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Tag: Ernesto Hilario

While fuel prices go north, incomes go south

"The government should move to allow Filipinos to cope with hard times." With the Russian invasion of Ukraine pushing up the prices of fuel and...

Will we have a Marcos regime, Part 2?

"We are being offered a nebulous concept of unity." If we are to believe the latest survey results, with two months to go before the...

Stand with Ukraine

Moscow cannot ignore the rules-based international order and get away with murder and mayhem. Russian President Vladimir Putin described it as a "special military operation,"...

ASEAN leaves Myanmar at junta’s mercy

"There’s little chance of a return to normalcy soon." More than two years after the military in Myanmar launched a coup d’etat that seized power...

Too much ‘democracy’?

"Have these politicians really improved the quality of legislation and the practice of representative democracy in our country?" The 1987 Constitution envisioned the party-list system...

Family business

"Has the Philippines run out of qualified and competent public officials?" The 1987 Constitution is very clear: “The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities...

Monitoring the May polls

"We need to keep our elections free and fair." Why do we need to closely watch how the May 2022 elections will unfold? That’s because, as...

The senatorial race

"Few can pass the tests of unsullied integrity, proven competence and sterling track record." With the start of the official campaign period for national positions...

Does the end justify the means?

"The war on drugs should be conducted within the limits imposed by law." Do you still remember what President Duterte said about the drug problem...

An idea whose time has come

"We need the Department of Migrant Workers to be up and running as soon as possible." Early this month, we drew attention to a significant...

Deviant democracy

"Duterte has no moral authority to lecture world leaders on the Philippines being a bastion of democracy."   Early this month, US President Joe Biden convened...

Why can’t ‘only a boxer’ become president?

"This man knows right from wrong."   Even before Sen. Manny Pacquiao filed his certificate of candidacy for the presidency in the May 2022 general elections,...

The next president must still deal with armed rebellion

"It's an unwinnable war for either side at this point."   How should the next administration handle the 53-year-old communist rebellion? It's a question that has perplexed...

Going so far on so little

"The 16 million Filipinos who voted for Duterte as president in 2016 made a colossal blunder as he has led this country to the...
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