We beg to differ.
The Philippines had recently celebrated its 125th Independence Day. It is a celebration that symbolizes how Filipino forefathers have broken the shackles of centuries-long Spanish imperialism and colonialism. It also serves as a reminder to reflect on the sacrifices of Filipinos in pursuing the path towards self-determination. As June 12, 1898 became a date when…
Should Senator Risa Hontiveros now be considered the de facto leader of the opposition as Inquirer columnist Richard Heydarian proposes? Heydarian crowns Hontiveros Leader of the Opposition on the sole bases of her being “the only dissenting voice in the Senate” in the face of overwhelming support for the passing of legislation to implement the…
It’s just a tag just as “reactionary” is a term used by communists to label their enemies. Imagine for a minute a future where the communists had successfully mounted their violent “people’s revolution” and installed their “dictatorship of the proletariat”. Why, the first thing these crooks would do is hunt down these “reactionaries”, drag them…
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On one of the iconic double-decker buses of Great Britain, an advertisement about the Philippines sending its best, caught the attention of Filipino netizens. The National Health Service (NHS), a globally-renowned British health institution, employs thousands of Filipino nurses who render valuable services in hospitals and clinics all over the United Kingdom. This is considered…
“Thought leaders” of the Philippine Opposition are once again doing the Dance of Joy over what they see as their latest “win” against the “Forces of Darkness”. That, of course, is on the assumption that the Opposition led by the Yellowtard-Communist Axis are the “good” in a “fight” versus “evil”. After spending more than half…
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In less than a year, Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez has achieved most of what was on Uncle Sam’s laundry list of to-do’s for US Interests to be pursued in the Philippines. These pursuits had been in the dumps since former President Rodrigo Duterte won the Presidency in 2016 and…
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It is about this time (or thereabouts) last year that the “Unity Team” of then presidential and vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte were well on their way to burying the Opposition “led” (or so her followers believed) by Leni Robredo. Indeed, even at the eleventh hour of that “important” national election, it…
It seems that beyond Carl Ieuan Uba, a former member of the University of the Philippines (UP) Student Council (USC) and who served under the UP Diliman campus organisation Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND UP), recently called out as an alleged sex offender by a comrade, there are many…