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Filipino feminists like Risa Hontiveros had abandoned Mrs Patricia Bautista

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Filipino feminists like Risa Hontiveros had abandoned Mrs Patricia Bautista

In most modern 21st Century liberal democracies, victims of rape and harassment are encouraged to blow the whistle on their abusers. After all, abusers won’t be punished unless someone points the police and the justice system in the right direction to make resolution happen. Feminists, in particular, are supposedly in full solidarity with their females-in-arms….

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Politics, Society

Andres Bautista’s unexplained wealth is the issue, not his wife’s character

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Andres Bautista’s unexplained wealth is the issue, not his wife’s character

The most baffling thing about this latest circus surrounding revelations that Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Andres Bautista may have amassed a fortune through “unexplained” means is the muted — and, in some cases, even defensive — response of certain camps in the Opposition. The way the Opposition has rallied around Bautista is not without…

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Crime, Government

COMELEC Chairman Bautista’s alleged “unexplained wealth” key to exposing 2016 electoral fraud

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COMELEC Chairman Bautista’s alleged “unexplained wealth” key to exposing 2016 electoral fraud

A key to uncovering the alleged election fraud during the Philippine 2016 Presidential Elections is now in the hands of the National Bureau of Investigations (NBI). Patricia Bautista, the estranged wife of the Chairman of the Commission on Elections Andres Bautista, has submitted an affidavit disclosing evidence against the COMELEC chief that he has a…

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Crime, Government

Philippine Opposition hopelessly fragmented due to lack of an intelligent leader

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Philippine Opposition hopelessly fragmented due to lack of an intelligent leader

Some the the Philippines’ most influential social media “thought leaders” — mostly from the current Opposition camp — are clucking about all the wrong things about three of the biggest issues confronting Filipinos today. Because of a lack of modern and intelligent thinking applied to their chatter, they contribute neither clarity nor value to the…

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Politics, Society

Current VP Leni Robredo’s vanity and delusions of grandeur got her in deep trouble

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Current VP Leni Robredo’s vanity and delusions of grandeur got her in deep trouble

We all have that moment when we ask ourselves “What the hell was I thinking?!” after we realise we made a huge mistake and then wish we could kick ourselves on our backsides for doing something we regret. Yes, it happens to the best of us. We are not perfect, after all. In a lot…

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Media, Politics

Inquirer writer Jacqueline Arias picks tweets to “prove” Filipinos hate Bongbong Marcos

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Inquirer writer Jacqueline Arias picks tweets to “prove” Filipinos hate Bongbong Marcos

According to Inquirer Lifestyle writer Jacqueline Arias, people are “not happy” with Isabelle Daza’s latest video in her series “Haters Gonna Hate” posted on Facebook. In her article “Isabelle Daza’s Latest Video Features Sen. Bongbong Marcos, and People Aren’t Happy” published on the “Preen” section of the Inquirer, Arias asserts that Marcos is a generally-reviled…

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Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics

Leni Robredo has become a victim of her own over-confidence

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Leni Robredo has become a victim of her own over-confidence

Current Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo is proving that her detractors are right about her. Even before the recently-concluded Presidential Elections, a lot of people already thought that she is not fit to be Vice President. Her recent statements to the media is not doing much to reverse that impression. First of all, some people…

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Government, Politics

Goodbye to a rule-breaker. Goodbye Noynoy Aquino!

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Goodbye to a rule-breaker. Goodbye Noynoy Aquino!

The time to say goodbye to Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino is finally here. It is hard to believe it has been six years. To some, it has been the most unbearable six years. The number of people who couldn’t wait for his term to end grew significantly throughout his term. In the beginning, there…

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Crime, Government