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News media: A vanishing tribe
Like dinosaurs, journalists are vanishing in today’s society, replaced my social media influencers and ordinary vloggers who draw much attention to the most mundane issues but which so many people can relate to.
The US, too, is disregarding international laws
Big powers, like the United States and China, have been pushing their own national interests, disregarding international laws and infringing on the rights of weaker and smaller neighbors.
Bringing the dictator back to life
The new form of parliamentary government may start in 2031, perpetuating the Marcos-Romualdez political clan in power and preserving the dictator’s legacy.
The People’s Initiative train has left the station
The political train has left the station to stop Vice President Sara Duterte from running for president in the 2028 national elections.
The House’s year-ender gift: Mandatory ROTC
It is a year-ender gift that is not welcome. Mandatory ROTC must be opposed in the campuses and on the streets.
Roderick Paulate is a small fry
Roderick Paulate is a small fry. Does that matter? No. He must go to jail for his crimes. But if his sentence is 62 years maximum prison time for 30 ghost employees over a period of just 5 months, how much more the Dutertes with 11,246 over a period of years?
Diosdado Macapagal dies in his daughter
It is time to contrast Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with the norm against the Marcos dictatorship that her father had left us.
Sara Duterte’s collection of COA red flags
It would seem that the Commission on Audit is one of the handful few not afraid of Duterte vengeance. And this time they have done it again for daughter Sara when she was mayor of Davao City. It certainly was not her first time to be red-flagged.
It’s back!
As this controversy intensifies, we, the general public, must rightfully be concerned. As mentioned already, this so-called confidential or intel fund is essentially the outlawed pork barrel system.
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Deadly Dispatch: Ampatuan massacre 13 years after
As we remember the victims of the Ampatuan massacre today, let us also remember all the journalists who are still alive, and despite the threats on their lives and their families, remain honest and vigilant.
The Separation of Church and State
“The Church should not interfere in politics since the Constitution provides for the separation of Church and state.”
The sins of the father
I do not see Marcos’s enemies slowing down on their attacks on the Marcoses. Responsible third parties will have to intervene to raise the level of the debate. But if there is no chance of this, Marcos may have to return the favor of his adversaries. His retrainers could begin asking questions not necessarily about Leni, but about the real forces (seen or unseen) trying to move this contest.
A dangerous tide to sink all boats?
This tends to suggest that the May 9, 2022 elections will be waged as a personality or beauty contest, without any serious discussion of how the nation is to be governed, and systemic corruption stamped out. The Filipino voter cannot predict anything after June 30, 2022. And the president-elect who had promised to institute radical change will realize that his powers, under the Constitution, are far too limited to allow such change.
The Prince does not care for respect
Sen. Richard Gordon, chairman of the Senate blue ribbon committee, says Rodrigo Roa Duterte “is not a president people can respect.” He said this after Duterte vilified the Senate for inquiring into the Executive’s suspicious handling of billions of pesos in...
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Good Fortune for the New Year
If for Christmas people are busy shopping for gifts and for food for the Noche Buena, for New Year people in the Philippines, and maybe in other countries also, are busy buying tokens that can assure good fortune for the coming year.
Continuous Hope for Peace
Peace is a constant longing in people’s hearts. It is so much desired and so much needed in our world, but at the same time it is so elusive.
Green Christmas
Many are familiar with Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas,” especially its rendition by Bing Crosby. It is an old Christmas carol, going as far back as 1942, yet it is still sung.
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