Sunday, May 1, 2016
Duterte willing to disclose bank records up to 20 years but …
Presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. EDWIN BACASMAS/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
Presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said that he is willing to make public the transaction history of his bank accounts up to 20 years but he would only do so if his rivals would open theirs first.
In an interview with reporters in Sorsogon City on Saturday, Duterte said: “Gawin na niyang 20 years…Bakit ako lang? Ano ako uto-uto nila? Pareho kaming tatakbong presidente, bakit ako lang?”
The presidential race front-runner also said that he was just fooling his accuser, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, when he said that he has “a little less than P211 million” in his bank accounts.
“Hinila ko lang siya nang hinila kasi gusto ko siyang mag-execute ng affidavit… If he signs an affidavit stating that this is my account and the amount deposited, (expletive deleted) kaso ito,” Duterte said.
Duterte earlier made public his transaction history in the BPI Julia Vargas branch which showed that it only has P17,000. The bank statement, however, only showed transactions from December 2015 to April 28, 2016.
Trillanes alleged the million-peso deposits happened in 2014.
A press statement sent by Duterte’s camp said that the tough-talking mayor would donate the P17,000 in his bank account to Caritas Philippines.
Trillanes and Duterte’s lawyer, Atty. Salvador Panelo, will meet on Monday, May 2, in the said BPI branch supposedly to open the mayor’s bank account. JE/rga
via http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/
Angelica Panganiban assails rape remark on Melai’s daughter
Actress Angelica Panganiban expressed support for her friend Melai Cantiveros who assailed a supporter of presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for supposedly wishing that Melas’ daughter would be raped.
In a comment on Melai’s post, Panganiban said that people should not wish others harm just because they do not support the same presidential candidate.
“Nakakaloka naman ito! Pabaliw na mga tao. Personalan na. May kanya-kanya po tayong opinyon at gustong kandidato. Hindi tama na hilingin mong may mangyaring masama sa kapwa mo tao dahil hindi kayo parehas na presidente,” Panganiban said.
(This is crazy! It’s becoming very personal. We all have our opinions and preferred candidates. It’s not right that you want something bad to happen to other people just because you have different presidential candidates.)
Panganiban, who is a vocal supporter of Duterte, said that she could not fathom why someone would wish for the rape of an innocent girl when all presidential candidates are resolved in curbing criminality in the country.
“Gusto ng bawat kandidato na matigil ang krimen. Bakit mo hihilingin yun lalo na sa batang walang kamuwang muwang,” she said.
(All the candidates want to stop crime. Why would you wish a crime to be done to an innocent child?)
Panganiban and Cantiveros are close friends ever since they first worked together in the comedy show “Banana Split.”
Panganiban was also one of the godparents of Cantiveros’ daughter Amelia Lucille.
On Sunday, Cantiveros slammed a Duterte supporter named Shawie Enriquez for saying that her daughter should be raped.
via inq
CBCP to voters: 'Reject morally reprehensible bet'
CBCP president Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte
MANILA - With only eight days before Election Day, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged voters on Sunday to reject "a candidate" who takes positions that are "not only politically precarious but worse, morally reprehensible," in an indirect reference to presidential race frontrunner, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
In a pastoral letter, the CBCP also dissuaded the public from voting for "a candidate" who has shown "scant regard" for the rights of others and the teachings of the Church.
"There is a fundamental difference between right and wrong, and not everything is fair game in politics. A choice for a candidate who takes positions that are not only politically precarious but worse, morally reprehensible, cannot and should not be made by the Catholic faithful and those who take their allegiance to Christ and his Kingship seriously," the pastoral letter read.
"One cannot proclaim Christ as King and at the same time accept the governance of one whose thoughts, speech and demeanor are diametrically opposed to the demands of submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ."
The bishops added that the desire for change is understandable, but this should not push citizens to choose a leader who has no regard for morality and the rights of others.
"The desire for change is understandable. Our people have suffered from incompetence and indifference. But this cannot take the form of supporting a candidate whose speech and actions, whose plans and projects show scant regard for the rights of all, who has openly declared indifference if not dislike and disregard for the Church specially her moral teachings," the CBCP said.
CBCP president Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has previously criticized Duterte for allegedly cursing at Pope Francis, after his visit caused heavy traffic in Metro Manila.
In a Facebook post last December, Villegas said public officials should lead by example.
