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Is the AFP “decent” enough to launch a coup against the duly-elected gov’t?

April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

In his recent Rappler article “Where have all the decent PMA graduates gone?”, retired Colonel Dennis Acop as a West Point graduate should have been able to present his argument better. This is the point Alcop ultimately makes… Unlike the Marcos regime, the Duterte administration is full of graduates of the PMA, not only in…

Politics

Leftist-liberal-militant groups specialise in romanticising and politicising the poor

April 25, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

It’s a certainty that Inquirer columnist Randy David will write a column about the community pantry and so he does. He touches ever so slightly and only in passing on the incident that marred Angel Locsin’s (a.k.a. Red Angel’s) “community pantry”. Over the years, Filipinos have learned to fall in line and wait for their…

Politics, Society & Culture

Angel Locsin #CommunityPantry fiasco highlights the indolence of the Filipino poor

April 24, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

He wishes for anarchy. ABS-CBN starlet Angel Locsin’s (a.k.a. Red Angel’s) community pantry fiasco yesterday shows the indolence of the Filipino poor. Aasa sa bigay. Opposition “thought leader” Cocoy Dayao’s dream is for Pinoys to go out in the streets and demand that Duterte step down before May 2022. This is why community pantries are…

Society & Culture

False Philippine claim to Whitsun Reef resources led to Chiara Zambrano “banca” stunt

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Bobi Tiglao’s Manila Times column today lends credence to that staged chase between the “banca” of Chiara Zambrano and the Chinese Navy fast attack boat but I don’t think that the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of National Defense are deliberately sabotaging the President by painting him in a corner. Nonetheless Tiglao asserts…

Government, Media, Politics

Corruption at LGU level behind inefficient pandemic response in Metro Manila

April 14, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Boo Chanco’s call for Filipinos to “just work together” is nothing but a puff piece in disguise. Again, the pertinent question not asked is, what are the LGUs doing to address the problems of their constituents in the pandemic? This is the question Chanco conveniently sidesteps in aid of election puff taking the opportunity, instead,…

Government

Creating employment is better than handing out “ayuda” cash

April 13, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

To do stimulus right you need to have better governance. Obviously the bureaucracy needs to be reformed. The pandemic has brought to fore the neglect of the public healthcare system since former President Ferdinand Marcos was ousted. As it was the trend beginning with the administration of former President Cory Aquino, privatization was the operative…

Economy, Health

The Philippines’ health care system COLLAPSED under Yellowtard watch!

April 12, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Yellowidiots don’t want to admit that they are responsible for the collapse of the healthcare system because they did nothing to build up capacity to cope with demand under their watch. Yet Boo Chanco writes… According to Sen. Ralph Recto, the share of health in the 2021 P1 trillion infrastructure pie is a measly “one…

Government, Health

Joma Sison’s dishonest leadership left the Communist Party of the Philippines its “legal fronts” and the New People’s Army ideologically CONFUSED

April 12, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Someone should write a book about the communist cadres who were given asylum in China after the declaration of martial law in 1972. Aside from now Philippine Ambassador to China Chito Sta. Romana, it’s only now that the name of Mario Miclat surfaced. F. Sionil Jose writes about Miclat who recently passed away at the…

History, Politics

Chiara Zambrano WPS stunt highlights the DISHONESTY of ABS-CBN “journalism”

April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Following up on John Mangun’s editorial the other day about how journalists in the practice of their profession have forgotten the basic tenets or disregarded the same… Journalism has deteriorated to the point that it is often unrecognizable from propaganda and disinformation. Investigative journalism used to start with “Let’s see where this leads us.” Currently,…

Media

Leni Robredo’s pandemic response “projects” are not scaleable and are mainly for show

April 7, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

No one has noticed how most of the “projects” of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) can’t be scaled. In short, it’s only good for PR and projection. If Robredo really is a servant-leader as she claims, the strategies her staff thinks of should be scaleable. In this case, her office only focuses on…

Health

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