November 3, 2018
The sudden but not unexpected decision of President Rodrigo Duterte for the Armed Forces of the Philippines to temporarily take over the Bureau of Customs (BoC) is a breath of fresh air and a sigh of relief for those who believe that the BoC is already a nest of criminal syndicates.
October 27, 2018
President Rodrigo Duterte made the right decision in removing Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña from the corruption ridden Bureau of Customs before the credibility and integrity of the latter is further eroded by the drug mess that happened recently.
October 21, 2018
The air these days seem pregnant with expectation, the atmosphere tense but lively as politicians, both those starting out and those already old in the tooth in public service, are once again presenting themselves as worthy public servants of the people.
October 14, 2018
The United Nations may have finally understood why President Rodrigo Duterte is insistent and committed in his war on drugs. Just recently, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres acknowledged that it is the duty of every government to deal and confront the drug problem head on. “It is personal. The reality is that drugs and addiction are […]
October 9, 2018
After an earlier denial by his officials that he went to the hospital last Thursday President Rodrigo Duterte came out with an admission that he did in fact went to the hospital for a repeat medical test and most probably sought for a second opinion about the present state of his health.
October 1, 2018
There is truth in the saying that ‘an ounce of prevention is always worth a pound of cure’. This is no less significant when a disaster or calamity will strike and the people are well prepared and have planned for any kind of onslaught well ahead of time. In fact when a community has implemented […]
September 19, 2018
Typhoon Ompong (international name-Mangkhut) has finally crept into the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) bringing along torrential rains and expected to pack 200 to 220 kilometers per hour winds. Ompong is one of the strongest typhoons to enter the country and has the possibility of turning into a supertyphoon once it reaches land.
September 10, 2018
The issuance of Proclamation 572 dated August 31, 2018 revoking and voiding the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for his participation in the Oakwood mutiny and the Manila Peninsula incident is a clear exercise of an inherent executive power of the President.
September 2, 2018
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Oscar Albayalde is correct in his assumption that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) may have vital information about an alleged P6.8-billion pesos worth of shabu may have slipped through the country via four magnetic lifters found in Cavite recently. This is actually an offshoot of an earlier […]
August 28, 2018
The recent announcements by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana that they are seriously looking into the possibility of acquiring, for the first in the history of the country, several submarines to patrol our territorial seas and maritime borders is certainly a welcome development in this time defensive and even offensive laden posturing of other countries to […]