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Category: Commentary

  • PNA photo: Iloilo Cha-cha consultation
    Categories Commentary

    Business groups’ turnabout should stop the Cha-cha flutter

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Mar 27, 2023 11:30 AM

    The legislators need to convince the public that their intention to amend the Constitution is truly for the country, not for their selfish motive to remove term limits and perpetuate their hold on power.

    business sector, cha-cha

  • Categories Commentary

    The crime (and punishment) of Imelda Marcos

    By Antonio J. Montalvan II  |  Mar 26, 2023 7:54 PM

    Maler, Trinidad, Rayby, Palmy, Vibur, Aguamina, Avertina, Azio, Verzo, Wintrop-Charis, Scolari – the Swiss bank accounts holder Jane Ryan had a knack for inventing swanky names to hide her identity.

    Imelda Marcos

  • Sen. Robinhood Padilla
    Categories Commentary

    Padilla insults politicians in push for Cha-cha

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Mar 20, 2023 11:30 AM

    Even if he doesn’t want to be classified as a politician, Padilla should stop wasting precious money and time to push for Cha-cha… The Constitution is not the problem.

    1987 constitution, cha-cha, Robin Padilla

  • Marcos Lies book cover
    Categories Commentary

    Marcos Lies

    By Antonio J. Montalvan II  |  Mar 17, 2023 11:34 PM

    “Marcos Lies” is the most sprawling volume to ever come out that sets the facts straight under an era of severe disinformation the Marcoses have willfully curated to embellish their return to power.


  • Categories Commentary

    Marcos government unwittingly prosecutes Duterte

    By Antonio J. Montalvan II  |  Mar 14, 2023 1:20 PM

    More than four years after it has been uttered, the statement from the ever-fluctuating Harry Roque only confirms the frail government position on the ICC case of Rodrigo Duterte. Shooting from the hips as always, Roque said then that the Duterte complaint before the ICC has been disproven by the Caloocan city regional trial court’s verdict convicting three police killers for the murder of 17-year old Kian delos Santos.

    drug war PH, Rodrigo Duterte

  • CE Podcast: Paglaban ng Palasyo sa disinformation
    Categories Commentary Editor's Pick Podcast

    Paglaban ng Palasyo sa disinformation

    By Christian Esguerra  |  Mar 13, 2023 10:09 PM

    Step 1: Simulan sa sariling bakuran. Pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.

    disinformation response, fight misinformation, Marcos Jr. administration, media information literacy

  • Categories Commentary

    Bad memories of the 1971 ConCon

    By Antonio Montalvan II  |  Mar 10, 2023 9:11 PM

    It was the period that anteceded martial law. At that time, the Marcos lust for eternal power was beginning to unravel. And it unraveled even if the dictator had to pull the puppet strings of the 1971 Constitutional Convention for all to see, without shame or remorse.


  • Categories Commentary

    Edsa beyond Edsa

    By Antonio J. Montalvan II  |  Mar 06, 2023 7:53 PM

    It is time to expand the Manila-centric narrative of the People Power Revolution beyond the confines of Metro Manila. The narrative we most often hear – that it took place only at the stretch of Edsa – is clearly deficient. It is time to vet that if we are to have a narrative that has the scope of national history.


  • PNA photo: Bacolod Dec 1 drug bust
    Categories Commentary

    Unable or unwilling?

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Mar 06, 2023 12:36 PM

    While they were quick to defend Duterte et al. from being prosecuted, they were too slow in taking up the cudgels for the victims who are mostly from poor families. That does not give a picture of a well-functioning and independent judicial system.

    Duterte drug war, ICC investigation

  • Rodrigo Duterte
    Categories Commentary

    Are allies incriminating Duterte in ICC probe?

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Feb 27, 2023 11:30 AM

    By blocking the ICC probe through their legislative influence, aren’t they putting the judicial system and Duterte’s innocence in serious doubt? Therefore, the ICC probe becomes necessary.

    drug war, ICC, Rodrigo Duterte

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