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Duterte’s Miss Universe rules: Don’t close roads, hide poverty or use public funds
 By Asian Correspondent Staff | 4th January 2017   | @ascorrespondent

THE Philippine administration under President Rodrigo Duterte has issued strict orders to ensure the Miss Universe 2017 pageant to be held in the capital this month does not cause any disruption or weigh on public expenses.

The government has already issued several decrees – that no road should be closed throughout the international event and that street dwellers should not be hidden to portray a false image of the country.

On Wednesday, the presidential palace issued its third order via a circular telling all government departments and agencies, local governments, government-controlled corporations, and state universities and colleges to extend “full support” to the event but not to spend for it.

Read More At: https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/01/dutertes-miss-universe-rules-dont-close-roads-hide-poverty-use-public-funds/

Duterte seems correct on this, on a precursory scan.

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Duterte seems correct on this, on a precursory scan.


No surprise you support a nutjob like Duterte.


You love all the loonies.

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No surprise you support a nutjob like Duterte.


You love all the loonies.


So, @Weird Tolkienish Figure, do you support using public funds, concealing poverty, closing roads, or some combination of them?
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