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The veteran lawyer, former defense chief, and astute politician – who is less than two years away from his 100th birthday – takes on a role that will require cunning and clarity
MANILA, Philippines – At the ripe old age of 88 in 2012, Juan Ponce Enrile, then Senate President, found a revival of (...)
The May 9 Philippine national elections result represented a consolidation of the power of political dynasties and clans in the country, according to Reihana Mohideen from the Party of the Labouring Masses’ (PLM).
Speaking to Green Left Radio on May 13, Mohideen said that to understand the (...)
President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s designation of known technocrats to manage the Philippine economy raises the issue of whether continuing to rely on this particular group of experts can actually do good for the Filipino people and the country
The rise of technocratic management of the (...)
’To his supporters, he bears the burden of rising to the lionized vision of himself that he has allowed his machinery to create in their minds and hearts’
An election is one of the great processes in a democracy. However, elections do not necessarily guarantee an upright government. It will only (...)
The political climate leading to the May 9. 2022 national and local elections was one of the most emotional and intense electoral campaigns in the country’s history since 1986 elections that resulted in the exile of dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. and his family mainly because the son and (...)
In February 1986, the world was gripped by the ‘People Power’ revolt in the Philippines – the peaceful uprising that ended the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Earlier this month, many watched in disbelief as his son and namesake, Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr., won the popular vote in the (...)
On 9 May, the Marcos clan regained the power from which it had been excluded since the fall of the dictatorship in 1986. In counterpoint, the campaign led by Leni Robredo, who came second, opened up a space for resistance for progressive forces.
Many polls, local and national, are held on a general election day in the Philippines. Some are local and regional, but three are national: Presidential and Vice Presidential elections. These are two separate votes, so the winners may belong to two (...)
As a progressive activist, I’m dismayed at the election of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. by a landslide. But as a sociologist, I can understand why.
I am not referring to the malfunction, intended or non-intended, of one thousand plus voting machines. I am not alluding to the massive release of billions (...)
Around noon on June 30, a new government headed by Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will be inaugurated. At about the same time, a new movement that took shape in the final leg of Vice President Leni Robredo’s 2022 presidential campaign will formally launch its manifold presence in the post-election (...)
Letter penned to his students by Economics Prof. Emmanuel S. de Dios, Ph.D., former Dean of the UP School of Economics (August 2007-July 2010).
Dear Class,
I realise how some of you must feel disoriented, disappointed, defeated, and depressed after witnessing the results of the elections just (...)
Whether Vice President Leni Robredo wins or loses in the May 2022 elections, the campaign to make her president has produced something unprecedented in Philippine politics. It has unleashed a tide of citizen activism rarely seen in elections. It has spawned a social movement that seeks nothing (...)
Leni Robredo is the main opponent of presidential frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In 1986, the Philippine capital Manila was awash with yellow when the People Power movement toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Now, more than 30 years on, opponents of his son’s presidential run are uniting (...)
64-year-old Ferdinand Marcos Jr is frontrunner to be the next president of the Philippines. His father was a ruthless dictator. His mother gained international notoriety for her massive collection of shoes.
So how is 64-year-old Ferdinand Marcos Jr, more commonly known by his nickname (...)
Dear friends, Many of us in the social movements and CSOs in the Philippines believe that Leni Robredo, the current VP, is the most qualified to become the chief executive of 110 million Filipinas and Filipinos, primarily because she has done more for women’s rights than any other candidate, (...)
Sol Santos and his wife Doods live in Naga City (Camarines Sur, Bicol) where Jess Robredo, Leni’s husband, was for a long time mayor. They published after his death in a plane crash, a collective book in his memory . He suggested that I post the article below, on Leni who theyknew very well, (...)
Because he had bungled them by bending to militarist advice, President Duterte recently expressed hope that the next administration would resume the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations and succeed in forging a peace agreement to end the more than 50 years of internal armed conflict.
“I hope that (...)
“Guns, goons, and gold” is a catchphrase often used to describe the use of violence and vote-buying in elections. Not surprisingly, the phrase appears to have originated in the Philippines, most notably during the 1969 national elections, and was quickly picked up and popularized by local and (...)
Going into his final three months in office, President Duterte apparently realized he was far from achieving another one of his 2016 campaign promises: to achieve peace and end the 50-years-plus armed conflict with the underground Left revolutionary movement. Much earlier, he had conceded (...)
As the country approaches presidential elections due in May, the Vice President Leni Robredo’s campaign is gaining momentum.
Several days before the deadline to file certificates of candidacy with the country’s Commission on Elections, it was still not clear whether the Philippines’ Vice (...)
The party-list elections have become a back door for politicians to perpetuate themselves in power, said Danilo Arao, a journalism professor and convenor of the election watchdog group Kontra Daya.
At least 70 of 177 party-list groups accredited by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the (...)
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