We beg to differ.
There is a call from certain sectors for the Marcos Junior Administration to shutdown SMNI and seize Apollo Quiboloy’s assets in connection with the warrant for his arrest by the FBI. Likewise other sectors say that Quiboloy being strongly sympathetic to China, could make for a dangerous confluence with suspected armed Chinese sleeper cells in…
I’m now 50% convinced that there’s an active effort to undermine not only the Vice-President but the Duterte brand in an effort to ensure that their political brand is rendered inutile by painting them as corrupt and traitors to the country. I was wondering how and why Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of…
Apparently the general public has several misconceptions about the current state of agriculture. In simple terms, we haven’t achieved food security because of our neglect of adoption of modern techniques and the absence of population control measures. We don’t produce enough food for domestic consumption. Each subsector in agriculture is also beset with problems. In…
Tensions are rising between the Philippines and China, as activities in the West Philippine Sea are continuously being monitored, not only by their respective governments, but also by various countries who have tactical and strategic interests in these waters. From the recent water cannon incident which harassed fellow Filipinos, to beating the Chinese national basketball…
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VP Inday Sara Duterte’s survey numbers are headed for a steep nose dive in the OCTA Research 2023 Performance Ratings of Top Government Officials. Duterte lost 12 percentage points from her July 2023 rating of 82 percent, leaving her at 70 percent. The biggest drop in her ratings came from Visayas, a drop of 16…
As with any war, civilians bear the brunt of the impact of an exchange of fire between combatants. Thus the safe and easy statements to make on the matter of Israel’s military response to the terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas against their citizens involve calls for ceasefires and truces. The trouble with the one drafted…
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The basic problem with Rappler‘s journalists has always been their reportage adheres to the cliché of the “rules-based international order,” which is whatever is the latest dictate in the West about social and moral mores. At the country level, they don’t bother to take into account what the reality is on the ground. The latest…
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Former Rapplerete Patricia Evangelista used this as the title of her book on — what else? — the allegedly murderous administration of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. As I write this, her fellow Rapplerete Lian Buan is tweet-reporting the launching of the book in chi chi New York City (where else, right?). Buan “reports” that…