Tag: antonio carpio

The Philippines’ outsourced justice system: why not outsource its executive and legislative branches too?

May 24, 2026 benign0 2 Comments

According to Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Philippine courts have no say in anything ruled by the “International Criminal Court” (ICC). Carpio is essentially saying that Philippine law enforcement officers and agents can act entirely under the authority of the ICC completely bypassing the Philippines’ judiciary. ‘Yung local courts hindi na kailangan because this…

Government

US propaganda continues to be parroted by Rappler “thought leaders”

July 21, 2024July 21, 2024 Ramon Ortoll 11 Comments

It’s important to the Americans that the Duterte brand in Philippine politics be destroyed since it advocates for an independent foreign policy. Witness how we have become the outlier in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) community. Among the original founding members, we are only ahead of Cambodia and Laos while Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia,…

Development, Politics

The Real Pawns

April 1, 2024April 3, 2024 Hector Gamboa 8 Comments

The recent scandal that shook the almighty kingdom of Duterteland seems to have triggered a slew of defensive social media posts from Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s (FPRRD) sycophants. As recent news coverage has shown, FPRRD’s former spokesman Atty. Harry Roque revealed that FPRRD accepted a “gentleman’s agreement” with Beijing, when he was still president,…

Yellowtards hyperventilating as they speculate on Sara Duterte’s next move

November 10, 2021 benign0 21 Comments

As expected, the Yellowtards are having a cow over news that Inday Sara Duterte has withdrawn her candidacy for Mayor of Davao City raising fears that she is taking steps to join the national race. Evidently they had latched on to some sort of notion of a “promise” made by Ms Duterte that she will…

Politics

Duterte’s cleanup of the mess Noynoy Aquino made of Ph-China relations should CONTINUE post 2022

October 26, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 6 Comments

The problem with the Opposition is they keep on making false claims. Joel Ruiz Butuyan, in his Inquirer piece “China and our next president”, writes; “We need to know what every candidate intends to do with the international Arbitral Award that our country won against China. Will our candidate continue the path of the Duterte…

Economy, History

Manny Pacquiao a DISHONEST political tool to split the Duterte vote in Visayas and Mindanao

September 26, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 5 Comments

Manny Pacquiao’s rise to boxing superstardom was unprecedented for a Filipino. His is the original narrative of what is literally a rags-to-riches story starting in the provincial hinterland and ending up in the big city looking for his future. Now, Pacquiao is up for the biggest match of his life after declaring he is running…

Politics

Opposition prefers a Philippine sellout to the US over working with China

July 17, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 5 Comments

Appeasement or rapprochement? How it it exactly that you deal with a regional superpower like China? Among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries, only Vietnam has fought a land and sea conflict against China. But among ASEAN also, Vietnam has the most battle-seasoned military. The Vietnam War ended relatively recently in 1975. In…

Business, Economy, Environment, History

What REALLY happened in 2016: Why the proposed July 12 National West Philippine Sea Victory Day is based on LIES

July 12, 2021 benign0 No Comments

The South China Sea dispute has been in the news cycle ever since President Rodrigo Duterte announced a shift in Philippine foreign policy after he was sworn into office in 2016. It was one that would not be closely-aligned with the United States as the former colonial master but an independent foreign policy where the…

Business, Crime, Politics