Tag: rodrigo duterte

The Philippines’ outsourced justice system: why not outsource its executive and legislative branches too?

May 24, 2026 benign0 2 Comments

According to Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Philippine courts have no say in anything ruled by the “International Criminal Court” (ICC). Carpio is essentially saying that Philippine law enforcement officers and agents can act entirely under the authority of the ICC completely bypassing the Philippines’ judiciary. ‘Yung local courts hindi na kailangan because this…

Government

Filipinos need a proper “far right” party

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 benign0 11 Comments

The trouble with the Philippines is that its political discourse is cursed with a lopsided ideological spectrum. There is a “far left” camp consisting of the commies, their terrorist “New People’s Army”, and the so-called Makabayan bloc of front organisations that orbit them. There is also a swathe of confused centre-left to centre-right camps that…

Politics, Religion, Society

The sputtering anti-Duterte campaign of a dishonest Yellowtard-communist Axis

July 5, 2025 Ramon Ortoll 32 Comments

Anti-Duterte propaganda is out in full force including that nefarious radio program Kuwatro Alas on what is the former DZMM now resurrected under a new owner. And then there is Senator Risa Hontiveros who figures prominently in defective impeachment complaints, this being but the most recent one. In his PhilStar piece “Diligence”, columnist Alex Magno…

Politics

On Accountability and Bike Commute

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025 joeld 17 Comments

Why is it that privately employed people like me are required to get accounted down to every single centavo when company money is used? Sara did not have to. And we are talking of billions of pesos. She is just laughing it off. Why is it that when I get carried away with my emotions…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

Sara Duterte had long been a liability and the Duterte camp failed to realise it

March 30, 2025March 30, 2025 benign0 5 Comments

Of all the points being missed by the partisan camp surrounding the clan of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, one is the most critical of all — Vice President Sara Duterte is not her father. It is important that supporters of the Duterte clan understand this. It is the same misunderstanding that sunk the Yellowtards…

Politics

Philippines hopelessly divided under a government that stood for “UNITY”

March 23, 2025 Ramon Ortoll 4 Comments

In his recent Inquirer column, Randy David shares his views on the aftermath of the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte. He cites the inutile state of the Philippines’ judicial system which “failed to hold Duterte accountable for the thousands of killings during his brutal drug war.” [Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla’s] acknowledgement of the…

Crime, Politics

Necropolitics is the strategy of last resort for the Duterte camp

March 16, 2025March 16, 2025 benign0 3 Comments

The popularity argument is being worn thin by the Duterte camp. It is devilishly difficult to gauge public sentiment more so considering there is a multitude of competing “survey” firms that claim to be “scientific” and “unbiased” in their methods of getting a reading on public opinion. It seems political and “thought” leaders as well…

History, Politics

The Dutertard “influencers” need to EVOLVE

March 15, 2025March 15, 2025 benign0 36 Comments

The circle of “influencers’ surrounding former President Rodrigo Duterte and his clan, which includes current Vice President Sara Duterte, need to shape up. The cult of personality approach where everything is an appeal to emotion — personal loyalty, patriotism, regionalism, and the all-time greatest hit, utang na loob (debt of gratitude) have all become passé….

Crime, Media