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  1. Jens K

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    Drinking a beer at the promenade watching the sea shouldn't be a public offense as long as the person in question isn't bothering anybody else and (obviously) is allowed to drink by age. Sadly law makers tend to create such overly broad regulations because they don't know what else to do, but they need to do *something*.

    I think Duterte will soon notice that ruling a city is very different from ruling a whole country, especially one that consists of thousands of islands. Worst case Metro Manila will be a bit more like Davao, but even this might be too large already for a real change in the near future. Fingers crossed.
     
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    Jens K, May 13, 2016
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  2. Rye83

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    Filipino netizens react to Duterte alcohol ban proposal - BBC News

    Midnight alcohol ban and no smoking in public places, two reasons I have had absolutely no interest in ever visiting Davao. Now that these laws have a possibility of becoming a nationwide thing I'm starting to put together an exit plan to leave the Philippines in case it actually happens. I have no interest in living in a nanny state and the high level of personal freedom is the main reason why I decided to live in the Philippines. If that is gone then the Philippines has very little left that I find appealing.

    I'm not complaining, if this is what the Filipino people think is best for their country then that's their right to do so....but I'm certainly not going to stick around and continue to inject my money into the local economy or invest another peso into anymore local business. I might not get a vote on the elections but I certainly will vote with my passport and wallet. I suspect I won't be the only one doing so.

    Keeping my fingers crossed that these types of laws never get made or, if they do already exist, that they continue to not be enforced.
     
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