€"pero bigyan ko kayo when the time comes na medyo delikado na at more of intelligence na, bigyan ko kayong lahat. Mamaya-maya, may dating sa inyo, maghintay lang kayo. Pero for now, mag-distribute na ako. Sabihin mo Bong, at saka ano, to donate it in bulk. Tanggapin ng property officer ng armed forces, pero kung sino iyong makabigay, sa kanya i-MR, pero kanya na iyon, understood na iyon, mas madali. So, hindi ko man madala lahat ng baril, hindi mag-take off iyong helicopter kung karon ihulat. Tatlo lang muna ang ibigay ko kay General Atal, siya na ang mag-lottery, I-lottery mo lang, tatlo iyan. (applause).

Glock, anong kaba iyan? Glock 45, and it’s about six shots. Seven lahat iyong kargahan mo o 6, okay na. Iyan ang Glock. Mayroon naman kayong Glock ‘no? Ang problema sa Glock, ang lock nandiyan sa trigger, kaya pag magâ€"sanay ka lalo na kung makainom ang bu****,  pagputok, baka isang bayag na lang maiwan. Just be careful, iyang Glock na iyan. Ang army kasi, hindi naman ang main weapon ninyo iyan, secondary weapon lang. You don’t have to cock it. Pero tatlo iyan, but everybody will have in the coming day, mag-order ako, iyong ganoon na ano, so okay na iyan. Punta kayo sa bayan, surveillance, inom-inom doon, pag malasing walang ibang makitang kontra, iyong pulis ang kalabanin. (laughs). Basa ko â€" p*****ina talaga itong â€" shootout, policeman pati army. Wala namang kalaban, e di sila-sila na lang.

Hindi na ako magtagal, but I’mâ€"wala akong kunin dito. Ang nandito na-erase na, iyang si Alcala. SSabi planuhin ninyo iyan kay mabigat iyan, congressman. O kita mo, nandiyan, labas talaga, Odicta. Wala eh, si Odicta si-nalvage, siguro baka mga army iyon, kasi harap-harapan naman. Army harap-harapan eh, police takbo man kaagad. Hindi na ako magtagal, just a piece of advice. Ngayon na there’s a lull, silence, train, slowly train sa covert â€" covert tawag diyan â€" so that you’ll be able to deal with the problem in the coming years.

Maraming salamat po.

INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
SECRETARY MARTIN ANDANAR
by ALBERT SEBASTIAN â€" DZRB
September 18, 2016 (10:29 â€" 10:47 a.m.)



SEBASTIAN:
Magandang umaga, sir. Welcome po sa Radyo ng Bayan.

Maayong buntag, sir. Maayong pagabot sa Radyo ng Bayan.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Good morning, Albert, at sa nakikinig po sa Radyo ng Bayan. Magandang umaga.

Maayong buntag, Albert, ug sa mga naminaw sa Radyo ng Bayan. Maayong buntag.

SEBASTIAN:
All right, sir, mayroon po kayong opening statement before we go ahead with the questions from the MPC?

Sige, sir, naa ba kay gustong pangsugod na sulti, labong wala pa ta nagsugod sa mga pangutana gikan sa MPC?

SEC. ANDANAR:
We go straight to the question and answer portion, Albert, at least hindi ka na rin mapagod.

Diretso na ta sa mga pangutana ug tubag, Albert, para dili na pud ka makapoy.

SEBASTIAN.
All right, sir. Question po mula kay Giovanni Nilles ng PhilStar. Ang tanong po niya: With the PCO’s gag order, is it safe to ask Cabinet secretaries on their own capacity? For example, Secretary Panelo daw po.

Sige sir. Pangutana gikan ni Giovanni Nilles sa PhilStar. Ang pangutana niya: uban sa gag order sa PCO, pwede ra ba muhangyo sa Cabinet Secretaries sa ilang kaugalingong kapasidad. Pananglitan, si Secretary Panelo daw.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Puwede namang magtanong. You know, it’s a free country, puwede kayong magtanong kung ano ang mga gusto ninyong tanungin diyan o sa mga kasamahan natin sa Gabinete. The question there is, is it the line of the Presidential Communications Office? Iyon lang na naman eh. Ang sinabi ko lang naman the last time na nag-usap tayo na we are just putting our foot down and saying that lahat po ng impormasyon na galing sa PCO, ito iyong official communication, official line of the Office of the President. Now, anything that is out of the PCO na wala po kaming direktiba na this spokesperson is the official spokesperson ay official line iyon ng kaniyang sariling opisina.

Pwede man jud mangutana. Kabaw ka, libre ni nga nasod, pwede mo mangutana sa inyong gustong pangutan-on o ang mga kauban nato sa Gabinete. Ang pangutana ana, kay, mao ba ang linya sa Presidential Communications Office? Mao ra na. Ang sulti ra nako atong niagi kay nag sturya na ta ana na, tanan impormasyon gikan sa PCO, mao na ang opisyal na komunikasyon, opisyal nga linya sa Opisina sa Presidente. Karon, tanan na nigawas sa PCO nga wala mi direktiba na kani na tagapagsulti ka yang opisyal nga tagapagsulti kay opisyal na nga linya sa iyahang kaugalingong opisina.

Oo, iyon lang, ganoon lang ho iyon. If you want an official line, an official clarification from the Office of the President, then you go straight to the Presidential Communications Office. Now, kung masuwerte kayo na nakakuha kayo straight from the presidential office or the Office of the President, then you are lucky. Now, para mas madali ho ay mas maganda na dumiretso na lamang ho kayo sa PCO para mas malinaw, para wala pong conflict ‘no. If we tell you that Secretary X or Secretary Y will be our official spokesperson for the day because of certain issue has cropped up, for example, iyong pagpapakawala kay Sekkingstad, ang sinabi namin si Secretary Jess Dureza po ang official spokesperson, then that’s the only time that the media can say na, for today ang ating official spokesperson ng Malacañang for this matter is Secretary Jess Dureza.

Oo, kana ra, ingana ra. Kung gusto kag opisyal nga linya, opisyal nga pagklaro gikan sa Opisina sa Presidente, edi diretso na sa Presidential Communications Office. Karun, kung swerto mo na makakuha diretso gikan sa Opisina sa Presidente, edi swerte ninyo. Karon, para mas-paspas, kay masnindot na diretso nalang mo sa PCO para mas klaro,wala nay gubot. Kung ingnan tamo na si Secretary X o si Secretary Y ang mahimog opisyal na spokesperson kana adlawa, tungod sa usa ka isyu nga nigawas, pananglitan, ang pagpabuhi sa Sekkingstad, ang sulti namo si Secretary Jess Dureza ang opisyal nga tagapagsulti, edi, mao ra na ang oras makasultimo media na karon adlawa, ang atong opisyal nga tagapagsulti sa Malacanang para ani na butanga kay si Secretary Jess Dureza.

SEBASTIAN:
Okay, sir, another question from Giovanni on another topic. Sabi niya: How much ransom was paid for the Norwegian hostages considering that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte said earlier, ‘bayad na ‘yan’?

Sige sir, usa pa ka pangutana gikan kang Giovanni, sa lahi nga sturya. Ana siya: pila ang gibayad nga ransom para sa mga Norwegian nga mga bihag, ikonsidera nga si Presidente Rodrigo Duterte kay unang niingon na “bayad na na”?

SEC. ANDANAR:
I would like to reiterate that the government maintains the no-ransom policy. Now, kung mayroon mang nagbigay na third party, kung iyong pamilya ang nagbigay, hindi namin alam iyon. Basta the government maintains a no-ransom policy pagdating sa mga kidnappings.

Gusto lang ko na balikon nga ang gobyerno kay naay no-ransom na polisiya. Karon, kung naa may naghatag na third party, kung pabilya na naghatag, wa mi kabalo. Basta ang gobyernno kay di jud mag-ransom, basta muabot sa kidnappings.

SEBASTIAN:
All right. Okay, sir, another topic mula pa rin kay Giovanni. Ang tanong niya: Update on damage and relief efforts po sa Batanes?

Sige. Sige, sir, lahi napud nga sturya, gikan gihapon ni Giobanni. Ang pangutana niya: Update sa kagubaan ug sa pagtabang didto sa Batanes.

SEC. ANDANAR:
I will have to check on the update, kasi iyong latest update na nakuha ko was last night. If you want an update for this morning or the update forâ€"siguro update this morning ‘no, tama?

Kailangan pa nako tan-awon ang update. Kay ang pinakaulahi na akong nabaliaan kay gabii pa. Kung gusto ka mabalitaan, ang karon buntag, siguro karon buntag imong gusto mabalitaan, sakto ba?

SEBASTIAN:
Yes, sir.

O sir.


SEC. ANDANAR:
Wala pa sa akin iyong update this morning. But, let me talk to Secretary Judy Taguiwalo.

Wala pa sa akoa ang balita sa karon buntag. Pero pasturyaa sa ko ni Secretary Judy Taguiwalo.

SEBASTIAN:
All right. Question naman po mula kay Jo Montemayor. Ang tanong niya po: Any new instructions from President Duterte following the release of Sekkingstad? Will the troops deployed in the area be reduced now?

Sige. Pangutana, gikan napud ni Jo Montemayor. Ang pangutana niya: Naay bago na tugon si Presidente Duterte uban sa pagbuhi ni Sekkingstad? Makuhaan na ba ang mga sundalo sa lugar karon?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Wala pa ho. Wala pa hong instructions from the President. Wala pa akong information about that.

Wala pa. Wala pay sugo si Presidente. Wala pa koy impormasyon sama ana.

SEBASTIAN:
Anyway, iyong ano rin niya: Will the intensified pursuit operations continues?                                                                                   

Kani pud gikan pud nya: Mupadayon ba ang grabe nga operasyong panggukod?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Of course, tuluy-tuloy po iyong giyera natin kontra sa mga terorista; hindi po titigil.

O gud, padayon ang giyera nato kontra sa mga terorista. Dili na muhunong.

SEBASTIAN:
All right, another question po mula kay Jo. Ang tanong niya: What is the agenda of the President’s visit to Vietnam?

Sige, isa pa ka pangutana gikan ni Jo. Ang pangutana: Unsa ang agenda sa bisita sa Presidente sa Vietnam?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Wala pa rin po akong direktang impormasyon kung anong pag-uusapan po sa Vietnam. Let us wait for Secretary Jun Yasay to come home from his trip in the United States, sa New York at sa Washington D.C., at pagdating niya po ay kukuha po tayo nang mas magandang impormasyon para mabigay ko po sa inyong lahatâ€"hindi po tayo makuryente.

Wala pud koy direktang impormasyon kung unsa ang gisturyaan sa Vietnam. Maghuwat lang ta ni Secretary Jun Yasay para mubalik sa iyang biyahe sa Estados Unidos, sa New York, ug sa Washington D.C., ug sa pagbalik niya kay mukuha tag mga masnindot na impormasyon para mahatag nako sa inyong tananâ€"dili ta makuryente.

SEBASTIAN:
Follow up po ni Jo. What happened to the trips daw po in Thailand and Brunei? And has the schedule been finalized? And when will the President make the visit? Oh, nawala sa linya. Siguro balikan natin in a while ‘no. Sandali lamang si Secretary Martin, naputol iyong line. Babalikan natin.

Pagsumpay ni Jo. Unsa ang nahitabi sa biyahe sa Thailand ug Brunei? Ug na pinal na ba ang schedule? Ug kanusa mubisita ang president? Oh, naputol ang linya. Tawagan natog balik, ni. Kajut lang si Secretary Martin, naputol inyong linya, balikan nato.

Secretary?

Secretary?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Yes.
O.

SEBASTIAN:
Iyong follow up lang po ni Jo doon sa question na what happened to the trips in Thailand and Brunei? And has the schedule been finalized? And when will the President make the visits?

Ang pagsumpay lang ni Jo sa pangutana na unsa ang nahitabo sa Thailand ug Brunei. Napinal nab a ang schedule? Ug kanusa mubisita ang presidente?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Wala pa hong final schedule ang ating Pangulo sa mga biyahe sa iba pang ASEAN countries ‘no sa ngayon. Pagdating po ni Secretary Jun Yasay ay kukunin ko po sa kaniya iyong exact schedule at kung ano po iyong mga matutuloy na biyahe.

Sa karon, ala pay pinal nga schedule ang atong Pangulo sa mga biyahe niya  sa uban pang mga ASEAN nga nasod. Pag abot ni Secretary Jun Yasay kay kuhaon nako ang iyang saktong schedule kung unsa sa mga biyahe nga mahuman.

SEBASTIAN:
Another question from Jo: Any new appointments daw po?

Usa pa ka pangutana gikan ni Jo: naa bad aw bag-o nga gipang butang sa posisyon.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Well, nagkausap ho, nag-usap po kami ni former Congressman Teddy Boy Locsin kagabi. At ang sabi ko sa kaniya, sabi koâ€"kasi dalawang beses kaming nag-usap eh. The first time nag-usap kami, sabi niya na we’ll just wait for him (unclear) to make a statement. Tapos nag-usap kami ulit, sabi niya, “Sabihin mo na lang, Martin, sa media na nagkausap kami ni Presidente sa Bahay Pangarap,” at tinanggap niya iyong puwesto.

Nagsturya im ni former Congressman Teddy Boy Locsin gabii. U gang sturya nako niya, ana koâ€"tungod kaduha na mi gastuyra. Sa unsa namong pagsturya, ana sya na maghuwat mi niya para musulti. Unya pagsturya namog balik, ana siya na “Ingna nalang, Martin, ang media nga nagsturya na mi sa Presidente sa Bahay Pangarap” ug gidawat niya ang pwesto.

SEBASTIAN:
All right. Sir, clarification lang po para sa ilang ano. Si Congressman Locsin ay ina-appoint po bilang? This is regarding po doon sa anong appointment, sir?

SEC. ANDANAR:
I asked him kung ano iyong puwesto, pero hindi na siya sumagot. So sabi niya, he accepted the post.

Nangutana ko niya kung unsa ang pwesto, pero wa siya nitubag. Ana siya, gidawat niya ang pwesto.

SEBASTIAN:
Post of ano, sir?

Unsa nga pwesto sir?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Iyon nga eh, I saidâ€"

Mao gani, ana ko--

SEBASTIAN:
Wala pa.

Wala pa.


SEC. ANDANAR:
I asked him kung anong puwesto, (unclear) to clarify, to confirm kung anong puwesto. Because marami tayong naririnig sa media na Ambassador to the United Nations, permanent ambassador toâ€"

Nangutana ko kung unsa nga pwesto, (unclear) para maklaro, para makumpirma kung unsa na pwesto. Kay daghan tag nadunggan sa media na Ambassador to the United Nations, permanente na ambassador to--

SEBASTIAN:
Iyon nga, sir, may naririnig din tayong ...

Mao gani, sir, naa tay nadunggan na. . .

SEC. ANDANAR:
I wanted to ask the exact post, iyon pangalan talaga, kung anong tawag doon sa post na iyon. Pero sabi niya, he accepted the post. I believe it’s an ambassador post ang tinanggap niya. Hindi ko lang alam kung saan.

Gusto ko mangutana sa iyang sakto jud na poste, ang pangalan jud, kung unsa jud ang tawag sa kato na poste. Pero ana siya nga gidawat niya ang poste. Gatuo ko nga ambassador na poste iyang gidawat. Pero wa ko kabaw kung asa.

SEBASTIAN:
All right, okay. Another question po from Jo: Is the Philippines responding to the call of the United Nations to invite their rapporteur team?

Sige. Usa pa ka pangutana gikan ni Jo: ang Pilipinas ba kay nagresponar sa tawag sa United Nations nga imbitaron ilang rapporteur team?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Ang sagot po namin ay iyong sagot namin two days, three days ago, na kailangan dumaan ho ang United Nations sa human rights courtâ€"court ba iyon? Tama ba iyong sinabi ko, human rights high tribunal? Ano (unclear) tawag diyan?

Ang tubag namo kay ang tubag namo duha, tulo ka adlaw ang niagi, na kailangan uagi ang United Nations sa human rights courtâ€"courte ba na? Sakto ba akong gisulti nga human rights high tribunal? Unsa (unclear) tawag ana?

SEBASTIAN:
Yes, sir.

O, sir.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Dapat po dumaan ang United Nations sa tamang proseso, sa tamang protocol. Kung gusto po nilang magpaimbita, eh huwag hong idaan sa media.

Dapat muagi ang United Nations sa saktong proseso, sa saktong pamaagi. Kung gusto sila magpaimbita, eh, ayaw ipaagi sa media.

SEBASTIAN:
And another question from Jo: Will the third list still be made public or will President Duterte just leave it with the law enforcement team to handle?

Usa pa ka pangutana gikan ni Jo: Ang ikatulo ba nga lista kay i-sapubliko o ihatag ra ni Presidente Duterte sa law enforcement team para asikasohon.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Ayaw ko pong pangunahan ang Pangulo. Ang alam ko doon po sa kaniyang talumpati sa kampo ay binigay niya ito sa militar ‘no, itong listahan na isanlibo na mga diumano’y drug lords at mga drug coddlers.

Di ko gusto unhan ang Pangulo. Ang kabaw nako kay didto sa iiyang sturya sa kampo kay iyaha ning gihatag sa military, no, kaning listahan nga usa ka libo daw ka drug lord ug drug coddlers.

SEBASTIAN:
Question naman po mula kay Gen Kabiling ng Manila Bulletin. Ang tanong po niya: Did the government pay any ransom for the release of the Norwegian hostage? And isn’t the Palace worried that the ransom payment done by the family or foreign government would only embolden the Abu Sayyaf group to kidnap more?

Pangutana napud gikan ni Gen Kabanlig sa Manila BUlletin. Ang pangutana niya: Nibayad ba ang gobyerno sa ransom para sa pagbuhi sa Norwegian nga bihag. Ug wala ba nabalaka ang Palasyo nga ang ransom gikan sa pamilya o lahing nasod kay maka-pa isog sa Abu Sayyaf group para mangidnap ug samot.

SEC. ANDANAR:
I repeat: Wala hong ganiyang polisiya ang gobyerno. We maintain a ‘no ransom’ policy. Kung nagbigay man ang pamilya, hindi namin alam iyan. Kung mayroon mang third party nagbigay, hindi namin alam iyan. Siguro kung saan ninyo nakuha, Media, ang impormasyon na iyan, you tell us kung saan ninyo nakuha at kung sino ang nagbigay kasi wala kaming alam, wala kaming impormasyon tungkol diyan sa ransom na iyan. But as far as the government is concerned, we maintain a ‘no ransom’ policy.

Balikon nako: walay inganang polisiya ang gobyerno. Naa tay no-ransom nga plisiya. Kung naa may naghatag ang pamilya, wala mi kabalo ana. Kung naa may third part nga naghatag, wala mi kabaw ana. Siguro kung asa ninyo na nakuha, medya, kana nga impormasyon, kamoy sulti kung asa na ninyo nakuha ug kung kinsa ang gahatag, kay wa mi kabaw anang ransom na na. Pero para sa gobyerno lang, naa jud tay no ransom policy.

SEBASTIAN:
Another question din from Gen. Ang tanong niya: Is President Duterte amenable to do revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant despite safety concern? And where will the government get the $1 billion to rehabilitate the nuclear facility?

Usa pa ka pangutana gikan gihapon ni Gen. Ang pangutana: Si Presidente Duterte ba kay musugot ra sa pagbalik sa Bataan Nuclear Plant, bisag naay mga safety concern? Ug asa man magkuha ang gobyerno sa $1 billion para mabalik ni nga pasilidad?

SEC. ANDANAR:
I am not privy to the information on to what Department of Energy is into when it comes to the nuclear power plant. I will have to talk to Energy Secretary Cusi about it.

Wala ko kaayo nahibawan kung unsay sulti sa Department of Energy sama sa nuclear power plant. Makipagsturya pa ko kang Energy Secretary Cusi sama ana.

SEBASTIAN:
Okay.

Sige.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Better yet, siguro address the question to Secretary Cusi.

Mas mayo, kang Secretary Cusi nimo isulti imong pangutana.

SEBASTIAN:
All right. Another question from Gen: Ano pong reaksiyon daw ni Presidente sa Matobato testimony? Does the Palace believe this is a part of the LP Campaign to oust the President?

Sige. Usa ka pangutana gikan ni Gen: Unsa daw ang reaksyon ni Presidente sa testimonya ni Matobato? Nagtuo ba ang Palasyo nga parteni sa kampanya sa LP para matangtang si Presidente?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Hindi ko pa ho nakausap ang Pangulo mula noong nagkaroon ng imbestigasyon si Senator Leila De Lima, so hindi ko rin nakita kung ano po ang reaksiyon ng ating Pangulo. But as far as I’m concerned, ang aming official Spokesperson pagdating po sa Senate investigation kung saan lumabas si Matobato ay si Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre. Siya ho ang magsasalita para sa gobyerno.

Wa pa ko nakasturya si Pangulo gikan atong naay imbestigasyo si Senador Leila De Lima, mao na wa pa ko kakita kung unsa ang reaksyon sa atong Pangulo. Pero, para sa ako lang, ang among opisyal nga tagapagsulti sama sa Senate investigation ung asa nigawas si Matobato ka si Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre. Siya ang magsturya para sa gobyerno.

SEBASTIAN:
Mula naman po kay Ted Tuvera ng Tribune. Well, related din po ang ... Why is the President (unclear) remained silent on the accusation served against him by Matobato?

Gikan pud kang Ted Tuvera sa Tribune. Sama ra pud ni ato. . . Nganong ang Presidente(unclear) kay naghilomhilom ra sa mga akusasyon ni Matobato kuntra niya?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Again, sasagutin ko po iyan: Ang official Spokesperson po natin pagdating sa imbestigasyon sa Senado at paglabas ni Matobato ay si Secretary Vitalian0 Aguirre.

Usab, tubagon na nako: Ang opisyal nga tagapagsutli nato sa imbestigasyon sa senado ug sa pag gawas ni Matobato kay si Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre.

SEBASTIAN:
All right.  Another question from Ted Tuvera. Ang tanong po niya: Why is the President not in the mood throughout last week to talk to the media? Is it a new communication strategy?

Sige, usa pa pangutana gikan ni Ted Tuvera. Ang pangutana niya: Nganong ang Presidente kay wala sa modo nga musturya sa media tibuok simana? Bago ba ni nga stratehiya sa kumunikasyon?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Alam mo, hindi natin masasabi kung ang mood ng Pangulo ay to talk to media or not to talk to media. But as far as the Presidential Communications Office is concerned, we just streamlined the communication process para hindi po malito ang ating media, at para malaman ninyo, we can distinguish between what is official Palace line and what is ... what the official line of every Cabinet portfolio (unclear).  We have to distinguish kung ano iyong galing sa Presidente. We have to distinguish na kung galing sa PCO, ito po iyong official communication of the Palace. At kung ano po iyong sa labas noon na wala pong approval ng inyong lingkod, ng inyong PCO office ay hindi po iyon ang official line ng ating Pangulo.

Kabaw ka, di nato masulti kung ang modo sa Pangulo kay musturya sa media o di. Pero sa Presidental Communications Office lang, among gipanindot ang proseso sa komunikasyon para dili  maglibog ang atong media, ug para makabaw mo, amoang ma diperensya ang opisyal nga linya sa Palasyo ug ang. . . ang opisyal nga linya sa kada Cabinet portfolio(unclear) . Kailangan mailhan nato kung unsa ang gikan sa Presidente. Kailangan mailhan nato ang mga gikan sa PCO, mao ni ang atong opisyal nga komunikasyon sa Palasyo. Ug kung unsa ang inyong gawas ana, nga walay aprubal sa inyong lingcod, ang inyong PCO office kay dili na na namo opisiyal nga linya sa atong Pangulo.

SEBASTIAN:
Ang another question mula kay Ted. Ang question po niya: President Duterte mentioned last Monday that the ‘yellow’ are on the move to discredit and even impeach him. Is he considering the Matobato (unclear) a part of it?

Usa pa ka pangutana gikan kang Ted. Ang pangutana: Nisulti si Presidente Duterte atong niaging Lunes nga ang “yellow” kay naglihok para mabati siya ug matangtang siya. Gikonsidera ba niya si Motabato(unclear) nga parte ani?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Kasi maraming mga speculation ‘no na itong grupo na ito, itong grupo na iyan. Siguro, Media, you tell us kung ano iyong inyong ebidensiya na itong grupo na ito ay responsable para sa kung anumang nangyayaring kaguluhan sa ating bansa ngayon, you tell us so. Kasi kami, wala ho kaming impormasyon kung sino ho talaga iyong behind all of these things. These are all speculations eh. But as far as we know, hindi ho maganda iyong nangyayari dahil maraming magagandang ginagawa ang ating Pangulo, partikular sa ating giyera kontra iligal na droga. Nandiyan din ho iyong programa natin para mapaganda iyong ating ekonomiya, iyong 10-point economic program ni Secretary Sonny Dominguez. Nandiyan din ho iyong ngayon, iyong pinakamagandang development ngayon, iyong pagkawala sa Norwegian national. At, I believe, ang development po ay mayroon pang ibang hostages na na-recover ang ating tropa sa military at iyong mga kasama po ni Secretary Jess Dureza. Bukod po ito sa Norwegian national, mayroon pang ibang na-recover na hostages. At dapat tutukan ho natin ito, kung puwede lang ho, itong magagandang mga developments na ito. Pati iyong road map to peace na magkakaroon daw tayo ng (unclear), if I’m not mistaken, na pag-uusap between the government peace panel at CPP-NPA-NDF sa Oslo, Norway ngayong October 6.

Kay daghan ang mga tuo tuo no, nga sama aning grupoha no. Siguro, media, kamo sulti namo kung unsa inyong ebidensya sa kani nga grupo nga responsible para sa bisag unsang panghutabo nga gubot sa atong nasod karon, kamoy sulti namo. Kay kami, wala mi impormasyon kung kinsa jud ang naa sa likod ani mga butanga. Mga sturya sturya ra man gud tanan. Sa among nahibaw-an, dili nindot ang mga panghitabo kay daghang mga nindot nga nahimo ang Pangulo, particular sa giyera niya kontra sa illegal nga droga. Naa pud diha ang  programa para mapanindot ang atong ekonomiya. Ang 10-point economic program ni Secretary Sonny Dominguez. Naa pud na karon, ang pinakanindot nga paglambo karon, ang pagbuhi sa Norwegian national. Ug, para nako, ang paglambo kay naa puy ubang bihag nga nabawi sa atong tropa sa military u gang kuyog ni Secretary Jess Dureza. Sulti ni sa Norwgian national, naa puy ubang nakuha nga bihag. Ug dapat ni tutukan nato, kung pwede lang, ang mga nindot nga paglambo nato. Apil ang road map para sa kapayapaan nga magkanaa daw tay(unclear), kung wa ko nasayop, pagsturya sa gobyerno nga peace panel u gang CPP-NPA-NDF sa Oslo, Norway, karong October 6.

SEBASTIAN:
All right. Another question po mula kay Efren Montano. Kung may update na raw po doon kay Mary Jane Veloso? I think the Public Attorney’s Office daw is opposing the deposition in Kuala Lumpur?

Sige. Usa pa ka pangutana gikan ni Efren Montano. Kung naa na ba daw balita kang Mary Jane Veloso? Murag nikuntra daw ang Public Attourney’s Office sa Kuala Lumpur?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Wala pa ho kaming update, ang PCO.

Wala pa mi balita, ang PCO.

SEBASTIAN:
All right. Another question from Jo Montemayor. Sabi po niya: Why did President Duterte choose Secretary Aguirre as the Spokesperson on the Matobato allegation instead of Panelo who is the Presidential Legal Counsel?

Sige, usa pa ka pangutana gikan ni Jo Montemayor. Ana siya: nganong gipili ni Presidente DUterte si Secretary Aguirre para tagapagsulti sa mga sulti ni Matobato, dil man si Panelo, nga ang legal counsel ni Presidente.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Well, kasi mas alam po ni  Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre dahil ang alam ko ay he was also one of the lawyers during that time ‘no. I’m not just sure kung sino iyong naging kliyente niya pero sinundan niya po itong kaso na ito noong 2009, if I’m not mistaken.

Kay maskabaw man si Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, kay ang nahibawan nako kay usa siya sa mga lawyer ana nga panahon, no. Pero di ko sigurado kung knsa ang nakliyente niya pero nasundan lagi niya ang kani nga kaso, ato pang 2009, kung wala ko nasayop.

SEBASTIAN:
All right. Follow up po ni Ted Tuvera doon sa question niya tungkol kay Matobato. Si Senator Alan Cayetano daw po ang nagsabi na Plan B daw ng Liberal party?

Sige. Pagpadayon ni Ted Tubevera didto sa pangutana sama ni Matobato. Si Senador Alan Cayetano daw ba kag nagsulti na Plan B daw sa Liberal Party?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Siguro tanungin po natin si Senator Cayetano ‘no. Ako po ay wala akong direct information doon sa binanggit po ni Senator Alan Cayetano.

Siguro, pangutan-on nato si Senador Cayetano, no. Ako kay wala koy direkta nga impormasyon ana sa mga gipangsulti ni Senador Alan Cayetano.



SEBASTIAN:
Well, okay, sir, wala na po tayong natatanggap na mga questions from the MPC. Kung mayroon po ba kayong mga mensahe pa po para sa ating mga kababayan?

Sige sir. Wala na tay mga nadawat nga pangutana gikan sa MPC. Naa ba kay gustong isulti sa atong mga kababayan?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Hindi, wala na ho. Ganito na rin siguro, Albert, let’s wait na dumating iyong Norwegian national mula sa Jolo, Sulu. At abangan po natin ang magiging mensahe ni Secretary Jess Dureza, dahil sinabi po ni Secretary Jess they were able to recover other hostages. Wala lang akong detalye pero magandang development po iyan.

Wala, wala na. Kani nalang siguro, Albert, maghuwat tan a muabotto tang Norwgian national gikan sa Jolo, Sulu. Ug atngan nato ang mga mensahe ni Secretary Jess Dureza, kay sulti si Secretary Jess na naa pud daw silay nakuha nga lain nga bihag. Wala lang koy detalye, pero nindo na siya butanga.

And then, let’s savor this good news first, na ginawa po ng ating gobyerno. Nakita natin na nagpasalamat na po iyong Norwegian national sa ating Pangulo dahil sa kaniyang kalayaan ‘no, dahil nga kanina narinig niya at halos isang taon din siyang na-hostage ng Abu Sayyaf. Kaya let’s just savor this good news first, at alamin natin iyong bago pang mga detalye at bago pang balita na ibibigay sa ating ni Secrertary Jess Dureza sa Davao. Siya ay patungo ng Davao within the day from Jolo, Sulu. So tingnan natin, Albert.

Ug ug ma malipayon unga ta aning nindot nga balita, gikan sa gobyerno. Kita ta nagpasalamat ang Norwgian national sa atong Pangulo tungod sa iyang pagbuhi. Nga ganina lagi kadungog siya, ug halos usa siya ka tuog nga na-bihag sa Abu Sayyaf. Magmalipayon ta aning nindto nga balita,una, ug hibaw-an nato ang mga detalye ug mga bag-o nga balita nga ihatag ni Secretary Jess Dureza sa Davao. Muabot na to siya sa sa Davao ug usa ka adlaw, gikan sa Jolo, Suli. Mao na, tanawon nato Albert.

Maraming salamat, Albert. Mabuhay ka, mabuhay po ang lahat ng ating mga kasamahan sa Malacañang Press Corps at lahat ng nakikinig sa Radyo ng Bayan. Salamat po.

Daghang salamat Albert. Mabuhi ka, mabuhi ang tanan atong kuyog sa Malacanang Press Corps ug sa tanan nga naminaw sa Radyo ng Bayan. Salamat.

Q:                                           
Magandang umaga po, Sec.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Good morning, Angelo, Henry.

