Before the filing of the Certificates of Candidacy October last year the political climate that pervades in Davao Region was uneventful and I exciting. The Duterte leadership was expected to be unchallenged with the declaration of Past President Rodrigo Duterte that he will run for Mayor. He had been egged by various sectors, including the…
The backbone of the Philippine economy has collapsed. The Department of Agriculture has not come out with doable solutions from the start of the Marcos administration. There was euphoria from the farmers and fishermen when Pres. Bongbong himself took over the helm of the DA but the jubilant atmosphere died down and today the it is one…
The Marcos administration started the year 2025 with the radical reorganization of the National Security Council. I do not know by whose advice the reorganization came from, but the Chief Executive is the focal figure behind the move. Since the declaration, the Executive Order has spawned diverse speculation bordering on talks of martial law in…
When you hear or see the phrase “EAT all you can” in Davao del Norte, it is not an advertisement of a restaurant. The letters E, A, T actually stand for Education, Agriculture and Trabaho. EAT embodies Alan “AlDu” Dujali’s platform. Actually this platform is nothing new for Dujali, except that given the chance and…
If the spirit of Christmas is everywhere, so is the election fever. Just about the person who seemed so unperturbed with his adversaries’ hoopla and hard-selling pitch is former President Rodrigo R. Duterte. PRRD is running for Mayor in Davao City and nary a word can one hear from him about his bid to return…
Was HSBC Global Research ASEAN economist Aris Dacanay among the bright boys the Pres. Bongbong Marcos consulted on how to arrest inflation upticks in the country under his administration? Former Agriculture Secretary Many Pinol had earlier issued a challenge to a public debate to this character after he proudly coming out with his grand assumption…
I wrote this piece sometime in October 2019. This saw print in the Philippine News Agency. I thought of reprinting this because of its relevance especially with the coming of the 2025 mid-term elections. The main characters, particularly Gov. Edwin Jubahib, are seeking re-election and I thought this could help in an informed-decision who, the…
For a while elections in Davao de Oro seemed to be over. A unity ticket had been made in heaven. Everybody who is somebody in the province political arena had shook hands and agreed to bury the proverbial hatchets. It required some players to give way and former Governor Arturo “Chiongkee” Uy, now popularly known…
Elections in Davao Region never cease to entertain although in some provinces, cities and towns it can be quite boring. Despite the early blitz of the Nograles siblings in the election hustings offering what they claim to be an alternative option to the Duterte brand of leadership, hardly are they making a dint in Davao…
Photo courtesy: House Press and Public Affairs Bureau) The entire nation was focused on the House of Representatives QuadCom hearing on the war on drugs and extrajudicial killings attributed to former President and erstwhile Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte. The hearing which lasted for 14 hours started with kilometric oratory from the Chairpersons of…
