LETTERS FROM DAVAO By Jun Ledesma Flying out and coming home WHAT do we have here? VP Leni Robredo has flown to New York City to attend her daughter’s graduation. We should not deprive her of that. She too will have the opportunity to be in a community where she won in the overseas elections. … Continue reading
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LETTERS FROM DAVAO:It’s game over
LETTERS FROM DAVAO By Jun Ledesma It’s game over I HAVE lived long enough and stored in my memory bank episodes of fraud and election-related crimes and venalities that occurred in at least nine presidential elections. Without fear of contradiction (to borrow that cliche), I can say that the May 9, 2022 polls are … Continue reading
Letters from Davao: Everybody loves a winner
LETTERS FROM DAVAO By Jun Ledesma Everybody loves a winner AT an average of 59 percent which all the survey firms have identically tallied from March to April it is most likely that the country will have a president elected by the majority. The survey outfits have not actually factored in the endorsement of Iglesia … Continue reading
Letters from Davao: Trouble hounds Partido Reporma
LETTERS FROM DAVAO By Jun Ledesma Trouble hounds Partido Reporma THE unceremonious ditching of Senator Panfilo Lacson as the presidential candidate of Partido Reporma by the party President Pantaleon Alvarez in favor of Leni Robredo of the Liberal Party has triggered a major disorganization and disorientation in its ranks and dwindling supporters. During the grand rally of Hugpong … Continue reading
OPINION: Comedic nightmare
LETTERS FROM DAVAO By Jun Ledesma Comedic nightmare WITH just two months to go before May 29 elections, the air smells of murk and campaign speeches rise to a crescendo heavy with identical promises. Debates are no longer informative and entertaining save for the incisive questions from Prof. Clarita Carlos. Watching and listening to so many … Continue reading
Letters from Davao: Bong Go decides
LETTERS FROM DAVAO By Jun Ledesma Bong Go decides THE withdrawal of Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go from the Presidential derby came as a surprise as when he was pushed by party leadership into the race. I can feel the excruciating predicament he suddenly found himself in. He was 40 days into his Vice Presidential quest … Continue reading
Letters from Davao: Is Parlade someone’s marionette?
LETTERS FROM DAVAO By Jun Ledesma Is Parlade someone’s marionette? ANTONIO Parlade, Jr. filed a Certificate of Candidacy for president and came out berserk accusing Sen. Bong Go as “kasama siya sa problema ng bayan” but ended saying “I will not explain”. Maybe pressed by the media to elucidate on his accusation he claimed that … Continue reading
Letters from Davao: Brazen and shameless politicking
LETTERS FROM DAVAO By Jun Ledesma, Columnist, Philippines News Agency THE Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) has become a veritable stage of political zarzuela where the grand inquisitors made the nation believe they have discovered a mountain of corruption in government overpriced purchases of personal protective equipment. Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Dick Gordon, Minority … Continue reading
LETTERS FROM DAVAO: It’s not about Scarborough
LETTERS FROM DAVAO By Jun Ledesma, Columnist, Philippines News Agency It’s not about Scarborough THIS brouhaha about debates over Scarborough and Duterte on a jet ski is nothing but boredom inducers. The previous administration gave it up and even allowed China to do reclamation work using the soil mined from the mountains of Zambales … Continue reading
LETTERS FROM DAVAO: Journalistic fraud
LETTERS FROM DAVAO By Jun Ledesma, Columnist, Philippines News Agency Journalistic fraud IN my recent article “Nitpicking” I pointed out the dubious if not diabolic agenda of opposition quarters at discrediting and demonizing Pres. Rodrigo Duterte in every turn, creating mountains out of molehills and deliberately ignoring the achievements that this administration had achieved. Little … Continue reading
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