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Who is Duterte’s candidate? was published by The Manila Times on 19 January 2022. It is a question that, I suppose, watchers of Philippine politics often ask as the starting gate opens up for the derby runners to flex their hind legs. In recent memory, incumbent presidents had taken it upon themselves to anoint somebody…
PDP Laban: When Cusi goes cuckoo was published by The Manila Times on 12 January 2022. One would think that Alfonso Cusi, being the Secretary of the Department of Energy, is a top-notch electrical engineer. He is not. He built a name for himself as a businessman, more specifically a logistics and shipping businessman. Then,…
Community DIAL: A call to action was published in The Manila Times on 29 December 2021. (First of 2 parts) Any day now, President Rodrigo Duterte will sign the law that formalizes approval for next year’s government budget amounting to 5 trillion pesos (up from 4.5 trillion this year). Congressional leaders, as usual, will be…
Admin’s note: Odette’s painful test was also published by The Manila Times on 22 December 2021. Unlike other common disasters such as earthquakes and fire, we have yet to devise preparedness drills for typhoons. Our preparedness drills for typhoons come during the actual occurrence of the calamity itself. Let it not be said that occasions…
The choices (5) was published by The Manila Times on 15 December 2021. Today’s continuation of “The Choices” series features two more from among the front-running vice-presidential candidates. Willie Tan Ong, MD Manila Mayor and presidential candidate Isko Moreno had been quoted as saying he was picking medical practitioner Willie Ong as his vice-presidential running…
(Admin: Technology of participation was first published by The Manila Times on 4 August 2021) THERE are several ways of engaging communities in a development process. The common and traditional way is what I may call as the set-and-forget formula. Every three years, people elect government officials, who then proceed to plan and implement development…
“PDP Laban will not die”—Nene Pimentel (Admin: this article was published by The Manila Times on July 21 & 28, 2021) In a disputed membership meeting of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) last weekend (16-17 July 2021) in Clark, Pampanga, that dislodged Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao from his post as its acting president,…
Is PDP Laban headed to a catfight? When the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) emerged victorious in the last electoral war for president, supporters scrambled for their choice rewards. As in any war, winners divide among themselves the booty. In partisan politics, the spoils of war that are easily visible to the public…
A day after Christmas, on 26 December 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte revealed in his weekly briefing that some soldiers have been vaccinated against COVID-19. That revelation, including his mention of Sinopharm, a Chinese state-owned corporation that controls over a thousand subsidiaries and 6 publicly-listed companies (including China Traditional Chinese Medicine and Beijing Tiantan Biological Products),…
(Published by The Manila Times on 6 May 2020) THE presidential adviser on entrepreneurship, Jose Maria “Joey” Concepcion 3rd, whipped up a social media fuss a few days ago. On April 29, 2020, in an online discussion dubbed “We Rise as One,” organized by the Shareholders’ Association of the Philippines, where he was one of…
(Published by The Manila Times on 29 April 2020) THE coronavirus pandemic has exposed the many faces of poverty, especially in urban areas. It also exposes what seems to be the limited knowledge the government has of poverty. Because of this deficiency, the solutions it proposes to address the problem are also suspect. News reports,…