Tag: Manny Pacquiao

Warning: Manny Pacquiao COULD beat Inday Sara Duterte in 2022!

June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 benign0 5 Comments

With boxing-champ-turned-Senator Manny Pacquiao now getting more aggressive in his bid for the Philippine Government’s top job in 2022, the political landscape gets more fluid. The administration camp of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and its bid for continuity beyond 2022 in fielding Inday Sara “Daughterte” is at stake despite Pacquiao being a member — and…

Politics

United or divided, the Opposition will lose in 2022 — unless they get back to basics and learn how to WIN an election

May 31, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

I hate Mondays. This what beloved 1980s comic strip character Garfield declared. The first half of 2021 is about to end. It will be June by Wednesday and the last half of the year begins. 2021 is our first full year in the pandemic environment. It’s also an election year. The jockeying should’ve begun in…

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2022 presidentiables: political baggage and business friendliness as major criteria

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 7 Comments

I was discussing with a friend on Messenger the other night about potential Presidential candidates and we narrowed it down to three probables in case Sara Duterte doesn’t run. It came down to Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, former Senator Bongbong Marcos (BBM), and convicted mutineer Antonio Trillanes. His preference was for Isko because Trillanes he…

Business, Politics

Inday Sara Duterte tops Pulse Asia presidential survey, Yellowtards on edge!

January 1, 2021 benign0 1 Comment

If the Philippine Opposition are still in denial that they are nowhere near as prepared and as organised as they ought to be in the lead up to the 2022 election, the latest Pulse Asia Survey results should be a wake up call. Topping the list is Inday Sara Duterte, mayor of Davao City and…

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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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Is The Mayweather/ Pacquiao Rematch A Simple Outbreak Of KSP?

October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 Gogs 13 Comments

If you recall back in July there was a clamor from some, that GRP writers should refrain from writing about sports topics. Which I find ironic since the bar for pinoy sports writers is set so low they might as well spend their research time in the bar with a Weng -Weng or two. They…

Glitz and Glamour

Duterte’s popularity continues to soar despite the best efforts of the Opposition to shoot him down

July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 benign0 11 Comments

Whether it is the SWS or Pulse survey Filipino observers choose to believe (or not believe), the numbers show that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte remains immune to the din of shrill sophomoric “criticism” he receives from the Philippine Opposition. This is not surprising seeing the amateurish manner with which this Opposition led by the Liberal…

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Manny Pacquiao highlights the whole problem with Filipinos

July 4, 2017July 4, 2017 benign0 7 Comments

It seems Filipino sports fandom had achieved a milestone following the results of Manny Pacquiao’s loss to Jeff Horn by unanimous decision. Unlike in the past when Filipinos were united behind Pacquiao, response to the outcome of the fight is now divided along, you guessed it, political partisan lines. It seems Filipinos know nothing about…

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