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Supreme Court shutdown of Sara Duterte impeachment prompts “people power” call!

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 benign0 1 Comment

As many have pointed out, impeachment is a political process. As such, over the many months the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte was “debated” there was not much in the way of any higher rationale behind it other than the personal loyalties of the opposing partisan camps. As such, it was only fitting that…

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Why Are Filipinos Paying the Price for the US-China Rivalry?

July 16, 2025 Ramon Ortoll 26 Comments

As President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. prepares to deliver his 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA), the same concerns continue to echo across the nation: affordable food, healthcare, jobs, and peace and order. According to the latest Pulse Asia survey, inflation remains the top concern for the majority of Filipinos — not geopolitics, not the…

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The sputtering anti-Duterte campaign of a dishonest Yellowtard-communist Axis

July 5, 2025 Ramon Ortoll 32 Comments

Anti-Duterte propaganda is out in full force including that nefarious radio program Kuwatro Alas on what is the former DZMM now resurrected under a new owner. And then there is Senator Risa Hontiveros who figures prominently in defective impeachment complaints, this being but the most recent one. In his PhilStar piece “Diligence”, columnist Alex Magno…

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The 2025 ‘election budget’ now foundation for unprecedented corruption

July 3, 2025 Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments

To the Duterte detractors, former President Rodrigo Duterte (PRRD) was left with a budget surplus by his predecessor, the late former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, that only exists in their collective imagination. Libre naman managinip ng dilat as part of their myth making. The truth is, public sector budgets are meant to be spent….

Crime

The Real Race to 2028: Sara Duterte, Risa Hontiveros, and Martin Romualdez in a Three-Way Showdown

June 30, 2025 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

The 2025 midterm election didn’t just fill Senate seats — it redrew the political battlefield for the 2028 presidential race. Now, all signs point to a three-way battle for power: Sara Duterte, the populist heiress with a solid southern base and strategic dynastic alliances. Risa Hontiveros, leading a reinvigorated opposition bloc with fellow Senators Bam…

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In a shooting war between a Western democratic power and an authoritarian Islamic state, whose side will you take?

June 24, 2025 benign0 78 Comments

Sure Israel bombed Gaza to smithereens and, sure, it is now doing pre-emptive strikes on military targets in Iran. Sure, the United States, is now involved in this conflagration and, together with Israel, will likely bring the Islamic regime of Iran to its knees. So what’s wrong with all that? Is that good enough reason…

History, Society

Marcos’s Communication Crisis: The Price of Instability

June 6, 2025June 6, 2025 Oman 3 Comments

The revolving door at the Presidential Communications Office is a critical vulnerability that is undermining President Marcos’s public trust and legacy. Three years into his presidency, President Marcos has yet to come to terms with his communication team at the PCO, having already sent home three secretaries and placing the fate of the fourth press…

Government, Media, Politics

On Accountability and Bike Commute

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025 joeld 17 Comments

Why is it that privately employed people like me are required to get accounted down to every single centavo when company money is used? Sara did not have to. And we are talking of billions of pesos. She is just laughing it off. Why is it that when I get carried away with my emotions…

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