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Recent Posts:
- Presidential term sharing? Rodrigo Duterte promised Bongbong THAT in 2018
- Duterte aide plasters his face on paid ads asking public for pandemic aid
- Philippine security officials may have hobbled their anti-terror drive with the new Anti-Terrorism Act
- Contrary to what Senator Lacson claims, my blog post on the stealthy and hasty insertion of the dangerous Section 25 in the Anti-Terrorism Law has no malice
- My reply to Senator Lacson who claims I was being malicious when I used the word “stealthily” to describe his insertion of Section 25 – one of the most dangerous provisions in the Anti-Terrorism Law
- Senator Panfilo Lacson hastily inserted the new Anti-Terrorism Law’s ‘dangerous’ Section 25 empowering Duterte officials to ‘designate’ anyone a terrorist
- A genuine cry for help on Twitter from the dad of a new-born child
- Let’s sing “The KOKOnut nut”
- If ‘PDRs’ are unconstitutional, why did Duterte sign the law renewing GMA Network’s franchise even though it has ‘PDRs’ patterned after ABS-CBN’s?
- Zombie virus doomsday
- One midnight in autumn, I met Gina Lopez
- Was the sudden closure of more than 20,000 lotto stalls around the country a dry-run for mobilizing police and soldiers nationwide for a coming crackdown?
- Presidential spokesman Sal Panelo spreads fake news about fishing boat rammed by Chinese vessel near Reed Bank
- Dear Senator Sotto, why did 2 important details on whistleblower “Bikoy” change from your first press con to your second press con?
- Imee Marcos knew all about the loot and tried to make singil from dad’s dummies
- DOJ official confirms today that an “invitation” to go to the NBI is codespeak for a warrantless arrest
- “Ang Narco List” YouTube channel was deleted after DOJ press con on blogger arrest
- Duterte government’s invoking of arbitral ruling not election-related, says Panelo
- Is President Duterte in charge?
- Duterte’s invented reason why the International Criminal Court cannot prosecute him
- Imee Marcos had no Princeton degree when she entered UP Law, dean said
- To arrest Maria Ressa, the Duterte government stretched the libel prescription period to 12 years
- DOJ uses wrong law to justify charging Maria Ressa with cyber libel beyond the one year prescriptive period
- My New Year resolution: To dig down for the truth, no matter how monstrous it is
- Chinese workers in the Philippines—a very difficult and sensitive subject to write
- The House lied about restoring VP Robredo as Duterte’s successor in approved draft federal charter
- UP vs Ateneo: More than a match between best friends
- Mislatel – the winning third telco backed by China Telecom – had zero sales, zero inventory in 2015
- Duterte’s rapid hire and fire style of governance
- How Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos stole our future and hid it in numbered Swiss bank accounts
- Dear OFWs, your balikbayan boxes are now at risk of being delayed, torn open or “thrown into the sea”
- How many magnetic lifters (like those containing shabu) were imported into Manila since Duterte came to power?
- Manila’s Game of Thrones
- Why is Duterte sending a pistol-packing peacemaker to Beijing when he already has an exceptional envoy there?
- Duterte needs 12-0 Senate win to do cha-cha
- Duterte makes low-batt joke about his health
- Duterte went to Hong Kong for a second medical opinion – Duterte supporter Bruce Rivera claims
- Military grapples with appeals for intervention as power groups vie to replace President Duterte
- Gloria Arroyo is crudely and secretly ramming through a legal bid to stay in power forever
- Digong’s ‘Imelda’ moment
- Congress now rushing a law that will legalize dictatorship
- Dear Armed Forces, instead of ‘Red October’, look for ‘Red’ Rodrigo
- “Enrile’s lies” – Confession of a Backroom Boy
- Retired General Jose Almonte twits Duterte’s “bukbok presidency”
- Retired General Jose Almonte calls Sen. Trillanes “a patriot”
- I apologize for offending Visayan sensibilities over diction
- That September 11 fiasco of a “press con” in Malacañang
- Trillanes court martial could trigger military instability
- Trolls, just so you know, I’m NOT related to Trillanes’ lawyer, Reynaldo Robles
- This morning, I appeared at the Senate hearing of Sen. Trillanes just as he was about to be arrested
- Time travel much? How could Chief Justice Teresita de Castro lose a SALN in a fire that happened two years before she even wrote the document?