HENRY URI:
Secretary, paunawa lang natin sa ating mga kababayan iyong mga developments ngayon sa ating bansa at iyong mga statement ho ng ating Presidente. Talagang napakarami ho ng interpretasyon. Kayo sa PCO, paano ninyo gustong maintindihan ng taumbayan ang kasalukuyang administrasyon at ang ating Pangulo?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Well, ganito lang naman iyon eh. Kapag nagsalita po iyong Presidente ayâ€"halimbawa, kagabi, sabi niya… sabi ng Pangulo ay humihingi siya ng extra six more months. Well, kapag mga ganoon let’s called a spade a spade. Six months ang hiningi niya, at sabi ng Pangulo, ini-explain niya na talagang hindi niya in-expect na ganito kadami ang mga addicted sa droga. So humingi siya nang dagdag na anim na buwan. Madali lang intindihin iyon.

Nagkaka-problema lang tayo minsan kapag  iyong mga announcement ay, you know, like for example, madaling araw tapos mayroong mga medyo, ang tawag diyan “preponderous” na mga statement na kailangan pang i-analyze. Kaya nga kinaklaro natin sa Communications Office na lahat po ng clarification ay galing sa amin; iyan ang official line. Kapag hindi po galing sa amin, hindi po opisyal iyan. Pero hindi nangangahulugan na walang karapatan iyong mga Gabinete na magsalita. Pero iyon po ang understanding namin sa loob, na kami iyong unang mag-i-interpret, at kapag hindi namin kayang i-interpret, tatawagan namin iyong Cabinet official na mag-i-interpret mismo nung sinabi ng Pangulo.

Q:                           
Ayun, so kayo muna ang unang hihingian ng reaksiyon, kayo kasi dahil nga sa kinakailangan po ay mabilisan minsan na ... alam naman natin sa balita, iyong principle ng immediacy ano ho. Kailangan mabilisan parati. So kayo muna ang una naming tatanunngin. Kung hindi ninyo masagot, kayo na rin ang magku-course through nito sa Cabinet officials?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Oo, korek. Ganoon, ganoon lang ka-simple iyan. Now anything na hindi dumaan sa amin ay mayroon kaming disclaimer na, “Teka muna, hindi naman kayo dumaan sa amin at para tanungin kung ano iyong ... o klaruhin iyong statement na iyon.” But ngayon naman, Henry, sapagka’t mayroon nga tayong mga experience na ganiyan at iba-ibang interpretasyon, at nilinaw na natin ito sa Malacañang Press Corps na siyang nako-cover sa sa Pangulo na ganito iyong sistema natin.

Q:
Like for example, doon sa isyu na “Oust Digong.” Kasi sa isang press conference doon ko narinig iyon na sinasabi ni ano na mukhang itong mga “dilaw” ang nagpapakana. Is this just a loose talk? There’s no serious concern, there’s no serious activity or effort to oust the President?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Mayroon kaming mga naririnig-rinig na mga kuwento, parang anoâ€"halimbawa, mayroon isang Cabinet na official na sinabi sa akin, at mayroon ding nagsabi sa akin ‘no; ang media rin, nagsasabi na mayroong mga destabilization. Pero at the end of the day, Angelo, it’s really about the evidence that you have, ‘di ba. Kung mayroon talaga, you let me know kung mayroon talaga, kasi it is the concern for the government, and it should be a concern for the nation because it’s a destabilization talk. Hindi naman tama iyan, ‘di ba? Because we are in a democracy at iniluklok natin ang ating Pangulo sa pamamagitan ng isang eleksyon.

Q:           
Ako na ang nagsasabi, with the popularity of the President, hanggang ngayon ang kaniyang approval rating ay nasa ... tumaas pa yata eh â€" from 91, nadagdagan pa, Secretary. And with the support sa militaryâ€"for the first time, nakikita natin na ang isang sugatang sundalo ay niyayakap ang Pangulo eh. I don’t think an “Oust Digong Movement” will work.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Iyong nga po eh, Angelo. Ang masaklap pa dito, I was just talking to somebody sa New York ngayon who is also a member of the Cabinet â€" hindi ko na lang babanggitin iyong pangalan. Iyon din ang mga naririnig niya sa New York, na mayroong mga Filipino-Americans na nagpaplano. They are hatching a plan na to oust the President by January 2017 pa, may mga ganitong klaseng report. Kaya nga sinabi ko nga doon sa ... “Sir, mayroon ba tayong direktang ebidensya o narinig ba nila iyong mga tao na iyon?” Maraming kuwento eh, maraming ispekulasyon eh. But at the same, the surveys will show otherwise. Because ang mga Pilipino naman dito sa Pilipinas ay, like what you said, more than 90% supports our President.

But then again, if you have all of this news going around internationally, it does not help. Kasi alam naman natin na mainit ang mga banta doon sa banta sa Amerika â€" in the western world ‘no, mainit sa ating bansa ngayon. At medyo agrabyado tayo pagdating sa media exposure.

Q:
Pero ano ang inyong naiisip na hakbang para magkaroon tayo ng... kung hindi man equal o kung hindi man ho maging liyamado tayo sa media exposure eh maging equal naman kagaya po nang binabanggit ninyo na hindi nga ho tayo nakakakuha ng equal exposure, ano ho. Ano ho ang mga pinaplano?

SEC. ANDANAR:
We begin at the home front, Henry. Dito sa bansa natin we consolidate our friends in the media. Well not only consolidate but we streamline our communications process para hindi tayo magkaproblema sa media dito sa bansa natin. And then we spread out, and then we start with our OFWs, iyong ating mga social media supporters ‘no. We go to our neighboring countries and talk to the media there, and until such time that our message can reach the shores of the western world.

Q:
Pero ito naman lumaki lang naman ito dahil doon sa mga kantiyaw ng Pangulo kayâ€"actually, hindi naman kantiyaw kung hindi mga pahaging as to panghihimasok ng Amerika sa human rights issue?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Oo, but then again as you said… tama ka Angelo. They spot on, iyon talaga. But then again, we are also anoâ€"we have settle the issue and the media a few times already. You know, we are covering all the media fronts, lahat ng gustong kumausap sa atin, kinakausap natin. You know, talagang tuluy-tuloy na trabaho. Walang tigil ito, Angelo, on our part in the government plus iyong mga partners for change natin at tuloy-tuloy ganoon lang. We just have to make sure that no stone is unturned, is not unturned ‘no, iyon yun eh. Kasi pag-sumerender tayo eh, ano ang mangyayari, hindi ba. So will just have to continue what we are doing and institutions like DZRH is definitely a very big help for the image of the President and image of the country.

Q:
Secretary, kadalasang naririnig natin kapag papasok pa lang ang bagong administrasyon, ang sinasabi eh may honeymoon period pa naman iyan, three to six months. Kayoâ€"at hindi po exempted ang PCO riyan sa honeymoon period na iyan ano ho? Kayo ho ba sa tingin po ninyo ay nasa honeymoon period pa o kinakailangan po ay bigyan pa rin kayo ng extensions. Ano ang inyong take diyan?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Basta ang iniisip ko na lang, Henry, magtrabaho na lang tayo, tapos ganoon lang. Mahirap iyong kasi mag-isip pa ng honeymoon period, you expect something tapos iyon pala masasaktan ka lang dahil hindi ka naman binigyan ng honeymoon period. The most important thing here, Henry and Angelo, is from our hearts of heart we know that we are in a working hard for the good of our country ‘no. Wala iyong mga che-che-bureche na nagbobolahan lang tayo dito. Hindi. Talagang trabaho lang talaga tayo ng malinis. At iyon naman sa amin, sa PCO ganundin, meron tayong mga pagkakataon na nagkakamali tayo, eh tao lang tayo nagkakamali, ang sa atin lang naman ay at least ay hindi ako nagkamali sa mga bagay na pagdating sa pera, hindi ba? Maliliit na bagay, puwede namangâ€"hindi, I am not saying maliit na bagay iyong mga nangyari sa amin. Pero I think these are concerns na forgivable naman at something that we can learn from at alam ko rin naâ€"ako as far as my leadership is concerned, we accept criticisms constructively and we move forward. And we work not only twice as hard, thrice at hard, but five times more than our current situation right now. Iyon lang naman sa akin, basta ang importante that malinis ang konsensiya natin, nagtatrabaho tayo ng nagtatrabaho more than what we expected and making sure that no stone is not unturned.

Q:
Sec, naintriga lang po ba, mentras ga-istorya nga may ga-wangwang---ambulansiya?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Oo, ambulansiya dire saâ€"

Q:
Baka kasi marinig, kita ninyo si Secretary Andanar gumagamit ng wang-wang, hindi po. Obviously biglang may lumitaw na ano eh.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Napakatalas naman ng tenga mo.

Q:
Siyempre naman ang daming nakikinig ngayong mga journalist, baka mamaya biglang nasa column na naman iyan, oh kita ninyo si Secretary Andanar gumagamit ng wang-wang.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Ang magpapatunay niyan iyong mga guwardiya ng Manila Broadcasting Company dahil nasa tapat kami.

Q:
Pero Secretary, iyong binabanggit ninyo na at least hindi kayo nasisira sa pera. What do you mean by that?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Ano?

Q:
Iyong binanggit ninyo na at least kayo kung nagkakamali man, hindi kayo sa pera nasisira. What do you mean by that?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Hindi. Ang ibig ko hong sabihin kasi, usually sa government, iyong nangyayari sa gobyerno kasi natin, kapag merong mga isyu na-tsitsismis iyong tao, iyong pinakamalaki talaga corruption, hindi ba. So, iyong kumbaga iyong mga lapses naman naming sa PCO, eh wala namang kinalaman sa pera. Kumbaga ito ay mga lapses that can be definitely cured anytime and iyon ang nakikita natin na, kumbaga, these are forgivable lapses. So iyon ang sinasabi ko. Parang kino-compare ko lang na ang pinakakasalanan ng isang public servant ay iyong pera.

Q:
Sec, teka lang. Liwanagin ko lang, kasi baka mamaya mag-misquote na naman kayo.

Q:
Ito na pala, hindi nakilala, akala artista eh. Kaya sigurado ho tayo iyon kaninang wang-wang na iyon ambulasiya, dahil nandito sa tabi natin si Secretary Andanar.

Q:
Kanina pa pala kayo diyan sa labas eh.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Hindi kararating ko lang, dalawang ambulansiya iyong dumaan eh. Sabi ko daanan pala ito ng ambulansiya.

Q:
Anyway, liwanagin lang natin kasi baka ma-misquote na naman, sabihin na… there are talks about ano it, Oust Digong has reached the international community. Liwanagin ho natin, may nagtanong lang ho sa inyo noon, may nag-report o may nagtanong?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Hindi. May kausap po ako kani-kanina lang na kasama ho natin sa Gabinete at kinukuwento nga niya na… meron siyang mga nagre-report sa kanya, kuwento sa New York. May nagrereport din hindi ko na lang babanggitin, may nagre-report sa kanya na merong mga Filipino-Americans na kasama niya doon sa isang pagtitipon at ang kuwento sa kanya ay na-overhear sa isang teleconference na pinag-uusapan na Oust Digong hanggang January 2017 na lang. Sabi ko naman sa kasama ko, “pare, siguraduhin mo iyan,” dahil sabi ko hindi biro iyong ganyang balibalita ‘no. Peroâ€"but then again, we have to be very careful. Iyon ang mga kuwento.

Q:
Katabi ko na rin lamang is Secretary, ipapalinaw ko na rin sa kanya itong isang editorial.

Q:
Sumesenyas na si Dr. Joe Taruc. Sabi ni Dr. Joe Taruc, “baka gusto n’yo namang iwanan ako ng tanong.” 

Q:
Kasi lumabas dito sa isang editorial nitong isang pahayagan na ang Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ay may binanggit na, ito isa itong verbatim. In an unguarded moment recently, President Duterte himself blurted out on national television that 50 million had already been paid, ito ay… this was amid raw rumors at the time that the Abu Sayyaf had beheaded another captive. Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad was kidnapped from a resort he was managing on Samal. Ito nire-relate ito doon sa kidnap for ransom, doon sa ransom money na umanoy’ ibinayad para mapalaya itong mga captive ng Abu Sayyaf na ito.

Q:
Unang-una tanong siguro, may binanggit nga ba ang Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na may 50 million na had already been paid?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Hindi ganito na lamang ang sagot natin diyan. Kausap ko kahapon is Secretary Jess Dureza. Sabi ko, “Boss, merong mga isyung ganito na lumalabas. Ano bang linyada?” Well, sabi ni Secretary Jess Dureza, “we maintain a no ransom policy sa gobyerno. Ngayon kung meron mang third party o kung iyong pamilya ng biktima ay nagbigay ng ransom, wala na tayong alam diyan. Basta tayo sa gobyerno no ransom policy tayo.  And we maintain that and we will leave from that policy.”

Q:
The possibility is there, pero hindi galing sa gobyerno?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Iyon angâ€"kung meron mang mga third party na nagbibigay ng kanilangâ€"

Q:
Hindi mo naman mapipigilan din iyon.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Basta ang gobyerno natin eh we maintain a no ransom policy.

Q:
Sec., maraming salamat ha. I-reserve na daw naming iyong ibang tanong kay Dr. Joe, eh di sige.

Q:
Secretary Martin, thank you for joining us on the phone and live dito sa studio.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Gusto ko lang patunayan na iyong kasama ko kanina ambulansiya.

Q:                                           
Magandang umaga po, Sec.
Maayong buntag, Sec.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Good morning, Angelo, Henry.
Maayong buntag, Angelo, Henry.

HENRY URI:
Secretary, paunawa lang natin sa ating mga kababayan iyong mga developments ngayon sa ating bansa at iyong mga statement ho ng ating Presidente. Talagang napakarami ho ng interpretasyon. Kayo sa PCO, paano ninyo gustong maintindihan ng taumbayan ang kasalukuyang administrasyon at ang ating Pangulo?
Secretary, pasabton lang nato ang atong mga kababayan sa mga kalamboan karon sa atong nasud ug sa mga pamahayag sa atong Presidente. Tinuod nga daghan kaayo ug interpretasyon. Kamo sa PCO, unsa man ang paagi nga inyong gusto nga masabtan sa katawhan ang kasamtangang administrasyon ug ang atong Pangulo?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Well, ganito lang naman iyon eh. Kapag nagsalita po iyong Presidente ayâ€"halimbawa, kagabi, sabi niya… sabi ng Pangulo ay humihingi siya ng extra six more months. Well, kapag mga ganoon let’s called a spade a spade. Six months ang hiningi niya, at sabi ng Pangulo, ini-explain niya na talagang hindi niya in-expect na ganito kadami ang mga addicted sa droga. So humingi siya nang dagdag na anim na buwan. Madali lang intindihin iyon.
Ing-ani man gud ni. Kung mu-istorya ang Pangulo kay â€" kintahay, gahapon, ingon siya…ingon ang Pangulo nga nangayo siya ug dugang unom ka buwan. Busa, kung ingana, atong tawagong pala ang pala. Unom ka buwan iyang gipangayo, ug ingon ang Pangulo, nagpasabot siya wala gayud niya madahum nga ing-ani kadaghan ang mga adik sa drugas. Maong nangayo siya ug dugang unom ka buwan. Sayon ra man na sabton.

Nagkaka-problema lang tayo minsan kapag  iyong mga announcement ay, you know, like for example, madaling araw tapos mayroong mga medyo, ang tawag diyan “preponderous” na mga statement na kailangan pang i-analyze. Kaya nga kinaklaro natin sa Communications Office na lahat po ng clarification ay galing sa amin; iyan ang official line. Kapag hindi po galing sa amin, hindi po opisyal iyan. Pero hindi nangangahulugan na walang karapatan iyong mga Gabinete na magsalita. Pero iyon po ang understanding namin sa loob, na kami iyong unang mag-i-interpret, at kapag hindi namin kayang i-interpret, tatawagan namin iyong Cabinet official na mag-i-interpret mismo nung sinabi ng Pangulo.
Aduna lang tay problema kung usahay iyang mga pahibalo kay, kahibaw na ka, pareha sa pananglitan, buntag sayo unya naay mga medyo, iyang tawag ana “preponderous” nga mga pamahayag nga kanahanglan pa tukion. Mao ganing giklaro na namo sa Communications Office nga tanang mga pagklaro gikan sa amoa; mao na ang opisyal nga linya. Kung dili gani gikan sa amoa, dili na opisyal. Pero wala nagpasabot nga way katungod ang Gabinete nga mu-istorya. Mao na ang among pagsabot didto sa sulod, kami ag una mubaton, kung kung dili namo masabtan, tawagon namo ang mga opisyales sa Gabinete pa siya mismo ang mutuki sa giingon sa Pangulo.

Q:                           
Ayun, so kayo muna ang unang hihingian ng reaksiyon, kayo kasi dahil nga sa kinakailangan po ay mabilisan minsan na ... alam naman natin sa balita, iyong principle ng immediacy ano ho. Kailangan mabilisan parati. So kayo muna ang una naming tatanunngin. Kung hindi ninyo masagot, kayo na rin ang magku-course through nito sa Cabinet officials?
Kana, busa kamo sa una ang pangayoan ug reaksyon, kamo man gud ang kinahanglan  para paspas usahay nga… kahibalo ta basta balita, ang principle of immediacy, kuan. Kinahanglan paspas kalinagaw. Maong kamo sa una ang among pangutan-on. Kung dili ninyo matubag, kamo na ba pud ang magpaabot niani sa mga opisyales sa Gabinete?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Oo, korek. Ganoon, ganoon lang ka-simple iyan. Now anything na hindi dumaan sa amin ay mayroon kaming disclaimer na, “Teka muna, hindi naman kayo dumaan sa amin at para tanungin kung ano iyong ... o klaruhin iyong statement na iyon.” But ngayon naman, Henry, sapagka’t mayroon nga tayong mga experience na ganiyan at iba-ibang interpretasyon, at nilinaw na natin ito sa Malacañang Press Corps na siyang nako-cover sa sa Pangulo na ganito iyong sistema natin.
Oo, sakto. Ingana, ingana ra na kasimple. Karon kung naay bisan unsa nga wala niagi sa amoa, naa miy pagpasabot nga “Huwat sa, wala man mo niagi sa amoa ug pangutan-on kung unsa ang… o among klarohon ang katong pamahayag.” Pero karon pud, Henry, tungod kay naa na man tay naagian anang mga lahi-lahing mga interpretasyon, ug ato nang giklaro sa Malacañang Press Corps nga maong nagkuyog sa Pangulo nga ing-ani ang atong Sistema.
Q:
Like for example, doon sa isyu na “Oust Digong.” Kasi sa isang press conference doon ko narinig iyon na sinasabi ni ano na mukhang itong mga “dilaw” ang nagpapakana. Is this just a loose talk? There’s no serious concern, there’s no serious activity or effort to oust the President?
Pananglitan, adto sa isyu nga “Oust Digong.” Kay sa usa sa press conference didto nadunggan ang mga gipan-ingon ni kuan nga murag kaning mga “dilaw” ang nagpasiulo. Mga luag ra ba ni nga mga pag-istorya? Wala may seryoso nga kabalakahan, wala may seryoso nga paglihok o paningkamot nga tangtangon ang Presidente?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Mayroon kaming mga naririnig-rinig na mga kuwento, parang anoâ€"halimbawa, mayroon isang Cabinet na official na sinabi sa akin, at mayroon ding nagsabi sa akin ‘no; ang media rin, nagsasabi na mayroong mga destabilization. Pero at the end of the day, Angelo, it’s really about the evidence that you have, ‘di ba. Kung mayroon talaga, you let me know kung mayroon talaga, kasi it is the concern for the government, and it should be a concern for the nation because it’s a destabilization talk. Hindi naman tama iyan, ‘di ba? Because we are in a democracy at iniluklok natin ang ating Pangulo sa pamamagitan ng isang eleksyon.
Naa miy mga nadunggan nga mga istorya, murag kuan â€" kintahay, naay us aka opisyales sa Gabinete nga nag-ingon sa akoa, ug naa puy niistorya sa ako nga; media pud, nag-ingon nga naa kunoy destabilization. Pero pagkahuman sa adlaw, Angelo, naa ra gayud na sa ebidensya nga imong gikubtan, ‘di ba? Kung naa gayud, pahibaw-a gayud ko, kay usa na ka importanteng  kabalakhan  sa gobyerno, ug dapat gayud nga kabalakhan na sa nasud kay usa na ka istyorya sa destabilization. Dili man na sakto. ‘di ba? Tungod kay naa ta sa demokrasya ug atong gipili ang atong Pangulo pinaagi sa us aka eleksyon.

Q:           
Ako na ang nagsasabi, with the popularity of the President, hanggang ngayon ang kaniyang approval rating ay nasa ... tumaas pa yata eh â€" from 91, nadagdagan pa, Secretary. And with the support sa militaryâ€"for the first time, nakikita natin na ang isang sugatang sundalo ay niyayakap ang Pangulo eh. I don’t think an “Oust Digong Movement” will work.
Ako na ang nagingon, sa kasikat sa atong Presidente, hangtod karon ang iyang approval rating naa sa…murag nisaka pa man gani â€" gikan sa 91, napun-an pa, Secretary. Ug sa supporta sa military â€" sa unang higayon, nakita nato ang usa ka samara nga sundalo kay ninggakos sa Presidente eh. Wala ko naghunahuna nga mugana nang “Oust Digong Movement.”

SEC. ANDANAR:
Iyong nga po eh, Angelo. Ang masaklap pa dito, I was just talking to somebody sa New York ngayon who is also a member of the Cabinet â€" hindi ko na lang babanggitin iyong pangalan. Iyon din ang mga naririnig niya sa New York, na mayroong mga Filipino-Americans na nagpaplano. They are hatching a plan na to oust the President by January 2017 pa, may mga ganitong klaseng report. Kaya nga sinabi ko nga doon sa ... “Sir, mayroon ba tayong direktang ebidensya o narinig ba nila iyong mga tao na iyon?” Maraming kuwento eh, maraming ispekulasyon eh. But at the same, the surveys will show otherwise. Because ang mga Pilipino naman dito sa Pilipinas ay, like what you said, more than 90% supports our President.
Mao gani na, Angelo. Ag sakit pa dini, nakig-istorya ra ko bag-o pa sa usa ka tawo sa New York karon nga usa pud ka miyembro sa Gabinete â€" dili na nako kinahanglan iingon iyang pangalan. Mao pud na ang mga nadunggan sa mga taga New York, nga naay mga Filipino-American nga nagplano. Nagsugod sila ug plano nga pahawaon ang Presidente pag Enero 2017 pa, naay mga ing-aning klase sa mga report. Mao ganing ingon ko didto sa … “Sir, naa ba tay direktang ebidensya o nadunggan ba gayud nila ning mga tawhana? ” Daghan man gud kaayo ug mga istorya, daghang mga espekulasyon. Pero, ang mga survey lahi ang gipakita. Tungod kay ang mga Pilipino diri sa Pilipinas kay, ikaw nay nag-ingon, lapas 90% ang nisuporta sa Pangulo.

But then again, if you have all of this news going around internationally, it does not help. Kasi alam naman natin na mainit ang mga banta doon sa banta sa Amerika â€" in the western world ‘no, mainit sa ating bansa ngayon. At medyo agrabyado tayo pagdating sa media exposure.
Apan sa pag-usab, kung naa moy mga balita nga nikalat sa gawas, dili ni makatabang. Kay kahibalo man ta nga init ang mga hulga didto sa Amerika â€" didto kasadpang mga nasud, giinitan ang atong nasud karon. Medyo alkansi ta sa mga gipangbalita sa medya.



Q:
Pero ano ang inyong naiisip na hakbang para magkaroon tayo ng... kung hindi man equal o kung hindi man ho maging liyamado tayo sa media exposure eh maging equal naman kagaya po nang binabanggit ninyo na hindi nga ho tayo nakakakuha ng equal exposure, ano ho. Ano ho ang mga pinaplano?
Pero unsa man imong gihuna-huna nga mga kalihukan para aduna tay… kung dili man pareha o kung dili man ta ma-alkansi sa mga gipang-balita sa medya eh mahimong pareha anang imong gipang-istorya nga dili ta nakakuha ug mga parehang exposure. Unsa man ang inyong mga gipangplano?

SEC. ANDANAR:
We begin at the home front, Henry. Dito sa bansa natin we consolidate our friends in the media. Well not only consolidate but we streamline our communications process para hindi tayo magkaproblema sa media dito sa bansa natin. And then we spread out, and then we start with our OFWs, iyong ating mga social media supporters ‘no. We go to our neighboring countries and talk to the media there, and until such time that our message can reach the shores of the western world.
Magsugod ta sa atong balay, Henry. Diri sa atong nasud atong ipag-uban ang atong mga amigo sa medya. Dili lang ta mag-uban nila, kung dili ato pung ayohon ang atong proseso sa komunikasyon para dili ta mamoproblema sa medya diri sa atong nasud. Ug magpakalat ta, atong sugdan sa mga atong OFW, kanang mga taga-suporta sa social media. Moadto ta sa atong silingang mga nasud ug mu-istorya sa medya nila didto, hangtud muabot ang oras nga ang atong mensahe muabot sa baybayon sa kasadpan.

Q:
Pero ito naman lumaki lang naman ito dahil doon sa mga kantiyaw ng Pangulo kayâ€"actually, hindi naman kantiyaw kung hindi mga pahaging as to panghihimasok ng Amerika sa human rights issue?
Pero kani nidako raman tungod atong mga kantiyaw ni Pangulo kay â€" sa tinuod lang, dili man to kantiyaw kung dili mga pasabut sa pagsulod sa Amerika sa isyu sa human rights?


SEC. ANDANAR:
Oo, but then again as you said… tama ka Angelo. They spot on, iyon talaga. But then again, we are also anoâ€"we have settle the issue and the media a few times already. You know, we are covering all the media fronts, lahat ng gustong kumausap sa atin, kinakausap natin. You know, talagang tuluy-tuloy na trabaho. Walang tigil ito, Angelo, on our part in the government plus iyong mga partners for change natin at tuloy-tuloy ganoon lang. We just have to make sure that no stone is unturned, is not unturned ‘no, iyon yun eh. Kasi pag-sumerender tayo eh, ano ang mangyayari, hindi ba. So will just have to continue what we are doing and institutions like DZRH is definitely a very big help for the image of the President and image of the country.
Oo, pero ikaw na ang nag-ingon…sakto ka Angelo. Sakto, mao gayud na.  Apan sa pag-usab, kita man pud â€" ato nang nahusay ni nga isyu sa medya pipila ka higayon na. Kahibaw ka, kita nagatan-aw sa tanang atubangan sa medya, tanan gusto mu-istorya sa atoa, atong giistorya. Kahibaw ka, tinuod nga padayon ang trabaho. Walay undang, Angelo, sa atong parte sa gobyerno ug dugang pa ang atong mga kapares sa kabag-ohan nato, padayong lang. Kinahanglan lang nato siguroon nga walay bato nga wala mahalungkat, nahalungkat, mao ra man na. Kay kung musuko ta, unsa may mahitabo, ‘di ba? Busa ato rang ipadayon ang atong mga gipangbuhat  ug ang mga institusyon  sama sa DZRH dako kaayo ug tabang para sa hulagway sa Presidente ug hulagway sa nasud.

