CTTO PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE  16TH PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES  My Forever PRESIDENT   

29 July 2025 "The dark state of the nation cannot be covered with lies." 

28 July 2025 NO VOTE  29 July 2025 Statement of Congressman Paolo Z. Duterte, Representative, 1st District of Davao City On His Decision Not to Vote for Speaker and Not Join the Minority Bloc I did not vote for Speaker and I did not join the so-called Minority because I refuse to take part in a political circus that has long forgotten who it is supposed to serve — the Filipino people. I walked out after the roll call with my fellow Davao legislators because I represent the people of Davao City, not the political puppeteers nor the self-serving actors parading as public servants in Congress.  I will not lend my name nor my vote to any side that treats leadership as a prize, not a responsibility. I am not a Dabawenyo for nothing. I have principles. I know where I stand. What we are seeing is not governance — it is a game of thrones being played at the expense of the people.  The public deserves better than political charades that reek of ambition, betrayal, and manufactured...

28 July 2025 Admin's Note: What's the point of having the 3 pillars of a democratic government (Executive, Legislative and Judiciary) if one interferes, intervenes and steps on someone's shoes? Ana na gyud ka pervert ang HOR? Wa sila kuyapi? Hala wala na gyud silay lipod-lipod in turning this country OFF THE PEOPLE, BUY THE PEOPLE AND POOR THE PEOPLE. Despicable IGNORAMUS. What's their qualifications by the way? When politicians lose a legal battle, some throw tantrums instead of reflecting on their mistakes.  Now, Akbayan Rep. Perci Cendaña warns Supreme Court justices of possible impeachment raps for doing their job—upholding the Constitution.  I. WHEN POLITICIANS HATE THE REFEREE The SC ruled the impeachment complaint against VP Sara Duterte unconstitutional:  • It didn’t protect Sara—it protected the Constitution. • The 1-year rule and due process clause are crystal clear in the 1987 Constitution. • If lawmakers punish justices for doing their job, what’s left of...

26 July 2025 Saturday  Thank you to all my families and friends who joined me tonight for this wonderful journey!  Maraming salamat Tito Doc Marz Cavestany and Kuya Jhun Salazar of PAGASA for this recognition! Maraming salamat po - at handog ko po ang pagkilalang ito sa ating Bayang Pilipinas, sa Kabataang Pilipino, at sa ating Kultura-Sining-at-Sariling-Wika. Here’s the citation po: MARS CAVESTANY “DAKILANG ARTISTA NG BAYAN” LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for EXCELLENCE and PUBLIC SERVICE through the Literary, Performing and Media Arts/Mass Communication. RADO GATCHALIAN Rado Gatchalian is deeply immersed into the challenging and rather frustrating though life-relishing process of proselytizing the Filipino community by writing poetry and unstoppably reciting them live or broadcasting on community radios then publishing on community tabloids vis-à-vis online blog. At the same time, he draws vitality and inspiration from the encouragements of audiences whilst exposing them to an a...

Permission to be sought yet. --- Lifted from his FB PAGE - NO INFRINGEMENT intended. *** MAY EDITORIAL, PHILIPPINE COMMUNITY HERALD NEWSPAPER (pchn),Australia By Mars Cavestany, APA-PhD [Note. I'm reposting a shorter version of this long homage to Ms Aunor a couple of days ahead of her supposed 72nd birthday on 21st May.] “Yakap-yakap kong pag-asa”  (REMEMBERING NORA AUNOR NORA CABALTERA VILLAMAYOR, screen name (NORA AUNOR – (21 May 1953- 16 April 2025)   FIRST ENCOUNTER (“Nora at the Crossroads”) I met and became close to Nora Aunor, not in her heydays but at the lowest ebb of her career, which made her very human to me (“taung-tao” in the vernacular.)  Truth to tell, my first official encounter with Guy led to and sealed our friendship straightaway. It was a totally different zeitgeist in which the climate or vibe of the epoch, particularly in the so-called “pinilakang tabing” or celluloid world was a-changing.  For the superstar, the impact was so sweepingly dism...

26 July 2025 Saturday Today, I am happy to share with you all that I will be given the Dr. Marz Cavestany “Dakilang Artista ng Bayan” Award 2025 through the Philippine Australian Global Alliance for Service and Advocacy (PAGASA) with the leadership of Mr Jhun Salazar. Thank you for this recognition. I feel humbled - but truly this award is for our Kabataang Pilipino, for our beloved Motherland The Philippines, and for our Kultura-Sining-at-Sariling-Wika. This video is just a few representation of my 10 year activities in Australia and the Philippines.  I would like to thank below, but of course not limited to them, for giving me a chance and privilege to serve and share my passion and talents. Please accept my sincerest apology if I cannot list all of you due to space and if I have missed anyone. THANK YOU PO! 1. Dagupan City National High School 2. University of Luzon, Dagupan City, Pangasinan, and its Integrated Extension Services Office - Dr. Cj Vidal, Mam Dolor Bustillo 3. St. ...

