Archive - Commentary Year 2022 all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Items per page 30 12 18 24 30 Commentary Who won the elections? One of the most incredible lies that went the rounds this election, shared in a thousand or more algorithms on social media, was that Leni Robredo cheated Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the 2016 vice presidential race. By Antonio J. Montalvan II | May 13, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Commentary Legacy as motivation For the first time I am voting in my father’s hometown. And as I write this I am inside the Alaminos Central Elementary School, one in over a few hundreds of registered residents who have come out to exercise our most sacred right to vote. By Jose Bayani Baylon | May 9, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Commentary Moving forward after a divisive election campaign Political wounds may take time to heal completely, but the process should begin slowly soon after the votes are counted. By Tita C. Valderama | May 9, 2022 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Commentary History is made The 1986 political campaign of Cory Aquino was propelled by widespread indignation at the assassination of her husband, Ninoy, and the belief that a clique within the Marcos government had planned it. By Antonio Montalvan II | May 8, 2022 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Commentary The Bongbong and Imelda Marcos deuterium dud Peddling the lies about deuterium have served the purpose of the Marcos family which has been clawing their way back into power over the last three decades. By Miguel Paolo P. Reyes and Joel F. Ariate Jr. | May 7, 2022 | 18-minute read KEEP READING Commentary Why are Indigenous Women taking a stand for Leni-Kiko? For the indigenous women, this election is a battle for life, dignity, and the defense of the land. By Judy Pasimio and Jayneca Reyes* | May 5, 2022 | 8-minute read KEEP READING Commentary A telltale phone call from Bongbong Marcos It could have been the first ever public documentary of the Marcos family plunder and it was aired on American television. By Antonio J. Montalvan II | May 2, 2022 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Commentary Surveys and rallies are not what makes candidates win The future is in our hands; let's not waste the constitutionally guaranteed power by voting for the wrong people. By Tita C. Valderama | May 2, 2022 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Commentary Yes, Yorme, it’s about character He probably thought he was already close to the presidency if he got the endorsement of 1Sambayan, until Robredo gave in to calls for her to run for higher office. By Tita C. Valderama | Apr 25, 2022 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Commentary Nothing less than a people’s campaign The show of force for Vice President Leni Robredo on Macapagal Avenue in Pasay City on April 23 amply demonstrated her camp’s strength of purpose, and the burgeoning numbers — per estimates, 412,000 at the site and 171,000 on livestream (although often faltering by dint of a dropping internet signal) — foreshadowed a pitched battle with the survey front-runner Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the polls. By Rosario A. Garcellano | Apr 25, 2022 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Commentary In defeat, defiance? Whoever loses in the May 9 elections for President will have a hard time accepting defeat, but for very different reasons. By Jose Bayani Baylon | Apr 21, 2022 | 0-minute read KEEP READING Commentary A presscon of reductio ad absurdum Three candidates – Lacson, Moreno and Gonzales – tried to dictate their will in the upcoming presidential race from the opulent perch of their press conference at the plush Manila Peninsula Hotel over the weekend. How can these three candidates, haunted by shady and fraudulent credentials, have the moral ascendancy to prescribe which candidate should run and who should withdraw? By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Apr 19, 2022 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Commentary Duterte’s SIM card bill veto checks bicam practice of ‘insertions’ Drilon's intent may have been good, for the purpose of eliminating fake accounts and trolls on the internet. However, it needs to be fleshed out thoroughly. By Tita C. Valderama | Apr 18, 2022 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Commentary Easter Sunday spectacle at the Pen Vice President Leni Robredo was the elephant in Manila Peninsula’s Rigodon Ballroom in the early part of three other presidential candidates’ Easter Sunday press conference, and it seemed that they could not quite bring themselves to identify her. By Rosario A. Garcellano | Apr 17, 2022 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Commentary Should the church endorse a political candidate? I speak as a layperson who has studied Catholic theology and catechism. By Antonio J. Montalván II | Apr 17, 2022 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Commentary Duterte’s useless quacks against party list system From the time he assumed the presidency in 2016 until now that he is about to finish his six-year term, President Rodrigo Duterte has consistently criticized the party-list system, saying it has been abused, particularly by rich politicians, who have managed to stay in power through this mechanism. By Tita C. Valderama | Apr 11, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary They should have also been declared nuisance candidates There are ten candidates for president of the Philippines, including one who refuses to attend debates as a matter of calibrated packaging and four who should have been declared as nuisance candidates. By Antonio J. Montalván II | Apr 9, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary The omnipresent lies of Rigoberto Tiglao Rigoberto Tiglao strikes again. By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Mar 30, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Pacquiao’s money politics At the proclamation rally last month of boxing champ-turned-presidential aspirant Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao, his mother, Dionisia, said in jest that she was worried her son would run out of money after the campaign because he has been giving it away. By Tita C. Valderama | Mar 28, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary A historic election The May 9 election for President of the Philippines is going to be a historic one, one way or the other. By Jose Bayani Baylon | Mar 24, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary China-based troll farms? What vested interest does China have in the forthcoming presidential elections? By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Mar 17, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Another Davao Comelec commissioner She and her husband call President Duterte “ninong” (godfather). By Antonio Montalvan II | Mar 16, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Duterte longs for attention President Rodrigo Duterte seems to be longing for attention. He will be giving up the presidency in three and a half months and the awesome powers that go with it. He is quacking like a lame duck even before his successor is elected. By Tita C. Valderama | Mar 14, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Robin’s majority It’s been years since I’ve attended a political rally, and more than a decade since I attended one for a presidential candidate. But I found myself with a ringside seat at the UniTeam’s Barotac Nuevo (Iloilo) rally thanks to Dr Ferjenel Biron, an ex- and returning congressman and the political leader and kingpin of the 4th District of Iloilo. By Jose Bayani Baylon | Mar 10, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary The Filipino Marian Eastern Catholic Church of Masbate The sect also goes by another name, Ina Poon Bato Simbahang Naglalakbay. By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Mar 9, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary A sustainable feminist recovery As the world moves ahead to mark International Women’s Day, the clock on women’s rights is moving backwards. All of us are paying the price. By António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations | Mar 8, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Learning from Ali Muhammad Ali, arguably, was the best boxer of all time. For my generation at least. Not only could he “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee”, he was, as he was always boasting, “pretty” - while opponents like Joe Frazier were “ugly”. By Jose Bayani Baylon | Mar 2, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary It’s time to set aside federalism Candidates in the May 9 national and local elections should take a cue from President Rodrigo Duterte and forget about federalism. Duterte said Filipinos are "not enamored" with the idea of changing the current presidential form of government. By Tita C. Valderama | Feb 28, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary What crime did Leila de Lima commit? We continually ask that question in earnest, because even her detractors cannot answer it objectively. By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Feb 26, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Magnanakaw One of the most pointed attacks being levied against the leading candidate for president is one word: Magnanakaw (Thief). By Jose Bayani Baylon | Feb 26, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 Older posts