We beg to differ.
Consider this recent piece “One Year In, Marcos Jr. Struggles to Govern” written jointly by Cleve Arguelles of the Department of Political Science and Development Studies, De La Salle University, Manila and Jose Miguelito Enriquez who sports a “M. Sc.” in international relations from S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. Makes you…
The tone Inquirer columnist Randy David himself takes in his piece “Foreign policy in [Marcos’s SONA]” likely mirrors the conundrum he and members of his camp find themselves in today. President Bongbong Marcos is the archenemy of the Opposition and yet he has co-opted their agenda of bringing the Philippines back into America’s arms. This…
Anti-Marcos rhetoric. What else, right? It’s not as if we could expect anything more of the Philippines’ traditional “activists” who are beavering away over the weekend to prepare for the usual antics expected of them on the occasion of Monday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). It is interesting then that Yellowtard Inquirer columnist Gideon…
The President Wil deliver his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday July 24, 2023. The pre-SONA information drive of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has been harping on the positive gains since the first one last year. What has President Bongbong Marcos (BBM) achieved in his first year in office? The New…
Proof that all is not well within the ruling coalition? Columnist Alex Magno in his PhilStar piece “Overreach” today fearlessly forecasts that “personality clashes that surfaced the past few weeks will become more severe as realignments happen in preparation for the midterm elections.” At a recent event, Vice-President Sara Duterte professed support for President Marcos…
Is there a break in the UniTeam this early in the game? Most likely yes. Back in the campaign leadup to the 2022 national elections, then President Rodrigo Duterte read the political tea leaves right and knew that then candidate Bongbong Marcos couldn’t win the presidency without his daughter Inday Sara Duterte in tow. His…
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A video shared on Twitter by ABS-CBN News correspondent Pia Gutierrez (who is, as of this writing, covering Philippine President Bongbong Marcos’s official visit to the United States), shows anti-government “activists” in Washington DC chasing what appears to be Marcos’s motorcade. Observations have since been made about a number of things seen in this video…
Now they don’t want EDCA? Former Reuters correspondent Manny Mogato writes about the “genuine concerns from some sectors about a looming conflict in the region” in the context of the ramping up of the United States’ military presence in the Philippines within the frame of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). Mogato expresses his skepticism…