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Maria Ressa’s Nobel “Peace Prize” award part of a desperate Opposition strategy to INCITE social unrest as 2022 elections approach

October 11, 2021April 21, 2022 Ramon Ortoll 11 Comments

Opposition “thought leaders” keep echoing recently-crowned Nobel “Peace Prize” laureate Maria Ressa’s dubious assertion that there is a “war on truth” perpetrated by the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. One such parrot is PhilSTAR lifestyle columnist Joel Pablo Salud who, in a Facebook post, wrote about, you guessed it, “ongoing repression of press freedom…

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While Leni Robredo’s pink colours and Maria Ressa’s “Peace Prize” flood socmed timelines, those who beg to differ keep silent – for now

October 11, 2021October 12, 2021 benign0 6 Comments

The lesson “political analysts” and “strategists” seem to have not learnt yet about social media is that it feeds one’s confirmation biases — basically shows you what you want to see. This is specially true of those who block, unfollow, or “unfriend” people in their social networks who express political views different to theirs. As…

Media, Society

Maria Ressa won her Nobel Peace Prize by being DISHONEST

October 11, 2021 Ilda 14 Comments

The news that Maria Ressa, CEO of Philippine online “news” site Rappler, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee has been met with more disgust than kudos by Filipinos. Those who were disgusted could not fathom how someone who has been spreading fake news and is a convicted felon could…

Crime, Media

Lacson-Sotto tandem under NPC-Reporma-NUP coalition gains traction amidst fragmented admin and Opposition camps

October 10, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 4 Comments

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…

Politics

Why be pink when you can be FILIPINO?

October 10, 2021 benign0 10 Comments

The rebranding of the Yellowtard cause around the colour pink represents a massive misreading of the pulse and character of the Filipino people. For so long, the Opposition led by the Yellowtards (the bloc of partisans within it rabidly-loyal to the Aquino-Cojuangco clan) expressed bafflement over the continued popularity of incumbent Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte….

Culture, Politics, Society

Yellowtards CANCEL national artist F. Sionil Jose just because he disagrees with Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize award

October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments

Altermidya is a known communist front organization. Yet, the way Washington Post hack Regine Cabato highlights one of its jailed correspondents Frenchie May Cumpio in a tweet, you’d think they’re a bunch of heroic “revolutionaries” fighting for a noble cause. Many a cringe for FSJ's bitterness to Maria Ressa's Nobel win. He also posits a…

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The most important election issues for 2022. Take note: being “anti-Marcos” is NOT one of them

October 9, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 4 Comments

With the Presidential candidates cast more or less complete, the time has come for the questions we should ask each of them that will guide us in determining who is in the position to lead the country over the next six years. It shouldn’t be about Aquino versus Marcos again or looming authoritarianism against freedom…

Development, Government

Impeccably-timed Nobel “Peace Prize” award to Maria Ressa as Philippine national elections approach!

October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments

“The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. Due to its political nature, the Nobel Peace Prize has, for most of its history,…

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