By Artchil B. Fernandez The current bardagulan between Du30 and Pacquiao is a prelude to the 2022 election. It is an indication the 2022 fever has already infected the country’s body politic. Du30 and Pacquiao, chair and president respectively of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), had been engaged in a proxy war
June 12, 2021
By Artchil B. Fernandez The Pambansang Kamao was politically KOed this week, marking his baptism of fire in the dirty world of trapo politics. This is just the beginning for Manny Pacquiao as the season of political alignment and realignment opens in preparation for the 2022 national and local elections. Pacquiao, a first-term senator and
June 5, 2021
By Artchil B. Fernandez Only 3 in 10 Filipinos are willing to be vaccinated against Covid-19. This is the finding of the nationwide Social Weather Station (SWS) survey conducted from April 28 to May 2, 2021. The survey results revealed that only 32 percent of those surveyed are willing to get Covid-19 shots while 33
May 29, 2021
Hot & Spicy By Artchil B. Fernandez Kill, kill, kill. This is an enshrined policy of the Du30 administration. Upon assuming the presidency, Du30 immediately launched a bloody and gory war against illegal drugs. Official figures placed the number of Filipinos slaughtered in the brutal “war on drugs” between 5,526 to 6,700, while human
May 15, 2021
By Artchil B. Fernandez British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was a tragic figure in history. His much-reviled policy of appeasement was largely blamed as one of the reasons World War II broke out. German dictator Adolf Hitler had dark designs to start a war but needed cover and opportunity to turn into reality his
May 8, 2021
By Artchil B. Fernandez India at present is a public health catastrophe, a public health nightmare. Deaths and daily infections have reached unprecedented levels last week and wailing echoed across the country as a new devastating surge of the pandemic went on a rampage. On April 29, 2021 for example, 379,000 Indians got the
May 1, 2021
By Artchil B. Fernandez “It’s only a matter of time,” I exclaimed when community pantries started to sprout all over the archipelago. Rightly, few days after the initiative of people in communities to aid each other spread like wildfire, the state intervened as anticipated. The mushrooming of community pantries did not escape the attention
April 24, 2021
By Artchil B. Fernandez At the height of the serious surge of Covid-19 infections in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby areas, Du30 went missing. It was also the time when records of daily cases of infections were broken several times, on an almost daily basis. The recent serious surge of infections is
April 17, 2021
By Artchil B. Fernandez For the first time in three months, Du30 canceled his weekly night talk. “No talk to the people,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque curtly told reporters. No explanation was given why Du30 refused to speak to the public this week. Absence of Du30 from public view in this crucial time when
April 10, 2021
By Artchil B. Fernandez The country is finding itself in serious trouble at present a little over a year after the Covid-19 pandemic broke out. It appears the pandemic is out of control for, within a week, record of daily cases of infection is being smashed on an almost daily basis. On March 26, 2021,
April 1, 2021
By Artchil B. Fernandez This week is record-shattering. Record of daily cases of Covid-19 was broken not once but fourfold in a span of few days. The record-breaking week mirrors the gravity of the pandemic now ravaging the country, the most serious health crisis in a hundred years. Last year, the highest number of
March 27, 2021
By Artchil B. Fernandez “Maliit na bagay ito,” Du30 told Filipinos this week in his weekly show on the surge of Covid-19 cases in the past days. The dismissive attitude of Du30 of the pandemic accurately explains why a year after he placed the country on national lockdown to deal with Covid-19, we are
March 20, 2021