Category: Government

Century Peak Tests President Duterte’s Resolve on Reclamation Ban

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 P. Farol 1 Comment

It seems proponents of reclamation projects are out to test President Rodrigo Duterte’s resolve a few weeks after saying he had put a stop to such projects because of corruption. “You know, itong sa (this) Manila Bay na reclamation, thousands have applied but because of the corruption that I’ve heard early last year, there’s no more processing of papers,”…

Business, Development, Government, Politics

The Yellowtard agenda is to ensure the status quo of OLIGARCH-backed colonial rule persists

August 14, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

Neoliberals like Richard Javad Heydarian are the first to put the blame for the Philippines’ troubles on the so-called “bobotantes“. In his Inquirer column “The foolish myth of ‘bobotante’ voters”, he points out that “authoritarian nostalgists shouldn’t forget that their idols wouldn’t have made it to Malacañang without the support of a plurality of urban…

Government, Society

Leni Robredo has FAILURE written all over her face

August 13, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 6 Comments

The more critical thinkers among the public have noticed Vice President Leni Robredo’s speech pattern to be mostly incoherent. She can’t organize her thoughts verbally in a manner which she can be understood by her audience. Most wonder why this is considering she is a UP graduate of Economics. Even her grasp of her major…

Government, Politics

Ping Lacson declares war on wasteful government spending and corruption

August 12, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 4 Comments

It would appear that the noose is getting tighter around the neck of Health Secretary Francisco Duque over the release of the latest COA report summarizing the glaring deficiencies in its compliance with government accounting standards as defined by the audit agency. GMA News Online reports that Sen. Panfilo Lacson has again called out Duque…

Government

Yellowtard brand of free-for-all “democracy” no longer an election-winning platform

August 2, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 4 Comments

Joel Ruiz Butuyan asks a question in his Inquirer piece “Two worlds at war” to which he already knows the answer. He just doesn’t want to admit it. Butuyan writes about “the existence of two different worlds in our midst” that the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte supposedly “exposed”. Interestingly though, he highlights an important…

Government, Politics

Reform of the Ph’s corrupt bureaucracy only possible if 1987 Charter is JUNKED

July 25, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

In his Inquirer piece “Behind the durability of institutions”, Randy David speaks of public institutions which withstand the revolving door of leaders who come and go every Presidential election cycle. These are the constitutional offices with a fixed term, regardless of whoever is in power or the highest career bureaucrat in any department or agency…

Government, Politics

It’s time to think outside our 500sqm homes about Covid_19

July 24, 2021July 26, 2021 Ilda No Comments

Viruses mutate. We need to learn to live with Covid_19 and its variants. Going in and out of lockdown every time someone gets infected by the virus is not the only solution. Aiming for zero cases is impossible. Even if everyone wants to get vaccinated, there is not enough vaccines at the moment. Likewise, while…

Government, Society

In these times of pandemic Filipinos need a UNIFYING Opposition rather than a divisive one

July 24, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments

The Delta variant just dashed the hope that a global economic recovery would begin two years into the pandemic. While most of the opinions expressed have been about pandemic response, both good and bad, the no one has dared to point out the elephant in the room that is the only clear path to putting…

Economy, Government, Politics