Out of the fire

by Gonzalo Duque

April 19, 2025 in Out of the fire

Signs of cheating in overseas voting

By Gonzalo Duque   HAPPY Easter to all! The developments in the national political scene are not looking good for the senatorial candidates of the present administration. We can see Imee Marcos, Camille Villar, and maybe Pia Cayetano abandoning ship and getting endorsement from no less than Vice President Sara…
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April 13, 2025 in Out of the fire

The COMELEC should watch out

By Gonzalo Duque   AS the mid-term election draws nearer, the COMELEC is again placed in a hot spot because of its inability to remove all illegally-placed and oversized campaign paraphernalia of the senatorial and local candidates, among other issues. Its failure to monitor the expenses of the national and local…
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April 6, 2025 in Out of the fire

Rage!

By Gonzalo Duque   RECENT developments in our country may not look good for the Marcos administration in the light of the “illegal” arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte. In my previous columns, I wrote that unless there is a  “triggering factor” where the administration of PBBM might suffer defeat…
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March 30, 2025 in Out of the fire

Imee’s move

By Gonzalo Duque   THE withdrawal of Senator Imee Marcos from the Alyansa ng Mamamayang Pilipino, otherwise known as the administration ticket, will greatly affect the senatorial ticket of her brother, PBBM, in the forthcoming election. Because of Imee’s move, we learned that some of the candidates of the administration…
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March 23, 2025 in Out of the fire

An easy case to win

By Gonzalo Duque   NOW that the preliminary hearing on former President Rodrigo Duterte’s case by the Internal Criminal Court has been concluded, we learned that one of the confirmed lawyers for Duterte, British-Israeli Nicholas Kaufman, said with confidence that the case of FPRRD is an easy one, both for…
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