We beg to differ.
To the Duterte detractors, former President Rodrigo Duterte (PRRD) was left with a budget surplus by his predecessor, the late former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, that only exists in their collective imagination. Libre naman managinip ng dilat as part of their myth making. The truth is, public sector budgets are meant to be spent….
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Why is it that privately employed people like me are required to get accounted down to every single centavo when company money is used? Sara did not have to. And we are talking of billions of pesos. She is just laughing it off. Why is it that when I get carried away with my emotions…
By all appearances, cracks are beginning to show within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and the root of the unrest may lie at the very top of the civilian defense bureaucracy. In a recent radio commentary by veteran broadcast journalist Deo Macalma, the undercurrent of dissatisfaction among the ranks of the military was…
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In his recent Inquirer column, Randy David shares his views on the aftermath of the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte. He cites the inutile state of the Philippines’ judicial system which “failed to hold Duterte accountable for the thousands of killings during his brutal drug war.” [Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla’s] acknowledgement of the…
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The circle of “influencers’ surrounding former President Rodrigo Duterte and his clan, which includes current Vice President Sara Duterte, need to shape up. The cult of personality approach where everything is an appeal to emotion — personal loyalty, patriotism, regionalism, and the all-time greatest hit, utang na loob (debt of gratitude) have all become passé….
Questions have been raised around the way former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was picked up by police at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Manila, bundled up, and shoved into a private jet bound for Rotterdam in the Netherlands where he now waits to face the “International Criminal Court” (ICC) in The Hague. Article…
So former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested today on the back of a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The arrest was effected at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport as Duterte returned from a trip to Hong Kong. This follows widespread speculation propagated by detractors — mostly members of the Yellowtard-Communist Axis…
In his recent Inquirer piece “A tale of two chambers” Manuel L. Quezon III questions the assiduousness of the present Senate. It’s a praise piece for Senators Risa Hontiveros and Sherwin Gatchalian, the now renowned Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) crusaders, as they have styled themselves, even if their committees which conduct the “hearings” have…
