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Duterte and his chosen successor will achieve more infrastructure development than any other post-Marcos president

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 4 Comments

Us martial law babies remember past Independence Day celebrations before. Flag-raising at the Rizal monument followed by a military parade at the Quirino Grandstand. What most Opposition “thought leaders” seem to conveniently leave out of their version of recent history is that, post-Marcos, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was largely-divided into Marcos loyalists…

Development

Opposition horse-trading shaped by energy oligarchs vying for control over oil and gas in West Philippine Sea

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

So now journalists have to get their stories from Facebook posts. In her Inquirer report “Control of West PH Sea oil seen in takeover of Malampaya project”, Frances Mangosing uses a statement from a certain “security expert” named Jay Batongbacal as reference to highlight how a takeover of the Malampaya gas project by Dennis Uy’s…

Business, Politics, Society

It’s Either Grace Poe or Jojo Binay and Here Is Why

November 18, 2015 P. Farol 13 Comments

I’ve been wanting to publish the third installment of #GodSaveOurDemocracy from A Roxas Regime, but the Senate Electoral Tribunal’s dismissal of the disqualification case against Grace Poe is such a major development in the race for the 2016 Philippine Presidency that I decided to keep it in draft — perhaps, forever. With the way that Roxas’…

Government, Politics

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