EDITORIAL: Philippine Daily Inquirer / October 20, 2020 Among the very first official acts of the reconstituted House under new Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, hours after he replaced Alan Peter Cayetano, was to proclaim a controversial party list representative. On the first day of the special session called by President Duterte to tackle the 2021…
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Oct 12, 2020, Rappler.com Pulse Asia President Ronald Holmes himself admits it’s “shocking, unbelievable.” He’s talking about their survey that says 92% of Filipinos believe that President Rodrigo Duterte has “done well” in preventing the spread of the coronavirus in the Philippines. But that’s only half of it. Duterte’s performance rating rose to 91%, getting…
By: Isabel Escoda, Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 20, 2020With news going around the globe in nanoseconds, it’s easy to follow what goes on in the United States, particularly the frenetic presidential campaign. Filipinos at home and resident in the United States have been watching the spectacle of how a democratic country elects its leaders. The…
By: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo – @inquirerdotnet, Philippine Daily Inquirer / August 27, 2020 The emoticon I would use for “modified enhanced” stupidities is the yellow smiley face with a big laughing mouth, two fat tears bursting out, and furrows between the eyebrows ( ) as if saying, it is so damn funny if it…
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:08 AM August 24, 2020 How bad has been the downturn in the remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), long a lifeline of the Philippine economy but which have been battered by the worldwide pandemic as tens of thousands of OFWs have lost their jobs and are streaming home? For three…
By: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo (Human Face column) – @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / August 13, 2020 Cliché though it sounds, the killing of Randall Echanis was the kind that ran chills down one’s spine. It did not look like most killings of political figures recorded on police blotters. Terrified citizens have, by now, learned to…
Okay, sige, sabihin na nating medyo tagilid talaga kung ikukumpara ang Pilipinas sa New Zealand — malayo kasi ang agwat ng bansa natin sa New Zealand pagdating sa population; nasa 5 million lang ang population ng New Zealand, tayo 100+ million. Malayo rin ang agwat natin sa Global Peace Index; 2nd ang New Zealand, tayo…
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:30 AM July 05, 2020 Transport assistant secretary Goddes Hope Libiran, March 16, on the government’s then-impending move to impose a total ban on public transportation during quarantine in Metro Manila: “Napakarami kasing pasaway, matigas ang ulo, pilosopo at makasarili.” Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, April 16: “Ang dami pong pasaway…