Leaders of the town of La Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte, a landlocked municipality with a population of just about 8,000 and a poverty incidence of 46% arrived in Kidapawan City last night with just one purpose – to meet me. Mayor Ricky R. Cuenca and Former Vice Mayor Dan Botalid, along with a 21-man delegation…
Photo Courtesy: DOJ In the grand theater of Philippine politics, what was once speculation has now unfolded into undeniable reality — the collusion of the three branches of government no longer hides behind curtains. The latest appointment of former DOJ Secretary, now Ombudsman Boying Remulla, is not a triumph of merit but a symbol of…
Let me just add one more item to conclude my treatise on Richard “Dick” Gordon. I have consigned him to my list of few frustrations since at one time when I looked up to him as a presidential timber. I preferred him over Benigno Aquino Jr. in the 2010 Presidential elections but lost. He was…
Photo: AIA “Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted” – Denis Waitley I recently came across the FB posts of two friends, who are both financial advisors, about two contrasting stories of their clients. The post of my friend G showed his text exchanges…
In a country mired in corruption the rule of law favors and protects the confederates of the kleptocracy and threatens those who oppose and stand against their supremacy. The Senate investigation typifies this anomaly. When ret. Marine Msgt. Orly Guteza showed up in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and revealed under oath the revolting details…
What I thought earlier to be just a friendly visit by a son of Maguindanao del Sur Governor Datu Ali Midtimbang may yet turn out to be the start of the transformation of this former troubled province into a major food production area. Yesterday, Datu Anggal Mayor Nathaniel Midtimbang, former Vice Governor during the previous…
“Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy”. – Pope Francis At this time of the year, we should be preparing for the Advent Season. But with what’s happening in the political arena and in our country, in general, it’s more like Lent than Advent. Watching the different senate and congress…
Photo: Bongbong Marcos Facebook With the reputation of the Philippines as a country mired in corruption and ruled by insatiable cabal of politicians and graft ridden government departments and agencies there is no other way the economy will end up but bust. The economic managers led by Ralph Recto were over-rated. Who would ever think…
Popular Chef and Japanese Restaurant owner Alex Sebastian said Mindanao farmers should breed and produce more local Wagyu because the meat quality is comparable to those imported from Japan and Australia. Yesterday, Alex, who owns three branches of Japanese Restaurant Robata, showed me his stocks of imported Wagyu and Angus beef choice cuts priced between…
📸Anadolu So it seems, the mere whisper of death penalty for corruption already sends shivers down the spines of some lawmakers. How interesting — and how revealing. When a proposal aims to hang those who plunder public funds, suddenly the defenders of “human rights” awaken. The same people who turn blind eyes to the millions…
