Let me start with a ditty to start my piece today prompted by the emergence of the Reform Alliance for Good Governance and Accountability (RAGE), a political coalition that is set to challenge the Marcos administration. By its initial statement RAGE principally advocates for accountability. It is bound to be the core group that will…
About three weeks ago, I sat down with successful corporate executives to present to them an idea which I had long nurtured in my mind – turning farmers from mere raw materials producers into agri-entrepreneurs and corporate shareholders. I thought of this concept knowing that one of the biggest failures of Philippine Agriculture is the…
In Philippine politics, loyalty has always been a flexible currency—rarely rooted in principle, often dictated by survival. Today, as the groundswell of support continues to build behind Vice President Sara Duterte, a familiar pattern is beginning to emerge: the silent migration of political figures toward perceived power. This is not ideology. This is not conviction….
Fuel taxes remain high. Prices keep rising. And the Filipino people are left carrying the weight of inaction. At a time when the cost of living continues to surge at an unforgiving pace, the Filipino people find themselves trapped in a cycle of rising fuel prices and escalating daily expenses. From transportation to food, from…
Samtang nalingaw ang ubang pamilya sa ilang alaga nga iring ug iro daghan usab karon ang namroblema sa samang mga alaga. Kini rungod sa peligro sa pinaakan niini nga mga paboritong hayop sa matag pamilya. Naalarma ang pipila ka mga beterinaryo karon tungod sa padayon nga pagtaas sa ihap sa mga biktima sa pinaakan sa…
It is better for the privately-owned oil companies and local government units to directly negotiate for oil supply than rely on the national government. Let us face the hard facts. The Marcos appeal to China is like drawing blood from turnips. Marcos and his bellicose ilks had been demonizing China from day one and had…
Photo courtesy: AP Ang kagubot sa Middle East nakaapekto ug maayo sa ekonomiya sa halus tanang nasud sa kalibutan ilabina ang mga nasakup sa Asia ug sa Gulpo ug lakip niini ang. Kahinumdoman nga nagsugod kining tanan sa dihang giatake sa Amerika ug Israel ang Iran. Isip balus sa Iran gipaulanan usab niini ug bomba…
Photo courtesy: PTV ●A Band-Aid for Crisis—or a Tool for Political Leverage? In the midst of a worsening economic crisis—marked by soaring fuel prices, rising cost of basic commodities, and increasing transportation fares—one question continues to echo across communities: Does government cash assistance (perayuda) truly solve the crisis, or does it merely sustain dependency? Government…
Early yesterday, a group of farmers from one of the towns in my province came to my farmhouse to share their woes as they face astronomical increase in fuel prices. “Indi na gid ma-agwanta Sir. Basi mauntat lang anay kami,” said the officers of the farmers group with a total cultivation area of 600 hectares…
Nabuhian ug dugo ang katawhan sa Davao del Norte human gibutyag ni Gov. Edwin “KuyaGob” Jubahib nga mopalit ug krudo ang Kapitolyo direkta sa Malaysia. Kini ang giluwatan ni gobernardor sa iyang pakighinabi sa media atol sa presscon sa Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) human nga nailog niini ang NORDECO didto sa Tagum City…
