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I’d like to share with you all my work as a foreign correspondent. Some commenters have asked me why I’m posting only now an article on Senator Loren Legarda’s two SALNs. It’s because my blog is not my main work. South China Morning Post is my main work. This article, published yesterday on Sunday Morning Post magazine, sheds light on [...]
By Raissa Robles I wondered how the dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ top two generals must have looked dancing the hula. This is what my hubby Alan came up with, minus the red lipstick and the high heels that Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile had detailed in his memoir. Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab! Senator Bongbong Marcos has [...]
And will someone please tell the Filipino people: How many times did Marcos’ top generals dance in drag? But first things first, if you are itching to build your very own political dynasty, take the test below and see if you have the aptitude for it. My hubby Alan proudly made the test, inspired by the best practices of current [...]
Series of cables confirm Malaysia’s meddling in the 1970s Mindanao wars By Raïssa Robles The whistleblower site Wikileaks released barely an hour ago a veritable feast for Filipinos and all of mankind. These are over two million diplomatic cables and “Kissinger cables” going all the way back to 1966 and to the present. Just click on this link and you [...]
In celebration of the People Power anniversary, which many people seem to have swept aside because of the standoff in Sabah, my hubby Alan wrote the following humor column. It’s nostalgic for him in a way because he began writing humor columns during the dark days of Martial Law, when laughing about the dictatorship was the only way to ease [...]
My exclusive interview with Sen. Bongbong Marcos By Raïssa Robles One remark you might hear from supporters of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is that we shouldn’t blame the son for the sins of the father. Even Satur Ocampo said something to this effect when he defended his decision to run alongside the dictator’s offspring in 2010. “We are not collecting [...]
By Raïssa Robles Some were surprised to see Vice-President Jejomar Binay on the same side of the political fence as President Benigno Aquino III in trying to prosecute ex-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for electoral sabotage. Has Binay forgotten that just a month ago, Aquino embarrassed him publicly by announcing his rejection of Binay’s recommendation to bury Marcos with military honors [...]
“In life, we make decisions that could win the day but lose the morrow, or decisions that could lose the day but win the morrow. It is my hope that this recommendation, would win the day and win tomorrow.” - Vice-President Jejomar Binay told PNoy as he recommended military honors for the dead dictator Ferdinand Marcos My exclusive [...]
By Raïssa Robles UPDATE: Rafael Alunan again wrote on my website, this time to clarify that he was NOT referring to Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos as THE SCREAMING IDIOT. But to someone else: Here is what he said: Raissa, in the interest of accuracy, I did not refer to Bongbong Marcos as an idiot, so please correct the [...]