President Duterte’s 2021 SONA: not a “long goodbye” but more of a “to be continued”

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President Duterte’s 2021 SONA: not a “long goodbye” but more of a “to be continued”

Substance abuse. A columnist whose piece doesn’t have any, is guilty of abusing the reading public. Isn’t it naiveté to use Rappler‘s viewers as bases for assertions about the “declining” popularity of the President. Most pundits have come out with their post-SONA review. Opinions are divided along partisan lines of course. Inevitably the Opposition, like…

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Media

Old motherhood statements no longer work in political narratives, time for REAL platforms and vision!

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Old motherhood statements no longer work in political narratives, time for REAL platforms and vision!

In his Manila Standard piece “The narrative”, columnist Lito Banayo focuses on the candidate’s narrative as the selling point. He highlights what, at first, seems to be a disturbing fact in Philippine politics… It will not be the facts enumerated today; nor even the truths we will either believe or dispute. It will be the…

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Politics

Pinoy Pride Euphoria  Over An Olympic Gold Medal Singular

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Pinoy Pride Euphoria  Over An Olympic Gold Medal Singular

WALDORF You know, I love French singers. STATLER I love French fries. WALDORF French fries? I don’t get that. STATLER You didn’t order any.   Muppet Show 109  A GOLD MEDAL!!! The world is coming to an end according to my timeline. The Philippines never had one. The irony of celebrating novelty 97 years seems…

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Culture

#SONA2021 “response” issued by @IBONFoundation sounds like a shrill girly temper tantrum

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#SONA2021 “response” issued by @IBONFoundation sounds like a shrill girly temper tantrum

The problem with leftist-militant groups is they shoot a shotgun to hit all the targets and end up shooting themselves in the foot instead. I wonder how Sonny Africa, Executive Director of the leftist “think tank” IBON Foundation, will run the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) in the unlikely event he’s appointed as its chief?…

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Economy

Isko Moreno and Manny Pacquiao still have lots to learn about what it takes to be President

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Isko Moreno and Manny Pacquiao still have lots to learn about what it takes to be President

Sources confirm that Senator Manny “Pac-man” Pacquiao and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno met as early as last year but couldn’t agree on who would run as President. Isko wouldn’t give in to Senator Ping Lacson, so it is safe to say that it was the same for Pac-Man. One has to be pragmatic when making…

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Politics

Today’s crooked Filipino “journalists” do a disservice to the Filipino public by delivering mediocre and DISHONEST work

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Today’s crooked Filipino “journalists” do a disservice to the Filipino public by delivering mediocre and DISHONEST work

Everything seems to be going downhill with the younger generation. There only very few of the Old Guard left in Philippine journalism. The batch born in 1986 are the last trained by industry stalwarts such such as Max Soliven, Louie Beltran, Amang Bigornia, Pocholo Romualdez and the like. Other veterans are columnists. Unfortunately the New…

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Reform of the Ph’s corrupt bureaucracy only possible if 1987 Charter is JUNKED

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Reform of the Ph’s corrupt bureaucracy only possible if 1987 Charter is JUNKED

In his Inquirer piece “Behind the durability of institutions”, Randy David speaks of public institutions which withstand the revolving door of leaders who come and go every Presidential election cycle. These are the constitutional offices with a fixed term, regardless of whoever is in power or the highest career bureaucrat in any department or agency…

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Government, Politics

The time is right: 2022 could potentially see a Marcos back in Malacanang

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The time is right: 2022 could potentially see a Marcos back in Malacanang

Mang Ding still has his political crystal ball from his days at the Daily Express. In his PhilSTAR piece today “Marcos-Duterte duo looms large in 2022”, veteran journalist Federico Pascual writes of his profound fear that “a strategic link-up of the Marcos and the Duterte dynasties would be so overwhelming that only divine intervention could…

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