The Long View Light and darkness By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 00:56:00 09/10/2009 So it begins, where martial law ended 23 years ago: at Club Filipino, with its aptly-named Kalayaan Hall – knowing full well, there’s another Kalayaan Hall, in Malacanang. It’s also appropriate that Sen. Benigno Aquino III declared [...]

The Long View A necessary provocation By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 00:46:00 09/07/2009 Much as Luis “Chavit” Singson is in the news, it’s doubtful whether it will have any effect on his prominence in the Frankenstein coalition of the administration. Since June, he’s had the glittering title of Region 1 [...]

The Long View Statesman By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 01:39:00 09/03/2009 I once asked Mar Roxas why he wanted to be president. His answer was simple: “I want every Filipino to have the sense of limitless opportunities I had growing up.” It struck me as a supremely worthy ambition, and [...]

Coming at the heels of the reports scrutinizing the President’s assets and liabilities comes reporters zeroing in on the properties of the President’s sons. The other day, Vera Files broke an investigative story on Arroyo sons acquire U.S. homes, businesses after election to Congress. The report focused on two properties, each owned by one of [...]