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National Book Store Mid Year Sale | 2017

July 31, 2017 Anne V 0

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National Book Store’s Midyear Sale! Get freebies or enjoy up to 50% off 
on selected Christmas items, books, gifts, as well as school and office 
supplies tagged with a sticker. Promo runs from August 1 to 31, 2017 in 
NBS branches nationwide as per DTI-FTEB Permit No. 11339 Series of 2017.
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sticker on these participating brands: Comix, Pyramid, Deli, 
Faber-Castell, Dong-A, Best Buy, Sakura, Disney Art Attack, Craft Easy, 
Hallmark, Max, Color & Co, Maries Willow, Canson, Orange, In The 
Office, Inoxcrom, Steadler, Seagull, Soho, Canon, Sonoma, Stradmore, 
Star Notes, Seven Notes, Liquid Paper, Starpoint, Elmer’s, GBC, Valiant,
 Canon, Veco, Prince, and Tokio. <br /><br />*All NBS branches nationwide are participating in the sale!</span></span></span></div>
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Natural Is Still Best To De-stress Your Tress

July 26, 2017 Anne V 5

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Striking a life balance is admittedly not an easy task to accomplish. It requires a lot of hard work and dedication which sometimes can be strenuous to achieve. Can you imagine how overtaxing it is to juggle between your career and providing for your family? </div>
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Studies have shown that stress is commonly caused by interrelationships, such as having to deal with work issues and family-related complications. If left unresolved over time, it could lead to immune deficiency, which later on, might cause other parts of our body to show signs of disruption like hair loss. </div>
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Many of us could attest to that. It’s like always autumnal equinox whenever we experience chronic hair fall, most especially at the prime of stress. At its peak, our white blood cells attack no less than the follicles, thus causing alopecia. What’s more, anxiety could drive your mane into a prolonged resting phase, which is called telogen effluvium. </div>
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Stress experienced by the body or beyond our coping resources could trigger hair loss symptoms, which, if not addressed properly, could result to early baldness. Worried about this? Fret no more. You can beat it simply by relaxing, eating or flexing some muscles.  </div>
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Never underestimate the power of sleep. If you feel that you are over your head in dealing with anxieties, choose to rest it off for a while and recharge. </div>
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Let’s get physical to de-stress. It helps release endorphins, or what is known as the happy hormones, that can be beneficial in relieving the tension.</div>
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FULL TEXT and TRANSCRIPT: SONA 2017 | President Duterte

July 25, 2017 Anne V 1

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Were you able to watch the SONA yesterday? I viewed it through Facebook Live from the beginning, but wasn't able to finish it. It'll be a topic for my homeschooler to make a report about, so we'll be watching it together, parental supervision is a must for subjects like these, mostly to translate some Tagalog and political terms and censor some adult language as well.</div>
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<b>Here's the full text of President Duterte's speech, as provided by the 
Malacañang. President Duterte delivered it in English, punctuated by ad-libs in 
Filipino and a bit of Bisaya.</b></div>
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<i>State of the Nation Address of </i></div>
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<i>Rodrigo Roa Duterte </i></div>
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<i>President of the Philippines </i></div>
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<i>To the Congress of the Philippines </i></div>
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<i>Session Hall of the House of Representatives </i></div>
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<i>[Delivered at the Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City on July 24, 2017]</i></div>
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Kindly sit down. Thank you for your courtesy.</div>
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When I was a member of Congress, I – my seat was over there. The seat...
 The lady with a violent – not violent but rather violet dress – seated.
 But I was always absent together with the Speaker and Tonyboy 
Floirendo, who is still absent until today. [laughter] And that started…
 Ay nandiyan ba? Sorry. But his propensity started almost 17 years ago 
when we were members of the 11th Congress.</div>
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Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III and the members of the Senate; 
Pantaleon Alvarez, the Speaker and the members of the House of 
Representatives; Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo; Former Presidents 
Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada, and former President Gloria Arroyo; Chief 
Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno of the Supreme Court and the members of 
courts; Archbishop Pinto and the distinguished guests of the diplomatic 
corps; Secretary Salvador Medialdea and the members of the Cabinet; my 
fellow workers in government; my countrymen.</div>
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When I took my oath of office a year or so ago, I knew that our country 
was reeling from a multitude of problems. That day, there was euphoria 
in the air resulting from a successful campaign and the thought that 
dominated my being was to make good on my promise to the people to bring
 [about change] --- change in government, not a change that is passing 
but a change that can survive the test of time.</div>
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Although I still had to know the magnitude and gravity of the problems, 
my feeling then was that, equipped with political will and braced by a 
concerned citizenry, those problems would eventually be bested by us. It
 was only a matter of determination and collective action. It was only a
 question of time.</div>
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For as I saw it then as I see it now, there is no problem in the world 
which can stop the march of a people with unflinching and tenacious 
determination. That was how euphoric --- euphoric it has been.</div>
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Early on, I felt that if change was to be meaningful, it had to start 
with those occupying the highest positions in government because change 
that comes from below is more transitory than permanent. And I was 
aiming for permanence. Let change trickle down from [top to] bottom.</div>
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It has to be a change that is not confined merely to the replacement of 
people by people, but a change in the people’s attitude, disposition and
 work ethic.</div>
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Sadly, although we knew years ago that what was needed or ought to do, 
we did not do [them] because our idea of government was parochial and we
 could not rise above family, ethnic and clan loyalties as well as 
loyalty to friends and co-workers. No one wanted to be a snitch. That is
 why we are one in saying that genuine change is what this country truly
 needs.</div>
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I believed then, as I believe still, that progress and development will 
sputter if criminals, illegal drugs, illegal users of drugs are allowed 
to roam the streets freely, victimizing seeming with impunity, the 
innocent and the helpless. Worse yet, there were times in the past when 
the protectors of the people were themselves the perpetrators of the 
very crimes they were tasked to prevent or suppress. It is ironic as it 
is madness.</div>
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I have learned that economy surges only when there is peace and order 
prevailing in places where investors can pour [in] their capital and 
expertise. I have learned from my experience in Davao City that investor
 confidence [is] bolstered and fortified only if a potent force and 
mechanism for [the] protection of local and foreign investments are in 
place.</div>
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That is why, I have resolved that no matter how long it takes, the fight
 against illegal drugs will continue because that is the root cause of 
so much evil and so much suffering [applause] that weakens the social 
fabric and deters foreign investments from pouring in. The fight will be
 unremitting as it will be unrelenting.</div>
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Despite international and local pressures, the fight will not stop 
[applause] until those who deal in it understand that they have to 
cease, they have to stop because the alternatives are either jail or 
hell. [applause] And I will make sure, very sure that they will not have
 the luxury of enjoying the benefits of their greed and madness.</div>
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I do not intend to loosen the leash in the campaign or lose the fight 
against illegal drugs. Neither do I intend to preside over the 
destruction of the Filipino youth by being timid and tentative in my 
decisions and actions. [applause]</div>
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To the critics against this fight, your efforts will be better spent if 
you use the influence, moral authority and ascendancy of your 
organizations over your respective sectors to educate the people on the 
evils of illegal drugs instead of condemning the authorities and 
unjustly blaming for every killing that bloodies this country.</div>
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But don’t get me wrong. I value human life the way I value mine. Each 
life that is snuffed out translates into future generations lost. It is 
like cracking the acorn from which an oak tree grows - which, in turn, 
produce the seeds to <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">complete</span> the cycle of [life in] perpetuity.</div>
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There is a jungle out there. There are beasts and vultures preying on 
the helpless, the innocent [and] the unsuspecting. I will not allow the 
ruin of the youth, the disintegration of families and the retrogression 
of communities, forced by criminals whose greed for money is as 
insatiable as it is devoid of moral purpose. Neither will I be 
immobilized into inaction by the fear that I will commit an act that 
will expose me to public condemnation or legal prosecution. You harm the
 children in whose hands the future of this Republic is entrusted, and I
 will hound you to the very gates of hell. [applause]</div>
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That is why I ask you to join me in this fight against illegal drugs and all forms of criminality.</div>
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The government, equipped with legal authority, and you, with the moral 
ascendancy over the sector you represent, can do so much, and hopefully 
eradicate this social scourge that plagues us no end.</div>
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Look beyond your biases, your prejudices, your ambition [and] your 
political agenda. The search for change will begin and end only when we 
look into ourselves and find it within.</div>
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Today, a multitude of problems confront us. No sooner is one problem <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">solved</span> [when] another surges forth in its place. But we will not be disheartened; we will not be cowed; we will not be overwhelmed.</div>
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It is during trying times and troubled events that the resilience, 
perseverance and determination of the people are tested. The Filipino is
