We beg to differ.
A friend observing Presidential Spokesman Sal Panelo says that his defense of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno is making it seem that the administration no longer recognizes the principle of checks and balances between co-equal branches of government. Following congressman Nonoy Andaya’s stepping down as house majority leader, Panelo said that the now former house majority…
This ongoing word war over the 2019 national budget seems to have gotten out of hand and by the looks of it, it is no longer the House of Representatives but Malacanang that holds the power of the purse. At least, that’s what I am getting from reading the tirades spilled by the “PR” and…
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I woke up this morning the first thing I read was what seemed to be an attempt by the Duterte Administration or its allies to defend Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno from the corruption allegations lobbed by House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya. In the piece titled “Andaya Naman”, the very first sentence says, “House Majority Leader…
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Truth endures. No matter how you try to cover it up with lies, it will come out and give scheming, bitter liars like Senator Panfilo Lacson a thousand resounding bitch slaps. I don’t know how Lacson can ever recover from making a huge fool of himself for singling out and accusing House Speaker Gloria Macapagal…
So, yesterday and the day before that, my young friends on Facebook were all agog over Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson’s supposedly explosive revelation on House Representatives from Pampanga and Camarines Sur carving out a P2 billion or P3 billion chunk of the 2019 national budget as their “pork barrel fund”. Lacson announced his oncoming expose…
Supporters of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte may see House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s decision to push for the withdrawal of the Philippines from the Inter Parliamentary Union as proof her strong alliance with the current administration, but I see it as the only correct stand against the meddling of this international lawmakers’ body with our…
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So the Land Transportation Office (LTO) is caught off guard regarding the repercussions of the enforcement of rules for modified vehicles. They do not have any implementing guidelines whatsoever. The LTO has now earned the ire and the hatred of most of the 4×4 community. To me it’s a simple solution. Other countries already have their…
It would seem that Malacanang’s communications would be in disarray following the resignation of Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and the impending dissolution of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), which will be replaced by the soon to be revived Office of the Press Secretary. But it is not. Presidential Legal Counsel Sal Panelo has seamlessly…