Category: Politics

June 12 “Freedom Day” marks the ironic end of @1Sambayan

June 12, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

Hare-brained 1Sampayan. Supposed democracy advocates actually killed democracy today. Why? The holier-than-thou attitude was disastrous. It wasn’t even long before the named candidates were declining their “nominations.” It was supposed to be a “democratic” process but as it turned out the convenors made the decision without even bothering to consult the personalities on their list….

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GRAVITAS is what makes Philippine presidents. Not popularity. And certainly NOT PA-CUTE.

June 12, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

And we come down to this? Does De La Salle University (DLSU) professor and Manila Times columnist Antonio Contreras even have a realistic point of view of how politicians come into power? Doesn’t look like it when one considers this post of his on Facebook where he practically endorses boxer-turned-senator Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao’s bid for…

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Kiko Pangilinan ABANDONING Opposition to focus on his own re-election!

June 12, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

You know the Opposition is in trouble when the President of the Liberal Party claims he is busy with his reelection campaign. Ana Marie Pamintuan in her PhilSTAR piece today “First, get out the vote” writes how “Sen. Francis Pangilinan has his mind on Sept. 30, 2021, the deadline for the registration of new voters.”…

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Dilawan Party’s DNA of Divisive Politics, Dynastic Politics at Kilatis Sa Politika ng Quezon City

June 10, 2021June 11, 2021 P. Farol No Comments

Dilawan Party is Doomed by its Genetic Predisposition for Divisive Politics Maraming nag-react at comment dun sa huling post ko tungkol sa inaasahang pagtakbo ni Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte bilang Pangulo sa 2022 at sa pag-angat ng mga local government executives bilang hanay na pinagkukunan ng posibleng kandidato sa mga pambansang elective positions….

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Would a Ping Lacson – Tito Sotto tandem for 2022 win if Inday Sara Duterte does not run for president?

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

It was then Col. Gringo Honasan who first shot to fame post-Marcos in 1986 because Lacson found himself on the wrong side of the political divide in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) during the coup d’etat against then President Ferdinand “Apo Lakay” Marcos. Lacson joined the Philippine Constabulary (PC) after graduation from the…

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The Opposition wasted time looking for a “silver bullet” vs Duterte instead of crafting an intelligent campaign

June 9, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

We are under a fascist, authoritarian dictatorship. This is the impression you get after reading Boo Chanco’s PhilSTAR column “Hearts and minds” today. This is the second in a row about what the opposition must do in order to win in 2022. Chanco quotes from an article published by a millennial PhD candidate Cleve Arguelles:…

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Candidates need to meet the GENUINE SINCERITY standard to stand a chance in 2022. Very few of them do.

June 9, 2021July 21, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was known to common Filipinos when he made the announcement about a possible Presidential run back in 2016. His “speaking tour” about federalism was actually a listening tour. He wanted to get first-hand information on the people’s gripes. More important back then, the public had had it with then President Noynoy…

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Presidentiables are a no-contest but the race for the vice presidency in 2022 is where it’s at!

June 7, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

The circus is back in town. The political circus that is. Virus or no virus. The situation is different from the last Presidential election cycle. There is not much jockeying for the anointment because there are only few candidates and the outgoing President is not from the “silent majority.” In short, it is not like…

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