Perspective
Visayan Daily Star
Rowena V. Guanzon
The Sorry State of the Nation
The State of the Nation Address (SONA) of the president said nothing on health. Nothing on maternal and child care. Nothing on reducing infant mortality. Nothing on gender equality in education.Nothing. Nothing.This is the sorry state of our nation.
This is what we get after the “I’m […]

A Truth Commission is only as good as its source. If its source is poisoned, the fruits can only be poisoned. How can GMA truly create an independent commission that will investigate no other than herself? Granting that a Truth Commission is allowed under our Constitution and laws, Commissions like the Davide Commission and the […]

Franklin Drilon and Raul Gonzalez, both from Iloilo, have never been the best of friends. But their differences are more pronounced now that they are on different sides of the political fence. Gonzalez, plucked from a probable life of obscurity by GMA, is fiercely loyal to his principal. Drilon, who is the Senate President, does […]

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism’s blog (pcij.org/blog) has an earthshaking revelation. After they had a technician enhance the taped conversation between a woman (probably GMA) and Garcillano, they heard the woman say, “pero yun nga, yung dagdag, yung dagdag (but you know, the padding, the padding). This was in connection with the woman’s concern […]

Moral guidance for GMA
“We are moral teachers,” said the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines. As such, they are shying away from what they consider as “political” positions and statements and instead, stated that they “xxx ask the President to discern deeply to what extent she might have contributed to the erosion of effective governance […]