CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Two fishermen from Ilocos Sur found a pack of shabu worth P6.8 million floating on the West Philippine Sea in Barangay Dili, Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur on Sunday, Nov. 3. FLOATING shabu continues to be found every now and then in Ilocos Sur. (Ilocos Sur PPO) They turned over...
Papa Ric proudly pointing to his lovely home after fruit picking in his yard. It was close to midnight in Manila. I was restless and feeling uneasy in my bed and could not get a wink. Something was not quite right. Then came the news. Forest fires in the mountains of Xylokastro, a...
HOTSPOT Former president Duterte’s appearance this week before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee could be the beginning of the end for this sad chapter in our history. Many were furious that Sen. Koko Pimentel, the hearing’s chairman, allowed the former president to speak freely, even...
HOTSPOT As I write this, a tropical storm continues to inundate huge parts of Luzon, with water volume and floods never before experienced in many areas. The impacted area is so huge, the impact so profound, and millions affected that it is quite certain that Kristine (international name: Trami)...
Carl Raymond R. Cruz, formerly chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director of an African telecommunications giant, will take over the reins of Ayala-led Globe Telecom Inc. beginning next year. In a statement on Wednesday, Oct. 23, Globe said Cruz will be nominated as its president and CEO...
HOTSPOT If anyone told us soon after the May 2022 elections that by October 2024, there would be marathon hearings in the House and Senate holding the Duterte administration accountable, nobody would have believed it. Neither would we believe any prediction then that Congress would take on Sara...
HOTSPOT There are days when I wake up and forget. I would think that I would have lunch with Mama or imagine visiting our house to see her. It would take a moment to gather my thoughts and reconcile with the fact that she’s gone. In a fortnight, it would be two years since the October shock of...
HOTSPOT As I write this, the filing of Certificates of Candidacy and Certificates of Nomination and Acceptance by aspirants is in full swing at venues designated by the Commission on Elections. Many, or most of the declared candidates have been met with groans and moans. While the filing period is...
HOTSPOT Filipinos have a special level of disdain for traditional politicians who, after winning the elections, pamper their bailiwicks while punishing barangays or neighborhoods that did not vote for them. The same goes for the sore losers who blame voters for not seeing the “wisdom” of...
HOTSPOT The House and Senate hearings into Vice President Sara Duterte’s confidential funds, the Duterte administration’s bloody drug war, and POGOs, including those involving characters like Alice Guo, are an absolutely welcome development. Cynics say the hearings can only be political...
BAGUIO CITY – Most Rev. Rafael Tambaoan Cruz, D.D., was officially installed as the new bishop of the Diocese of Baguio during a solemn canonical ceremony held in front of the Baguio Cathedral or the Our Lady of Atonement Church on Tuesday, September 17. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong (right), Vice...
HOTSPOT If there are what we could consider among the most essential government programs, two would be quite familiar to many Filipinos, and I suppose nobody would question the decision of the House appropriations committee to raise the budget for them by a whopping ₱1.29 billion. Committee...
