“Follow Gen. Lim’s example. Be real officers and gentlemen.” This was the challenge issued by Belle Enriquez, Official Spokesperson of detained Brigadier General to the Armed Forces of the Philippines concerning the detention of 43 health workers suspected by the military of being members of the New People’s Army (NPA). In a statement, Enriquez said the captors [...]

“PGMA (Mrs. Arroyo) will win as Speaker hands down. She continues to wield power and influence. So if her detractors think they’ve seen the last of her, they are mistaken. She’ll be around longer than they think,” Agusan del Norte Rep. Jose Aquino. Aquino, obviously and hopefully not related to Senator Noynoy Aquino made this prediction yesterday. [...]

If we expect things to normalize after the May 10, 2010 elections, let me give you a very straight forward answer–it will not. The next six years of the new administration will be about re-building our damaged democratic institutions. It will be about restoration and modernization of old institutions. If we expect to eradicate poverty, as [...]

Why is it very important for the Arroyo power bloc to give Lilia Pineda a win over Panlilio, when the very palace resident herself supported Panlilio’s run against the Pinedas? What does this mean anyway? Pineda’s win shows a strategic shift of policy by the Arroyos, from enacting a policy of political tolerance and encouraging new [...]

And so the ending turned out to be just a numbers game. And what was betted upon was no petty sum. They actually gambled the very essence of democracy and what it really means when we say “clean elections”. The Comelec second division yesterday declared Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pineda, winner by a breath against Priest-turned-politician Ed [...]

My video camera is still at the Canon repair shop. I got it repaired some two months ago. And since I still don’t have that 5,000 pesos, its still lying there. What is quite disturbing is the fact that I was not able to shoot Senatorial aspirant Bongbong Marcos playing the sax! Had I have that [...]

Did he steal public money? Check! Did he not diverted the C-5 road to benefit his properties and subdivisions? Check! Did he make a loan from government banks to finance his real estate projects when he was still a Congressman of Las Pinas? Check! Did he profitted from the sale of Capitol Bank? Check! Did he approved the [...]

Yesterday saw the formal start of the 2010 national elections. Everybody who wants a slice of political power went onstage yesterday, with most staging their rallies under fiesta atmosphere. The wealthiest candidate, Manny Villar and his Nacionalista party slate caused a massive traffic jam in Calamba Laguna where they staged their proclamation rally. While his erstwhile [...]

The latest Pulse survey shows that Liberal party bet Noynoy Aquino and Nacionalista bet Manny Villar are now statistically tied. Aquino got 37% of the vote while Villar got 35% or about 2 percentage points difference. For Noynoy supporters, this is disconcerting to say the least. It seems that there is something terribly wrong happening [...]

Who is really being censured in this C-5 road insertion controvery, please tell me? Is it the one named in the committee report of the Senate Committee of the Whole? Or those Senators who defended the accused and tried to hide the truth from us, the tax-paying public? Who is really being censored in this C-5 [...]