Tag: bongbong marcos

Leni Robredo should prioritize honest elections over her own interests

May 20, 2016May 20, 2016 Ilda 43 Comments

Philippine Congresswoman Leni Robredo’s true character is starting to show. This is evident in how quickly she dismissed calls for a systems audit to determine if the election results were affected by the script change done to the server by Smartmatic technicians in the middle of canvassing of votes on Election Day. From a reluctant…

Government, Politics

Five Routes to the Presidency in the Philippines

May 14, 2016 zaxx 37 Comments

With Mayor Rody Duterte’s trail-blazing ascent to the presidency, we may have to rewrite the books on the ins and outs of politics in the country. He was from a marginalized region of the country way down South with a thick Visayan accent, had no pocket money of his own to launch a national campaign, came into…

Charter Change, Government, Politics

Did Smartmatic help the Liberal Party rig the 2016 Philippine Presidential Elections?

May 13, 2016May 14, 2016 Ilda 131 Comments

Who would have thought that the late former ambassador Roy Señeres, who withdrew from the presidential race shortly before his death last February would affect the Presidential Elections conducted on the 9th of May? It seems dead people have a way of “influencing” Philippine politics. We all know that incumbent President Benigno Simeon Aquino only got…

Crime, Politics

Yellow Lives Matter?

May 12, 2016May 13, 2016 Hector Gamboa 12 Comments

I recently shared my colleague Benign0’s article on my Facebook wall regarding his critique on Leni Robredo supporters seeing their bet as their last bastion of hope for the dying yellow anti-Marcos glib. A good friend of mine told me that Benign0’s observation for the demographic of Robredo’s followers can similarly be used for Duterte’s…

‘Unity’ is a double-edged sword President Rodrigo Duterte needs to wield carefully in his first 100 days

May 12, 2016 benign0 22 Comments

Here’s a thought. Let’s make use of the thinking of all these Martial Law Crybabies for a moment and start speculating as to what the first 100 days of President Rodrigo’s administration will be like. Specifically, let us consider this question: Will President Duterte push through the just resolution of all the crimes committed over…

Crime, Government

Leni Robredo is the final bastion of Filipinos’ now-obsolete Martial Law Crybaby Syndrome

May 11, 2016May 11, 2016 benign0 105 Comments

If I were in the shoes of all those cheering on Leni Robredo’s epic battle against Bongbong Marcos for the vice presidency of the Philippines, I’d be a bit more circumspect. Propelling Leni Robredo’s run is the awesome machinery of the Liberal Party which, if one might need remind all, remains in power and enjoys…

Culture, Society

1.37 million ‘registered voters’ discrepancy observed in Unofficial Results reporting operations!

May 10, 2016May 10, 2016 benign0 106 Comments

A 9th May 2016 Inquirer report put the total number of registered voters at 54,363,844 as quoted from the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). But then on its Inquirer Unofficial Results: 2016 Philippine Elections page also hosted on the Inquirer.net site, it indicates that the number of registered voters is 55,735,757. Two major news networks are…

Crime, Politics

3 Big Things That Will Happen Should A Duterte-Marcos Tandem Win The 2016 Election

May 7, 2016 Grimwald 21 Comments

Tension and excitement continues to rise as election day edges ever closer. Already, the LP is playing every hand it can to bring down the opposition but it’s quite clear that anything they do now simply amounts to shoveling sand against an oncoming tidal wave. Heck, President Aquino even claims that he’ll start another People…

Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society