Category: Politics

Deafening SILENCE greets Cory Aquino’s 10th death anniversary

August 1, 2019 benign0 9 Comments

Today is actually the tenth anniversary of the death of former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino. That’s a pretty significant milestone. Most people make a big deal about a round-figure anniversary. This year, however, we aren’t seeing any big commemoration extravaganzas bathed in the colour yellow. EDSA is all business-as-usual — still the massive smoke-belching parking…

Politics, Society

Those Who Govern or Those Who Are Governed: Who Is To Blame?

July 31, 2019 Rafael Mendoza 10 Comments

Before there was a President Donald Trump chanting the catchy “Make America Great Again”, our country had a Ferdinand Marcos. In his inaugural speech, he addressed the Filipino people not as groups and tribes, but as a nation under one flag, carrying their hopes for a better future. He told the people “this nation can…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society

House Speakership Still Free For All, Cayetano Is A Mere Suggestion

July 19, 2019 P. Farol 7 Comments

I hate to break it to my friends over at Congressman Alan Peter Cayetano’s camp, but like Congressman Lord Allan Jay Velasco, it seems they counted their chicks way before the chicken laid the eggs. As political observer Albert C. Lim put it in my interview with him on my Youtube Channel Social Media Soup,…

Politics

Duterte Boots Cayetano’s PHISGOC from 30th SEA Games Amidst Corruption Issues

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 P. Farol 8 Comments

When my father found out that I had started working as a consultant for government officials and politicians 15 years ago, his only advice for me was, “Believe what people do, not what they say.” I remembered his advise now as I was reading story after story of what recently happened in our country’s preparations…

Politics

Was Duterte “Tricked” Into Endorsing Cayetano As House Speaker?

July 9, 2019December 13, 2024 P. Farol 5 Comments

Before I get bashed by Congressman Alan Peter Cayetano’s supporters, let me make it clear that my role here is just to chronicle the off-line conversations that I hear. Late this afternoon, I was with my fellow political observer Albert Lim because I asked him to guest on my Youtube Channel Social Media Soup so…

Politics

Romualdez House Speakership Is Now Inevitable

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 P. Farol 3 Comments

As I expected, PDP Laban’s clay feet appears to be crumbling and dashing hopes of making Marinduque Congressman Lord Allan Jay Velasco the next House Speaker. Senator Manny Pacquiao’s bold announcement that the entire PDP Laban was backing Velasco’s bid for the top leadership post at the House of Representatives failed to hold up. PDP…

Politics

Why impeach Duterte when a good old-fashioned Yellowtard “people power” might work?

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 benign0 6 Comments

It seems that the Yellowtards (the leading faction of the Philippine Opposition rabidly loyal to the Aquino-Cojuangco clan) have lost faith in that very iconic “activist” enterprise that originally garnered them worldwide fame — “people power” street “revolutions”. Nowadays, these snowflakes seem to have lost their edge and are now resorting to legal means to…

Politics

Bahala Na Si Lord (Allan Jay Velasco)?

June 29, 2019July 1, 2019 P. Farol 3 Comments

Towards the end of my previous post on the ongoing “race” for House Speaker, I quoted a political observer’s disgust over the behavior of PDP Laban senator Manny Pacquiao who seems to have taken it upon himself to speak for President Rodrigo Road Duterte on the matter of settling who his party would back as…

Politics

zzz
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
It's funny how those without contribution run their mouths, seek
benign0
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
Filipinos' tingala mentality. It is WORLD renowned.
Slaves
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
How’s being American puppets going? Maybe if you chose a
Gabsboy
on EDSA 40 years after: Overthrow and “Leftist” Ideals Don’t Work
It would have been absolute cinema had the military coups
Ven
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
Who the hell is prepared for a crisis when any
megget
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
the filipino way is scraping by on the least amount
Gyn
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
This whole thing is not working, and you know it
Redd
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
"For now there is little promise seeing that Filipinos’ foremost