by Sonny Pulgar | Aug 26, 2022 | Articles
In 2013, he fielded his son, Jack, along with the tradition of dynastic bragging rights: having a descendant or sibling serving in tandem in the senate. He lost. In 2016, he ran again to reclaim his senate seat. He lost. Year 2022 was daughter Katrina’s turn to...
by Sonny Pulgar | Aug 15, 2022 | Articles
Koko Pimentel delivered a privilege speech bringing to the Senate’s attention (an anomalous DepEd transaction that has now become public knowledge) the purchases made by the PS-DBM and red-flagged by the COA worth ?2.3 Billion of laptops to be distributed to 68,000...
by Sonny Pulgar | Aug 10, 2022 | Articles
Today is the 40th day of BBM presidency. Traditionally the media grants slack on the new sitting president. The 100-day honeymoon period is enough for a president to feel the nuances of a job he himself sought thru tooth and nail. Since 1991 the Marcoses set their...
by Sonny Pulgar | May 24, 2022 | Articles
After the onslaught of the Marcos Dynasty from 1965-1986, the Constitutional Commission of 1987 proscribed the formation of political dynasties participating in popular elections. The framers thought that by term limitations and anti-dynasty provision, democracy is...
by Sonny Pulgar | Apr 20, 2022 | Articles
From an article of Maritess Vitug, we gathered that one Rolando Gapud was the financial wizard of the Marcoses in creating legal fictions or corporate veils to hide the true ownerships of the crown jewels, no pun meant, of the Conjugal Partnership. Gapud narrated in...