 no stranger or neophyte to situations like the one we face today. We 
can, and we will, overcome as we did countless times in the past, [but] 
only if we work together towards a common goal.</div>
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Sad to say, despite all efforts, peace, especially in the Island of 
Mindanao, continues to elude us. But of course, it is not the peace of 
the dead but the peace of the living that we seek. Peace flits away like
 a butterfly when you try to snatch it by the wings. And our pursuit of 
peace continues.</div>
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The red insurgency has been with us for decades; the Muslim issue, for centuries.</div>
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So much time has lapsed, so many lives have been lost and so much 
destruction has been wrought but peace eludes us still. Sometimes I am 
almost tempted to conclude that peace might not be able to come during 
our lifetime.</div>
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But believe me, it will not be for want of trying. And I will persist in
 our goal of attaining peace [up] to the last day of this administration
 and maybe even beyond although in a different capacity. [applause]</div>
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There is rebellion in Mindanao. The extremists have declared it their 
purpose to establish a caliphate within Philippine territory along the 
teachings and beliefs of [the] Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or 
otherwise known as ISIS. The battle of Marawi has dealt a terrible blow 
to our quest for peace especially now that an alien ideology and a 
radical shift in purpose have been injected into the local setting.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I declared Martial Law in Mindanao because I believed that that was the 
fastest way to quell the rebellion at the least cost of lives and 
properties. [applause] At the same time, the government would be 
adequately equipped with the constitutional tool not only to prevent the
 escape of rebels who can easily mingle and pretend to be civilian 
evacuees only to re-group in another place to fight another day, but 
also to prevent them from spreading their gospel of hate and violence in
 the rest of Mindanao.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Martial Law and the suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus enable the 
military to arrest, detain and question suspected members and 
sympathizers of the rebellion similar to what happened to the parents of
 the Maute brothers.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
As president, I am reiterating my unwavering support and commitment to 
the soldiers of our Armed Forces and the members of our police force ---
 [applause] those who are on the ground and in the battlefields and 
those who are risking their lives for our country and our democracy. I 
have your backs. To those who oppose and think that all these efforts 
are out of order, I hold myself --- me and me alone should be 
responsible. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The people of Marawi need help. Caught in the crossfire between 
government troops and Muslim extremists, they have been through hell and
 we need to help them rise and move forward.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
If we cannot provide for the poor and the needy who are many, then we will not be able to keep from harm the rich who are few.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
At the vanguard of our struggle for peace and order are our Armed Forces
 and Police. They are the silent heroes who risk their lives everyday 
for our country’s security. In recognition of their valor, we have 
crafted a program to provide them with comprehensive social assistance, 
including financial, should they meet harm in the performance of their 
duty. For the family left behind by those who fell or are rendered 
totally disabled in the line of duty, we shall provide shelter, health 
care assistance, education, and employment. That is my way of telling 
our troops: never fear, do your duty. I stand behind you. So does this 
government and all its agencies. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
To decisively address insurgency and terrorism, we are working doubly 
hard towards [achieving] a stronger and more credible national defense 
system for the country. We continue to strengthen the defense capability
 of the AFP as a deterrence against terrorists, lawless elements, and 
other threats.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
My fellow citizens, what I have said so far about the events in Marawi 
and its neighboring environs is only a part of a looming problem, which 
will cut across all classes and all sectors of society and eventually 
affect the entire country from north to south, from east to west, given 
the fact that Mindanao supplies a great part of our country’s food 
requirements. I refer to climate change, which could bring drought and 
long dry spells affecting food production in Mindanao, given the fact 
that Mindanao is unusually warming. I ask all agencies involved in food 
production to look into this and act accordingly.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Also, I am appealing to all our legislators to immediately pass the 
National Land Use Act or NALUA [applause] to ensure the rational and 
sustainable use of our land and our physical resources, given the 
competing needs of food security, housing, businesses and environmental 
conservation.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ours is a rich country. Wealth that this country is endowed with [is] a 
gift from God to be utilized for the [people’s] welfare and the common 
good. I do not believe that this gift was given to us to be merely 
viewed or appreciated, but to be extracted from the earth and utilized 
to make life worth living.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
That is why I say that it is not enough that we mine this wealth. What 
is more important is that we convert the raw material thereof into 
finished products for international and local purposes. [applause] That 
way, it will not only be the few who are the rich but also the poor who 
are many who will benefit therefrom.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Therefore, I call on our industrialists, investors [and] commercial 
barons to put up factories and manufacturing establishments right here 
in the Philippines to process our raw materials into finished products. 
[applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
At this point in my administration, if possible, we shall put a stop to 
the extraction and exportation of our mineral resources to foreign 
nations [applause] for processing abroad and importing them back to the 
Philippines in the form of consumer goods at prices twice or thrice the 
value of the original raw materials foreign corporations pay for them.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
However, in the extraction and utilization of these resources, extreme 
care must be exercised [applause] that we do not recklessly and 
needlessly harm the environment. [applause] Responsible, regulated and 
sustainable development is what we advocate and require. The protection 
of the environment must be made a priority [applause] ahead of mining 
and all other activities that adversely affect one way or another. And 
this policy is non-negotiable. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I sternly warn…. I am warning all mining operations and contractors to 
refrain from the unbridled and irresponsible destruction of our 
watersheds, forests, and aquatic resources. You have gained much from 
mining, we only get about 70 billion a year, but you have considerably 
neglected your responsibility to protect and preserve – and even the 
tax, it’s about five percent – environment for posterity.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I am holding all mining companies and its officials responsible for the 
full and quick clean-up, restoration [and] rehabilitation of all areas 
damaged by mining activities, and the extension of all necessary support
 to the communities that have suffered mining’s disastrous effects on 
their health, [applause] livelihood, and environment, among others.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ganito ‘yan eh. Medyo alis muna ako diyan sa… Sasakit ang mata ko diyan 
sa y*** na ‘yan. [laughter] Alam mo, you have the mining. I have to 
grant you a mining because you have complied with all the requirements 
of the law. And I cannot… I’d be subject to a mandamus if everything is 
perfect and you have every right to mine. But in doing so, you destroy 
the rivers, you destroy the streams, from which the poor people fish – 
halwan or mudfish --- and that is protein for the day for them.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ngayon makita mo naman not only Gina Lopez gave you a clear picture of 
what was happening horrendously. Nakita mo kay Ted Failon – ’yung kay 
Ted Failon, talagang nanood ako, dalawang beses. And I realized that I 
have to do something about it as a Filipino. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Alam mo, okay na ‘yung mining. Subsidiary ka lang ng isang another giant
 corporation or you’re a sister company of a telecommunication, hindi 
kayo magugutom. But look at the picture shown to you. For once, they 
behaved correctly ang ABS-CBN. Tingnan mo ‘yung pelikula ni Ted Failon. I
 salute him for coming with it. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
You see the palayan… Ang palayan tumuyo at ang soil nag-crack. So the 
farmers cannot eat anymore. They are reduced to the garbage of what you 
can get there, salvage anything and sell it to the scrap. Ganun ang 
nangyari sa Pilipino. Hindi ko kayo kalaban. As a matter of fact, you 
give government almost 70 billion. Pero actually maliit lang ’yan.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ngayon, nakikita ninyo itong mga palayan na tumutuyo and the rivers wala
 ng isda. The only source of protein. Hindi ka naman pwedeng 
mag-hunting. May makita kang eagle diyan, barilin mo, preso ka. Pakainin
 mo ‘yung… Saan mo ipa…?</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Try to go out, sumama tayo – kayo sa akin. And try to see how hard it is
 for them to survive. Now ito ang… Gusto mo ganito ang pangyayari, tutal
 sobra-sobra naman ‘yang pera ninyo, adre, sa totoo lang. Mayor ako eh, I
 can look at your corporate earnings, your sister company, I can pierce 
the corporate identity, kayo rin pala. And even diyan sa mga newspaper. 
When you are not supposed to… You know, ‘pag newspaper ka you are 
supposed to be 100 percent Filipino. And yet when you start to pierce 
their identity, it is pala fully owned by Americans. Ganun ang nangyari 
eh. It’s just a matter of piercing the…</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
So wala masyado ako… ABS, Rappler kayo ba ‘yan? Have you tried to pierce
 your identity and it will lead you to America? Do you know that? And 
yet the constitution requires you to be 100 percent – media – Filipino. 
Rappler, try to pierce the identity and you will end up American 
ownership. Mayaman na kayo, mga mining companies. Ito ang deal ko sa 
inyo, either I will raise the taxes, ang kumikita niyan i-reserve ko to 
compensate for those who are suffering and in agony. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
You have to come up with a substitute, either spend to restore the 
virginity of their source or I will tax you to death. [applause] Kasi 
‘yung taxes makuha ko, talagang ibubuhos ko. Ngayon, if you can make an 
arrangement, an inventory of the – ’yung nasira – ’yung mga tao nagutom 
pati ‘yung river nila wala nang makuha because… You know guys, kayong 
mga taga-Davao we are not new to it, you want to see horror in your 
lifetime? Akong bahala. NPA huwag muna kayong magpagara-gara diyan, 
away-away kay magpunta kami samahan ko sila. You stop your – puro hambog
 lang kayo diyan. Punta tayo doon sa Diwalwal, doon sa [inaudible] and I
 will show you the river. Up there at the source, it’s so pristine. But 
doon sa – right at the start of the boundary where the millings are 
started, the water there is not clear, it is not brown, it is black. 
