Meeting between Marcos and Arroyo camps has chilling effect on Yellowtards and Reds!

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Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) will always be a kingmaker in Philippine politics. Why? Because she has gravitas. It took balls to oust President Joseph “Erap” Estrada in 2001. It took even more balls to run again in 2004 despite the agreement with Cory that she would only serve the unexpired term of Estrada. She…

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Politics

Key 2022 election issue is opening the economy and breaking the oligarchs’ stranglehold on infrastructure

Posted on By Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments on Key 2022 election issue is opening the economy and breaking the oligarchs’ stranglehold on infrastructure

President Rodrigo Duterte hasn’t been able to make good on his promise of charter change but Congress is doing what it can in the time left before the President steps down on June 30, 2022. The Public Service Act is 85 years old. It is obsolete yet it is only now that this issue is…

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Development, Economy, Money Talks

Opposition banking on ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s intervention due to hopeless 2022 prospects

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I’d like to see the International Criminal Court (ICC) bring charges to Xi Jin Ping for what China is doing in Hong Kong. The ICC is supposed to be a court of last resort. But former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio lists in his Inquirer column “The ICC Prosecutor’s submission” today why the complementarity principle…

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Crime

Desperate Philippine Opposition weaponises Fatou Bensouda’s International Criminal Court “ruling”

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International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s ruling has been weaponized by the Yellowidiots and their allies again. The rub here is they claim they’re patriotic in resisting Chinese agression in the South China Sea on the issue of sovereignty. But when it comes to a cause where they’re desperate, they’re willing to sacrifice sovereignty….

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Politics

Lito Banayo fluff piece on Robredo reveals possible Isko-Leni tandem for 2022

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Lito Banayo has been a political affairs adviser since before 1986. He began his political career with the later former Vice President (to former President Cory Aquino) Doy Laurel. To my best recollection, the only time he wasn’t given a government post was during the administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA). Banayo had this uncanny ability…

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Politics

Why does selecting a Philippine president have to be so hard?

Posted on By Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments on Why does selecting a Philippine president have to be so hard?

Who were our best President’s who never were. At the top of my list is Juan Ponce Enrile (JPE). To my mind, he is the only Filipino qualified to head all three branches of government. Next is former Ambassador Eduardo Cojuangco Jr (ECJ) for his business acumen and genuine devotion to agriculture. No one else…

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Politics

Duterte and his chosen successor will achieve more infrastructure development than any other post-Marcos president

Posted on By Ramon Ortoll 4 Comments on Duterte and his chosen successor will achieve more infrastructure development than any other post-Marcos president

Us martial law babies remember past Independence Day celebrations before. Flag-raising at the Rizal monument followed by a military parade at the Quirino Grandstand. What most Opposition “thought leaders” seem to conveniently leave out of their version of recent history is that, post-Marcos, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was largely-divided into Marcos loyalists…

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Development

Opposition renews brouhaha over ICC “drug killings” investigation after embarassing June 12 @1Sambayan fiasco

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Opposition “thought leaders” argue “if you’ve got nothing to hide then you’ve got nothing to fear” referring to the renewed hype surrounding the International Criminal Court (ICC) inquiry into “drug war killings” it alleges Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte perpeterated. They miss the point, however. It’s not that the Philippine government has anything to hide. In…

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Crime, Politics