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Good vibes! Watch this taxi driver perfectly impersonates President Duterte

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - A taxi driver from Davao is now gaining popularity for his impersonation of President Rodrigo Duterte.<br /><br />A Facebook post by Rachelle Oyette Dequina on Thursday, February 1, is making the rounds online after she took a video of her taxi driver. Dequina shared that she was on the way home from work and was terribly tired. She asked the driver if his rate meter is already calibrated. When he answered not yet, Dequina was ready to into an argument. The lady passenger said that’s when the driver went “Nag-umpisa na siya bilang maging isang Duterte.”<br /><br />Identified to be Elcias Bugsad, the taxi driver hilariously impersonates the voice and even accent of the country's highest official. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaL1XkLCGnHF7LabeDCfaZIcFqO4zFWg_wxiTepX6o5rxSV9e7NVwnDfoZtgXivFP1RnQLoC5INWoclZHqZVojJO7dCHEo3qtaFLyjfgviJBFNvXx6zORvTWYGkWwFFmaEhjY0xeyxjl6j/s1600/duterte-impersonator-taxi-driver.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="taxi driver perfectly impersonates President Duterte" border="0" class="img" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaL1XkLCGnHF7LabeDCfaZIcFqO4zFWg_wxiTepX6o5rxSV9e7NVwnDfoZtgXivFP1RnQLoC5INWoclZHqZVojJO7dCHEo3qtaFLyjfgviJBFNvXx6zORvTWYGkWwFFmaEhjY0xeyxjl6j/s1600/duterte-impersonator-taxi-driver.jpg" title="taxi driver perfectly impersonates President Duterte" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elcias Bugsad dubs himself as Duterte 2 | Photo Courtesy: Facebook/Rachelle Dequina</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Bugsad fondly dubs himself as <i>“Duterte 2, presidente sa umaga, taxi driver sa gabi."</i> He can also perfectly impersonate Duterte’s iconic line, “I hate drugs.” He also goes on with some of funny lines such as, <i>“If you want to follow me, I guarantee you likod ko lang makita n'yo."</i><br /><div id="unruly-unit"></div><br />A former OFW, Bugsad admits that he idolizes the President. Back when the President had a local show in Davao, Bugad would observe his actions and tried to mimic his voice.<br /><br />The now viral Davao taxi driver revealed that he had been doing the impersonation for two years now because he loved making his passengers laugh.<br /><br />Watch the viral video here:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="646" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frachelle.dequina.7%2Fposts%2F10155661737474093&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></center><br /><b>— Sally, The Summit Express</b></div>

Good vibes! Watch this taxi driver perfectly impersonates President Duterte

MANILA, Philippines - A taxi driver from Davao is now gaining popularity for his impersonation of President Rodrigo Duterte. A Facebook post...

