I write to you today because I’m sick of people claiming to love this country, but choose to be neutral. We’ve fought tooth and nail since 2004 for this moment in our nation’s history. We choose to have an election instead of another EDSA, so we can advance our nation’s agenda the right way. We [...]
Reforming the Reformists
January 28, 2010 By 22 Comments
Yesterday I had the occasion of attending the talk “How Much Reforms are there in the 2010 Campaigns?” organized by the Ateneo School of Government. Discussants present were Joel Rocamora of the Institute of Popular Democracy and Ramon Casiple of the Institute for Political and Electoral Reform. Allow me to echo the gist of the [...]
An Open Letter To Candidate Gilbert Teodoro
January 25, 2010 By 135 Comments
Presidential Noynoy Aquino: his advocacies, philosophies, and perspectives
January 24, 2010 By 162 Comments
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 [...]
Full Video of Noynoy Aquino on Economic Policy Open Forum (Question and Answer)
January 24, 2010 By 16 Comments
Unpacking the Panaderya of Noynoy
January 22, 2010 By 37 Comments
In today’s address to the Makati Business Club, presidential hopeful Noynoy Aquino unveils his “economic vision and platform.” Let me unpack some of his key points. First and Foremost, Democratic Principles Aquino underlines the importance of the sanctity of the ballot in order to gain a true mandate from the people. He also makes a [...]
How The Wind Blows For Estrada And Villar
January 22, 2010 By 7 Comments
Former President Erap Estrads and Senator Manny Villar are a study in contrasts, and similarities. They’re both running for President, rairing to take over from the hugely unpopular Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Both Villar and Estrada trail Sen. Noynoy Aquino in the surveys but are gaining on the only son of his revered parents Ninoy and [...]
The Economic Vision and Platform of Noynoy Aquino
January 21, 2010 By 61 Comments
This is how change begins. The air is bristling with possibilities. Can you feel it energized by Hope and Faith in our unified Future? Before a room of 800 senior executives that make up the Makati Business Club, the Management Association of the Philippines, the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines and the diplomatic corps, [...]
Should Manny Villar Drop Out of the Race?
January 18, 2010 By 27 Comments
Billionaire Senator and now Presidential aspirant, Manny Villar faces perhaps a tough test ahead on the road towards the presidential palace. The senator is facing censure from the Philippine Senate after he was found guilty for “improper and unethical conduct in connection with the C5 Road extension project.” This, the Philippine Daily Inquirer quoted from a [...]
Rebuttal to Villar’s PR
January 15, 2010 By 40 Comments
In an unsurprising attempt to discredit presidential front-runner Senator Noynoy Aquino, multi-billionaire and fellow Senator Manny Villar has released a press release saying “that there is no room for an on-the-job training” should Sen. Aquino win the popular vote. The release proceeds to outline a doomsday scenario that will strike the Philippines on July 1, [...]
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