We beg to differ.
When all else fails, go biblical. Alex Magno writes in his PhilStar piece today. [Senator Risa] Hontiveros was betrayed by her support staff. She was arguing against archiving the impeachment case by resorting to fake news. Considering she has been accused of witness tampering in other cases, this peddling of fake news further taxes her…
Several Philippine Presidential candidates decided to spend Easter Sunday morning holding a press conference to expose the lengths current Vice President and Presidential candidate Leonor “Leni” Robredo has been going to ensure her victory against former Senator and Presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr in the 2022 Presidential Elections. Presidential candidates Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko”…
The latest Publicus Asia survey report Pahayag Q3 2021 is out and the results are sure to make the Opposition cry a river. Cutting to the presidential race, former Senator Bongbong Marcos tops the preference numbers at 49.3 percent with “vice president” Leni Robredo a far far second at 21.3 percent overall. Consistent with this,…
Too much drama in the Opposition camp. The way Boo Chanco tells it in his PhilSTAR piece “Keep focused” smacks of historical revisionism. According to Chanco, the Reds “tricked” Cory into releasing them after she “ousted” Marcos. He should he call them out for what they really are — political opportunists prostituting their organizations. Their…
One of the issues being raised by the Opposition in the coming 2022 election is the enactment of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, which is an updated version of the Human Security Act of 2007. It has come under scrutiny because its main sponsors are Senate President Tito Sotto and Sen. Ping Lacson, who are…
Both the opposition and the administration are fragmented for the simple reason that their oligarch supporters and political kingmakers decided to each go on their own. In the case of the Opposition, two horses are being run; Leni Robredo and Isko Moreno Domagoso. In the case of the administration, President Rodrigo Duterte wanted Inday Sara…
While the public was engrossed with the ongoing feud between President Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Dick Gordon, the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chair, who is investigating the questionable purchases of personal protective equipment (PPEs) and face masks by the Department of Budget Management (DBM) Procurement Service for the Department of Health (DOH), the Nationalist People’s…
Here goes former Undersecretary and Inquirer columnist Manuel L. Quezon III (MLQ3) again with his Duterte doomsday scenarios. In his piece “Winter is coming” today, MLQ3 writes of his obsession with speculation around “how close, exactly, the President and the Marcoses are”. Deep inside he would like nothing better than for President Rodrigo Duterte to…
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