Tag: gibo teodoro

The 2025 ‘election budget’ now foundation for unprecedented corruption

July 3, 2025 Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments

To the Duterte detractors, former President Rodrigo Duterte (PRRD) was left with a budget surplus by his predecessor, the late former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, that only exists in their collective imagination. Libre naman managinip ng dilat as part of their myth making. The truth is, public sector budgets are meant to be spent….

Crime

Disunity cracking the UniTeam: Knives out as players jostle for position

June 14, 2023 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

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…

Politics

Platforms and action plans, NOT mere motherhood statements: Filipinos should expect MORE from their candidates

October 17, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

Mass media was existent even before the rise of President Rodrigo Duterte. But the clowns in public office were the offshoots of the dumbing down of the Filipino by ABS-CBN and the change in demographics brought about by uncontrolled population growth. Professor Randy David in his Inquirer piece “Politics in the age of mass media”…

Development, Media, Politics

Candidates need to meet the GENUINE SINCERITY standard to stand a chance in 2022. Very few of them do.

June 9, 2021July 21, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was known to common Filipinos when he made the announcement about a possible Presidential run back in 2016. His “speaking tour” about federalism was actually a listening tour. He wanted to get first-hand information on the people’s gripes. More important back then, the public had had it with then President Noynoy…

Politics

“Birthday visit” raises possible Duterte-Gibo tandem, throws Opposition into further panic

June 3, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro who served as Defense Secretary under former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) was President Rodrigo Duterte’s (PRRD’s) initial choice for Defense Secretary. However, Gibo declined for undisclosed reasons. Recently, he signified his intent to run in 2022 but would not disclose the office again. What does Gibo bring to the table as a…

Politics

The Opposition wastes time lying to themselves and to Filipinos about history and about Duterte

May 21, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

The Opposition can’t disabuse themselves of the notion that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a Chinese puppet. PhilSTAR columnist Boo Chanco, for example, is fixated on the concept as is evident in yet another one of his pieces, today’s “Is China losing Duterte” where he suggests that “China will likely finance a candidate next year….

History, Politics

With exactly 12 months to go before the 2022 Philippine Election, the Opposition is in disarray

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 benign0 2 Comments

Today’s Working Day One of the 12-month homestretch to the 2022 national elections. As much as the COVID-19 pandemic rages, the Philippine Opposition sputters. They still lack a vision to pitch the Filipino voter and a credible leader to deliver that pitch. Much of the previous year was invested by the Opposition propping up presumptive…

Media, Politics