We beg to differ.
In the remaining few weeks in the lead up to this year’s elections, the most prominent Opposition coalition dubbed “Otso Diretso” have yet to make progress up the poll rankings into that fabled “Magic 12”. So far only two individuals have made it to that list — Bam Aquino (an Aquino, we are reminded) and…
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s influence on national politics appears to be continuously ramping up, not only because her statements reverberate throughout Philippine social media but also because whatever she says seems to carry a lot of weight among her political allies across the country. Some would say that the removal of congressman Pantaleon Alvarez…
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Senator Panfilo Lacson is quite the devious politician. First he holds up the passage of the 2019 National budget for months and then proposes the passage of a version of the budget with lump sum appropriations — which is a type of budgeting that has been thoroughly abused by the previous administration. Lacson must be…
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At first I thought, what the heck is she saying? And then I realised Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio could be history’s most honest politician after admitting that all politicians lie. She said this in defence of Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos who is being hit with allegations that she lied about having a Law…
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Monday May 9, 2016. A day that will live in infamy. I remember that night very clearly. I was compelled to hit refresh in my Ipad several times an hour to see the election standings. This continued all throughout dawn. I have no personal data to back it up but it was surreal to see…
Imelda Marcos was in the news a while back for getting another conviction (she had been convicted years ago, though there seems to be a roadblock to carrying it out). Some people are celebrated this (even pro-Marcoses who believe Imelda was the reason behind all the corruption, not Ferdinand). Some though are angered that she…
The best we can really say for the Otso Diretso senatorial line-up of the Opposition Coalition led by the Liberal Party for the 2019 Philippine midterm elections is “thanks for at least trying”. The crumbling Yellow Empire of the East is in its end-of-days stages having contracted an apparently incurable terminal disease by the end…
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If “press freedom” were truly an issue relevant to ordinary Filipinos, then it would have been a cornerstone of many a politicians’ campaign platform today. But it isn’t, and the reason it isn’t doesn’t come across as much of a surprise. Ordinary Filipinos wouldn’t have the time nor the brain space to critically evaluate “journalism”…
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