By: Modesto P. Sa-onoy Yesterday I asked whether there is a gameplan in these new revelations that seek to remove the Yanson 4 from the scene particularly through the filing of trump up charges of murder and other non-bailable crime. Talks of planted evidence, use of bribe funds and manipulation of facts are not claims
December 3, 2019
By: Modesto P. Sa-ono Before we proceed let me pause for a while to address the question of who is the family member that wrote the article in “The Sleeping Truth?” that I am digressing. As I said earlier, I am not in the position to say who. Let the article speak for itself. This
December 2, 2019
By: Modesto P. Sa-onoy There’s a song, part of its lyric runs this way: “There’s a tree in the forest, a tree that will give you a sign…” There are “trees” sprouting not in the forest but in malls, commercial and business establishments, parks, offices, schools, yards and homes that give a sign – Christmas
November 30, 2019
By: Modesto P. Sa-onoy Tomorrow is Andres Bonifacio Day to commemorate and honor an ordinary man whose love of country and people can hardly be matched by our modern leaders. He was a firebrand leader who rallied the masses to fight a superior enemy. Many followed him to the death in the revolution of 1896.
November 29, 2019
By: Modesto P. Sa-onoy The cane purchase system that Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez is mulling about as a solution to the problems of the industry is not new. When it was proposed on several occasions, it was rejected by the planters for good reasons. To shift to this system would be tectonic and if adopted
November 28, 2019
By: Modesto P. Sa-onoy The feud within the family of the late Ricardo Yanson is going from bad to worse. The legal and moral issues are clear but the members of the family refuse to settle their conflict in court or by mediation from the family friends or the Church. I thought the hiatus during
November 27, 2019
By: Modesto P. Sa-onoy THE country’s economic managers have their ears and eyes primarily for the taxes they can collect to finance projects of monumental costs. That’s the real reason for liberalized importation. In times past, the farmers of rice or sugar were protected. The sugar farmers have more clout, both financially and politically. They
November 26, 2019
By: Modesto P. Sa-onoy The title is a phrase from the late Nat King Cole’s song, “Fascination.” It is appropriate to describe the accommodation given by President Rodrigo Duterte to Vice President Leni Robredo after the latter called the President’s anti-illegal drug campaign a failure. Not that the President is fascinated with the idea but
November 25, 2019
By: Modesto P. Sa-onoy The title of this article is a statement in a blog by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, professor of the Catholic University of America that LifeSite published last November 12. We know who Judas is so how could the Real Presence of Christ be a subject of treachery? According to Dr. Kwasniewski, “the
November 23, 2019
By: Modesto P. Sa-onoy Since the beginning of the last century the United States loomed over the Philippines, first as a colonial power and after the grant of Philippine Independence, our closest ally. Since then our defense program has been hitched on the military and economic strength of the United States. The Philippines however, shifted
November 22, 2019
By: Modesto P. Sa-onoy The Department of Finance (DOF) has agreed to postpone the liberalization of the importation of sugar. There really is no stopping it but a DOF deference to the Senate resolution urging the government not to implement its import liberalization plan. In effect, this is a stop-gap solution, a political solution in
November 21, 2019
By: Modesto P. Sa-onoy It is over a year since I visited the world-renowned Campuestohan Highland Resort in Talisay City. I decided to go there when a friend showed me a video with snow falling in the famous resort and with people enjoying their first White Christmas. There was no report of snowfall in Negros,
November 20, 2019