April 4, 2022
The 1987 Philippine Constitution provides in Section 5 of its provisions that, “The maintenance of peace and order, the protection of life, liberty, and property, and promotion of the general welfare is essential for the enjoyment by all the people of the blessings of democracy”. The bible of local government units in the country, Republic […]
March 27, 2022
The latest pre-election survey from Publicus Asia Inc., which according to its website is the “first and only SEC-registered lobbying and campaigns firm catering political, corporate, or advocacy projects”, shows that the tandem of presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos Jr. and vice-presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio continue to maintain their leads over their rivals […]
March 21, 2022
The latest pre-election survey from Publicus Asia Inc., which according to its website is the “first and only SEC-registered lobbying and campaigns firm catering political, corporate, or advocacy projects”, shows that the tandem of presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos Jr. and vice-presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio continue to maintain their leads over their rivals […]
March 7, 2022
The recent announcement of a partnership shown by the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Commission on Elections and Philippine online news website Rappler to purportedly bolster the integrity of the coming elections in May of this year is quite frankly amusing if not borderline ridiculous. The explanation provided by COMELEC in […]
February 6, 2022
For the past several months we have seen how our politicians, in particular some presidential aspirants, have been doing everything in their power to actively campaign not for the position that they are aspiring for but in bringing down and destroying another presidential candidate who is the present frontrunner in the polls for the top […]
January 16, 2022
There is something to be said about the evolving pandemic situation brought about by the SARS CoV- 2 virus that causes COVID-19 and its many variants, the latest being the omicron variant. While it has already been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US that the omicron variant is […]
January 9, 2022
We are again scrambling to put back stringent measures such as heightened public health protocols as the world once more battens down the hatches in confronting the latest COVID-19 variant called Omicron. But even as preparations are being made to manage the omicron variant there are early reports that speak of the possibility that the […]
October 31, 2021
I struggled a bit in preparing to present farming ideas and suggestions from a former Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA), and now running for a position in the Senate, that will go forward in the development for food sufficiency of the country, without appearing as if I am campaigning for the person. I […]
October 10, 2021
This week saw throngs of politicians converging at the COMELEC designated sites to file their certificates of candidacy (COCs) as they aspire for the various elective positions up for grabs. They have more or less six months beginning this November 2021 up to the last week of April 2022 to convince voters they are who […]
September 27, 2021
In the scramble to strike a balance between imposing measures aimed at coping with the COVID pandemic and providing avenues to stimulate the flagging economy a law was recently signed just a couple of days ago by President Rodrigo Duterte that provides a new tax scheme for Philippine Gaming Offshore Operations (POGOs), amending and adding […]