Tag: Senate

Manny Pacquiao at loggerheads with PDP-Laban leadership over 2022 bid

June 19, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Someone please remind boxer-turned-senator Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao that politics is addition. PDP-Laban executive director Ron Munsayac’s claim that there are 100,000 card-carrying members of the PDP-Laban may be true for now. But these hundred thousand will not side in their favor for the simple reason the power and the money are still with the administration….

Politics

Looking back: Marawi City may have been sacrificed to allow US military interests to remain in the Philippines

May 27, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

The tangled web of the Philippine police and military which links the latter to criminal gangs and other lawless elements has long been whispered about specially in the provinces where it’s mostly an open secret. Friends who have close friends whose relatives are officers in the police and military establishments have informally confirmed these links….

History, Politics

Senator Grace Poe should RESIGN following the ABS-CBN conflict-of-interest fiasco!

February 28, 2020 benign0 7 Comments

Pressure is mounting on Senator Grace Poe to hold herself accountable for misappropriating public resources down a Senate “inquiry” into the ABS-CBN franchise renewal “issue”. The “inquiry” which Poe claimed was “in aid of legislation” has done nothing beyond giving ABS-CBN a platform for emotional blackmail. Poe is hard-pressed to report to the Filipino public…

Crime, Media

Convicted mutineer Trillanes is a danger to himself and the Filipino people

September 8, 2018 Ilda 3 Comments

Convicted mutineer-turned-Senator Antonio Trillanes is a dangerous man. He is a danger to himself and the Filipino people. He should be locked up in jail for good not just for his crimes in the past, but also to prevent him from doing further damage to Philippine institutions and the public. It’s not just his past…

Crime, Government

The Trillanes circus is not only irrelevant to Filipinos it is making their lives harder

September 7, 2018 benign0 17 Comments

What is the biggest enemy of economic growth? You guessed it. Instability. It is therefore strange that the Philippine Opposition led by the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtards), who are the biggest shills when it comes to pontificating about the ill-effects of “inflation” and attributing the behaviour of this ill-understood economic indicator to the actions…

Economy

“Wisdom of the crowds” and “power to the people” debunked: What’s next for democracy and social media?

January 31, 2018 benign0 5 Comments

You’d think the Senate probe on “fake news” would be an undertaking in aid of legislation. Thus the presumption underlying such a probe is that some sort of legislation will be proposed to address the “problem” of “fake news”. So what exactly is the “problem” with “fake news”? One thing that could be noted in…

Media, Politics, Society

Senate inquiry on “fake news” turns into pointless finger-pointing exercise

January 30, 2018 Ilda 28 Comments

It’s not clear what Senator Grace Poe as the chairman for the Committee on Public Information and Mass Media wanted to achieve in conducting a hearing on fake news. The hearing did not have any clear objective. Poe just allowed the resource speakers to state their claim and then… nothing. She doesn’t even ask for…

Media

Annoyance is a political platform: Why Inday Sara Duterte should run for a Senate seat

January 5, 2018 benign0 3 Comments

Inday Sara Duterte, daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, is in the running for a seat in the Philippine Senate according to recent surveys that put her within the “Magic 12” list of “winnable” contenders. She should take the shot. According to her, only annoyance for her father’s critics will be an incentive to run……

Politics, Society