Q:
Secretary, kadalasang naririnig natin kapag papasok pa lang ang bagong administrasyon, ang sinasabi eh may honeymoon period pa naman iyan, three to six months. Kayoâ€"at hindi po exempted ang PCO riyan sa honeymoon period na iyan ano ho? Kayo ho ba sa tingin po ninyo ay nasa honeymoon period pa o kinakailangan po ay bigyan pa rin kayo ng extensions. Ano ang inyong take diyan?
Secretary, kadaghanan sa akong nadunggan nga kung musulod pa lang sa bag-ong administrasyon, ang giingon aduna pa man daw honeymoon period, mga tulo hangtud unom ka buwan. Kamo â€" ug apil ang PCO aning honeymoon period, dili ba? Kamo, sa inyong panan-aw naa pa ba mo sa honeymoon period o kinahanglan pa ba mo hatagan ug ekstensyon. Unsa man imong ma-istorya ani?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Basta ang iniisip ko na lang, Henry, magtrabaho na lang tayo, tapos ganoon lang. Mahirap iyong kasi mag-isip pa ng honeymoon period, you expect something tapos iyon pala masasaktan ka lang dahil hindi ka naman binigyan ng honeymoon period. The most important thing here, Henry and Angelo, is from our hearts of heart we know that we are in a working hard for the good of our country ‘no. Wala iyong mga che-che-bureche na nagbobolahan lang tayo dito. Hindi. Talagang trabaho lang talaga tayo ng malinis. At iyon naman sa amin, sa PCO ganundin, meron tayong mga pagkakataon na nagkakamali tayo, eh tao lang tayo nagkakamali, ang sa atin lang naman ay at least ay hindi ako nagkamali sa mga bagay na pagdating sa pera, hindi ba? Maliliit na bagay, puwede namangâ€"hindi, I am not saying maliit na bagay iyong mga nangyari sa amin. Pero I think these are concerns na forgivable naman at something that we can learn from at alam ko rin naâ€"ako as far as my leadership is concerned, we accept criticisms constructively and we move forward. And we work not only twice as hard, thrice at hard, but five times more than our current situation right now. Iyon lang naman sa akin, basta ang importante that malinis ang konsensiya natin, nagtatrabaho tayo ng nagtatrabaho more than what we expected and making sure that no stone is not unturned.
Basta ang gihuna-huna na lang nako, Henry, magtrabaho na lan g kita, tapos ing-ato lang. Lisod ‘to kay maghuna-una pa ug honeymoon period, magdahum ka sa usa ka butang tapos masakitan ra ka tungod kay wala ka hatagi ug honeymoon period. Ang pinaka-importante nga butang diri, Henry and Angelo, kay gikan sa among kasingkasing sa kasingkasing kahibaw kita nga kita nagtrabaho para sa kaayuhan sa atong nasud ‘no. Walay mg ache-che-bureche na nagbobolahan rat a diri. Dili. Tinud-anay nga magtrabaho kita na malimpyo. Kining amoa, sa PCO man, naay mga higayon na masayop kita, tawo ra pud kita masayop sad, ug para sa ato lang kay sa labing menos nga dili kita masayop sa mga butang pag-abot sa kwarta, dili ba? Gagmay nga butang, pwede manâ€"dili, wla ko gaingon nga gagmay nga mga butang ang nahitabo kanamo. Pero para nako kini maong mga kabalakhan na mapasaylo ra ug mga butang nga makakat-on kita ug kahibaw pud ko--- ako hangtud sa akong mabalak-an isip usa ka lider, mudawat kita ug mga criticisms constructively og mo-abante kita. Ug ningtrabaho kita dili ra ikaduha o ikatulo nga kalisud apan ikalima pa labaw sa atong kasamtanang sitwasyon nato karun. Mao ray ako, basta ang importante nga limpyo ang konsensya nato ug nagtrabaho kita ug nagtrabaho labaw pa sa gilauman kanato og pagsigurado nga no stone is not unturned. ( walay bato nga wala maliso )
Q:
Sec, naintriga lang po ba, mentras ga-istorya nga may ga-wangwang---ambulansiya?
Sec, naintriga lang ba, mentras ga-istorya nga naay ga-wangwang---ambulansiya?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Oo, ambulansiya dire saâ€"
Oo, ambulansiya dire saâ€"


Q:
Baka kasi marinig, kita ninyo si Secretary Andanar gumagamit ng wang-wang, hindi po. Obviously biglang may lumitaw na ano eh.
Basin madunggan, makit-an ninyo si Secretary nga gagamit ug wangwang, dili gyud. Klaro nga naay nitungha nga kuan.
SEC. ANDANAR:
Napakatalas naman ng tenga mo.
Haita gud sa imong dunggan.
Q:
Siyempre naman ang daming nakikinig ngayong mga journalist, baka mamaya biglang nasa column na naman iyan, oh kita ninyo si Secretary Andanar gumagamit ng wang-wang.
Siyemre, daghan ang naminaw karun na mga journalist, basin unya mukalit ra na ug kapunta sa column, oh makita ninyo si Secretary Andanar gagamit ug wangwang.
SEC. ANDANAR:
Ang magpapatunay niyan iyong mga guwardiya ng Manila Broadcasting Company dahil nasa tapat kami.
Ang magpakatinuod ana mao ang mga gwardiya sa Manila Broadcasting Company tungod kay atbang ra mi.
Q:
Pero Secretary, iyong binabanggit ninyo na at least hindi kayo nasisira sa pera. What do you mean by that?
Pero Secretary, ang imong gihisgot na sa labing menos dili ka madaot sa kwarta. Unsa imong pasabot ana?
SEC. ANDANAR:
Ano?
Unsa?
Q:
Iyong binanggit ninyo na at least kayo kung nagkakamali man, hindi kayo sa pera nasisira. What do you mean by that?
Katong nahisgot na sa labing menos ikaw kung masayop man, dili ka sa kwarta madaot. Unsay pasabot nimo ana?
SEC. ANDANAR:
Hindi. Ang ibig ko hong sabihin kasi, usually sa government, iyong nangyayari sa gobyerno kasi natin, kapag merong mga isyu na-tsitsismis iyong tao, iyong pinakamalaki talaga corruption, hindi ba. So, iyong kumbaga iyong mga lapses naman naming sa PCO, eh wala namang kinalaman sa pera. Kumbaga ito ay mga lapses that can be definitely cured anytime and iyon ang nakikita natin na, kumbaga, these are forgivable lapses. So iyon ang sinasabi ko. Parang kino-compare ko lang na ang pinakakasalanan ng isang public servant ay iyong pera.
Dili. Ang buot nako ipasabot kay, kasagaran sa gobyerno, ang nahitabo sa gobyerno nato, kon naay mga isyu na natsismis ang mga tawo, ang pinakadako gayud ang korapsyon, dili ba.Busa, kumbaga ang kakuwangan namo sa PCO, eh walay relasyon sa kwarta. Kumbaga kini kay mga kakuwang nga siguradong ma-ayo sa bisan kanus-a ug mao ang atong makita na, kumbaga, kini kay mga mapasaylo ra nga kakuwangan. Busa mao ang akong giingon. Murag akong gi-komapara lang ang pinakasala sa usa ka public servant ka yang kwarta.
Q:
Sec, teka lang. Liwanagin ko lang, kasi baka mamaya mag-misquote na naman kayo.
Sec, huwats sa. Klaruhon lang nako, kay basin unya ma-misquote napud ka.
Q:
Ito na pala, hindi nakilala, akala artista eh. Kaya sigurado ho tayo iyon kaninang wang-wang na iyon ambulasiya, dahil nandito sa tabi natin si Secretary Andanar.
Kini na daay, wala nailhan, na-abihan ug artista eh. Maong sigurado kita na katong ganina nga wang-wang na kato ambulansya, tungod kay naa dinhi tupad nato si Secretary Andanar.
Q:
Kanina pa pala kayo diyan sa labas eh.
Ganina pa daay kamo didto sa gawas.
SEC. ANDANAR:
Hindi kararating ko lang, dalawang ambulansiya iyong dumaan eh. Sabi ko daanan pala ito ng ambulansiya.
Dili, bag-ohay ra ko naabot, duha ka ambulansya ang niagi. Ingon ko na agi-anan day kini ug ambulansya.
Q:
Anyway, liwanagin lang natin kasi baka ma-misquote na naman, sabihin na… there are talks about ano ito, Oust Digong has reached the international community. Liwanagin ho natin, may nagtanong lang ho sa inyo noon, may nag-report o may nagtanong?
Klaruhon lang nato kay basin ma-misquote napud, ingnon na… naay mga pakigpulong bahin unsa kini, pagpalagpot kay Digong kay niabot na sa international community. Klaruhon lang nato, naay nagutana sainyoha sauna, naay nag-report o naay nangutana?
SEC. ANDANAR:
Hindi. May kausap po ako kani-kanina lang na kasama ho natin sa Gabinete at kinukuwento nga niya na… meron siyang mga nagre-report sa kanya, kuwento sa New York. May nagrereport din hindi ko na lang babanggitin, may nagre-report sa kanya na merong mga Filipino-Americans na kasama niya doon sa isang pagtitipon at ang kuwento sa kanya ay na-overhear sa isang teleconference na pinag-uusapan na Oust Digong hanggang January 2017 na lang. Sabi ko naman sa kasama ko, “pare, siguraduhin mo iyan,” dahil sabi ko hindi biro iyong ganyang balibalita ‘no. Peroâ€"but then again, we have to be very careful. Iyon ang mga kuwento.
Dili. Naay koy naka-istorya kaganiha lang na kauban nato sa gabinete ug gi-istorya niya nga na.. naa siyay mga nagreport niya, istorya sa New York. Naay nagreport pud dili lang nko ihisgot, naay nagreport sa iyaha na mga Filipino-American na kuyog niya didto sa usa ka pagpundok og ang gi-istorya sa iyaha kay nadunggan sa usa ka teleconference na gi-isturyahan na Oust Digong hangtud Enero 2017 na lang. Ingon nako sa kauban nko, “pre, siguraduha nimo na,” tungod kay ingon ko na dili biro ang mga ing-anang balita-a. Peroâ€"apan usab, mabinatayon kita . kato ang mga isturya.
Q:
Katabi ko na rin lamang is Secretary, ipapalinaw ko na rin sa kanya itong isang editorial.
Tupad na gyud nako si Secretary, ipaklaro na lang pud nako sa iyaha kining usa ka editorial.
Q:
Sumesenyas na si Dr. Joe Taruc. Sabi ni Dr. Joe Taruc, “baka gusto n’yo namang iwanan ako ng tanong.”
Ningsinyal na si Dr. Joe Taruc. Ingon ni Dr. Joe Taruc, “basin gusto ninyo ako binlan ug pangutana”
Q:
Kasi lumabas dito sa isang editorial nitong isang pahayagan na ang Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ay may binanggit na, ito isa itong verbatim. In an unguarded moment recently, President Duterte himself blurted out on national television that 50 million had already been paid, ito ay… this was amid raw rumors at the time that the Abu Sayyaf had beheaded another captive. Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad was kidnapped from a resort he was managing on Samal. Ito nire-relate ito doon sa kidnap for ransom, doon sa ransom money na umanoy’ ibinayad para mapalaya itong mga captive ng Abu Sayyaf na ito.
Kay ninggawas dinhi sa usa ka editorial sa kining usa ka mantalaan na si Presidente Rodrigo Duterte kay naay gihisgot na, verbatim kini. ‘In an unguarded moment recently, President Duterte himself blurted out on national television that 50 million had already been paid, ito ay… this was amid raw rumors at the time that the Abu Sayyaf had beheaded another captive. Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad was kidnapped from a resort he was managing on Samal’. Gi-relate kini didto sa kidnap for ransom, didto sa reansom money na giingon na gibayad para mapalaya kining mga bihag sa Abu Sayyaf.
Q:
Unang-una tanong siguro, may binanggit nga ba ang Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na may 50 million na had already been paid?
Pinakaunang pangutana siguro, naay gihisgot ba gyud ang Preseidente Rodrigo Duterte na naay 50 million na nabayran?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Hindi ganito na lamang ang sagot natin diyan. Kausap ko kahapon is Secretary Jess Dureza. Sabi ko, “Boss, merong mga isyung ganito na lumalabas. Ano bang linyada?” Well, sabi ni Secretary Jess Dureza, “we maintain a no ransom policy sa gobyerno. Ngayon kung meron mang third party o kung iyong pamilya ng biktima ay nagbigay ng ransom, wala na tayong alam diyan. Basta tayo sa gobyerno no ransom policy tayo.  And we maintain that and we will leave from that policy.”
Dili ing-ani nalang ang tubag nato ana. Naka-isturya nako gahapom si Secretary Jess Dureza. Ingon ko,”Boss, naay mga isyu na ing-ani na nanggawas. Unsa bang linyada?” well, ingon ni Secretary Jess Dureza, “we maintain a no ransom policy sa gobyerno. Ngayon kung meron mang third party o kung iyong pamilya ng biktima ay nagbigay ng ransom, wala na tayong alam diyan. Basta tayo sa gobyerno no ransom policy tayo.  And we maintain that and we will leave from that policy.”(nagpadayon kita sa no ransom policy sa gobyerno. Karun kkon naa may third party o kon ang pimilya sa biktima kay maghatag ug ransom, wala nata kahibaw ana. Basta kita sa gobyerno no reansom policy kita. Ug magpadayon kita ana og mubiya kita nianang polisiya)
Q:
The possibility is there, pero hindi galing sa gobyerno?
Naay posibilidad, pero dili gikan sa gobyerno?
SEC. ANDANAR:
Iyon angâ€"kung meron mang mga third party na nagbibigay ng kanilangâ€"
Kato angâ€"kon naa may third party na naghatag sa ilahanag--
Q:
Hindi mo naman mapipigilan din iyon.
Dili man nimo  mapugngan pud to.
SEC. ANDANAR:
Basta ang gobyerno natin eh we maintain a no ransom policy.
Basta ang gobyerno nato  eh nagpadayon kita sa no ransom policy.
Q:
Sec., maraming salamat ha. I-reserve na daw naming iyong ibang tanong kay Dr. Joe, eh di sige.
Sec, daghang salamat ha. Ireserba na daw namo ang ubang pangutan kay Dr. Joe, eh di sige.
Q:
Secretary Martin, thank you for joining us on the phone and live dito sa studio.
Secretary Martin, salamat sa pag-uban kanamo sa telepono og live dinhi sa studio.
SEC. ANDANAR:
Gusto ko lang patunayan na iyong kasama ko kanina ambulansiya.
Gusto lang nako ipagpamatuod na ang akong kuyog ganina kay ambulansya.

MERCADO:
Good morning, Secretary Martin.
Maayong buntag, Secretary Martin.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Good morning, Ka Orly. Magandang umaga sa lahat ng nakikinig ng Radyo 5.
Maayong buntag, Ka Orly. Maayong buntag sa tanang naminaw karon sa Rado 5.

MERCADO:
Okay. Ano ba ang paliwanag natin dito sa hinihinging extension ng Pangulo sa kaniyangâ€"hindi ba ito ay self-imposed deadline naman ito?
Okay. Unsa man ang  pagpatin-aw nato adto sa gipangayo nga extensyon sa Pangulo sa iyang â€" dili na kini deadline nga iyang rang gihatag sa iyang kaugalingon.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Kasi ang malinawag na sinabi ng Pangulo kahapon sa Davao, iyong turn-over kay Sekkingstad ‘no, ay sinabi niya na hindi niya akalain na ganito kalala ang problema sa droga. Seven hundred thousand na ang mga nag-surrender ‘no, mga drug users at drug pushers. Ang drug pushers, nasa mga singkuwento mil mahigit iyong mga drug pushers, tapos the rest ay mga drug users ‘no. So hindi niya inakala na ganoon kalala. Tapos mayroon pang additional 700,000 doon sa three million kaya sabi ng Pangulo â€" nagiging realistic lang naman ang ating Pangulo â€" na hindi kaya so kailangan pa ng six more months para masugpo talaga itong problema natin sa iligal na droga, Ka Orly.
Kay klaro ang giingon sa Pangulo gahapon sa Davao, katong paghatag kay Sekkingstad, ingong siya nga wala siya naghadum nga ing-ani ka grabe ang problema sa droga. Pito ka gatus ka libo na ang nisuko, mga tagagamit ug namaligya ug droga. Ag mga namaligya ug droga, naa sa mga singkwenta mil ug labaw pa ang mga namaligya, ug ang uban mga naggamit ug droga na. Busa wala siya nagdahum nga ing-ani ka grabe. Human naa pay dugang 700,000 adto sa tulo ka milyones nga ingon sa Pangulo â€" nahimo rang tinuoray ang atong Pangulo â€" nga dili gayud kaya maong kinahanglan pa ug dugang unom ka buwam para mawala gayud ang problema sa ilegal nga droga, Ka Orly.

MERCADO:
Siguro naman, well, I’m presuming that iyon naman ay self-imposed at saka binigay niya. Pero sa akin, ang basa ko roon ay parang, ayon na nga, unexpected iyong lawak nitong problemang ito. Tapos ang ginagamit niyang pilot eh iyong nangyari sa Davao which will certainly… even if it’s a large city in the Philippines eh it is nowhereâ€"tsaka wala tayong batayan na kaagad para makita, dahil underground activity ito eh, hindi ba?
Basin, ako naghuna-huna nga kato kay iya ra mang gihatag sa iyang kaugalingon ug iyang gihatag. Para sa akoa, ang akong basa ato murag, mao na to, wala gidahum ang kadako aning problemaha. Human iyang gigamit ang nahitabo sa Davao nga siguradong…bisag dako kini nga siyudad sa Pilipinas eh tua ra man ni â€" unya wala man tay basehan para Makita diretso, kay underground man ni nga kalihukan, ‘di ba?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Iyon nga po eh, wala tayong batayan. As a matter of fact, itong 700,000 plus ay puwedeng pumasa na ito sa Guinness Book of World Records, at iyong kampaniya ay puspusan talaga. In fact, sa sobrang dami ay kailangan natin iyong tulong ng Armed Forces of the Philippines, hindi lang ng Philippine National Police. So, sana intindihan po natin ang ating Pangulo kapag humingi siya ng additional na anim na buwan kasi nakita naman natin iyong resulta in the first how many days ‘no. Wala pa nga tayong 90 days at ganoon na kadami. So kung 90 days eh nasa 700,000, what more kapag 120 days ‘no, what more kapag six months, what more kapag one year.
Mao bitaw na eh, wala tay basehan. Sa tinuod lang, kaning 700,000 ug labaw pa pwede ni mupasar sa Guiness Book of World Records, ug ang kampanya tinuuray gayud. Sa pagkatinuod, kay nasobrahan ug kadaghan kinahanglan na nato ang tabang sa Armed Forces of the Philippines, dili ra Philippine National Police. Busa, maayo unta kung atong masabtan ang Presidente kung mangayo siya ug dugang unom ka buwan kay nakita man nato ang resulta sa unang mga pipila sa adlaw, ‘no. Wala pa tay nubenta ka adlaw ug ing-adto na kadaghana. Busa, kung nubenta ka adlaw naa na sa 700,000, unsa pa kaha kung 120 na ka adlaw, unsa na kaha kung unom ka buwan, unsa pa kaha sa usa ka tuig.
So bigyan natin iyong ating Pangulo ng pagkakataon, dahil ito po ay isang komprehensibong solusyon ang hinahanap natin. Hindi lang naman iyong paghuhuli o pagpapa-surrender doon sa mga drug users kung hindi kasamaâ€"[LINE CUT]
Maong atong hatagan ug oportunidad, kay kini kay usa ka komprehensibong solusyon ang atong gipangita. Dili ra ang pagdakop o pagpasuko adto sa mga drug user kung dili kauban ang â€" [LINE CUT]

MERCADO:
Okay. Itatanong lang natin kay Mar… nasira, nawala yung ating linya. Ang susunod na katanungan ko ay simple lang naman eh, it’s not so much the time that I’m concerned about kung hindi iyong pera. Iyon bang mayroon ba tayong supisyenteng pondo bukod sa additional time na kailangan niya para malutas itong problema. Don’t we need a budget na which is going to be an emergency budget. Kulang na sa pondo para doon sa mga nakapiit. Kulang na rin sa rehabilitation. Kulang din sa ... you know, in so many other needs, hindi po ba?
Okay. Ipangutana ra namo kay Mar…naputol, nawala ang linya. Ang sunod nga pangutana kay simple ra man, dili man ang oras akong gikabalakhan kung dili ang kwarta. Naa ba tay igong pondo walay labot ang dugang oras para masulbad ning problemaha. Dili ba ta nanginahanlan ug budyet nga mahimong budyet pan-dinalian. Kuwang na sa pondo para sa mga piniriso. Kuwang na pud para sa rehabilitasyon. Kulang pud…kahibaw na ka, sa uban pang mga kinahanaglan, dili ba?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Oo, iyon nga eh, komprehensibong solusyon talaga, Ka Orly. Iyong rehabilitation natin, isa iyon. Iyong swift justice, kasi hindi naman puwedeng naka-tengga lang sa mga korte iyong mga kaso niyang mga nahuhuli ‘no. So kailangan mabilis iyong hustisya, kailangan nandiyan iyong rehabilitation center, at pagkatapos ng rehabilitation center ay iyong support group after the rehabilitation. This should be a very comprehensive program.
Alam mo, masuwerte tayo, Ka Orly, kasi we are a very religious nation at maraming faith-based groups na tumutulongâ€"
Oo, mao bitaw na, komprehensibo na solusyon gyaud, Ka Orly. Ang rehabilitation nato, usa to. Ang swift justice, kay dili man pud pwede na naka-tengga lang sa mga korte ang mga kaso sa mga nadakpan. Busa kinahanglan paspas ang hustisya, kinahanglan nandyan ang rehabilitation center, ug inig human sa rehabilitation center ka yang support group inig human sa rehabilitation. Kini dapat usa ka comprehensive na programa.
Kahibaw ka, swerte kita, Ka Orly, kay usa kita ka-relihiyoso nga nasud ug daghang faith-based groups na ningtabangâ€"

MERCADO:
Diyan sa problema.
Dira sa problema.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Oo, sa problema natin sa iligal na droga at saka pag-rehabilitate. Kaya intindihin po natin, at sana intindihin po natin ang ating Pangulo, tanggapin po natin sana at tayo’y makipagtulungan pag humingi pa ang ating Pangulo ng six more months. Ito naman ay para din sa kabutihan ng lahat.
Oo, sa problema nato sa iligal na drogas ug sa pag-rehabilitate. Mao nga sabton nato ug unta sabton pud nato ang atong presidente, dawaton unta nato ug makigtambayayong kita kon mangayo pa ang atong presidente  ug unom ka buwan. Kini man pud kay para sa kaayuhan sa tanan.

MERCADO:
Kaya nga sinasabi ko kanina is that more than just the six months, maybe what is also needed would be in the budget in the hearing, in the budget deliberation are really serious money being put to shore up the judicial system, the criminal justice system ‘di ba?
Mao nga ning-ingon ko ganina  kay labaw pa sa unom ka buwan, basin unsajud ang kinahanglan sa budget sa hearing , sa budget deliberation kay seryoso kaayo ang ibutang nga kwarta paa i-shore up ang judicial system, ang criminal justice system ‘di ba?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Yes, oo, iyong criminal justice. So wala pa, hindi pa nga naa-announce ng Pangulo iyong kaniyang plano doon. Hindi pa naa-announce ni DOJ Secretary Aguirre ang plano niya. Kaya po, siguro po intindihin po natin ang ating Pangulo na lang at tayo po ay makisama at tayo po ay makipagtulungan. Eh kasi marami kasing nagba-bash sa ating Pangulo noong ina-announce niya. Pero alam naman natin na 91, more than 91% na iyong supporter ng ating Pangulo sa bansa natin, iyong confident. So sana po ay intindihin po natin. At ang Pangulo lamang ay alam na alam niya iyong extent ng problema, dahil siya mismo iyong nasa tuktok at mayroon siyang datos sa lahat ng nangyayari ngayon sa bansa natin.
Oo,oo, katong criminal justice. Busa wala pa, wala pa napahibalo sa atong presidente ang iyang plano para didto. Wala pa napahibalo ni DOJ Secretary Aguirre ang iyang plano. Mao nga, siguro sabton na lang nato ang atong presidente ug mouban kita ug magtinabangay. Kay daghan man guy ang nagbash sa atong presidente sa iyang pagpahibalo.  Pero kahibaw kita na 91, labaw pa sa 91% na ang ningsuporta sa atong presidente sa atong nasud, confident. Busa maynta sabtom nato. Ug ang presidente ra kay nasayud sa gidak-on sa problema, tungod kay siya mismo ang naa sa ibabaw og naa siyay datos sa tanang nanghitabo sa atong nasud karun.

MERCADO:
Iyong isa pang listahan na ipinakita niya doon sa isang meeting, hindi pa nare-reveal. May balita ba tayo kung kailan niya ilalabas iyon?
Katong usa pa ka listahan nga gipakita niya didto sa usa ka meeting, wala pa nabutyag. Naa ba kitay balita kon kanus-a niya ipagawas to?

SEC. ANDANAR:
Ayaw ko pong pangunahing ang ating Pangulo, Ka Orly. Pero nakita naman natin doon sa talumpati po ng ating Pangulo sa Bulacan na mayroon siyang makapal na listahan ng mga involved sa droga. So ang sabi po ng Pangulo ay ibibigay niya daw ito sa Armed Forces of the Philippines. At kung i-a-announce ito ng Pangulo ng isa’t-isa o hindi, ay antabayanan na lang po natin kung anong plano ng ating Pangulo.
Dili ko gusto pangunahan ang atong Presidente, Ka Orly. Pero nakita man nato didto sa gisulti sa atong presidente sa Bulacan na naa siyay baga nga listahan sa mga nalambigit sa drogas. Busa ang giingon sa Presidente kay ihatag daw to niya sa Armed Forces of the Philippines. Ug kon ipahibalo kini sa presidente sa isig-usa o dili, maghulat na lang kita sa kon unsay plano sa atong presidente.

MERCADO:
Okay. Thank you very much, Secretary Martin Andanar. Maraming salamat sa iyong pagsagot sa aming tawag.
Okay. Daghang salamat, Secretary Martin Andanar. Daghang salamat sa imong pagtubag sa among tawag.

SEC. ANDANAR:
Maraming salamat, Ka Orly. Mabuhay ka. Thank you.
Daghang salamat, K Orly. Mabuhi ka. Salamat.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte speech to the Star Troopers of the 5th Infantry Division (5ID) of the Philippine Army (PA) at Camp Melchor F. Dela Cruz (CMFDC) in Gamu, Isabela on September 17, 2016

Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Secretary Silvestre Bello, he’s from here. His house is just about kilometer away. Sumama siya sa akin to visit you. Undersecretary Arthur Tabaquero, Undersecretary Cesar Yano, General Ricardo Visaya, Lt. General Eduardo Año, Brigadier General Paul Atal, officers, men and women of the 5th Infantry Division Star Troopers, my beloved countryman, soldiers of this Republic.
Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Secretary Silvestre Bello, taga-diri ni siya. Iyang balay kay usa ra ka kilometro gikan diri. Nikuyog siya nako para bisitahon mo. Undersecretary Arthur Tabaquero, Undersecretary Cesar Yano, General Ricardo Visaya, Lt. General Eduardo Año, Brigadier General Paul Atal, mga opisyal, mga katawhan sa 5th Infantry Division Star Troopers, akong mga katagilungsod, sa mga sundalo ani nga Republika.

Uh I have a very limited time because nagsisira kaagad dito, I have to go to Cabanatuan for another appointment. But uh meron akong mga mensahe sa inyo. Well for one, we are talking now with the Oslo authorities providing the good offices para makapag-usap tayo sa mga komunista pati ang Republika.
Limitado ra ang akong oras kay magsirado dayon diri, kinahanglan pa ko moadto sa Cabanatuan para sa laing appointment. Pero naa koy mensahe ninyo. Una, nagsturya mi karon kuyog sa mga pamunuan sa Oslo nga naghatag sa maanindot na opisina para maka-istorya kita sa mga komunista ug sa Republika.

Now let me tell you from the heart, masakit to uh kasi alam mo natural enemy. But let me also remind you na itong natural enemy natin na gustong magpatayan rin, our Filipinos. And uh kaming lumaki, lumaki na, since estudyante kami noon, and thenuh naging Presidente ako. Basahin ko yung constitution, baliktarin ko man o sidewise. It is really my bolden duty to seek peace for the land. Ang trabaho ko is maghanap ng paraan kung paanonatin matapos ang patayan sa kapwa Pilipino.
Karon, pasultia ko ani gikan sa akong kasing-kasing. Sakit ni kay, kung kahibalo mo, natural nga kaaway. Pero pahinumduman usab ta mo nga kaning natural nato nga kaaway nga gusto sad magpinatyanay, atong mga Pilipino. Ug kami nga nidagko na, estudyante mi sauna, karon Presidente na ko. Akong gibasa ang constitution, ako mang bali-balihon, o itakilid, katungdanan nako ang mangita ug kalinaw para sa atong nasud. Ang akong trabaho kay mangita ug pamaagi kung unsaon nato paghuman ang patayan sa mga isig ka Pilipino.

And I have done everything as a matter of fact, even before I took my oath of office I was already sending sila si Secretary Bello and uh Dureza to the… to start the negotiation.
Sa pagkatinuod lang, nabuhat na nako tanan, sa wala pa ko nanumpa, ako nang gipaadto sila Secretary Bello ug Dureza didto sa…para masugdan ang negosasyon.

We are doing well, and in the fullness of God’s time I pray na magkaroon tayo ng kapayapaan. But ang problema natin kakaumpisa lang sa other side. The Mindanao is a very sticky issue. I come from a lola na Maranao, ang lolo ko Chinese. So in a way, if there is anybody who would also want peace, for my land, isa na ako. Because the Vice Mayor, si Pulong, yung kabarkada ni General Atal dyan sa Mindanao, lahat ng mga opisyal ninyo dumaan ng Mindanao so kilala ko. I’ve been Mayor for 23 years. Uh ‘pag naareglo natin itong mga komunista it is not a case where relax na tayo, because the your training would continue.
Maayo ra man mi, ug sa panahaon nga gitakda sa Ginoo, nag-ampo ko nga makaangkon ta ug kalinaw. Pero ang problema nato nagsugod pa lang sa pikas nga dapig. Ang Mindanao usa ka lagkit kayo nga isyu. Gikan sa usa ka lola nga Maranao, akong lolo Chinese. Mao nga kung naa may tawo nga ganahan pud ug kalinaw para sa akong lungsod, usa na ko.Kay ang Bise Mayor, si Pulong, kadtong kabarkada ni Heneral Atal dira sa Mindanao, tanan nga opisyal ninyo kay niagi sa Mindanao mao nga kaila ko. Usa ko ka mayor sa 23 ka tuig. Uh kung naareglo nato kining mga komunista, dili ni usa ka kaso nga magrelaks na ta, magpadayon pa ang inyong pagbansay.

In the horizon, at wag ninyo akong tanungin o dadating ba o hindi. Dadating yan. Sigurado ako and even if I’m no longer aroundâ€"you will remember me. Dadating yan kasi ito ang na-experience ko. So I find it easy to have access to every Moro tribe, for the reason that ah well lola ko Moro.
Sa gindalian, ug ayaw ko ninyo pangutan-a o moabot ba o dilI. Moabot na. Sigurado ko ug bisan wala na ko diriâ€"makahinumdom ra mo nako/ Moabot na kay mao ni akong nasinatian. Mao nga sayonan ra ko nga mosulod sa mga Moro nga tribo, tungod sa rason nga Moro akong lola.

I have talked to Jaafar, to Murad. Easily sabi nila, sige Rod, mag-usap tayo. Let us revive the talks. Now remember that Murad said before na kung hindi niya makuha ang BBL, he will go to war. At sinabi ko kasi pumunta ako doon sa kampo nila, at sinabi ko, ako na yung presidente magpatayan tayo gusto mo? And then to Jaafar.
Nakigsturya na ko ni Jaafar, dayun ni Murad. Sayon ra kaayo nga niingon sila nga sige Rod, magsturya ta. Atong ibalik ang mga negosasyon. Karon hinumdumi nga si Murad niingon sauna nga kung dili niya makuha ang BBL, makiggiyera siya. Ug miingon ko kay niadto ko sa kampo nila, ug niingon ko, ako na ang presidente, gusto mo magpatayan ta? Dayon ni Jaafar.

And si Nur Misuari, is ambivalent siya. Ang tingin ko si Nur will not commit now, he’s consolidating the forces, but he has lost control of the young men of the Moro generation. ‘Yang Abu Sayyaf na yan. Ang Abu Sayyaf no longer hungers for independence of Mindanao. They are no longer hungry for autonomy, they are hungry for a fight to establish a caliphate in Southeast Asia. Caliphate is a kingdom for the Muslims. Moro lang naman dito sa atin yan eh no. The natives, we call them Moro kasi Moro naman talaga yan sila. So ang ang problema is uh hindi na yan sila makipag-usap in the basis of anong maibigay mo eskwelahan or… it’s either the caliphate or nothing.
Ug si Nur Misuari, nagduhaduha siya. Tan-aw nako nga si Nur dili magtibway karon, iyang gitapok ang mga puwersa, apan siya nawad-an na ug kontrol sa mga batan-ong mga lalaki sa mga Moro nga kaliwatan. Kana nga mga Abu Sayyaf. Ang Abu Sayyaf wala na nagtinguha sa kagawasan sa Mindanao. Wala na sila nagtinguha para sa awtonomiya, ganahan na sila ug away aron matukod ang usa ka Caliphate sa Southeast Asia. Ang Caliphate usa ka gingharian sa mga Muslim. Moro ra man na diri sa atoa. Ang mga nitibo, gitawag nato sila nga Moro kay Moro man man jud na sila. Busa ang problema mao ang uh dlii na sila si makigstorya base sa kung unsay mahatag nimo eskwelahan o... usa ra niini, ang Caliphate o wala.

Ito you have to reorient and reinvent yourself. Because itong terrorism just like in the Middle East although may front war, may kasaling urban terrorism. Putok dito, putok doon araw-araw yan magtingin ka sa newspaper. CNN or lahat ng international network. ‘Yan ang problema. May banatan, maybe in mindanao talagang intense yan. So hindi kagayaâ€" ang ang NPA on the move. Naghahabulan kayo. Itong Abu Sayyaf kasi island lang naman, static yan sila diyan. Hanapan yan, pabilisan na lang ng tenga tsaka mata.
Kani, kaialangan nimo usbon ug bag-ohon imong kaugalingon. Kay kaning terorismo sama sa naa  sa Middle East bisan tuod naay front war, naay lakop nga terrorismo sa mga syudad. Buto diri, buto didto kada-adlwas na magtan-aw ka sa dyaryo. CNN o tanan nga intenasyonal nga network. Mao na ang problema. Naay banatan, siguro sa Mindanao tinuod nga grabi jud na. Mao nga dili parehasâ€"ang NPA naglihok. Nagginukdanay mo. Kaning  Abu Sayyaf lagi usa ra man ka isla, nagpundo ran a sila dira. Pangitaay na, paunhanay na lang ug dunggan ug mata.

So you have to train more. You have to reinvent yourself from almost a soldier in uniform, to all of you being intelligence operatives. Kasi karamihan diyan magpasyal ka mangamoy ka, hindi naman army to eh. So they come as parang farmers just like in the Middle East. May mga paputok na mga kotse yan hindi na yan kuntento dun sa Davao na bomba-bomba. So it’s a long fight ahead. Uh what I can assure you is uh for as long as I am President you will have all equipments and weaponry necessary to win the war, or at least to defeat them in every fight [applause].
Busa pagbansay pa mo ug dugang. Kailangan ninyo bag-ohon inyong kaugalingon gikan sa hapit usa ka sundalo sa uniporme, sa tanan kaninyo nga ingon nga mga intelligence operatives. Kay kadaghanan dira magsuroy ka, mannimaho ka, dili man ni kasundalohan. Mao nga miabut sila nga murag mga mag-uuma sama sa Middle East. Adunay silay mga pabuto na mga sakyanan, dili na sila kuntento didto sa Davao nga bomba-bomba. Busa kini usa ka taas pa nga away. Uh unsay akong ipaniguro kaninyo mao nga hangtod sa kadugayon nga ako Presidente, kamo makaangkon ug mga gamit ug mga hinagiban nga gikinahanglan aron sa pagdaug sa gubat, o sa labing menos sa pagpildi sa ila diha sa matag-away [namakpak].

