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Opposition prefers a Philippine sellout to the US over working with China

July 17, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 5 Comments

Appeasement or rapprochement? How it it exactly that you deal with a regional superpower like China? Among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries, only Vietnam has fought a land and sea conflict against China. But among ASEAN also, Vietnam has the most battle-seasoned military. The Vietnam War ended relatively recently in 1975. In…

Business, Economy, Environment, History

Lacson-Sotto tandem viable alternative to Duterte/admin camp in 2022, excellent Opposition leaders if they lose

July 17, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

The break is official. A Ping Lacson – Tito Sotto tandem it will be! Truth be told, this tandem has a clearer path to the Presidency than the so-called Opposition that continues to be in a state of shambles. Vice President Leni Robredo as titular head of the Liberal Party had done nothing to unite…

Politics

BUSTED! Rappler, Vera Files, @1Sambayan possibly in cahoots to demonise Duterte, China over WPS natural gas BILLIONS!

July 16, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Busted. Again. The former Ambassador is really a thorn in the side of the Yellowidiots. In his latest Manila Times piece “Aquino official behind US firm spreading fake news on Chinese activities in SCS”, Bobi Tiglao writes of former Aquino official Peter Anthony Abaya whose last posting in the government of former President Noynoy Aquino,…

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Less than 11 months to go: Isko races against Inday Sara’s election machine while Lacson-Sotto pair gears up

July 15, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Analysts are pointing out that the high — some describe it as “near perfect” — 88 percent awareness rating Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte registered in a recent survey needs to be regarded within the context of voter acceptability. In the case of Manila Mayor Isko Moreno who has a lower awareness score of…

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After “Achievement War,” Yellows fail to Prove that their Admin was “clean”

July 15, 2021 ChinoF 11 Comments

The way the Duterte-Aquino “Achievement War” rolled a while back demonstrates the intellectual bankruptcy of political discourse in the country. Although I would hammer the Aquino side more, I maintain the point I made in my earlier article “Positive should never be used to cover the Negative Up” that achievements by politicians are not a…

Culture, Government, History, Politics

ABS-CBN is not worth being made into an election issue because Filipinos couldn’t care less about it

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Talk about much entitlement! All these actions just for ABS-CBN to be granted a new franchise? It should be an election issue? Former Inquirer editor John Nery is surely earning his keep as a mouthpiece of the Lopezes. In his piece “ABS-CBN is a campaign issue”, Nery continues to harp about how the ABS-CBN’s franchise…

Media

COVID-19 Delta Variant a bigger threat than “downgraded” credit ratings

July 14, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments

The opposition will surely make a mountain out of a molehill about this issue of the Philippines’ “downgraded” credit rating again. https://twitter.com/PhilippineStar/status/1414713681485520896?s=19 There is, however, no basis for worry. The debt-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio is still manageable. The budget deficit increased but the gross international reserves of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) are…

Economy

What does it take to beat a massively-popular candidate in an election? Simple: a DISRUPTIVE campaign platform!

July 13, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments

Glad to see Manila Standard columnist Lito Banayo share my opinion in his piece “The disruptor”. Anyone who wants to challenge the administration will have to be as disruptive as the incumbent. Banayo happily points out the winning formula at play again in these times of impending election campaign writing “[President Rodrigo] Duterte is once…

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