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Filipino neoliberals seem to be obsessed with the victim mindset. In his recent Inquirer column, Randy David describes Americans voting for former President Donald Trump as flirting with one-man rule because of the possibility that Trump might win again in 2024. “This,” David writes to punctuate his point, “is how dictatorships are born—often on the…
Followers of the politico-theological super cult created by former president Rodrigo Duterte and pastor Apollo Quiboloy are in despair over the waning political career of Vice President Inday Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio. Still addicted to the gravy train of power and money that flowed during the Duterte presidency, a huge number of them are worried…
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Although we see Vice President Inday Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio’s power and influence waning, I am writing this as a thought experiment of sorts just to emphasize the dangers of electing a pro-totalitarian candidate as President. It is important to note that the Philippines and North Korea are two distinct countries with different political systems,…
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Inday Sara Duterte has long been considered a formidable political figure with ambitions of becoming the country’s president. However, recent events and controversies have cast a dark shadow over her political career, indicating that her hope of winning the presidency is dead. Below are the figurative nails in the coffin of her political ambition: 1….
Days after President Bongbong Marcos’ second State of the Nation Address, I still find myself gagging over the en faire tout un fromage over our political elite’s so-called red carpet pageantry. I don’t recall when traditional news media started featuring the fashion statements of this country’s politicians, but it should stop because it detracts from…
Vice President Inday Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio was probably under the delusion that she is anything like her father when she tried to ape his penchant for bold and daring moves only to fall on her bloated, mannish face. Only former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte can be called a “rockstar” president because he was reasonably…
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The tone Inquirer columnist Randy David himself takes in his piece “Foreign policy in [Marcos’s SONA]” likely mirrors the conundrum he and members of his camp find themselves in today. President Bongbong Marcos is the archenemy of the Opposition and yet he has co-opted their agenda of bringing the Philippines back into America’s arms. This…
Anti-Marcos rhetoric. What else, right? It’s not as if we could expect anything more of the Philippines’ traditional “activists” who are beavering away over the weekend to prepare for the usual antics expected of them on the occasion of Monday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). It is interesting then that Yellowtard Inquirer columnist Gideon…