‘Di kayo maluluma diyan because ah si Defense Secretary nga binigay ko absolute authority to buy whatever is necessary. Uh we are doing good to this sniper uh activity you learn more about it, at saka yung mga vest ninyo sabi ko lahat dapat magpasok, lalo na yung mga entry. ‘Pag kailangan lang. But all of you will be given the yung protection sa armour. And of course the weapons that you desire. But above all I have ordered and will uh…Binigyan ko kayo din ng almost half a billion.
Dili mo makaraan dira kay ah si Defense Secretary gani, gitagaan nako ug bug-os nga awtoridad nga mamalit ug bisag unsa na kinahanglan. Maayo ning sniper activity, makakat-on mo ug dugang bahin ani, ug kanang inyong mga vest ingon ko dapat magsulod labi na sa mga entrada. Kung kinahanglin lang. Pero ang tanan kaninyo matagaan ug proteksyon sa armor. Ug makuha usab ninyo ang mga armas na inyong ganahan. Pero labaw sa tanan nga akong gimando ug kabubut-on uh… Gitagaan pud mo nako ug hapit katunga sa bilyon.

Last time sa AFP nagpunta ako maraming kulang ninyo. Maraming…marami akong binili. MRI, barec, barec is for uh pag nag-aaway kayo jan di kayo naextract tapos nasugatan ka sa kamay paa, at yung gangrene basta maipadala kalang mailipad ka sa… And my orders are yung Presidential Plane ko binigay ko na sa Armed Forces for the use as ambuâ€"air ambulances maski sa sundalo lang basta medyo magdating na yung gangrene ganun ilipad kaagad.
Sa niagi niadto ko sa AFP, daghan ug kulang ninyo. Daghan ko ug gipamalit, MRI, barec, ang Barec para kung nag-away mo dira wala mo nakuha unya nasamdam ka sa kamot, tiil. Ug kadtong gangrene basta mapadala ra ka malupad ka sa… Ug ang akong mga mando mao tong Presidential Plane nako gihatag na nako sa Armed Forces para gamiton nga mga air ambulance maski sa sundalo ra basta lang medyo mag-abot na tong mga gangrene ilupad dayon.

It is like a tank where yung divers, tapos mas mabilis pa sa sila sa bubbles and they disappear before the vents yun ilagay ka doon and the circulation will help you normalize or stabilize your lahat na pwede para makabuhay. And uh yung mga field hospitals ninyo I’d like to mention it to you now for the first time. Uh somebody is giving us one billion to ‘yung sa mga Davao meron doong ospital we will complete it so that uh kung maari lang ipauna ko yung mga sa Sulu. Doon ko ilagay yung ospital namga operating rooms lahat ng kailangan somebody is giving us but he does not want me to mention his name. Pero ewan ko lang someday maybe mag-leleak din yan. He wants to start, as a matter of fact he is also starting to build a rehab for the addicts sa Cebu.
Mura nag mga tanke sa mga manalomay, unya mas paspas pa sila sa bula ug mawala sila duol sa mga bentahe unya ibutang ka didto u gang sikulasyon kay makatabang kanimo sa pagnormalisa o paganad sa tanang pwede para makabuhi. Ug ang mga field hospital ninyo, gusto ko muingon karon nga sa unang higayon. Adunay nihatag sa atoa ug usa ka bilyones, sa Davao naay hospital didto ug ato ning kumpletohon para uh, kung pwede ako sang ipauna ang mga naa sa Sulu. Didto nako ibutang ag mga hospital nga naay mga operating rooms nga naa tanang kinahanglan, naay gahatag nato niani pero dili niya gusto istorya ang iyang pangan. Pero wala ko kahibalo, basin usa ka adlaw mugawas ra diay na. Gusto niya sugdan, sa tinuoray lang, nagsugod ug tukod ug rehab para sa mga adik sa Cebu.

So lahat yan uh ipalapit ko yung mga ospital na for life-saving and I said there are about… ilang eroplano ba ‘yan sa Presidential ano. I’ve given that up.‘Di ko na nagamit ni minsan.Sabi kogamitin na ninyo yanfor ambulances. For those na kailangan ng ospital kaagad sa Maynila madala kaagad kayo doon to save lives and everything.
Busa katong tanan, ipaduol nako ag mga hospital nga nagluwas ug mga kinabuhi ug ako niingon nga naay…pila gani ka eroplano ang naa sa Presidential kuan, ako na nang gitugyan. Wala pa na nako nagamit bisan kas-a. Ako nag-ingon nga gamita nalang na ninyo para ambulansya. Para atong mga nanginahanglan diretso ug hospital didto sa Manila para madala diretso ug maluwas ang kinabuhi ug uban pa.

And do not be afraid as a soldier. Alam ninyo ‘yan eh. Nung pumasok kayo pagkasundalo alam ninyo ‘yan. But you know let me be very philosophical about it. Hindi pa kayo pinanganak. Wala pa yang nag-asawa yang tatay pati nanay mo, lahat tayo dito sa mundo may guhit [rubs palms].Believe me, wag kayong makinig saâ€" may chaplain ba dito, wala? Are you here ha? Andito yung chaplain? Wag ka sanang ma-offend. But lahat tayo bago kayo pinanganak, alam na ng Diyos kung san kayo ilagay at kailan ka hanggang. And you chose to be soldier nandyan na yan sa palad ninyo. That when the time comes, when you grow old enough to decide for your own that you will become a soldier is already written in your destiny.
Ug ayaw kamo kahadlok ingon sa usa ka sundalo. Kahibalo namo ana. Kadtong nisulod mo isip sa us aka sundalo kahibalo na mo anha. Pero kahibaw mo, tuguti ko nga magpinilosopo bahin ani. Wa pa mo gipanganak. Wa pa nag-asawa ag inyong mga amahan ug inahan, kita tanan diri sa kalibutan adunay marka [ninglugod sa palma]. Tuo kamo kanako, ayaw mo paminaw anang â€" naa bay kapelan diri, wa? Naa ba diri? Naa diri ag kapelan? Dili unta ka masuko. Pero kitang tanan sa wa pa mo gipanganak, gahibalo na ag Ginoo kung asa mo ibutang ug hangtod kanus-a. Ug kamo nipili nga mahimong sundalo, naa na na sa inyong mga palad. Ug kung muabot na ang oras, kung matigulang namo ug makabuot na mo sa inyong kaugalingon nga gusto mo masundalo nakasulat na na sa inyong kapalaran.

So if pinili ninyo yan, so hindi sabihin mo mamatay. But you play with life and death. But that is natural. Kung ako ang sundalo, papiliin mo ako in the field of honor sa battlefield o paabutin mo ako ng 70 years old, ang sakit ko bangungot mamatay ay putangâ€"edi dito na ako sa [stutters] soldier, you should die as a soldier. Bakit ka pa mamimili ng iba? But if you are good enough, well at least maka lima anim ka lang naman tabla na but, most of you will survive. I know that.
Busa kung inyo nang gipili, dili nato ingnong mamatay. Pero gaduwa kamo sa kinabuhi ug kamatayon. Pero natural man na. Kung ako ag sundalo, papilion ko nimo sa field of honor sa gubatanan o paabuton ko nimo ug 70 anyos, ag sakit nako bangungot mamatay ay, putang â€" edi didto nalang ko sa [nagbagulbul] sundalo, mamatay ka nga usa ka sundalo. Pero kung maayo ka, makalima o makaunom ka ka table, kadaghanan sa inyo makabuhi. Kabihalo ko niana.

Di naman mga casualties [stutters] modern medicine, modern lahat. As a matter of fact I said yung mobility inyo is faster by allowing you to use yung eroplano na para sa akin, sainyo na yan. Hayaan naninyo ako.Kaya ko nang mag-commercial-commercial. So prepare for that eventuality because ang kalaban ninyo dito sabog, sabog.
Dili man mga naangol [nagbagulbul] bag-ong medisina, bag-o na tanan. Sa tinuoray lang, ako niigon nga ang mobilidad sa inyo mas paspas kay gitugutan ko kamo nga mugamit sa eroplano nga para sa ako, sa inyo na na. pasagdi nalang ko. Kaya na nako magkomersyal-komersyal. Busa pag-andam kamo kadugayan kay ag kalaban ninyo didto, gabuto buto.

So magbantay kayo yung…you know you have to learn from the police.Yung nakatapos sa mga ganun. Pagtingin lang sa isang bag and yung ano yung movement sa eyes, typical yan. Kaya ninyo ano yan, nakaganun naka-shades, ayaw halos makita yung configuration ng mukha. Tapos may bag, very casual but very nervous. Kaya ninyo yan, pag-aralan lang ninyo ng mabuti. Profile, the profiling of a bomber or a terrorist.
Busa pag-andam kamo kung…kahibalo mong dapat mo makakat-on sa mga pulis. Katong nakahuman sa mga ing-adto. Pagtan-aw lang sa us aka bag u gang nilihokan sa mata, tipikal na na. kaya na na ninyo, nag-ingadto nag-shades, dili na halos Makita ag itsura sa nawong. Human naay bag, kaswal ra pero gikulbaan. Kaya na na ninyo, tun-i gayud ug tarong. Profile o ag pang profile sa mga mambobomba o terorista.

Now the second I said,you will have everything you need, walang problema,ibigay ko sayo lahat. Second is yung sa droga. I do not know if I will survive the six years or not. But if I do not survive the six years, in the ponderables of life, whatever the cause maybe kailangan ko pumunta dito nalate ako ng konti, konti lang naman.
Karun ang ikaduha ingun ko, makuha ninyu ang tanan na inyung kinahanglan, walay problema, ihatag nako sa inyu tanan. Ikaduha kay ang droga. Wa ko kaibalo kung buhi pako anang 6 ka tuig, ug unsa panay rason basin kailangan ko mu adto diri nalate ko gamay, gamay raman sad.

Because I had to pass by the headquarters yung sa PSG sa likod because the doctor there died yesterday, and I had to pay my respects to the wife and the child.[stutters] Hindi naman talaga natin alam, and he was very young, 57 years old. So yan ang mga bagay-bagay. But if I do not survive, pahingi na ako ng ano, alam mo adre hindi naman ako kulang abogado ako eh.
Kay kailangan ko mu-agi sa headquarters sa PSG sa likod ka yang doctor didto namatay kahapon, ug kailangan ko muhatag ug respetar sa asawa ug sa anak. Wa man jud ta kaibaw, unya bata kaayo siya, 57 years old. So mao nang mga butanga. Pero ug di ko makahuman, mangayo lang ko, kaibaw mo adre, wa man ko magkulang abogado ako eh.

Pero sa karami, hindi ko kaya patayin lahat, baka ako pa ang patayin nito. You know, ito lahat yan, ang last. Mayor, Mayor Reynaldo Flores, HVT, high value target, Naguilian, La Union, La Union, validated. Tapos dito sa isang page, mayor, mayor, assemblyman, mayor, vice-mayor… dito sa iba naman puro barangay captain, puro barangay captain, Barangay Captain Boni Sultan, Lumati, Maasin, municipal councilor, alam mo ang kontra ko dito governor, congressman, mayor, barangay captain. Nasa gobyerno. How can I build a case na ganito.
Pero sa kadaghan, di nako kaya patyon tanan. Basin ako pa ang patyon diri. Kaibaw mo, mao ni tanan, ang last. Mayor, Mayor Reynaldo Flores, HVT, high value target, Naguilan, La Union, La Union validated. Unya diri pa sa usang pahina, mayor, mayor, assemblyman, mayor, vice-mayor... diri naman sa lain puro barangay captain, barangay captain Boni Sultan, Lumati, Maasin, municipal councilor, kaibaw mo ang akong kontra diri, governor, congressman, mayor, barangay captain. Naa sa gobyerno. Unsaun nako pag himo ug kaso ani?

Sa karami sabihin ng human rights tong mga torpe na, you build a case then you file them. Pano, san ako maghanap ng pulis na tayo [stutter] you are preparing for war, ito oh. Saan ako mag. Kagaya si Loot, Region 1, nandiyan yang pangalan nya, General Loot. Region 2 nandoon yung pangalan nya, Region 3 nandoon yung pangalan nya, Region 4 nandoon.
Sa kadaghan mu-ingon ang human rights katong mga torpe na, mag himo kag kaso unya mag i-payl nimo sila. Unsaun, aasa ko makakita ug pulis na ato (stutter) kamo kay nag-andam para sa gubat, kani oh. Asa ko mag, parehas si Loot, Region 1, naa diha iyang pangalan, General Loot, Region 2 naa pud adto iyang pangalan, Region 3 naa pud iyang pangalan, Region 4 naa.

What does that mean? It means to say that wherever he was assigned, he was into drugs. That is what it means. Eh yun ang mga kalaban…Kaya sabi ko kapag, if it would outlast me, kung nawala ako bigla, ang hignin ko sainyo, lahat sa inyo, lahat kayo, pati mga journalist. See to it that this country will not take a spin. Kasi ito, the whole of the Philippines ang tinamaan.
Unsay pasabot ana? Pasabot ana na basin asa siya gi-assign, naa siya ga droga. Mao na ang pasabot. Eh kung ang mga kontra… mao ingon ko na, kung mas magdugay pana nako, kung nawa rako ug kalit, mangayo ko ninyo, sa inyong tanan, apil sad ang mga journalist. Siguradua ninyu na ang nasud dili mubilik. Kay kani, ang tibuok Pilipinas ang naigo ani.

Hindi ninyo alam yan, hindi ko rin alam yan. Sa Davao istrikto lang ako. May namamatay, kaya ako binibira na human rights violator. Pero napresidente ako nung piniga ko lahat noong naglabasan na, ito na yun. Entire republic of the Philippines. Police, PO3, PO1, PO3, PO3, PO3, tapos may inspector, ibigay ko ito sa Armed Forces [stutter]. Ito yung problema.
Wa mo kaibaw ana, wa sad ko kaibaw ana. Sa Davao strikto lang ko. Naay nangamatay, mao na gi-bira ko na human rights violator. Pero napresidente ako katung ako na gipuga ang tanan naggawas na. Mao na ni. Tibuok Republic of the Philippines. Police, PO3, PO1 ,PO3, PO3, PO3, unya naay inspector, ihatag nako ni sa Armed Forces (stutter). Mao ni ang problema.

Ang bayan ng Pilipinas hindi talaga umangat. Parang sa runway tayo. Full blast lang bomba na ng…ayaw talagang umangat. One corruption sa gobyerno, kita mo naman dito pati mga pulis, pati mga barangay captain. Paano tayo aangat? Paano tayo aangat eh tagal ganito ang buhay natin? Then corruption sa airport diyan sa Customs, Immigration, pahirapan pa, sabagay ngayon wala na. Talagang marinig ko na isang balita lang, out ka. Hindi na ako maghintay na lecheâ€"talagang… kaya nga ngayon I want zero. At least makinabang ang ating mga kababayan.
Ang bayan na Pilipinas, di jud mu-angat. Mura ta ug runway. Full blast lang bomba lang… di jud mu-angat. Una korupsyon sa gobyerno,m kita man ninyo asta pulis, asta barangay captain. Unsaun nato pag-angat? Unsaun nato pag-angat dugay kaayo kung ingun ani atong kinabuhi? Unya korupsyon sa airpotrt diha sa Customs, Immigration, palisoday pa, pero sabagay karon wala na. Ug makadungog ko bisan usang balita lang, gawas naka. Di nako maghuwat na lecheâ€" mao na ganahan ko karun na zero. Labing minos, makinabang ang atong mga kababayan.

Pero ito ang pinakamabigat. Corruption ito plus crime. Alam mo itong droga, Adre. Ito’ pag nag-asawa, may [stutters]‘pag napasok ang babae o lalake sa droga, ‘yang pamilya na yan, would be dysfunctional. It would not function as a family. Sira na. So karaming tatamaan nito, humawak ng droga, magsabi ka ng mga dalawang milyon sabi ng PDEA noon three million.‘Wag mo nang dagdagan except yung nagsurrender 700,000. Thousands… [stutters] all over the country.
Pero kani ang pinakabug-at. Korpusyon ni ug krimen. Kaibaw ka aning droga adre. Kani kung mag-asawa, naay stutters) pag sulod sa babae ug lalaki sa droge, kanang pamilyaa na, kay kuyaig. Di na na siya mugana nga pamilya. Guba na. so kadaghan na naigo ani, nigamit ug droga, mag ingun ka na naa sa duha ka milyon ingun ng PDEA sauna 3 million. Ayaw na dungagi way labot atong nagsurrednte 700,000. Libo… (stutters) sa tibuok nasud.

Edi anong mangyayari ng bayan natin? Plus the corruption? Tapos may gulo patay na hinaharap. May terrorism. Talagang [stutters] but first ang masira sa atin ang gobyerno. Wala akong sinasabi sa inyo. I’m just saying that the ultimate warrior sa constitution to protect the people is the Armed Forces of the Philippines. So bahala na kayo kung ano ninyo ang isipin ninyo ito kung walang tao [stutters]. Inyo yan eh. Sa constitution is to preserve. To preserve ang ating…again sa panahon ko kung six years wala kayong takot.
Unya unsa na may mahitabo sa atong nasud? Idugang pa ang korapsyon. Human naa pay gubot sa pagpatay nga giatubang. Naay terorismo. Tinuod nga unang madaot sa ato ag gobyerno. Wala koy giingon sa inyo. Ako nag-ingon nga an gag pinakakusog nga manalalaban sa konstitusyon para protektaan ang mga tawo ag Armed Forces of the Philippines. Busa kamo nay bahala kung unsa inyong huna-hunaon kung walay tawo. Inyo man gud na. Ag sa konstitusyon kay pagpreserba. Pagpreserba sa atong…usab sa panahon ko kung unom ka tuig wa moy kahadlok.

Lahat na gawin ninyo, sa utos ko, akin yan. Ako ang magpakulong. Sabihin lang ninyo utos yan ni Mayor Duterte. Siya na ang tanungin mo. Kami nagtratrabaho lang, sumusunod si Mayor siya yung Mayor. Siya yung ikulong ninyo. O walang problema. Ako ang magpakulong. Trabaho lang kayo. Just do what is the mandate of the constitution. At ako na ang bahala dito sa inyo. I will protect you. I will not allow one policeman, or one military to go to jail for doing his duty. Yan ang, inyong trabaho yan. Baka nakalimutan ninyo, inyo yan.
Buhata na ninyo tanan, sugo nako, ako na. ako ang pagpapriso. Ingna lang ninyo nga sugo na ni Mayor Duterte. Siya ra ag pangutan-a ninyo. Kami nagtrabaho ra, sumusunod lang kang Mayor. Siya ag ipriso ninyo. Way problema. Ako ag magpapriso. Trabaho ra mo. Himoa ra aang mandato sa konstitusyon. Ug ako ra ag bahala ninyo diri. Ako kamong protektahan. Dili ko musugot nga naay us aka pulis, us aka military nga mapriso sa pagbuhat sa iyang obligasyon. Mao na, inyo nang trabaho. Basin nakalimot mo, inyo nang trabaho.

To protect ang police diyan lang, pero pagsabog yan, inyo yan. Do not allow the country to disintegrate. Hindi na ako magtagal…Bong saan na yung…because you are listening, bilib ako sa, ganito nalang Bong,ito nalang i-donate nalang niya sa gobyerno.For would the understanding na yung sinong mayhawak nito, doon ibigay. Kasi kung i-process mo pa sa kung alisin siya magkuha pa ito ng mga… [person speaking in background] di, hindi personal. Kasi apply-an pa nila eh. So mag-uwi pa yan magkuha ng licens--clearance ng fiscal, may hingian pa yan. Wag kayong maghingi barilin mo. Putangina.
Ang pagprotekta, sa pulis na,  pero ang pagbuto, inyo na. Ayaw kamo kasugot nga mabungkag ang atong nasud. Dili nako magdugay…Bong asa na tong…kay kamo naminaw, bilib ko sa, ingani nalang Bong, kani nalang ihatag sa sa gobyerno. Para asa, sa pagsabot kung kinsa ang nagkubot niani, didto ihatag. Kay kung imong iproseso pa ang pagkuha niining mga… dili, dili personal. Kay aplayan pa na nila. Sa pag-uli pa na makuha ag lisensya, clearance sa piskal, naa pa nay pangayoay. Ayaw mo pangayo, pusila. Putanang ina.

Ngayon, kasi because you are uh, good listeners. Pero bigyan ko kayo, when the time comes na medyo ang ano delikado na at uh more of intelligence na, bigyan ko kayong lahat. Mamaya may may dating sa inyo, maghintay lang kayo. Pero for now, mag-distribute na ako sabihin mo Bong saka ano, to donate it in bulk, tanggapin ng property officer ng Armed Forces pero kung sino yung makabigay sa kanyang MR pero kanya na ‘yon, understood na ‘yon.
Karon, kay naminaw man mo ug maayo, hatagan ko kamo ug, kung muabot na ang panahon mga medyo delikado na ug daghan na ug intelligence, hatagan ko kamo sa tanan. Unya naay muabot sa inyo, paghuwat ra mo. Pero sa karon, maghatag nako ug Bongm ingna nga ihatag na ni sa bulto, dawata na sa property office sa Armed Forces pero kung kinsa ang makahatag sa iyang MR pero sa iyaha na na, masabtan na na,

Mas madali. So hindi ko man dala lahat ang baril, hindi mag take off yung helicopter [stutters]... Tatlo lang muna, bigay ko kay [inaudible] Atal, siya na ang magpa-lottery. I-lottery mo lang tatlo yan [applause]. Glock. Anong capa yan? Glock ah 45, its about six shots. Seven lahat tong kargahan mo ata o six. Yan ang Glock. Meron naman kayong Glock noh? Ang problema sa Glock ang lock nandiyan sa trigger. Kaya kapag mag sanay ka lalo na kung makainom ang boang, pagputok, baka isang bayag nalang ang maiwan.
Mas sayon. Busa wala man nako gidala tanang pusil, dili mag take off ang helicopter. Tulo sa, ihatag nako kay Atal, siya na ag nagpaloterya. Iloterya na niyo nang tulo. Glock. Unsay capa ana? Glock ah 45. Mga unom na tira. Pito man siguro ag kargahan o unom. Mao nay Glock. Naa may Glock noh? Ag problema sa Glock ag lock naa sa trigger. Mao kung naanad mo samot na kung nakainom ag bu****, pagbuto, basin usa nalang ka itlog ag mabilin.

Just be careful yang Glock, [stutters] ang army kasi di naman ang [stutters] main weapon ninyo eh, secondary weapon lang, you dont have to cock it. Pero tatlo yan but everybody will have. Hindi kami [stutters] mag order ako. Yung ganon na ano.. so okay na yan. Punta kayo sa bayan surveillance, inom-inom doon. ‘Pag malasing walang ibang makitang kontra, yung pulis ang kalabanin [laughs]. Pagbasa ko [stutters] shoot out policeman pati army. Wala mang kalaban, kundi sila-sila nalang.
Pag-amping lang, kanang Glock, ang kasundaluhan dili man gud ang inyong nag-una nga hinagiban, ikaduha nga hinagiban ra, di nimo kailangan himuong manok. Pero tulo na pero ang tanan makaangkon. Dili mi… magmando ko. Ingadto na kuan.. so ok na kana. Adto mo sa bayan surveillance, inom-inom didto. Kung mahubog walay laing makit-an na kontra, kadtong pulis ang kalabanon [nikatawa]. Pagbasa nako… pusila ang pulis apil ang sundalo. Wala may kalaban kundi sila-sila ra.

Di na ako magtagal, but I--I’m  wala akong kunin dito. Ang nandito na-erase na, yang si Alcala. Sabi ko planuhin ninyo yang kay mabigat yan. Congressman [stutters]. O kita mo nandyan. Labas talaga. Odicta. Wala eh. Si Odicta sinalvage. Siguro baka army yun... Kasi harap-harapan man. Army harap-harapan eh. Pulis takbo man kaagad. Eh hindi na ako magtagal, this is just a piece of advice, uh ngayon there is a lol silence [stutters] train, slowly train sa… covert, covert tawag niyan. So that uh you will be able to deal with the problem in the coming days.
Dili na ko magdugay, pero wala koy kuhaon diri. And naa diri napapas na, kanang si Alcala. Ingon ko planuha ninyo na kay bug-at na. Congressman… O kit-an nimo dira. Gawas jud. Odicta. Wala man. So Odicta gisalvage. Basin ug sundalo to… kay inatubangay man. Sundalo inatubangay man. Pulis kay modagan man dayon. Dili na ko magdugay, kini usa ra ka tambag, karon adunay kahilom… pagbansay, pagbansay ug hinay-hinay sa… covert, covert ang tawag ana. Aron nga makaatubang ka sa problema sa umaabot na mga adlaw.

Maraming salamat po [applause].
Daghang salamat. [namakpak]

Duterte receives Norwegian hostage in Davao

President Rodrigo Duterte received Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad in Davao City on Sunday night.

Now a free man, Sekkingstad, accompanied by Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza, was presented to the President following his release in Jolo after a year in captivity.

The President particularly cited the efforts of Secretary Dureza, MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari and former Sulu Governor Sakur Tan for securing the Norwegian hostage’s release.

“It was a long, long negotiation,” the President said.  “...They (negotiators) showed us we need time to succeed … to assure the hostage is alive and well..."

An ecstatic Sekkingstad meanwhile expressed his “heartfelt” gratitude to the President saying he is “happy to be alive and free and it is a beautiful feeling.”

Ambassador Erik Forner of the Royal Norwegian Embassy likewise thanked President Duterte for his “outstanding help and commitment to secure the release of Sekkingstad even before he took office (as President)."

Sekkingstad’s release comes in such an auspicious time as his home country, Norway, serves as host to the Philippine government peace talks with the CPP/NPA/NDF. The second round of peace talks is set to resume in Oslo next month.### (PCO Media Relations & Content Development)

Divine Potential

And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. Acts 9:26-27

Only God knows the potential of each believer. We can project what we think God might do in someone’s life, but we have no way of knowing. We see only outward appearances and behavior, whereas God looks at the heart (1 Sam. 16:7). The apostles were skeptical of some who professed to be Christians. No one seemed more unlikely to become a dedicated follower of Jesus than Saul of Tarsus. He had been one of Christianity’s greatest enemies, even overseeing the murder of Stephen (Acts 7:58-60). When Paul suddenly expressed an interest in knowing the leaders of the Christian movement, it was natural for the apostles to suspect devious motives and to doubt his conversion. Nevertheless, despite the apostles’ reluctance, Barnabas assumed the best in Paul and risked his own life to be Paul’s advocate. You may identify with Paul. Perhaps you were an improbable candidate to be a committed Christian. It may be that God placed a Christian friend beside you to help you develop your faith. Thank the Father for those He has sent to you who believed in what God could do in you, even when others doubted. Perhaps you stand with the apostles. There may be some around you in whom you have little confidence, though they claim to be Christians. Be assured that if God could turn the proud and murderous Saul into one of the greatest saints in history, He is equally capable of redeeming those around you. Don’t give up on your fellow believers. Look to see where God is working in their lives, then join Him. It is a great privilege to be like Barnabas and to invest in the life of a fellow Christian. This is the purpose of discipleship.  Henry and Richard Blackaby.

Evil, Good and Good, Evil

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20

It is Satan’s practice to convince people that what God calls good is actually evil and what God declares evil is, in fact, good. Satan persuaded Adam and Eve that their disobedience, rather than their obedience, would guarantee a full life. They believed him and immediately began to experience sin’s consequences! Despite the absurdity of Satan’s logic, he continues to deceive people into doubting what God has clearly said. King Saul sought Samuel’s affirmation for the sacrifice he had offered, even though he had acted in direct disobedience to God’s command (1 Sam. 15:13). Ananias and Sapphira expected praise from the early church for their offering, though they were blatantly lying (Acts 5:1-11). An Amalekite soldier sought David’s gratitude for killing Saul, God’s anointed king (2 Sam. 1:1-16). We, too, will face the temptation to call something good that God has declared wicked. We may be persuaded that we can accomplish more good by lying than by telling the truth. We may claim that we are mobilizing Christians to pray for someone in sin when, in fact, we are spreading gossip. We may assert that we are following God’s will in our job when, in fact, we are striving to pursue our own ambitions. We will also be tempted to call evil that which God declares is good. God says it is good to love our enemies, yet we might decide our task is to hold them responsible for their actions. It is so important to hold ourselves accountable to God’s word. God does not need us to find exceptions for His commands. He requires our obedience.    Henry and Richard Blackaby.

1,138 drug personalities killed, 17,319 arrested in drug operations - PNP
By Perfecto T. Raymundo

MANILA, Sept. 17 (PNA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported Saturday that 1,138 drug personalities were killed nationwide following the implementation of 'Oplan Double Barrel' from July 1 to Sept. 17 this year.

The PNP also reported that 17,319 drug personalities were arrested in 18,832 police operations over the same period.

Oplan Double Barrel was launched by PNP Chief, Dir. Gen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa to target both big-time and small-time drug pushers.

Dela Rosa earlier reported an 80- to 90-percent decrease in the supply of illegal drugs in the country since the start of intensified drug operations.

He also advised policemen not to break the momentum of the war on drugs since President Rodrigo Duterte is expecting the drug menace to be eliminated six months since he assumed office.(PNA)

No firm directive yet on what weapons to acquire from specific country - AFP

MANILA - There is still no specific directive instructing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to acquire weapons and equipment coming from a particular country.

This was disclosed by AFP public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo in an interview Friday.

"We are still to receive any specific directive from the Commander-in-Chief (President Rodrigo R. Duterte) and our Defense Secretary (Delfin N. Lorenzana) instructing the AFP to acquire particular weapons and equipment from a particular country," he added in Filipino.

"What the President said during his visit to (250th Presidential Airlift Wing) was he was ordering Secretary Lorenzana (and other military officials) to visit China and Russia and see there what weapons and equipment we can possibly acquire from them," Arevalo further stressed.

Earlier, DND public affairs office chief Arsenio Andolong said the decision to look into China and Russia as possible sources of equipment for the AFP is mandated by law.

Specifically, he was referring to Republic Act 9184 or also known as Government Procurement Reform Act.

"(Looking for new countries to acquire new military equipment) is provided for in Republic Act 9184. The law dictates that we must not limit possible sources of our materiel to only a few countries as this will rob us of the opportunity to acquire what could be the best equipment," Andolong added.

In line with this, technical working groups of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines have been continuously been conducting market research on new hardware and technologies from many countries including Russia and China, he added.

"For the record, we also looked at the offerings from Sweden, Germany and France," he added.

This is in wake of President Rodrigo Duterte's announcement that Russia and China have agreed to provide armaments and other weaponry to the AFP for its counter-insurgency campaign.

"Of course, there are other considerations such as cost, inter-operability with our existing equipment and personnel capacity," Andolong pointed out.

The Philippine has traditionally sourced its military equipment from the US, Israel, South Korea, and Japan, to name a few. (PNA)

CHR 7: Drug-related death toll in Central Visayas reaches 195 from July 1-Sept. 5

CEBU CITY, Sept. 7 (PNA) -- At least 195 persons were killed in connection with illegal drugs in Central Visayas from July 1 to Sept. 5, 2016, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) 7 said.

Of that group, the CHR has summoned police units involved in 44 of these cases so they can review what happened.

Leo Villarino, CHR 7 investigation section chief, said 14 cases are being investigated after some complainants, most of them relatives of those killed, showed up with witnesses.

“They appeared in our office to file the complaints. They were already interviewed as part of the process to get their statements. We are processing their statements,” Villarino said.

