Sunday night, in Davao del Norte and Davao de Oro, was festive. They had a night market for votes and the price for each was unprecedented compared to previous electoral campaigns. Vote buying was commonplace in many places in the country and Davao Region is not exempted. Vote buying comes in many forms. Before the…
We are in the finish line of the most crucial election that will define the course and future our nation. The primordial question as the electorates make their final choice of candidates is whether or not to keep the Marcos administration in power and therefore vote for its Congressional bets and its tentacles of power…
Pres. BongBong Marcos, Jr. made screaming headlines, in print and broadcast outlets that had been cozy with his administration, when he announced that he will rollout ₱20/kilo rice. He prided himself with the feat saying it is the fulfillment of his election promise. The act of mercy however is quite absurd given the fact that…
[I am giving way to the essay written and posted on Facebook by a scholar and university professor on the burning issue today] The ₱20 Rice Illusion: A Populist Scam Paid for by the Middle Class By Harvey Malmis Niere It…
With only about 20 days left in the campaign period the midterm election atmosphere is getting hotter as the weather that prevails all over the country. Candidates are getting frantic not a few have resorted to black propaganda and brazen lies but it looks like the electorates have already made up their mind and are not willing to…
Early in his presidency, BongBong Marcos issued and Executive Order directing all Local Government Units to stop collecting toll fees in national and local roads in their respective jurisdiction. Upon learning of this order, LGUs and producers and merchants ceased collecting and paying the fees. In Pantukan, Davao de Oro however, this was not to…
Photo courtesy: Senator Bong Go facebook page The die is cast. Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte was arrested and flown quickly to the Hague, Netherlands and locked up by the International Criminal Court. A sinister plot to abduct him was hatched by government officials in the highest echelon of power, one of them , the…
Photo courtesy: ICC The biggest blunder of the present administration is to arrest and handover former President Rodrigo R. Duterte to the Interpol which shanghaied him all the way to the Hague, Netherlands where he is now detained on the charge of crime against humanity. Weighing it against what the rabid anti-Duterte are charging him…
Nothing can quell the angry voices of dissent that come from the south. That the government has directed the Philippine Embassy in the Netherlands to look after the needs of former President Rodrigo Duterte only adds to the conflagration that will ignite the waters from the sub-Saharan region, which the vain propagandist of this present…
In politics and in other fields of endeavors there are doyens and there are novices. I find this subject quite relevant given the political climate we have these days. We are barely two month away from Election Day. In Davao City former City Mayor and President of the Republic of the Philippines is vying to…
