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ramoncortoll
Jul 12, 20223 min read
Vicious Cycles
Black swan events are those which occur with the least probabilty and expectation, yet cause the most disruption. The pandemic began in...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 11, 20227 min read
Abe & Duterte: The Nationalists
Rodrigo Duterte and Shinzo Abe got off on the right foot. After Duterte’s first visit to Japan, it was obvious the two leaders had a...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 11, 20227 min read
Abe & Duterte: The Nationalists
Rodrigo Duterte and Shinzo Abe got off on the right foot. After Duterte’s first visit to Japan, it was obvious the two leaders had a...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 8, 20224 min read
The Gathering Storm
With apologies to the film with the same title. The movie was about the events in Europe leading to World War II and how Winston...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 8, 20224 min read
The Gathering Storm
With apologies to the film with the same title. The movie was about the events in Europe leading to World War II and how Winston...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 7, 20224 min read
Angat-Buhay as a Political Party
[ANALYSIS] The Angat Buhay NGO is not enough True to her word, former vice president Leni Robredo launched the Angat Buhay non-government...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 7, 20224 min read
Angat-Buhay as a Political Party
[ANALYSIS] The Angat Buhay NGO is not enough True to her word, former vice president Leni Robredo launched the Angat Buhay non-government...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 6, 20224 min read
The Agriculture Conundrum
PBBM has been talking about food security he began his campaign for the Presidency. He’s still talking about it now. In fact, his first...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 6, 20224 min read
The Agriculture Conundrum
PBBM has been talking about food security he began his campaign for the Presidency. He’s still talking about it now. In fact, his first...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 5, 202210 min read
ECJ & The Coco Levy
Larry Henares writes about Danding Cojuangco and the coconut levy. Henares is not a fan of Danding but in this piece, he details how...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 5, 202210 min read
ECJ & The Coco Levy
Larry Henares writes about Danding Cojuangco and the coconut levy. Henares is not a fan of Danding but in this piece, he details how...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 3, 20224 min read
The Hopeless & Hapless Opposition
Has the opposition learned their lessons from their debacle in the 2022 election? No. Is there hope for them in the future? Will they be...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 3, 20224 min read
The Hopeless & Hapless Opposition
Has the opposition learned their lessons from their debacle in the 2022 election? No. Is there hope for them in the future? Will they be...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 2, 20225 min read
He Who Thinks of Himself Much
I have to give it to Richard Javad Heydarian. The political analyst who never gets anything right because he doesn’t have the freedom to...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 2, 20225 min read
He Who Thinks of Himself Much
I have to give it to Richard Javad Heydarian. The political analyst who never gets anything right because he doesn’t have the freedom to...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 1, 20224 min read
The Day After
Yesterday marked another peaceful transfer of power in the Philippines. None of the “people power” which have ousted two legitimately...
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ramoncortoll
Jul 1, 20224 min read
The Day After
Yesterday marked another peaceful transfer of power in the Philippines. None of the “people power” which have ousted two legitimately...
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ramoncortoll
Jun 30, 20225 min read
Musings
Time goes faster for old people. I was 50 years old when Rodrigo Duterte became President. I am turning 56 in a few days. It is on the...
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ramoncortoll
Jun 30, 20225 min read
Musings
Time goes faster for old people. I was 50 years old when Rodrigo Duterte became President. I am turning 56 in a few days. It is on the...
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ramoncortoll
Jun 29, 20224 min read
Subservience Not Independence
In this piece, Larry Henares narrates what went on in 1946 as Uncle Sam was getting ready to grant the Philippines independence, in name...
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