Presidential legacies

Edilberto C. de Jesus - @inquirerdotnet 07/03/2021

Presidential deaths, even of those no longer in office, inevitably invite inquiries into legacy. But performance assessment, particularly with presidents limited to a single term, comes even earlier than the end of the administration, as it sets…

Lessons from a selective Daang Matuwid

Jobers R. Bersales 05/04/2016

By the time this column appears again next week, we shall have elected a new president to run the country in the next six years. And by the looks of it, despite all the allegations, brickbats and…

PNoy should not have endorsed any candidate – Escudero

Carmel Loise Matus 03/05/2016

SAMBOAN, Cebu—Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Saturday said President Aquino should not have endorsed any candidate in the May elections to show that the polls will indeed be fair. “Nalungkot ako ng bahagya nung nagpasya si Pangulong…

Roxas, Cabinet members – Defend ‘Daang Matuwid’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/25/2015

The lines blurred yesterday in a Cabinet members “People’s Dialog” in Cebu City that sounded more like a campaign for presidential aspirant Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II and the administration’s platform of good governance. At least…

Trillanes: ‘Decent, honest’ Roxas is not ‘daang matuwid’

08/17/2015

An administration senator said that Liberal Party (LP) presidential candidate Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II could not ride on the popularity of the administration’s “daang matuwid” (straight path) as he eyed the 2016 election. Administration ally…

It’s Roxas’ turn

08/04/2015

In anointing  Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas as the Liberal Party standard- bearer in next year’s elections, President Benigno Aquino III stayed true to form and tradition, picking  a successor from party ranks. Twenty five…

Thoughts on P-Noy’s SONA

07/30/2015

Long after his achievements may  be  forgotten – and public memory singles out  the Mamasapano massacre and Luneta bus hostage crisis – Filipinos will recall President Benigno Aquino III’s  use of a Biblical passage in his last…

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