VIRAL: Mang Eugenio’s story will restore your faith in Pinoy taxi drivers

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - For commuters living in Metro Manila, encountering rude and abusive taxi drivers isn’t something unusual.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgIrsylplqrGr96lkxYeSqP33tWboGXxSTdPEmGkR4c27czIK_eGgT4XDGAK2mX55Y1HhGm2ZtfhxvY0uVXSjfqL12pz5W-v1xzuMAOQR9tBQ0OrDamT9RQxIQJwKQJkiqkEkQ9QyFYUx/s1600/mang-eugenio-ventura-taxi-driver.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mang Eugenio’s story will restore your faith in Pinoy taxi drivers. " border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgIrsylplqrGr96lkxYeSqP33tWboGXxSTdPEmGkR4c27czIK_eGgT4XDGAK2mX55Y1HhGm2ZtfhxvY0uVXSjfqL12pz5W-v1xzuMAOQR9tBQ0OrDamT9RQxIQJwKQJkiqkEkQ9QyFYUx/s640/mang-eugenio-ventura-taxi-driver.jpg" title="Mang Eugenio’s story will restore your faith in Pinoy taxi drivers. " width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mang Eugenio’s story will restore your faith in Pinoy taxi drivers. <br />PHOTO CREDIT: Facebook/ Rommel Lopez</td></tr></tbody></table>In the past years, social media has helped expose the bad behaviors of several unscrupulous Filipino cab drivers. We’ve seen it all in viral videos- from arrogant cab drivers who love cursing their passengers to the crazy one who turned into a samurai. As a result, taxi drivers have been negatively depicted in our society. In fact, some of them have been deemed as one of the worst taxi drivers in the world.<br /><br />Just as you’re about to lose your faith in Pinoy taxi drivers, netizen Rommel Lopez decided to share the uplifting story of a 63-year-old cab driver named Eugenio Ventura or Mang Eugenio.His post has captured the hearts of netizens amassing more than 120,000 shares of Facebook.<br /><br />In his viral Facebook post on Saturday, January 16, Lopez narrated his delightful experience, something commuters seldom experience, while traveling from LRT Roosevelt Station to Mother Ignacia Ave with Mang Eugenio.<br /><br />"Sir pasok lang. Hindi ako namimili ng pasahero. Kahit saan kayo pupunta, ihahatid ko kayo,” Mang Eugenio told Lopez.<br /><br />(Sir come in. I’m not choosy with passengers. I’ll accompany you wherever you want to go.)<br /><br />Initially, Lopez thought Mang Eugenio, unlike other cab drivers, was just trying to be nice to him.<br /><br />“But I was wrong. He wasn't trying hard. He wasn't even trying at all,” Lopez wrote.<br /><br />In their brief conversation, Lopez learned how happy Mang Eugenio was with his job as a taxi driver and how he still drives for his youngest kid, who is currently a graduating student who works part time to support his studies. The old cab driver also revealed that he is nice to passengers because he considers them the source of his income.<br /><br />Lopez also discovered through their chat that Mang Eugenio was only able to take home P1,200 as Christmas bonus since his operator deducted something from his earnings.<br /><br />Despite the fact that Lopez wanted to give him a P20- tip, Mang Eugenio refused to get his offer.<br /><br />“When I reached my destination, the meter read P78.50. I gave him a P100 bill. I decided not to get the change, but he hurriedly gave me P20 and my receipt. I told him that he should keep it, and that it was my tip for him. He refused, saying that I deserved the change because it was the right thing to do. I told him: ‘Okay, yung P1.50 na lang ang tip ko. Huwag niyo nang tanggihan.’ He smiled,” Lopez recounted.<br /><br />Read the full post below.<br /><br /><center><div id="fb-root"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/rommel.lopez/posts/10205458260520282" data-width="500"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/rommel.lopez/posts/10205458260520282">Meet Mr. Eugenio Ventura, 63 years old, a taxi driver. I hailed him at the LRT Roosevelt Station to go to Mother Ignacia...<br />Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rommel.lopez" rel="nofollow">Rommel Lopez</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rommel.lopez/posts/10205458260520282" rel="nofollow">Saturday, January 16, 2016</a></blockquote></div></div></center><b><i><br /></i></b><b><i>-Mini/TheSummitExpress</i></b></div>

VIRAL: Mang Eugenio’s story will restore your faith in Pinoy taxi drivers

MANILA, Philippines - For commuters living in Metro Manila, encountering rude and abusive taxi drivers isn’t something unusual. Mang Eugenio...

