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An expected ‘alliance’ that would doom Robredo
THE latest news that after all their bickering, 1Sambayan and the Makabayan have allied together to support the presidential ambition of Vice President Leni Robredo is, for those in…
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Elect any of them, extend our national misery
MINUS the brouhaha over leading presidential candidate, former Sen. Ferdinand ‘Bongbong/BBM’ Marcos’ refusal to join GMA-7’s live “presidential debate” last January 22, 2022, the…
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The AFP must change its mindset from dependency to independence
AS we mentioned in our editorial last January 4, 2022, the United States need not bother to appoint an ambassador here, given that Uncle Sam has a lot of local ‘ass kissers’ around,…
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With its local ‘ass-kissers,’ no US ambassador needed
FOR over a year now, since October 4, 2020, when US Ambassador to the Philippines, Sung Y. Kim took on his new posting as ambassador to Indonesia, our imperial overlord, ‘Uncle Sam,’…
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The problem with our ‘fragmented democracy’
THE updated list of accredited partylists allowed to participate in next year’s national elections, as of December 17, 2021, contains 166 groups, according to the Commission on…
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Taking Maria Ressa to task
OVER the way convicted libeler, Maria Ressa of Rappler delivered her speech last December 10, 2021 on receiving her ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ award, we agree with everyone that it was…
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Now, look who is talking
THE most ridiculous—and hypocritical—statement from Catholic bishops in relation to the 2022 polls that we have thus far read is their “reminder,” nay, “admonition,” for presidential…
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The Ayungin Shoal Incident: We are being made suckers again
IN a press statement last November 18, 2021, rightfully loaded with patriotic anger, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, denounced the Chinese Coast Guard for using water…
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The case of Julian Ongpin: It’s different when you are rich
LAST November 15, 2021, the Regional Trial Court of La Union, dismissed the illegal drug possession case against Julian Ongpin, the “Rich Boy” and we can say, “pampered son” of one of…
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The CPP should award Sen. Angara
IN A congressional week thick with hypocrisy, Senate Finance Committee chair, Sen. Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara, his father’s namesake but not necessarily a cut from the latter’s cloth,…
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