Your one peso will win one million from me if I am lying. Kung gusto mo 
isama ko kayo bukas doon. Ngayon, ‘pag tinarget tayo ng mga g***** NPA 
na ‘yan eh problema natin ‘yan lahat. Sabay-sabay na lang tayo. Bakante 
ang presidency, bakante ang Senado pati ang congressman. Pero totoo 
‘yan, you should visit the… Even the first spade, even the first spade 
full of earth that you extract and throw it away of no use. Itabi mo 
lang ‘yan diyan eh because it’s an open pit, you dig and dig and dig, is
 already the first spade there is the decreasing of Mother Earth.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Alam mo ang isa pang galit sa mining? Si Speaker. He comes from a mining
 town but he hates mining. Ako naman kasi mga kaibigan ko ‘yung iba, 
‘yung mga classmate ko mga vice president ng mining, magpunta sila dito…
 But it reduces into something – the damage that you have caused. It’s 
not about our friendship. It’s not about years of being in the same 
room. It’s not about being fraternity brothers. But it is something 
that… [raises his right hand] Ganun ’yan eh.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Alam mo ‘yung martial law, I am not so much endeavored diyan sabihin 
ninyo na hindi ninyo ibigay? Okay lang. Wala akong problema diyan. Maski
 sabihin ninyo na tama na? Okay lang. Then I will still fight. The way I
 will fight the war. If it is not acceptable to the normal of civilian 
conduct, then I am sorry because I am not fighting a civilian war, I am 
stopping violence and rebellion. [applause] Hindi talaga ako…</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ibigay man ninyo o hindi, para sa akin wala. Because ako, I do not 
intend to go beyond my term. As a matter of fact, mas gusto kong barilin
 ako doon sa likod. Eh hindi masyado ako itong bilib itong trabahong 
ito? Akala ko bilib ako. Pagdating ko ah l****, sakit ng ulo. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Totoo. Kayo nakikinig kayo. Wala akong pinirmahan ni isa, p**** i**** 
’yan na para pagkain. Pagkain-pagkain sa opisina, eh bayaran ninyo ‘yan.
 Maglabas ako. I do not collect anything. I do not remember. I do not 
sign anything there until now. Wala akong allowance wala akong 
tinatanggap lahat except my salary. Tapos dalawang pamilya pa ang 
maghati. Anong masama niyan? [applause and cheers] Sige kayo pakpak 
diyan. Lahat naman tayo. [laughter] I can count my… Not even the two 
hands, one hand lang na exempted sa rule na ‘yan. Dalawa, tatlo, apat, 
lima. Lokohin ninyo ako, ba’t tayo pa ba ang maglokohan? Just because 
this is Congress it has to be a secret, secret. Maniwala kayong mga ito?
 Pareho kaming lahat niyan. Ayaw pa tumawa kunwari. [laughter and 
applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
So I will increase the taxes. Then I will think of something that will 
compensate or make up for the damage or at least the income restored. 
Otherwise, I’ll have to stop mining. I will ask you to stop it. It’s not
 good. We are a small group of islands, hindi naman marami. The coastal,
 marami ‘yan kasi marami paikot-ikot, but we are in a contiguous 
territory, maliit lang tayo.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
You must remember that there are so many billions of the future 
generations waiting in this stratosphere. Ang gusto ninyo para hindi na 
kayo mandamay, huminto na kayo ng ano. Then let us go to… Because this 
will not end here. How about the billions and billions and billions of 
Filipinos who will come after us? Kawawa naman. They’ll have to scratch 
Mother Earth to eat. By this time kung walang upheaval, no regeneration 
will occur, we are almost like talagang ginaganun natin ang – maliit na 
lang ang makuha nila. But maawa naman kayo. Makikita mo ‘yung apo mo 
kung ganun mo na lang… Kung ganun mo na lang ‘yung --- embrace mo ‘yung 
apo mo sa pangalawang asawa. ‘Yung isa ganun rin. ‘Di ba? ‘Di ba, sir? 
[laughter] Suntukin kita diyan ngayon, liar ka.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Finally, let me make this appeal to those directly engaged in mining. 
Declare your correct income [and] pay your correct taxes. Believe me, 
your failure to do so will be your undoing and eventual ruin. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hindi na ako makatakbo, matanda na ako. I don’t think I’ll even survive 
the five years. Pero pagka sinabi ko upakan kita, upakan talaga kita.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
To our employees and officials of the LGUs tasked with monitoring these 
mining operations within their territorial jurisdictions, do your job 
without fear or favor. I [hold] you absolutely responsible for any 
misdeed or failure [by] the mining entities to comply --- do not comply 
or comply with the guidelines, rules and regulations governing mining 
operations and activities within your area of responsibility. I mean it.
 Do not try to test my resolve. Absolutely I have nothing to lose except
 my life.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
While we can control the acts of man, no one can control [or] stop the 
fury and rampage of weather gone wild. When nature fights back, it does 
so with a vengeance.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We have seen the terrible toll that Super typhoon Yolanda and the 
succeeding typhoons exacted in terms of human life and property. And we 
still have to recover from the beating that we got both during and in 
the aftermath of those mega-typhoons.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Aside from droughts, tempests and other problems taking shape which, 
according to DOST-PHIVOLCS – it is no longer just a distant possibility 
but a probability: Earthquakes.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The series of damaging quakes in Leyte, Surigao and nearby provinces and
 islands attest to this. We were told that it is no longer a question of
 “if” but a matter of “when.”</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Thus, we need to act decisively and fast because the threat is huge, real and imminent.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Come to think of it really, they say that there is no perfect instrument
 or human acumen can really predict earthquake. I hope it will not come.
 Kasi kung magdating ’yung sabi nila ‘yung “Big One”, I hope it will be 
just in the mountains and in the rural areas. Because if it’s right – 
sabihin nila tinatakot nila ang… Media kasi… Nandito eh in the speech, I
 reviewed it last night. I am calling [on] both houses of Congress to 
expeditiously craft a law establishing a new authority or department 
that is responsive to the prevailing 21st century conditions and 
empowered to best deliver [an] enhanced disaster resiliency and quick 
disaster response.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
While the law is [being] crafted with extreme urgency, we need to 
undertake immediate action to ensure disaster resiliency and effective 
response in the greater [Metro] Manila area, which is our country’s seat
 of governance, center of business, commerce, and the academe. Disaster 
resiliency of Metro Manila and the surrounding provinces is a matter of 
urgent [national ] concern.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Iyon nandito ‘yan, tinatakot nila dito because of the high-rise 
buildings and… Ilang tao ang nakatira diyan? Kung… Kaya kaya ito sa 
isang sinkhole? I mean if it cracks and it goes down, can we still 
manage to go up? God, huwag ngayon ha kay nandito ako. Hintayin mo lang 
‘yan sila na lang sila dito nag-aaway. [laughter]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I am directing the Cabinet Cluster on Climate Change Adaptation and 
Disaster Risk Management to immediately work hand in hand with the 
concerned LGUs, the private sector and the affected communities 
themselves, in undertaking disaster [resiliency] measures, antidotes.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We all need to act fast.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
With all the foregoing said, what then is the state of the nation today?</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I will mince no words and neither will I window-dress the situation 
[that] we are in. Let me answer in two brief sentences. We are in for 
trouble because we live in troubled and uncertain times. And I fear that
 things might get worse before they become better. But like I said I 
hope we will cope, we hope and pray.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The West Philippine Sea issue and federalism are matters that we have to tackle sooner or later.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
On the other hand, despite our recent gains in improving the peace and 
order situation in the country, there is still so much to be desired and
 if we are to completely eradicate the menace of illegal drugs, 
criminality and corruption, we must do it.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I therefore ask Congress to act on all pending legislations to reimpose 
the death penalty on heinous crimes — especially on the trafficking of 
illegal drugs.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
There is a shortage… No, no, no. There is a short clip of CNN about 
people in Massachusetts, was it there? Iyong clip nila ang ipinakita. 
