THERE is no way to go for Senator Loren Legarda and Antique Governor Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao but break their political alliance due to personal differences laced with political issues which we would rather not discuss yet. The fact is that with Cadiao “graduating” from her third term as governor, her only alternative
February 7, 2024
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has, through Proclamation No. 453, declared the forthcoming Friday, February 9, 2024, a special non-working day for the advance celebration of the Chinese New Year which will fall on Saturday, Feb. 10. We would then be availing ourselves of a longer weekend. This early, let us greet each
February 5, 2024
DID veteran actor Ronaldo Valdez really commit suicide due to depression? This has never been confirmed by his two children. But the 77-year-old actor was reported to have shot himself with a caliber .45 pistol inside his room at his house in New Manila, Quezon City, on December 17, 2023. He had been
February 2, 2024
IN local lingo, “lutong makaw” (derived from Macau Island, off the coast of Hong Kong) refers to a rigged decision resulting from a pre-arranged win or success. Its origin sprang from Macau chefs who prepared their ingredients well in advance, even before a dish was ordered. Hence, the pun “lutong makaw” may be applied
January 31, 2024
WHILE in Singapore, I spent time reading a coffee-table book in a hotel lobby. It chronicled the beginnings of international corporations, including Coca-Cola and Mc Donald’s, which I would like to summarize here for their inspirational value. It all began in August 1888 when an American druggist, Asa Chandler, noted a fountain
January 29, 2024
WHILE I have no role whatsoever in promoting the forthcoming Iloilo Dinagyang Festival on Saturday and Sunday, friends and relatives have been asking me about where to buy tickets. No problem. According to the Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc. (IFFI), they are available at Hotel Del Rio, GT Hotel, Days Hotel and Richmonde
January 24, 2024
ACCORDING to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the average annual income of the Filipino family now stands at ₱307,000 or a monthly average of ₱25,583. That looks sufficient because, as the same agency says, the average annual family expenditure is lower at ₱215,193 per year. Due to lopsided distribution of wealth, however, the Philippines’
January 19, 2024
ARE you in favor of the proposal of Speaker Martin Romualdez to enable the government-owned Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC) to invest in the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)? “If the objective is to secure power, why not?” That was how MORE Power President Roel Z. Castro answered our question in
January 17, 2024
OUR human resources – the skilled and unskilled laborers who toil for a living – are the cogs of the wheel that sustains the country’s economy. The average working man, ironically, does not earn enough income to feed, clothe and shelter his family sufficiently. This has become obvious, judging from the increasing
January 15, 2024
SENATOR members of the Senate Committee on Energy, apparently riding on public outrage over four-day Panay-wide power outages, had no choice but to slam the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in last Wednesday’s inquiry. This corner agrees: NGCP had misled the audience by claiming that the grid was still in
January 12, 2024