VIDEO: Abusive taxi driver caught harassing passengers

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines  - A Facebook video showing an abusive taxi driver harassing passengers is making rounds online.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk6xAky13eKxxozEv1Zo92rw5wTfrIEhG2L3YkksGUwO90ra36Ad-x_tUNpmwCAFrxVLbqXiKluJRKK49SlCQKOVKpzmHwdhV2xCUbzx9rTqd6cdrPWgd03BNzdv__K8E7AlqSYcTi7gg/s1600/abusive-driver-viral.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Abusive taxi driver caught on video." border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk6xAky13eKxxozEv1Zo92rw5wTfrIEhG2L3YkksGUwO90ra36Ad-x_tUNpmwCAFrxVLbqXiKluJRKK49SlCQKOVKpzmHwdhV2xCUbzx9rTqd6cdrPWgd03BNzdv__K8E7AlqSYcTi7gg/s640/abusive-driver-viral.jpg" title="Abusive taxi driver caught on video." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abusive taxi driver caught on video. Screengrab from Facebook</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In the controversial video posted by a certain J. A. Garcia on Tuesday, January 5, an unidentified cab driver, whose vehicle plate number is UWB666, was caught on camera threatening female passengers from SM North EDSA on their way to POEA in Mandaluyong City.<br /><br />According to Garcia, the driver initially charged a P250 fixed fare. Garcia refused to accept his offer insisting that she would pay based on metered rate. When they reached POEA, Garcia gave the driver P200 expecting a P50 change. To Garcia’s surprise, the driver began violently shouting and cursing at her when she was asked for her change.<br /><br />Although the taxi meter only registered P140, the driver stressed that Garcia should pay him P350. The driver, who refused to give their change, repeatedly cursed on Garcia and her companion and even threatened to hurt them if they wouldn’t alight the taxi.<br /><br />When the driver noticed that Garcia was taking his video, he allegedly hurt her prompting them to get off the taxi. Reportedly, the driver only stopped harassing Garcia and her companion when he noticed several men in the area.<br /><br />Garcia claims that the driver was high on drugs during the incident.<br /><br />Watch the video of the incident.<br /><br /><center><div id="fb-root"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-video" data-allowfullscreen="1" data-href="/joanna.lagos/videos/vb.1592419083/10207135478377306/?type=3"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/joanna.lagos/videos/10207135478377306/"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joanna.lagos/videos/10207135478377306/" rel="nofollow"></a><br />#UWB666 eto po ang pinaka nakakatakot na driver na nasakyan ko.. from sm north po sumakay ako sa nakapilang taxi ... sabi niya sakin 250 daw sabi ko naman naka metro naman kuya... And so i thought ok n si kuya sa metro...  pero nung nasa POEA n kami inabot ko kay kuya ung 200 expecting a 50 change... din bigla nalang nagsisigaw si kuya eh GAGO ka pala, eh dapat nga 350 tapos sabi m sakin ikaw bahala at metro nalang.. so sabi kuya kaya nga i metro so 140 lang... tapos 3 beses ako ulit minura ayaw ibigay ang sukli, tapos sabi sakin ni kuya sasapakin ako pag di ako bumababa, nung makita nya na vinideo ko sya pinukpuk nya ako.. so bumababa na ako and nagstop ng video.. pero hinabol nya ako sa baba then mukhang sasapakin so sabi ko hali ka kuya sige subukan mo tapos natakot nalang sya dahil me mga tao and puro lalake nakatingin saknya and tinatawag ako para tawagin ung police... tsaka lang humarurot si kuya... una po high si kuya at kung ano ano pinagsasabi, pangalawa sana etong ganitong driver hindi kinukuha... papatay talaga si kuya literal... #nakakatakot sya sobra.#pakisharepo #walangnamengdriver<br />Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/joanna.lagos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joanna A Garcia</a> on Monday, January 4, 2016</blockquote></div></div></center><br />As of press time, the video has gone viral getting over 6,000 shares on the social network. <br /><br />While it’s not uncommon to encounter abusive taxi drivers in the country particularly in the metro, these drivers may soon have a taste of their own medicine through a Senate bill filed by former Senator Jinggoy Estrada last year.<br /><br />Senate bill 2872 or the Act Penalizing the Charging of Taxi Fares which are Higher than the Official Rate, the Failure to Use the Taxi Meters or the Refusal to Carry without Cause Taxi Passengers to their Places of Destination aims to penalize drivers who refuse to take in passengers as well as those who charge fares higher than metered rates. <br /><br />Taxi drivers who will violate will be fined at least P5000 and suspended from driving between one to five years. Meanwhile, operators with offending drivers will be charged between P10,000 and P20,000. <b><i>-Mini/TheSummitExpress</i></b></div>

VIDEO: Abusive taxi driver caught harassing passengers

MANILA, Philippines - A Facebook video showing an abusive taxi driver harassing passengers is making rounds online. Abusive taxi driver cau...