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The 2025 midterm election didn’t just fill Senate seats — it redrew the political battlefield for the 2028 presidential race. Now, all signs point to a three-way battle for power: Sara Duterte, the populist heiress with a solid southern base and strategic dynastic alliances. Risa Hontiveros, leading a reinvigorated opposition bloc with fellow Senators Bam…
From media powerhouse, the Tulfos may emerge as a political powerhouse straddling both houses of congress. Raffy Tulfo of the Raffy Tulfo In Action fame is mounting a campaign for a seat in the senate. Sister Wanda Tulfo Teo, former tourism secretary, is running under the Turismo partylist. Jocelyn, the wife of Raffy, and Erwin…
I realised the whole problem with the prevailing discourse within the social media space I inhabit: there is too much discussion about politics and not enough about the underlying issue with Philippine society that I have long highlighted is the real deal here — Filipino culture. Fact is, the Philippines is beset by a really…
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Hong Kong has finally made good on their threat to impose economic sanctions on the Philippines and cancel the visa-free access for Filipinos three years after the deaths of eight Hong Kong nationals touring the Philippines back in 2010. Big deal, right? Judging by the number of Filipinos who reacted with outrage over the news,…
A long overdue apology for the botched handling of a hostage crisis that led to the deaths of nine Hong Kong tourists in Manila in 2010 was reportedly issued by Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada yesterday with the backing of the Manila City Council. The council resolution expresses “the sentiment of the city government of Manila…
And so the flames of gossip are alight once more. People got to see for themselves the laughable incident at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) involving Ramon Tulfo, Raymart Santiago and Claudine Barretto; what seemed a perfect storm of bad moods and sheer coincidence took place, and we Filipinos once again stood witness to the…
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