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Ruben Almendras
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A ?150-billion election
by Ruben Almendras - May 19, 2025 - 12:00am
Presidential elections are generally more expensive, but the last mid-term elections may have been the most expensive mid-term election in Philippine history in nominal and real terms.
Equalizer voters in Philippine elections
by Ruben Almendras - May 5, 2025 - 12:00am
Next week will be the Philippines midterm election to elect 12 senators, congressmen, governors, mayors and other local government officials.
Pope Francis and Duterte
by Ruben Almendras - April 28, 2025 - 12:00am
Almost all of the main and social media news in the last two weeks were about Pope Francis, his life and his death.
Uncritical Filipino voters
by Ruben Almendras - April 21, 2025 - 12:00am
It will be election day in less than a month, and a quiet dread/desperation is palpable in some sectors of the Philippine society, on who will be elected to the local and national positions.
US tariffs effects on the Philippines
by Ruben Almendras - April 14, 2025 - 12:00am
Trump’s “on and off” implementation/deadlines on the massive tariffs on almost 100 countries in the world are mind boggling and almost weird.
Playing the victim card
by Ruben Almendras - March 17, 2025 - 12:00am
n the battle for public opinion especially in politics, part of the arsenal of astute politicians and their handlers is to “play the victim card”.
Recollections/lessons of the Edsa Revolution
by Ruben Almendras - March 3, 2025 - 12:00am
The 39th Anniversary of the Philippines People Power Revolution that happened in EDSA and other parts of the country was celebrated last February 25 more significantly than in the previous years.
Disturbing events/sentiments in the US
by Ruben Almendras - February 3, 2025 - 12:00am
It has only been two weeks that Trump has been in office as US president and his pronouncements, initiatives, and executive orders are disturbing, roiling, and destabilizing the government bureaucracy, the economy,...
BBM/Marcos ambivalent offensive on Dutertes
by Ruben Almendras - January 27, 2025 - 12:00am
Two recent developments highlighted again the ambivalence of the BBM/Marcos approach in their conflict with the Duterte Family and political group.
Implications of crowd size in events
by Ruben Almendras - January 20, 2025 - 12:00am
In the last two weeks there were three events with large crowds that have important and long-term meanings.
ABS-CBN rewind/redux?
by Ruben Almendras - January 13, 2025 - 12:00am
A bit of news that was in the main and social media last week was the filing by Congressman Salceda of House Bill No. 11252, to grant ABS-CBN a new 25-year franchise for a nationwide broadcasting network.
Marcos-Duterte War Phase II
by Ruben Almendras - January 6, 2025 - 12:00am
In the two days after the new year, two noteworthy developments happened in the ongoing conflict between the Marcoses and the Dutertes.
Why we celebrate the longest Christmas
by Ruben Almendras - December 23, 2024 - 12:00am
We Filipinos claim that we have the longest Christmas in the world, and no other country or nationality has refuted this. There are many Christmas villages in some countries that are open the whole year, but they...
Winners/loser in the fall of Syria’s Assad
by Ruben Almendras - December 16, 2024 - 12:00am
After 41 years of brutal dictatorial rule, or more than 50 years if we include the reign of his father, Bashar al-Assad was driven out of Syria as the rebels entered Damascus last December 8.
Winners/losers in the VP impeachment
by Ruben Almendras - December 9, 2024 - 12:00am
The impeachment process to remove Duterte as vice president has started and ongoing.
Winners/losers in the Marcos-Duterte war
by Ruben Almendras - December 2, 2024 - 12:00am
Even with the toned-down rhetoric of BBM and restraining impeachment moves on VP Duterte, the war between the Marcoses and the Dutertes is far from over.
Classic VP Duterte meltdown or…
by Ruben Almendras - November 25, 2024 - 12:00am
The standoff in Congress of VP Duterte while staying with her chief-of-staff Zuleika Lopez in detention and resistance to have her transferred to the women’s correctional facility was all over the news and...
Why Harris lost the US elections
by Ruben Almendras - November 18, 2024 - 12:00am
I was the speaker at a club forum after the US election on the effects of a Trump presidency in America, the world and in the Philippines.
Trump: a test for US democracy and institutions
by Ruben Almendras - November 11, 2024 - 12:00am
On January 6, 2025, Trump will assume the presidency of the US with the political, social, and economic environment of the US and the world more complicated/complex than in his previous term as president.
Fallout of the Marcos-Duterte war
by Ruben Almendras - October 28, 2024 - 12:00am
Quite a lot and enough has been said and written on the ongoing battle between the Marcos and Duterte families, and the conflict isn’t going to end soon.
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