Do we want Robin Padilla in the Senate?
Actor Robin Padilla assails political dynasties, yet he endorsed the candidacies of the Duterte children.
Author Archives: Antonio Montalvan II
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that the alleged hacking of voters’ data a plot against Marcos FALSE
This is false. An investigation into the alleged hacking is still in progress.
Did Bongbong Marcos admit addiction treatment?
When one aspires to be president of the country, it is correct to assume that one must submit one’s self to public scrutiny. A presidential candidate is fair game and running for chief executive must be treated as a job interview before the sovereign people.
Who will save us this time?
When the first Ferdinand Marcos was ousted from power almost a month short of forty years today, the Philippines could have been plunged into civil war.
Comelec quick response foils site-hacking report from becoming a problem
So many things were not quite right in the Manila Bulletin news report about the alleged hacking of the Commission on Election (Comelec) website.
Are presidential surveys statistically challenged?
Our collective attention is being called by the blogger who goes by the Twitter handle of Miyako Izabel (“writer and independent publisher, political blogger and social media activist, existentialist and public anthropologist, Filipino and citizen of the world”).
Netizens make fun of Marcos Jr.’s lame excuses for skipping Comelec hearing
The runaway winner in the surveys for preferred presidential candidates in the May elections has become the butt of jokes in the past few days because of his absence in last Friday's preliminary conference on a disqualification case against him at the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Clip of Robredo performing poorly in a radio quiz NEEDS CONTEXT
Robredo answered 14 out of 18 questions correctly.
Marcos Jr. not absolved from disqualification despite being elected thrice after conviction
Having served a term each for various elective positions does not absolve presidential aspirant and former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos from the penalty of perpetual disqualification from running for public office with the finality of his 1997 tax evasion conviction, according to retired Supreme Court (SC) senior associate justice Antonio Carpio. The former magistrate made the declaration in a 1Sambayan online forum on Jan. 6.
Is Bongbong Marcos peaking too early?
Latest election surveys showed that if elections were held today, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. would be the 17th president of the Republic of the Philippines.