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THINKING PINOY The overwhelming popularity of then presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte is hardly disputable, so his win was never seriously questioned. The same cannot be said, however, on that of Vice President Leni Robredo and many other candidates. The automated election system in 2016, which...

THINKING PINOY Vice President Leni Robredo’s much-delayed drug war report is finally here. With all the fanfare that preceded it, I was expecting something as bombastic as when the nation in 2017 discovered that the Office of the Vice President through Pete Silva sent propaganda instructions to...

THINKING PINOY Social media-based political blogs in recent years played a considerable role in shaping the outcome of the last two national elections. But which ones have the most impact? (This is the second of a two-part series whose first installment was on 21 December 2019.) I listed six ways...