President Duterte’s sharing of his experience with “American idiotic arrogance” has lifted part of the veil of mystery about the reason for his intense hostility towards the United States that many are concerned is adversely affecting long-standing Philippine-US relations.
In his speech before Philippines-China Trade and Investment Forum in Beijing during his three day visit to China (it was there where he announced the Philippines will “separate” with the United States militarily and economically) he related his encounter with immigration officials in Los Angeles Airport.
His story: “I was going to Brazil with some of the Congressmen and when we came back – because our entry, port of entry was L.A going there was Miami. You know when I was cleared by Customs, I was going out at the LA LAX airport. Here comes this black guy in uniform also black, with the pistol also black and his shoes was black and I thought that he was somebody – no slur intended that is his original color. And he accosted me and said “May I see your passport.” So I gave him, it was a diplomatic passport because we were travelling most of the Congressman in my entourage were travelling with passport diplomatic. And he said, “Where is your letter of authority to travel?” And so that was the first time that I say it was missing. And I said with probably because that letter was addressed to the port of entry in South American, which is Brazil and it was not clipped and so probably it was not re-inserted in the passport and it was lost this way. “
He continued his narration: “This guy brought me to a room to interrogate me and I said I’m a Congressman of my place, so what do you want to know. I said, if you detain me any further and if there’s a plane available going back to the Philippines now, I’ll be happy to ride and go home. That was the last time I went to America.”
The LA airport incident must have happened sometime between 1998 and 2001 when he was a member of the House of Representatives representing the first district of Davao City.
He said, “That was the last time I went to America.”
Does this mean the story going around that his U.S. visa was cancelled or application for a renewal of his visa was denied sometime in 2002 is not true?
The version we got was the denial of U.S. visa to Duterte happened after the disappearance of American treasure hunter Michael Terrence Meiring, rumored to be an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency from the Davao hospital where he was brought after a bomb exploded in his room at Evergreen Hotel in Davao City on May 16, 2002.
In fact in his presscon upon arrival from China last Oct. 21, Philippine Star’s Edith Regalado asked if his attitude towards the United States has something to do with the Meiring case and if the U.S. has apologized. Duterte’s reply: “It has not really appeased me at all. Binastos tayo ng Amerika. “
He related that Americans flashing their FBI badges “ Got Meiring out of the hotel. Brought him out kasi sabi nila dalhin nila sa Makati Medical Center for better medical treatment, facilities, whatever. But what they really did was to fly out Michael Meiring to Singapore and shanghaied him to the United States. “
Duterte’s statement that he has not been to the United States after the LA-Brazil incident gives a lie to rumors that prior to the Meiring incident, he and his companion Honeylet Avanceña had often visited to the United States where they had a house.
So it’s not true that following his denounciation of the Americans’ spiriting Meiring out of Davao, he was denied a visa?
Anyway, what is true is that in that speech in China, he related that many well- to -do Filipinos who want to go to the United States have to endure being “berated” by officials at the U.S. consular office in Davao City.
He asked if there was any American in the audience and said, “You’re planning to go to my country you get a visa from where you come from.”
The current policy now for Americans is No visa for 30 days visit to the Philippines. That policy also applies to citizens of countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as well as a number of countries in Europe.
As to the “separation” with the U.S., Duterte said one day after that “It’s not severance of ties. “
Duterte told media to be careful and differentiate the word “separate” and “sever” when it comes to diplomatic relations.
“The second one is not feasible. Why? The Filipinos in the United States will kill me. That is why I am not going there, not in this lifetime. Putang ina , inaabuso kasi tayo ng mga walang …. “
Just goes to show that Dutz cannot be trusted even on unimportant pronouncements/statements. Is he a congenital and pathological liar; lying even on the smallest things?
Oh no!I miss Pnoy and his bumbling cabinet.
At least Pnoy and his cabinet comport themselves as decent leaders. Dutz cabinet is also a bunch of bumbling clowns but without the gravitas of Pnoy’s.
This guy is indubitably a mad man. He cannot be trusted, he cannot be believed. He is an utter loonie needing to be locked up in the basement.
pipol power aagain? bring back the aquinos! the roxases.
let us make the philippines an illegal drug haven where crime is kept in secret.
sino mangunguna?
ang pinakamaganda nating gawin ay paalalahanan ang pangulo upang maging maingat sa kanyang mga pahayag nang sa gayon ay hindi ma-misinterpret ng foreign press ang bawat bibitiwan niya.
kailan kaya tayo masasanay na hindi nakasahod sa US habang naghihintay ng kanilang mga tiratira?
sino ba ang nakinabang nang husto sa mga foreing aid na hindi nakarating sa mga intended beneficiaries?
zamboanga siege dislocated residents. quake victims. yolanda victims. marami pang mga nauna na hanggang ngayon ay nganga dahil IBINULSA ng mga nasa poder ang mga ayuda.
remember yung mga bulok na relief goods na ipinamigay ng DSWD sa mga biktima ng zamboanga siege at yung mga naghikahos na sinalanta ng super bagyong yolanda?
kahit kailan ay hindi tayo magiging iisa dahil sa SOBRANG mga galing pagdating sa paghanap ng mali sa mga lider na walang layon kundi ang itindig ang dignidad ng pagiging isang pilipinong hindi dapat na ituring na busabos at alipin ng mga “kinikilalang kaibigan at kakampi”.
