The Senate as the Bellwether of the Climate of Public Opinion
Bellwether is “something that shows what the general future of changes or developments will probably be.”
Bellwether is “something that shows what the general future of changes or developments will probably be.”
Reynaldo de Guzman, 14 years old. Kian Delos Santos, 17 years old.
They are children under the definition of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The saying “A fish is caught by its mouth” applies to President Duterte on the issue of the alleged involvement of his son, Davao City Mayor Paolo Duterte, and his son-in-law, Atty. Manases Carpio in the release without inspection by the Bureau of Customs of a shipment containing 604 kilos of shabu worth P6.2 billion last May.
Last Friday, 26-year old customs broker Mark Taguba, through lawyer Raymond Fortun, released the following statement:
It was obvious in Thursday’s Senate Blue Ribbon hearing on the 604 kilos of shabu that slipped through the watch of the Bureau of Customs under then Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, that Committee Chair Sen. Richard Gordon does not want the truth to come out since the trail was leading to the direction of the Davao Group which allegedly involves not only presidential son and Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte but also presidential son-in-law lawyer Mans Carpio.
Everybody wants a piece of Uber. OFWs come home to buy cars to become Uber car operators. Employees give up their day jobs, or moonlight, to become Uber drivers.
Once again, we are seeing proof of the saying that truth will find its way out, however one tries to block it.
Paolo Duterte’s name cropped up once again in Tuesday’s Senate hearing on the 604 kilos of shabu worth P6.4 billion that slipped through the watch of the Bureau of Customs last May.
In order to answer how best to secure Philippine interests in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) and West Philippine Sea (WPS), we should put it first in the context of where Philippine policy is. That policy, sadly, is both fragmented and incoherent, at best.