By Artchil B. Fernandez Du30 and his administration are jolted at the beginning of the New Year with a deadly blow on his flagship program delivered by Vice President Leni Robredo. She made public her report on the problem of illegal drugs in the country during her short stint as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on
January 11, 2020
By: Artchil B. Fernandez Du30 and some of his high ranking officials received a unique and extraordinary gift before 2019 closed. The gift is a foretaste of things to come for them or what awaits them in the near future. To be given a taste of one’s future is indeed a rare gift. But instead
January 4, 2020
By: Artchil B. Fernandez Christmas came early for the families of the victims of the horrific Maguindanao Massacre. Concluding a ten-year trial of the suspects, Branch 221 of Quezon City Regional Trial Court, a special court tasked solely to try the case, pronounced two prominent members of the Ampatuan monster clan and 41 others guilty
December 28, 2019
By: Artchil B. Fernandez The major fallout of Du30’s impulsive governance is to make life difficult and hard for his economic managers and undermine the economic thrust of his administration. This is once again exposed in the issue involving the water concessionaires. In the last two weeks, Du30 publicly lambasted the concessionaires and their owners accusing
December 21, 2019
By: Artchil B. Fernandez Du30 continues to harangue the oligarchs, his current flavor of the month, accusing them of screwing the nation. He threatened to inflict on them his favorite way of hitting people. “Tag-isang sampal kayo sa akin. Maniwala kayo. Patikim ko sa inyo. Pakita ko sa Pilipino paano mag-sampal ng mga milyonaryo, bilyonaryo
December 14, 2019
By: Artchil B. Fernandez “ANTI-OLIGARCHS, the scourge of the oligarchs,” is one of the images of Du30 peddled by his paid trolls and fanatics. This image is among the packaged persona of Du30 during the election and at least 16 million voters bought it. Du30 is now more than three years in power and its
December 7, 2019
By: Artchil B. Fernandez The Philippines this week is once again the talk of the region when the athletes from its neighbors started to arrive for the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. The avalanche of glitches and miscues, as well as some unfinished venues, drew sharp criticisms from Filipinos and a deluge of complaints from participating
November 30, 2019
By: Artchil B. Fernandez This week marks the 1,000 days of detention of Senator Leila de Lima. Her case is the gravest injustice inflicted by Du30 on an individual. De Lima’s continued detention according to retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio is “one of the grossest injustices in recent memory.” The case against Sen. de Lima
November 23, 2019
By: Artchil B. Fernandez Pieces are moving on the chessboard last week when Vice President Leni Robredo called Du30’s gambit and accepted his challenge to co-chair the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (Icad). Her acceptance confounded her supporters and the public in general as well as stunned the minions of Du30. When Du30 offered her
November 16, 2019
By: Artchil B. Fernandez PIQUED by criticisms on his flagship program, the war against illegal drugs, Du30 unleashed again his infamous tantrum this week. This time his specific target is Vice President Leni Robredo. Earlier, Reuters interviewed Vice President Robredo and she gave some observations on the pet project of Du30, his war on drugs.
November 1, 2019
By: Artchil B. Fernandez Something fishy is going on in the highest court of the land. It seems the present Supreme Court is not yet done wrecking the rule of law in the country. Destroying the rule of law it appears has become an obsession of the High Court. This is what the Court’s dilly-dallying
October 26, 2019
By: Artchil B. Fernandez AT A GLANCE it was not a win, but considering the context of the result, it was definitely a victory. Even our Asean neighbors took notice of the result and congratulated the Philippines. It was a big night for Philippine football as the Azkals continue their campaign for a slot in
October 19, 2019