We beg to differ.
Is it really or not really a jab at Marcos as Inquirer columnist Manuel L Quezon III (MLQ3) suggests in his piece today? I think not or maybe yes. MLQ3’s extreme realm of speculation is former President Rodrigo Duterte (PRRD) went to China also to ask President Xi Jinping for political asylum… There are two…
I find myself compelled to write this rather long blogpost because people reading my previous writings may have gotten the mistaken impression that I am pro-Marcos. In fairness, my glowing commentary in previous articles regarding President Bongbong Marcos and his cousin, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, may have contributed to this. However, these favorable opinions have…
In her article on the inclusion of Vice President Inday Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio in the International Criminal Court investigation on human rights abuses in the Philippines, veteran journalist Ellen Tordesillas possibly unveiled the reason why Duterte Carpio attempted to unseat President Bongbong Marcos through a now failed attempt to wrest the House Speakership and…
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If you were born yesterday or part of the Duterte cult, you’d think that Inday Sara Duterte Carpio is such a supergenius like Elon Musk that she can lead three distinct roles in government exceptionally well. But being a mediocre and petulant political brat, she’s doing poorly as a Vice President, Education Secretary and Co…
A Cebuano friend messaged me and said that he felt betrayed by Vice President Inday Sara Duterte Zimmerman Carpio’s deafening silence on the smear campaign against Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco — daughter of Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia. “Yang si Inday Duterte nga dali ra nga nagpabutho sa iyang kaparehong Bisaya nga si Christina Frasco, anak…
The case of master swindler Edward Diokno Eje a. k. a. hari ng baclaran (who foisted the “Malacañang appointment scam” on about a dozen or so people) didn’t quite explode in traditional news media and social media scenes. This was, perhaps, because of the massive “news management” effort orchestrated to contain the situation and keep…
In a recent article on One News, it was reported that the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) budget for 2022 had increased by 32% following the assumption of office by Sara Duterte. The budget hike has raised concerns regarding President Duterte’s potential abuse of power and privileges, leading to questions about her totalitarian tendencies….
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After thirty years of living in the Philippines as a man with Middle Eastern ethnic origins who chose to be naturalized as a Filipino decades ago, I still have yet to grasp why most Filipinos and their political analysts still cleave to the inappropriate categorizations of political behavior. Most still tend to say that that…
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