HAVE you ever stopped to wonder why the most deserving senatorial candidates lost while some “unemployable” ones made it? Who would have thought that Robin Padilla – an ex-convict and “bad boy” of local moviedom – would even qualify for the Senate race? But, look, he topped the race with 26,612,434 votes!
May 30, 2022
“GRIN and bear it,” a proverb which means “to go through adversity with good humor,” is all this writer can advise followers of Vice-President Leni Robredo who still can’t comprehend how she could have lost the presidential race to the “junior” of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. There are no compelling reasons
May 27, 2022
THE good news for residents of 14 towns and a component city of Iloilo Province is the Senate’s approval on second reading the other day of House Bill 10306, granting MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the authority to expand its franchise area from Iloilo City to 15 towns and a
May 25, 2022
WHAT is the secret behind the reputation of MORE Energy and Power Corp. (MORE Power) as distributor of the cheapest electricity in the Philippines? The Iloilo City-based distribution utility charges households only ₱7.22 per kilowatt-hour, which is much lower than the ₱11 to ₱13/kWh charged by electric cooperatives. It is really no secret. Roel Z.
May 23, 2022
IF you have not heard about the “sword of Damocles” yet, it is defined as “a sense of impending doom, the feeling that there is some catastrophic threat looming.” This, I guess, is the situation where “presumptive president” Ferdinand Marcos Jr. finds himself under because of two petitions filed against him, asking
May 20, 2022
NO, this is not about the Garci whom Aling Gloria used to call. He is George Garcia, lawyer of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and one of the commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). He is now the handsome face seen on TV newscasts. Hello, Garcia. What’s the latest number on your
May 18, 2022
CONTRARY views on the “defeat” of Vice President Leni Robredo to Ferdinand “BBM” Marcos Jr. in the presidential race have emerged from her “Tayo ang Liwanag” thanksgiving speech at the Ateneo de Manila University compound Friday evening. One view is that she conceded, albeit subtly; the other, not at all. Analyze this portion of her
May 16, 2022
IT’S not all over as long as doubts on the integrity of the presidential election lingers here and abroad. No amount of propaganda has convinced us of the winnability of the presumptive presidential winner, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. – son of the late dictator whom President Rodrigo Duterte had called “weak leader,”
May 13, 2022
THIS writer stands firm in his belief that we the people did not choose Ferdinand “BBM” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte for president and vice-president, respectively. Most likely it was a powerful politician who had willed their “win” through commercial pollsters, Smartmatic vote-counting machines and the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Who could
May 11, 2022
TODAY is the day that we hope would reshape the governance that has made our country “notorious” for graft and corruption and violation of human rights. We are going out to vote for national and local government leaders. As a columnist, this writer has always taken a critical, rather than “neutral “stand;
May 9, 2022
VICE PRESIDENT Leni Robredo may not show it, but she knows of the plot to deprive her of victory in the May 9 presidential election. This could be done by manipulation of election returns to suit the results of surveys by commercial pollsters like the SWS, Pulse Asia, Laylo Research, Publicus Asia
May 6, 2022
“IF elected senator, I would file a bill banning the publication of election surveys.” We had heard a senatorial candidate made that promise but to no avail; he lost. Should not at least one of the winners have done that based on the obvious reason that surveys are aimed at influencing voters who
May 4, 2022