The foremost question in everyone’s mind is the outcome of the 2022 election, particularly the presidential race. Why did the family the Filipinos threw out of power 36 years ago return to power? Why have Filipinos, as a whole, chosen to turn blind to the high crimes the Marcos family committed
May 14, 2022
On Monday, 65.7 million Filipino voters will troop to the polling precincts to cast their vote in the most consequential election in the country’s history in nearly four decades. The 2022 election is a turning point for the Philippines. It marks the year the country either moves further into the dark
May 7, 2022
The truth is not only on trial in the 2022 elections but its very existence is in danger. In this post-truth era, the truth is the first casualty as revealed by the campaign. Nothing demonstrates this clearly than the all-out war against the truth waged by the Marcos family. The Marcoses
April 30, 2022
By Artchil B. Fernandez One unique feature of the 2022 election is the upending way public sentiment is gauged during the election period. In the post-EDSA era, surveys served as a good barometer of determining where the political wind blows. This seems not the case anymore in the present election season and how this came
April 23, 2022
Beyond electing the next set of national and local leaders, there is a higher stake in the 2022 election. In dispute is not just the highest position in the land. This election is the battle for the soul of the Filipino nation, making it an election extraordinaire. The 2022 election is
April 14, 2022
The 2022 election is the most unique electoral exercise in recent memory. For the first time in the post-war history of the country, the ruling administration has no candidate in a presidential contest. That alone makes this election exceptional. Deep into the national campaign the political landscape is topsy-turvy. With a
April 9, 2022
Election Day is less than forty days away. At this point of the campaign, political forces are consolidating and polarized into two camps. The development is evidenced by series of endorsements by political parties, groups and organizations of the two front-runners in the presidential contest. These are the camps of Vice
April 2, 2022
“You cannot stop corruption. Because as I keep reminding everyone, corruption is not a Filipino condition, it is a human condition.” This is Bongbong Marcos’ take on corruption. He expressed his view in an interview aired this week at the government’s PTV-4. Instead of attending the Commission on Elections (Comelec) organized
March 26, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is now three weeks old and the invaders are still struggling to reach their objectives. Russians are bogged down by several factors: fierce Ukrainian resistance, logistical problems, poor or sloppy invasion plan among others. Three weeks ago, Russia in a move that stunned the world invaded Ukraine,
March 19, 2022
“All that is needed is unity,” Bongbong Marcos declared and the malignant problems besetting the nation are solved. The Philippines is poor and late developed, unity is the answer. Poverty is endemic in the country, unity is the solution. Unity will fix unemployment, criminality, poor health and social services, lack of
March 12, 2022
Last week while on the way to the airport, I struck a conversation with the taxi driver, a practice I usually do. Such conversation I believe is important for it provides anecdotal information of public pulse on the ground. We talked about current events and later the conversation veered towards electoral
March 5, 2022
By Artchil B. Fernandez DDS now stands for Domagoso Diehard Supporters declared presidential bet Isko Moreno. “Recently, the DDS have started supporting us,” Moreno noted in a recent press conference. “That’s why we have a running joke during our conversation that DDS now stands for Domagoso Diehard Supporters,” he added. Is this the rebranded DDS,
February 26, 2022