Manuel L. Quezon III

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Manuel L. Quezon IIIAug 9, 2023
My column today looks at Beijing, Manila, the (high) quality of our representation there and the domestic pressure piling on the international one from China https://opinion.inquirer.net/165418/our-listening-post-in-beijing
Our listening post in Beijing

When a photo was released of former president Rodrigo Duterte, cane in hand, visiting President Marcos, one caption in a social media chat naughtily read, “The Ambassador of China presents his

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Manuel L. Quezon IIIJul 19, 2023
My column today looks at the surprise visit of Duterte to Beijing, a calculated jab at the President. His sister also took a jab that was less noticed. Both serve to distract when admin wants focus on forthcoming SONA. https://opinion.inquirer.net/164875/two-jabs-at-the-president
Two jabs at the President

The second Sona season was supposed to be heralded by a series of cheerful announcements: the rolling out of “Kadiwa ng Pangulo” stores in all 81 provinces; a new Central Luzon health facility;

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Manuel L. Quezon IIIJul 12, 2023
On my aunt’s second death anniversary, a look back at a long and remarkable life. https://www.thediarist.ph/nini-quezon-avancena-1921-2021-a-life-in-words-and-pictures/
Manuel L. Quezon IIIJul 11, 2023
In today's .Inquirer my commentary on the President's cabinet, one year into his term. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1799865/marcos-first-year-in-office-the-past-and-present-in-the-official-family?utm_source=gallery&utm_medium=direct
Marcos’ first year in office: The past and present in the official family

MANILA, Philippines — The second Marcos presidency was born under the shadow of the first: a public expectation of excellence in Cabinet appointments. But it was also born in a different era: a

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Manuel L. Quezon IIIJul 7, 2023
My newsletter for this week. Why not subscribe? https://mlq3.substack.com/p/hate-love-powers-that-be-are-used?sd=pf
Hate Love? Powers-that-be are used to it.

Retro feels and online hate for the new national tourism slogan

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Manuel L. Quezon IIIJul 5, 2023
My column today looks at the political economy, so to speak, of tourism, a 50-year policy, political, and bureaucratic infrastructure the Marcoses can claim as their own --and why this is so. https://opinion.inquirer.net/164525/love-actually-2
Love, actually

Last week, the President received, from his secretary of tourism, an award from the Department of Tourism (DOT) to his late father, for the outstanding achievement of having established the department

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Manuel L. Quezon IIIJul 1, 2023
For your weekend viewing: a deep dive into basic education. So much in these episodes will shock you, but perhaps some of it will inform you. https://mlq3.substack.com/p/a-deep-dive-into-basic-education?sd=pf
A deep dive into basic education

The statistics are alarming but is a course-correction in order?

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Manuel L. Quezon IIIJun 28, 2023
My column this week looks on intramurals as the sport of kings (or kingmakers), even as the BSP choice proves it's inconvenient for economic managers to make policy statements with political repercussions. https://opinion.inquirer.net/164342/ruling-coalition-fiesta
Ruling coalition fiesta

The appointment of Eli Remolona, on one hand, seems favorably received by the markets while, on the other, communicates the frustration of the thinly veiled ambitions of the secretary of finance and

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Manuel L. Quezon IIIJun 22, 2023
A self-sustaining, stable, party system, is my newsletter for this week. Why not subscribe now? https://open.substack.com/pub/mlq3/p/a-self-sustaining-stable-party-system?r=labjf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
A self-sustaining, stable, party system

"To the victors belong the spoils" but what happens when everybody is a winner?

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Manuel L. Quezon IIIJun 22, 2023
Whatever happened to the President's party, the Partido Federal? It’s suddenly growing. But what happens when another pro-president party,the Kilusan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino gets Comelec approval? That’s my column yesterday. https://opinion.inquirer.net/164184/the-spoiled-spoils-system
The spoiled spoils system

We like to call it patronage but the Americans more aptly call it the spoils system (“to the victors belong the spoils”) since the time of Andrew Jackson. If ideology is the mental glue of a

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