We beg to differ.
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…
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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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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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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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…
Just a few days ago in a previous article, I posed the question: Are community pantries deadly stampedes waiting to happen? Only time will tell. That was just four days ago — not much time for what looked to be an implausible risk at the time to become a real and serious concern. ABS-CBN starlet…
Would the Opposition “thought leaders” currently screeching “UNFAIR!” be happy under such a scenario? Is a senior member of the Cabinet subject to the same prioritisation that ordinary Filipinos are? Think of it for a moment. If senior national government officials are to be placed in tents outside of hospitals come the time that they…
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A contractor hired by a government agency to install a CCTV network was said to have caused the massive water service interruption affecting 35 barangays in the cities of Mandaluyong, San Juan, Pasig, and Quezon City. According to a statement from Manila Water, this is the sixth time that the contractor damaged one of its…
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