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Hey Karen Davila, here's my reply to your complaint
Dear Karen Davila,My manager spoke to me recently and he relayed to me what you had to say. It's funny that this is the second time you've tried to reach me through channels, even if you can very...
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On Bulacan Int'l Aiport, Duterte Finance Secretary's personal interests...
Massive congestion in NAIA during the August 2018 Xiamen Air Incident, where a plane skidded off the runway, causing the cancellations of numerous flights as NAIA effectively lone runway is...
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After Statement on Bikoy: Caloocan Bishop David either a hypocrite or a liar?
Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David's statement denying complicity in the now-discredited Bikoy Videos show glaring inconsistencies, suggesting that the bishop is either a hypocrite or a liar... or is...
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ex-DFA Sec. del Rosario, China, the Fishermen, the Incident and Reed Bank's Oil
If I were in Albert del Rosario's shoes...It’s public knowledge that President Duterte himself admitted that it’ll be difficult to exploit oil and gas resources in the South China Sea because of...
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Speaker Cayetano's "Dolphy Situation": a super typhoon's brewing in the House?
The entire thing started with the bloody speakership race involving Marinduque’s Lord Allan Velasco, Leyte’s Martin Romualdez, and Taguig’s Alan Peter Cayetano. For two straight months, media bombarded...
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#TPonMB: What, exactly, is a ‘legitimate journalist’?
As I write my first column piece, I think it’s best to introduce myself first.[NOTE: This piece was first published in the Manila Bulletin on 03 August 2019].My name is Rey Joseph Nieto, best known as...
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#TPonMB: Health Sec. Duque, let’s respect FDA’s independence
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque recently announced that he’ll consult with the UP-PGH Dengvaxia Task Force regarding the possible reintroduction of the controversial anti-dengue...
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#TPonMB: Policy suggestions to prevent the recruitment of Filipino youth into...
Several parents of senior high school students testified in a series of Senate hearings that leftist groups believed to fronts for the communist insurgent New People’s Army (NPA) are recruiting their...
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#TPonMB: Duterte Youth’s Cardema vs Comelec’s Guanzon
Over the past several weeks, we’ve been witness to the word war between former National Youth Commission and Duterte Youth party-list nominee Ronald Cardema and Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon,...
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#TPonMB: Personal advocacies and the ABCD of politics
The relative political calm in the months after the May, 2019, elections has come to an end: sentence reductions for convicted felons, the SOGIE bill, South China Sea tensions, Death Penalty’s revival,...
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#TPonMB: Perception in politics is as important as Reality
Politics is a game of Perception where what’s really taking place may be different from what the public thinks is happening, and anyone who enters the political arena should know this by heart. A...
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EXTRA P1.6-B HOUSE BUDGET: CAYETANO’S NEGATIVE PREGNANT DEFENSE VS "FAKE NEWS"
Let's thoroughly dissect the House budget issue and Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano's excruciatingly problematic defense. Nililihis ang istorya e. Akala siguro e makalulusot.On 20 Sept 2019, House Accounts...
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I SAW "SPEAKER NA TAPAT" CAYETANO'S 2020 HOUSE BUDGET. HMM, MAY TERM SHARING...
Sabi ni Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano sa profile pic niya noong Marso, siya ay magiging isang "Speaker na Tapat".Well, tingnan nga natin ang proposed 2020 budget niya.Note: Sinulat ko 'to in...
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#2019SEAGames: Fact-checking Marlon Ramos' Inquirer exposé vs BCDA
Inquirer reporter Marlon Ramos, on the 02 December 2019 article “Deal to construct P13-B gov’t complex, sports hub at New Clark City questioned”, said that based on “documents,” Bases Conversion and...
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ABS-CBN’s Franchise Renewal: Will Lopezes make ultimate sacrifice to save...
Most of us are already familiar and have a working understanding of the ABS-CBN franchise renewal issue, but to give you a refresher, here’s the basic issue.Every free-to-air TV or radio station is...
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UP Naming Binarat? UP gets only ₱22/sqm monthly from UP-Ayala Technohub
The University of the Philippines System’s 2018 Commission on Audit Report [1] states that UP has two Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects with Ayala Land: the UP-Ayala Technohub along...
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Rufino-Prieto firms cannibalizing the financially ailing Philippine Daily...
Documents show Philippine Daily Inquirer’s majority owners, the Rufino-Prieto Clan, are using their other family-owned companies to cannibalize what little is left of the newspaper company’s assets, at...
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In the service of the Filipino? How ABS-CBN's Lopezes used mass media since...
Davao businessman Dennis Uy recently asked President Rodrigo Duterte for a sovereign guarantee[1] to cover a Php 700 million loan for Uy’s Chelsea Logistics[2]. Eyebrows rose, of course, including...
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#DrilonOnCNN: A case for firing “fact-checker” Vera Files
Vera Files' latest fact-checking stunt on the issue of Senator Franklin Drilon's CNN interview should be a ground for its expulsion from its "fact-checker"-ship.Vera Files is among Facebook’s...
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NCR to GCQ with Duque: Data shows Duterte between the Devil and the Deep Blue...
Did the Philippines make the right decision when it eased the lockdown on NCR, the country's coronavirus epicenter?On 1 June 2020, the Philippines decided to relax lockdown measures in Metro Manila,...
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#JunkTerrorBill: Fake Facebook Accounts linked to Fake Death Threat?
University of the Philippines Los Banos student organization Defend UPLB announced on 07 June 2020 [1] that it took down one of its posts after it supposedly launched an investigation on the matter. It...
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A short summary of the RTC decision on Maria Ressa's online libel case
Here is a concise summary of Manila RTC Branch 46 presiding judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa’s 37-page decision on People v. Maria Ressa et al., docketed as Criminal Case No. R-MNL-19-01141-CR for...
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Cebu City's #COVID19 Crisis: A throbbing migraine for General Cimatu
Latest data shows Cebu City has 3,987 cases [1] against a total population of 922,961 [2], translating to 4,320 cases per million residents, i.e., between Italy’s 3,948 [3] and the UK’s 4,511 [4]....
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Duterte's precarious hold on power and the future of the Liberal Party
Being a Philippine President is like being the driver of the car called "the Philippine Government." Winning in 2016 is Duterte driver's license, but a license is not enough. Duterte also needs (1)...
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Pres. Duterte to trap Cayetano today? Alan Peter still has way out
Evidence suggests that President Rodrigo Duterte may have put Speaker Cayetano on the horns of a dilemma, between Scylla and Charybdis, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a...
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