- ‘Horror list’ of Ninongs and Ninangs in Ampatuan wedding shows acceptance of political violence
- C’mon, Bongbong Marcos, why would Leni Robredo have to cheat in her home province?
- Is Duterte ill?
- Duterte government slashed disaster fund without explanation
- Wow, how long will this Palace official last after telling Mocha to say sorry?
- Gloria strips Panty; Grace dismayed
- Monsod: Senate’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ could stop charter change
- Draft Constitution proposes to give Duterte decree-making and broader Martial Law powers
- Why 6 government contracts signed by SolGen Calida’s security guard business very likely put him in a direct & continuing conflict of interest
- Calida’s security guard business prospers mightily under Duterte, compared to 10 years before
- Roilo Golez’ last tweets
- Yes, Solicitor General Calida IS violating the Constitution
- Despite Duterte’s groveling, China not fully convinced
- Is Sereno still part of the Supreme Court even though she was ousted as Chief Justice?
- Tulfo’s Bitag Media: The Amazing Start-Up Story
- In locking down Boracay, President Duterte is turning to the phrase that destroyed a Republic
- Letter to a certain Tiglao
- Dear Bobi Tiglao, oh my you even went to the extent of emailing my SCMP editors urging them to fire me
- Cambridge Analytica boss met with Peter Tiu Laviña and Pompee La Viña six months before Duterte run
- UK firm specializing in managing elections claims it helped Rodrigo Duterte win in 2016
- Tatakbo daw si Imee Marcos sa Senado
- Psst, Paula, why do you Knack your sister Miriam’s ICC legacy?
- 17 Senators backed the ICC, fully aware it could prosecute a sitting Philippine President
- Lesson for Duterte: Burundi withdrew from the Rome Statute but International Criminal Court case went ahead
- Guess which top Philippine official can be forced to take a wellness leave by subordinates
- Family of senator conducting Boracay probe owns huge commercial properties on island resort
- Kadiri: Duterte government’s 1986 Edsa People Power celebration looks like a Marcos rally
- Edsa People Power’s message to Duterte
- No to charter change advocates to celebrate Edsa People Power as day of protest
- Dear Senator Gordon, please probe whether Pres. Aquino & Pres. Duterte should be held liable for dengvaxia deaths
- THEN and Now: Shocking photos of China’s military build up on Subi Reef
- Duterte’s bid to change our constitution is moving swiftly along several tracks
- Why Benham Rise is now China’s object of fascination
- Dr. Reodica told me her UST Alumni Award had become “very cheap” in the wake of Mocha Uson’s award
- Rappler’s Maria Ressa, 2 others are charged with a crime that did not exist during the so-called offense
- Ready for Mazu? – Hotmanila’s wacky take on today’s political events
- UST Student Council denounces award given to Mocha Uson for government service
- Christopher “Bong” Go is a billionaire, says Duterte
- “Salient features” of the House draft Constitution intends to turn Duterte into a dictator
- A man who is allegedly a technician working for Western Digital Corp. said I should be killed
- My warning about Charter Change extending Duterte’s term and giving him authoritarian powers was confirmed today
- 2018 is key to Duterte’s grab for authoritarian powers
- Ateneans invite twerking Palace Ass Sec Mocha to display her skills
- Mocha Uson spreads fake news about me
- Christmas 2017: A time to kill, a time to heal
- The people pushing for a revolutionary government can be charged with “inciting to rebellion”
- How old is Isabelle Duterte?
- Human Rights in the Philippines: How the Marcos dictatorship made Duterte happen
- Thank you for the unexpected award to stop Marcos revisionism