Here’s a snippet from today’s column by Amando Doronilla in the Daily Inquirer, writing about Manny Villar: His defiance gives a preview of an attitude that Villar is above censure and accountability for his actions connected to his companies’ activities to push the C-5 project. The project is covered by appropriations in which he intervened [...]

Some of the more sleek TV ads we see presently are those of presidential aspirant Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro. They’re well done and captivating. They present Gibo as a youthful, intelligent and idealistic man who will take the Philippines into new heights. But is he really? In a previous post I expressed wariness over Gibo (you [...]

A reader in a comment asked, "are you another emotional voter and self righteous person as everybody who’s alligning themselve (sic) to Noynoy?" (you can read that here). In truth, we haven’t decided yet who to vote for. But we know absolutely who not to vote for and here we ARE emotional about it. We’re [...]

In a recent Manila Press Club forum Sen. Manuel Villar described himself as, "What you see is what you get," and then went on to say that he wasn’t hiding behind the shadow of parents (an obvious dig at Presidential rival, Sen. Noynoy Aquino) nor was he a haciendero. "What you see is what you [...]

Sen. Jamby Madrigal hit the head of the nail dead center when she called Sen. Loren Legarda’s move to run under Sen. Manuel Villar, "political prostitution." There’s no better epithet by which to call this new "alliance" (or should we call it mutant metamorphosis) between Manny "Wysiswyg" Villar, accused of road anomalies and Loren Legarda, [...]