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23 July 2025 Today I made my inquiry about the book.  It's ordered by Cacai on my behalf. Payment made by GWG and confirmed by SHL Museum and Library.  Confirmation of Payment and Date of Shipment 

21 July 2025 By Optic Politics  The Remulla Disease: A Judicial Disability Undermining the Nation | OPTIC Politics | July 21, 2025 The Filipino people are not just suffering from economic hardship or political disillusionment—they are enduring a deeper, more insidious affliction: the Remulla Disease. This national judicial disability is characterized by the deliberate crafting of narratives and fabrication of charges—engineered not for justice, but for political destruction. At its core lies a sinister agenda: to pin blame on former President Rodrigo Duterte for crimes built not on evidence, but on tailored scripts meant to demonize and dismantle his legacy. What makes this even more deplorable is the full use of government resources—the national budget, taxpayer-funded agencies, and the entire state bureaucracy—co-opted to spread and sustain this disease. The Department of Justice, once a pillar of legal integrity, now serves as a factory of accusation and distortion, with Justice...

21 July 2025 To many of us, Rodrigo Roa Duterte is more than a former president. He is Tatay. A living hero. Not because he was flawless, but because he fought for us in ways no one else dared. His legacy isn’t just the drug war, or the bold fight against the oligarchs who fed on our nation’s wounds. It’s not even just the highways, bridges, and ports of Build, Build, Build. His greatest legacy is something deeper— something that cannot be measured by steel, concrete, or numbers. It’s US. An awakened people. A nation that learned to lift its head, to stand its ground, to call wrong by its name, and to believe that leadership must be about service, not spectacle. But now, our Tatay sits in a foreign cell, thousands of miles from the soil he bled for. We fight to bring him home alive— and I know he feels our love, our loyalty, our fire. Yet if we lean closer— closer than the noise of politics and the shouts of the powerful— we will hear his heart. And it will say: “Don’t just fight for m...

Cocoy and Nora Ang Kahapon Days of Lollipos and Roses

Lifted from Celia Diaz Laurel - Salvador H. Laurel Museum  21 July 2025 TRAGEDY IN DINALUPIHAN By C.D. Bonoan What started as a minor road accident spiraled into a tale of corruption, injustice, and murder in a small town in Bataan. Parasio Tayag, a humble bus driver scraping by in Dinalupihan, was navigating the streets of barrio Luacan when his bus bumped a passenger jeepney. The damage was barely noticeable—a dent on the rear fender—but the local police chief, who happened to be a close friend of the jeepney owner, stepped in to investigate. After a quick glance, the chief demanded three hundred pesos from Tayag to cover repairs. Tayag refused, insisting he wasn’t at fault. He argued that the jeepney driver wasn’t even licensed to drive. Despite his pleas, he reached into his pocket and offered all he had: ten pesos. The confrontation grew tense, but eventually the chief backed down and returned Tayag’s license without payment. Just days later, the streets of Dinalupihan witness...

Lifted from Celia Diaz Laurel Page 19 July 2025 Taal Volcano is once again making headlines—unfortunately, for the wrong reasons. But before we get thrown into all the negativity, let’s take a moment to appreciate Taal as Batangas' majestic crown jewel.  Though based in the metro, Mrs. Celia Diaz Laurel and her family will always regard Batangas as home. It’s public knowledge that the Laurels trace their roots to Batangas. In fact, one town in the said province was named after them. Laurel, Batangas, one of the progressive municipalities in the province, is draped with the breathtaking view of the Taal Volcano.  Fittingly, Celia Diaz Laurel once captured this deep connection in a painting showcasing the Matabungkay sunset from their private beach resort—its quiet hues and golden light echoing the warmth, strength, and stillness that defined the Laurel history in the province.  But how did the Laurels come to settle in Batangas? That’s the story we’re sharing with all of y...

19 July 2025 Comelec chief Garcia charged with 61M counts of cyber-fraud by Jarius Bondoc - July 18, 2025 Comelec Chairman George Garcia has been charged with 61 million counts of cyber-fraud.             Each count fetches imprisonment of six years and one day to 12 years. Plus, minimum P200,000 fine, increasable “to a maximum amount proportionate to the damage caused by the offense”.              Garcia was accused of breaking the 2012 Cybercrime Prevention Act. Specifically, “system interference” during the May 12th congressional-local electronic election.              Also impleaded at the NBI last week were Comelec commissioners Aimee Feralino-Ampoloquio, Roy Bulay, Norina Tangaro-Casinga, Nelson Celis, Ernest Maceda, and Noli Pipo.              “System interference” supposedly was committed three ways:           • The wrong...

