“Hindi ko kayang pabayaan ang mga kababayan natin. Lalo na ngayong hirap na hirap na sila sa araw-araw na gastusin,” declared Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, who recently reminded PhilHealth to honor its commitment to affordable healthcare for all Filipinos, including its specific pledge to recommend for the suspension of the 2024 premium contribution increase. In…
“Consummatum Est!”(It is finished!) were Rizal’s last words during his execution by firing squad in Bagumbayan on December 30, 1896. His words are said to have been the same ones used by Jesus Christ shortly before he died of crucifixion. The last word is the best news of all. A happy ending after all? Really?…
For the first time in my political career, I am backed by the big political families and leaders of our province, North Cotabato, in my bid to win the post I held for 9 years from 1998 to 2007, the Governorship. In previous elections, we belonged to different parties but kept our friendship and did…
After the Senate hearing on extra-judicial killings and the so-called Davao Death Squad here comes the House of Representatives wanting to have their own show on the same subject. In the Senate hearing erstwhile Commission on Human Rights Chair Leila de Lima who later became Justice Secretary and then Senator, was present and a breath…
A probinsyano that I am, I didn’t know that there is a Raffles Hotel in Makati. My friend told me that it’s a five star hotel and caters mostly to “Very Important Persons”. Of late there has been whispers about the presence of some foreign guests who appears to be extremely important visitors as they…
