The Marcoses’ political rehabilitation II

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 [...]

The political rehabilitation of the Marcoses

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 [...]

Premature celebration, premature congratulations?

I 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 [...]

The Philippine political-business cycle

Smartmatic/TIM PCOS machines: Will they work to contract specifications today? The Philippine Star reports today that “foreign investors have adopted a wait-and-see attitude, putting on hold or temporarily withdrawing their investments in the Philippines due to jitters over today’s elections, according to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo. Gunigundo is quoted saying: [...]