17 July 2025 You save. You plan. You sacrifice. You skip the luxuries, avoid unnecessary debt, and put money aside for your child’s education, your health, or your retirement. For decades, that’s how Filipino families survived—with prudence, not privilege. And now? You’re punished for it. Under Republic Act 12214 or the Capital Markets Efficiency Promotion Act (CMEPA), effective July 1, 2025, even long-term time deposits and peso bonds—which were previously tax-exempt if held for at least five years—are now subject to the 20% Final Withholding Tax (FWT). Not on luxury earnings. Not on market speculation. But on savings. Slow-growing, hard-earned bank savings. I. THIS ISN’T “FISCAL DISCIPLINE”—IT’S A BACKDOOR BURDEN Let’s clarify: the 20% tax isn’t new. It’s been imposed on regular interest income for years. But what has changed is that even long-term deposits—once protected by law for their prudence—are now taxed the same way as short-term or speculative income. Imagine: • You lock in ...

Lifted from USAPANG KATOTOHANAN LANG 17 July 2025 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆: 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲'𝘀 𝗜𝗖𝗖 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗱 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆’𝘀 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽 In early 2025, the Philippine political landscape was rocked by two highly publicized events: the tragic death of businessman and Rustan's heir Paolo Tantoco in Beverly Hills, reportedly due to a cocaine overdose, and the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Some members of the public and commentators have raised questions about the timing of these two events and their potential connection. A theory has emerged that the ICC arrest may have diverted public attention from controversies surrounding First Lady Louise "Liza" Araneta-Marcos, who was on an official trip in the United States at the time of Tantoco’s death. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘇𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼𝘀’𝘀...

Lifted from Jarius Bondoc 9 July 2025 Jun Lozada released from Bilibid, recalls travails of truth tellers by Jarius Bondoc - July 9, 2025 Jun Lozada is finally out of “political” prison. “Political” because, while he was convicted of graft in 2016, powerful politicos ensured his incarceration for telling the truth about their bigger crimes. Those crimes included plunder, bribery, and abduction related to the National Broadband Network – ZTE Corp scam. Jun was at Bilibid three weeks short of three years. He suffered degradations but came out more discerning and devoted to Truth. Jun first spent a year at Reception and Diagnostic Center. Noting his concern for the oppressed, prison gang lords made him “bosyo” or “mayor” of a “butas” or “brigada” of 200 inmates. Jun made sure that nobody died during his watch, despite water and septic crises. Moved to the medium-security compound for seven months, he taught illiterate cellmates to read and write. Finally at the minimum-security area for a...

Lifted from Rob  14 July 2025 Monday They sent him away. Not through trial.  Not through due process. Tatay Digong was handed to a foreign court as if sovereignty were a mere suggestion—as if the will of the Filipino people who once gave him a landslide mandate no longer mattered. They called it justice. But WHAT IF JUSTICE IS NOW CIRCLING BACK—on quiet feet, with foreign eyes watching not the man they cast away, but the very palace that orchestrated it? Because just months after Tatay was flown out without even a local trial, one of Malacañang’s own faces a twist of fate too ironic to ignore. Paolo Tantoco—part of the First Lady’s official entourage to the U.S.—was confirmed dead from a cocaine overdose in Los Angeles. Not in some random alley. But inside the same hotel used for the glamorous film festival gala. And now, America may ask: • Where did the drugs come from? • Was this his first time using—or was there a supply within their circle? • Who oversaw protocol and respo...

Lifted from The Kaminyang Project Not all colonial officials were cut from the same cloth. Francis Burton Harrison, U.S. Governor-General of the Philippines from 1913 to 1921, broke the mold. Instead of clinging to power, he empowered Filipinos - ushering in the era of Filipinization, where qualified Filipinos took the reins of government. Under his leadership: Filipino officials outnumbered Americans in government roles; The Jones Act of 1916 laid the groundwork for full independence; Institutions like the Philippine National Bank were born; Infrastructure and education saw major reforms. Harrison didn't just serve - he believed. So much so that he became a naturalized Filipino citizen, was buried in Manila, and remains the only former governor-general to receive such an honor.  Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/u6tf62ss

Lifted from Teddy Adarna THE DRAGON EXCHANGE “History is not written by the victors—it is manufactured by their intelligence agencies.” – Anonymous operative, Langley, Virginia In the velvet shadows of Beverly Hills, a man collapsed in silence. Paolo “Paowee” Tantoco—Rustan’s heir, socialite, Manila elite—was found lifeless in a luxury hotel. Cause: cocaine overdose, the coroner said. An accident, the headlines whispered. A footnote in high society. But three days later—three—the Philippines witnessed something it had never seen in its modern history: former President Rodrigo Duterte, the iron-fisted, foul-mouthed scourge of American foreign policy, was handed over to The Hague like a sacrificial offering to the gods of international justice. Coincidence? Only if you still believe in fairy tales. ⸻ 🎭 ACT I: THE FALLEN SCION The death of Paolo Tantoco wasn’t just a tragedy—it was a message. A man with links to power, money, and heritage died in a city that has long doubled as a playgro...