Rappler republishes and amplifies malicious FAKE NEWS published by PhilSTAR

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Rappler republishes and amplifies malicious FAKE NEWS published by PhilSTAR

A “news story” authored by “reporter” Elijah Felice Rosales was put out by the Philippine Star yesterday on its front page practically screaming as “fact” that the Department of Finance hired a “fake Facebook account operator”. Then Rappler picked it up and amplified it on social media linking to its own version of said “news”…

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Media

On the failure of the Philippine government to respond to and manage COVID-19 consistently at all levels

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On the failure of the Philippine government to respond to and manage COVID-19 consistently at all levels

If there is an albatross on the President Rodrigo Duterte’s back since the start of the pandemic, it has to be the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). I don’t keep track of quarantine classifications anymore because it makes my head spin. Much worse, they’re not followed anyway, except for…

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Government, Lifestyle

Philippine Opposition partisans remain stupid about political history because of idiots like Bart Guingona

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Philippine Opposition partisans remain stupid about political history because of idiots like Bart Guingona

The Philippine Opposition remain as stupid as they are this late into this election cycle because of all the wannabe artistahin “influencers” and “thought leaders” their partisans habitually tingala to. Thank the scars of our colonial past for that. Seeing this recent tweet of his, it becomes hard to really understand which planet Yellowidiot Bart…

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Glitz and Glamour, History, Politics

Can Ping Lacson transform senatorial votes into presidential? Perhaps with Pacman’s and Isko’s help…

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Can Ping Lacson transform senatorial votes into presidential? Perhaps with Pacman’s and Isko’s help…

Lito Banayo’s Manila Standard piece today “The Vice President” is basically a stocktake of the circus that has come to town. The one confronting thing he points out is the elephant in the Opposition room — that speculation around whether or not Vice President Leni Robredo will seek the presidency in 2022 drags on. “No…

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Politics

Opposition coalition @1Sambayan’s REAL agenda: oil, gas, and Manny Pangilinan’s wealth

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Opposition coalition @1Sambayan’s REAL agenda: oil, gas, and Manny Pangilinan’s wealth

Artemio Panganiban in his Inquirer piece today “Knowing what drives China in SCS” provides an informative summary of the historical background of the claims by parties in the South China Sea. He sets the theme with a very important context… To begin with, China avows a long and glorious history that rivals Egypt and its…

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Business, Government

Opposition will have to ditch its FAKERY to beat “Dutertismo” in 2022

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Opposition will have to ditch its FAKERY to beat “Dutertismo” in 2022

Dutertismo. Coined by Randy David. Preached by Richard Heydarian. What is it exactly? The proper definition would be Duterte being Duterte. David, in his Inquirer piece “The opposition’s dilemma” today characterizes it as politically dysfunctional decision-making with policy thrown out the window. He writes… Dutertismo is primarily defined by its open disregard of a society’s…

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Politics

An Open Letter (of Apology) to My Toddler

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An Open Letter (of Apology) to My Toddler

On the occasion of “Fathers’ day”, while some dads are going to be receiving gifts or having dinners arranged for them, I opted to write my child an open letter that I hope she will read in the future. Here goes… Dear child, It is 2021. It has been quite a number of years since…

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Education, Government, Society

Manny Pacquiao at loggerheads with PDP-Laban leadership over 2022 bid

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Manny Pacquiao at loggerheads with PDP-Laban leadership over 2022 bid

Someone please remind boxer-turned-senator Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao that politics is addition. PDP-Laban executive director Ron Munsayac’s claim that there are 100,000 card-carrying members of the PDP-Laban may be true for now. But these hundred thousand will not side in their favor for the simple reason the power and the money are still with the administration….

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Politics