No need for people power. He will self-destruct if he continues with his ill-advised pronouncements. I hope he sees the light before it becomes too late.
yes, pronouncements. and that’s what his detractors are waiting to feed the oligarch controlled media and spread bad releases against the president. and like them, istead of reminding the president to be more careful and assertive in all his announcements, sour graping people are pushing him to the wall believing that is what would bring his downfall for them to again back in control.
I have to fully agree with Agot Isidro..!
parang may TOPAK..!
Sarah, Paolo, Baste, Kitty
Para sa inyo ito.
Sana ay pagpayuhan ninyo ang inyong ama. Ipaalala ninyo na hindi na siya mayoor ng isang siyudad kung hindi pangulo na siya ng isang bansa;
Maaaring mahusay siyang magsalita ng walang binabasa kaya lang sa mga nakikinig sa kanyang sinasabi ay mula sa isang pinuno ng bansa. Lahat ng kanyang binibitiwan ay katumbas ng isang policy statement ng puno ng bansa; dapat malinaw ito; hindi pagpapahayag ng isang personal na kaisipan o damdamin lalo na kung may implication sa international relations.
Kailangan din lalo na, ang kanyang nakagawian nang magmura. hindi ito magandang lagi nang naririnig mula sa isang pangulo dapat statesman-like siya hindi parang kanto boy lamang.
Sana magbago na siya bago malasing sa mga mapakumbabaw ng papuri
Ewan, walang may balls sa kanyang advisers and cabinets na pagsabihan si Duterte na maging careful at aware sa mga pinagsasabi sa publiko.
Kung manggagaling lang sa publiko ang paala-ala o solicited advise ay tiyak na walang mangyayari. Remember sabi niya na hindi problema ang kanyang bibig.
Natakot na yata tuloy si Japan Abe na maulit ang “Russia, China and Philippines (ME) against the world. That’s the only way.” Over private dinner lang sila mag-uusap ni Dutz.
Nandito sa Pinas ngayon yung supplier kong Japanese. Sinundo ko siya sa airport at hinatid sa Makati Shang. Big issue daw sa news at talkshows si Duterte simula pa kahapon.
Maraming officials at journalists daw ang “uneasy” na haharap si Pdiggy sa emperor. Marami palang kalechehan yang pagharap sa emperor. Sabi ni Mr. Hashimoto, nag-aalala ang mga Hapon na haharap si Pdiggy kay Akihito na naka-chewing gum. It’s a no-no raw. Pati yung paglakad ng naka dukot yung kamay sa bulsa, disrespectful daw yun. Isa pa yung informal attire na laging gamit ni Duterte pwedeng i-consider ng mga Hapon na pambabastos kay Akihito na itinuturing daw na diyos ng maraming Hapon.
LMFAO. Yung “diyos” natin pormang sanggano haharap sa pormal na diyos ng mga Hapon.
Good luck na lang. LOL. Di ko ma-imagine…
Di kaya ungkatin ni Pdiggy yung wartime atrocities pati yung comfort women issues? Yung sa Kano nga one century ago pa pilit binubuhay. Yan siguro ikina-aalangan ng mga Hapon.
LOL. Hahahaha.
#11, 12. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha……….
Sabi ng huwag kalimutan ang medication eh..! inumin mo kasi yung PAMPURGA mo…. tang….. na..!!
Teka, bakit di mo kasundo yang ka-ideolohiya mong pangulo. ha Tilamsik? Akala ko pareho kayong progresibo ni Pdiggy. Paborito ko rin noong basahin si Soc Rodrigo na original na “Tilamsik”.
I saw this online ‘How was your day, dear?’ Husband and wife death squad duo are paid $100 for every drug user they kill on the streets of The Philippines for ‘The Punisher’… and have now executed 800 between them/a>
Again the assassins say it’s the policemen who are paying them.
There is nothing wrong with the left, sabi nga ni Ms Maita Gomez.. left is cool. Pero mahirap yatang mag simpatya sa isang tao na ka ututang dila ang pamilya Marcos.
Yeah, it reminds me of Ka Soc Rodrigo’s Tilamsik ng Diwa of then WE FORUM/Malaya… good old days.
Nabanggit ko ang WE Forum, naalala ko rin ang mag-amang BURGOS… tsk tsk, MALAYO PARIN ANG UMAGA..!