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Lito Banayo fluff piece on Robredo reveals possible Isko-Leni tandem for 2022

June 17, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Lito Banayo has been a political affairs adviser since before 1986. He began his political career with the later former Vice President (to former President Cory Aquino) Doy Laurel. To my best recollection, the only time he wasn’t given a government post was during the administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA). Banayo had this uncanny ability…

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Would a Ping Lacson – Tito Sotto tandem for 2022 win if Inday Sara Duterte does not run for president?

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

It was then Col. Gringo Honasan who first shot to fame post-Marcos in 1986 because Lacson found himself on the wrong side of the political divide in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) during the coup d’etat against then President Ferdinand “Apo Lakay” Marcos. Lacson joined the Philippine Constabulary (PC) after graduation from the…

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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…

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How to win against Duterte? It’s a mystery that STILL persists amongst the Opposition’s best and brightest!

June 3, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

God and Philippine politics. Strange bedfellows but always intertwined because of the 300 years under Madre España. Most people think Rodrigo Duterte is an atheist but a closer look at his character reveals that he has both mommy and daddy issues, which is why he also has a convoluted relationship with the supreme being. The…

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Senator Lacson ‘s Intrigue Against Spokesman Panelo

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 P. Farol 2 Comments

Senator Lacson and other detractors of the Duterte administration were quick to pounce on Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo’s letter to the Bureau of Pardons and Parole referring a letter from the daughter of convicted rapist killer Mayor Antonio Sanchez appealing for executive clemency. Senator Panfilo Lacson was among the more prominent voices accusing Panelo of…

Crime, Politics

Is Senator Lacson’s Lump Sum Budgeting The Return of Pork Barrel?

March 13, 2019March 15, 2019 P. Farol 5 Comments

Senator Panfilo Lacson is quite the devious politician. First he holds up the passage of the 2019 National budget for months and then proposes the passage of a version of the budget with lump sum appropriations — which is a type of budgeting that has been thoroughly abused by the previous administration. Lacson must be…

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De Lima a failure as head of the CHR and DOJ, now also a failure as a senator

September 21, 2016November 6, 2021 Ilda 50 Comments

“I might be jumping to conclusions, but what if it is true?” Those are the words of Senator Leila De Lima in her privilege speech right after she said “The implication is that we have a group of serial killers and mass murderers right within the ranks of the organization which is supposed to protect…

Crime, Government, Politics

Schadenfreude of the Elites: People who want Duterte to fail

September 19, 2016September 19, 2016 Carlo de Leon 19 Comments

Schadenfreude: Substantiv, feminin – boshafte Freude über das Missgeschick, Unglück eines andern. (Translation: Noun, feminine – malicious pleasure over the misfortune, mishap of someone else.)* An elite class that is free to operate without limits – whether limits imposed by the rule of law or fear of the responses from those harmed by their behavior…

Economy, Government, Politics