Category: Sideglance

Gearing for action

The newly elected City Mayor Benjamin Magalong attended last Tuesday the 2nd Quarter meeting of the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) at the Multi-Purpose Hall of City Hall, together and sitting beside our outgoing Mayor Mauricio Domogan. The occasion was the second or third time that this writer has personally seen the new mayor, this […]

Breathe a Sigh of Relief

The death of Dutch birdwatcher Ewold Horn who is the last foreign hostage of the Abu Sayyaf brings to light the determination and relentless pursuit operation of elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against the bandit group who it would appear is slowly being decimated to the last man. A closer look […]

Who to believe

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) had their hands full this week trying to defend their offices against the accusation labelled against them by Senator Panfilo Lacson of being dishonest in connection with the public auction of the illegal drug “shabu”. In a privilege speech, Senator Lacson pointed out […]

Tackling Peace and Order in the City

Newly elected city mayor Benjamin Magalong made a commitment to come up with an innovative peace and order program for our city. The commitment is part of his 10-point agenda that he campaigned for in winning the nod of the voters during the recent local elections. Now how innovative the peace and order program will […]

The work to be done

With a new Baguio City Mayor in the person of former Police General Benjamin Magalong, we are hopeful of a fresh perspective and initiative that will be brought to bear on longstanding concerns that have plagued the locality. We take note that one of the campaign agendas of the new mayor during the election was […]

The Way to Campaign (Second of Two Parts)

Just like throwing a pebble in a still pond the outward rippling effect generated by that stone is the same campaign strategy you will need to implement to widen your familiarity with your potential voters starting of course with your barangay. You have two and half years to do it so divide effort and time […]

The Way to Campaign (First of Two Parts)

With a couple of days left in the campaign trail before the voters trudge to the polling centers to cast their vote and elect a new set of leaders for the City of Baguio the political candidates and their supporters are scrambling left and right to scrounge for more voters to solicit their vote as […]

You Still Don’t Get It

Notwithstanding all the ruckus raised as a result of a supposed ‘oust Duterte’ matrix reported in a national daily newspaper and a viral video purportedly showing the alleged involvement of members of the First family in illegal drugs and corruption some enlightenment might be necessary to provide a better perspective on the whole imbroglio. For […]

Misplaced focus of attention

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Oscar Albayalde recently announced to the media that they will launch a probe to determine the mastermind behind viral videos accusing family members of President Rodrigo Duterte as being involved in the illegal drugs trade here in the country. The PNP Chief went on further to add that the move […]

Validating those involved in Illegal Drugs

A recent editorial from a national tabloid posted that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) should welcome offers from the Supreme Court (SC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to assist in the probe and validation of the narco-list containing a number of their members allegedly involved in the illegal drugs trade. We have to […]

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