With sixty years of experience in activism since 1966 and seventy - three years in politics since 1953, I have learned a different mathematics from what I learned in school from 1954 to 1990.

One Plus One is not Equal to Two. It is Equal to Three, Four, Five…!

Ombudsman Crispin “Boying” Remulla enjoys floating scoops. His most successful float was late last year, “that Senator “Bato” dela Rosa was the subject of a warrant of arrest from the International Criminal Court (ICC).” He sent Bato into deep hiding for more than six months until Monday, May 11, 2026.

INC Did Not Learn the Lessons of EDSA I and II

In February 2016, Baby’s sisters, Ma. Caridad ‘Charito’ Sutton, from England and Ma. Cecilia ‘Cecille’ from California came to the Philippines. Her brother from Davao City, Isidro ‘Jojo’ Ahorro also joined us. We stayed at the Mountain Lodge at # 27 Leonard Wood Rd. This is the old vacation house of my aunty Margarita “Tina” Araneta Singh, which her daughter, Karmir Singh McCann developed and expanded into a family Hotel. It is now managed by her granddaughter, Jennine McCann Chan. My family of four stayed in the old master’s bedroom, while my - in - laws stayed in the old girls’ rooms. Just across the road is the white Laperal ghost house at # 14 Leonard Wood Rd.

Baguio in My Mind! (Final part)

Since PBBM’s ‘State of the Nation Address’ (SONA) last July 28, 2025, a Monday, the Filipino people’s anger has surged and waned. On three dates, September 21 and November 30, 2025, and February 25, 2026, there were multiple rallies against the flood control scam. The INC organized a three - day Rally for Transparency and Democracy on November 16 – 18, 2025.

The Pieces of the Puzzle are Falling in Place!

Late on the evening of Friday, July 3, after office hours closed, the Sandigan Bayan issued warrants of arrest for non bailable cases of Plunder, against Marcoleta, Defensor and two others. However, they kept all of us in suspense over the weekend by not revealing or even leaking the fact.

No EDSA IV While the Ball is with the Impeachment Court!

Less than a week after I wrote my last column, “Indignation in the Streets, Coup in the Senate!”, shortly after 3:00 pm on Wednesday, June 3, former Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero broke his boycott of the Senate Plenary Sessions and walked into the Senate Session Hall. By leaving the Cawatano 13 ( - 2 Bato and Jinggoy) = 11, and joining the Minority 11, he created a New Majority of 12.

Chiz to the Rescue! Waiting for One More!

Every Monday, since May 11, 2026, the Senate Duterte Majority, the Mass Media and us, ordinary but interested spectators, widen our ears as 3;00 p.m. approaches. Has one or have two of the majority senators decided to change sides? The minority has grown from nine to eleven. The two abstainee/independent senators have declared that they belong to the minority.

Indignation in the Streets, Coup in the Senate!

When the Senate’s Sara Duterte Bloc managed a coup on Monday, May 11, 2026, I instantly felt that a chapter had been turned in our political history. Alan Peter Cayetano had recruited two Senators from the Sotto 13 that had unseated Chiz Escudero on September 8, 2025.

The Fatal Mistake of the Marcos Romualdez Clan!

The Sara Duterte Bloc in the Senate is in the throes of a Last Stand. After recruiting Lady Senators Pia Cayetano and Loren Legarda on Monday, May 11, the Sara Duterte/Alan Peter Cayetano Bloc seized the Senate Presidency for a mere twenty - three days. Their “Maliligayang na mga Araw!” was cut short by the defection of former Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday, June 3.

Is there Resurrection after Duterte’s Last Stand?

Thirty – seven days after seizing the Senate Presidency in the Monday, May 11, 2026, Cayetano Senate Coup, and fourteen days after he was unseated in the Wednesday, June 3, 2026, Gatchalian Senate Coup, former “kapit tuko” HoR Speaker and shortest serving and messiest Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano, finally conceded on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, morning, that he had lost the numbers and that Gatchalian had the thirteen votes.

The Worst Senate President!

The Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow column by OpinYon News columnist, Linggoy Alcuaz.

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