Benefits of not being a US puppet
PRESIDENT Duterte ended the Republicâs subservience to the US, which its past 11 presidents either failed to do so, or even worsened, as his unthinking predecessor did. Duterte has about…
âNew opposition coalitionâ of political has-beens
I nearly choked on my breakfast toast the other day when I read this paperâs banner headline: âNew group vows fight vs fascism.â The editors of all the other papers…
Why our telecoms will never be world-class with this kind of telco owners
Reason 1: Their uncontrolled avarice THE two companies monopolizing our telecommunications industry were taking us for fools when they recently claimed, trying desperately to counter Chinese billionaire Jack Maâs pointed…
Jack Ma would have been shocked at our telecoms industry
Kazakhstan, Kenya and Cambodia have better telecoms CHINESE mega-billionaire Jack Ma the other day told an audience that included executives of PLDT and Globe Telecoms, the two firms that make…
Only a revolutionary government can overthrow the Philippine oligarchy
TO be frank, Iâm still not quite sure whether a revolutionary government will solve our deep problems as a nation. The big risk is whether or not the oligarchy, uniting…
Fakest âfake newsâ was viral Inquirer photo
IT turns out that the fakest âfake newsâ ever reported in recent memory is a photo. This is the front-page photo in the Philippine Daily Inquirerâs July 24, 2016 issue…
A national consensus: Support for Duterteâs war vs illegal drugs even with EJKs
IF you think about it objectively, it is astonishing. There is massive approval for President Duterteâs war against illegal drugs, a level of support that has never occurred for any…
Rappler funder Omidyar helped topple Ukrainian president in 2014
Is he using the same template? INTERNET-only news outfit Rapplerâs funder Pierre Omidyar, through his Omidyar Network, funded several of the opposition NGOs in Ukraine that conspired to oust through…
Yellows invented the use of anonymous detractors years ago, like Laurio
IT gives us hope for this countryâs future that we have a new breed of real investigative reporters like the blog Thinking Pinoyâs Rey Joseph Nieto. This cyber-journalist first exposed…
History in the making: House impeaches Comelec chairman
WE are seeing history in the making: The House of Representativesâ overriding of its justice committeeâs report not to impeach Commission on Election Chairman Andres Bautista.This starts the process of…