Tag: united nationalist alliance

Senate candidate Alma Moreno comes out a boob in interview with Karen Davila

November 16, 2015December 16, 2015 benign0 13 Comments

A video of ABS CBN News veteran telejournalist Karen Davila interviewing Filipino actress Alma Moreno is making waves. Moreno is running for senator under the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) party, led by presidential candidate Jejomar Binay. The video has gone viral thanks to Moreno’s cringe-worthy responses to Davila’s pointed questions. Here are transcripts of some…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Politics

Roxas and Binay Offered Grace Poe the Vice Presidency, What They Did Next Will Make You Vomit

August 14, 2015August 14, 2015 P. Farol 37 Comments

If you really want to understand Philippine politics, you have to suck it up a bit and bravely see how things really work in this country — ugly and disturbing as most of it may seem. Every single political campaign manager that I have worked with over the years since 1991 has told me that winning…

Culture, Government, Politics

Why media and social media have failed to contain Jejomar Binay’s prominence

November 30, 2014December 1, 2014 FallenAngel 6 Comments

As a topic, current Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay had become prominent in both media and social media early this month. And now recently it looks like he will slowly make his way back into the spotlight as he has made yet another statement on more pieces of property allegedly owned by him. As has…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society, Technology

Déjà vu all over again: Elections 2016 will be all about winnability and nothing about platforms

August 6, 2014 benign0 13 Comments

So once (or rather yet) again, the Philippine Opposition is in that all-too-familiar process of coagulating into some semblance of an election force in the lead-up to 2016. I wrote about the moronism of it all way back. In the thick of electioneering in 2007 that group known as the Black and White Movement (B&WM)…

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One Night at a Liberal Party Fundraiser: What Team P-Noy Can Learn from Baguio’s Local Liberals

March 20, 2013 MidwayHaven 6 Comments

Photo courtesy of Time.com I couldn’t help but smirk when I found out that Team P-Noy’s election rally was a dud here in Baguio last Sunday (17 March 2013). Melvin Jones field, with a capacity of 5,000 people, managed to gather less than 1,500 attendees, even under fair weather. Though their pet media outlets would…

Economy, Environment, Government, Media, Politics, Society

The Three Kings of the United Nationalist Alliance

February 20, 2013January 1, 2014 Virtual Vigilante 21 Comments

Juan â€œJohnnyâ€ Ponce Enrile Once upon a time, Enrile was just another down and out offspring out of wedlock, growing-up in the boondoks. He had a prominent father, a mother from humble origins, more than his fair share of suffering and humiliation, and all the hang-ups associated with this scenario in that particular era of…

Politics

President Noynoy Aquino and opponents talk dirty while issues plaguing nation remain unresolved

January 18, 2013 Ilda 19 Comments

Itâ€™s campaign season again in the Philippines. Senatorial and congressional candidates are gearing up for the big day in May this year. The Filipino people can expect more mudslinging among candidates and less talk about policies between now and Election Day. Those who still bother with what some say is a farce activity will be…

Culture, Politics, Society

Philippine elections 2013: Another spectacle starring Stupid

January 16, 2013 benign0 17 Comments

Again, election fever is in the air. Intrigue sloshes across the chattering classes who exchange factoids on the latest politically-motivated circus — the Gwen Garcia spectacle in Cebu, the Miriam vs Johnny imbroglio in the Senate, and the Aga Muhlach vs the whole system impasse in Bicol among others. What is the common denominator amongst…

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