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Attention Ph Opposition: Show us INTELLIGENT alternatives, or LOSE in 2022

July 10, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

The nitty-gritty. Voter preference can be broken down extensively now because the technology is there. But it does not make much sense to do so because it all boils down to no-brainer hot-button issues that the majority of the public is concerned about. In a pandemic environment, it is about survival. When in survival mode,…

Education, Politics

Ret. Justice Antonio Carpio’s response to ex SolGen Florin Hilbay’s statement on South China Sea dispute: LIES!

July 8, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Finally, Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio issued what is evidently a rejoinder to former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay’s statement on the arbitration between the Philippines and China over their South China Sea dispute last Saturday. Recall that Hilbay, who answered only to then President Noynoy Aquino, released that statement with the aim to point…

Business, History

Looming Isko Moreno candidacy for president in 2022, observers speculate on his possible running mate

July 7, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments

Inquirer columnist and former Communications Undersecretary Manuel L Quezon III (MLQ3) gives a political timeline for candidates and the public alike in his piece today “Why ‘pre-campaigning’ is necessary”… While officially speaking, Feb. 8-May 7, 2022, is the official campaign period for national positions, and March 25-May 7, 2022, is the official campaign period for…

Politics

The demise of Spanish culture and urbanidad y civilidad in the Philippines gave rise to today’s IDIOCRACY

July 7, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 6 Comments

The use of Spanish words and terms in the vernacular is almost nil at this point with the new generation. Their parents didn’t grow up in households with older relatives from the generation where Español was the lingua franca of society. The mestizos are also disappearing from society. The third generation who managed to squander…

Culture, Education, History

Filipinos stuck in a country where divorce is illegal and bank secrecy allows crooks to stash dirty cash

July 6, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

Divorce and the Philippines again landing in the gray list of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) go hand in hand even if the issues are diametrically opposed. Why is this? Both issues involve the pockets of our honorable legislators in Congress. The Philippines is only one of two states in the world where…

Crime, Society

Philippines running out of qualified leaders because current system encourages stupid politicians

July 6, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

Political reforms aren’t forthcoming any time soon. The perfect opportunity to institute them was just after the 1986 “revolution” when Cory Aquino established a revolutionary government after she was installed as President. Unfortunately, this was wasted because the commissioners to the Constitutional Commission basically reinstated the political system in place before the 1973 Constitution was…

Charter Change, Politics, Society

PDP-Laban circus leaves Manny Pacquiao a political orphan, possibly split Duterte admin camp

July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Where will Senator Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao, the political Peter Pan land in the aftermath of the PDP-Laban national assembly on July 17 where his ouster is certain? Definitely not the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) of former Vice President Jejomar Binay. If he’s not able to mend his rift with President Rodrigo Duterte then in all…

Politics

Politicians genuinely concerned about the future of the Philippines will make EDUCATION a top election issue

July 5, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

PhilSTAR columnist Boo Chanco in his piece today laments “our compromised future” writing how a “fast-growing young population not equipped with the skills to help themselves and the economy to move forward faster” making for a “grim” future considering that “it will take more than two or three presidencies to overhaul DepEd and get our…

Education