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Who will carry forward the project of ’86?
The Spirit of ’86 remains an unfinished project.
Take note for example the parallel in how easily the Nazis were de-Nazified and returned to business as usual in Germany and in how discretely the Marcos loyalists were de-Marcosified and allowed to restore themselves to their pre-EDSA statuses (think of Danding who fled with the dictator [...]
Presidential Noynoy Aquino: his advocacies, philosophies, and perspectives
The polished performance of Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III before the nation’s business leaders on January 21, 2010 will make Ferdinand Marcos turn in his grave.
For many Filipinos (the businessmen, business managers and financial executives in attendance including) it could be their first time to get to know this gift from Noynoy (with his outstanding command [...]
Trust, more than platforms
Political platforms are supposed to be statements of an ideology, political or economic beliefs or general ideas that a candidate for public office (or a political party) makes available to get the public support the candidate’s election. The publication of a platform takes on many forms such as via a campaign speech, a billboard, a [...]
Murders, she unwrote
The way martial law was understood in the Philippines before the 1987 Constitution (at least by those predisposed to advance its use whenever they deemed it necessary) is that by its proclamation, the whole country, or only a certain part thereof as delineated in the proclamation, is supposed to be placed under the dictatorship of [...]
Manny Pacquiao to take home ‘The Greatest’ title
The sporting world will be all eyes on a history-making event tomorrow night at MGM Grand-Las Vegas. The event is historic not because Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao could win another world title in an unprecedented seventh weight class when he takes on Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, whose WBO welterweight belt is at stake, but for [...]
Focus on form
The rather supercilious demand in the Inquirer.net editorial for substance from the leading presidential contender Noynoy Aquino has gone pfft in the end. The word to the wise, given in the most condescending way, was no more than a call for a formal “makeover” of Noynoy’s presidential campaign, namely:
1. Raise money to fund an expensive [...]
If your gut tells you Noynoy, go for it
The following excerpt and comment have sent me off to a contemplative mood for awhile. The first one from FV’s news department himself, Ding G. Gagelonia:
But times have changed.
Instead of reporting on the news, it seems, journalists are losing their detachment and are becoming self-obsessed, not unlike the political and social bigwigs they cover.
Why [...]
Noynoy’s politics is pro-poor and anti-elitist
Carl, a regular commenter at quezon.ph, rebukes Manolo Quezon (mlq3), the indispensable Pinoy blogger, quite harshly:
That’s exactly the problem with Manolo. He is such an apologist for the elite. Manolo belongs to the more liberal and democratic section of the elite, which is more devious because this section of the elite hides behind moral platitudes [...]
Guess what Noynoy’s thinking now
Within days from announcing his presidential bid, Noynoy has begun to provide us a purview of some of his priorities in rebuilding our democracy, while responding to certain concerns of critics about himself.
Consider this report from Inquirer.net supposedly gathered from a phone interview with Noynoy:
- “They want me to hear no evil, speak no evil [...]
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