AMONG the candidates running for president, administration candidate Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro is in the most interesting predicament. He has behind him the formidable backing of the current administration, giving him tremendous advantage over his opponents. According to Lakas-CMD-Kampi, 60 percent of local officials – representatives, governors, mayors, vice-mayors are with them and solidly behind Teodoro.
Given [...]

THE C-5 teleserye with Senator Manny Villar as the lead actor remains a spectacular top rated show featuring the Philippine Senate at its worst performance. Despite its tragic outcome for the Senate, the C-5 scam brought something good for the country – it exposed the dark side of ‘sipag at tiyaga.’
For the first time, the [...]

THE tragedy of the Philippines at present is this: in this country, public service is self service for the vast majority of leaders. Politicians usually run for public office to enrich themselves or for personal gain. The interest of the people is hardly the concern of those in power.
Nothing clearly illustrates this sad reality than [...]

IT’S 2010, the year of the tiger in the Chinese calendar. Filipinos had been looking forward to this year with greater anticipation and sense of excitement compared to previous years. The reason for it is obvious – 2010 is the year that will give the Filipino people a chance to effect change in the country.
For [...]

THE twilight of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s (PGMA) inglorious rule will forever be remembered and recorded in history books as shocking. For weeks, the Arroyo regime never failed to give the nation a dose of shock, one after the other.
Fifty-seven people, mostly women were mercilessly slaughtered and raped, and organ mutilations for the women was the [...]

THE period for the filing of certificate of candidacy for the 2010 local and national election has opened and candidates are given until December 1 to do it. Political parties are in a mad scramble to complete their line up, make alliances and arrangements with other groups and individuals. Those planning to run are now [...]

THIS week, the nation was taken aback and stunned when the almost forgotten Senate investigation on the ZTE-NBN scandal made a sudden national appearance. “Senate says GMA must be impeached” screamed national headlines and caught everyone off guard.
Surreal accurately describes the recent move of the Senate. It was fantastic and unbelievable for the Senate to [...]

THE political landscape in the country continues to be drastically altered as the preparations for the 2010 election is about to reach a climax with the deadline for the filing of the certificate of candidacy exerting powerful pressure on groups and the candidates. Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero sent a powerful shockwave to the political arena [...]

THE inversely reciprocal relationship between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PGMA) and Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has been confirmed by the results of the nationwide Third Quarter Survey of the Social Weather Station (SWS). Inversely proportional relationship shows opposite direction – as one increase the other decreases or as one goes up, the other goes down.
One [...]

LAST year, typhoon Frank hit Western Visayas devastating Panay and Negros islands. Almost three hundred people lost their lives, billions of properties destroyed. Floods brought by Frank were the worst ever to hit Panay, particularly in the province and city of Iloilo. Even today Ilonggos are still struggling to rebuild their lives and the trauma [...]