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Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon retired February 2, 2022 after reaching the retirement age of 65, leaving a firestorm of controversy on the disqualification case of presidential candidate Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. Fellow Comelec Commissioner Aimee Ferolino was tasked to write the decision on the disqualification case but got delayed because of COVID infections in her office. Ferolino said Guanzon was …
Points of View & Perspectives
February, 2022
January, 2022
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6 January
Busted moral compass
More than 72 hours since Vice President Leni Robredo started distributing relief goods to victims of typhoon Odette in various affected cities in the Visayas and Mindanao, President Rodrigo Duterte was pictured with Senator Bong Go inside a helicopter supposedly inspecting the damaged areas.
October, 2021
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11 October
Episode 4
‘New Hope’ – that’s the title of Episode 4 of the Star Wars saga, the first of nine films. It also serves to describes the surge of optimism felt by Filipinos when Vice President Leni Robredo declared she is running for president in next year’s polls.
July, 2021
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27 July
Duterte’s last SONA (hopefully)
As President Duterte boasts of his administration’s spectacular achievements over the last five years at his last State of the Nation Address (SONA), his avid drumbeaters offer only lame excuses for the failure to act on –
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6 July
Duterte-Pacquiao bout highly lopsided
President Duterte challenged former Supreme Court Senior Associate Justic Antonio Carpio to a debate on the West Philippine Sea. Carpio accepts challenge. Duterte backs out.
June, 2021
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22 June
Why Philippines is slowest to recover in Asia
UP professor Solita Monsod presented empirical arguments in her recent Inquirer column why the Philippines is again the “sick man of Asia”.
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14 June
1Sambayan list target for attacks
The 1Sambayan coalition, which presents itself as a united opposition to the incumbent administration, seems to have prematurely released a list of five names for possible President and Vice President.
April, 2021
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28 April
Sustaining the community pantries
Promises that will never, ever be fulfilled – like the jet-ski promise to the Spratly islands:
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26 April
Community pantry – spark of hope
The surprising emergence of Community Pantries – Give what you can, Take what you need – truly restores faith in humanity.
March, 2021
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2 March
Are health protocols ineffective?
Malacanang and the IATF are feeling the pressure whether to ease quarantine restrictions in order to restart the economy or wait until the curve of COVID cases eases down.