The respondents include police officers, soldiers and some civilians, but the official did not have the corresponding numbers during the forum.

But Villarino said the other cases are dormant because of the lack of complainants and witnesses.

Most of the CHR’s initial information is based on media reports, Villarino also said.

Usually, the operating units summoned by CHR are led by high-ranking police officials such as cases of killings during recent raids in Bohol and Cebu.

“We cannot yet release the names of the respondents until we were be able to come up with our final investigation report and our recommendation is aiming for the filing of criminal or administrative cases, or both,” Villarino said. (PNA)

Police officer killed in Leyte ambush
By Jazmin Bonifacio

STA. FE, Leyte - A police officer formerly involved in anti-illegal drugs operation was gunned down in this town Friday morning.

A group of armed men ambushed Chief Insp. Jesus Son, killing him on the spot along the highway of Pilit village here. Son was driving his car heading home to nearby Pastrana town.

“The attack was well planned with many assailants involved. They blocked the highway and surrounded the car of the victim,” Insp. Shenna Layog, the town’s chief of police told reporters.

The gunmen used a car and motorcycle as they left the crime scene, according to witnesses.

Son used to be an intelligence operative of the Philippine National Police 8th Regional Command and had been assigned to the Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operation Task Force.

He is currently assigned at the police regional office.

The incident happened three days after Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa visited the police regional office in nearby Palo town and ordered cops to step anti-drugs war to beat the six-month deadline.

The local police launched a manhunt operation against the suspects. (PNA)

*INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE *

*SECRETARY JOSE RUPERTO MARTIN ANDANAR*

*by Ely Saludar and Rhea Mamogay, Public Service, RMN (DZXL)*

*September 16, 2016 (11:22 - 11:49 A.M.)*





SALUDAR:

Samantala mga kasama, at sa pagkakataong ito nasa linya na natin ito pong
si Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. Secretary, good
morning po.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Good morning, Ely at Rhea, at magandang umaga sa lahat ng nakikinig sa
inyong programa dito sa DZXL.



SALUDAR:

Okay, kasama natin dati iyan dito sa DZXL partner ha kaya ipagmamalaki
natin iyan. Tignan mo, cabinet secretary na.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Ako iyong unang gumamit ng ano diyan, radio booth nang lumipat tayo mula sa
Ugong.



SALUDAR:

Oo nga. Opo. So Secretary siguro maganda, at bagama’t kahapon mayroon na
rin kayong paglilinaw diyan sa Malacañang, pero para rin po sa kaalaman pa
ng ating mga listeners, kasi iyong iba nagkakagulo at kung anu-ano nang mga
isyu oh, lalo na kapag ang isyu po ay siyempre gustong linawin iyong kung
ano mang naging pahayag ng Pangulong Duterte. So, iisa na lang po ang
magiging opisyal na tagapagsalita sa pangalan po ng Pangulo?



SEC. ANDANAR:

Tama ka, Ely. Right from the very beginning, iyon naman talaga iyong
Standard Operating Procedure. Dapat ‘no, si Spokesperson Ernesto Abella
lamang ang pangunahing tagapagsalita ng ating Pangulo. Kaya pinaalala po
natin sa Gabinete noong Tuesday naâ€"pinaalala ko po sa kanila na sabi ko ay
mayroon tayong mga criticisms na natatanggap, heavy criticisms dahil nga
parang lumalabas na napakadaming spokesperson po ang ating Pangulo. Ngayon
sabi ko sa kanila, pinaalala ko na as far as I know isa lang ho ang
itinalaga ng Pangulo na spokesperson, iyan ho ay si Ginoong Ernesto Abella.
At ang inyong lingkod po ay papasok lamang kapag wala si Spokespersonâ€"



SALUDAR:

At kung hindi available si Secretary Abella, kayo ang puwede naming
interview-hin.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Yes, sir. O kaya halimbawa ngayon, si Ernie ay nasa Washington D.C. kasama
siya ni Jun Yasay, so ako iyong tagapagsalita. Now, depende rin iyon sa
topicâ€"



SALUDAR:

Yes sir, depende sa issue.



SEC. ANDANAR:

â€"kung puwede lang po ay bigyan natin ang PCO ng unang opportunity to answer
all of the clarificatory questions ng ating media. Now kung sa palagay ho
namin ay hindi sapat ang aming kaalaman para sagutin lahat ng tanong ng
media, that is the only time that we refer or... we defer to a cabinet
official who has the field of expertise ‘pag doon po sa paksang
pag-uusapan. So iyon malinaw ho iyon, malinaw iyon and the President also
approved the move na I raised at the cabinet ‘no. Ang sabi ng Pangulo, okay
sa kaniya iyon.



Now ang pakiusap ko din po sa media, bago ho tayo magtanong sa ibang mga
cabinet members din, dito kayo diretso sa PCO dahil it is only the
Presidential Communications Office who will give you the official
presidential pronouncements. Unless we say so, halimbawa kahapon nagkaroon
ho ngâ€"



SALUDAR:

Halimbawa iyong sa Senate, halimbawa ganoon. Sino ang dapat kausapin doon?
Si...



SEC. ANDANAR:

Nag-heads up ako sa lahat ng MPC. Sabi ko, “MPC, ang magsasalita lamang sa
isyu na ito ay si Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre.” Nag-usap-usap na kami. So
iyon, ‘di dumiretso iyong MPC doon kay Vitaliano Aguirre sa kaniyang
pronouncement, at iyon ang official line ng Palasyo.



SALUDAR:

Opo. Halimbawa, at siyempre may mga iba’t ibang mga isyu ito Secretary.
Halimbawa kukuha ng legal opinion sa Malacañang, pupuwede namangâ€"eh sino
pupuwedeng magsalita kapag legal? Si Secretary Panelo, parang ganoon?



SEC. ANDANAR:

Hindiâ€"



SALUDAR:

O idadaan muna sa inyo, na kung sinong ang dapat magsalita sa ganoon?
Papaano?



SEC. ANDANAR:

Oo sa amin muna, kasi kami iyong nakikipag-ugnayan sa mga senior cabinet
officials like Executive Secretary, the Cabinet Secretary, sila ni
Secretary Esperon, sila ni Secretary Jesus Dureza. Ang ginagawa po namin
ay, we all huddle to getâ€"mayroon kasing ano Ely, mayroon kaming
Communications Core Group sa loob ng Gabinete.



SALUDAR:

So iyon, at least maganda, malinaw ‘no para hindi rin po magkakaroon ng
kalituhan. Kasi sa mga nakaraan, talagang iba-iba ho iyong nagiging... ‘di
ba, iyong pahayag at mga nagiging interpretasyon, so mali pala iyong taong
dapat na pagtanungan.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Opo.



MAMOGAY:

Opo, at iba ang dating sa publiko.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Opo, so tinukoy ko nga po sa press conference sa Malacañang Press Briefing
Room na ganito ang sistema. Alam naman natin Ely, na ito ayâ€"we are still
adjusting, kasi hindi naman lahat ng pangulo ay pare-pareho ng estilo ‘di
ba? So for example, mayroong mga pangulo na dumidepende sa sinulat na
speech, isinulat na press release. At ang Pangulo ngayon ay ano, diretso ho
ito, wala nang speechwriter-speechwriter, depende na lamang saâ€"pero most of
the time, the President really speaks off the cuff ‘no, kung anong kaniyang
nasasabi. Kung anong kaniyang naiisip ay sinasabi ng ating Pangulo, at
hindi siya komportable doon sa teleprompter ‘no. You know, and we have to
adjust ‘no, hindi naman lahat kasiâ€"I mean, different strokes for
different...



SALUDAR:

Kasi ako Secretary ang dami ko ring na-cover-an ‘no, nag-Malacañang Press
Corps mula kay FVR. Dati may advance copy kami, iyan ba kay FVR, advance
copy kami ng speech. Kung anong nasa speech niya noon, minsan may adlib
nang kontiâ€"



MAMOGAY:

Kokonti lang.



SALUDAR:

May kaniya-kaniyang ano eh, tama iyong sinasabi mo Secretary â€" may
kaniya-kaniyang estilo ang bawat presidente.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Oo, kaya nga I receive every criticisms Ely ‘no, and I accept them
constructively ‘no. At  kaya pinaliwanag ko sa Malacañang Press Corps,
pinapaliwanag ko sa inyo ngayon na of course, iyong mga nagki-criticize sa
atin ay ito naman, they are coming from the norm of  delivering messages
from the Presidential Communications Office from the Palace. And... at iyon
na nga, kaya pinapaliwanag ko sa lahat din na iba ang estilo ng ating
Pangulo, and we are adjusting to the President. Hindi naman ang Presidente
mag-a-adjust sa atin eh. Sa amin sa PCO, kami ang mag-a-adjust sa
Presidente kaya we are fine tuning everything. And rest assured na Ely
‘no... na I am personally accepting criticisms constructively. At we are
improving our communications processes daily, as in... and we speak ‘pag
may mali, we are fine tuning it. And tayo naman ay hindi perpekto ‘no,
tayo’y nagkakamali din, pero Inaayos natin itong mga pagkakamali na ito.



ELY:

Opo. Pero Secretary... tsaka wala pa namang 100 days ah, wala bang ano,
walang ceasefire o honeymoon period dyan?



SEC. ANDANAR:

(laughs).



ELY:

Hundred days wala pa eh.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Kayo ang makakasagot niyan. (laughs).



ELY:

Kaya pala eh. Si  Pangulong Duterte rin nga mismo wala pang hundred days,
eh di ba, ang dami ngâ€"busy ka agad.



RHEA:

Dami ngâ€"



SEC. ANDANAR:

Ooâ€"



RHEA:

Sa ngayon nga lang ehâ€"



SEC. ANDANAR:

Ganoon talaga, Ely ‘no at Rhea.



RHEA:

Opo.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Dahil alam naman natin na marami ho tayong kalaban ng ating Pangulo. Marami
hong masasagaan na mga illegal na negosyo, mgaâ€"matapang kasi ang ating
Pangulo at iyon ang ipinangako ng ating Pangulo sa taong bayan noong siya
ay tumatakbo na bibigyan niya ng isang malinis na gobyerno ang ating
mamamayan at bibigyan din tayo ng malinis na kalsada sa pamamagitan ng
pagsawata ho ng illegal na droga.



ELY:

So sa nakaraang Cabinet meeting, Secretary, kasi maraming nagtatanong sa
amin kasi mahirap iyong puro kung ano-anong kontrobersiyal na isyu. Eh, ano
ho ba iyong mga pangunahing napag-usapan doon? Kasi marami ngayon... ngayon
medyo marami ang natutuwa dahil sa iyong mga bagong opisyal ng PCSO at
nangako ng mas mabilis na serbisyo. Kasi ang dami-dami pong nangangailangan
ng tulong, mga pumupunta sa PCSO, pero ang mismong Pangulo ang sabi niya 20
million a dayâ€"



SEC. ANDANAR:

Oo.



ELY:

Nalulugi. Matindi po iyong katiwalian diyan. So, napag-usapan din po iyon,
‘no, sa Cabinet meeting?



SEC. ANDANAR:

Napag-usapan, Ely, ang small time lottery. Kasi nagbigay ng report si
Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre tungkol nga sa small time lottery kung papaano
ito naaabuso, kung papaanoâ€"eh dapat kumikita ng malaki ang gobyerno, pero
lumiliit ang kita dahil hindi nga accurate at hindi maganda ang proseso sa
pagre-remit ng pera sa gobyerno. Kaya hahayaan ko na lamang po si Secretary
Vitaliano Aguirre na magpaliwanag sa inyo kasi siya iyong nakaka-alam
talaga. So, napag-usapan iyon, soâ€"STL is part of PCSO, ‘di ba? STL PCSO ba
ito?



ELY:

Opo, PCSO.



RHEA:

Opo.



SEC. ANDANAR:

PCSO, tapos mayroon ding anoâ€"napag-usapan din iyong convening of the LEDACâ€"



ELY:

Iyonâ€"



SEC. ANDANAR:

Naghihintay tayong mga reporter dito sa convening of the LEDAC, dahil
pagkakaalam ko dalawang beses lang kino-vene ito noong panahon ni Pangulong
Aquino atâ€"ipinaliwanag din ni Secretary Adelino Sitoy, iyong bagong kalihim
ng PLLO ‘no.



ELY:

Opo.



SEC. ANDANAR:

At ipiniliwanag niya sa Gabinete iyong mga priority bills ng ating Palasyo.



ELY:

Opo. Maganda ho iyon kasi kapag may LEDAC meeting, napag-uusapan na, eh
iyong mga bills, kasi maraming naghihintay sa Death Penalty Law, iyong
emergency powers para lutasin iyong problema sa daloy ng trapiko. So,
siguro makakasama iyanâ€"



SEC. ANDANAR:

Itong BBL.



ELY:

Oo. Pati iyong sa BBL, lahat to ‘no, marami yung priority.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Oo.



ELY:

Priorities ho ng administrasiyonâ€"



SEC. ANDANAR:

Oo. Nandiyan iyong sets ng program ni Secretary Dominguez.



ELY:

Opo.



SEC. ANDANAR:

Iyong taxation. Iyong modernization ng AFP, oo. Iyon, so talagang ano,
talagangâ€"ito’y mapapaliwanag din sa atin ng husto. In fact, nagkaroon ng
press briefing kahapon si Secretary Adelino Sitoy doon sa Malacañang.

ELY:

Pero Secretary ito, maraming nagtatanong. Kasi marami na ring nag-aabang
dito sa ‘Narco List’ -- iyong final ‘Narco List’ ng Pangulo sa 1, 000 local
officials, judges, iyong mga police. Kailan ho ba ito ilalabas ng Pangulo,
mayroon na ho ba kayong ideya?

SEC. ANDANAR:

Hindi ko masasabi kung anong petsa ilalabas ng Pangulo. Mahirap naman na
pangunahan ko ang ating Pangulo pagdating diyan. Basta ang alam ko lang eh
isanlibo iyong nasa listahan at kung ano iyong manner ng pagpalabas ng
Pangulo at kung ito ba ay installment basis o one-time big time na
ilalabas, nasa Pangulo na po iyan, Ely.

ELY:

Opo. Okay, partner may tanong ka pa?

RHEA:

Secretary, makiki-update lang ako dito sa binuksan niyong ‘8888 hotline.’
Gaano na karaming mga calls ang natanggap niyong may kinalaman nga dito sa
korupsiyon at iyong may mga kinalaman sa ilegal na droga?

SEC. ANDANAR:

Wala pa akong report sa harapan ko, pero aalamin ko sa Cabinet Secretary
dahil sila po ang namumuno dito sa 8888. Iyan ang tanong mo ‘di ba?

RHEA:

Yes, sir.

ELY:

Oo, iyong apat na otsoâ€"

SEC. ANDANAR:

Iyong 8888, tsaka 911 sila ho iyong lead agency dito. And the moment I get
an update, ipapasa ko po sa inyo iyong datos.

ELY:

Opo. So Secretary, baka mayroon kang huling panawagan sa ating mga
listeners, sa taong bayan, at ngayon eh tuloy ang kampanya sa ilegal na
droga pero ang dami, kung ano-anong mga isyu na lumalabas at bagamat salita
na wala po hong 100 days si Pangulong Duterte, o iyon pong administrasyon?

SEC. ANDANAR:

Ely at Rhea, nagpapasalamat ako sa programa ninyo sa pagkakataong ito, at
pinapasalamatan ko iyong mga supporters po ng ating Pangulo at iyong mga
supporters din na nakakaintindi sa mga ginagawa po ng ating gobyerno
ngayon. Sana po eh tuloy-tuloy niyong suportahan ang pagbabago na ating
ginagawa, sa Executive Department, at iyong pagbabago ho na ginagawa din ng
mga katuwang natin sa Lower House at sa Upper House. At ito pong kampanya
na ito na laban sa ilegal na droga, patuloy po nating suportahan. Mayroon
po tayong declaration of state of lawlessness, ibig sabihin ho nito hindi
natin alam kung nasaan ho iyong mga kalaban nating terorista. Let us
cooperate with our police force and our Armed Forces of the Philippines
para mas mapadali po iyong kanilang trabaho dahil alam po natin na kapag
ang isang bansa po ay mapayapa, mas madali pong umunlad pagdating po sa
ekonomiya.

Marami pa hong mga proyekto, polisiya ang ating Presidente. Tuloy-tuloy ho
ang ating trabaho. Kami ho sa gobyerno, tumatanggap ho kami ng kritisismo
‘no, ito ho ay constructive lamang. Pero kahit na po ay maraming bumabato
sa atin na kahit na faceless na po, huwag po kayong mag-alala, lalong-lalo
na po iyong naniniwala sa ating Pangulo. Kami po ay hindi magpapatinag ‘no
at kami ay magta-trabaho lamang para sa taong bayan. Para sa bayan po ito.
Maraming salamat, Ely, at Rhea. Mabuhay kayo!

ELY:
Salamat. Maraming salamat kay Secretary Martin Andanar ng Presidential
Communications Office.

God's Design

For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. Romans 8:29-30

Your life is a part of God’s grand design. God has known about you and had a plan for your life since before time began. He knew everything about you before you were even born (Jer. 1:5). God predetermined that you would become like His Son. Your life, therefore, has a destiny. Christ is the model upon which the Father is developing your life. You are meant to have a relationship with the Father that is as intimate as the relationship between Jesus and the Father (John 17:21). Every event He allows into your life is designed to make you more like Christ. God’s call came when He invited you to join Him in the process! His call was extremely personal, designed specifically for your response. How wonderful to realize that at a particular moment in history, almighty God spoke personally to you and invited you to become His child! Because of your sin, you could never live blamelessly. But God forgave your sin and justified you, declaring you righteous. All the spiritual debt you carried with Him was forgiven, and you were freed to enjoy God and to serve Him for the rest of eternity. In Biblical times, the glory of God’s people was His presence. You, too, are glorified because the fullness of God now dwells within you, and you will one day be with Him (Col. 1:27; 2:9). He invites you to join Him in working out His will in your lifeâ€"conforming you to His image (Phil. 2:12).  Henry and Richard Blackaby.

The Glory of the Lord

When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. 2 Chronicles 7:1

The glory of the Lord is His presence. When God occupies a place, His glory is unmistakably evident! God has high standards for where He will make His presence known. He does not respond to our whims or come on our terms.

Solomon longed for God’s presence to be obvious in the temple that he had painstakingly built for Him. Solomon had spared no expense or effort in building this magnificent temple as a house for the Lord. Yet he understood that constructing a spectacular building was no guarantee that God would choose to inhabit that place. So Solomon prepared himself and the people in the hope that God would look upon them with favor. The priestly choir sang and played instruments in reverent praise to God (2 Chron. 5:11-14). The priests sacrificed so many animals on the altar that they could not count them (2 Chron. 5:6). Solomon prayed, and when he finished, fire came down from heaven and consumed their offering. The glory of the Lord filled the temple! God’s glory was so overpowering in Solomon’s temple that the priests could not carry on their normal activities (2 Chron. 7:2).

There is no mistaking when God inhabits a place. God’s glorious presence fills a place, and it is impossible to carry on business as usual! The New Testament teaches that our lives are temples because Christ abides in us (1 Cor. 3:16). We cannot assume by this that our lives are pleasing to Him. Like Solomon, we must thoroughly prepare ourselves so that God will choose to reveal His presence in our lives. When He does, there will be no doubt that it is God! Henry and Richard Blackaby

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! This is my seventh year celebrating it as a staffer at the White House, and it’s hard to believe it will be the final one.

Growing up in a Mexican-American family in San Antonio, Texas, I was raised to be proud of both my Mexican and American heritage. I was taught the values of this country by my parents, grandparents, and very large network of extended family and friends. I was taught that anyone can achieve their dreams, if they work hard. But I never thought I’d end up in the White House. And as someone who’s worked on public policy and social justice issues all her life, I never thought I’d get the opportunity to be part of the progress we’ve made under this remarkable president.

Last night, President Obama kicked off the month with a speech celebrating the strides that Hispanic Americans have made together over the past eight years -- and he thanked the Hispanic American community for having his back and lifting him up. Trust me, you won’t want to miss this one:

Under President Obama, we’ve brought back the economy from the brink and helped make sure more families have access to the same basic opportunities: a good-paying job, affordable health care, and a good education. Since the President took office, about 4 million more Hispanic Americans have health care than before, and more Hispanic students are graduating high school than ever before.

And last year, across every race and age group in America, incomes grew at the fastest rate on record -- and Hispanic American families had some of the fastest income growth.

I started my career fighting for DREAMers, and am personally proud of our work to bring these inspiring young people out of the shadows and to keep families together. Through the President’s executive actions to modernize our immigration system, more than 740,000 DREAMers have been able to contribute to the only country they’ve ever known.

But we all know there is more work to do. And while we have not achieved our ultimate goal of passing commonsense immigration reform, we have broadened and deepened the coalition of support, and I am confident we will get there because you will continue to fight for it.

As President Obama said last night, "Immigrants aren’t somehow changing the American character; Immigrants are the American character."

When I reflect on the work we have left to do, I think of the values my family taught me in San Antonio, and of their boundless faith in this country: the idea that if we stay optimistic and stick together, progress is possible.

Mil gracias,

Felicia

Felicia Escobar
Special Assistant to the President for Immigration Policy
The White House

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Life and Light

In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:4

When Jesus came to a world that was in to darkness and dead in its sin, He came as light and life. His light dispelled sin’s darkness wherever He went, for the forces of evil could not withstand Him. The life He brought was abundant and free, available to all who were dead in their sin. (Eph. 2:1; John 10:10). If you are a Christian, Jesus lives in you, and His light is within you. Christians are called to dispel darkness (Eph. 5:11). The light of Christ ought to shine so brightly through you that those practicing darkness are uncomfortable when they are around you. The light within you should dispel darkness from the lives of your friends, coworkers, and family members. The fullness of life found in Christ dwells within you as a Christian (Col. 1:27). The life that Jesus offers is available to others through you. Don’t discount what you have to give to those who are hurting. Christ’s life within you is more than sufficient to meet every human need. When people encounter you, they encounter Christ within you. You do not know all the answers, but you have Someone within you who does! You will not carry the burden of the needs of others. Christ will. Be aware that just as many resisted Jesus, so there will be those who resist the truth that you offer (John 1:11). Be thankful, however, that God chooses to express Himself through you, giving light and life to those around you. Henry and Richard Blackaby .

SENATOR ALAN PETER CAYETANO'S STATEMENT ON CONGRESS' APPROVAL OF BILLS RESETTING THE 2016 BARANGAY & SK POLLS
 
I welcome Congress’ recent approval of bills seeking to postpone the upcoming October 2016 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. This will definitely pave a way for our government to sustain the momentum of real change that started during President Rodrigo Duterte’s term.

The administration’s strong policy against illegal drugs and criminality has done so much to improve the country’s peace and order situation. Our local government units, particularly the barangays, play an important part in this ongoing war. It is, therefore, more sensible to reset the scheduled polls in order to allow incumbent barangay officials to continue implementing projects or re-align them in accordance to the thrust of the new administration.

Furthermore, we in Congress recognize the need to introduce much-needed reforms that will strengthen the barangay’s ability to govern and serve its constituents. It would certainly be a wise move to postpone elections as it would give us ample time to take a closer look at our Local Government Code and fortify its provisions on effective barangay governance.

We are now witnessing the dawn of real change that was initiated by the new administration. While the practice of democracy remains imperative in our political system, there is an equally urgent need to sustain the government’s efforts to protect the welfare of each Filipino and restore order in their lives.

If we focus on ensuring that genuine reforms are on track today, future generations could wake up to a more peaceful and better nation tomorrow.

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19

Our Master commands us to “go.” We need permission to stay! The gospel is the account of Jesus’ leaving His Father’s right hand to go to Calvary. Jesus instructed those who wanted to be His disciples to leave their homes and their comforts and follow Him. Some insisted that they could not go yet because they still had to care for elderly parents (Luke 9:59-60). Others wanted to make sure everything was in order first (Luke 9:61-62). Still others expressed willingness to follow but wanted to know the details of what they would be doing (Luke 9:57-58). Jesus never excused those who struggled to follow Him. He made it clear that to follow Him meant He set the direction and they were to follow. We can convince ourselves that Jesus does not really want us to adjust our lives, pointing to the success we are enjoying right where we are. Yet Jesus often told His disciples to go elsewhere in spite of the success they were experiencing. Peter had just pulled in the greatest catch of fish of his entire career when Jesus invited him to leave everything (Luke 5:1-11). Philip was enjoying astounding success as an evangelist when the Holy Spirit instructed him to go to the desert (Acts 8:25-40). Success where we are can be our greatest hindrance to going where Jesus wants us to be. If you become too comfortable where you are, you may resist Christ’s invitation to go elsewhere. Don’t assume that God does not want you to go in service to Him. He may lead you across the street to share the gospel with your neighbor or to the other side of the world. Wherever He leads, be prepared to go.    Henry and Richard Blackaby.

Much Beloved

At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision. Daniel 9:23

“For you are beloved.” Could there be any words from God more welcome than these? Daniel was in exile in Babylon as a result of his nation’s utter defeat by the Babylonians. He desperately wanted to make sense of his circumstances. So he did what he had done so many times before: he prayed. God immediately dispatched the angel Gabriel. Gabriel revealed that God had sent him to Daniel at the beginning of his supplications. God did not even wait for Daniel to finish his prayer. Why? Because God loved Daniel greatly. What a marvelous testimony! There had been times when Daniel’s love for God had been put to the test. Now, when Daniel was in need, God was quick to respond in love to him.

God wants to answer the prayers of those whose hearts are completely His (2 Chron. 16:9). God can accurately orient you to the events of your day. Media, public opinion, and political leaders cannot tell you the truth of your circumstances. Only God can. God loves you and will speak to you in His time. His answer may come immediately as it did in Daniel’s case, or it may be delayed, but it will come (Dan. 10:13). If it seems as though everything is crumbling around you, and you wonder why you do not see God’s activity, take comfort in knowing that you are loved in heaven. If you are genuinely seeking God’s answers, you can go to your Father confidently with your questions. He will respond to you in love (Luke 11:5-13).Henry and Richard Blackaby.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26

From our hearts comes our response to God. Apart from the cleansing work of the Holy Spirit, our hearts are extremely deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9). David prayed that God would cleanse him from the ravages of his sin and purify his heart (Ps. 51:10). God’s greatest desire is that His people love Him with all their hearts (Deut. 6:5). Jesus said we are blessed if our hearts are pure (Matt. 5:.

Sin hardens the heart (Matt. 13:4, 19). The more sin we allow to pass over our hearts and through our lives, the more resistant we become to a word from God. The sin of unforgiveness stiffens our hearts. We cannot continue to resist the prompting of the Holy Spirit without becoming hardened against Him. Exposing ou

Has your heart grown hard toward God? Do you feel as though nothing could soften it? God has a solution. rselves to evil and ungodly influences desensitizes us to God and His word. Over time, our hearts become like stone, unreceptive to a fresh word from God. We become anesthetized to sin. He will separate you from the influences that are destroying you (Ezek. 36:24). He will cleanse you from all filthiness and remove everything that has taken His place in your affections (Ezek. 36:25). He will remove your heart of stone and replace it with a heart of flesh, tender toward Him and His word. If your love for God is not what it should be, ask Him to renew your heart and restore your devotion to Him.  Henry and Richard Blackaby.

EJK hearings could be LP’s ‘Plan B’ to reclaim Malacañang

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has questioned the real motive of the Senate Justice Committee in producing witness Edgar Matobato, who has claimed that President Rodrigo Duterte was behind numerous killings in Davao City when he was still mayor.

During Thursday’s hearing headed by Senator Leila De Lima, Cayetano warned that the probe could be a ploy initiated by the Liberal Party to damage the reputation of President Rodrigo Duterte, remove him from power, and install their own president.

“Gusto ko ipakita… na merong posibleng motibo ng paninira sa ating Pangulo dito… I’m asking about you [Sen. De Lima], your motive, and the motive of your party in this hearing… I am testing whether [the witnesses are credible] or is this part of the plan B of the Liberal Party para makuha ang Malacañang at manira lang,” Cayetano said.

“Ako po ay naniniwala sa kasabihan sa Bibliya, kung anong itinanim, ‘yun ang aanihin mo. So kailangan, sa committee na ‘to, katotohanan ang itatanim natin, kasi kung kasinungalingan, grabe po ang consequences nito... Ano ba ang importante, ang lumabas ang totoo, or is this just a demolition job being done against President Duterte?”

The senator questioned the Justice committee’s intention for presenting a witness with no proper corroboration. He strongly expressed doubt over the accusations made by Matobato, a self-proclaimed member of the suspected Davao Death Squad (DDS) who testified against Duterte before the hearing.

To disprove claims of Duterte’s alleged involvement in the killings in Davao during his term as mayor, Cayetano cited how the local office of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) already denied the existence of the said death squad.

The commission earlier conducted public hearings in Davao and even requested the Ombudsman to investigate on murder cases attributed to the DDS. The final disposition approved by the Office of the Ombudsman showed that "no evidence was gathered to support the killings attributed or attributable to the DDS” and that the allegations remain as "chismis and other gossips,” Cayetano noted.

He then stressed that Matobato’s credibility as a witness needs to be tested further, especially considering his proximity to De Lima, a Liberal Party member.

“Kaya ko nga tine-testing kung totoo sinasabi niyo o hindi… kung drawing ba ito, imbento lang ba ito, at dinala ka dito para pabagsakin ang administrasyon,” he told Matobato, who had been under the Justice Department’s Witness Protection Program (WPP) since 2014, back when De Lima was still DOJ Secretary.

Cayetano further expressed his frustration over the manner by which the proceedings were being conducted, particularly the committee’s failure to provide senators with a list of the witnesses prior to last Thursday’s hearing.

“Until 4 p.m. yesterday (Wednesday), humihingi ako ng listahan ng imbitado sa hearing na ‘to. Hindi ako binibigyan ng committee po ninyo. Kahit ang initial list kung sino ang imbitado,” Cayetano narrated. “I just take exception to the way this [hearing] is being conducted. Because dapat handa at prepared kaming lahat, and factual ang mga lumalabas,” he stressed.

Cayetano also called out the committee for mentioning misleading data with regards to the number of deaths being linked to the current administration.

“When the chair gives facts and figures, it should be factual, hindi conclusions. At the start of this hearing, the chair mentioned that there are 3,526 total killed persons on the drug war... But this is wrong, because there are only 1,506 killed resulting from actual police operations. Ang ibang dinagdag dito, ‘yung murder and homicide [cases], pareho ang numero nung time ni Pangulong Aquino, na ngayon ay china-charge kay Pangulong Duterte,” he said during his manifestation.

“Let me say why I want to manifest this. We are being monitored not only by the local media but also the international media, and they are quoting from this hearing, from the CHR, and from this chair. Pero ‘yung mga numero ay mali at misleading,” he added.

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Police, Globe Telecom security team nab 7 broadband fraudsters
By Ma. Cristina C. Arayata

MANILA, Sept. 10 (PNA) -- Globe Telecom’s intensified campaign against fraudsters has led to the arrest of seven persons involved in the illegal sale of the company’s long-term evolution (LTE) modems.

Globe's campaign is intended to protect its customers from illegal activities involving its products and services.

“We strongly discourage our customers from purchasing internet connectivity devices from unauthorized dealers and instead entertain offers of various Globe products and services only from legitimate agents,” said Ronald Uychutin, vice president of Globe Telecom's Security and Anti-Fraud and Investigation Division.

He added that Globe will continue to coordinate closely with police authorities in pursuing its campaign against fraudsters.

A series of entrapment operations jointly conducted by police and a Globe security team resulted in the arrest of seven suspects involved in the illegal sale of Globe modems.

