Comedian-writer Ramon Bautista was declared as a persona non grata by the City of Davao after his controversial “hipon” joke while he was the guest of the “Kadayawan Festival” in Davao City last week. His joke actually got a lot of feedbacks and been viral in social media.
The term persona non grata has it’s literal meaning as an unwelcome person. Somehow, a certain person called and considered as persona non grata is already prohibited by the city government of that place.
His joke got this way, “Ang daming hipon dito sa Davao. Alright!” This had actually got the attention of everybody especially the city government of Davao. They have actually passed a resolution declaring the comedian as a persona non grata in the city of Mindanao.
Meanwhile, the term “hipon” is a local slang that means a woman who has an ugly face but a sexy body.
With the said resolution, some netizens have reacted and say that the Davao City’s mayor have over-reacted on the past incident. Perhaps, that were just a joke given by the said comedian. According to them, the said comedian have already apologized on his joke and they believe that this is not appropriate.
Actually, Bautista have already asked for an apology for his inappropriate joke last week during the same event as well as through his Twitter Account.
pic.twitter.com/JSKqdenClO — Ramon Bautista (@ramonbautista) August 18, 2014
There are also other celebrities who have reacted on the persona non grata declaration for Ramon Bautista.
I’d like to be Persona Non Grata’d by a feared political family too, hence I declare this: Maraming hipon sa Cavite!
— Mo Twister (@djmotwister) August 19, 2014
I’d like to be Persona Non Grata’d by a feared political family too, hence I declare this: Maraming hipon sa Cavite! — Mo Twister (@djmotwister) August 19, 2014
I think the Duterte’s should not meddle in Hipon Rights Violations, and just concentrate on what they’re good at, Human Rights Violations. — Mo Twister (@djmotwister) August 19, 2014
RT @saabmagalona: If @ramonbautista is a ‘persona non grata’, does that make Duterte a ‘persona non forgiving’? — Jasmine (@jascurtissmith) August 19, 2014
What kind of respect are you trying to beget by doing that? RESPECT BEGETS RESPECT. Ang joke. Joke lang. Pag naka offend at nag sorry matuto — Jasmine (@jascurtissmith) August 19, 2014
Persona Non Grata because of a joke.. Too much. Too much. What are your opinions on this? — Jasmine (@jascurtissmith) August 19, 2014
Lastly, Bautista also posted his reaction on the said issue through his Twitter Account.
I respect the decision of the Davao officials, and I will abide by it. — Ramon Bautista (@ramonbautista) August 19, 2014
Bautista was known in his book entitled “Bakit Di Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo.”
