With a sense of inevitability, the camp of Bongbong Marcos trumpeted during their proclamation rally last week that the election is over except the counting. It appears survey results from reputable polling firms back the claim. Pulse Asia survey done on Jan 19 to 24, 2022 shows Bongbong Marcos led the
February 19, 2022
This week, the campaign for national positions in the 2022 elections started. Although candidates for national posts had been going around the country since last year, the real fight begins this week. Official campaign started last February 8, 2022 and the next ninety days will make or break the candidates. Those
February 12, 2022
“He must be held accountable!” This is the central finding of the 113-page Senate blue ribbon committee report on the controversial deal between the government and Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. The report accused Du30 as complicit in “one of the biggest plunders of the Philippines’ coffers in recent history.” The Pharmally controversy is
February 5, 2022
Biased = anti-Marcos. This sums up the thinking of the Marcoses vis-a-vis-vis the media, the facts, the truth, and the world in general. Presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos Jr., son and namesake of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., is at the heart again of another controversy when he refused to participate in a
January 29, 2022
Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 continues its rampage around the country. The surge is still at its crest this week. Record of daily cases of infection is broken on a daily basis. On Jan 13, 2022, daily cases reached 34,021 the highest recorded at that time only to be broken the following
January 22, 2022
New year, new surge. The first week of 2022 greeted the country with the fourth surge of infections and record-breaking numbers of Filipinos getting the Covid-19 virus. The new spike in infections is reminding Filipinos the pandemic is far from over. This week, daily cases of infection were broken four times.
January 15, 2022
In this election season, politicians of various colors, shades, and stripes take the center stage to sell themselves to the public. All of them package themselves as ethical eunuchs and paragons of public service. Aided by sophisticated and well-designed public relations campaigns, they conceal their true selves and try to win
January 8, 2022
By Artchil B. Fernandez Every generation has a crossroad, a conjunctural moment. 2022, it appears, is a pivotal year for the present generation of Filipinos. At the turn of the 19th century, a generation answered a crucial question: remain a colony of Spain or forge a new nation? Bonifacio, Rizal, and their compatriots made a
December 31, 2021
The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup, the most popular sports tournament in Southeast Asia resumed after it was suspended last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 2020 edition of the biennial competition was held in the last month of 2021 to close the year. Since the “Miracle of Hanoi”
December 24, 2021
Philippines ranks last in the Nikkei Covid-19 Recovery pandemic performance index among the 121 countries evaluated. The country is also 53rd among the 53 countries “as a bad place to be in during the pandemic” according to Bloomberg’s Covid-19 Resilience Ranking. The Nikkei index indicates that the Philippines is among the
December 18, 2021
Not a few viewed with suspicion Isko Moreno’s announcement he is running for president in the 2022 election. The public was skeptical of his opposition credential, aware of his past link with the current administration. Prior to his election as Manila mayor, Moreno served the present administration as chairman of the
December 11, 2021
On the 158th birthday of the Great Plebeian, Gat Andres Bonifacio, administration presidential bet Bong Go dropped a bombshell. He announced his withdrawal from the presidential race three weeks after joining the contest. Few days before the announcement, Go gave ominous statements before the media, publicly venting his agony. He claimed
December 4, 2021