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Esteemed columnist of the Inquirer.net Conrado de Quiros unwittingly undermines official Aquinoist spin in an amusing attempt to make something of former President Gloria Arroyo's tardiness... FOR THE orientation seminar last Thursday for "newbies" in Congress, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo came in late. After signing the attendance sheet at the Batasan entrance, she wound her way to ... Full story

Filipinos seem tired. For some reason they just want to move on from the election. Maybe the campaign jingles have proven too much to bear and any further exposure to them after the 10th of May just might make them go crazy. Despite reports of massive election fraud from members of the local and international community, majority of Filipinos don't seem inclined to do or ... Full story

Noynoy Aquino seems to be suffering from separation anxiety disorder. Separation anxiety disorder is a psychological condition in which the individual experiences excessive worry over parting from home or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment. It is a disorder that is strong enough to impair a person's ability to conduct his day-to-day activities. ... Full story

In a move that actually took many interested observers by surprise, recently-installed US Ambassador Harry Thomas and a coterie of Embassy officials paid a courtesy call to presumptive President Noynoy Aquino last Friday, prompted this bit of nausea-inducing “analysis” from his personal press agency, the Philippine Daily Inquirer: “The new US ambassador ... Full story

The recent increase in electricity rates saw our bills increase by as much as 80% with some households and small businesses paying the cost equivalent of a small second-hand generator. Despite information campaigns and a policy of transparency in electricity pricing the sudden increases have led to wild speculations on its rationale ... Full story

It seems that Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, despite being the unofficial president-elect of the moment still can't shed the old Aquino-franchised "Laban" ("fight!") rhetoric ingrained in his little mind despite him now being all set to taking his place in The Establishment. In one of her final acts as President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed Supreme Court Associate Justice Renato Corona as Chief ... Full story

The Philippines can be seen as a BI when you look at a certain ridiculous concept other countries have tried to imitate from it. Full story

Following a discussion on the shoutbox in this site, I decided to collect my impressions of presidential candidates for this election and attempt to profile their voters. Remember guys, you are what you vote. Full story

Gordon believes he has something to offer to Filipino voters as a better candidate compared to the rest of his rivals in the May 10 presidential elections. Full story

Venom, Bile and Vista Land First they had the pedigreed take to the gutter to peddle the fallacy of double appropriations where there were none. Where the electorate is easily awed by class and titled names followed by alphabet soup, many realized too late that there were two different roads - one an elevated toll way, another, ... Full story

Somebody should advise Aquino to review the results of past surveys and actual results and he might probably tone down his braggadocio. Full story

BongV's recent article on Adam Carolla's comments about Pacquiao fanaticism inspired me to post this revised article from my personal blog. I join Carolla is asking the same question... is that all you got? Full story

The National Defense College of the Armed Forces of the Philippines conducted the other week its regular Executive Course on National Security. Commodore Carlos L. Agustin asked me to talk about Philippine society and the forthcoming elections. This is the basic paper I presented to the senior military and police officers and CEOs of the bureaucracy. Full story

The whole speech is a bluff. Full of hypocritical statements. Why? He's been scratching his balls for the last decade first as a congressman then as a senator. All these motherhood statements should have been the context of the bills he should have authored during his engagements as a legislator. It is ... Full story