BBM is already one year in office. Election was over a year ago. Yet in his second State of the Nation Address (Sona), BBM is still behaving as if he is on campaign trail. He remains a snake-oil salesman, selling illusion to the public, not a president. The second Sona is
July 29, 2023
Drag queen Pura Luka Vega created a firestorm with a viral video posted on Twitter. In the controversial video the drag queen is seen wearing a costume inspired by the Black Nazarene while jamming to a remix of Ama Namin (Our Father) with an audience. The video horrified the relatively religious
July 22, 2023
When Bongbong Marcos (BBM) won the election last year, the question in everyone’s mind is, “what will the Marcos restoration look like?” To those who voted for BBM, a Marcos restoration is the return of a fictional “Golden Age.” One particular “fake news” the Marcos campaign cultivated and propagated is the
July 15, 2023
BBM is one year in office. Various groups and analysts are grading the first year of his term. While BBM gave himself an incomplete (INC) grade, he got grades ranging from satisfactory to failure from groups and pundits. Grading aside, two incidents in recent weeks accurately capture the nature of the
July 8, 2023
It’s the end of the school year. Graduating students and loved ones are in jubilation, celebrating another milestone. These happy celebrations however cannot conceal the tragic reality that Philippine education is in deep trouble. The 2021 World Bank Poverty Learning Report revealed poverty learning in the Philippines is at 90.9 percent.
July 1, 2023
Bongbong Marcos (BBM) cancelled himself and his family. This is the most surprising development in the recent days.That he did it before an international audience added shock to the bizarre. The 14th Edition of the International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC) was hosted by the Philippines this week. This is first
June 24, 2023
The messy breakup of slapstick kings Tito, Vic, and Joey (TVJ) and TAPE Inc. heralded by long-time noontime show “Eat Bulaga” going off air for a few days is the latest tsika taking the showbiz industry by storm. This development is not unexpected. For months, the parties had been publicly sniping
June 17, 2023
Something strange occurred during a Pasidungog (Tribute) held at a hotel in Manila this week. It was a thanksgiving event organized by the Office of the Vice President for its partners. At the start of her speech, Vice President Sara Duterte thanked Bongbong Marcos (BBM) for supporting her office but added
June 10, 2023
The Senate hastily passed Senate Bill (SB) No. 2020 this week creating the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). Rush approval of the measure came after Bongbong Marcos (BMM) certified the bill as urgent. Congress adjourned sine die last June 2 and only BBM’s arm twisting move made SB 2020 hurdle the deadline.
June 3, 2023
Forging stronger ties with a long-standing ally is the official agenda of Bongbong Marcos’ (BBM) second visit to the United States (US) early this month. There is however a hidden agenda in BBM’s US visits as well as in his frequent trips abroad. The unofficial agenda of BBM’s incessant foreign travels
May 20, 2023
Global Covid-19 emergency has ended, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced late last week. The announcement came more than three years after the United Nations (UN) health body on January 30, 2020 declared a global emergency status for Covid-19. At that time of the declaration less than 100 cases of infection
May 13, 2023