"When we find vulgarity funny, we have really become beastly and barbaric as a people. When a revered and loved and admired man like Pope Francis is cursed by a political candidate and the audience laugh, I can only bow my head and grieve in great shame. My countrymen has gone to the dregs," he said in a Facebook post.
Redemptorist Fr. Amado Picardal, executive secretary of the bishops’ Committee on Basic Ecclesial Communities, also previously called on Filipinos to elect "merciful" leaders.
"They avoid shortcuts and do not promote extra-judicial killings. They believe that even if people make mistakes, commit sin, or do terrible thing no one is totally evil and beyond redemption," said Picardal.
"Tough and ruthless leaders have emerged at various times in the past with disastrous results. We have to say: Never again! No to ruthless leaders. Yes to merciful and compassionate leaders," he stressed.
CBCP Commission on Prison Pastoral Care Executive Secretary Rodolfo Diamante, likewise, had called on voters to reject candidates who support the restoration of the death penalty, adding that not only is capital punishment against the Church's teachings, it is also not a "quick-fix" to crime.
Duterte has always been vocal about his support for the restoration of the death penalty, especially against drug criminals.
He also received flak for his comments on an Australian rape-slay victim, as well as for allegedly having millions in his bank accounts.
No endorsement
The bishops said that the Catholic Church has never asked any political candidate to seek its endorsement, but has always demanded its faithful to cast their votes as "an act not only of citizenship but also as a public declaration of faith."
The CBCP also appealed to candidates to allow Filipinos the right to an informed choice by not misleading them with false information.
"This means, among other things, that you cannot deceive or mislead the people by proffering them falsehoods, much less defraud the nation," the letter said.
Catholic leaders also told the public to be "instruments of peace, reconciliation and healing" after the elections.
"Let those who prevail rise in nobility above the hurtful words that may have been uttered by opponents, and draw them rather into a government of unity, but unity that firmly rests neither on expediency nor compromise, but on truth and justice," they said.
They also asked officials who will be elected to uphold the law instead of acting based on whim, arbitrariness or revenge.
The CBCP said they will also lend support to whoever wins honestly, strives to heal the wounds of a divisive politics, and respects the rights of everyone.
The CBCP appealed for the public to choose leaders whose character and actions satisfy demands of the Christian faith, based on their stands on various issues.
via abs cbn news
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El Shaddai to announce candidate endorsements on Tuesday
Catholic Charismatic group El Shaddai said it will announce the candidates it will be supporting in the May 9 polls on Tuesday. Alchetron.com
MANILA, Philippines – Catholic charismatic group El Shaddai said it will announce the candidates it will be supporting in the May 9 polls on Tuesday.
"On Tuesday, I will make it known to you,” El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde said at a prayer rally last Saturday.
Velarde explained that the decision on the candidates they will support will be based on the survey the religious group is conducting. He said they asked members to answer who they want to vote as president and vice president.
"Meron po akong ikinalat na something like a survey form. ‘Yan po ay para alamin ang nilooob ng bawat isa," Velarde said.
During the El Shaddai’s prayer rally at Ambel Park, Parañaque City on April 30, Velarde prayed for peaceful, orderly and honest elections.
"Tayo ay magdasal para sa mapayapa, malinis at maayos na halalan sa ating bansa sa darating na Mayo 9. Nawa'y pagpalain niya and lahat ng tao; bigyan ng ibayong liwanag ang kanilang kaisipan, damdamin at bigyan nyo po ng maayos na pagdesisyon at pagpili ang bawat isa sa amin kung sino ang nararapat mamuno sa aming bayan na ayon sa nasusulat na ikaw ang may akda ng lahat," Velarde urged El Shaddai members.Three of the five presidential bets -- Vice President Jejomar Binay, Senator Grace Poe and former Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel "Mar" Roxas II -- were at the overnight prayer vigil. On the other hand, only two vice presidential candidates attended the event these were Senators Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Francis "Chiz" Escudero.
Other candidates who also participated in the religious gathering were senatorial candidates former Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, lawyer Lorna Kapunan, Valenzuela Rep. Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian, broadcaster Rey Langit, former Interior and Local Government Secretary Rafael Alunan, Sen. Ralph Recto, former Sen. Miguel “Migz” Zubiri, ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Samuel Pagdilao, Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez and Sen. Teofisto “TG” Guingona III, as well as re-electionist Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada.
The national candidates were given a chance to speak before the crowd. — Rosette Adel
Via philstar.com
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