Archive - Commentary Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Commentary Ferdinand Marcos: Master in revising history The execution was macabre and bloody. The man had readily confessed he was a Japanese collaborator. By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Sep 28, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary #NeverForget #NeverAgain Filipinos have been using the phrases "never forget" and "never again" more frequently nowadays, not only to express disapproval of martial law-like proposals and the attempts of the Marcoses to reclaim Malacañang. By Tita C. Valderama | Sep 27, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Pandemic or not, 2022 polls should push through The still rising number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections may be a perfect excuse to call for resetting the date of the May 9, 2022 elections but the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has consistently warned against it. By Tita C. Valderama | Sep 20, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary The playacting Dutertes and their script It was the screaming headline of September 8, 2015: Duterte drops out of presidential race. By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Sep 14, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Duterte’s folly? The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee appears to have struck the big issue to prove that the Duterte administration's fight against corruption is a farce. And President Rodrigo Duterte's efforts to discredit the Senate probers indicate that the Palace is in panic mode, attempting to abort a deeper investigation into the P8.7-billion procurement contract with a company with "questionable" qualifications. By Tita C. Valderama | Sep 13, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary The many times Duterte inflicted violence on COA On September 16, 2018, Rodrigo Duterte and his cabinet paid a visit to Laoag city, supposedly to check on the devastation wreaked by Typhoon Ompong. Ilocos Norte was one of the provinces in the north under a state of calamity. By Antonio Montalvan II | Sep 7, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Corruption is like ‘snatching food from the mouths of babes’ In the early months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte likened corruption and ineptitude to "snatching food from the mouths of babes." By Tita C. Valderama | Sep 6, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Whose face mask is being unmasked? The problem with sourcing information from Davao city is that it always leads to a request for anonymity. By Antonio Montalvan II | Aug 31, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Pandemic heroes deserve better treatment Paying the benefits on time is the least the government can do to show its appreciation and recognition of their being "pandemic heroes." By Tita C. Valderama | Aug 30, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Gauging public love for Bong Go We go by the norms of the Duterte playbook before each election that repeats two contrasting refrains: “I will run” and “I will not run.” By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Aug 24, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Panelo’s penchant for profligacy If the five-minute music video that Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo uploaded on his YouTube channel on Aug. 13 was meant to launch his campaign for a seat in the Senate in the May 2022 elections, then he should just forget about it if he is to cut his losses. By Tita C. Valderama | Aug 23, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Why is it named the Ninoy Aquino International Airport? Fact-checkers this year have had to repeatedly debunk claims that President Rodrigo Duterte had approved proposals to rename the Ninoy Aquino International Airport back to Manila International Airport. By Miguel Paolo P. Reyes | Aug 20, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 42 43 44 45 46 … 84 Older posts