NBQ on Villar II

Prefatory disclosures:  I was the chief of staff of then Representative Manuel A. Roxas II from September 1994 to April 1995. For the May 10 elections, I have my own choices for president and vice-president but I will not and cannot openly campaign for them. As a faculty member of the state university, the University [...]

NBQ on Noynoy Aquino

Here’s the easiest no-brainer-question (NBQ) I have composed so far. Would his candidacy for the presidential post have been a viable one if Noynoy was not the son of his famous parents? Would he be topping the surveys since September last year? If his mother did not die in a very timely and opportune fashion [...]

No-brainer Q on Manny Villar

Would the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have given Manny Villar the extra ‘time of day’ if he was a mere private citizen and not the Senate president in 2007? Villar claims he met PSE officials as a private citizen. At the time, Villar met with the PSE board [...]

No-brainer question on Dick Gordon

If Dick Gordon was leading in the surveys, will he sue Pulse Asia and SWS? For not asking his permission to include his name among the choices? When I was asked by Edru Abraham about three weeks ago to give a political briefing to the Kontra-Gapi ensemble (China-bound for various performances at the World Expo), [...]