Through this blog, I wish to share comments and my responses to them re the entry entitled “The political rehabilitation of the Marcoses”. Mon Casiple believes that many of the 2010 voters are young and have no personal recollection of Marcosian martial rule. And that name recall is the ‘name’ (pun intended) of the senatorial [...]
Archive for May, 2010
The Marcoses’ political rehabilitation II
Posted: May 22, 2010 in 2010 elections, Candidate-centered polities, Ferdinand Marcos, Philippine politics, Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr.6
The political rehabilitation of the Marcoses
Posted: May 21, 2010 in 2010 elections, Candidate-centered polities, children of Ferdinand Marcos, Ferdinand Bong Bong Marcos, Ferdinand Marcos, Imee Marcos, Imelda Marcos, Philippine politics, remains of Ferdinand MarcosTags: Philippine politics
Again, some prefatory disclosures are in order. I was an ‘unwilling guest’ of the Marcosian detention camps from September 16, 1973 to December 12, 1974. I was tortured during a tactical interrogation period of about two to three weeks or so at various security agencies (some of which are no longer in existence) including the [...]
Allow me once more to use this space to blog about family–particularly of a brother-in-law who passed away last 9 May 2010. I delivered this eulogy in his honor last 15 May 2010. I am sharing this with my readers and implore for prayers for his soul’s eternal repose. ________________________________________________________ He was a good man. [...]
Premature celebration, premature congratulations?
Posted: May 13, 2010 in 2010 elections, governance, Philippine politicsI really hate to be a spoil-sport but I will go on just the same and raise some questions re the May 10 general elections. The Inquirer today reports that “[T]he number of disenfranchised voters in last Monday’s election may range from 2 million to 8 million, a figure that could have changed the picture [...]
