Category: Government

Opposition coalition @1Sambayan’s REAL agenda: oil, gas, and Manny Pangilinan’s wealth

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Opposition coalition @1Sambayan’s REAL agenda: oil, gas, and Manny Pangilinan’s wealth

Artemio Panganiban in his Inquirer piece today “Knowing what drives China in SCS” provides an informative summary of the historical background of the claims by parties in the South China Sea. He sets the theme with a very important context… To begin with, China avows a long and glorious history that rivals Egypt and its…

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Business, Government

An Open Letter (of Apology) to My Toddler

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An Open Letter (of Apology) to My Toddler

On the occasion of “Fathers’ day”, while some dads are going to be receiving gifts or having dinners arranged for them, I opted to write my child an open letter that I hope she will read in the future. Here goes… Dear child, It is 2021. It has been quite a number of years since…

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Education, Government, Society

Filipino nurses aren’t paid well because there are just TOO MANY of them

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Filipino nurses aren’t paid well because there are just TOO MANY of them

Why blame the problem on the President immediately? Because it’s an election year. Thus it is easy to see the motivation behind PhilSTAR columnist Boo Chanco’s piece today “Show some appreciation” where he writes how, in these times of pandemic, “our health workers feel abused and unappreciated by the Duterte administration.” Chanco then issues his…

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Business, Government, Money Talks

Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte and The Rise to National Prominence of Local Government Executives

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Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte and The Rise to National Prominence of Local Government Executives

To be sure, former Davao City Mayor and now President Rodrigo Roa Duterte wasn’t the first local government executive to have risen to national prominence through a presidential bid. But I guess his win in 2016 may be written down by some as a turning point in our history of elections when people began looking…

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Government, Politics

On the San Beda alumni petition against Duterte’s South China Sea statements

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On the San Beda alumni petition against Duterte’s South China Sea statements

I have refrained from political posts on my Facebook account in deference to my friends who are on the opposite side of the political fence, so please indulge me on this issue of the San Beda alumni community petition that President Rodrigo Duterte retract his statements on the South China Sea row with China because…

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Government, Politics

Andaya Names The Albatrosses Around VP Leni’s Neck

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Andaya Names The Albatrosses Around VP Leni’s Neck

But Raises Clamor for VP Leni Robredo to Run for CamSur Governor I don’t know what to make of former House Majority Leader Rolando “Nonoy” Andaya Jr.’s supporting a call for Vice President Leni Robredo to run in 2022 for Camarines Sur Governor. “Tuloy po tayo sa pagtakbo bilang Congressman. At meron po tayong mas…

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Government, Politics

The LIAR Justice Carpio should accept President Duterte’s challenge to a debate

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The LIAR Justice Carpio should accept President Duterte’s challenge to a debate

Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio leads the only group — 1Sambayan — that aspires to cobble together a broad Opposition coalition to go up against the camp of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in the coming 2022 elections. It therefore makes sense that Carpio, at the very least, dignify the President’s challenge to a debate…

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Government, Politics

Duterte is right. The Philippine arbitral “win” versus China not worth the paper it is printed on.

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Duterte is right. The Philippine arbitral “win” versus China not worth the paper it is printed on.

Thing with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is that he calls important stuff for what they are. In the case of the Philippines’ claim to vast territories in the South China Sea, Duterte points out that waving a piece of paper at a global power quietly building structures on territory other powers say you have a…

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Government, Politics