The Social Security System in Davao City has opened up a new branch and Service Centers to cater to of members and hundreds of pensioners that make various transactions with SSS. Tuesday last week the old SSS branch at Gaisano Ilustre St. that was transferred to San Pedro at Oakwood Pines Acreage Building was formally…
During my time as radio host in different radio stations in the Philippines, this song has been requested innumerable times. “Those Were the Days” is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put a new English lyric to the Russian romance song “Дорогой длинною” (literally “By the long road”), composed by Boris Fomin (1900–1948) with…
. Duterte denies existence of “reward system” During a recent Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Monday, October 28, former President Rodrigo Duterte took a decisive stand, addressing claims of a so-called “reward system” that allegedly encouraged violent actions in his administration’s anti-drug campaign. Senator Christopher “Bong” Go joined the discussion, supporting Duterte’s stance and…
We have witnessed the helplessness and hopelessness of the administration in responding to the challenges arising from natural calamities. One can just imagine if this administration was in the vortex of the vicious communist insurgency and when the country was grappling from the scourge of illegal drug operations and distribution which pushed the country into…
By Ivy Tejano SAN PABLO, Laguna – The Center for Agriculture and Rural Development Mutually Reinforcing Institutions vowed to continue its poverty reduction efforts in the country, remaining committed to driving meaningful, sustainable change. At least 15 media practitioners nationwide were recently invited to a “PANAGHIUSA: CARD MRI Exposure Tour Program for Media” to witness…
We have witnessed how the administration struggled helplessly to the point of paralysis in the face of calamity. In a stark contrast, we see on Facebook posts how the Office of Vice President, ostracized by Malacanang and the House of Representatives, quietly did what ought to be done, helped the hard-hit victims of the howler…
by Chito A. Fuentes, Guest Columnist He had written himself off so many times, but it seems like the nation has not heard the last of former President Rodrigo Duterte. The aging political superstar turned back the clock when he turned in a masterful performance before the Senate, arousing a people that had started to…
(This is the first of a Series of Articles on Innovations in Governance which I introduced from the day I won as Mayor of Mlang, Cotabato to the years I served as Agriculture Secretary and Chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority – MP) “Give man fish today and you feed him for a day. Teach…
There’s a certain satisfaction that comes from watching a snake eat its own tail. No, not a metaphor for betrayal—just biology, instinct, the slow spiral of self-destruction that can only be stopped by cutting off the head. I’ve never been a fan of euphemisms, though, so let’s say it plainly: Sara Duterte wanting to cut…
• Digong in a showdown with Risa DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte said during the first hearing on the war on drugs of the Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations that he offered no apologies during the drug war under his administration. “My mandate as president of the republic…
