He is a hardcore communist who is now going after the rich.
Pray America wakes
read the whole thing. I should add that the MSM here is up in arms, as are the elite politicians, but he is very popular among the locals>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Sounds like Duarte is from Texas.
The Filipinos I know here, mostly at church, are enamored of Duterte.
My sister in law was very enthusiastic for Duarte, and I was less enthusiastic because of his self expressed socialism. But he is a fresh face in Philippine politics. And I hope the Islands keep getting stronger in Asian market share of business. I prefer to buy things made in the Philippines and South Korea as they ARE democracies.
All my expat friends are in Davao City or Cebu and The Davao guys are completely happy with what's going on.
Cebu is silent, and our relatives in Cavite are equally happy with Digong, but your posts of news accounts are valuable to me ... again ... thanx.
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I suspect he is smart enough not to antagonize the political families or attempt to do anything about the political corruption, if not he probably will not finish his term...
Minor adjustment -
Duterte IS from a Visayan political family. An old prominent family of Cebu, they are mixed up with the Duranos (another prominent political family) of Cebu, and have been mayors and government officials for generations.
They aren’t one of the major families, on a national scale, but certainly are in their region.
Agreed. My wife is from Mindanao and didn’t like Duterte before the election, but she likes him now. Thus, on a typical day she uses YouTube to keep up with what Duterte is doing.