Dec 8, 2021 | In the trenches
There is only one good explanation why the only son and namesake of the late dictator, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., is popular and may actually win the May 2022 presidential elections.It’s the ill-gotten wealth that his family had stashed since the time the dictator rose to...
Dec 1, 2021 | In the trenches
He helped topple the dictator in 1986. He will also certainly not support the dictator’s son’s attempt to ascend to power to reclaim the family’s lost glory and vindicate his father’s honor after he was chased out from power in 1986. Fidel V. Ramos is a very...
Nov 2, 2021 | In the trenches
Every time people wear the plastic face shield when they go to indoor business establishments like shopping malls, they are reminded of Pharmally’s multi-billion-peso contracts awarded in haste by an official appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte. It has been almost...
Oct 21, 2021 | In the trenches, Opinion
In his radio program, Sisoy Salas shouts “Gesing, Gesing” every morning to tell listeners to think about issues affecting his community, La Paz, a fictional city in the HBO Asia mini-series “On the Job.” In the end, it’s Salas who has an awakening after his close...