Arrested were David King Esguerra, 33, from Nueva Ecija; John John Mamuyac, 28, from Quezon City; Marc Searle Arboleda and Ma. Joanna Garcia, both 25, from Bacoor, Cavite; Michael Pascua, 29, from Dasmariñas City; Thomas Jefferson, 33, from Bacoor, Cavite; and Angeline Manlapao, 20, from Mandaluyong City.

Globe Telecom said the entrapment operations conducted against the suspects were based on a list of online sellers of Globe LTE modems, either through OLX.com.ph or Facebook. With police personnel posing as online buyers, suspects agreed to meet them, leading to their eventual arrests.

"The suspects are believed to be engaged in a modus operandi that involves the retrieval of LTE modems from legitimate customers on the pretext of an upgrade or repair," the company said.

The modems are then reconfigured and sold at a one-time cost payment in popular social online buy-and-sell sites, such as OLX and even networking sites, such as Facebook. Policemen recovered from the suspects numerous Globe LTE modems.

Meanwhile, Uychutin noted that the company will continue to work closely with police authorities in pursuing fraudsters. (PNA)

Moderate physical exercise in midlife helps prevent memory disorders in old age

HELSINKI, Sept. 10 (PNA/Xinhua) -- A study shows that moderately vigorous physical activity in midlife helps prevent memory disorders such as dementia in old age, the University of Helsinki said on Friday.

The conclusion was based on a long-term study of 3,050 twins from the Finnish Twin Cohort.

The twins' physical activity information was obtained in their 40s through questionnaires, and their cognition was evaluated by telephone interviews some 30 years later.

The researchers compared the memory and thinking related functions of the physically active twins with those of their inactive siblings.

It was found that moderately vigorous physical activity at midlife is linked with better cognition in old age.

Increasing volume of physical activity was not necessarily associated with increased memory benefits. Instead, a moderate amount of physical activity was sufficient. The most inactive twins were at a higher risk for memory disorder, said the university.

The association was unrelated to hypertension, smoking, education level, sex, obesity and binge in middle age.

The study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, was carried out by the University of Helsinki in cooperation with the University of Jyvaskyla and the University of Turku of Finland. (PNA/Xinhua)

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God Remembers You

Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying, "Thus says the LORD: I remember you, The kindness of your youth,The love of your betrothal,When you went after Me in the wilderness, In a land not sown." Jeremiah 2:2

Even when our hearts grow cold toward God and our devotion to Him weakens, His love remains steadfast. We may forget God, but He remembers us.

God was concerned because the people of Judah had allowed their hearts to drift far from Him. In a powerful moment, God shared His heart with His people, recalling what it was like when they first began loving Him. He remembered how they had loved Him, as a new bride loves her husband, with excitement and enthusiasm for the future. He recalled the kindness they had expressed as they willingly followed Him wherever He led them. God reminded them of the love they had once had for Him, so that the memory might rekindle feelings of devotion and their hearts might return to Him.

If you do not guard our heart, you will grow cold in your love for Christ. A time may come when He approaches you and reminds you what your relationship was once like. Do you recollect the joy that permeated your life when you first became a Christian? Do you recall the youthful commitments you made to Him, pledging to do anything He told you to do? Do you remember the thrill you experienced each time you came to understand a new dimension of His nature? Spiritual memory is important. You may not realize how far you have drifted from God until you contrast the love you are expressing to Him now with that of earlier days.

God has not changed. He is the same Person you gave your heart to when you became a Christian (Mal. 3:6-7). If your love for God is not as intense as it once was, return to Him. He will restore the intimate fellowship you once shared with Him.      Henry and Richard Blackaby .

Cayetano on Duterte-Obama row: All is Well
 
“All’s well that ends well.”

This is how Senator Alan Peter Cayetano described the brief meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday night, following the cancellation of a scheduled formal talk between the two leaders last Tuesday.

The two presidents met informally in a holding room before attending a gala dinner at the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) summit in Laos.

During an interview with the Philippine media delegation, Cayetano, who accompanied President Duterte in his trip, said that the brief meetup ended well for both parties. He said the two leaders shared “a warm handshake [and] a good conversation.”

“You could see that there is an effort from both sides to patch things up,” added the chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, as he expressed the importance of maintaining strong diplomatic ties between the Philippines and the US.

“In diplomacy, you do not usually go to the past and say, ‘bakit nangyari ‘yun.’ You can’t blame anyone. It won’t be productive. The Philippines and the US have a longstanding partnership [and] relationship. There will be bumps along the way... But it won’t hurt to have a popular President on our side,” he stressed.

The senator earlier wrote an open letter to President Obama, which went viral in social media. In his letter, Cayetano appealed to the US leader to "give the Philippines and President Duterte a chance" to achieve genuine change, as the administration wages a three-pronged war to address poverty, defeat crime and drugs, and achieve a just, inclusive, and lasting peace.

Cayetano said that like President Obama, who persevered to overcome challenges and accomplish so much for the American people, the Philippines now has a leader who is willing to sacrifice his life and honor to protect the welfare of all Filipinos.

He further lamented how President Duterte has been misjudged by some sectors based on the way he speaks, which was aggravated by a misinformation campaign about the human rights situation in the country.

"Does he (Pres. Duterte) not deserve to be judged on his record and his actions? On facts and not manipulated statistics? On where he wants to bring the country rather than his sometimes politically incorrect words?" Cayetano asked. "Can't we give the Philippines and President Duterte a Chance?"

Returning to Your Failure

Daily Devotional for Friday, September 9th, 2016

But Simon answered and said to Him, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net." Luke 5:5

No one knows how to help you in your times of failure as Jesus does! He will not overlook your shortcoming or simply encourage you to do better the next time. He will give you victory in the midst of your failure.

Peter had fished all night without success. His was not just a meager catch; he had caught nothing, even though he was a skilled fisherman. Jesus could have said, “Peter, don’t worry about your empty net. You’ll soon be in a different business anyway.” Instead, Jesus told him to launch out into the deep and to cast out his nets for a catch. How humbling it must have been for Peter! Here was a carpenter telling this outspoken fisherman how to fish!

Jesus often gets your undivided attention when you fail. He sometimes takes you back to your place of defeat in order to build something good into your life. You may assume He must not want you to continue because you failed so miserably in your attempt. Perhaps your problem was that you relied on your own strength instead of the Master’s. Maybe you failed in a relationship. Jesus will not allow you to abandon it; He will help you learn from your failure and experience the difference He can make when He guides your relationships. When you try in God’s strength you may discover that success is indeed within your grasp. If you have recently experienced failure, you may be on the brink of receiving a profound revelation from God!   Henry and Richard Blackaby

Not Lost in the Crowd

Daily Devotional for Thursday, September 8th, 2016

And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house." Luke 19:5

In our large world it’s easy to feel that we are nothing more than an insignificant speck in the midst of a multitude. Our world tends to depersonalize us, seeking to make us like everyone else, but God loves us in specific ways that are particular to us. Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem to fulfill His assignment on the cross. The multitudes thronged around Him in such numbers that the diminutive Zacchaeus could not see Jesus unless he climbed a tree. Zacchaeus would have been satisfied simply to catch a glimpse of the great Teacher. But Jesus stopped, turned, and looked directly at him! In that moment, Zacchaeus was oblivious to the crowd around him. Thus began a special time with Jesus that radically changed his life. Jesus will relate to you in ways that are unique to you. He knows your past; He knows what you will face in the future. Because He knows everything about you, His word to you will perfectly fit the circumstances of your life. You may be in a group of Christians who are listening to God’s Word, and you may hear things from Him that no one else hears. Don’t become frustrated with others if they are not as excited about a truth from God as you are. Don’t be impatient with them if they are not implementing God’s word in their exactly as you are. God will personalize His word to you. He will relate to each of your friends in a way that specifically meets their needs as well.   Henry and Richard Blackaby .

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Born and raised in Hawai'i, I’ve spent the better part of my life dedicated to the ocean that surrounds me. This is why President Obama's recent expansion of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Sanctuary off the coast of northern Hawaii, means so much to me.

I have voyaged thousands of miles of open ocean by canoe, guided by the sun, stars and swells, practicing the art and science of Polynesian wayfinding and navigation. This tradition and legacy of wayfinding goes back centuries in my culture. We have worked hard to bring it back from the point of extinction, and perpetuate it as a means for understanding our environment, our history, our culture, our future and our world.

On long voyages, surrounded by the vast blue ocean, we come face to face with the Hawaiian concept of “mālama ” -- or “caretaking.” My ancestors learned long ago that if they took care of their canoe and each other, they would arrive safely at their destination.

On islands, as on the canoe, we care for each other and our resources, and work together to protect that which is sacred and fragile -- our Island Earth.

As I sail around the world, I’ve gotten a glimpse of what can happen to special places if they are not protected. Initiatives like the expansion of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument help us perpetuate and build upon more than a hundred years of protection efforts by thousands of people in our community and around the globe. Thanks to their work to advocate for protection of this area’s cultural and ecological resources and thanks to President Obama, Papahānaumokuākea will become the largest marine protected area on earth. This is a step in the right direction at this crucial time for Island Earth.

Ours is a blue planet, and the health of our Island Earth and her people is dependent on the health of the ocean. If climate change and protection of biodiversity and wildlife are part of the biggest challenge of the 21st century, then ocean protection is the strongest solution.

The expansion of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Sanctuary will help keep our waters safe -- improving ocean resilience, helping the region's distinct physical and biological resources adapt, and creating a natural laboratory that will allow scientists to monitor and explore the impacts of climate change on these fragile ecosystems.

Join me in celebrating the work of those who stand for and work to mālama our precious honua, those who are caring for our Island Earth.

And I'll hope you'll take the time to watch the President's remarks on conservation from the Midway Atoll.

Aloha Pumehana,

Nainoa Thompson

RP observes National Food Fortification Day on November 7

Tacloban City (November 1 2010) -- The whole country commemorates November 7 as Food Fortification Day pursuant to Executive Order 382.

The Food Fortification program is the government's response to the growing micronutrient malnutrition, which has been prevalent in the Philippines for the past several years.

The Department of Health said that Food Fortification is the addition of Sangkap Pinoy or micronutrients such as Vitamin A, Iron and/or Iodine to food, whether or not they are normally contained in the food, for the purpose of preventing or correcting a demonstrated deficiency with one or more nutrients in the population or specific population groups.

Sangkap Pinoy or micronutrients are vitamins and minerals required by the body in very small quantities. These are essential in maintaining a strong, healthy and active body; sharp mind; and for women to bear healthy children.

Past studies have shown that worldwide, the problem of malnutrition has been the cause of death of 60% of children less than 5 years old, the Department of Health said.

For the Philippines, nutrition surveys have been showing increasing prevalence of micronutrient malnutrition, particularly that of Vitamin A Deficiency Disorder (VADD), Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) and Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) among children and women of reproductive age, who the most at-risk groups to micronutrient malnutrition are.

To address this problem, the Philippines has embarked on a three-pronged strategy of micronutrient supplementation, dietary diversification and food fortification. While all strategies are simultaneously implemented to complement one another, studies show that food fortification is the most cost-effective and sustainable to address micronutrient malnutrition.

The result of the 7th National Nutrition Survey revealed significant improvements in the prevalence of anemia across all age groups except among pregnant women. Among the possible reasons for this is the fortification of food products in the market particularly iron-fortified flour and bread products, and iron-fortified rice which is distributed by the National Food Corporation under the food for school program of the Accelerated Hunger Mitigation Program of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

All consumers are urged to look for the fortified food products whenever they buy food especially for the children. (PIA

Motives

So Jesus answered and said to him, "What do you want Me to do for you?" Mark 10:51

It is hard to believe that the Lord would ask us what He could do for us. However, sometimes that is the question we must answer. Bartimaeus was blind, and he knew exactly what he wanted Jesus to do for him: restore his sight. Yet he received much more than physical sight! He received salvation, for Jesus knew Bartimaeus’s heart was faithful. Bartimaeus immediately used his gift to become a follower of the Savior. Jesus also asked James and John what they wanted Him to do for them. They requested the most prominent places in His kingdom. This time, Jesus answered that He could not give them what they asked. Their request was selfish, and it brought dissension among their fellow disciples (Mark 10:41). Only when we pray according to God’s will is He pleased to grant our requests (John 15:16). We will not see our prayers answered if we ask selfishly (James 4:3). If God refrains from giving us what we are asking, we should evaluate our prayers. Are our motives selfish? Are we asking for far less than God wants to give? (2 Kings 13:19; Eph. 3:20). Are our requests worthy of the God we approach? Do we lack the faith God requires to give us our desires? (Matt. 17:20). Is there unconfessed sin? (Isa. 1:15). God delights in responding to our requests (Matt. 7:7). If we will ask according to His will, we, like Bartimaeus, will receive far more than we anticipated! (Jer. 33:3). Henry and Richard Blackaby.

Statement of Sen. Alan Peter S. Cayetano on the Occasion of the National Heroes Day August 28, 2016

In the course of our nation's history, generations of patriots heeded the call to fight for nationhood against colonizers and tyrants. Lapu-Lapu, Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, and Ninoy Aquino are some venerated heroes who sacrificed blood, sweat, and tears to help our country move forward.

Today, we are at a crossroad as a nation and as a people. The challenge is to fight and liberate ourselves against modern-day colonizers and tyrants. These are the drug lords, the criminal syndicates, the corrupt, and the oligarchs. President Rodrigo Duterte is rising to the occasaion, along with fellow patriotic Filipinos, to rid society of these present-day oppressors, and is fighting a day-to-day battle, which he is poised to win decisively. We are one with him in pursuing societial reforms where no modern president has ever tried. We also honor members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on National Heroes Day. Our law enforcers deserve to be recognized as modern-day heroes for their sacrifices for our people in the fight against illegal drugs and criminality.

On National Heroes Day, we honor gallant Filipinos who laid down their lives to liberate our people from oppression and foreign domination. This occasion also allows us to recognize the brave men and women of today who continue to ensure that we live in a society that is safe, free and peaceful.

For many years, drug lords have dominated our communities like tyrants, destroying Filipino families and endangering the safety and lives of our people, especially the youth. The anti-drug campaign is a no non-sense war to secure our people’s freedom and the country's interest from the clutches of these present-day tyrants namely drug lords and criminal syndicates. I strongly believe that President Duterte’s intensive campaign against illegal drugs is his way to honor our most revered Philippine heroes.

Our police and soldiers risk their lives in the line of duty to keep the rest us safe and secure. But it pains me to see how they have instead become targets of criticism and seemingly endless investigations. Even more so, they do not receive adequate compensation despite the hazards brought by their profession. It's about time that they receive higher salaries and the proper credit that they deserve.

As our law enforcers wage the war against drugs, we urge them to continue to uphold the rule of law and respect human rights. But they must continue to be relentless in the government’s fight against illegal drugs for the sake of the next generation.

At least nine police officers and three soldiers have been killed since President Duterte launched the war on illegal drugs 59 days ago, as attested by PNP Chief Ronald Dela Rosa.

Let us remember them as heroes, not as mere casualties: PO3 Jenny Agbayani, SPO3 Marlon Nicolas, PSINP Mark Gil Garcia, PO3 Nestor Dimaano, PSINP Orlando Guira, PO3 Jerson Autida, SPO3 Edmar Bumagat, PO2 Armand Villanueva Jupia, and SPO3 Limuel Mahaba Panligan, CPL Josel Miravalles, PFC Jaypee Duran, PO3 Dar Espallardo Many don’t realize the sacrifices our law enforcers make until they themselves end up martyred in the line of duty and reported in the news.

We have other living heroes that similarly deserve recognition, our Overseas Filipino Workers, our teachers, our nurses and our farmers and fisherfolk.

Dapat nating kilalanin din sila, gawing huwaran at ipaglaban ang interes at karapatan. And the best way to recognize them is to give them a clean government and a society that is safe and free from drugs and criminality.

The Judgment Seat

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5:10

There are many motivations in the Christian’s life. One is our awareness that one day we will give an account of our lives to Christ, as He sits in judgment upon humanity. It is much more comforting to believe that Christians will be ushered into heaven with no questions asked about our faithfulness upon earth, but that is not what Scripture says will happen.

Paul cautioned that in the final day of judgment every Christian will give an account for his or her actions. This expectation terrified Paul and motivated him to strive to please God in everything he did (2 Cor. 5:9-11). Paul knew that although he might ignore the Spirit’s quiet voice during His life on earth, a time of accounting would come when he would have to explain why he had rejected God’s instructions. Paul never carelessly assumed that, because of all he had done for God’s kingdom, God would overlook his sin. Instead, he understood that to whom much is given, much is required (Luke 12:48).

God does not force His will upon us. He will ask us to answer for the way we responded to Him. Christians have been pardoned by the sacrifice of Jesus. We are not condemned. But because God is absolutely just, we will be called on to give an account of our actions. The Christian life gives a tremendous freedom, but it also brings a pervasive sense of our accountability to God and to others. We can learn from Paul that accountability is healthy; it gives us a powerful motivation to please God    Henry and Richard Blackaby.

Cayetano: Duterte’s war on drugs a war to protect human rights, ensure safety & welfare of Filipinos

“Our war against illegal drugs is not a war against life, but a war to fight for the lives of all Filipinos. It is not a war against human rights, but a war to protect human rights, and to ensure the safety and welfare of the Filipino family."

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano stressed this in his privilege speech on Wednesday (August 31) amid false reports in foreign press about human rights issues in the conduct of the administration’s intensified campaign against illegal drugs.

Contrary to claims of the Commission on Human Rights,  Cayetano said the government’s strong policies against criminality have made it possible for Filipino families to begin feeling safer, particularly since the government waged an all-out war on drugs.

The senator reiterated that President Rodrigo Duterte has not wavered in his commitment to uphold and protect the human rights of every Filipino at any time, contrary to what the President’s critics are trying to portray.

He added the government’s unrelenting campaign against illegal drugs has actually improved the country’s peace and order situation.

“Narinig po natin sa sariling bibig ng ating Pangulo na ang human rights ay importante sa ating bansa. Pero hindi pwedeng gamitin ang human rights para hindi ituloy ang drug war,” Cayetano said. “If you listen to the President’s speeches… palagi niyang sinasabi that he will operate within the confines of the Philippine Constitution. He will respect the Bill of Rights and the rule of law,” he intoned.

The senator pointed out that the drug menace has reached alarming levels that nothing short of bold and swift solutions are needed to end the problem.

He said criminality was already rampant under previous administrations at the rate of almost 1,000-2,000 incidents of murders and homicides every month. The only difference, he said, is that in the past, innocent citizens were  hounded and victimized by hardened criminals and drug pushers. But today, it’s the law that’s hounding the drug pushers and criminals, he noted.

“Don’t you feel safer today than six years ago? Wala pong sense of security ang Pilipino dati… Dati, ang takot ay ang tao… Ngayon, nararamdaman ng mga tao ang pagbabago... Ngayon ang kriminal na ang takot, hindi ang mamamayan.” he said.

Cayetano also denounced Duterte’s detractors’ penchant to blame the administration for all the drug-related killings in the country. He said the slack use of  “extrajudicial killings”  (EJKs) to label all suspected drug casualties puts in question the motive behind the investigation being conducted by Sen. Leila De Lima’s Committee on Justice.

“Are some people using the term EJK loosely not because they are human rights advocates… [but] to discredit the PNP and the Duterte administration?” Cayetano asked as he reiterated his call for De Lima to inhibit herself from the inquiry.

Cayetano said labeling the deaths of drug suspects as EJKs is obviously meant to create the wrong perception that the State is initiating the executions and is doing nothing to resolve the crimes.

“The State, the executive department, legislative department, and the judiciary, are doing its best to ensure that the rule of law prevails. Even the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is part of the state and is already investigating,” the senator pointed out.

Cayetano, meanwhile, said he remains confident of President Duterte’s continuous efforts  to uphold human rights while also ensuring the safety and protection of all families.

If You Seek Him

The LORD is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. 2 Chronicles 15:2

Our response to God greatly determines His presence in our lives. If we seek God with all of our hearts, then we will find Him (Jer. 29:13-14). The Lord wants to have fellowship with us, but He will not force a relationship upon us. We cannot reject fellowship with God and expect Him to remain near. He does not merely follow us throughout our day in case we need His assistance. If we continue to forsake Him, a time will come when we desperately need Him and He will not be near (Isa. 59:1-2).

It is an affront to sovereign God to treat Him like a servant who should wait upon us. God will relate to us on His terms, not ours. God desires a close walk with us. He will make His presence real and personal if that is our desire. If we repent of our sin and seek God on His terms, we can look forward to intimate fellowship with Him (James 4:8-10). We are to continually seek Him, not content to enter a new day without the assurance that God is walking beside us.

Do you say you want to experience God’s presence while your actions reveal otherwise? If you say you want to know God better but neglect studying His word, are you truly seeking Him? Have you regularly forsaken the place of prayer? If your actions reveal that you are genuinely seeking God, then He promises that you will find Him (Matt. 7:7).   Henry and Richard Blackaby .

Revive RP-Spain trade, says Angara

Madrid, Spain (1 November 2010) -- Senator Edgardo J. Angara, who is currently in Spain to accept the Casa Asia award, called for initiatives to revive the successful exchange between the Philippines, Spain and other Hispanic countries akin to the time of the Galleon Trade.

Ten jury members from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affair's cultural branch chose Angara to be the recipient of the 2010 Premio Casa Asia, for his exceptional efforts to encourage understanding and strengthen relations between Spain and the Philippines through various programs and projects.

He authored Republic Act No. 1987, proclaiming June 30th as the official Philippine-Spain Friendship Day, further demonstrating his dedication to this cause.

"Spain and the Philippines are natural partners. Foreign relations between the Philippines and Spain has been reawakened since the first celebration of the first Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day was celebrated in 2003. Eight years later, we have achieved huge strides in the area of legislation, culture, education, language, and sports through this interaction," said Angara.

Angara, with the help of the Spanish and Mexican Embassies, also spearheaded the recent celebration of the Dia del Galeon, which commemorated the historic and cultural ties forged during glory days of the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade.

"We should resurrect our long and fruitful ties created during the 16th century. Back then, this association brought trade, investment, agriculture and the enrichment of our culture and language. In modern times, more dynamic trade between Spain and the Philippines would mean a great deal of shared knowledge in a wide range of categories: from historical preservation to research and technology," he stressed.

According to Angara, the shared history between the two countries formed a strong bond and a willingness to work together despite major differences.

"Our common culture, religion and centuries-long history make it natural for a special affinity to exist, irrespective of changing political circumstances or separate development paths. This is why I am hopeful that my stay here in Spain would bring about more efforts to facilitate this exchange of ideas" he said.

Angara is set to receive the Premio Casa Asia, which consists of a monetary prize and a commemorative trophy, on November 2 in Madrid. (COMSTE)

Processing plant to rise in Tubay

by Mary Cheryl S. Monoy
Butuan City - A mining processing plant that would generate employment for hundreds of local residents in the area is expected to be constructed soon in the Municipality of Tubay. This was after provincial officials expressed its go signal for the Green Town General Development Corporation (GTGDC) to construct, install and operate a small-scale mineral processing plant.

GTGDC will be the first of its kind in the area since SR Metals, Inc. and MRL-Gold/DELTA, two mining companies already existing in the area, deals only with extraction. These companies are said to earn millions of income annually.

GTGDC will occupy an area of 4,0861 hectares leased from Mrs. Fidelia S. Garcia in Barangay Sta. Ana, Tubay. It will adopt the standard method and modern technology of recovering gold by batch type and upgrading low-grade copper-lead ore.

After a series of consultations and public hearings over its feasibility, the Sangguniang Bayan of Tubay made a favorable endorsement of the project by passing Resolution No. 2008-60 last June 2, 2008 that became one of the basis of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for its approval.

Under Republic Act 7076 or the people's Small Scale Mining Act and Provincial Ordinance No. 195-2006, it is required that the site of the mineral processing plant shall be located within a mineral or industrial zone. However, since the proposed project is situated in Purok-6, Sta. Ana in Tubay, a known agricultural land, Mayor Fidel E. Garcia said that they are still in the process of revising its Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) to re-classify the area into mineral or industrial zone so that the project would begin soon.

Complying with the mandatory requirements of putting up a mineral processing plant, the GTGDC submitted the approved Environmental Clearance Certificate including its Initial Environment Examination (IEE) Report which contains the corporation project description, baseline environmental conditions, impact assessment; Environment Management Plan, Sketch plan and other related documents; Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC), and its Financial Feasibility Study (FFS).

The Municipality of Tubay is known to be rich in natural resources in the region. Minerals such as nickel, copper, ore, manganese and lead can be found here.

"After all, this will generate a lot of employment opportunities to the local residents of Tubay and enhance its commerce and trade, fees, taxes and other livelihood benefits", Board member Sadeka G. Tomaneng said, chair of the SP Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. (Agusan del Norte/PIA-Caraga)

Naval dengue outbreak being contained, says DOH

Tacloban City (December 23, 2008) -- The Department of Health Region 8 confirmed that there is a dengue outbreak in Barangay Sto. Niño in Naval, Biliran but stressed that the same is now being contained.

Mr. Boyd Cerro of the Surveillance Division of the Department of Health Region 8 said that the reported dengue outbreak is now being acted upon by Health authorities.

"Dr. Salvacion Salas who is the Department of Health representative in Biliran and who has been designated by Governor Roger Espina as the officer in charge of Biliran Health Office, is the one coordinating the action regarding the outbreak," Mr. Cerro said.

On the part of the DOH 8, it is now preparing medicine assistance to Biliran, Mr. Cerro added. DOH is also awaiting for other needs that the Biliran Health officials may require, he said.
About seven dengue patients have been referred to at the Eastern Visayas Medical Center in Tacloban City, Mr. Cerro said. This is the arrangement that will be taken, he added, for the patients to be referred at the EVRMC.

In the meantime, the people at Barangay Sto. Nino are encouraged to seek medical attention in case of fever. It is usually after fever when the hemorrhagic symptoms occur.
Also, the patients are advised to drink plenty of fluid in order to avoid dehydration.
Meanwhile, the public is advised to always remember the 4S in the prevention of dengue outbreak.

The first is Search and destroy mosquito-breeding sites. The second is Self-protection measures. The third is Seeking early treatment and the fourth is Saying no to indiscriminate fogging.

The community plays an important role in the prevention of dengue outbreak, Mr. Cerro said. Together the people in the community must clean their surroundings in order to remove the breeding places of dengue-carrying mosquitoes, he added. (PIA

EVAT to spur infra support for destinations - Sec. Teves
by Rey Anthony Chiu

Tagbilaran City (30 December 2005) -- BOHOL gets to sit at the other end of the financial funnel when the Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) hikes 2% more beginning February 1 next year, said Finance Secretary Margarito Teves, during a telephone interview over Kapihan sa PIA, Thursday and ired over a local radio station.

With a projected revenue raise of P35B more from the already set P80B as proceeds of the first set of levy hikes, Sec. Teves said the EVAT becomes focus support on point destinations like Bohol for more tourism infrastructure developments.

Speaking in Cebuano, him being from Negros Oriental, the former Congressman and LandBank President who heads the country's economic team is confident that the country can lower its budget deficit and enhance service delivery from the EVAT proceeds.

"The Implementation of the EVAT on November 1 has tremendously improved the fiscal stability and reputation of the country," he said as he recalled economic gains from the November tax implementation.

"The additional 2% implementation on February 1, 2006 is expected to rake in more benefits that will improve the confidence of investors and create more jobs. More revenues means more public goods and services," he added.

On EVAT's possible effects, Teves assured that safety nets are being installed to mitigate the impacts on the tax hike.

Aside from his cited constant price monitoring on basic commodities from local price councils.
Here, the Department of Trade and Industry conducted product standards and anti-piracy raids to even up the playing field among local sellers, said Bohol DTI representatives who raided a newly opened importer warehouse along Tagbilaran City's main street.

Teves also told listeners about government move to put up tax exemptions on the minimum wage earner to soften more the effects of the EVAT.

"We also need to show to the people that the money goes for the projects," he stressed, possibly anticipating a perception that taxation has often times enriched those in power than the intended goal for the levy.

He also leaked a government plan to put up more money during the rainy season to finance local infrastructure projects, while hoping that the international price for oil sustains, all to keep prices down.

Acknowledging the effects of the dollar remittances from overseas Filipino workers, the country's top finance wizard hinted another plan to create incentives for OFW families and dependents.

This, he bared will help spur local economies as well as generate jobs in the country sides. (PIA)

Bohol cops ask for P9M to create SRU
by Rey Anthony Chiu

Tagbilaran City (30 December 2005) -- GOING hi-tech in anticipation of another tourist filled year, Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO) through PSupt. Arturo Evangelista is asking some P9M from the Provincial Government to make a Special Reaction Unit (SRU) and create a local counter terrorism quick response team and assure guests to their security while basking in Bohol.

In an action plan submitted to Capitol, Psupt. Evangelista said the P9M would finance the creation of the SRU. SRU is a composite team of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team, Explosives and Ordnance Divisions (EOD), and trained dogs enlisted under a local K9 unit.

During his assumption into power as provincial police chief from retired acting Provincial Police Chief Elpidio Ybañez, October 5, Col. Evangelista also took responsibility of Bohol Governor Erico Aumentado's provincial agenda.

The governor's mandate, a tall order for the new but personally chosen chief cop, asks for the new director to spoil the proliferation of illegal drugs, terrorism, organized crime groups, illegal fishing and illegal gambling, all within the next 6 months.

Days after he sat, a Globe communications tower was torched in another daring show or terrorism that seeks to compromise local peace and order.

Following the communications tower raid and torching of another facility some 30 kilometers away, BPPO called for a command conference October 26.

Different security agencies and security officers of malls, supermarkets, resorts and restaurants, critical infrastructure and vital installations attended the conference. The gab tried to assess and evaluate as well as upgrade existing security programs and contingency plans.

Current security provisions at the beaches were beefed up after Police Director General Arturo Lomibao two weeks ago turned over a world-class Community Police Action Center (COMPACT) in Bolod in Panglao.

In an interview, Gen. Lomibao said the Panglao COMPACT is just one of the three police modern police stations Philippine National Police is giving to Bohol as a tool to put up security measures in this booming tourism province.

Along with the Panglao police station is another equally strategic post in Batuan, Bohol, some three kilometers from the famous Chocolate Hills Complex.

Also benefiting from the PNP is Catigbian, who also happened to have the same security aid.
The security tools are just some of the measures government authorities are putting in place while the Senate is currently debating on the passage of the anti-terrorism bill, which is hoped to revolutionize counter-terrorism action in the country. (PIA)

NPA Rebels found getting into abortion

Tagbilaran City (30 December 2005) -- TWO communist terrorists who were identified as Homer and Kaila aborted their child because the party doesn't know about their relationship, thus reports Army Major Leandro Ayop, during the recent Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) at the Bohol Plaza Resort last week.

Major Ayop spoke for Brigadier General Juanito Gomez, commanding general of the Army 302nd Brigade based in Carmen Bohol.

The information was taken, according to Ayop, from the document examination (docex) gathered after the military got hold of a sack full of documents in a raid late November 13 in Bayawahan Sevilla, Bohol.

Aside from voluminous documents, rifles and assorted magazines and bandoliers, the raid on a hide-out, which was leaked by a former rebel fighter who wanted to join the mainstream, also yielded birth control pills.

Other similar mop-up operations of rebel camps abandoned or over-ran by the government forces have also yielded condoms and anti-pregnancy pills, telling yet another tale of how the rebels see relationships detrimental to the organization.

In addition, unconfirmed reports also bare of cases of sexual abuse committed by members of the Communist Party of the Philippines New People's Army (CPP-NPA) who endure lonely nights away from families while pursuing the protracted war in the country sides.

Military intelligence said a certain "Ka Dexter" has been found guilty of raping comrade guerillas and still roams scot-free. Sources said he could have enjoyed the special treatment being one of the older members of the organization when it started recruiting in 1995 here in Bohol.

