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Tag: Ernesto Hilario

Will he make it to the Senate?

"The President enters the senatorial fray with a decidedly unfair advantage."   You certainly can’t blame Rodrigo Duterte for wanting to remain in power beyond his...

Is Congress foot-dragging on rural power woes?

"Reliable and affordable electricity is key to the socio-economic progress of every local community."   There appears to be a not-so-silent “revolt” in the regions against...

When in doubt, shoot the messenger

"This has become a pattern in this administration."   Nobody, it seems, is heaping praises on the Duterte administration for its performance in dealing with the...

20 questions

"If I had my way, I would ask each of the presidential bets for their answers to each."   So we’ve reached a point where we...

Foreign investors going everywhere but here

"Constitutional amendments alone will not address this problem."   If what foreign businessmen read about in the media is Rodrigo Duterte constantly repeating his “kill, kill,...

Tragedy and farce

"What is lawful may not necessarily be moral."   Are we going to see a repeat of the 2016 election scenario where the PDP-Laban initially fielded...

Criteria for presidential/VP bets

"Here’s a yardstick we can all use."   Anyone, even certified or card-carrying crackpots, can run for the two highest elective positions in this country, provided...

Not just a whiff of corruption

"What’s being done about this case?"   What did President Rodrigo Duterte say about corruption in  his last State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) in July? He pointed out that...

Who earned billions from useless face shields?

"Somebody pushed it for purely pecuniary benefit."   By now, we're all aware that the Philippines is the only country on planet Earth that made it...

All you need to know about the 2019 SEAG cauldron

"The private sector paid for it, said Cayetano."   It is better late than never, it seems, for former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano to clear the...

Criminal negligence

"This is the latest in the continuing corruption scandal."   First, there was alleged overpricing in the procurement by government of P8.7 billion worth of COVID-19...

How much should we pay for ‘convenience’?

"All we want now is to be able to go where we want to go without having to cough up extra cash from our...

The cat’s out of the bag

"Duterte’s remarks betray an appalling misunderstanding of checks and balances in a  democratic system of government."   By his own admission, it was President Rodrigo Duterte...

Pharmallygate

"The list of officials linked to corrupt deals has only grown longer."   Rodrigo Duterte has time and again pledged that he would not tolerate even...
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