Emasculating the people’s fund for their health
The almost 10 billion pesos of unused Philhealth funds are making the eyes of politicians moist. They are attracted to it like ants to sugar. Allegedly, they want it used ...
The moral question for topnotch schools
One of the headliners of a national daily this morning was the landing of six Philippine universities in the higher spots of a recent world ranking. These are the UP, ...
A matter of credibility
That is our biggest problem. A number of high ranking and influential politicians were recently acquitted by the Sandiganbayan from charges of plunder or graft and corruption. Then there was ...
The race is on for Sofronio Vasquez
Before he even announced his plan to come home to the Philippines after winning THE VOICE USA, Malacanang already sent word if he would like to pay the President a ...
The buzz every New Year
Turning over a new leaf. New Year’s resolution. Reform. So easy to say but too difficult to pull off in real life. First and foremost is the honest to goodness ...
What to expect this New Year, a snippet of the universe
There is a major thing that just started to happen in our solar system. It will greatly affect you and me and everybody else. The planet Jupiter and Saturn are ...
The right way this Christmas
This is the time of year to be upbeat. This is the time for spending. For those who have nothing to spend, there is still the best reason to celebrate ...
The winds of change
Changes have been coming since the beginning of time. But the past few years did not only prove devastating to humanity. When we finally got out of the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
An icy feeling crept down my spine
Scanning the news on my cellphone about three days ago at the break of dawn, something jolted me. An icy feeling crept down my spine. As if I was brought ...
Dynasty versus dynasty
There was a time when warring mafia families were killing each other in New York. Corpses of the “soldiers” of the families involved were being found here and there. Here ...
We are bound to be paying higher prices
That is, compared to the rest of the world. This became starkly of late. Everybody now is complaining our peso does not go far. Once a thousand bill is changed ...
Department of Government Efficiency
Either you hate him or you are a fanatic for him. What is important is US President-Elect Donald Trump is riling the US government. He is introducing things long been ...
Why we badly need autonomy
The other day, parents were lining up, even going on all-night vigils, at the Baguio City High School to get slots for their kids to be able to enroll there ...
Another fire at the city market
There will be more at the Central Business District (CBD). Just by looking at the “pansit” of hanging electrical wires everywhere, fires anywhere are just waiting to happen. Always great ...
BENECO’s redemption
About two or three weeks ago we were cursing BENECO for the frequent “brownouts”. When Typhoon Carina came, BENECO redeemed itself. Even if the wind was howling, there was still ...
The kind of development Baguio needs
To attract more investors was the buzz at the City Council the past days. Thus, proposed amendments to the Investment Code are being considered. Apparently forgotten is the fact that ...
High tech or low tech, education or brains make the difference
In this high tech dizzying world, brains matter. Particularly dizzying is how people access news. By the time a reader turns the page or clicks to another section or subject ...
Indictment in the US jolts our officials
The indictment in the US of the former COMELEC chairman along with other alleged co-conspirators is, at the very least, a slap on the face of this country, and on ...
Government is needlessly spending a lot for office rentals
We have always known about it. Government wasting money by renting offices for its agencies. Learning about it again, in 2024 is like being stabbed and then the knife is ...
The huge erosion at the Halsema Highway
That section was totally washed out. The whole mountain side slid to kingdom come. Until the other day, vehicles going to Mountain Province and parts of Benguet beyond Sinipsip, Buguias ...
