ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2022, the FBI executed a search warrant on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump said in a statement that “a large group” of FBI agents was searching his Mar-a-Lago home, accusing the bureau of prosecutorial misconduct and suggesting the raid was politically motivated to prevent him from running for president… Read More »
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines. It’s a commemoration of the darkest era in Philippine history where it signified the signing of Proclamation No. 1081, which marked the beginning of the brutal 14-year dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. It was not the only time martial law was proclaimed in… Read More »
The movie “The gang that couldn’t shoot straight” was a 1971 movie about two warring Mafia gangs in New York City. The weaker gang used a lion to blackmail the opposite gang’s “clients.” The police succeeded in stopping one of the gangs, while the other remained without the boss. As the title suggests, this was a hilarious comedy… Read More »
PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s first SONA before the joint session of Congress lasted for an hour and 14 minutes. It highlighted a 19-point legislative agenda. However, it excluded human rights, justice, and peace — issues that have hounded the previous Duterte regime. What was the message or what was he trying to avoid… or both? Why… Read More »
RIGHT AFTER Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was ousted from power and sent to exile in Hawaii, he began plotting his return. And he almost succeeded. In 1987, Marcos planned to travel by boat and land in his home province of Ilocos Norte where he’ll be met by 10,000 of his Ilocano supporters. But two Americans, business consultant Robert Chastain… Read More »
ON DAY ONE of his presidency, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. issued Executive Order (EO) No. 1, which was to abolish the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) as well as the Office of Secretary. Marcos’ reason for the abolition was to achieve “simplicity, economy, and efficiency.” In his EO, Marcos stated that to achieve “simplicity, economy, and efficiency” in… Read More »
WATCHING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS of the January 6th Select Committee makes one wonder: Why is Trump not being prosecuted in spite of the various damaging testimonies given by witnesses? And by all accounts, why is Attorney General Merrick Garland hesitant to indict Trump for witness tampering and other serious crimes? And without Garland’s indictment, Trump will remain scot-free.… Read More »
LAST MAY 11, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden called President-Elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to congratulate him on his recent election. President Biden expressed his intentions to continue strengthening the alliance between the two countries. Biden said that he looks forward to working with Bongbong to continue strengthening the century-old US-Philippines alliance, “while expanding bilateral cooperation on a… Read More »
WITH BARELY A WEEK LEFT before President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. takes over the government, one has to look at the people he has chosen to be his alter egos and wonder: Are they ready to run the administration or is Bongbong ready to be president on Day One? Looking at his published list of cabinet members, he… Read More »
WHY DOES BONGBONG MARCOS want to be president of the Philippines? There are several answers to this question. First and foremost, Bongbong wants to vindicate the name of his father and namesake, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., whose bloody reign during the martial law has left thousands of tortured Filipinos who languished in jail for years. Second,… Read More »