Cayetano’s use of religious rhetoric is not just blasphemous, it is hypocritical at its core. He presents himself as a messenger of Christ, yet he stands in defense of a man whose policies led to mass killings, rampant abuses, and violations of human dignity.
There are no official and verified statements from the U.S. government, reputable news websites, media outlets and even from Trump’s personal X (former Twitter) account that contained such statement.
After a week of protest in Davao City in solidarity with former President and Mayor Rodrigo Duterte now comes messages from city’s leaders calling for dialogue and reconciliation.
A confessed assassin for the Davao Death Squad, he was the first to go public about the killings allegedly ordered by former President Rodrigo Duterte.
Duterte raised this dare at the start of the November 13 House quad committee hearing on extrajudicial killings and human rights violations committed under his presidency and his mayoral terms in Davao City.
Christopher Ryan Maboloc, a philosophy professor of Ateneo de Davao University, and author of “Radical Democracy in the Time of Duterte”, posted this reaction last October 29 about the Senate blue ribbon sub-committee hearing: “Senator Risa Hontiveros achieved nothing yesterday.”
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We have barely survived six years of a drug war that has left the nation bloodied and divided, yet two years after the end of the Duterte presidency that started it, we are seeing another kind of drug war happening.
The Marcos Jr. government will not stop the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor from interviewing five former police officers who are suspects in the previous Duterte administration’s war on drugs campaign.
VP Sara Duterte allegedly approved and designed the “Oplan Tokhang” operation against drug users and dealers during her term as Davao City Mayor, which allegedly involved burying drug suspects.
Vice President Duterte differs on this matter, and on Friday, December 1, has reportedly submitted her position letter to the Department of Justice.
