We beg to differ.
Like I said in a previous entry, pinoys are overjoyed over what they perceive as world football relevance. First appearance in the World Cup , first goal and first win. To quote my favorite singer/ songwriter. If I might intrude Just for a moment If only to inject a note of reality On this festive…
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Yes Chot Reyes is at the receiving end of a lot of boos . Like I said many times before . Basketball is all we have . So in a way Chot is all we have. He really has no rival. He is an only child. Yes I am very aware of all you jumping…
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Inday Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio’s cohorts in the House of Representatives took less than half an hour to pass her P2.8 Billion budget for the Office of the Vice President. While it may be said that this very expeditious treatment for the OVP’s budget could be warranted under normal circumstances, the very speedy deliberation that…
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Interesting how Boo Chanco in his piece “Wounded Tiger” makes him the second PhilStar columnist to write about China’s looming economic woes and use the same quote as if copying from a press release. Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times that China “is suffering from ‘economic long COVID,’ a…
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In the realm of politics, unexpected twists and turns are not uncommon. Recent developments have sparked intense speculation regarding the future of Inday Sara Duterte, the daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Rumors are circulating that her removal from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and expulsion from the Marcos cabinet are imminent. Although…
Most basketball fans are a superstitious lot. Following an embarassing loss to the Dominican Republic in one of the first games of FIBA Basketball World Cup hosted in the Philippines this year, old questions regarding the competence of Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes are being raised again. Observes social media personality Mark Lopez, “it was…
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After we thought former Senator Antonio Trillanes had faded away, it seems he has had a resurgence and is now mouthing off against the Dutertes on full volume. Just yesterday or the day before, he came out on X/Twitter to list down what he claims are acts of betrayal perpetrated by former president Rodrigo Duterte….
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There are two reasons why the abominable performance of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista hasn’t ended in his dismissal. Even giving him the gall to threaten that his departure from service would damage President Bongbong Marcos’ image. But first, let us revisit the failures of Bautista’s performance: – The massive power outage at NAIA that left…
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