by Sonny Pulgar | Sep 7, 2021 | Articles
Pre-Duterte, it’s the political elite vs another political elite like the Aquinos vs the Macapagals vs the Marcoses etc Duterte stood against this political culture and so we thought. Post Duterte, the culture lives on with the epidemic of dynasties. And it’s getting...
by Sonny Pulgar | Sep 5, 2021 | Articles
As a general rule a President steals at the last lap of his/her term. With the exception of Erap thinking he got much political capital by way of electoral landslide, his theft began on the first 12 months of his term. He tinkered with PAGCOR franchise and PCSO...
by Sonny Pulgar | Mar 29, 2021 | Articles
Sa isang palitan ng kuro sa pagitan ni Zhou Enlai at Henry Kissinger, nagtanung ang huli sa una kung anu ang palagay nya sa liberal democracy na nagsimula sa Francia noong Fall of Bastille. Ang sagot ni Zhou, “maaga pang sagutin yan (It’s too early to...
by Sonny Pulgar | Mar 26, 2021 | Articles
Macho ang ibig iproyekto ni Rody sa kanyang mga tagahanga. Astig, Barako, at Siga. Wala sinabi sina Chavit, Hagedorn at Erap. Pati pananamit. Wala medyas at aninag ang humpak na dibdib at kita ang nakausling tiyan. Kung may bagong assault rifle mula China, pumopormang...
by Sonny Pulgar | Sep 9, 2019 | Articles
In 1974, Calauag was into a pleasant surprise. The talk of the town was that Ong Bon Jieng settled in Iyam, Lucena City. Most of the traders in Calauag, the Chinese and the Batanguenos for the most part, thought that Boning has acquired a sizeable chunk of commercial...
by Sonny Pulgar | Jan 22, 2019 | Articles
(Lucena City, Quezon Province) The Suarezes known to be the QUEZON DYNASTY was ignored by the President in his visit to Lucena on Jan 22 at the Quezon Convention Center when he keynoted a provincial group gathering identified with the family. The Suarezes were never...