Tiningnan… Pakitingin lang… It’s repeated for almost every week yata 
‘yang mga short clips. Tingnan mo ‘yung mga tao doon na hinayaan nilang 
mag… They are there, they live under the bridge, they are getting thin, 
they are doing nothing. Nakaganun lang sila tapos po-pose ng ano… And 
they are aplenty there. They do not work, wala.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Tapos sabi ng UN… Is he here? Are you there iyong UN representative? Na 
sinabi mo na shabu will not affect the brain? Are you here? Raise your 
right hand, if you’re here. Do not worry. I will just… Do not – the word
 “delude” as into you… Iyong mga ano ninyo na – but we know everyday 
that one family raped, dalawa and all are dead. Then you trivialize it 
with human rights and due process. Okay ako niyan. When you go into an 
anger, when you burst with rage, okay ‘yan. But with so many killings as
 brutal and as cruel as what happened, if you add human rights and due 
process, you stink and your mouth smells. If you want to criticize, 
criticize, condemn the act, stop there. But do not give the excuse or do
 not make it trivial by saying human rights at least we’ll be 
protected... Iyan ang pinakab***** na magawa ng isang tao. When you 
criticize, stick on one topic. Then you find an event where you can talk
 about human rights and due process, but do not talk about it in the 
same time when there is a carnage and you begin to blabber, talk about 
human rights. Lalong nagagalit ang tao. Eh p****** i** mo. May namatay 
na diyan, akala mo kung sino ka. [applause] What have you done in the 
name of human rights? Seventy-seven – you have the records. You can 
summon the police. Seventy-seven before I became president. All drug- 
related, 77,000. And you trivialize that with a conference… At tsaka 
pumunta dito ang tatanungin ‘yung nasa presuhan na pinireso dahil nag – 
just imagine…</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I challenge you, you want a debate in public? Okay, we’ll have it. I 
will challenge you how also you trivialize the thing by – ’yung 
binibigyan niyo ng importansiya si De Lima. You all know, you were all 
here. You conducted the investigation. You heard the witnesses. You saw 
the videos. Is she a credible woman? Can she be a moral person? 
[applause] Puro kayo drama diyan sa…</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
When you talk about an incident, talk about it, then condemn, condemn 
the police. But do not connect it with due process and human rights. 
Mag-mukha kang g*** sa harap ng Pilipino. You know why I get this 
rating? I could not be brighter than you and my work is not more 
important or your vocation is not less than mine. But when you talk in 
public carry the proper message. Kaya mag-82 kayo or kaya binobombahan 
niyo kasi ako ng ganun. Sasabihin naman ng mga tao, “Eh tama ‘yan. Tama 
‘yan si Duterte.” Kasi nangyayari eh. Eh kayo man ang front sa 
pa-ganun-ganun, eh ‘pag may namatay diyan na maraming massacre, ni-rape 
mga babae, bata, hindi kayo umiimik. [applause] Maya-maya pagdating ng 
mga – [applause and cheers] pagdating nitong mga Western expert kuno, 
you give them so much premium and importance. Saan ba ang utak ninyo? 
Bakit kayo bilib diyan sa puti? Tingnan mo ang puti, panahon ni Obama, 
una ‘yung spokesman ng State Department. Akala mo kung sino. Akala nila 
mas bright pa sila sa akin. Then the staff of the President, then 
Obama.“I would like to remind Mr. Duterte that the policy of…” Eh ‘di 
yari ako. Pagdating ni Trump, “Oh yes, Mr. President, I’ve been 
expecting your call. You are doing it all right… And this G*******…” 
[applause] Uwi na ako. T**** i*** ‘yan.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
So? That’s the value of the country that you value. Ambivalent. Parang 
electric fan. Okay dito o hindi na okay, it’s vacillating. Tapos kayong 
mga – bilib kayo. Hindi ko talaga maintindihan ang Pilipino. It takes 
for an American to say that I’m a son of a b****. And it takes for an 
American to say, “Oh you’re great. You’re a hero in your country.” O 
saan ako pumunta dito ngayon? [laughter]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
It is time for us to fulfill our mandate to protect our people from 
these crimes that have victimized… You know, huwag ninyo akong 
takot-takutin niyang preso ‘yung international court of justice. S***, I
 am willing to go to prison for the rest of my life. Ang importante sa 
akin ginagaw ko ‘yung gusto ko. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Alam mo kasi in this country it is a rule of majority. I did it for the 
50 plus one because in a vote of 100, I get 51, 50 plus one. Fifty is 
one-half, one, that is majority of one, I win. ‘Yung 49, ‘yon ‘yung mga…
 I do not have to make them happy. But when the time comes, eh kung 
malasin ako, pupunta ako sa presuhan, do not worry about me. I can take 
it. Noong maliit pa ako, labas-pasok ako sa… Wala pa ‘yang law ni 
Pangilinan. Labas-pasok na ako sa presuhan. Kunin ninyo ‘yung record sa 
pulis doon sa Davao. Takutin na, “He will be prosecuted.” Hoy, abogado 
ako because I will…</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Sabi ko nga, everybody is entitled to come here and question me, but I 
have to question you also. At para magaling, let us make it official. We
 go to court and we tell the judge that we are hearing by an 
international body, can we have it judicially recorded? And I will place
 them under oath. Mahuli ko man talaga ‘yan sila. May pinatay ako, tama 
‘yan. When I was mayor, a little over… For 23 years ako mayor ng Davao 
eh. Makita mo ang Davao ngayon, you have been LGUs before. What city is 
now hitting nine growth percent? Eh nandoon pa kami sa Mindanao, 
binobomba pa kami sa Davao. Davao is nine growth. Tapos sabihin ninyo… 
Ngayon, paano ngayon i-nine mo ‘yung – palabas mo itong nine we are 
about to hit six or so, sabi nila. Pero ‘pag hayaan mo lang ako, 
mag-abot ito ng 21, the highest in the world. [applause] Kayo lang ang 
taga-pigil eh.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
It is time for us to fulfill our mandate to protect… Tapos na ‘yan. 
Kindly… For so long… We have to act decisively on this contentious 
issue.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Capital punishment is not only about deterrence. It is also about retribution. Make no mistake about that.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Iba kasi ako eh. Let us understand each other including the 
international community. Ang aming – our criminal system uses the 
Revised Penal Code. That is a law that was given to us by the Spaniards,
 the original Revised Penal Code. Though it was translated into English 
and in this two books, three books, there are the definition of crimes 
and the penalties and everything. And the thrust of that Revised Penal 
Code, ladies and gentlemen, is the essence of retribution. That is why 
you have penalties. There is also the word “positivist theory” that you 
can nurture a criminal into goodness provided he goes to prison for two 
years, three years, he’s released, he’s a sex offender. When he goes 
out, he rapes again, kidnaps another girl and makes her a hostage for so
 many years. Ganun kayo eh. Admit it, ganun kayo. You are so too lenient
 about this son of a b****, a human being that has a virulent brain and 
his enemy is society.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
And many at times, there were sex offenders in America released only to 
rape and kidnap again and kill in just a few months after release. In 
the Philippines, it is really an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. 
You took a life then you must pay for life. That is the only way to 
even. You cannot place a premium on the human mind that he will go 
straight. Nobody can. Not even your best scientist. No one has ever 
fathomed how a person would react especially in committing crimes. 
That’s the only way to do it to instill fear, that if you do it, you 
will die. That’s the advantage of criminals and rebels and terrorists 
because they think that you are afraid to die.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
That’s why when I went to Marawi, I was asked by the media, “Why are you
 here?” “I am here because my soldiers are here and I came here to die 
also.” [applause] Because any battle, any fierce encounter, you have to 
be of equal equanimity. Gusto siyang mamatay, eh ‘di gusto ko ring 
mamatay.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
They say that they use the name of God, and the Christians say, “we have
 the same thing.” I read the Ecclesiastes 3. What does it say? Even 
during elections, there is a time to be great and a time for defeat. A 
time to be in the skies, emblazoned there and a time to be [inaudible] 
somebody. A time to have money, a time to be hard up. A time to just 
walk so many kilometers to school and a time for graduation and being a 
lawyer. A time to be… I don’t know what I am now. There‘s always a time.
 [laughter and applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ganun ‘yan eh. So I’ll match you. ‘Pag sinabi mong, “Gusto kong 
mamatay.” Anak ka ng… Dalawa tayo. This bully, you know I had dinner 
with them sa Bayan. Itong NDF because I used to be friends really with 
the NDF. I was crossing the ideological borders before. Ako ‘yung 
nakakapasok sa teritoryo and we were friends really. But times have 
changed because God placed me here and I take care of a Republic. Sabi 
nila doon “bully” daw ako. T******* pala kayo, talagang bully ako. 
[laughter and applause] P***** i**. Talagang bully ako especially to the
 enemies of the state, talagang bully ako. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ito pa, sabi ko sa mga sundalo, ‘yung mga human rights na ano, you are 
flying everywhere, anywhere ‘yung mga utak ninyo. I said, “Take no 
prisoners.” Which is [garbled] – “kill them”. Which is correct? But you 
don’t listen to my speech. This media – lalo na itong ABS – kunin lang 
‘yang, “kill them.” [laughter]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
’Yan ang problema ninyo kaya minura ko kayo. Walang Presidente na 
p*******i** kayo because you are not behaving. Now you’re asking me for 
talks… [applause and cheers] When you publish in the newspaper or quote 
us in media, itong mga reporters would only quote “kill them.”</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I said, “Kill them in a fight. If you have to shoot them, shoot them at 
the heart or the head.” Sabi ko. Why? Because they will be detained here
 in Marawi, wala tayong presuhan. [laughter] ngayon, and the courts will
 always insist that they will be – that’s the law – that they will be 
tried and detained in the place where they committed the crime. Kaya 
huwag kayong mag – patayin talaga ninyo, kasi ilagay natin ‘yan diyan sa
 barracks natin diyan, sa ating Mechanized Division. Pag-eskapo niyan, 
dalhin ‘yung kanyon natin, ipaputok pa sa atin. [laughter] Marami. How 
many jail – [anong tawag dito?] – jailbreaks in Mindanao, in Cotabato 
alone? Six. Cotabato City, four. Ang jail doon, nire-raid tapos 
pinapalabas.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Alam ba ninyo ’yan? Because you do not publish. Or itong mga 
taga-Maynila… Hindi kayo, mga bright kayo, bilib ako. Mga g****g****. 
