September 11, 2022
As the city celebrated it’s 113th Charter Day Anniversary with the theme, “Getting Ready for the Future”, and as the city government forges ahead with its smart city program one cannot avoid thinking about the real possibility of the No Contact Traffic Apprehension Policy (NCAP) being implemented here in the locality. Of course this time […]
September 3, 2022
The Philippine Navy of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) recently announced to media that they continue to hold on to their dream of fully modernizing their present fleet with the addition of submarines. This is a dream that has remained a dream for the past fifty years and several administrations in the national […]
August 27, 2022
Its not really about the lack of sugar that brought about the crisis now rocking the new administration of President Bongbong Marcos. Its really all about the money. Taking from the own words of no less than the Executive Secretary of the President, Victor Rodriguez who recently divulged to media that the brouhaha over the […]
August 20, 2022
The Department of Education (DepEd) under the guidance and direct supervision of Vice President Sara Duterte should start streamlining most of its administrative functions to further smoothen its operations and not rely on other agencies to do its job. This is important considering that the DepEd once again hogged the limelight after the Commission on […]
August 13, 2022
When President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr took office after June 30, 2022, one of the important functions he immediately exercised was to veto several legislative bills already passed by both houses of Congress. Among the bills that the newly inaugurated president vetoed is a legislative measure sponsored by his sister Senator Imee Marcos that sought […]
August 8, 2022
In his first State of the Nation Address President Bongbong Marcos wasted no time in calling for Congress to enact a law making it mandatory for senior high students in all public and private tertiary level educational institutions to enroll in the military training program called Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). The President’s call echoed […]
July 17, 2022
Even before the start of his first one hundred days in office President BongBong Marcos Jr. already had his plate full in choosing the right people in his cabinet as well as those other inferior officers that the law or otherwise has authorized him to appoint. So far concerning the selection of his cabinet members, […]
June 18, 2022
The Executive Order issued by Cebu governor Gwen Garcia making the wearing of face masks optional for Cebuano in well-ventilated and open spaces in their province seems to have generated a lot of controversies. For one the said Executive Order – which was later adopted by the Cebu provincial board thus becoming a local ordinance […]
June 6, 2022
The recent flurry of developments abroad has raised the level of concern for many countries especially those who are import-dependent for their food supply and other amenities. Take the case of the announcement made by Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob that his country would ban live chicken exports to Singapore starting this month of […]
May 28, 2022
With the advent of the internet, anybody and anyone can write about anything and have it posted online for everyone to see and read. Their reaction to what was written can be appreciative or disgust depending on the predisposition of the one who was fortunate, or unfortunate enough to read it, or it can warrant […]