TRT* 07-01-10 : Speaking of the devil
Posted on July 1, 2010 - Filed Under TRT - Today's Random Thoughts, Politics, Headliners | Leave a Comment
‘Belmonte has majority of Lakas-Kampi votes for Speaker’. So why the devil does Gloria still believe that she can ram a cha-cha or con-con bill through the new Congress? . . . . . . . . P-Noy: ‘Walang wangwang, walang tong’. Hey, did he consult Kris on the wang-wang part? . . . . […]
Read More..>>The next president: “First Sister Kris”
Posted on June 29, 2010 - Filed Under Politics, Headliners | Leave a Comment
On the eve of Noynoy Aquino’s inauguration . . . while it may be way too early to talk about his successor . . . I cannot help but think that the likes of Mar, Chiz, Jojo and other presidential wannabes would have to wait at least 12 years for a crack at being Malacañang’s […]
Read More..>>TRT* 06-26-10 P-Noy, back off from singing.
Posted on June 26, 2010 - Filed Under TRT - Today's Random Thoughts, Politics | Leave a Comment
Transparency International wants Aquino to jail corrupt officials. I myself want P-Noy not to “Back off!” form jailing a corrupt official’s spouse. . . . . . . . . Binay’s refusal to take Cabinet post not yet final. What appears to be final is his ending up outside the loop for 6 years. . […]
Read More..>>TRT* 06-25-10 Bangit of the USA
Posted on June 25, 2010 - Filed Under TRT - Today's Random Thoughts, Politics | Leave a Comment
A lawyer of the powerful Ampatuan clan insists that his clients were not in any way involved in the killing last week of a key witness in the Maguindanao massacre. Is the attorney trying to make everyone believe that the hapless fellow might have committed hara-kiri? . . . . . . . . The […]
Read More..>>TRT 06-23-10 Today’s Random Thoughts starts today.
Posted on June 23, 2010 - Filed Under TRT - Today's Random Thoughts, Politics | Leave a Comment
Binay says he won’t accept any Cabinet post. Excuse me, but was V-Nay ever considered by Prez-to-be Noynoy for any cabinet position? . . . . . . . . Millions were reportedly contributed to Erap’s campaign by tycoons including Manny Pangilinan of PLDT and Meralco (P15 million), “plastics king” William Gatchalian (P10 million), Ricky […]
Read More..>>Hold that thought
Posted on June 4, 2010 - Filed Under Politics, Governance | Leave a Comment
It’s good to know that presumptive Philippine president NoyNoy Aquino is thinking of forming a special commission that will look into possible charges that outgoing president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo would have to face once she loses immunity from lawsuits when her term of office ends at the end of June. At least two major charges […]
Read More..>>Korina’s upset
Posted on May 18, 2010 - Filed Under Politics, Headliners | Leave a Comment
матрациWho would have thought that Mar Roxas, the perceived “sure winner” for vice president a couple of months prior to the May 10th Philippines elections would be overtaken by Jojo Binay and now hoping desperately to reverse Binay’s 800,000-vote advantage? But with over 90% of the votes tallied as of this date . . . […]
Read More..>>Will Binay mar Roxas winning track record?
Posted on May 8, 2010 - Filed Under Politics, Religion | Leave a Comment
It’s probably a cultural thing in the Philippines simply because, instead of dropping a few points in survey standings after publicly admitting marital infidelity, it appears Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino vice presidential candidate Jojo Binay’s recent surge has continued . . . which has enabled him to catch up with erstwhile race leader Mar Roxas […]
Read More..>>It’s all over but the shootings
Posted on May 8, 2010 - Filed Under Politics | Leave a Comment
The May 10th elections in the Philippines is looking like it will be a cakewalk for Liberal party presidential bet NoyNoy Aquino who has pulled away with a 42% rating in the May 2 - 3 Social Weather Stations (SWS)-BusinessWorld survey, leaving behind former president Joseph Estrada of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino who has surprisingly […]
Read More..>>Say “Chiz!” . . . not!
Posted on May 5, 2010 - Filed Under Politics | Leave a Comment
Francis Joseph Guevara “Chiz” Escudero is one of the brightest lights on the Philippine political landscape and as such, the neophyte senator is seen as a future president.
But the young man from the Bicol region appears to be in too much of a hurry to occupy Malacañang Palace and in his ill-concealed haste, he may […]
Vote Erap, Gibo, Dick . . . and get Villar elected
Posted on April 19, 2010 - Filed Under Politics | Leave a Comment
The campaign period for the May 10th elections in the Philippines is on its homestretch and the latest surveys show Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino leading the pack of presidential candidates with a margin of between 10% to 12% over 2nd placer Manuel “Manny” Villar.
But given a history of widespread cheating in the counting of votes especially […]
Imperfecto and other lesser mortals
Posted on March 21, 2010 - Filed Under Politics, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Edu Manzano is one smart fellow. He must have considered the reality that showing up at tonight’s Harapan debate sponsored by ABS-CBN among vice presidential candidates would have been an utter waste of time. After all, the TV celebrity has not come up with any platform of governance or even one good reason for voters […]
Read More..>>Waters under the bridge
Posted on June 30, 2008 - Filed Under Politics, Governance, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
As early as June 26th, helicopters from the USS Ronald Reagan began delivering relief supplies to Iloilo and other areas hardest hit by Typhoon Frank . . . even before the aircraft carrier reached Philippine waters.
erbium doped fiberBad idea, according to Sen. Pong Biazon who pointed out that a U.S. warship was not the proper […]
The road from Unity
Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Politics, Headliners | Leave a Comment
By most accounts, the first public appearance of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton together on the same stage after the bruising Democratic primaries was a day of unity, albeit heavily scripted, including the choice of the venue . . . a small town in New Hampshire called Unity. And everything unfolded in a way that […]
Read More..>>Barack makes history but Hillary resists being one
Posted on June 4, 2008 - Filed Under Politics | Leave a Comment
Barack Obama has effectively become the first-ever African-American to be his party’s presidential standard bearer but what’s Hillary Rodham Clinton now up to?
Her odd metric . . . pointing out that she has garnered more popular votes than Obama . . . can’t possibly set aside the reality that Barack has gone over the […]
Great Scott! McClellan is no longer Pinocchio
Posted on May 30, 2008 - Filed Under Politics, Governance | Leave a Comment
White House press secretaries can only be as candid as their prime sources of information that go into their regular press briefings. Unfortunately for Scott McClellan, George W. Bush and the US president’s senior advisers expected him take on the added burden of being the chief propagandist of a sub-surface agenda pertaining to the Middle […]
Read More..>>Jail time for Nani? Perez the thought.
Posted on May 24, 2008 - Filed Under Politics, Governance | Leave a Comment
The alleged crime was committed just two days after Gloria M. Arroyo became president in the wake of Joseph Estrada’s ouster. However, for a special reason that has become an open secret, it has taken the Ombudsman all these years to charge Hernando ‘Nani’ Perez . . . Pres. Arroyos’s very first Justice secretary . […]
Read More..>>Watch this guy Rolex
Posted on May 18, 2008 - Filed Under Politics, Governance | Leave a Comment
In the ZTE-NBN telenovela that’s poised to be launched its third season pretty soon, not too many may recall that it was Rolex Suplico . . . a former three-term congressman and currently the vice-gov of Iloilo . . . who went a step further than either Joey de Venecia or Jun Lozada: He took […]
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