Sabi na “Why do you…?” Why? What happened last April in Davao? It was 
bombed. How many were killed? Twenty-seven. Few years ago, the church 
was bombed twice. How many died? Fifty-nine. The airport just as the 
people were coming out of the departure – ah arrival – it was bombed. 
How many died? Thirty-two. In the war, three nuns were lining up there. I
 had to scoop the brain of the nun to put it in a can because the face 
was shattered. Zamboanga. And you say that the violation is only in 
Marawi? Torpe. Talaga kayong… Mag-usap tayo ngayon. Dalhin ko kayo doon 
sa mga biyuda. Kailan lang ’yun?</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Huwag niyong sabihin na “It’s only in Marawi.” Rebellion has been going 
on in Mindanao. Walang sinasanto doon. Hindi lang ninyo binabasa nang 
husto. What’s the… It’s very porous. Kung separate islands ‘yan, maybe. 
Kung separate ’yan – very porous, they can go… And Mindanao – this is 
not to… The Moro has nothing to do with it, pareho tayo. Pareho tayong 
Maranao, so just shut up. Huwag kayong ma… Ito ang totoo.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Maraming Muslim sa Mindanao. Lahat… Eh sa Abra, meron eh. In this fight…
 Well, where do you think the Moro would side? Kung patayan na. They 
will side with government? Kung ako ngayon, kung nakatira ako, hindi 
kami umalis ng – hindi ako dinala ng nanay ko sa labas. I’ll be a 
resident of Marawi, what do you think will be my sentiment? Sulu. Davao,
 puro Muslim enclaves ‘yan, there are enclaves, parang baryo-baryo. 
Kapag sentimiyento ang putukan, magputok ‘yan sabay-sabay.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
On another thing, I’ll talk it about in the conference. Sumobra itong 
Left eh. Maggawa ka ng bahay – nakawin. Ang sabi ko sa sundalo, “Do not 
force the issue. I will just build yours. Ibigay mo na lang.”</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
May project ngayon, gusto na naman nilang kuhanin. Do not commit that 
mistake. Here and now, I will tell you, including the Congress of the 
Republic of the Philippines: You do anarchy, I will order the soldiers 
and the police to shoot. Even if I have to bury thousand of Filipinos. 
Huwag ninyo akong ganunin.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Either you’re… Either… Let us understand this beginning today, either we
 have laws in this country or we do not. We enforce the laws against the
 miners and the rich, but I will also enforce laws against anarchy, 
disturbance, and create trouble. Kayo rin, natatakot din eh. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Takutin ninyo ako na occupy the streets? Anak ng jueteng. You stay 
there, you ask for two days, I will give you six months. Huwag kayong 
umalis diyan. Kainin ninyo pati ‘yung dumi ninyo diyan.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Takut-takutin mo ang gobyerno. I’m sorry I’ve exceeded my time, but… Eh 
kailangan kong sabihin eh. Para maintindihan din nila. Tutal nandito na 
lang rin ako sa media. Nakikinig pati lahat. Kayong mga Left, I will not
 talk to you. Why should I? [applause] Huwag mo na akong pilitin na 
magpatayo kayo mga pro-poor, shut up. Wait for two years, because I 
have…</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
You know, this is my proposal. I may be totally wrong and I will accept 
it, but this is mine. From now on, I will save money for the Armed 
Forces of the Philippines. We have lost so much soldiers. [applause] And
 there are thousands already incapacitated to fight. Pati ’yung police 
ko, araw-araw ninyong ina-ambush. Pati ang convoy ko, kasi doon ako 
mag-sakay, ina-ambush nila.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Pati akong – g***. P*****i**, pati ako, patayin nila. Sabagay, malayo 
ako doon. Pero convoy ko kasi ‘yun eh. Waiting lang ako doon sa ano… 
Alam mo ginamitan niyo ng machine gun. Kaya lang armorized.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Kayong mga congressman, senador na ayaw ninyong – baka may kalaban kayo.
 Asawa ba ninyo ‘yung katira ninyo ngayon? [laughter] O inagaw ninyo? 
Pa-armorize ninyo. Totoo. Proven, M60. [applause] Si… Si Senator Drilon,
 M60, sir. Hindi talaga ‘to maalis. Kasi binara na nila. Nasira na lang 
‘yung – ‘di talaga nila. And the soldiers inside were all there all the 
time, mina-machine gun na, hindi tatalab.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Mga g***, pati ‘yung convoy ko, ambushin. Hindi nila alam na nakasibat 
na ako. [applause] Kaya gusto niyo kong mag-usap tayo, no, sumobra kayo.
 Ikaw, Sison, tang … Mag-inom ka ng Tang ‘yung orange. [laughter] 
Matanda ka na. Kayong Pilipinas, makinig, buong Pilipinas. Kayong mga 
bata, kayong mga Lumad natives, itong matatanda na ito, Sison is sick. 
May colon cancer. Ang gastos ng Norway, sumurender na siya. Kasi naging 
isyu sa pulitika eh. This government who sponsored those – who provided 
the good offices. Matatalo sa eleksyon dahil sa issue diyan. Kasi 
pabalik-balik ang mga b****, kala mo mga turista. Wala namang 
pinag-uusapan.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Pagdating dito, gusto ng ganito, gusto ng ganyan, ah l*** mo. [laughter]
 Huwag mong sabihin ‘yung meaning doon sa mga bisita. Napura na ako ba. 
Talagang ano ako, sir. Masyadong demanding, ni hindi naman kayo nanalo 
ng elections ni minsan. You cannot even hang on into a barangay. And you
 keep on killing people, hindi lang ’yung mga pulis, pati ‘yung mga 
civilians na ayaw magsali sa kanila.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Kaya sabi ko ano – sabi ko talaga, “buang ka.” And sinabi ko talaga. 
Pardon pa si…. Pi****** i** ko talaga siya the other day sa Davao. 
Sinong tinatakot ninyo? Katanda-tanda na ninyo eh. At lahat tayo 
mamatay. Kayong mga naiwan diyan sa kalsada, mabuti pa umuwi kayo. Wala 
kayong makuha diyan sa komunista. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Do you think that if the ISIS prevails in this country that you will 
have a place in their society? You must be awfully stupid, as stupid. 
[applause] Wala kayong makuha. Lahat tayo damay. Thank you for allowing 
the exhaust dito.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In our sustained effort to achieve just and lasting peace [laughter and 
applause]… Class, be courteous. Do not make a noise. The visitors are 
listening. [laughter] Just and lasting peace for a [unified] nation, we 
are pursuing an inclusive peace process, promoting the participation of 
all stakeholders, including those conflict-affected areas.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We took steps to promote inclusiveness in the Bangsamoro Transition 
Commission (BTC) by expanding its membership through Executive Order 
Number 8 which I signed in November last year.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
By giving representation to indigenous peoples, women, children, and 
sultanates, and key stakeholders in the drafting of the Bangsa[moro] 
Basic Law, we ensure a Bangsamoro government that truly reflects the 
aspirations of our Muslim brothers and sisters as well as our indigenous
 brethren. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We have embarked on various initiatives to advance our national interest
 in the global community. We pursue good relations with all nations 
anchored on an independent – on an independent foreign policy [applause]
 – and the basic tenets of sovereign equality, mutual respect and 
non-interference. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
As an independent nation, we will uphold and promote our national 
interests in the international community. We will strengthen and seek 
partnership with those who share our values. We will engage nations with
 full respect for the rule of law, sovereign equality, and again, 
non-interference. These are the principles that we are upholding as we 
advance to this year for the meeting as the Chair of the ASEAN.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We have cultivated warmer relations with China through bilateral 
dialogues and other mechanisms, leading to easing of tensions between 
the two countries and improved negotiating environment on the West 
Philippine Sea.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
At this point, allow me to take a step back in time, in 1901. In 1901, 
there was known as Balangiga, and that is Eastern Samar. It was the time
 for Philippine-American War.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
A combined group of Filipino villagers and guerrillas, in an effort to 
defend Samar Island from the alien invaders, attacked and overwhelmed a 
US – a United States infantry garrison. Forty-eight American officers 
and men were slain in the attack. On the Filipino side, the casualty 
count was twenty-eight killed and twenty-two wounded.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In retaliation, US gunboats and patrols were sent to Balangiga, Samar 
with the order to “…make a desert of Balangiga” and to reduce Samar 
Island into an island of “howling wilderness,” where every male citizen 
from the age of ten and above, and capable of bearing arms, would be put
 to death. The Church bells of Balangiga were seized by the Americans as
 spoils of war.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Those bells are reminders of the gallantry and heroism of our forebears 
who resisted the American colonizers and sacrificed their lives in the 
process. Krag against bolo – krag was the standard rifle issued to the 
American troops. And that is how the historians describe.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
[Nauna ka, pababa mo. Hindi, baba mo, tumataas ’yan.] [laughter] Mahirap
 talag kung director ka, ikaw pa ang speech. [laughter] Many historians 
describe – [sige] the Philippine-American war. That is why I say today; 
give us back those Balangiga bells. [applause] They are ours. They 
belong to the Philippines. [applause] They are part of our national 
heritage. [applause] Isauli naman ninyo. Masakit ’yun sa amin.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We now talk about our Overseas Filipinos. They are our heroes. They and 
their families have sacrificed much to the – for the country. We all 
know how a large part of our economic – economy comes from their 
remittances. That is why to ensure that their rights are protected, I 
ordered the increase of our assistance to the OFW from 400 million pesos
 to more than 1 billion. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We have been hard at work in securing the rights and welfare of our OFWs.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
A year ago, I also warned government officials and employees that I will
 never tolerate corruption in my administration, not even a whiff of it.
