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Any war will mean unmentionable hardships. Lucky are we as we still have to experience one. The unluckiest are those who were born at the turn of the century, or thereabouts. Those who did not die early went through hell. Not just one hell because they went through two world wars. In a war, just like any crisis, some will […]

President Marcos signed several agreements with the US that should eventually lead to the utilization of nuclear energy as part of our sources of energy mix. This is timely considering the staggering increases in our electric bills of late. But can we handle the risks associated with it? Doubtless, nuclear energy is a lot cleaner compared to other sources like […]

Just the other day, in resuming the session of Congress, Speaker Romualdez said, I will stand and fight gainst those who scare us for them to get what they want. According to one of this political factotums, it was a swipe against the Dutertes, father and daughter. It appears, this was a consequence of the realignment of the confidential funds […]

That was the question we faced as we commemorated our dear departed last week. Indeed, did we achieve enough by their standards. Naturally, the standards for a meaningful comparison have to be reduced into real terms. It is just like comparing the rate of inflation or the value of one’s earnings in todays amount as compared to the earnings of […]

He prodded the government to exert all efforts and resources not to leave behind any of our OFWs in Israel. That they should all be brought back home to safety. How caring. How humanitarian. How fitting of a leader. But. . . . how stupid! He is the chairman of a committee in Congress on OFWs. His actions or inactions […]

The main responsibility of government to its citizens is to protect them from harm wherever they are. The usual connotation of this is there must be peace and order at all times. Thus, there are so many law enforcement agencies to enforce the law or to maintain peace. The problem, however, in this country is the officers of such agencies […]

They don’t even have to receive an official communication they are being called back home. Upon hearing of any trouble in their country which need the cooperation of citizens, they would immediately start packing their bags and make arrangements on how to go back to Israel. No ifs and buts. It does not really matter, if they are on a […]

Right after winning as President and appointing himself as secretary of the Department of Agriculture, PBBM dropped by the central office of that department to have a chit-chat or small talk with the senior officials there. Having that small talk was reprehensible considering that his constituents were suffering. He should have hit the ground running. Hard work, if he was […]

We heard it before and we will keep on hearing it from our politician leaders. The MSMEs (Micro Small Medium Enterprises) must be supported. That really should be as about 90% of employees in this country are with such businesses. For those concerned about equitable distribution of wealth, that is one good way of democratize economic opportunities. It turned out […]

With the runaway prices of everything, those who voted for the President have to endure their folly. At least, they might have gotten some happiness seeing the President watching the F1 night race in Singapore. He was also there in last year’s edition of the race. The ticket for the race was worth about half a million pesos. How about […]