Tag: leadership

The Philippine Opposition need a leader who is courageous enough to NOT HATE Duterte

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 benign0 35 Comments

A “united opposition” is nice in theory but almost an impossibility in practice. What today’s Philippine Opposition are up against is the camp of an incumbent, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who remains enormously popular. This is in contrast to former President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III whose personal “Aquino” brand and his party’s “yellow” narrative…

Politics

Leni Robredo’s preference for “local office” proves she is not a leader of NATIONS

February 23, 2021 benign0 9 Comments

March is approaching and still no standout Opposition leader. The 2022 national elections are looming in the horizon and the only person being put forth as a “viable” challenger to the administration camp of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is “vice president” Leni Robredo — that is, for those who see the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the…

Politics

Filipinos don’t need a helper. They need a LEADER

October 11, 2020 benign0 16 Comments

Here’s the whole trouble with the way the Philippine Opposition make their value proposition to the Filipino people: they insult them by constantly making them feel like victims. It seems they remain in a state of denial over the stellar approval ratings Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte continues to get year in and year out, survey…

Politics

Leaders are overrated; and the myth of one-man rule

September 26, 2020September 12, 2021 ChinoF 20 Comments

Some people still say the solution to the Philippines’ problems is choosing the right leader. That’s the very mindset that led the country down to the dumps. The problem is that leaders are treated as a “silver bullet” or quick do-it-all solution. Filipinos believe that the leader will do everything for them, including clearing the…

Culture, Politics, Society

Carlo Katigbak should resign as President and CEO of ABS-CBN

July 12, 2020October 10, 2020 benign0 3 Comments

Carlo Katigbak had one job as chief executive of embattled media conglomerate ABS-CBN. He was paid the big bucks not only to secure the investment of the company’s shareholders but to ensure an acceptable return on their investment is squeezed out of the enterprise every year. But under Katigbak’s watch, ABS-CBN share prices had gone…

Business, Media, Money Talks

In the time of COVID-19 pandemic, Duterte actually knows how to talk to his people

March 28, 2020 benign0 40 Comments

Ironic that Inquirer columnist Vincen Gregory Yu (was his name mis-spelt or is that really his name?), in his quaint expression of Singapore envy today, would issue the following lament in wistful observation of how well that country’s Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, briefed his people on how his government was managing the ongoing COVID-19…

Politics

Pasig City mayor Vico Sotto should just do his job without the fanfare and the grandstanding

March 20, 2020 benign0 27 Comments

The whole debate surrounding Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto has nothing to do with the quality of his governance. That too, nonetheless, is debatable but is better off left to another article for another day. Here we will discuss the trouble with the disproportionate amount of media exposure Sotto is getting. Vico Sotto is making waves…

Development, Glitz and Glamour, Government

Philippine “President” Leni Robredo in a time of pandemic

March 14, 2020 benign0 3 Comments

As the COVID-19 pandemic plays out globally, the main drive of the Philippine Oppositions is not to help Filipinos deal with the crisis together. Rather, their goal is to prove that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is not fit to lead his people through it. This is consistent with their singular objective — to seize power…

Government, Politics