 Let the dismissal of several high-ranking officials – whom I myself 
appointed – serve as a warning to all that I will never back down on my 
commitment to cleanse this government and corporation. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In order to bring government services closer to the people, we 
established hotlines [and] government centers that receive public 
concerns, one of which is the Hotline 911, which allowed us to receive 
and immediately respond to emergencies.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We also launched Hot – launched Hotline 8888, the Citizen’s Complaint 
Hotline. This is a public hotline facility that receives feedbacks or 
concerns on government services.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Since we launched this hotline, we have received numerous complaints 
from the public on government – slow government processing, unclear or 
changing procedures and requirements, centralized issuances of 
clearances and permits in Metro Manila and discourteous government 
employees, among others.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Time and again, iyong pag-transact ng ordinary...no, no the ordinary 
people who transact business in government. In the last ASEAN 
Ministerial conference, I don’t know why Malacanan has to---my office 
has to do some work for—or the orders like itong mga barong. It’s always
 the—that outfit takes care of the attire that will be given to the 
ministerial, this time to the heads of state.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Alam mo, I’d like to address this myself to government. Iyan bang 
bayaran, pabalik-balikin ninyo ang tao. I know that, because I’ve been 
Mayor for 23 years; I never allowed it in my city. But dito, alam mo 
iyang mga sastre, diyan sa Paranaque haggang Cavite, iyong mga tailoring
 diyan, ang negosyo ang niyan in bulk - Boy Scout, teacher’s uniform, 
Girl Scouts - naghahabol iyan sila ng mga kontrata. And they are just 
the stores that you find along the way until Cavite. They grouped 
together during times of ganito, may ASEAN and they look for a person to
 represent them. This is not—no offense intended, but you see they look 
for beautiful women, the young, who would do the talking, arrangement, 
you know, because it’s the—well, it’s the reality of life and the 
beautiful women get’s the attention always.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Tapos, pag na-deliver na nila, nasukatan na, pabalik-balikin ninyo and 
right there in Malacanan, it happened. So I will fire the lady, whoever 
was connected with her. As I have fired anybody else... a Cabinet member
 for buying an 18 million truck in Austria. That was not our contract, 
it was contract of the previous administration, 14 of those 18 million 
were already delivered. This Cabinet member was –I was informed about 
and I said, the legal –his legal office, to stop it.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
You know what? He went just right ahead, travel there, signed something 
for the... another tranche of delivery. So right there, right in the 
Cabinet meeting I said, ‘were you able to read the opinion of your law, 
your own law office?’ He said no. But Sonny Dominguez was already 
passing to me the – iyong sa iPhone. So I was reading it, while I was 
talking to him. Sabi ko P***I** mo, you are fired, you are lying. And so
 I fired him. Go out of this office. I don’t want to see your face 
again. Ganoon ako ka istrikto. So iyong... the Cabinet members, they are
 here, they are only given noon, one year, two years, one month. The 
directors, makinig kayo sa gobyerno, bantay kayo. Directors, you are 
only given 15 days and I do not want Directors out of their office, you 
eat your lunch there, lahat kayong taga-gobyerno. So that you can resume
 to work immediately. [applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Now ito ang deal ko sa public. There is the 8888, I cannot stop 
corruption and wrongdoings if you do not cooperate. You text me. Libre 
iyan, 8888. You name the public official. Name his sins in that bulletin
 and I will take it from there. Do not be afraid about libel, I will 
take care of that. [applause] Iyon ang gawin ninyo. I have to have your 
help. Hindi kasi kayo mag-ano, wala eh. Lahat, police, military, lahat 
pati ako. If you think that some of—may nagawa ako na masama, di sabihin
 ninyo, do not be afraid. We are all workers of government! Kayo iyong 
employer namin. We get the money from your pocket to our pockets. Since 
when have you heard me talk about government and officials? I always 
address everybody ‘workers of government.’</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I seldom mention Malacanan Palace, it is not a Palace, it is just a 
house of wood. So why should I call it the Palace. Give me something 
like the European style. Kaya ako I just called it office, Palace-Palace
 ka diyan eh. And besides, all the rats of Pasig are there. [Laughter] 
It’s just beside Pasig River. So, iyong lahat ng mga daga diyan kung 
saan-saan, doon nagla-landing eh, it has a wide field. And they are not 
killed because they are presidential mouse. [Laughter] Iyon ang sabi 
ng...sundalo. Sir, hindi daw ipagbaril, ke presidential mouse, P***I** 
mabuti pa ang mouse dito, hindi pa pinapatay, iyong tao kinakatay ninyo.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The people’s patience is wearing thin. So is mine.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I am reiterating my directive to all government agencies from frontline 
services to our people from womb to tomb -- to further streamline their 
respective services to make these truly efficient, and people-friendly.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We want to ensure that our people receive the quality services that they
 deserve, minus the delays caused by bureaucratic red tape. I expect 
speedy reforms along this line.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We will right size the national government. Let us trim the excess fat 
and add more muscle through the expeditious passage of “The Act 
Rightsizing the National Government to Improve Public Service Delivery 
and for other Purposes.” I therefore urge Congress to pass this at the 
soonest.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
For the Government Owned and Controlled Corporations, isa pa kayo. The 
implementation of the existing Salary Standardization Law pending the 
review in the Compensation and Position Classification System, it’s 
excessive, extravagant, and unconscionable. Salaries and allowances, 
incentives, benefits and bonuses across the Government Owned and 
Controlled Corporations at this time increases will have to pass by my 
office; and I am not inclined to increase your allowances, bonuses and 
salaries at this time. [Applause] Wala na.You cannot do it on your own. 
