By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS A member of the influential Iglesia ni Cristo said the church leadership has called vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr, to tell him that he is their choice for the number two position for the May 9 elections. “Pinatawag siya (he was asked to come),” the source said. That is
By JAKE SORIANO Rodrigo Duterte does not watch his mouth. A partial list of those he had publicly slighted so far: the pope, women, gays, rape victims, persons with disabilities (PWDs), the governments of Mexico, Australia, and the United States of America. He is known for public cussing. One gets an endless supply of “Putang
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS FOR the information of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte who laughed at Persons with Disabilities while regaling his supporters in Aklan last week, there’s a law that prohibits ridicule, vilification, both verbal and non-verbal, against PWDs which can make them lose their self- esteem. Public ridicule is “making fun or
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE ghost of Jaqueline Hamill must have come back to haunt Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for disrespecting her even when she was dead after having been gang raped twenty years ago. Duterte refused to apologize over his statement captured in a 1989 video where he was regaling the audience about
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s proposed solution to the South China territorial conflict would make thrilling action-packed movie scene. In a speech before travel executives at the MOA-SMX last Friday (and in all his rally speches) Duterte said, “I will ask the Navy to bring me to the
(Lumabas itong kolum sa Abante: www.abante.com.ph) Ni ELLEN T.TORDESILLAS KAYA si Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ay mura ng mura dahil gustong-gusto yan ng mga tagahanga niya. Mas malutong ang “Putang Ina” mas malakas ang palakpak. Nang sinundan namin ang kanyang rally noong Biyernes sa Parañaque, Las Piñas at Muntinlupa, nabingi ako sa santambak
NEARLY 1.4 million overseas Filipinos are registered voters in this year’s polls. They will be voting starting April 9 through five modes, including the automated election system (AES), postal manual voting, personal AES, manual voting and modified postal manual system. Find out how many they are and where they are in these visualizations: *Regions not
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS WHEN it was reported that voters could cast their votes in shopping malls this coming elections, I thought it was a good idea. It’s like going to mass in a mall and proceed to the grocery and shopping
STATEMENT: In an interview in Mati, Davao Oriental on March 2, vice presidential candidate Francis “Chiz” Escudero said the Philippines is one of the remaining five countries in the world without a K to12 Education System. Asked about educational reforms the country needs, he said, “Isa na lamang sa limang bansa sa mundo ang Pilipinas na
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS FORMER Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal, who is now consultant of the Nationalist People’s Coalition, said the Commission on Elections cannot postpone the May 9 elections as it is being floated now. He said there is only one option for Comelec: “To conduct automated elections on May 9, 2016.” Former Senator
