HOW could the legitimate media be so careless as to legitimize an alleged nationwide survey showing former president Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte more popular than incumbent President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.? I would rather not reproduce the entire news, lest I be accused of disseminating fake news. To simplify matters, Pulse Asia has just
May 28, 2025
NO less than the newly-elected senators are spreading the perception that the forthcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is a “numbers game” where they, in their dual role as senator judges, may decide to convict or acquit her as they wish. Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, for example, predicted that
May 26, 2025
THE Minimal Government Thinkers, a non-government organization batting for a limited role of government in society, has criticized the National Electrification Administration (NEA) as a “wasteful agency” which has propped up inefficient electric cooperatives (ECs) through billions of pesos in taxpayer-funded subsidies and loans. According to the Institute of Contemporary Economics, between
May 23, 2025
THIS time, let’s talk about health for a change. There was a time when I attempted to be a vegetarian due to a heart disease known as “left ventricular dysfunction.” But since I found it hard to discard meat, I thought of shifting to a near-vegetarian diet, eating pork and beef only
May 21, 2025
THE re-election of Iloilo City Congresswoman Julienne “Jam-jam” Baronda appears to be very Pyrrhic, obviously because it would do no good to her political advancement in 2028. By now, the “graduating” congresswoman must have realized that, having severed her political alliance with Mayor Jerry P. Treñas, she could run against his daughter Raisa
May 19, 2025
MY friend Red phoned to correct my previous column, where I described senators-elect Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan as “the biggest blow against pre-election surveys” which had never included the two in their monthly “magic 12” surveys. “You missed Rodante Marcoleta,” Red hollered. “You are correct,” I responded while going over the
May 16, 2025
MANY times, in this corner, I questioned the reliability of “face to face” senatorial surveys for being statistically improbable. If we go by their claim of having 1,200 to 2,400 respondents, how could that number represent the more than 68 million registered voters in the Philippines? Blessed are the candidates in the
May 12, 2025
ACCORDING to senatorial candidate Erwin Tulfo, there are eight political survey firms in the county, and all of them rank him “No. 1” among the 12 frontrunners. But the latest word is that he has already been overtaken by Bong Go in most surveys, except that of WR Numero Research, where he
May 9, 2025
THE political future of Vice President Sara Duterte hinges on the May 12, 2025 senatorial election. It’s because the senators will be voting either to acquit or convict her in their role as judges of the impeachment court. It will take two-thirds of the Senate – meaning 16 senators – to remove
May 7, 2025
WHILE I am not voting for re-electionist Senator Francis Tolentino on May 12, I agree with his view that the Chinese Embassy in Manila has contracted a PR firm, Infinitus Marketing Solutions, to hire “keyboard warriors” to advance pro-China interest in the Philippines. Tolentino’s first “Chinese interference” evidence (there could be more
May 5, 2025
KUDOS to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). It has discovered important evidence alluding to China’s “interference” in our May 12, 2025 national election with the recent arrest of a Chinese national carrying a high-tech spy device near the Commission on Elections (Comelec) headquarters in Manila. Identified as Tak Hoi Lao, was
May 2, 2025
THERE appears to be collusion among the government of China, survey firms and online trolls to influence the result of the forthcoming senatorial election. That is how I read the statements made by re-electionist Senator Francis Tolentino, National Security Council (NSC) director-general Jonathan Malaya and Malacañang’s press officer, Undersecretary Claire Castro. For a
April 30, 2025