You have to direct it to the Executive Secretary and I will just tell 
you, I am not inclined to give increases right now. Maybe seven years 
from now, when Drilon makes it to the presidency.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I also appeal to the Supreme Court to seriously consider the national 
interest and our development goals before issuing TROs and injunctions 
on critical government projects and cases involving government assets.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I am just a co-worker also, ladies and gentlemen. May I be allowed to be
 also, just as frank. Tutal wala naman akong ina-ano eh... I do not need
 to offend you, but I cite, for example, the Supreme Court TRO that 
prevents the Department of Health from distributing subdermal implants, 
which will cause the wastage of P350 million worth of taxpayers’ money. I
 also note that since its issuance two years ago, this TRO has impaired 
the government’s ability to fully implement responsibly family planning 
and methods and the RH Law.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
It is time that we put an end to the practice of some parties of 
resorting technicalities in our laws, prevent the government from 
fulfilling its mandate.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ganito iyan, Ma’am, eh. Tutal, this as good as any other time to talk to
 you and may I be understood by you. I am sorry to say this. Really I 
am, I do not intend to do it. But if you have to talk about government 
and our sins, which I am not an exception or are...you know delays, 
lahat naman tayo nagkakamali.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ganito iyan, two things, wala na talaga akong panahon. I don’t know if I
 can make another SONA again in the future. It’s not for me to tell 
that. Itong TRO has been the vain of projects and even Consunji, iyong 
mga Ayala nag-aaway iyan. Just to make you understand na hindi lang 
kayo. Tapos iyang TRO na iyan, would delay the projects. Now God... and I
 am asking Congress find me a law na kung may bidding naman at it was 
regular, dapat ang korte or somebody else should not be messing it up 
because it will delay the projects which has been the case in the 
provinces. Alam mo mag-file iyan ng kaso, either it is really the truth,
 well the COA will found out or makahati siya. I will withdraw the case 
and dissolve the TRO of course, then you just give me a few...sabihin mo
 10%. Ganoon ang ugali ng Pilipino. Kaya iyang TRO na iyan is the vain 
of our efficiency. And I really do not know whether—I will not attribute
 anything, Ma’am, sa Supreme Court. Maybe I am at fault, so I am sorry, 
if I misquote or I did not have the complete facts.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
But itong Congress na ito passed the Reproduction Law. It was already a 
law na dapat i-implement, because we are really going into a family 
planning. I am not for abortion; I am not for birth control. But 
certainly, I am for the giving of the freedom to a Filipino family the 
size ng pamilya niya. [Applause] How many children would they be able to
 support and send to school?</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ang nangyari nitong TRO mo, sir/ma’am, may na nag-file doon sa inyo, 
Supreme Court, tapos nag-issue kayo ng TRO two years ago. In the 
meantime iyong – ang gobyerno nagbili ng medisina itong ‘Subdermal’ pati
 itong mga pills worth 360. It was not really a reckless purchase; it 
was in preparation for the implementation of the law because hindi naman
 akalain na mag-TRO – and it has been two years, the medicines will 
expire next month. I told Ubial – the Health Secretary - to find out if 
there is a nation, a law which would allow it and i-donate na lang 
rather than go to waste. Iyan ho ang nangyari. I do not blame you, you 
might have been very busy or something. Wala—ako I’m just—I am below you
 actually. Pero sinasabi ko lang—may isa pa. Huwag na lang itong speech,
 walang makuha diyan.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The vain isa pa –itong…the Congress and tayo sa gobyerno including the 
judges and justices, should understand that by this time, iyong lowest 
bid iyon ang nagpo-promote ng graft and corruption sa ating bayan. 
[applause] COA, you are here at malaman na lang ninyo na may violation 
ako. Doon sa military I do not allow them to bid but just to buy the 
weapons from everywhere. Because almost all countries are making arms, 
the tawag nila - small arms industry. We are just fighting a rebellion. 
True, we do not need the armaments, but diyan sa Marawi you have to hit 
hard because they are pre-positioned inside buildings. And until now we 
cannot proceed fast because there are 300 hostages.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Sabi ko, Do not assault. If necessary we’ll just have to wait, wait it 
out but we have to give food. You do not go. I don’t care if they are 
Moro or Christian, it’s not—we do not have that luxury. Kasi 
kapag—there’s a distinct possibility that we are there, they will just 
behead everybody. So find out a way to do it, if you cannot find a way 
to do it then just I just said, “Wait it out,” iyan na ang nakatagal. 
Baka sabihin hindi marunong itong sundalo. Ako iyong pipigil. Initially,
 sabi ko ang bomba eh. “Sir, hindi talaga madala sir. Every window is 
occupied iyong high rise sir.”</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
And we were losing because of the snipers. And they are in a hurry, I 
said, “slow down.” When I was—hindi ako nagyayabang, when I was in the 
camp sa Ranao, well, I was briefing—I was being briefed by the military 
and I was giving the instructions. I heard about 16 pumutok at saka 
iyong bala na weng, weng, weng. Iyong mga reporter nandoon sa likod ng 
stage kasi semento iyon eh. We will—is this is the way how it should 
wait, then I will wait. Unless you can find a solution, somebody here 
who has the good, even a horse sense to negotiate for the release of—</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Iyang itong isang—ibalik ko iyong lowest bid. “Alam mo ang ganda niyan 
adre ha.” Ang magbabagsak ng lowest bid iyong walang pera. Ang 
magbabagsak ng lowest bid sasabihin niya doon sa… “Magbibigay po ako sa 
inyo,” kung sino-sino iyan mga official. So, lowest bid papanaluhin 
siya. So with no capital magbibigay siya ng pera tapos bibigay—lahat 
bigyan niya, connected who will...lahat. Pagkatapos niyan if it’s 100 
million projects, he has to pay so many guys, ang naiwan niya 100... out
 of the 100, 40 million na lang, so that is the cost of the project.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
So when I was campaigning for the presidency, I was all over the 
Philippines. My God, I could see a –the appropriation, pero ang Airport 
nila 3 meters long, so ginawa na lang basketball court. [Laughter] And 
there is a province here, hindi kayo. Not you. If you look into the 
records back in time na puro na complex ang roads diyan, talagang daan 
dito, daan doon pero pagpumunta ka isang daan lang. It’s only one 
highway, that is how corruption destroys the nation.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ngayon, last. I have to say this, kailangan ko siyang sabihin sir eh. I 
was elected June 30, nag-oath ako sa – July nagpunta na ako sa Davao –sa
 AFP Medical Center. Nakuwento ko na po ito sa inyo? Hindi pa? Tapos 
sabi ko, “I’m quite familiar, kasi I signed a lot of –noong mayor ako 
eh. Sabi ko, “May MRI ba kayo?” sabi ko—sabi niya, “Wala sir.” Sabi ko, 
“May state of the art ba kayo na X-ray?” Sabi niya, “Wala sir.” Sabi ko,
 may hyperbaric ba kayo?” That’s the chamber where you are placed inside
 iyong if suffer the bends, iyong –you are the…nagdi-deep dive ka. But 
it is also high pressure that can arrest gangrene, especially those who 
are extracted from the field of battle about two days na, gangrene sets 
in. So they are placed there and it can work miracles for our wounded 
soldier.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
So in one upuan, one setting, you did this…then I saw the building and I
 went inside, iyong drainage nila bumabalik. So I said...you know I’m 
really surprised. You know, military men… would you allow that kind of 
thing? The dirt is going back to the… how do you expect the sailors 
to—the soldiers to get well? Tapos that’s the only building, the oldest.
 I said okay you rehabilitate it, I’ll give you a new one, in the 
meantime.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
But about last month, I went to the back of my office, doon sa barracks 
ng Presidential Guards. So there were groundbreaking for the hospitals 
of the soldiers, and I asked the soldiers who were there also from V. 
Luna, “Are you now using the equipments?” Alam mo ang sinagot sa akin? 
“Sir, tayo-tayo na lang mag-usap. Huwag na lang ‘yan sila.” T***ina, 
wala… hindi pa na-deliver. Sinabi ko, if this is the way how you treat 
our soldiers and they are dying now, and that machine was ordered a year
 ago, then a coup d’état, a mutiny is not a surprise to me.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Kaya sabi ko kay Ubial, hindi niya kasalanan… it’s because of the 
procurement, pero ganoon kahaba. Is Secretary Ubial here? Are you here, 
Secretary? Change the procedure because I will change you. 
[Laughter/Applause] Talagang mag-coup d’état ito… Marami nang—we are 
losing about, by this time… every day we lose about... ten? Sometimes I 
say it’s a useless war here, but there is a rebellion. Sabi ko maski 
kung ako ang sundalo ninyo, and there is a machine already ordered, it 
could have saved my life, tapos wala Ma’am… eh p***ina, mag- coup d’état
 ako and let us get the machine by ourselves. I will not be surprised if
 it’s already in their mind. Ako, I’m be too willing to step down.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
But as a long term solution, I urge Congress to thoroughly review the 
existing procurement laws, and come up with legislation that will ensure
 prompt delivery of goods and services to the people – especially 
medicines and hospital equipments. Kasi itong military, ay sabi ko do 
not mind COA, I will answer for that.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Since COA is here, I limited to three places where military can buy the 
equipments because I am sure that they will work and they can kill the 
enemies and make even our forces stronger or in parity with what they 
have in on the other side. Itong armas, sabi ko, ‘wag mong sundin iyang 
ano. I will explain to COA why. ‘Wag mo akong papabilhin diyan sa mga 
lugar nang...gawa ng South America at lahat diyan sa mid-European. 
