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Net Zero was also published by The Manila Times on 27 April 2022. Last month Pagasa declared the start of the dry season. Within the next few days, the fight for political power through an electoral process is expected to intensify. Both refer to a phenomenon that is associated with generation of heat–one scorches the…
Click here (First of a two-part article) was also published by The Manila Times on 9 February 2022. When I saw an image of a nice-looking woman on social media whose hands covered her half-exposed breasts, I instantly clicked it, expecting that she could be flaunting more. True enough, the click dutifully bared before my…
Fishy Fishing was also published by The Manila Times on 26 February 2022. Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar’s recent announcement that government is set to import tons of fish has drawn criticisms from a school of sectors. In an online briefing on 20 January 2022, Dar said his agency will import 60,000 tons of…
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…
Lutz Barbo – the peacemaker was also published by The Manila Times on 1 December 2021 (Part 1) and on 8 December 2021 (Part 2). (Part 1) I was relatively young when I got some kind of baptism of fire as a local government errand boy. Then Eastern Samar Governor Lutgardo “Lutz” Barbo hosted one…