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PORTLAND, A CITY in Oregon, US became the subject of a number of news reports since the deployment of federal agents there by Donald Trump last July 4 to suppress mass protests being conducted in the area. Citizens were enraged and raised alarm over the spate of kidnapping and arbitrary arrests perpetrated by operatives in […]

Aside from profits, China aims to expand its influence and owned favors from countries needing a vaccine. In its haste to be first in the market, it has authorized the military to use of one of its vaccines, Sinopharm’s Ad5-nCoV ng Si­nop­harm, in June 25 even if it has not entered the thrid phase of […]

In his State of the Nation Address 2020 on July 27, Rodrigo Duterte repeatedly lashed out at Sen. Franklin Drilon who challenged him to push for the implementation of the Anti-Dynasty Bill. Drilon proposed to ban dynasties in the reactionary government, extending the regulation up to the second degree of consanguinity and affinity. Duterte got […]

To cover up his his regime’s inutility and incompetence in controlling that Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the phrase “wait for a vaccine” has already become Rodrigo Duterte’s mantra. He has given no support to Filipino scientists in the effort to discover one. His P10 million bounty to first discoverers is worthless without funding for […]

Philippine politics has long been dominated by dynastic families at all levels. Election results in 2019 indicate that around 163 families have at least two members who are simultaneously seated as senator, congressman or governor. Eighty-eight of these families are from Luzon, 29 from Visayas, and 44 from Min­da­nao. The results reflect data during the […]