Duterte promises to stop cussing after God talked to him

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/10/28/president-rodrigo-duterte.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while answering questions during a news conference upon his arrival from a state visit in Japan at the Davao International Airport in Davao City. <em>Reuters</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday evening said he will stop cussing after allegedly receiving the instructions from God.</p><p>&quot;I was looking at the skies as I was coming over here. Everybody was asleep snoring,&quot; Duterte narrated. &quot;A voice said that you know &#x27;If you don&#x27;t stop, I will bring this plane down now.&#x27;&quot;</p><p>The President claimed the voice belongs to God.</p><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tSWgjaMmqfw" width="560"></iframe></div><p>&quot;And I said, who is this? Of course, it&#x27;s God. Oh, OK. So, I promised God not to express slang, cuss words,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;You guys hear me right always because a promise to God is a promise to the Filipino people,&quot; Duterte added.</p><p>Meanwhile, the President admitted that he has not always been foul-mouthed.</p><p>He said there is always timing in uttering cuss words, even calling the act &quot;calibrated.&quot;</p><p>&quot;There is always a time–a time to be foul-mouthed. I don&#x27;t like anybody reading my mind. It&#x27;s all calibrated, it&#x27;s always timing. Watch out for one thing, that&#x27;s what I&#x27;ve learned, miscalculation,&quot; he explained.</p>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday evening said he will stop cussing after allegedly receiving the instructions from God.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday evening said he will stop cussing after allegedly receiving the instructions from God.

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Duterte promises to stop cussing after God talked to him

Duterte promises to stop cussing after God talked to him

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Published Oct 28, 2016 08:22 AM PHT

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