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Category: Commentary

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    The power of conscience

    By ELLEN TORDESILLAS  |  Feb 22, 2017 7:09 PM

    The turnaround of SP03 Arthur Lascañas on the murders he committed as a member of the Davao Death Squad must have stunned Malacanang, all that it can come up with was Press Secretary Martin Andanar’s preposterous allegation that Senate reporters were given $1,000 each to attend the press conference morning of Wednesday at the Senate.

    Arthur Lascanas, Davao death squad

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    Trillanes to Duterte: sign waiver of bank secrecy law addressed to BPI

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Feb 20, 2017 7:46 PM

    The public should be more discerning this time with President Duterte’s bluster when confronted with the issue of his BPI bank accounts which have been recipients of deposits amounting to over P2 billion from 2006 to 2015 from several sources.

    amlc, BPI Duterte accounts, Duterte, Trillanes

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    Bernard Ong’s update from Bansang Fentanilia

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Feb 17, 2017 11:17 PM

    Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

    Fentanyl, Rodrigo Duterte

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    Lethal mix: small mind and great power

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Feb 09, 2017 8:33 AM

    President Duterte’s reaction to the Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on the killings related to his campaign against prohibited drugs read in all Catholic churches last Sunday shows the danger when small minds are given so much power.

    CBCP, Pastoral letter, Rodrigo Duterte

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    Tourism and peace and order

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Feb 01, 2017 9:14 PM

    Congratulations to the people who made the staging of the 65th Miss Universe in the Philippines a rousing success.
    The publicity that the Philippines got from the pageant and the goodwill generated from the 86 beauties were a bonanza to Philippine tourism.

    Miss Universe, PNP, Rodrigo Duterte

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    When protectors become tormentors

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Jan 29, 2017 2:33 PM

    There’s a part in the narration by the surviving victims of Oplan Tokhang in Payatas in Quezon City last August 21 that sends chills down one’s spine.

    centerlaw, Oplan Tokhang, PNP

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    Duterte’s puzzling lack of outrage over police role in South Korean killing

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Jan 27, 2017 6:54 AM

    On the first day of his presidency, during the turnover of command ceremonies at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City, President Duterte boasted that he knows the scalawags in the police service.

    Bato de la Rosa, PNP, Rodrigo Duterte

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    The difference between Trillanes and Zubiri

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Jan 25, 2017 9:29 PM

    The confrontation between Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Miguel Zubiri at the Senate floor last week refreshed the public’s mind of relevant issues which have been relegated to the sidelines by more horrifying reports like the murder of Korean businessman Ick-joo Jee by police officers inside Camp Crame just a few meters away from the office of Police Chief Ronald de la Rosa.

    Antonio Trillanes IV, Bureau of Immigration, Miguel Zubiri

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    There’s method in Duterte’s martial law ‘madness’

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Jan 20, 2017 10:54 AM

    “Just be quiet all of you.” Spoken like a despot ordering his minions what to do.

    Martial Law, Rodrigo Duterte

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    LP SOCE case being eyed for oust-Leni operation?

    By Ellen Tordesillas  |  Jan 13, 2017 11:42 AM

    Amid the many items in media not favorable to Vice President Leni Robredo- LeniLeaks, banned from cabinet meetings, dis-invited by Malacanang in New Year vin d’honneur, drop in satisfaction ratings – another one came up the other day.

    Leni Robredo, LP SOCE

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