Blog Posts on reflections from the mirror
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Selfish personal reason by Iloilo Views on Mar 8, 2010In Tacloban City recently, Sen. Noynoy Aquino declared that the issue these days is not Ferdinand Marcos but President Arroyo. He added that his focus is not on Marcos, the Aquino family’s archenemy and which the Aquinos in the past have declared t...
A President firmly in control by Iloilo Views on Mar 1, 2010Many opposition candidates and a number of biased media commentators keep talking about alleged irregularities in the 2004 elections, saying the administration will again resort to such alleged illegal means to win in the May elections. Or worse, pla...
Gibo–surging from the blind side by Iloilo Views on Feb 15, 2010Despite questionable survey results bombarding readers every day, students of the Ateneo de Manila University gave substance to ominous signs of things to come. A major broadsheet reported yesterday that in a mock election conducted at the Ateneo, pr...
Viva Señor Politico! by Iloilo Views on Feb 7, 2010The recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey reflects the fast-narrowing gap between Noynoy Aquino and Manny Villar as, in fact, another survey conducted by the Manila Standard-Today newspaper has revealed an even much-closer result between the tw...
An emerging fiscal crisis by Iloilo Views on Jan 24, 2010THE government’s fiscal-deficit figures are worrying. It estimated that at the end of November, the budget gap was already P22.5 billion over the P250-billion ceiling for the year. But now it estimates the deficit at P293 billion or 3.7 percent of...
A great loss by Iloilo Views on Jan 24, 2010In my previous column I commented on the arrest of fugitive Jason Aguilar Ivler, and made mention of the responsibility and culpability of his mother, Marlene Aguilar Pollard, who, to my mind, cannot escape responsibility for her actuations which mak...
Feedback by Iloilo Views on Jan 11, 2010The Supreme Court upheld the formal merger of Lakas and Kampi over the objections of former Speaker Jose de Venecia. This development should inject new muscle to Lakas and, hopefully, will invigorate the presidential bid of former defense secretary G...
Truce or ruse? by Iloilo Views on Jan 5, 2010I SPENT four days and three nights in Hong Kong for a much-needed vacation during the holidays with my family, including my four grandchildren. Onboard the newest PAL plane en route to Hong Kong was former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada, who was...
The stink in Padre Faura by Iloilo Views on Jan 4, 2010To everyone, a blessed New Year! I have taken notice of the Philippine flag displayed and flown outside the building housing the main office of the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Sta. Mesa Boulevard. I have passed this building not far from Mala...
Where is Jason Ivler? by Iloilo Views on Dec 21, 2009Where is the stepson of a diplomat whose name is Jason Ivler and who was clearly identified as the one who murdered the son of Undersecretary Renato Ebarle of the Office of the President? Just a month or so ago, the media were filled with stories abo...
