As the market price of Beef soars all over the world, especially in the United States, the Philippine Government must now come up with a viable Cattle Production Program. “Beef and veal prices are predicted to increase 9.9% in 2025, with a prediction interval of 7.2 to 12.9% because of an imbalance between demand and…
Photo courtesy: Kitty Duterte facebook page People feasted on 100 roasted cows and a huge crocodile cake during the prayer rally at Rizal Park in Davao City. At the Freedom Park a group called Kunsensya Davao held their own event raging against the scandal of ghost and substandard flood control projects and the attendant magma…
Dr. José Rizal once declared, “The youth is the hope of the motherland.” But looking at our streets today, especially after the September 21 protests, one cannot help but ask with deep dismay: Was Rizal wrong? The rally was meant to be a thunderous cry against corruption, the arrogance of officials, and the shameful silence…
The sudden resignation of Speaker Martin Romualdez, after being implicated as the key conspirator in the billions lost to flood control projects—alongside congressman-contractors and his close ally, former House Appropriation Chair Rep. Zaldy Co—raises more questions than it answers. By stepping down and endorsing Rep. Bodjie Dy, a staunch ally of presidential son Zandro Marcos,…
One week after we started to commercially sell the Baled Sorghum Silage which our small company, the Southseas Agri-Aqua Ventures Inc. (SAAVI), is producing, we are getting very positive and encouraging feedback from Cattle and Goat farmers who have tried it. A group of Dairy Goat Farmers from Magsaysay, Davao Del Sur, who purchased initially…
Photo courtesy: AP “Sworn to Protect, Yet Serving the Corrupt” It is clearly mandated under Section 3 of the Constitution that civilian authority is, at all times, supreme over the military, and that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) shall be the “protector of the people and the State”. This is not a mere…
As I write this piece, Speaker Martin Romualdez has resigned. On the eve of his departure, he had cleaned his office of everything including the door sign that declares: In the morning after, Romualdez delivered his swan song denying all allegations he is in the vortex of unprecedented corruption in the scandalous awards of tens…
What can truly weaken the Duterte political base? It’s not the Marcoses. It’s not the endless demolition jobs against the Dutertes. The real danger is a more sinister plan: propping up a few “pretend pro-Duterte” leaders who echo Duterte policies kuno, amplify anti-Marcos sentiments, and slowly build alliances with the dilawans turned kakampinks. Let’s remember…
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson I have met, encountered and worked with so many leaders in my more than 30 years in the corporate world. There were eloquent speakers, whose platform skills are superb and can really capture and hold the attention of their…
“Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.” – John Adams Aside from having the right knowledge and skills for the job, a leader to be effective, is required to have moral ascendancy. Moral ascendancy is the influence that a leader holds over his people…
