October 12, 2020

Pres. Duterte to trap Cayetano today? Alan Peter still has way out

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Evidence suggests that President Rodrigo Duterte may have put Speaker Cayetano on the horns of a dilemma, between Scylla and Charybdis, betw...
October 6, 2020

Duterte's precarious hold on power and the future of the Liberal Party

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Being a Philippine President is like being the driver of the car called "the Philippine Government." Winning in 2016 is Duterte dr...
June 24, 2020

Cebu City's #COVID19 Crisis: A throbbing migraine for General Cimatu

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Latest data shows Cebu City has 3,987 cases [1] against a total population of 922,961 [2], translating to 4,320 cases per million residents...
June 16, 2020

A short summary of the RTC decision on Maria Ressa's online libel case

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Here is a concise summary of Manila RTC Branch 46 presiding judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa’s 37-page decision on People v. Maria Ressa ...
June 9, 2020

#JunkTerrorBill: Fake Facebook Accounts linked to Fake Death Threat?

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University of the Philippines Los Banos student organization Defend UPLB announced on 07 June 2020 [1] that it took down one of its posts...
June 2, 2020

NCR to GCQ with Duque: Data shows Duterte between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

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Did the Philippines make the right decision when it eased the lockdown on NCR, the country's coronavirus epicenter?
March 9, 2020

#DrilonOnCNN: A case for firing “fact-checker” Vera Files

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Vera Files' latest fact-checking stunt on the issue of Senator Franklin Drilon's CNN interview should be a ground for its expulsio...
February 19, 2020

In the service of the Filipino? How ABS-CBN's Lopezes used mass media since World War II

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Davao businessman Dennis Uy recently asked President Rodrigo Duterte for a sovereign guarantee[1] to cover a Php 700 million loan for Uy’...
January 26, 2020

Rufino-Prieto firms cannibalizing the financially ailing Philippine Daily Inquirer?

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Documents show Philippine Daily Inquirer’s majority owners, the Rufino-Prieto Clan, are using their other family-owned companies to canni...
January 18, 2020

UP Naming Binarat? UP gets only ₱22/sqm monthly from UP-Ayala Technohub

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The University of the Philippines System’s 2018 Commission on Audit Report [1] states that UP has two Public-Private Partnership (PPP) p...
January 4, 2020

ABS-CBN’s Franchise Renewal: Will Lopezes make ultimate sacrifice to save thousands of jobs?

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Most of us are already familiar and have a working understanding of the ABS-CBN franchise renewal issue, but to give you a refresher, her...
December 3, 2019

#2019SEAGames: Fact-checking Marlon Ramos' Inquirer exposé vs BCDA

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Inquirer reporter Marlon Ramos, on the 02 December 2019 article “ Deal to construct P13-B gov’t complex, sports hub at New Clark City que...
October 2, 2019

I SAW "SPEAKER NA TAPAT" CAYETANO'S 2020 HOUSE BUDGET. HMM, MAY TERM SHARING PA BA?

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Sabi ni Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano sa profile pic niya noong Marso,  siya ay magiging isang "Speaker na Tapat" . Well, tingnan ...
September 24, 2019

EXTRA P1.6-B HOUSE BUDGET: CAYETANO’S NEGATIVE PREGNANT DEFENSE VS "FAKE NEWS"

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Let's thoroughly dissect the House budget issue and Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano's excruciatingly problematic defense.  Nililihi...
September 14, 2019

#TPonMB: Perception in politics is as important as Reality

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Politics is a game of Perception where what’s really taking place may be different from what the public thinks is happening, and anyone w...
September 7, 2019

#TPonMB: Personal advocacies and the ABCD of politics

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The relative political calm in the months after the May, 2019, elections has come to an end: sentence reductions for convicted felons, th...

#TPonMB: Duterte Youth’s Cardema vs Comelec’s Guanzon

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Over the past several weeks, we’ve been witness to the word war between former National Youth Commission and Duterte Youth party-list nomi...

#TPonMB: Policy suggestions to prevent the recruitment of Filipino youth into rebel groups

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Several parents of senior high school students testified in a series of Senate hearings that leftist groups believed to fronts for the c...

#TPonMB: Health Sec. Duque, let’s respect FDA’s independence

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Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque recently announced that he’ll consult with the UP-PGH Dengvaxia Task Force regarding...

#TPonMB: What, exactly, is a ‘legitimate journalist’?

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As I write my first column piece, I think it’s best to introduce myself first. [NOTE: This piece was first published in the Manila Bul...