Category Archives: Government

Government, Law Enforcement, Social Media

A Teeth-less Persona Non Grata

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Declaring someone “persona non grata” has become the political equivalent of a social media unfollow—dramatic, public, and utterly meaningless.

Despite the fuss, legal minds know these resolutions lack real teeth.

Rendon Labador and Rosmar can still sip piña coladas in Coron without a hitch. No local immigration officers are waiting to block them at the airport, and no one is checking lists at disembarking gates in Palawan.

Drag artist Pura Luka, despite the grand proclamations, is as free as ever to sashay her way back into town.

This spectacle is all about publicity—a theatrical display for the easily impressed. So, let’s all relax and enjoy the show. After all, these declarations are less about enforcement and more about creating a headline or two, proving once again that in politics, perception often trumps reality.

Government, Politics, Social Media

Sara Duterte As Leader Of Opposition Is An Oxymoron

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In a twist worthy of a political soap opera, some now claim that Sara Duterte, fresh off her cabinet resignation, will spearhead the opposition. The idea that Duterte will oppose herself—being the Vice President and part of the current government—is a spectacular oxymoron.

While she is indeed free to criticize the Marcos administration, imagining this as a prelude to the next presidential race is naive. President Marcos Jr. isn’t running again, but Duterte might. So, for as long as Marcos Jr. is diligently performing his mandate, any opposition from Duterte and her loyalists will be nothing more than political grandstanding.

It’s a fascinating spectacle: the Vice President posturing as the opposition to an administration she’s inherently a part of. But in this circus, the only thing they’ll be juggling is a waste of everyone’s political time.

The show must go on, but it’s starting to look more like a farce than a drama.