The announcement that Vice President Sara Duterte is setting her sights on 2028 is not merely a political headline. It is not just another early maneuver in the endless chessboard of Philippine elections. It is a signal. A tremor. And perhaps, for many Filipinos, a long-awaited confrontation with a government that has spent too much…
Photo Courtesy: AIA “Getting life insurance means you’re putting the “I love you” phrase into motion.” –anonymous February is love month. Valentines’ Day is considered a special occasion to celebrate your love with that special someone. This comes in various forms, shapes and sizes. Some shower their loved ones with expensive piece of jewelry, a…
Senate President Tito Sotto is now crying foul. After facing a case in court for his degrading and disrespectful tirade against the Supreme Court’s ruling related to Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment proceeding, Sotto suddenly discovers what he now calls his “constitutional right.” Freedom of speech, he insists. One almost has to admire the timing….
Photo Courtesy: AFP The West Philippine Sea is not a topic for rhetorical comfort. It is not a platform for generic patriotism, recycled soundbites, or moral performances carefully calibrated for applause. It is, quite simply, one of the most serious national security questions of our time. It involves international law, maritime entitlements, arbitration rulings, military…
A few days ago, a Thai friend whose company is involved in Aquaculture Development in the Philippines, asked for my help in finding suppliers of Bamboo poles to be used in building fish cages in Lanao del Norte. Kasamsuk “Toto” Patsanun, an officer of CP Foods Philippines, a Thai Multi-National Agricultural Corporation which is involved…
She is the most maligned and an object of endless barrage of organized denunciation from a phalanx of characters from different political parties and ideologies that banded together to stop her from the 2028 Presidential race. It is a shameless alliance that included a drugged-rehabbed priest, a Fr. Flavie Villanueva, and Certain Fr. Joel Saballa…
You have to give it to Sen. Risa Hontiveros. Despite all the data culled by leading political survey firms showing Vice President Sara Duterte incontestably the most trusted and with the highest approval rating, the Akbayan Senator without any tint of reservation, declared that “if the opposition unites behind her for president she can slay…
The Interior Secretary’s proposal to spend ₱6 billion on a “comprehensive national ID system” supposedly to curb gun ownership is less a policy breakthrough than a familiar exercise in bureaucratic misdirection. It is difficult to treat such reasoning with seriousness. Firearm ownership in the Philippines is already among the most heavily documented civilian activities in…
Attending 4th Wagyu, Sorghum & Soybeans Forum In Piddig, Ilocos Norte Feb. 16! Farmers from Northern Luzon who will join the 4th Wagyu, Sorghum and Soybeans Forum in Piddig, Ilocos Norte on Feb. 16 could submit soil samples for analysis for free. The tests which will be done in Piddig on Feb. 15 and 16…
“Good debt can lift your life to the next level. Bad debt can ruin your life up to the next 3 generations.” – David Angway Debt is something that most people don’t want to talk about but is something known or experienced by many. Every Juan and Pedro must have loaned sometime in their life….
