For complete list of INQUIRER.net RSS Feed visit http://services.inquirer.net/rss/rss.php http://services.inquirer.net/rss/opinion_editorial.xml 2010-02-10T17:05:41+08:00 text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20100209-252274/Inquirers-bias FORMER PRESIDENT JOSEPH ESTRADA DECLINED to attend the Inquirer presidential debate last Monday because of this newspaper’s alleged bias against him. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20100209-252273/Villars-challenge AT MONDAY’S INQUIRER PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, Sen. Manny Villar offered a simple but powerful defense of his heavy ad spending. Then he pivoted and issued an even more forceful challenge to his rivals for the presidency. His words are worth quoting in full: “Pera ko naman ang ginagastos ko. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20100209-252089/Stranded Congress adjourned last week, bypassing more than a dozen important measures and committee reports. The Senate adjourned without doing anything on its last session day for lack of quorum. The House of Representatives adjourned also without acting on pending measures for lack of time and quorum. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20100208-251867/New-ball-game UNDER the rules of the game as we’ve known them from the first post-Edsa presidential election in 1992 until 2004, the start of the presidential campaign on Feb. 9 would’ve been preceded by a flurry of activities in January, from party conventions to the filing of candidacies. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20100206-251685/The-Pagcor-party The block of Nacionalista Party president Manuel Villar tried to pull a fast one by proclaiming its boycott of Senate sessions as a move motivated by the desire to derail two administration proposals with dangerous implications. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20100205-251515/Through-the-roof THE STAFF of Quirino Rep. Junie Cua, chair of the appropriations committee, must have done a good job of hiding the insertions in the national government budget for 2010 made by senators and congressmen. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20100204-251277/Voting-for-the-bad NUMBERS CAN LIE. That is the lesson we learn from the well-intentioned study conducted by the National Statistical Coordination Board, comparing the electoral fate of incumbent provincial officials vis-à-vis their province’s performance on the so-called Good Governance Index. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20100203-251175/Ping-Lacson-tourist Sen. Panfilo Lacson’s flight from the law makes his political rival Sen. Manuel Villar, who showed up at the Senate last Monday but refused to take questions from his peers, look downright courageous. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20100203-251015/Failure-an-option On Friday, Jan. 22, after years of studiously ignoring them, members of Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines were invited to have dinner with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. One correspondent, Raissa Robles, asked the President if she was personally concerned over the coming elections. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20100202-250817/Misleading-claims Last week the Arroyo administration began placing full-page and double-spread colored advertisements touting its achievements in the economy, social development, infrastructure, jobs, agriculture, energy and digital infrastructure. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20100201-250598/Nixing-nukes TODAY and tomorrow, the country hosts an unusually important international meeting: a workshop to prepare for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, which is held only once every five years. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20100130-250394/Time-bomb President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has gone on a self-proclaimed “charm offensive,” engaging sectors she’s been generally hostile to if not patently dismissive of.