Former President Fidel V. Ramos has been credited with — or blamed for — convincing Rodrigo Duterte to run for the presidency and supporting his candidacy. Duterte has so acknowledged Ramos’s role in making the former city mayor president — the first politician in history to hold that post without any previous experience in a…
There is nothing wrong with trying to revive the luster of the Edsa People Power uprising, if the celebration would be faithful to its essence: the people’s demand for change. There is also nothing wrong with making February 25 a joyous occasion, for as long as it does not try to give the illusion that the struggle for genuine change has been won already. By BENJIE OLIVEROS / bulatlat.com
May korelasyon ang pisikal na pangangatawan at panghawak sa pambansang kapangyarihan. Kailangang magsimbolo ang pangangatawan ng presidente bilang pinakamatayog at makapangyarihan sa bansa. Kailangan itong sumabay sa kinetisismo ng posisyon—parating laman ng quad-media araw-araw, kayang pagsabayin ang pagninang sa kasal ng anak ng kaibigang politiko, pakikipaglamay, at pamumuno sa disaster-relief operation ng super-typhoon, kayang nasa…