Eastern European countries are also—there are good ones, but I limited 
them to...especially, equipments in listening. Kasi kung magbili ka doon
 sa iba nakikinig rin sila, sabay na kayo. Tatlo na kayong 
nagko-communicate. Tawag sa Bisaya “Brin!”</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Our laws should support and not impede national development in a speedy and sustainable manner.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In our bid to accelerate human capital development, we should ensure 
lifelong opportunities by enhancing quality of and access to education, 
training programs.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We have sustained investments in higher education and committed to the 
full implementation of the K to 12 Basic Foundation Program. We have 
widened the reach of skills training and increased the number of 
out-of-school children and youth who have availed of the Alternative 
Learning System.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
To ensure that Filipinos are given equitable access to quality and 
affordable health services, we expanded health insurance coverage and 
benefits. The destitute and the indigents, or those who just could not 
afford hospitalization, can now be provided with free services of 
government-operated and public hospitals as well. We have strengthened 
the implementation of the No Balance Billing Policy. [Applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Kayong mga Pilipino nakikinig sa akin ngayon. Magpa-hospital kayo, ako 
ang magbayad, tutal hindi man nila ako mademanda. Pasok lang kayo doon, 
occupy the hospital, sabihin mo lang... totoo. Pasok kayo ng hospital, 
sabihin ninyo na sabi ni Mayor Duterte, pagamot daw kami, siya daw ang 
bahala magbayad.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Marami tayong tresurero dito, ilan oh. Huwag na iyan, iyong iba naman. Sa taas na.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I have signed Executive Order No. 26 imposing a ban on smoking in public
 places to mitigate its consequences. We want to minimize access to 
tobacco products, and provide a more supportive environment for those 
who are attempting to quit tobacco use.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Alam mo bakit, tinamaan ako ng... hindi ba ito. I’ve been very frankly. I
 have a Barrett and I have a Buergers disease caused by smoking. So, ang
 problema niyan in a survey in the Philippines, all over the world. Why 
is it that the women force... workforce in an office and the men have 
acquired an equal, almost in parity in numbers, sick of cancer. It was 
found out, because if the poor girl has also to inhale your smoke, kaya 
iyan inumpisahan ko sa Davao. In Davao, you cannot see a person there 
walking with a cigarette. Foreigners, they are very... they can argue 
with you, they says my money, not your money. Well then okay, eat your 
money or I will shoot your balls.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Investing in the health sector is never a cost to be endured but an opportunity to be explored.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
If we have to embrace the vision of a prosperous Philippines, we have to
 start putting value to our people’s well-being – because the success of
 every Filipino’s pursuit to life, liberty and happiness directly 
mirrors the fulfilment of our aspirations as a Filipino.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I would like to reiterate my personal and this administration’s 
commitment to fully implement the Magna Carta of Women to the barangay 
level tapos na ito. To this effect, an executive order will be issued to
 local government units institutionalizing gender and development 
programs and services.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We are targeting to increase Government spending on infrastructure from 5
 percent of the GDP in 2017 to 7 percent of the GDP by 2022, amounting 
to a total of 8 to 9 trillion pesos or 160 to 180 billion dollars. 
[Applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Infrastructure projects. We will make the next few years the “Golden Age
 of Infrastructure” in the Philippines to enhance our mobility and 
connectivity, and thereby spur development growth equitable in the 
country. In other words, we are going to Build, Build and Build.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
To improve our sea connectivity, we launched 15 brand new RORO vessels 
to ply major nautical routes all over the country. We also opened an 
ASEAN Ro-Ro Shipping Route connecting the ports of Davao and General 
Santos, Philippines to Bitung, Indonesia.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
To address the congestion of our sea ports, we modernized the Ports of 
Iloilo, General Santos, Cagayan de Oro and Zamboanga. We shall complete 
strategic road and bridge projects and some of the road sections shall 
be widened and improved to address the worsening traffic.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Alam mo, si Ma’am Grace... You are pushing for---you know, when I became
 President, EDSA was already horrendous as it was a horror of the other 
administrations. Now, I brought in Tugade, because Tugade is to me, a 
bright boy. He is a billionaire; he was my classmate, ewan ko nandito 
siya. He was our valedictorian in the law class, talagang mahusay. But 
we needed money and we tried to get your help to raise money. Eh ayaw 
naman ninyong ibigay, di hanggang ngayon, andiyan pa iyong EDSA.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Okay lang, at least gumanda ang lahat. Mag-iwan naman tayo ng pangit. We
 will not make it all smooth in the Philippines, we leave a little alley
 known as EDSA as the road to perdition. But anyway, since, I could not 
get any funding, I traveled to China and make friends with them. And the
 Ambassador, Ambassador Zhao. Thank you for the help. And as a matter of
 fact, [Applause] they are willing. They said if your Congress has no 
money, we will give you the money and China has committed to build two 
bridges to span Pasig River free of charge. [Applause] So that you will 
be comfortable in crossing Pasig.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Well anyway, all of these strategic road and transport projects shall go
 to naught if we cannot free our streets, which continue to be 
obstructed by illegally parked vehicles. Iyong EDSA na iyan, traffic 
obstructions and undisciplined drivers who stop in the middle of the 
road, and unsanctioned barriers in some areas.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I am directing the MMDA and the LGUs of Metro Manila, as well as the 
LGUs of Metro Cebu and all our regional centers to ensure the free flow 
of traffic, and immediately clear our roads and thoroughfares of all 
unnecessary obstruction, including vehicles parked on the 
streets/barriers. [Applause] Sanctioned by the government, and penalize 
all traffic obstructionists regardless of stature – sometimes, hindi mo 
maano diyan, because the police, it’s a Cabinet member. Pero me, I have 
not authorized my Cabinet member to utilize the low plate. It’s not for 
us to...you just use an ordinary plate. Para walang masabi iyong tao. 
And I do not want you parking there, when there’s no parking. Please we 
move –</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Airports. We are building new airports. We might get some money also 
from China and we’ll have new airports in the coming days and we are now
 accelerating the implementation of the communications, navigations, 
surveillance and air traffic managements system projects which will 
result the on-time arrivals, departures better managed air traffic, 
reduced flight operational cost and safer and more convenient travel 
experience.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Revenues are the life blood of government which enables us to provide for the people’s needs.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Last May 31, 2017, we achieved the first step towards more equitable 
taxes to fund better services for the people. I commend the House of 
Representatives for heeding my urgent certification of the tax reform by
 passing the first of five packages of the Comprehensive Tax Reform 
Program with an overwhelming 246 votes, representing almost 9 percent of
 the Filipino people.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The fate of the tax reform is now in the hands of the Senate. Ano ba ang
 gusto ninyong gawin, magluhod ako diyan? Well really, I leave it up to 
you. We are all Filipinos. If you think that’s a waste, fine! If you 
think, it’s not good, it’s okay with me. I can survive.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I call on the Senate so support my tax reform in full and to pass it without haste. [Applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ayaw man mag pakpak, pati is ano, wala. They are not clapping. Si 
Angara, ayaw ring mag-clap. [Laughter] Bantay ka lang sa eleksyon, 
tingnan mo. [Laughter]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
These reforms are designed to be pro-poor, especially when the people understand how the revenues will be spent.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The passage of the Tax Reform Law is needed to fund the proposed 2018 budget which I am submitting here and today.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The poor and vulnerable are at the heart of my tax reform. Your support 
would ensure that the benefits of the tax reform can be felt immediately
 by them.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In the meantime, the DOF and BIR are strengthening and running after tax evaders. [Applause]</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I have directed the DOF and the BIR to accept Mighty Corporation’s offer
 of P25 billion to settle its tax liabilities. After the settlement, 
Mighty will no longer engage in the tobacco business.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
This will be the biggest tax settlement on record. It will produce a 
windfall for government, which is significant since we have face the 
unexpected costs of rebuilding Marawi and Ormoc.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The acceptance of the tax settlement offer does not preclude other 
criminal charges against the company that the BIR may decide to file. A 
settlement will allow government to avoid a long court battle that, as 
we saw in previous cases, could take years to resolve.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Let this be a lesson to others. This administration will spare no one found cheating the government of its due.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We view Information and Communications Technology or ICT as an effective
 medium to implement positive and meaningful changes in our society.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
To this end, my Cabinet approved the National Broadband Plan of 2017 to 
begin the work of bringing affordable internet access to every community
 and improving broadband connectivity in the country.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We have also installed free WiFi internet in almost 400 public places 
around the country. We hope that the public... [Applause] will use them 
to access important information and services.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The National Government Portal, which we launched recently, will allow 
faster and easier delivery of public services and reduce the number of 
visits of the public to agencies for government transactions.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting Migration Plan has also 
been launched. The switch to digital from analog transmission will not 
only give a better TV viewing experience but also provide effective and 
reliable information to Filipinos in times of calamities.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The government-owned Salaam Digital TV, the first Muslim TV in the Philippines, is now already on test broadcasting.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
These are some of the things that we have done for the past twelve 
months. A more detailed narrative is contained in my ‘Report to the 
People,’ will be released soon.Whether or not my first year of 
administration was a year of gains or a year of setbacks is not for me 
to say but for the people to judge; I defer to the people’s judgment.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
My fellow citizens... [Applause] much remains to be done. Corruption 
persists like a fishbone stuck in the throat; it pains and it is 
disconcerting. We need to pry corruption from government corpus which is
 deeply embedded and we also need to put an end to squabbles and 
bickerings with an agencies focused truly on speedy provision of quality
 public services to our people.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Believe me, it is easier to build from scratch than to dismantle the rotten and rebuild upon its rubbles.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Nevertheless, let us work together and lay a new foundation upon which a
 better Philippines can be reconstructed. Help me build a better 
tomorrow.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
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Let me end—gusto ninyo uwi na tayo? Oh buksan ninyo pinto, malapit na 
ang pinto sa inyo. Let me end by wishing everyone in the language of the
 old: “May God Keep us forever sheltered in the hollow of His hand.”</div>
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Salamat.</div>
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