January 2025

Details about the scandal that could bring down President Ferdinand Marcos Jr are slowly emerging.

When Cong. Isidro Ungab first exposed the blanks in the Bicameral Report in a podcast with former President Rodrigo Duterte, attended by Atty. Vic Rodriguez, PBBM categorically declared that fPRRD was “lying.”

This morning (January 30), he remained defiant when he told a gathering of lawmakers that he “cannot find those d*mned blank items.” It’s still the same narrative, but it’s easy to see the subtle retreat.

Former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Mabilog probably does not know whether to celebrate or grumble.

On one hand, a celebration is due. Imagine being let off the hook on his administrative cases. No doubt it feels like a thorn pulled out.

On the other hand, he is put on the spot by the unusual prominence given the executive clemency. A simple news item would have sufficed. Instead, it was announced by the office of Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin at a time when the latter is in the eye of the storm over his flip-flopping over the Blanks in the Bicameral report Mess (BBM).

Don’t compare apples with tomatoes.

You've probably heard that line before. It’s what happens when people compare two different objects and draw conclusions from the flawed comparison.

Comparing apples with tomatoes is the strategy being applied by  Malacañang to counter the expose made by former President Rodrigo Duterte. In a Saturday evening podcast, PRRD denounced the Bicameral report on the General Appropriations Bill submitted to Malacañang for PBBM’s signature.

When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reorganized the National Security Council (NSC) two days before 2024 became history, it virtually confirmed his insecurity.