Why I can’t retire
"For the nth time, I wish President Bongbong Marcos would certify as urgent and a priority the Senate Bill creating ...
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Why journalism is a ‘calling’
"One thing about us Filipinos, we can never stop hoping for the best, always seeing ‘the glass as half full’ ...
Read moreTale of the Son
"BBM’s last act as agriculture secretary may well be to go after all the smugglers of agricultural products like sugar, ...
Read moreJoma’s death is good, bad for the country
“The AFP and the PNP are already on full alert because the insurgents may continue with skirmishes in the countryside” ...
Read moreTulfo should be disqualified as Secretary of DSWD
"BBM’s campaign against illegal drugs is humane, no longer the ‘kill, kill, kill’ war of Duterte that gave rise to ...
Read moreCOVID-19 pandemic will end socially for PH
"Health experts warn the elderly, especially those with comorbidities, not to expose themselves unnecessarily because they are prone to the ...
Read moreRVO’s Binondo Central Bank; Marcos Sr.’s legacy to Filipinos
"But, to be fair, (Marcos Sr.) crafted signal laws that still form part of our legal system" In the aftermath ...
Read moreBBM’s Campaign vs. Illegal Drugs
“DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos, who is at the forefront, should first have a special committee study all its aspects, since ...
Read moreEJK accountability
"It would do well for President Marcos Jr. to have a deeper study on the need for community-based drug rehabilitation ...
Read moreThe truth of breakaway from Marcos in 1986
“Historians Salvador Escalante and I. Augustus De la Paz of the Truth and Justice Foundation were very clear that the ...
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