Marcos was cheated, should file protest for country’s sake
The late Jesse Robredo must have turned in his grave when his widow, Leni, declared that her (purported) victory in the vice-presidential contest was made more meaningful as it happened…
The SWS mobile ‘survey’ and an Indonesian tycoon’s potential, crucial role in our elections
Part I The SWS-Bilang Pilipino Mobile “Surveys” are so seriously flawed that their results are highly questionable. Their operators can easily manipulate them to portray any candidate as the frontrunner.…
Why does Poe refuse to take a DNA test with Marcos Jr.?
The only logical explanation is this: Either she has known, or suspects that she is indeed, the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos’ daughter with Rosemarie Sonora, the younger sister of her…
The Marcoses and the Aquinos compared
Probably he had his ulterior, Machiavellian reasons. Still, though, the strongman Ferdinand Marcos saved the life of his archenemy, Ninoy, then 48 years old in 1980. He released him from…
Presidential assistants in aid of elections
Move over, Mr. Palengke, your poll ratings are hopeless and you’ve got a bad habit of putting your foot in your mouth, even your golf shoe, as it were. Let’s…
The Philippine Caste System and the Myth of Elections
As published in The Manila Times February 18, 2013 In college, we learned about the caste system in India, which still continues in the modern age, despite its state’s herculean…