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Isko Moreno the political PERFORMER: all image and optics but very little substance

September 23, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 8 Comments

Isko Moreno Domagoso announced his application for President to the public yesterday. In general terms, his claim to the Presidency is based on the three years he was the Mayor of the Capital City of Manila. He touted his achievements, particularly housing, as launch was held in Baseco, where he recently inaugurated the housing project…

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The Isko Moreno Show

September 22, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 4 Comments

“Sa mga batang Maynila, sasakabilang ilog lang naman ako. Magkikita pa rin tayo.” With that, Isko Moreno Domagoso declared he will be running in the May 2022 election for President. Excellent production values for a launch. Excellent camera positioning and shot selection complete with a camera drone flying overhead. In his speech, Isko took potshots…

Isko Moreno 2022 presidential bid announcement wakes Robredo from her “United Opposition” wet dream

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments

Today Isko Moreno Domagoso will make the formal announcement of his candidacy for President with Willy Ong as his running mate. It might as well have been made last night as it was all over social media by late afternoon. Many wondered at the choice of his running mate. For pundits like myself, it meant…

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Yellowtards oppose freedom of speech, continue to vilify Toni Gonzaga over her Bongbong Marcos interview

September 20, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 25 Comments

Now the wokes are complaining about social media personalities like Toni Gonzaga who interviewed former Senator Bongbong Marcos (BBM) in her YouTube show last week. Initially, they wanted to hold Gonzaga accountable as a “journalist.” Traditional media is biased in their favor which is why they don’t call them out. But if the interview is…

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Manny Pacquiao running for President is an outcome of a lazy Opposition and their dishonest propaganda

September 20, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 12 Comments

It is the Opposition that has been causing the distraction from Day One of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte and not, as Boo Chanco asserts in his PhilSTAR column “Distracted leadership”, the president. According to Chanco, “Duterte has always been distracted since the start of his term. There has been little decent policymaking on…

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According to @ANCALERTS anchor Ian Esguerra, Karen Davila did a BAD job when she interviewed Leni Robredo

September 19, 2021September 20, 2021 benign0 No Comments

So butthurt are the Yellowtards over Toni Gonzaga’s Bongbong Marcos interview that they’d come up with the dumbest logic in their lame attempts to cancel her. Most recent is this ululation coming from ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) anchor Christian Esguerra. According to Esguerra a “bad” journalist is one who makes her interview subject “happy”. It…

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UP academic Clarita Carlos: convene a team of scholars to SCIENTIFICALLY assess The Marcos Years

September 19, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 33 Comments

This is an excellent proposal by one of the few objective academicians of the University of the Philippines, retired political science professor Clarita Carlos. On a Facebook post, she articulates her idea of convening a team of scholars to mount a “scientific” evaluation of the 21 years that Ferdinand Marcos ruled the Philippines… Quite troubling…

History, Politics

Former Ambassador and Manila Times columnist Bobi Tiglao banned by Facebook after criticising Ateneo Martial Law Museum!

September 18, 2021September 20, 2021 benign0 9 Comments

Is the Ateneo de Manila Martial Law Museum so sacred as to be above any challenge to its legitimacy as an authority on what really happened over the period the late Ferdinand Marcos was president of the Philippines? Apparently so. In a tweet issued today, Manila Times columnist and former ambassador Bobi Tiglao, revealed that…

Education, History