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Anelien

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the Philippines currently has 40,000+ confirmed cases, why was this the priority?

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· Jul 3, 2020

BREAKING NEWS. President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the anti-terrorism bill into law, says DILG Secretary Eduardo Año. | via @piaranada Story to follow on rappler.com/nation

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the corona virus is still going strong!! why is this!! priority!!

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Anelien

@cupcakelogic

Jul 3, 2020

Things that should have been priority: the countless filipinos without work, the countless filipinos stranded because they have no way to get home, or if you really want to fight "terrorism" what about all the corruption in the pnp???

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Oh the up estimate was just 3 days late! How Epic Roque

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This tweet is my dad word for word. I can't talk to him to change his perspective. The history he speaks of is so different. He raised me to be pro-Marcos it's disturbing how much I had to unlearn lmaooo

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So he can stay in power duh. It was a long time coming. It was already starting when he called for people to attack anyone he considered “criminals” during the elections. theguardian.com/world/2016/dec

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The president pushed for its urgency around June when the cases were only half of what it is now. Had he directed that sort of urgency towards pandemic response, then maybe we wouldn't be in the 40,000's but instead he's trying to fight terrorists he insists are there