“We will work for the rights of workers and peasants, adequate government funding for health care and education, and greater participation of unions, NGOs, and POs in all levels of government.” Such are the brave words of former DPWH secretary now presidential candidate Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. that some people, particularly the gullible ones, are believing in [...]

As what I wrote a few entries ago, Quezon City Mayor and Lakas stalwart Sonny Belmonte will bolt his party and join Senator Noynoy Aquino and the Liberals. Belmonte is expected to do that out of deference to Noynoy’s mother, Cory, who was instrumental in reviving the public service career of Belmonte. Belmonte, if you [...]

This political prognostination game is exciting. With Edu Manzano throwing his hat unto the vice presidential derby (for how much?), expect things to really get messy and possibly, bloody. Manzano is being pitted against very tough political opponents, namely, Loren Legarda, the political courtesan of Nacionalista party presidential bet Manny Villar and of course, the billionaire’s [...]