Is Talking About the President’s Health Illegal? (THE THIRD EYE by Carlo Manubag)

photo: screengrab from PCO NO. Here’s the Truth. There is no law that totally prohibits public discussion of the President’s health—but there are legal and constitutional limits on how it’s discussed and what must be officially disclosed. Constitutional rule (very important) Under Article VII, Section 12 of the 1987 Constitution: “If the President suffers from…

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Deception as Statecraft (THE THIRD EYE by Carlo Manubag)

Photo courtesy: Jay Tarriela, via Facebook. What exactly is PCG spokesperson Jay Tristan Tarriela trying to achieve by spewing distorted narratives, insults, and outright lies against China and President Xi Jinping—at a time when the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) are desperately working to approve e-visas and a two-week…

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The fake political opposition (LETTERS FROM DAVAO by Jun Ledesma)

The hodgepodge groups of varied political ideologies that have dedicated most of their time in demonizing Vice President Sara Duterte, have finally banded together and called themselves “The Opposition”. They recently met and herded in a small room by their convenor, the famed but lackluster putschist, former Sen. Antonio Trillianes. They labelled themselves as “the…

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A Nation Abandoned: PhilHealth, Plunder, and the Price Paid by the Poor. (THE THIRD EYE by Carlo Manubag)

In a country where illness is already a sentence to poverty, the deliberate weakening of PhilHealth is nothing short of state-sponsored cruelty. While ordinary Filipinos line up in overcrowded public hospitals, beg for guarantees, borrow money for dialysis, chemotherapy, or emergency surgery, the government quietly starves the very institution meant to protect them. The numbers…

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