The recent docex confirmed earlier reports that the rebels have resorted to anti-life solutions to problems on unwanted pregnancies in the organization.

Even then, 302nd Brigade authorities said its current internal security operations now shift to convincing members of the communist movement to return to the folds of the law by way of face to face dialogs, radio programs and distribution of reading materials. This as the government prioritizes on local peace efforts while dealing with insurgency, said Maj. Ayop.

Believing still that the military action is not a perceived solution in Bohol, military elements have coordinated with the local government units in the conduct of civil-military operations putting the communication lines between groups open.

The move is seen as a palliative solution to the pending anti-terror bill in the Senate and finally hammering a peace accord.

This even with the recent calls of the NPAs to form an alliance with government detractors and anti President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo forces in efforts to topple the administration and derail the local peace efforts. (PIA)

Greet the new year with paper horns, pots and pans - DOH

Published December 2005
Iloilo City - For reasons of economics and safety, the Department of Health is recommending the use of alternative noise - makers instead of the traditional firecrackers.
To reduce firecrackers and fireworks related injuries and death, DOH launched its own formula to counter the incident. "FOURmula Kontra Paputok" was laid out by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to heighten awareness of the public on the four ways of preventing firecrackers and fireworks related injuries and deaths during the holidays. The campaign asks the public and the local government units to find alternative means of merry making other than the use of firecrackers.

"FOURmula Kontra Paputok" advocates safe ways of making noise. It has four basic pointers that address the most common ways people injure themselves during the festivities of the holidays: 1. It is better to use pots, pans and paper horns; 2. never pick up the firecrackers that fail to explode; 3. immediately wash wounds with soap and water and go to the nearest hospital for treatment and 4. never fire guns to greet the New Year.

"People use firecrackers as noisemakers for luck, but it is definitely not lucky if you lose a limb or get hurt this season," the health chief emphasized. Further, he added that this year's campaign would focus on males aged 10-19 years and those below 10 years, which are the most affected groups.

It is better and less costly to use palangganas, torotots, pots and pans than the traditional and injury-causing firecrackers according to the Health Secretary.

Based on statistics last year, Western Visayas has 30 firecrackers and fireworks related cases third to Ilocos Region which is second with 36 cases and topped by the National Capital Region with 393 cases. Of those injured, 56% directly handled firework, 29% were onlookers, and 15% were passersby.

Last year, 50 different sentinel sites nationwide also reported 585 injuries from 21 December 2004 to 1 January 2005. These injuries were 15% lower compared to the same period in the previous year. Of the total number of injuries, 548 were due to fireworks, 33 were stray bullet cases while 4 cases of watusi ingestion.

On the use of liquor, majority (76%) of those injured was not under the influence of liquor, while only about 20% were intoxicated. Most (70%) injuries occurred on the street, 27% were sustained at home, while the rest were not indicated where injuries were sustained.

"A surefire formula for a joyous and peaceful revelry is to welcome the New Year with prayer and to practice safe alternative ways of merry making without the use of the injury-causing firecrackers," Duque concluded. (PIA/EAD)

So when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, "What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?" Exodus 18:14

In our zeal to please God and advance His kingdom, we Christians often take on responsibilities that God never intended us to have. One of the great challenges of the Christian life is determining what God does not want us to do! Our intentions are admirable: We love God, we love His people, and we see many needs around us. But sometimes our good intentions cause more harm than good. Moses was aware of the need for someone to settle disputes among the Israelites. Someone had to help those former slaves learn how to live together as the people of God, so Moses took it upon himself to meet this need. Long lines of unhappy people, hoping to have their cases heard, stood before Moses each day. Moses spent day after day carrying the weight of his nation’s problems on his shoulders. Finally his father-in-law, an outsider, witnessed what Moses was doing and challenged the wisdom of his actions. Moses was taking on more than he could handle. He was wearing himself out trying to do what was impossible for one person. In doing this service alone, Moses was robbing others of an opportunity to serve the Lord. He was also doing a disservice to his people, who otherwise could have had their issues resolved much sooner. When you become aware of a need, do not automatically assume God wants you to meet it. The only reason to perform ministry is that God clearly tells you it is His will. If you are feeling overwhelmed by all that you are doing, you are probably doing more than God has asked. Pray carefully about the assignments you take on, so that you don’t rob yourself and others of God’s best.

A Ministry of Reconciliation

Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18

The world abounds with people whose sin has alienated them from God. Christ’s sacrificial work has restored Christians to a love relationship with the heavenly Father. As Christians, we are appointed as ministers of reconciliation. Once Christ dwells within us, we become His ambassadors, and we entreat others to be reconciled to Him (2 Cor. 5:20). We are God’s messengers of peace, urging others to return to God (Matt. 5:9).

Sin breaks our relationship with God; it severs relationships with others as well. Broken relationships are the epidemic of our day. Sin alienates family members, separates friends, divides churches, and destroys marriages. Sin creates mistrust, jealousy, hatred, and greed, all of which devastate relationships. Only Christ has the remedy for the disastrous effect of sin on human relationships. As His ambassadors, we are to take the message of reconciliation to a broken, divided world. We urge reconciliation first with God, and then with each other.

How tragic when God’s messengers of peace harbor enmity toward each other. It is a travesty to carry a message of love and yet be filled with hatred. If there is someone whom you refuse to forgive, your message of reconciliation is hypocrisy. The evidence that you are a disciple of Jesus is that you love your fellow Christian (John 13:35). In each of your relationships, make certain that your actions share the love and forgiveness that reflect what you received from God. Then you will not only speak the message of reconciliation, but you will live it as well.     Henry and Richard Blackaby .

Trese anyos pa ni kay Grade 7. Pagka way atay ug batikon sa mga kriminal. Angayan lang nga ibalik ang death penalty sa Pilipinas.

City Central SPED caps journalism workshop

September 2014 - TAGBILARAN CITY â€"The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in Bohol completes the two day School-Based Training Workshop on Campus Journalism for Tagbilaran City Central School Special Program for Education (SPED) Center with four school journalism topics and workshops, Saturday, September 6.

The program was set for TCCS SPED Special Science Elementary School learners, the sole elementary science school in Bohol which prepares special modules to train young scientists.

Around 30 young writers and 6 advisers sat it out for grueling 8 hours of writing workshops to complete the course which started with feature writing and editorial writing as well as photojournalism and junior broadcasting handled by City Information Officer Fiel Angeli A. Gabin and ace lensman secondary school teacher Meljun Daniel.

The training seminar started August 30 with Gabin and Daniel while day two was September 6 with the PIA.

For day 2, the PIA handled News writing and Sports Writing which included its own separate writeshops and critiquing sessions in the morning, while the afternoon had Headline Writing and Copy Editing paired with Editorial Cartooning, which also bore its own writeshops and critiquing modules.

A mock press conference also happened to simulate the news details gathering and puts the writers in a mood for asking the right questions to generate the correct responses.

Jan Elvin Flor, who made the training design said the School-based Training Workshop said it has become an annual activity in the school especially for its SPED Special Science Program, with pupils clearly forcing a way to new skills as they venture into the nook of their capacities.

And to make the subjects even more relevant, the PIA used as its focus content in the writeshops, the environment in the light of climate change, a new shift in its advocacy for more awareness and community participation in mitigating its effects.

Participant Sophia Lorraine Aradanas said the training seminar gives them a new view of learning, using different resource persons other than the teachers they see every day. (PIABohol/RAC)

Jagna Anti-Drug Abuse Council strengthened

The relentless campaign against illegal drugs had gained another booster-support from local officials.

Jagna mayor Fortunato “Becbec” Abrenilla, who is a lawyer, had issued Executive Order No. 13 series 2014 “An Order Reconstituting the Municipal Anti-Drug Abuse Council (MADAC), Its Composition and Its Function” strengthening the LGU Jagna’s commitment to fight illegal drug abuse in the municipality.

In line with the provincial government’s intensive drug campaign, the municipality deemed it necessary to reconstitute the executive order with the inclusion of personalities that will effectively carry out the executive order.

It is stated that the “composition of the said council would help ensure community peace and harmony by addressing problems on illegal drug since its increasing use has significantly contributed to the incidence of heinous crimes”. The EO further identifies the “need to launch intensive information campaign in all schools throughout the municipality so that students and pupils will be informed on the ill-effects of the use of prohibited drugs”.

Mayor Abrenilla chairs the council with PNP C/SInsp Albert R Quilitorio as the vice-chairperson.

DepEd explains abandoned school building construction

Sept 2014 - CARMEN, Bohol â€" The division office of the Department of Education in this city explained last week why just started laying out the foundation for a school building in Calatrava Elem School was bandoned.

Teachers of this school in barangay Calatrava of this landlocked town are wondering why the construction of their new school building was abandoned by the constractor.

One teacher, who asked not to be named, said in an interview that the contractor just started digging up big holes for building foundation but days after it abandoned the said works, leaving them in limbo.

In a separate interview, school principal Belen Cempron confirmed this but she cannot give details of the predicament.

Teaching force here has been yearning for new school buildings to replace the old buildings which almost collapsed and cannot be used anymore for dangerous cracks all over following the earthquake last year. They said it’s almost a year but the government’s action is very slow.

According to the teachers that the the Department of Education funded the construction but the Department of Public Works and Highways implemented it. The latter sub-contracted it to a certain BMC constrctuion firm based here.

In an interview, planning officer II Amelia Cortidor of DepEd said that said construction was stopped because the funds is not intended for it. She said that such fund is for the “integrated” school here. But this school, which used to be one (a combination of elementary and secondary), is not anymore integrated.

The secondary school of this baranay has been transferred to its new site, now named as Potenciano Ramasola National High School, since the lot is owned by the Ramasola family, she said.

Probably, there were some lapses in identifying the site that the said fund was wrongly implemented, Cortidor said.

She said that the said fund was not intended for school building construction destroyed by the earthquake as what the teachers want to believe. The said budget was already there prior to the tremor, she added.

The teachers said that the construction was discontinued by the said contractor since the fund is said not intended for the said school but to Calatrava public secondary school instead.

Cong. Arthur Yap vowed to look into it. Vice-Mayor Pedro Budiongan and barangay chairperson Crisanta Añusa told the tutors to do the same.

Yap and other officials inaugurated a four-classroom “transitional” building made of light materials to house the schoolchildren in this barangay whose old building was destroyed by the tremor. The American Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (AmCham) donated the said building. Atty. Archie Gonzales and Rorie Castañares Hinscliff, a Boholana, represented the AmCham. (RVO)

Coast Guard conducts hearing on scuba, dive shop operations

TAGBILARAN CITY â€"Considering tourist safety as prime concern for Bohol and as well as our near perfect dive sites in the country, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) pushes for the passage of a memorandum circular (MC) setting the guidelines for dives in the country, for reasons of safety to life and property.

From a laissez-faire policy on dives and resorts with dive operations, the PCG now is getting its hands into securing that there is clearer guideline for dives and related underwater activities, as it holds a series of public consultations on its mulled guidelines that would be implemented for the entire country.

Last Friday, September 5, the PCG presented the draft MC to divers, dive shop operators and enthusiasts during a public hearing at 1:00 at the Panglao Gymnasium.

Apart from stakeholders and even watercraft operators ferrying tourists, also present were Congressman Rene Relampagos, House Tourism Committee chair, Panglao local officials and even international dive consultants.

Using Republic Act 9993 or the PCG Law and its implementing rules and regulations, with reference to the International Convention of the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) chapter 3, Philippine Merchant Marines Rules and Regulations, PCG headquarters MC on mandatory pre departure inspections, Marine Authority MC on lifejackets and the Implementing Rules and regulations of The Tourism Act of 2009, the PCG consolidates existing guidelines to form a circular that promotes safety of life and property at sea, according to RADM Rodolfo Isorena of the PCG.

He said the new memorandum circular applies to beach resort owners with dive shops, resorts owners operating watercrafts for bare skin diving or Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) diving, accredited dive shops and boat operators who conduct underwater diving operations including fishing and explorative mining.

Among those presented are policies on putting appropriate number of life vests on board watercraft, these should also be subject to pre-departure inspections by authorized PCG personnel, that these should have extra oxygen tanks for emergencies, captains licensed by Marina, now required to report by call or text upon departure to sea and upon its return.

For Scuba diving instructors, they all must be certified by any recognized training institutions like Professional Association of Divers International, Scuba Schools International, Confederation Mondiale des Activites Subaquatiques and other similar international accrediting organizations.

These scuba divers also must profess to abide by the safety scuba diving activities rules and carry out rescues and initiate necessary emergency actions as well as render reports to nearest PCG detachment any unusual incident pertaining to scuba and other underwater activities.

For beach resort owners and dive shops, they are to be registered and accredited by the PCG, ensure that their scuba diving instructors or dive masters are qualified and certified, that they shall submit list of accredited scuba diving masters or instructors with corresponding certificates and training records as well as ensure they have necessary emergency equipment for emergency purposes.

The MC also add up other tasks to the PCG: monitor and supervise its implementation, maintain data base for scuba divers, resorts with dive shops, receive the applications for accreditation, receive payments for fees and issuances of certificates, penalties for violations, program training for PCG inspection teams to dive shops and pre departure inspection teams. (PIABohol/RAC)

Bill Increasing Exemption of Tax on Bonuses Passes Second Reading

The House of Representatives, last September 8, 2014, approved on second reading Substitute Bill No. 4970, with full title, “An Act Increasing the Ceiling for the Total Exclusion from Gross Income of 13th Month Pay and Other Benefits to Seventy Thousand Pesos (Php 70,000.00), Amending for the Purpose Section (32)(7)(E) of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as Amended.”

This is a consolidation of twelve bills filed by various authors at the House of Representatives, including House Bill No. 4456 filed by Cong. Rene L. Relampagos, of the first district of the province of Bohol, which he filed last May 21, 2014. In his version of the bill, Cong. Relampagos proposed that the tax exemption ceiling be pegged at Php 75,000.00.

In a previous statement, the lawmaker explained that, “If passed, the law will correct the impractical and unanticipated result in the application of the NIRC to employees who are classified as salary grade 18 positions which is a far-cry from the original spirit of the tax law. Simply then, all employees and workers â€" in both the private and public sectors, will be receiving the full amount of their bonuses if it is less than Php 70,000.00.”

“Ultimately,” Cong. Relampagos continued, “we strengthen the purchasing power of the working class, we reduce the gap between salary and the increasing cost of living of the day and we affirm the intent of the Tax Code which was passed seventeen (17) years ago. Having passed the second reading, it will not be long that it will also pass third reading at the House.”

In order to become a law, however, the Senate has to pass a similar bill. Thereafter, the two versions will be consolidated and submitted to the President for final approval. To date, three senators filed similar bills.

“I earnestly hope that this proposed measure will be passed and approved before the bonus season this December in order to have the impact it seeks to achieve. It’s already the ‘ber’ months after all,” the Congressman said.

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On a different note, the House Committee on Tourism, chaired by Cong. Relampagos, had a public hearing last September 10, 2014, at Batasan Hills. Quezon City. In agenda were two house resolutions and one house bill.

Specifically, they discussed: (1) the issue of the alleged clash between the rights of indigenous peoples over ancestral lands in relation to business ventures which affect tourism projects in Palawan; (2) the proposal for ‘volun-tourism’ which will encourage grassroots participation in tourism activities in the local scene and; (3) the proposed amendment to the documentary requirements in order to qualify for the Department of Tourism and Department of Public Works and Highways (DOT-DPWH) Convergence Program.

Briefly discussed also was the proposed bill on Farm Tourism which has just finished technical working group discussions.

Bohol bulk water supply feasibility contract inked
By Ven rebo Arigo (September 2014)

Bohol’s long-term supply project for bulk water has begun to cascade to fulfillment following yesterday’s signing of the conduct of its crucial viability study between the province, its overseas partners and consultant.

Known as the Bohol Water and Sanitation Project (BWSP), the major undertaking is essential to the province’s bid for enduring development while seriously addressing widespread health concerns.

The contract on consulting services for the feasibility study of the BWSP was sealed by Gov. Edgar Chatto for the provincial government, Country Representative Steven Rood of The Asia Foundation (TAF), Chief of Party Enrico Basilio of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) â€" Philippine Competitiveness (COMPETE) Project, and Angel Santiago, Jr. who is the president of the Engineering and Development Corporation of the Philippines (EDCOP) as consultant.

The conduct of the feasibility study costs P25.9 million.

The USAID-COMPETE, TAF and Bohol government immediately ordered the EDCOP, which ties up with the SCHEMA Konsult, Inc., to proceed with the important feasibility works.

A complete technical and financial study is required by the funding agencies and finance institutions which are willing to assist the province.

The bulk water supply project is among the Chatto administration’s long-term priority investments like the renewable energy program.

Other leading Bohol priorities and big-ticket projects have been integrated in the national expenditure program for 2015.

These include hospital modernization which, on the part of the province-run hospitals, is continuing while the national counterpart focuses on the construction of the new Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital (GCGMH).

The national appropriations for next year likewise involve allocations for massive school building construction, agricultural interventions that improve production and livelihood, and infrastructure facilities that at the same time accelerates tourism activities.

These are all related to Chatto’s expanded “HEAT IT Bohol” agenda which engages health, education, agriculture, tourism, and information technology.

The Bohol governor was invited by Malacañang and attended what Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III calls “agenda setting with partners” on Friday.

The president said wider development starts from a good and able government.

Tirol: Educating Badjaos a tall order, but sensible

TAGBILARAN CITY â€" Provincial lady Board Member Godofreda O. Tirol said she never allows a single stone left unturned in the development, if not upliftment, of the Badjao tribe through education without necessarily abandoning their own culture.

In an exclusive interview, Tirol said that she really focuses on her felt mission to instill in the Badjao the value of human being.

“They’re not what other people think, neither they’re vagabond,” she said.

The veteran lady provincial lawmaker of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) cares and looks at Badjaos just like any other people in the community and they must be at the mainstream and not a different people. They have families to care for but only they lack education.

The need to instill education and organize the seafaring people is a tall order. “But we must do it,” Tirol, who is also a dean of University of Bohol in her private practice, said.

To shun them away from the society’s adherence to and rules and regulations when they are into begging on the streets, if not on the seawater with their small children on board on a padlled banca that make them “eyesores” to many but maybe fascinating to tourists is not a good idea, neither motivate them. And the only way to understand them is to appreciate and recognize their culture no matter how different it is, a former professor said.

Tirol said that she has been into caring the Badjaos since 2007 even if they’re not voters in her district because she hails from Candijay, one of 19 towns of the district. Badjaos, who reside at the coastal area of barangay Totolan, Dauis town, belong to first district, Tirol, who admitts she’s a politician, told the meeting.

In separate interview, Lorna Cuham, 21 and her younger sister, Madonna Cuham, 19, all singles, daughters of chieftain Mario Cuham, said that they’re now on third year taking criminology course courtesy of the non-government organization’s help.

Both said they wanted to become policewomen someday to protect their kind and serve the community.

Their older sister, Marina Cuham, is now the teacher of pre-school of the tribe. She said together with another Badjao tutor, Marife Melencion, she’s teaching some 50 Badjao children. They hold clases one session each in the morning and afternoon.

She said she wants to educate her own kind but not discarding their culture, such as practicing their own tongue. Marina Cuham and Melencion were able to pursue teaching studies courtesy of the government, Tirol said.

To economically uplift the Badjaos, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) intends to provide initial working capital as financial assistance to the tribe members under the promotion of employment and entrepreneurship programs.

And the target beneficiaries are those who are marginalized and unemployed Badjaos, DOLE representative John Paul Nistal in a power point presentation. He explained that DOLE won’t provide cash direct to the Badjaos but it helps tem procure materials on a certain project, such as fish nets, boats and the like. DOLE also provides capacity building in certain skills of the Badjaos, Nistal said. (RVO)

Abundant Life

Daily Devotional for Thursday, August 25th, 2016

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10

Jesus warns us to be on guard for thieves who will try to rob us of what God has for us. Jesus wants us to enjoy abundant life (John 10:10). Since the time of Adam and Eve, people have had to choose whom to believe. Satan convinced Adam and Eve that forfeiting their obedience to God would gain them everything. Instead, their disobedience robbed them of all they had. For the rest of their lives they experienced only a fraction of the blessings God had intended. Scripture is replete with accounts of those who forfeited their inheritance as children of God in order to gain that which was transitory and empty. The world seeks to convince you that you will find fulfillment if you adopt its standard of morality for your marriage, raising your children, advancing your career, or pursuing pleasure. If you believe this, you will never experience the blessings God intended for you. Sin brings death (Rom. 6:23). It is tragic to listen to the voices of the world instead of to the One who created life and who wants you to experience life to its fullest. Jesus wants you to live your life with security, knowing that you are a beloved child of God. If you are not experiencing love, joy, and peace, you have settled for less than what God intends for you. If you have been making excuses for why you are not experiencing an abundant and joyful life, determine today to settle for nothing less than God’s best for your life. Stop following the world’s way of finding satisfaction. Instead, listen to the Savior’s voice, and you will find true fulfillment.    Henry and Richard Blackaby .

The Spirit of Wisdom

Daily Devotional for Wednesday, August 24th, 2016

The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might,The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2

Throughout His ministry, Jesus relied upon the Holy Spirit to direct Him as He made crucial decisions and faced relentless opposition (Mark 1:12). Centuries earlier, Isaiah had described what the Spirit’s presence would mean for the Savior. The Spirit would give Jesus the knowledge of the will and ways of the Father. As a young boy, Jesus already possessed unusual knowledge of God’s word (Luke 2:47). The Spirit granted Him the wisdom to use this knowledge. The Spirit enabled Jesus to take the word of God and apply it effectively to the specific needs of those He encountered.

If you are a Christian, the same Spirit abides in you. At times, you may pray and ask God to send His Spirit “in power.” That is the only way the Spirit ever comes! More importantly, the Spirit will come in wisdom, bringing the understanding of God’s ways.

You need God’s wisdom for the decisions you face (Rom. 11:33). Perhaps God has placed you in a position of great responsibility, and you feel overwhelmed by the decisions you must make. It may be in your role as parent, or friend, or leader that you long for the wisdom of God. The same Spirit who enabled Jesus to see through the deceptions of Satan will also guide you through the temptations that confront you. Pray that God will fill you with His Spirit of wisdom so that through the decisions you make you can live your life effectively.     Henry and Richard Blackaby

Open Doors and Adversaries

Daily Devotional for Sunday, August 28th, 2016

For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. 1 Corinthians 16:9

Open doors of service may also let in adversaries. Paul had many of both. As Paul wrote to the Corinthians from Ephesus, he was trying to determine where to go next. He chose to remain longer in Ephesus because of the open doors of service God granted him. Knowing that God had opened the doors of ministry, Paul was not going to leave, regardless of how many enemies he faced. We might assume that Paul would reach the opposite conclusion. In light of the opposition he faced, he could have concluded that it was best to serve in less hostile regions. Instead, Paul based his decisions on God’s activity rather than on what people were doing. As you respond to God’s invitations, don’t be caught by surprise when adversaries try to thwart what you are doing. If you concentrate on your opponents, you will be sidetracked from God’s activity. Don’t base your decisions on what people are doing. They cannot prevent you from carrying out God’s will (Rom. 8:31). Many times the most rewarding spiritual work is done in the crucible of persecution and opposition. While Paul was in Ephesus, a riot broke out in reaction to his ministry. The city theater resounded with an angry mob who shouted for two hours in support of their god, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!” (Acts 19:23-41). Despite this fierce rejection of the gospel, Ephesus became one of the chief cities from which the gospel spread throughout Asia. It takes spiritual discernment to see beyond human activity to God’s will. As you seek places of service, look beyond what people are saying to find what God is doing.  Henry and Richard Blackaby .

PHP500,000 worth of ‘shabu’ seized from ex-councilor in Cagayan de Oro

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Aug. 19 (PNA) -- Government agents seized shabu worth PHP500,000 from a former town councilor and her niece during a buy-bust operation at Cagayan de Oro City’s premier bus terminal.

Insp. Melgar Devaras of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Northern Mindanao said Friday the illegal substance was confiscated from Raihana Alen, who was a town councilor in Pantar, Lanao del Norte back in 2003, and her niece, a minor.

“Actually, the transaction started in Butuan City, 180 km. from here where the operatives agreed to pay (for) some 200 kg. of shabu worth PHP1 million,” Devaras said.

He said the transaction was completed at the bus terminal in Agora here Thursday evening, but Alen turned over only 100 grams of shabu, with a street value of PHP500,000.

Devaras noted that Thursday night's transaction was the third, with Alen previously selling also 100 grams of shabu.

He said charges were brought against Alen and her nephew for violating the Comprehensive Anti-Illegal Drug Law. They were at the custody of the CIDG regional command in Patag, Cagayan De Oro City. (PNA)

Those Who Mourn

Daily Devotional for Saturday, August 20th, 2016

"Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted." Matthew 5:4

God wants us to experience His joy (John 15:11). Yet we cannot experience His joy until we have mourned over our sin. If we do not grieve over the weight of our sin, we have no concept of sin’s devastating power. If we treat our sin lightly, we demonstrate that we have no sense of the enormity of our offense against almighty God. Our sin caused the death of God’s Son. It causes us to fall short of what God intends (Rom. 3:23). It brings pain and sorrow to others, as well as to ourselves.

The Bible says that those who grieve over their sin will draw near to God (James 4:8-10). Those who mourn and weep over their sin are in a position to repent (Luke 4:18-19). There cannot be repentance without the realization of the gravity of sin. Regret for sin’s consequences is not the same as sorrow for sinning against holy God. Confession of sin is not necessarily an indication of repentance. Repentance comes only when we acknowledge that our transgression has come from a heart that is far from God, and we are brokenhearted over our grievous offenses against holy God.

Jesus said that those who are heartbroken over their sin will find comfort. They will experience new dimensions of God’s love and forgiveness. His infinite grace is sufficient for the most terrible sin. Do not try and skip the grieving process of repentance in order to move on to experience joy. God will not leave you to weep over your sin but will forgive you, comfort you, and fill you with His joy.  Henry and Richard Blackaby .

SEC cracks down on non-compliant stockbrokers
By Joseph Albert A. Gamboa

MANILA, Aug. 19 (PNA) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has started penalizing stockbrokers for failure to comply with the requirements imposed under the 2015 implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Securities Regulation Code.

So far, six brokerage firms have been sanctioned by the SEC. These are: Equitiworld Securities Inc., First Orient Securities Inc., IGC Securities Inc., Regina Capital Development Corp., SJ Roxas & Company Inc., and The First Resources Management and Securities Corp.

All six are trading participants in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) whose presidents and compliance officers have been issued notices by the SEC's Markets and Securities Regulation Department.

Citation letters stated that brokers failed to submit new requirements prescribed under the IRR, which took effect last Nov. 15.

Violations include non-submission of risk management and internal control procedures; business continuity and disaster recovery plan; comprehensive information technology plan; updated written supervision and control procedures; and copies of proposed contract of outsourced activities or services.

Penalties imposed on the erring brokers ranged from PHP30,000 to PHP60,000, with a stern warning that heavier sanctions may be imposed on them if they continue to violate the regulatory requirements.

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Crime drops amid vigorous anti-illegal drug campaign

CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan De Oro City, Aug. 13 (PNA) â€" The crime incidents all over the country has reduced by 49 percent amid a vigorous anti-illegal drug campaign, police Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said hereFriday.

Dela Rosa was in Cagayan De Oro City to confer awards to various police offices and individuals in Northern Mindanao on the occasion of the 115th police service anniversary.

During his short message, Dela Rosa reported that the crime in the country had significantly reduced, which showed the success of the anti-illegal drug drive in the country.

“This only goes to show that most of these crimes that are happening in our communities are drug-related because when we focused our attention on the drug problem, crimes also dropped,” Dela Rosa said.

In Northern Mindanao alone, the reported crime cases in July 2016 dropped by 44 percent compared to the crime reported during the same month in 2014 and 2015.

“The campaign (anti-illegal drug drive) is just starting,” Dela Rosa said.

He said that despite the criticisms from various sectors, getting rid of the illegal drug business would remain the focus of the police.

Dela Rosa said that next in the list of the police would be a nationwide drive against all forms of illegal gambling.

“Let us continue with our campaign as long as what we are doing is in compliance with the law and respect of human rights,” Dela Rosa told members of the police regional command here. (PNA)

Pres. Duterte to bring change to Philippine sports
By Jelly F. Musico

MANILA, Aug. 12 (PNA) â€"- With the country’s newest sports heroine Hidilyn Diaz and veteran sports leader Butch Ramirez listening intently beside him, President Rodrigo Duterte announced his vision designed to bring change in Philippine sports.

”We would need a very good (sports) facilities,” Pres. Duterte told the media after meeting with Diaz late Thursday night in Panacan, Davao City.

Diaz arrived on Thursday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport from Brazil and then took a connecting flight to Davao City where she paid a courtesy call to the president.

During their meeting, Diaz presented to the president the Olympic silver medal she won in the 53-kg event of the weightlifting competition in the ongoing Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

To inspire others to follow the footsteps of Diaz, Pres. Duterte promised to give additional PHP2 million cash incentive for the country’s newest sports heroine.

Upon his arrival at the NAIA, Diaz received the PHP5-million check as provided by the new expanded incentive law for the Olympic silver medalist. The Republic Act No. 10699 also provide PHP10 million for gold medalist and PHP2.5 million for bronze winner in the Olympics.

”Medyo kulang. Maybe because I was overjoyed and because of the distinct honor that she brought home kaya dinagdagan ko just also to encourage others that after a hard, long training meron silang makukuha sa kanilang pagod. Honor in sports is very hard get [It's not enough. I added PHP2 million to encourage others that after arduous training, they will get something in return for the hardwork],” Duterte said in defending the additional cash bonus to Diaz.

Diaz, who stands to receive another PHP500,000 from the local government of Zamboanga City, said she will use part of the incentives for the construction of a weightlifting gym near her house in Zamboanga.

Pres. Duterte agreed with Diaz’s plan, saying more sports facilities should be constructed outside "greater Manila" to discover and train potential athletes.

”I will agree because if we pour in the facilities in the grater Manila, we will not be able to cultivate good Filipino athletes,” Duterte said.

”Historically, it has always been Manila which the epicenter of our athletes training there. Hardly if any talent would get notice from the government especially in the far flung areas in the Philippines,” he added.

The President said sports facilities outside Metro Manila would encourage young children to go into sports and be the country’s future sports heroes.

For the meantime that fund is limited, Ramirez said the PSC will develop and refurbish the existing sports facilities nationwide like in Negros Oriental and Occidental, Davao and Zamboanga provinces that will serve as hubs for the government intensified grassroots sports development.

”The PSC under the Office of the President, will be crafting the first Institute of Sports which is the missing line of the Philippine sports. Out of this, it can create a genuine grassroots sports program,” Ramirez said.

Ramirez said initial plan is to make Dumaguete City as center for archery development while weightlifting in Zamboanga City and diving in Panacan, Davao City.

The PSC chief said an executive order is being prepared for the establishment of Institute of Sports.

”Out of that, when the President Duterte is gone after six years, we are able to put up a genuine grassroots sports program under the Duterte administration,” Ramirez said.

Ramirez said they also plan to strengthen the international training for the Filipino athletes, the same strategy that the PSC gave to Diaz that eventually sent her to the Olympic medal podium after two straight failed attempts.

”Ang iiwan ng Duterte administration is genuine grassroots sports program [The Duterte administration's legacy would be a grassroots sports program],” Ramirez said.

To show that sports has special place in his heart, Pres. Duterte increased the allowance of the athletes to Rio Olympics from USD1,000 to USD3,000 and from USD,3000 to USD5,000 for coaches and officials in simple send-off ceremony in Malacanang last July 18.

Diaz thanked the president for the support and inspiration he given to the Filipino athletes.

”The send-off party with President Digong is very inspiring because he is showing his full support to us,” Diaz said.

