‘The Punisher’ won’t mess with ‘Palace ghosts’

Davao City — It wasn’t exactly the kind of reaction you get from somebody known for tough talk and who even carries the menacing moniker of “The Punisher.” Incoming president Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that there was no way he would stay at the Malacañang Palace during his six-year term because the presidential residence is inhabited by “mumo,” or ghosts. Sharing a conversation he had with Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, a recent visitor to this city and a former resident of Malacañang where their family stayed for 21 years during the time of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Duterte said he asked her if the Palace was indeed haunted. Marcos may have only been joking when she answered in the affirmative, but it was enough to convince Duterte that he didn’t want to mess with the rumored ghosts at the Palace by the Pasig River. “May prejudice ako [...]