LML Polettiques (458)

The anomalous tale of the 2 Michaels

Wednesday, 15 February 2023 11:31 Written by
THIS is a cautionary tale of corruption in the highest levels of government spanning two administrations, BBM's and the Deegong's. The dramatis personae are two actors, possibly unrelated, strangers to each other but operate here in the Philippines with dubious…

Massive debt as instrument of foreign policy

Wednesday, 08 February 2023 09:18 Written by
IN 1945, World War 2 ended and another war began. This was not a shooting war — it was the Cold War, a period of geopolitical tension involving erstwhile allies, the United States and the Soviet Union, now competing for…

BBM's travels and the new bromance with China

Wednesday, 01 February 2023 07:42 Written by
I WILL not begrudge BBM's traveling all over with his barkada, the latest of which was to Davos with an entourage of 70, including several two-faced businessmen prominent in financing the People Power Revolution that booted the Marcos père out.…

The sacking of the NSA and the takeover by the generals

Wednesday, 25 January 2023 08:21 Written by
JUST recently, one of the more qualified Cabinet members was sacked by the President. Speculations are rife as to what triggered this singular act: from appeasing the restive military in the wake of the Duterte law that fixed the tenure…

Rebellion in China!

Wednesday, 18 January 2023 09:23 Written by
THERE is a rebellion brewing in China. No guns, weapons and armaments of war. No actual fighting and skirmishes, and no blood flowing in the streets. There are no leadership structures; no single spokesperson articulating their demands, hopes and aspirations.…

Spillover from 2022: Ukraine and China's continuing gift to the world

Wednesday, 11 January 2023 08:51 Written by
THE year 2022 is not done with us yet. It is continuing to spill over and influence the course of events in 2023. I don't see any silver lining. I see only a bleak landscape. But Filipino resilience as always…

No more New Year's resolution!

Wednesday, 04 January 2023 08:02 Written by
I WRITE my first column for 2023 at Heavenly Village in Lake Tahoe while on Christmas skiing holiday with my six grandchildren, ages 3 to 10, two pairs of parents, and a pair of grandparents. While Lolo and Momsie (Lola)…

US justice department: The son of God — a rapist!

Wednesday, 28 December 2022 10:33 Written by
THESE are serious accusations. And it is a measure of the inadequacy of our justice system that it has taken a foreign country to indict one of the Philippines' most powerful personalities, described as a shrewd businessman, an influential radio…
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