January 13, 2020
Much as we would like to appreciate the effort of several cabinet secretaries coming up to Baguio ostensibly to formalize the ‘rehabilitation’ of the city it is simply a waste of time, resources and personnel on their part considering that rehabilitation done by the city government has already begun. You don’t have to take my […]
January 6, 2020
The traffic scenario during the advent of the New Year and a couple of days afterward saw a plethora of private vehicles coming up from the lowlands transporting visitors to the city. These cars, vans, SUVs and whatnot, along with other public utility vehicles created long and undulating lines literally nose to nose and bumper […]
December 16, 2019
When Vice President Lenny Robredo was finally relieved by President Rodrigo Duterte of her assigned and appointed duties as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) it was more of allowing her a brief glimpse into the brutal reality of the drug war being waged by the government than simply preventing her from bungling […]
December 7, 2019
Everybody seems to be coming out with their two cents worth of opinion, this writer included, regarding the latest declaration by President Rodrigo Duterte that the water concession agreements entered into by the government with wealthy business companies are onerous and disadvantageous to the Filipino people. Indeed how can one of the basic necessities in […]
November 30, 2019
For once I can appreciate the words coming out of the mouth of new Senator Bong Go. His appeal that the public should stop gloating over the ineptitude and error prone hosting of the 30th South East Asian Games in the country and instead root for and clap for our own athletes is right on […]
November 25, 2019
This is not about Senator and Pambansang Kamao Emmanuel Pacquiao but of another equally brilliant, visionary, unassuming, dedicated and the model for a public servant Manny from the South. The guy is former Agriculture Secretary and now incumbent chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority (MDA) Manny Piñol, a journalist, writer, agriculturist and politician. His appoint […]
November 18, 2019
Someone must have talked some sense into Vice President Leni Robredo considering her apparent turn-around in declaring that while she has yet to clarify some issue pertaining to concrete data relative to the war on drugs she will allow the ‘operation tokhang’ begun by President Rodrigo Duterte and his allies, to continue. Earlier and as […]
November 11, 2019
The Vice President Leni Robredo will finally get her chance to dip her finger, literally, in the quagmire of illegal drugs. After having been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as the cochairman for the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), a post she will share with share with Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Aaron […]
October 29, 2019
All eyes are on Malacanang these days with not a few keenly scrutinizing all public appearances by the President, all official statements coming out of the mouths of his allies and declarations made by his spokespersons whether the supposed official version made by Atty. Salvador Panelo or those narrated by newly minted Senator Bong Go […]
October 21, 2019
The plan to subject plebes to regular psychosocial assessment and interventions in order to determine their mental stability is a step in the right direction for the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in its campaign to remove the stigma of hazing from the premier military educational institution in the country. It is also suggested that PMA […]