Together with Edgardo Angara and his former martial law nemesis, Juan Ponce Enrile (who, however, dangles a face-saving proposal for Congress to reduce the time frame of the proclamation to less than 60 days), Joker Arroyo among his senate peers, is foursquare behind the President’s imposition of martial law. The leading lights of the ruling [...]

The Long View Playing to the gallery By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 00:29:00 12/07/2009 PALACE megaphone Cerge Remonde during his crudely scripted press conference yesterday repeated one cherished Palace talking point—that Cory Aquino created the monster known as Andal Ampatuan Sr. Remonde can count on being further amplified by the [...]

Chavit Singson and Andal Ampatuan, Sr. in happier days The Mexican Standoff between the administration and the Ampatuan clan seems to be over. It’s ever-ginger approach to coming to grips with the outpouring of domestic and international indignation put the government in an untenable situation. Something had to be done. The Ampatuans were masterfully playing [...]

The Long View The perils of mock elections By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 22:15:00 12/02/2009 BOTH Belinda Oliveras-Cunanan and Bobit S. Avila are entranced by what Cunanan considers Gilbert Teodoro’s “surging” in a Facebook (FB) “survey” of presidential candidates, with Avila asserting that the FB results are superior to those [...]