Duterte comes out as No. 1 Marcos loyalist, triggers people’s outrage
tonyo A day after the Luneta rally, it came to me, like an epiphany. We exploded in anger not because we hated President Duterte himself, although some actually do. Regardless of…
2016
#MarcosNoHero Reader
The hero’s burial for the remains of the ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos — a project of President Duterte, with the blessing of nine Supreme Court justices — has aroused national…
Enabling the trolls
Much is always said about politics being a total turn-off in this country, with politicians and their supporters acting like trolls or being trolls 24/7. Who wouldn’t be turned off…
Duterte’s choice: His mother or the motherf*cker diktador she bravely fought
Meet Soledad Duterte and her son Rodrigo. Davaoeños knew her as Nanay Soling. She was one of the most outspoken, most respected and fearless critics of the Marcos dictatorship in…
Loose change: Duterte’s not-so-new economic plan
Have you seen the eight-point economic plan of new President Rodrigo Duterte? If you haven’t seen it, here it is, as announced by Duterte’s economic manager Carlos Dominguez: Continue and…
The long story: My choices for 2016
FYI: The title is seriously true. Like 2,400 words. It tells you the story of how I arrived at my choices for 2016. I have written frequently about the elections…
4 ways ‘traditional politics’ corrupted and squandered social media in 2016
As the 2016 campaign enters the homestretch, let there be no doubt that social media, digital and technology didn’t change the system of “trapos” or traditional politics as the Philippines…
FYI: Identity thief/poser is misrepresenting me on Reddit
On Monday night, I discovered through a friend and a Twitter follower that I have been the victim of what seems to be politically-motivated identity theft over at Reddit for…
No to posers this 2016
For a people who have been brought untold shame, disappointments and hardships by a self-styled superhero and saint for the past six years, the search for the next president and…
Secret Palace memo: How to handle Kidapawan farmers online
We just obtained a copy of a secret Palace memo immediately given to the Yellow Army’s bloggers, trolls deodorants, and apologists after the Kidapawan incident. This memo explains the Signal…
Internet, social media, and PH elections
Social media is full of interesting and fantastic stuff, especially amid the 2016 election campaign. And we expect no let-up in efforts of campaigners and supporters to make full use…
Dear EDSA veterans: 10 tough questions
30 years have passed since the people’s uprising that surprised and inspired the world. But look at you now: Begging for attention and blaming everyone else for the flagging EDSA…
The circus comes to town
After more than hundreds of millions of pesos worth of total ad spending that swamped us with countless hours of perfectly-legal political advertising and months of horse-trading and backroom deals…
Vote on veto override: Too much to ask?
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte did not vote against the SSS pension increase bill. Actually, not a single congressman voted against it. It was approved unanimously without objections last year. And so…
EDSA Dos: 15 years later
This week, the state and our “national leaders” conveniently and cynically forgot. And so let’s remember and never forget EDSA Dos (Jan. 16-20, 2001). My elder sister and younger brother…
2016 elections: Searching for stars, saints and superheroes
Many people’s hearts are heavy as we approach the elections, and for good reasons. The choices are not at all good, and there are lots of misinformation, hate, and fear…