The three ‘ronins’ mark decay of Philippine political system
This has never happened before, and something like this would be laughed at if it happened in any other presidential system in the world. Three senators – Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.,…
We need Grace like we need a hole in the head
She may be a nice and decent person, all right. But, as an analogy, when a nice and decent passenger insists on taking over the job of captain of the…
SWS polls take us for fools
With the Social Weather Stations (SWS) as its accomplice, the Liberal Party has gone on a blitz to create an illusion that Manuel Roxas II’s ratings as a presidential candidate…
Liberal and Communist parties provoked martial law imposition
Second of two parts For all their self-righteous “Never Again” mantra, and their odium against Ferdinand Marcos, it was the Liberal Party and the Communist Party of the Philippines that…
Why did the military support the Marcos dictatorship?
First of two parts “History is written by the victors,” philosopher and social critic Walter Benjamin famously wrote. If the German philosopher is right, we have to posit that in…
Again, the making of a myth: Erap’s last hurrah
Senator Grace P. Llamanzares’ speech the other day “offering” herself as our next President was unexpectedly quite impressive. Her oratory would be the final nail on Manuel Roxas II political…
Aquino should be impeached, then jailed with Roxas over Mamasapano
President Aquino 3rd’s sudden reference to an “alternative truth” to the massacre of 44 Special Action Force troops in Mamasapano convinces me – again – that there is something deeply…
PLDT, Globe foreign owners’ profit from PH: $8B in 10 years
Third of a Series: Filipinize the telcos! The PLDT-Smart and Globe Telecom duopoly has been making a killing from its control of the telecommunications industry in the country, with all…
Only real solution to the traffic hell: Regime Change
The real solution for metro Manila’ s traffic horror has been staring us in the face, as much as the on-and-off red brake lights had stared at you for four…
Japan, China, SKorea, others restrict foreign capital in their telecom industries
In a recent hearing in Congress, representatives of the Foundation for Economic Freedom repeated the chant that has become for some reason louder and louder in recent months: The lifting…