After 100 days: Paradigm shifts in the Philippine presidency
Whether you hate or love President Duterte after 100 days of his rule, for good or bad, he represents a paradigm shift in the Philippine presidency. And history tells us…
Gone, Matobato, gone
Admitted killer Edgar Matobato â who had claimed he was a member of the purported Davao Death Squad, and whose sensational testimony against Rodrigo Duterte was probably expected by Senators…
Reuters: âDuterte likens himself to Hitlerâ CNN: âDuterte decries Hitler comparisonâ
We all would have been spared the brouhaha over President Duterte allegedly likening himself to Hitler if journalists, especially the two Reuters reporters who first reported it, just had some…
De Limaâs paroxysm: Was it a script that got her too carried away?
In our post-war history, I donât think there has ever been a public paroxysm of hysterics by a member of the Philippine Senate as demonstrated by Senator Leila de Lima…
Helped by communists, oligarchs demonized Marcos to conceal their rule
Iâve written several columns debunking the Yellow Cultâs distortion of the history of the Marcos era, certainly not to defend the strongman. Indeed, Marcosâ biggest crime was his failure to…
What Marcos prisons were really like
Second of Two Parts What they were like was completely different from what a crackpot writer, who has never seen even a picture of a single detention center, recently depicted…
Inside Marcosâ prisons
First of Two Parts I bet given that title, youâd be expecting a tale of horrors inside the dictator Marcosâ prisons. I rest my case: The Yellow Cult has been…
Casualty not only de Lima, but whatâs left of the Yellow Cult
I donât think anybody was expecting it, I didnât: the Duterte campâs quick and bold move to end Sen. Leila de Limaâs exploitation of hearings of her justice committee as…
BS Aquino is still âPhilippine Presidentâ
Well, thatâs according to the Republicâs âOfficial Directoryâ as posted on www.gov.ph/directory (see image). The website www.gov.ph, since 2010, had become the Official Gazette, the official journal of the Republic,…
Behold â or beware â the Pinoy whistleblower!
I had been expecting something like this ever since Senator Leila de Lima started her justice committee hearings investigating allegations of this administrationâs extrajudicial killings in its war versus illegal-drugs:…