Business Class by Rudy Romero
Raising unpaid tax issue is perfectly good politics
‘It’s the estate tax, stupid.’ Last week I drew on the political experience of the United States to illustrate a...
Thomas Dewey in 1948, Bongbong Marcos in 2022
"This game is far from over." Every industry commits booboos, and the opinion polling industry is no exception. The opinion...
1986 People Power for Cory, 2022 for Leni
"Someone is in for a surprise." Obsessed with his allegedly massive opinion-surveys lead and firmly believing that his I-will-unite-the-nation campaign...
PCGG’s factual answers to BBM’s false claims
"Lies. Barefaced lies." A few days ago, an item appeared in one of this country’s leading newspapers that, for reasons...
Survey frontrunner is not election frontrunner
"No one should be complicit in the propagation of the falsehood." Opinion surveys inevitably give rise to leaders and laggards...
62 million voters, not 1,400 respondents, will decide
"BBM does not have the May elections in the bag." One does not have to have a doctorate in either...
A questionnaire for choosing the next president
"These five items relate to the candidate’s integrity, competence, experience, political philosophy and personal character." At this point in the...
A questionnaire for choosing the next president
"These five items relate to the candidate’s integrity, competence, experience, political philosophy and personal character." At this point in the...
Uniteam couple cannot unify the country
"How ridiculous." Every election in this country generates names and designations that are deserving of ridicule or derision. Election 2022...
Worst economic downturn took place under Marcos
"You’ve got to be kidding, BBM." The DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) and FDA (Food and Drug Administration) should...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.