Tag: opposition

Mar Roxas exposes his weak character yet again in a recent move to abandon party mates

April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 Ilda 8 Comments

It’s taken him ten years, but losing Presidential candidate and now senatorial aspirant Mar Roxas has finally realized he needs to ditch the Liberal Party colors if he wants a chance at winning a national election. He gives the term slow a new meaning. Talk about lack of foresight! Most rational people already saw what…

Politics

Few weeks to go ’til election day and the Opposition have already lost. Here’s why…

April 5, 2019 benign0 12 Comments

Despite all efforts — mostly dirty and dishonest — on the part of the Philippines’ Opposition partisans to gain traction with the broader Filipino voting public, the bid for control of Congress in this year’s election has evidently been won by candidates either (1) backed by the administration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte or (2)…

Politics

Opposition influencers like @GretchenHo need to come up with better arguments than “paid troll”

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 benign0 8 Comments

Of late, “thought leaders” and “influencers” of the Philippine Opposition have been cheering the removal of a couple hundred Facebook pages associated with Nic Gabanuda, purported “social media manager” of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The takedown is hailed by the Opposition as a triumph (presumably of their camp) in the so-called “war against disinformation”. However,…

Media

The Opposition led by #OtsoDiretso will LOSE in this year’s elections because of their DISHONESTY

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 benign0 21 Comments

In the remaining few weeks in the lead up to this year’s elections, the most prominent Opposition coalition dubbed “Otso Diretso” have yet to make progress up the poll rankings into that fabled “Magic 12”. So far only two individuals have made it to that list — Bam Aquino (an Aquino, we are reminded) and…

Politics, Society

Successful pullout of the Philippines from the International Criminal Court highlights the stupidity of the Philippine Opposition

March 17, 2019March 17, 2019 benign0 16 Comments

Once again, the Philippine Opposition led by the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtards) can only stand back and watch as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte leads his country down a different path. That they are left scratching their heads wondering What’s next? proves they never had a strategy to deal with this situation to begin with….

Government

Opposition bets for Election 2019 further DOOMED following successful Manila Bay Clean-up

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 benign0 3 Comments

The successful clean-up of Manila Bay has certainly created a lot of buzz online and, very likely, a publicity bonanza over traditional media channels. There is the question, of course, of on-going maintenance — the spotty record of which is something Filipinos are renowned for. Nonetheless, an abundance of photos, memes, and testimonials are making…

Development, Environment

Jover Laurio’s wedding is the world’s LEAST-REPORTED Wedding of the Year

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 benign0 7 Comments

Considering that Jover Laurio, venerable blogger of Opposition website Pinoy Ako Blog, was crowned Filipino “Person of the Year” by the Philippines’ biggest broadsheet in 2017, her wedding Saturday enjoyed a virtual news blackout. Consider too that her guest list and, most notable of all, her list of sponsors is a who’s-who of Crazy Rich…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

Democracy’s and its social media politics’ TEN YEAR Challenge

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 benign0 6 Comments

We are definitely overdue for a “Next Big Thing” innovation explosion of the sort that happened in the mid-2000s. Back then, social media came out of nowhere to seize the Net, Steve Jobs’s iPod and iPhone pulled the rug from under entire industries, and, over the course of all that, mainstream mass media (and, specially,…

Media, Politics, Tech Talk