In Tacloban City recently, Sen. Noynoy Aquino declared that the issue these days is not Ferdinand Marcos but President Arroyo. He added that his focus is not on Marcos, the Aquino family’s archenemy and which the Aquinos in the past have declared to be behind the assassination of Noynoy’s father, Ninoy Aquino, but on President [...]

Many opposition candidates and a number of biased media commentators keep talking about alleged irregularities in the 2004 elections, saying the administration will again resort to such alleged illegal means to win in the May elections.
Or worse, plan to let PGMA remain in office in a holdover capacity. Many political analysts of note, including this [...]

Despite questionable survey results bombarding readers every day, students of the Ateneo de Manila University gave substance to ominous signs of things to come. A major broadsheet reported yesterday that in a mock election conducted at the Ateneo, presidential contender Gibo Teodoro convincingly won “hands down” over his cousin, Noynoy Aquino—despite Noynoy and his father [...]

The recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey reflects the fast-narrowing gap between Noynoy Aquino and Manny Villar as, in fact, another survey conducted by the Manila Standard-Today newspaper has revealed an even much-closer result between the two presidential contenders.
In the Pulse Asia survey, however, it’s now practically even, after Villar has gone up in the [...]

THE government’s fiscal-deficit figures are worrying. It estimated that at the end of November, the budget gap was already P22.5 billion over the P250-billion ceiling for the year. But now it estimates the deficit at P293 billion or 3.7 percent of our gross domestic product (GDP) for the whole of 2009.
This was caused by weak [...]

In my previous column I commented on the arrest of fugitive Jason Aguilar Ivler, and made mention of the responsibility and culpability of his mother, Marlene Aguilar Pollard, who, to my mind, cannot escape responsibility for her actuations which make her definitely an accessory to the crime of her son.
This, as defined under Article 9, [...]

The Supreme Court upheld the formal merger of Lakas and Kampi over the objections of former Speaker Jose de Venecia.
This development should inject new muscle to Lakas and, hopefully, will invigorate the presidential bid of former defense secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro Jr.
In fact, it seems encouraging as it appears that in some surveys Gibo Teodoro [...]

I SPENT four days and three nights in Hong Kong for a much-needed vacation during the holidays with my family, including my four grandchildren.
Onboard the newest PAL plane en route to Hong Kong was former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada, who was just two seats away. Erap greeted me and my wife profusely and told me [...]

To everyone, a blessed New Year!
I have taken notice of the Philippine flag displayed and flown outside the building housing the main office of the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Sta. Mesa Boulevard.
I have passed this building not far from Malacañang several times and I have never failed to notice that the flag, similar to [...]

Where is the stepson of a diplomat whose name is Jason Ivler and who was clearly identified as the one who murdered the son of Undersecretary Renato Ebarle of the Office of the President?
Just a month or so ago, the media were filled with stories about the case and the frustration of the police and [...]