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By Jim Gomez The Associated Press Mon., June 25, 2018 MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The Philippine president, notorious for having cursed the pope and world leaders like former U.S. president Barack Obama, has sparked new outrage by calling God “stupid” in Asia’s largest Catholic country. Opposition Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV shot back Monday by describing President Rodrigo Duterte as “one evil man” and his remarks as “very much consistent with the deceitfulness, heartlessness and ruthlessness of his policies.” Even some of Duterte’s political allies were critical. A Catholic Bishop, Arturo Bastes, called the president a “madman” and urged Filipinos to pray for an end to Duterte’s “blasphemous utterances and dictatorial tendencies.” “Duterte’s tirade against God and the Bible reveals again that he is a psychological freak, a psychopath, an abnormal mind who should have not been … [Read more...] about Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte slammed for calling God ‘stupid’
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Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte personally ordered the investigation of a 71-year-old nun for being an ‘undesirable foreigner’
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he ordered an Australian nun be detained and investigated. The 71-year-old nun was detained on Monday after taking part in human rights missions that the country deemed violated the country’s sovereignty. Duterte also called out Australia, saying that its citizens should should reflect on their country’s own alleged human rights records before looking into his. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has taken full responsibility for the temporary detention and investigation into an Australian nun as the leader continues to crack down on what he calls “undesirable foreigners.” Duterte said he ordered the investigation into “disorderly conduct” by the 71-year-old nun. Sister Patricia Fox, the coordinator of a congregation of nuns called Notre Dame de Sion, was detained on Monday after taking part in fact-finding human rights missions focusing … [Read more...] about Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte personally ordered the investigation of a 71-year-old nun for being an ‘undesirable foreigner’
Cambridge Analytica’s parent company claimed it invented the tough guy image that got Rodrigo Duterte elected
caption President Rodrigo Duterte. source Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images Cambridge Analytica’s parent company SCL Group claimed it was behind Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s election-winning “man of action” image. Now-deleted briefs from the company’s website implied it refashioned Duterte’s persona from a kind and honorable to one focused on toughness. At a press club in Manila in 2015, Cambridge Analytica’s CEO Alexander Nix said the company could win an election for a “fundamentally flawed” candidate using the “right combination of strategies.” Cambridge Analytica’s parent company may have helped reinforce Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s tough-guy image to help him win the nation’s presidency, according to deleted documents. SCL Group, the entity which controlled Cambridge Analytica, appeared to once boast … [Read more...] about Cambridge Analytica’s parent company claimed it invented the tough guy image that got Rodrigo Duterte elected
How Cambridge Analytica’s parent company helped ‘man of action’ Rodrigo Duterte win the 2016 Philippines election
Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte. Reuters The parent company of Cambridge Analytica helped put Philippines’ leader Rodrigo Duterte into office after already influencing voters in dozens of campaigns across the globe, according to media reports and information pulled from the firm’s website. Strategic Communications Laboratories, or SCL Group, which owns the political consultancy at the centre of a Facebook data harvesting scandal linked to the 2016 US presidential race, boasted on its website that it helped get Duterte elected in 2016 by rebranding him as a tough crime fighter. The company removed the website content about the 2016 Philippine election, however, archived versions are still visible on the internet. Though SCL did not identify its Philippine client by name, the brief pointed clearly to former Davao City mayor Duterte, who was one of the six candidates in the 2016 race. “In the run up to national elections the incumbent client was widely … [Read more...] about How Cambridge Analytica’s parent company helped ‘man of action’ Rodrigo Duterte win the 2016 Philippines election
Philippine’s Rodrigo Duterte slammed the International Criminal Court as backed by a bunch of ‘white idiots’
source REUTERS/Erik De Castro Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte slammed the International Criminal Court, who are leading an investigation into his bloody war on drugs, as it is part of the “white idiots in the EU.” Duterte urged other nations to “get out” of their membership with the ICC because it is a “rude” organization. The ICC began an examination last month into deaths linked to Duterte’s war on drugs, which, by some estimates, has killed more than 12,000 people. Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday slammed the International Criminal Court (ICC), who are leading an investigation into his bloody war on drugs, as it is part of the “white idiots in the EU.” Speaking at the Philippine Military Academy, Duterte said that the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, was “bull,” and contributed to his … [Read more...] about Philippine’s Rodrigo Duterte slammed the International Criminal Court as backed by a bunch of ‘white idiots’