The Long View Republic of confusion By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 01:16:00 07/09/2009 The Iglesia ni Cristo marks its 95th anniversary on July 27. The anniversary was heralded by news that the date- also the constitutionally-appointed one for the President’s State of the Nation Address – would be a holiday. [...]
Today’s Inquirer editorial, Laying the predicate, looks into the jitters provoked by the bombings in Cotobato, Jolo, and Iligan. Meanwhile, there is news of a possible reshuffle in the President’s cabinet, with hardliners (the “hawks,” who’ve been in the ascendant since 2005) supposedly poised to consolidate control over strategic departments. An intriguing aside to this [...]
The Long View The Marcos restoration By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 04:02:00 07/06/2009 Saturday’s gushing coverage in this newspaper of Madame Imelda Romualdez Marcos’ 80th birthday brings up a provocative question, considering the Snap Election and People Power origins of this paper. That question is: wasn’t the proliferation of glowing [...]
1. The famed Manansala portrait of President Marcos. The portrait was a gift to the President from Gen. Hans Menzi around 1970. It has been lost since 1986, and rumored to have been destroyed in the storming of the Palace. This reproduction is on the dust jacket of “The Marcos Years”, a book edited by [...]
The buzz started last night with a Manila Bulletin article on the President checking into the Asian Hospital in Alabang for some cosmetic procedures. Take a look at a screencap of the article as it appeared from last night to about 1 pm today; and see Jessica Zafra’s opinion that it’s a hoax. However, the [...]
The Long View Elections and mutant evolution By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 22:51:00 07/01/2009 IN ANCIENT times, we are told, the datus and rajahs either bequeathed their authority to their children, consolidating their rule by means of advantageous marriages and alliances, or upstarts would spring up and challenge rulers. So [...]
