Tag: Congress

Sara Duterte holds steady as crooked impeachment circus looms

February 8, 2025 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Vice President Sara Duterte’s calm demeanor yesterday was indicative that they had anticipated this impeachment move and accepted it as a foregone conclusion. The lingering question is the timing given the complaint was transmitted to the Senate by the House of Representatives on its last session day. Perhaps it was because House Speaker Martin Romualdez…

Politics

Sara Duterte IMPEACHED! Her father saw it coming back in 2019…

February 6, 2025 Ramon Ortoll 4 Comments

Then President Rodrigo Duterte’s warning way back in 2019 has now become reality with the impeachment of his daughter, current Vice President Inday Sara Duterte. Duterte on Monday warned Sara that the presidency will destroy her amid rumors she is positioning herself as his potential successor in 2022. He slammed “paid hacks” and “hyenas” in…

History, Politics

Midterm Elections 2025: the coveted prize in the Yellowtards’ scramble to take down the Dutertes

August 28, 2024 Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments

In his Inquirer piece “And then there were none” published today, Manuel L Quezon III writes the obituary of the Dutertes as a political force. Question is, is he right or wrong? His basis is the inability of Duterte to muster crowds of people against the administration of President Bongbong Marcos. Here is MLQ3 looks…

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Philippine Senate inquiries are dishonest circuses, not conducted in aid of legislation

August 18, 2024 Ramon Ortoll 16 Comments

In his recent Inquirer piece “A tale of two chambers” Manuel L. Quezon III questions the assiduousness of the present Senate. It’s a praise piece for Senators Risa Hontiveros and Sherwin Gatchalian, the now renowned Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) crusaders, as they have styled themselves, even if their committees which conduct the “hearings” have…

Crime, Politics

Cory Aquino and the dumbing down of Philippine Media the root cause of decline in quality of Filipino legislators

May 31, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Harry Roque’s law partner Joel Ruiz Butuyan complains about the quality of Senators but doesn’t put the finer on who should be blamed. Butuyan writes in his Inquirer column “Comparing past and present senators” today of “the faces of senators of the past renowned for their brilliance, juxtaposed with pictures of senators of the present…

History, Media, Politics

PDP Laban TORN by Pacquiao’s Declaration of House Speaker Nominee

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 P. Farol 5 Comments

Senator Manny Pacquiao’s announcement that PDP Laban was backing Marinduque representative Lord Allan Jay Velasco as House Speaker seems to have TORN apart the single largest party in the House of Representatives. On the strength of a “manifesto” of support — perhaps similar to the manifesto of support for Senator Tito Sotto as Senate President…

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The Next House Speaker Will Be Crucial in the Post Aquino Era

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 P. Farol 3 Comments

The results of the 2019 Philippine mid-term elections could very well be ushering in the start of the post Aquino era which some say was largely defined by an almost paralyzing fear of a return to a tyrannical regime and hate for the Marcoses in particular. There are political scholars who say that the bulk…

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House Rep. John Bertiz’s arrogance mirrors the character of the Filipino people

October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 benign0 27 Comments

The brouhaha over House Representative John Bertiz not removing his shoes for a security check at the Manila International Airport is, itself, evidence that rules and the Law don’t really rule in the Philippines. In a modern society of laws, such a display of arrogance would have been swiftly dealt with and not have required…

Culture, Society