Category: Politics

Contrasting Cayetano’s Crass Vs. Romualdez’ Class In The House Speakership Race

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 P. Farol 5 Comments

In my previous post I mulled over the possibility of Marinduque Lone District Representative Lord Allan Velasco taking over the reins of the House Speakership from former president and Pampanga 2nd District Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It would seem that Velasco might be a shoo in after his possible rival for House Speakership Taguig Representative…

Politics

The Liberal Party Faithful Are Weeping and Gnashing Their Teeth

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 Gogs 8 Comments

” Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 22:13 What is ironic about that Bible quote in the context of May 2019 is that if the Liberal Party heeded the advice of the first part of the…

Politics

The Philippine Opposition are bewildered and in DENIAL. Here’s how they can regroup…

May 20, 2019 benign0 6 Comments

The Philippine Opposition are lost and have scattered, running around like headless chickens. You can see it in how their disgraced candidates have withdrawn from the limelight and clammed up following their catastrophic loss in this year’s mid-term elections. Despite an array of assurances to their flock that the Laban (“fight”) will persist and contrite…

Culture, Politics

The Next House Speaker Will Be Crucial in the Post Aquino Era

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 P. Farol 3 Comments

The results of the 2019 Philippine mid-term elections could very well be ushering in the start of the post Aquino era which some say was largely defined by an almost paralyzing fear of a return to a tyrannical regime and hate for the Marcoses in particular. There are political scholars who say that the bulk…

Politics

Filipino voters should let go of their fixation on celebrity candidates like Jinggoy Estrada and Bong Revilla

May 12, 2019 benign0 19 Comments

Jinggoy Estrada and Bong Revilla consistently being in the Top 12 senatoriables list in this year’s elections (according to SWS and Pulse Asia polls) illustrates the whole trouble with Philippine society. One wonders what bases surveyed members of the electorate apply when selecting these poltiicians. Both Estrada and Revilla, as we know, were in detention…

Crime, Politics

The greed of the Yellow Opposition could doom their election bid again

May 11, 2019May 11, 2019 Ilda 5 Comments

There is no better time to find out the true character of people than before a national election. Not only do we find out who among us are passionate or indifferent about the state of the nation, we also find out how far some people would go for their advocacies or for their politics. Take…

Politics

Filipino voters NOT GOOD ENOUGH for Otso Diretso candidates according to Randy David

May 6, 2019 benign0 30 Comments

In his Inquirer column today, Prof. Randy David attempts to explain why the Opposition continues to do poorly in the campaign lead-up to this year’s elections. By poorly, he refers to the consistently-low ranking most of the members of the Opposition led by the “Otso Diretso” coalition suffer in various surveys published by polling firms…

Culture, Politics

Otso Diretso candidates get their asses kicked by Administration candidates in the most recent “debate”!

April 30, 2019 benign0 38 Comments

One thing remains clearly evident today: elections remain an emotional exercise. As such, it is unlikely that the outcome of this year’s election will be an intellectual one. Whilst “debates” have become a more normal feature of campaigns in Philippine elections in the last several years, it still remains to be seen whether these exercises…

Culture, Politics