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Why indeed should Duterte stoop to retired Supreme Court Justice Carpio’s level?

May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

What did you expect morons? Rodrigo Duterte is a duly-elected President. Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio was appointed to the Supreme Court and, as he is now retired, makes him an ordinary citizen. What personality does Carpio have? The President is the highest official of the land. Why should he stoop down to the…

Politics

Run up to elections and sub-par pandemic response contribute to mixed economic outlook

May 8, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Time to write off 2021. One can only hope that it’s not worse than 2020. The major mistake was reopening the economy without a unified contact-tracing system in place and local government units (LGUs) being remiss in enforcing minimum health protocols. Add to this the arrival of the new and more contagious variants and this…

Economy

Justice Carpio backs out from debate fearing possible Scarborough Shoal fiasco fallout

May 7, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

It’s really not surprising that retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio would seize an opportunity to himself back out from the debate on the Scarborough Shoal fiasco… Response of J Carpio on Debate with President Duterte President Duterte personally and publicly challenged me to a debate on the West Philippine Sea issue. He said that…

Politics

No point celebrating ABS-CBN “death” anniversary because Filipinos have moved on

May 5, 2021May 5, 2021 benign0 No Comments

On this day last year, ABS-CBN died. Yes, it died. Nobody “killed” it. More importantly, nobody really cared because all ABS-CBN was to most Filipinos was a space filler — a channel through which noise was piped to a people uncomfortable with silence that would have otherwise been essential for reflection. The only people who…

Entertainment, Media

The Philippines needs a CREDIBLE military to protect its South China Sea interests

May 5, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Opposition coalition group 1Sambayan should read this article published by the Cato Institute, “The Philippines: America’s Perpetually Useless Ally” by Doug Bandow. Bandow issues a contrarian opinion on the strategic value of the Philippines to the US in the region which China is now trying to dominate. Indeed, some things never change. One is the…

Government, Politics

F Sionil Jose likens Duterte to Magsaysay, Philippine Opposition OFFENDED!

May 5, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Public intellectuals give their opinions so the people can decide which side to take. The “esteemed” Philippine Star writer Joel Pablo Salud likes to think of himself as being at par with top national artist F. Sionil Jose in a rant he posts on Facebook where he writes of Jose… His influence as national artist…

Media, Politics

COVID-19 is not as big an election issue as the Philippine Opposition think

May 2, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

The Opposition repeatedly made an issue of the President’s statements with regard to the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine. The first claim was it was more expensive than Western vaccines which provided the perception of anomalies in procurement. The second point was efficacy. It was supposed to be largely ineffective in its intended purpose. Then came the…

Health, Politics

Election 2022 deadline for filing of candidacy looms: Opposition growing DESPERATE

May 1, 2021May 1, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

You would think that if Manila Times columnist Antonio Contreras is of this belief then he should at least stop being petty in his criticism of Duterte. In his recent piece “Political opposition is to blame”, Contreras writes about today’s dysfunctional Opposition and how it had foolishly wasted time and money on a dud… It…

Politics

#CommunityPantry initiatives framed as “silent revolution” not helping Opposition bid for 2022

April 30, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Like I’ve seen saying all along, there is no issue with giving. Charity begins at home as the cliché goes. What these Opposition “thought leaders” don’t address is the question of the need to encourage dependency on government, which is what they’ve been carping about since the pandemic began. If the idea is to feed…

Politics

State of the 2022 race: Opposition can only watch as admin allies dominate

April 30, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

One of the best political pundits who is also a political survivor from the time of Cory up to the present. In his Manila Standard piece “The party’s over”, Lito Banayo writes… On the political front, the party is also over for the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, soon to sunder into different power blocs, the Bong…

Politics

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