Diaz became the first Filipina and only third athlete from the Philippines to win Olympic silver medal after boxers Mansueto ‘Onyok’ Velasco in 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the late Anthony Villanueva in 1964 Tokyo Games.

In 2020, the Olympic Games will return in Tokyo and Diaz promised to shelve any retirement plan and pursue her quest for the country’s first ever Olympic gold medal.

”Siguro hindi na ako papayag na silver lang. Gusto ko gold. Pipilitin ko. Ipinakita ko na kaya pala natin manalo sa Olympics [I will aim for the gold . We've shown that we can do it in the Olympics],” said Diaz whose silver medal finish ended the Philippines’ 20-year long Olympic medal drought.(PNA)

Another lawmaker charged for P35million PDAF scam; Former DBM Secretary Andaya also faces charges

          Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has ordered the filing of charges against former Representative Salacnib Baterina of the 1st district of Ilocos Sur for his involvement in the anomalous utilization of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) released in 2007.   Baterina is facing three counts of violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act), three counts of Malversation and one count of Direct Bribery.

           In-depth investigation found that from January to February 2007, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released a total of P35million as part of Baterina’s PDAF supposedly to fund livelihood and farm input projects for his constituents.  Baterina identified and requested the implementation of projects be coursed through the Philippine Social Development Foundation Inc. (PSDFI) and the Kaagapay Magpakailanman Foundation, Inc. (KMFI) as NGO-implementors. He also requested that the funds be downloaded to the Technology and Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC) as implementing agency.

           Field investigation, however, revealed that none of the projects were implemented and thus considered as “ghost” projects.   Whistleblower Benhur Luy stated that Janet Lim Napoles gave commissions worth over P7.5million to Baterina and that it was Zenaida Ducut “who facilitated the transaction by acting as agent of Napoles for Baterina.  Ducut was tasked by Napoles to look for lawmakers willing to deal with Napoles in connection with the PDAF scheme.”

           For its part, the Commission on Audit observed lapses in the utilization of the fund, such as the lack of public bidding in the NGO-selection process; absence of documents  supporting the actual utilization and liquidation of public funds; and  the lack of list of beneficiaries, official receipts with municipal agriculturists in 11 municipalities denying receipt of any livelihood materials or farm inputs.

            According to Ombudsman Morales, “the complaints, as well as the testimonial and documentary evidence provided details which evidence the widespread misuse of the PDAF allotted to Baterina.”  She added that Baterina’s multi-million PDAF “was coursed through a complex scheme for the supposed livelihood projects for the 1st district which turned out to be inexistent or ghost projects.”

           Also ordered charged are former DBM Secretary Rolando Andaya, Jr., Napoles, Ducut, Antonio Ortiz, Dennis Cunanan, Maria Rosalina Lacsamana, Marivic Jover, Francisco Figura, Maurine Dimaranan, Mario Relampagos, Rosario Nuñez, Lalaine Paule, Marilou Bare, Evelyn De Leon, Belina Concepcion, Carlos Soriano, France Mercado and Godofredo Roque.

          Andaya was charged as then DBM Secretary “for his issuance of the subject Sub-Allotment Release Orders and Notices of Cash Allotment even if the required project profiles and endorsements from the implementing agencies were not obtained in violation of DBM National Budget Circular No. 476, thus making the funds easily accessible to the TLRC and bogus NGOs.”

       Ombudsman Morales also ordered the filing of charges for Corruption of Public Officials (Article 212, Revised Penal Code) against Napoles.

70 Visayas officials attend conference on participatory governance, federalism

CEBU CITY, August 5 (PNA) -- Some 70 officials from the different provinces in the Visayas attended the Kilusang Pagbabago Organizing Conference held August 2-3, 2016 at the Golden Prince Hotel in Cebu City.

Undersecretary Peter Lavina said the conference was a continuing political conversation on participatory governance and federalism as he cited the need for an information drive to discuss the need to shift to a federal system of government.

Lavina said the administration of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte wanted to enlighten the people on the importance of shifting the form of government from presidential to federal, before deciding on what body will rewrite the 1987 Constitution.

He said there is an initiative that proposes the formation of a study group called the Constitutional Commission (ConCom).

The result that will be gathered by ConCom would then be submitted for consideration by the Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass).

The Con-Ass, which will be composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate, is considered as the “best option” because a Constitutional Convention (Con-Con) will entail the cost of about Php7 billion

The gathering was attended by representatives from Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Negros Island Region, Siquijor and Panay.

The participants also included officials from Dilaab Foundation lead by Fr. Carmelo Diola, said convenor Doris Mongaya. (PNA)

Now!

Then another of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." Matthew 8:21

Often our struggle as Christians is not in deciding whether we should obey Christ but in obeying immediately. We may acknowledge our need to follow Christ and commit ourselves to do what He has told us. Yet when God reveals His will to us, that is the time to obey! God’s revelation of His will is His invitation to respond immediately. Some would-be disciples pledged their willingness to follow Jesus, but they told Him they were not ready yet. In Jesus’ day, a Jewish man was expected to care for his elderly parents until they died. One man wanted to wait until his father died before going with Jesus. This would be an honorable delay. The man had to choose between this important responsibility and heeding a call from the Lord. Yet God knew this man, and He knew the man’s father. God would have taken care of the man’s father, if he only would have followed Jesus. This was an opportunity to walk with the Son of God, yet the concerns of this life were competing for priority with obedience to God. Timing our obedience is crucial. Invitations from God come with a limited opportunity to respond. Some opportunities to serve Him, if not accepted immediately, will be lost. Occasions to minister to others may pass us by. When God invites us to intercede for someone, it may be critical that we stop what we are doing and immediately adjust our lives to what God is doing. Missing opportunities to serve the Lord can be tragic. When an invitation comes from God, the time to respond is now.Henry and Richard Blackaby

For the greater part of our nation's history, the only way to get a message to the President and the White House was to send it by mail. Technology has made new ways of communicating possible. In the 1880s, the White House began receiving phone calls. In 1994, WhiteHouse.gov introduced a way for the public to submit messages online.

These days, no matter where you are or what time of day it is, it's possible to connect instantaneously, in real time, to people all over the world. One of our jobs at the White House is to keep up with these new ways of communication.

That's why today, for the first time ever, you'll be able to send a note to President Obama simply by messaging the White House on Facebook, the same way you message your friends.

There's a new way to message President Obama at the White House

Getting a word in with the president has always been one of the White House's most popular citizen services. As President Obama himself has pointed out, "Abraham Lincoln was able to have regular office hours where people would come and wait outside his office, which was over in the residence." Face-to-face time is a little harder to come by these days, but technology makes it possible for anyone with an internet connection to send a message to the President and his Administration.

The White House's Messenger bot, a first of its kind for any government the world over, will make it as easy as messaging your closest friends.

So, head on over to the White House's Facebook page and click "Message" to get in touch with the President.

Thanks,

Jason

Jason Goldman
Chief Digital Officer
The White House

Pleasing God, Pleasing Others

Daily Devotional for Thursday, August 11th, 2016

For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. Galatians 1:10

At times you will have to make a choice between pleasing God and pleasing those around you, for God’s ways are not man’s ways (Isa. 55:8-9). As important as it is to strive for good relations with others, it is even more important to maintain a steadfast and obedient relationship with Christ. Disobeying God to keep peace with other people is never wise. Peace with God is always paramount.

Jesus warned that obeying Him might cause division in your relationships (Matt. 10:35-36). If Paul’s primary goal had been to please others, he would never have become an apostle of Jesus Christ. Paul went completely against the wishes of his colleagues in order to obey Christ. At times, obedience to God sets family members at odds with each other (Matt. 10:35-36). When you follow Jesus’ Lordship, your family may misunderstand, or even oppose you, yet your obedience to God reflects your identity as His child. Jesus said that those who obey His will are His brothers and sisters (Luke 8:21). God does not intend to divide the home, but He places obedience before domestic harmony.

It is important to get alone in quietness with God so that you understand what pleases Him. The world’s thinking will mislead you more easily when you are not clear about what God desires. It broke Peter’s heart to know that the opinion of a servant girl had mattered more to him than the approval of his Lord! If the desire to appease others tempts you to compromise what you know God wants you to do, learn from Peter’s mistake. Determine that you will please your Lord regardless of the opinions of others. Henry and Richard Blackaby

Showing Grace

Daily Devotional for Saturday, August 13th, 2016

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32

The Book of Ephesians describes the behavior that ought to characterize Christians as they relate to one another. Our actions ought to be permeated with kindness. Kindness is love expressed in practical ways; it is putting the needs of others before our own. It is intentionally considering ways to meet other people’s needs.Being tenderhearted means that we are keenly sensitive to the feelings of others. When a fellow Christian experiences sorrow, we grieve also (1 Cor. 12:26). When another believer is joyful, we, too, rejoice. Being tenderhearted means showing compassion toward those around us. We show forgiveness because we, too, fall short of God’s ideal. Knowing that God has graciously saved us from destruction motivates us to forgive others when they offend us. Often we are less patient with our fellow Christians than we are with nonbelievers. We expect more of Christians, and we feel betrayed when they fail us. When this happens, we need to look closely at the cross and remember the forgiveness we received there. We must set aside the self-centered attitude that leads to impatience and criticism of others. Jesus did not say that the world will know Him by our miracles, by our grand testimonies, or by our vast Bible knowledge. The world will know Him by the love that Christians show to one another (John 13:35). Are you constantly in conflict with others? Ask God to give you kindness, a tender heart, and a forgiving spirit. As you allow the Spirit to build these qualities into you, your life will be a blessing to others around you.  Henry and Richard Blackaby .

Cayetano: give the President emergency powers vs traffic, congestion ASAP

Stressing that a bold and swift solution is needed to address the country's worsening traffic and congestion problem, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano urged his colleagues in Congress to speed up the passage of a bill granting emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to resolve the crisis.

In an interview with ANC's Headstart on Friday (August 12), the senator said he expects that the President will be granted emergency powers by the end of September or before Congress goes on a legislative break.

"Sana before the end of September (a bill has been enacted already). That will be more than enough time for both Houses to put the proper safeguards," Cayetano said. "We should not overcomplicate it. We should put it this way. Everyday na hindi natin ibigay ang emergency powers, it's another day of traffic and gridlock," he added.

Cayetano said fast-tracking an emergency measure such as this is doable, as it was done during the time of former President Fidel Ramos. During Ramos' term, it took Congress only 12 days to enact a law that granted the president emergency powers to address the country's energy crisis.

Last Monday (August , Cayetano filed Senate Bill No. 999 or the "Freedom from Traffic and Congestion Act of 2016," which seeks to give emergency powers to the President as well as to heads of executive agencies related to the transportation sector, authorizing them to utilize necessary resources and employ executive actions to resolve the crisis.

Through his bill, Cayetano aims to end not just the traffic and congestion mess in Metro Manila, but also in all other highly urbanized areas that experience the same problem, including the provinces of Rizal, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Metro Cebu.

"In many urban areas, in two to three years, the traffic situation could worsen. Huwag na nating antaying magka-problema pa saka natin gagamutin," he said.

Cayetano also stressed the need to ensure proper coordination among the national and local government units to harmonize traffic regulations in the country as well as to prevent the delay in the construction of infrastructure projects.

"There should only be one policy. In Metro Manila, for instance, may city na iba ang coding (system) sa MMDA, may city na iba ang policies. Kaya kung ikaw ang driver, nakakalito talaga. So in giving the President and the executive branch (emergency) powers, let us harmonize all procedures. Kapag sinabing sa main road, walang tricycle, walang paparada, (it should be applicable to all)," he explained.

Meanwhile, the senator said a long-term solution should be put in effect to end the perennial traffic problem in NCR. Among his proposals is to decongest the overcrowded capital by moving some departments to other regions, like the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to Clark, Pampanga.

"It is not only a problem of traffic, it is a problem of congestion. There are 19,137 people per square kilometer in Metro Manila. In the other regions, there are only less than 1,000 per square kilometer each, " he said as he pointed out the need to decongest NCR not only to prevent traffic jams, but also to spur development in areas outside the capital.

Cayetano: don't waste time on investigation, focus on revitalizing police force

Thursday (August 11) - Senator Alan Peter Cayetano urged his colleagues at the Senate to focus on discussing initiatives that would strengthen the Philippine National Police (PNP)’s ability to combat crime, instead of subjecting the police force to an investigation and accusing them of causing a spate of extrajudicial killings through their anti-drug campaign.

In an ambush interview following the Committee on Justice's executive meeting on the recent drug-related executions in the country, Cayetano refuted De Lima’s accusations against PNP officials, who are in the frontline of ongoing government operations to hunt down illegal drug suspects.

“We have to be responsible dito sa Senado because whatever we do here will send a message. Hindi takot ang pulis. Tapos gusto nating gamitin ang hearing para takutin sila? Hindi yata ayos ‘yun,” the senator stressed.

Although Cayetano agreed that the government should not turn a blind eye to extrajudicial killings, he said the former justice secretary should refrain from making sweeping statements and blaming police officials without clear evidence.

“Ang nasa dyaryo at TV ngayon, panay extrajudicial killings. Bakit noong panahon ni Aquino, panahon ni Arroyo, ang tawag lang diyan ay murder o kaya homicide? Bakit ngayon automatically these are extrajudicial or summary killings? But if you compare the numbers, you will see na ang ganitong klaseng patayan ay na-experience na natin before. These are usually the things that we sort out bago tayo mag-hearing so it doesn’t send a negative impact sa ating mga law enforcer,” he said.

The senator also questioned the timing of the investigation, noting that the Senate should instead focus on discussing important measures that would fortify and revitalize the country’s police force and strengthen the government’s fight against crime and illegal drugs.

“We’re winning the war on drugs, magiging tahimik na ang ating mga kalye. Bakit ang unang-una mong ihi-hearing ay sasabihin mong may maling ginagawa ang mga pulis kahit na wala pang pruweba,” Cayetano said.

“Right now we have to look at what our priorities are… Napakaraming kailangan ng police ngayon para maging successful ang ating anti-drug campaign. Napakaraming bills, ang Whistleblowers’ Act, ang pagpapatibay ng Witness Protection Act, ang pag-aayos ng Bilibid prison, ang pagdagdag ng mga drug courts. Bakit hindi ang mga ito ang unahin?”

Among the measures that Cayetano wants his fellow senators to prioritize is the proposal to increase the salary and other benefits of PNP officials.

He earlier lamented that police personnel in the country do not receive adequate compensation despite the risk to their lives brought by their profession. He said a significant increase in the police force’s salary and benefits would uplift their morale and attract the best and the brightest young individuals to join the PNP.

Cayetano for his part filed Senate Bill No. 71, also known as the Philippine National Police Compensation Act of 2016, at the beginning of the 17th Congress. It aims to increase the minimum base pay and allowances of PNP personnel, allowing the lowest ranking police officer to receive a gross minimum pay of P50,530 per month, inclusive of benefits and allowances.

South Cotabato pushes revision of revenue code

GENERAL SANTOS CITY - In a bid to raise its income, the provincial government of South Cotabato is pushing for the updating and revision of its revenue code.

Alvim Batol, acting head of the Provincial Treasurer’s Office, said Wednesday they are currently working on the proposed changes to the existing revenue ordinance, which was last amended in 2011.

He said they are targeting to submit the amendments to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board before the end of the third quarter.

“We’re hoping that it will be approved and implemented by next year,” the official said in an interview.

Batol said the revision of the revenue code is among the strategies that they adopted to increase the local government’s income and eventually lessen its dependency on the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA).

In 2015, he said 81.44 percent of the provincial government’s income came from its IRA share from the national government.

He said they are working on reducing such figure to 80 percent by the end of the year and to 77 percent by 2017.

Out of the province’s PHP1.323 billion annual executive budget last year, only 18.56 percent or PHP245.6 million was drawn from local sources, he said.

For this year, he said they have increased the local funding to 20 percent or PHP293.5 million out of the PHP1.47 billion annual budget.

By 2017, he said the province’s annual budget will increase to PHP1.72 billion and 22.25 percent or PHP303.3 million are targeted for local sourcing.

Aside from the revision of the revenue code, Batol said they have proposed for the establishment of more economic enterprises that would be run by the provincial government.

He said the local government presently operates the South Cotabato Gym and Cultural Center; Seven falls resort and zipline; South Cotabato Sports Complex’s swimming pool, track oval and stalls; and, the Productivity and Technology Center.

Batol said the provincial government’s local income mainly come from the economic enterprises, real property tax, business tax, small-scale mining tax, quarry or sand and gravel and fines and penalties, amusement tax , franchise tax and professional fees.

In support of the move, the Provincial Assessor’s Office is pushing for the implementation by next year of its proposed general revisions on the province’s real property tax schedule.

Felix Sadiang-abay, provincial assessor, said they have also revitalized their campaigns to discover more taxable real properties within the province’s 10 towns and lone city.

In 2015, the local government assessed a total of 13.06 billion worth of taxable real properties.

“We’re targeting a 2 percent increase for this year,” he said.

In the last six months, Sadiang-abay said they have already assessed some PHP13.2 billion worth of properties.(PNA)

6 DPWH-12 job workers face dismissal after illegal drug test

KORONADAL CITY -- The regional office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH-12) here will dismiss six job order workers after they were found positive of illegal drug use.

Engr. Reynaldo Tamayo, DPWH-12 regional director, said the job order workers were among those subjected to mandatory drug test as the regional office supports a nationwide campaign against illegal drugs.

More than 300 employees of DPWH-12 were told to undergo drug test to ensure the government office is free of illegal drug use.

He said more than 200 workers have undergone drug test while 163 others are scheduled Wednesday.

Tamayo said the six job order workers will have the option to submit their urine sample for confirmatory examination in Davao City.

"They should use the same urine sample in the confirmatory examination," Tamayo said, adding that the drug test will also be conducted in all DPWH district offices across the region.

"We are serious in this drive, those employees who were using illegal drugs should go," Tamayo said, adding one of those tested positive was a driver.

"It is very dangerous that our driver uses illegal drugs, that is putting the lives of his passengers in danger," he said.

Earlier, 10 government employees of Surallah, North Cotabato were tested positive of illegal drug use. Of the 10, eight were job order workers while the two were permanent employees.

The names of the employees were not revealed by police or the local government unit.

Region 12 is composed of the provinces of North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and the cities of Cotabato, Kidapawan, Koronadal, Tacurong and General Santos City. (PNA)

President Duterte to visit 1st Infantry troops in Zamboanga del Sur

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Aug. 10 (PNA) â€" President Rodrigo Duterte will visit Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 10) the troops of the First Infantry “Tabak” Division, the premier command of the Philippine Army, in Camp Major Cesar Sang-an in the nearby Labangan town.

Col. Benedicto Manquiquis, First Infantry Division public affairs officer, told the Philippines News Agency that the President is scheduled to arrive at 1 p.m.

Duterte will plane in through this city from Manila and will take the Presidential helicopter to Camp Cesar Sang-an in Barangay Upper Pulacan, Labangan town.

Maj. Gen. Gerardo Barrientos, First Infantry Division commander, will lead the group of officials who will welcome the President and his party upon arrival at the local airport.

The members of the media are only allowed to cover the President during his “talk-to-men” and visit to the hospital inside Camp Cesar Sang-an.

Manquiquis said President Duterte will hold a command conference to get first hand information of the ongoing programs and operations of the “Tabak” Division.

Expected to arrive with the President are Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff Gen. Ricardo Visaya and other top government officials. (PNA)

Businesses can now access Mongolia's market faster and easier with DHL

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, Aug. 10 (PNA/PRNewswire) -- DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international provider of air, sea and road freight services, today announced the launch of its new road and multimodal freight services connecting Mongolia to its major European and US trading partners in less than 20 days.

The services support both SMEs and larger enterprises in industries ranging from mining and automotive to retail, fashion and perishables seeking to capitalize on Mongolia's return to rapid economic growth and its transition from commodities to value-added exports.

Businesses in European nations stand to benefit from DHL's new road freight service to and from Mongolia which connects to continental Europe through Russia and Belarus under 20 days. The new service offers both Full Truck Load (FTL) and Less-than-Truck Load (LTL) options to support different business sizes, ideal for small cargo volumes and initial market testing. The service will support the movement of imported foreign goods such as furniture, medicines and wine, and exports like mining spare parts, cashmere products and all terrain bikes.

" Mongolia's economy is rebounding from the mining downturn, further building on its status as the world's second-largest cashmere producer [1] and a food and agricultural export hub [2] ," said Kelvin Leung , CEO, DHL Global Forwarding Asia Pacific. "With Mongolian businesses gaining a growing slice of global market share, supported by an increasingly solid network of regional Free Trade Agreements [3] [4] , Mongolia's dominant trading partners also stand to gain from increases in domestic consumption of foreign goods."

Mongolia also counts the US as one of its top five sources of imports [5] with cars and food as key imports. DHL's new multimodal service provides Full Container Load (FCL) and Less-than-Container Load (LCL) shipping with transit time as few as 18 days. The service moves cargo such as watches, coffee machines and motorcycles from the US to South Korea by air, via ocean freight to China , and through rail and road into Mongolia , offering a balance between cost-efficiency and speed to businesses in the US seeking to expand their reach to Mongolia's consumers. The service also offers Mongolia businesses exporting goods like aviation spare parts, camel wool and rally cars access to the US market.

"The new road freight and multimodal services provide both small businesses and large enterprises with an especially cost-effective and timely way of testing demand and establishing consistent trade between both markets," said Charles Kaufmann , CEO, North Asia and Head, Value Added Services, DHL Global Forwarding Asia Pacific. "As the only international logistics provider with a local presence in Mongolia , DHL enables overseas exporters to gain a head-start in accessing the 'Wolf Economy' as it continues its path to the front of the pack." (PNA)

Piñol: Corruption in agri dept must stop

DUMAGUETE CITY - Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said that corruption in his department should stop.

During his visit here Tuesday, Piñol urged the people to report any case of corruption, big or small, to their respective localities so it could be acted upon quickly.

Detailing his plans for farmers, the official said that by next year, farmers across the country will be able to enjoy free irrigation.

He said he is also asking President Rodrigo R. Duterte for a budget of PHP63 billion over the next three years for the distribution of hybrid seedlings and fertilizers to farmers.

The agriculture secretary further announced to farmers in Negros Oriental that the President wants all farmers to be insured with the Philippine Insurance Corp. before his term ends.

If government employees have GSIS, private employees have SSS, farmers and fisherfolk have “tiis-tiis” (suffering), that is why President Duterte would like to extend to them a pension fund to cover their life and accident insurance, he said.

Piñol said he wants to meet with Negros Oriental's governor, mayors, agriculturists, farmers and fishermen in the near future to get their inputs on certain issues. (PNA)
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First Zika-related infant death in US reported in Texas

HOUSTON, Aug. 10 (PNA/Xinhua) -- The health authorities in the US State of Texas on Tuesday confirmed a Zika-related death of a newborn girl, the first of its kind in the country.

Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said that an infant in Harris County who died shortly after birth had microcephaly, linked to the Zika virus, according to local TV station ABC13.

The mother had traveled to El Salvador during her pregnancy where she was infected. The test results recently confirmed the baby's condition and link to Zika. The mother and baby are classified as travel-related cases, and there is no additional associated risk in Texas.

John Hellerstedt, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, said that Zika's impact on unborn babies can be tragic, their central mission from the beginning has been to do everything they can to protect unborn babies from the devastating effects of Zika.

Last month, the Lone Star state reported its first case of microcephaly linked to Zika, also an infant in the Harris County.

Currently, the DSHS is coordinating with the Harris County Public Health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to follow the cases.

Texas, the second largest state in the nation, has reported 97 cases of Zika virus disease, including the two infants with microcephaly from the Harris County.

All Texas cases are related to travel abroad to areas with active Zika transmission. There have been no reported cases of Zika virus disease transmitted by mosquitoes in Texas, but the state is on alert for the possibility of local transmission.

Over the weekend, Texas Governer Greg Abbott detailed measures the state has taken to fund the prevention of the spreading of Zika, but said it is prepared to fight the virus should it become prevalent in the state.

"We have assembled millions in state and federal funds to help attack the problem," he said.

According to the CDC, 15 babies have been born in the United States with Zika-related birth defects.

Seven women have lost pregnancies due to Zika, and these numbers could grow. Nearly 1,000 pregnant women in the continental US and territories have been infected with Zika.

Currently, more than 7,300 people in the US have been diagnosed with Zika, including 1,825 in the continental US and Hawaii.

US President Barack Obama has asked Congress to allocate USD1.9 billion in emergency funding to combat the spread of the virus.

In May, testing for the mosquito-borne Zika virus began at the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center headquartered in Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States.

The center, which was approved for testing by the US Food and Drug Administration, can test more than 3,600 blood samples per day by using three new automated instruments and can detect the smallest amount of Zika in blood samples.

Zika is a disease caused by the Zika virus, which is spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis (red eyes).

The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week after being bitten by an infected mosquito.

The virus was first discovered in 1947 and is named after the Zika Forest in Uganda. In 1952, the first human cases of Zika were detected and since then, outbreaks of disease have been reported in tropical Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.

On Feb. 1, 2016, the World Health Organization declared Zika virus a public health emergency of international concern.(PNA/Xinhua)

26 anyos pa ang misis, bata pa, ingon na niini ang pagtratar. Unsa na kaha kung matigol-its na.

The 6 Principles of Persuasion are:

Reciprocity: People feel obligated to return favors performed for them
Authority: People look to experts to show them the way
Scarcity: The less available the resources, the more people want it
Liking: The more that people like others, the more they want to say yes to them
Consistency: People want to act consistently with their commitments and values
Social Proof: People look to what others do in order to guide their own behavior.

Ex-Cagayan town mayor sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for graft
By Perfecto T. Raymundo

MANILA, Aug. 8 (PNA) -- The Sandiganbayan has convicted a former mayor of Buguey, Cagayan for violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, or the “Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.”

Ignacio Taruc was sentenced to imprisonment of 6 to 10 years for illegally withholding the salaries of five employees in 2007.

Aside from imprisonment, Taruc was also perpetually disqualified from holding public office.

Ombudsman prosecutors presented documents to show “that complainants are entitled to receive their salaries as they have valid appointments” and “that they rendered services for the months of July and August 2007, as shown by their respective Daily Time Record and employee logbook.”

In its ruling, the Sandiganbayan said the “accused demonstrated his perverse motive or ill-will to complainants, known appointees of his political rival, by his refusal to sign the check (representing their salaries).” (PNA)

31 cops, 27 local officials in President Duterte's drug list surrender to PNP Chief

MANILA, Aug. 8 (PNA) -- Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa said Monday the inclusion of police officers among the 163 persons in President Rodrigo R. Duterte's illegal drug list has infuriated him.

”The mere fact na nabanggit ang mga pangalan nila, whether or not totoo yun or hindi, ako ay nagagalit dahil nasisira yung organization namin (The mere fact that their names were mentioned in the list, whether or not the allegations are true, makes me furious because this would destroy the police organization)," dela Rosa told reporters during a press conference as 31 PNP personnel and 27 local officials named by President Rodrigo R. Duterte, gave themselves up in Camp Crame.

The police chief also threatened to kill the police officers if they return to their alleged illegal activities.

He noted that the cooperation promised by those who surrendered would increase the war on illegal drugs' chances of winning.

Dela Rosa noted that the names of these policemen and local officials came from an initial list that went through a validation workshop by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), PNP, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the intelligence service.

The PNP Chief said those who yielded on Monday will undergo documentation and investigation to validate PNP intelligence on their alleged activities.

The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) will investigate elected officials while the Internal Affairs Service (IAS) and the Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM) will investigate the PNP personnel.

Asked if the erring police officers and officials would be allowed to go home after the investigation, dela Rosa said it would depend on the results of the PNP investigation and if the CIDG obtains evidence that could become the basis for filing charges against them.

Those who reported to Camp Crame came from various regions of the country, with some coming from as far north as Ilocos and as far south as Maguindanao and Zamboanga.

All incumbent local officials named by President Duterte had been stripped of authority to exercise direct supervision and control over the local police forces as deputized officials of the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM).

All active PNP personnel, on the other hand, will be investigated by their respective units. They have been directed to turn in the firearms issued to them.

On Sunday night, Cebu’s second Most Wanted Drug Personality, Franz Sabalones, surrendered to dela Rosa. Sabalones has admitted that he had assumed control of Cebu’s drug trade after the death of drug kingpin Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz during an encounter with police.

PNP spokesperson, Sr. Supt. Dionardo B. Carlos, said more personalities in the list were expected to show up in Camp Crame within the day.(PNA)

DOH registers 841 new HIV cases in June 2016
By Leilani S. Junio

MANILA, Aug. 7 (PNA) -- A total of 841 new HIV cases were reported for the sixth month of 2016 in the latest HIV/AIDS Registry of the Philippines (HARP), bringing to an average of 26 the number of people diagnosed with HIV per day in the country from just an average of four in 2010, nine in 2012 and 17 in 2014.

“This is the highest number of cases ever reported since 1984,” the DOH report said, adding that the figure was also nine percent higher compared to the same period last year, which was at 772.

The report also pointed that of the HIV cases in June 2016, a total of 104 developed into full-blown AIDS cases.

There were also 63 deaths recorded from HIV/AIDS in June 2016 alone. Of these, 60 were males and three were females. Thirty-four of them belonged to the 25-34 age group; 16 to the 35-49 age group; and 13 to the 15-24 age group.

A total of 1,822 HIV/AIDS deaths were reported from January 1984 to June 2016.

Of the 841 new cases of HIV in June, a total of 777 or 92 percent were acquired through sexual transmission, mostly from the men-having-sex-with-men (MSM) population, which accounted for 690 cases or 89 percent.

Homosexual contact was responsible for 403 cases; followed by bisexual contact with 287 cases. There were 87 cases from heterosexual contact.

Injecting drug use (IDU) accounted for the transmission of 60 new cases; while the remaining four cases were mother-to-child transmission.

Moreover, the figures indicated that the proportion of HIV positive cases are getting younger in the 15-24 age group, which increased from 25 percent in 2006-2010 to 28 percent in 2011-2016. Between 2001 and 2005, it was 35-49 years. In 2006, it has become 25-34 years.

The figure also indicated that cases of HIV transmission from mother-to-child is more likely to increase if female patients are not linked to HIV care.

Ninety-two percent or 2,414 of all female cases were diagnosed in the 15-49 age bracket.

In the early years of the HIV/AIDs epidemic (1984-1990, 62 percent (133 of 216 cases) were females.

From 1991 to the present, males comprised 92 percent (32,288) of the total number of HIV/AIDS cases in the Philippines.

A total of 64 new cases among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), meanwhile, have been reported, with all coming from sexual transmission.

The regions with the highest number of reported cases for June 2016 were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 335 cases (40%); Calabarzon with 126 cases (15%); Central Visayas, 121 cases (14%); Central Luzon, 57 cases (7%); and Davao Region, 46 cases (5%).

Since 1984, there were already 34,999 HIV cases recorded in the country, including 3,174 AIDS cases and 1,822 deaths.

To prevent HIV/AIDS, the DOH has been advising the people to observe the “ABCDE” campaign.

The campaign stands for Abstain from sex; Be faithful to your partners; Consistently use condoms; Do not use illegal drugs; and E educate yourself.

In addition, as part of “educating one's self,” the DOH encourages those who practice unprotected sex with different partners, or have partners having sex with different partners, MSMs, those who have history of sexually transmitted disease before, engaged in IDU or transmitted with unsure blood source, to seek the free HIV testing in the nearest Social Hygiene Clinics nationwide for voluntary testing and counselling. Such testing and counselling are confidential.

If the test yields positive, the person will be assured that help is coming because there is a program designed for them.

If the test, on the other hand, yields negative, the person who has undergone the counselling can help a lot in ensuring that he/she will not become a source to spread the HIV/AIDS. (PNA)