THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Audit” is an emotion-laden word. We can only commiserate with the leadership of the Department of Health (DOH) and the Commission on Audit (COA). They now appear to be caught in the maelstrom of emotion triggered by this volatile word. The recent audit report...
Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto- Rubiano said on Friday that she will extend all the necessary assistance to the families of five infants and their mothers who were admitted at the Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH) who contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Rubiano said lauded the PCGH personnel for...
More than 50 percent of Pasay City's barangays have received the "ayuda" or financial assistance given by the national government for those who are affected by the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). According to the Pasay City Public Information Office (PIO) head Jun Burgos, the city's Social...
The corporate secretary is a corporate workhorse being one of only five (5) principal officers enumerated in the Revised Corporation Code, the others being the chairman, the president, the treasurer and, for a corporation vested with public interest, the compliance officer. All the other corporate...
Party-list Rep. Claudine Bautista of Drivers United for Mass Progress and Equal Rights (DUMPER) continues to receive backlash for holding a "lavish" wedding amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic—this time by her constituents in the public transport sector. DUMPER Partylist Rep....
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Most of the nearly million overseas Filipinos who have gone home after losing their jobs abroad due to COVID-19 are in bad shape financially and need meaningful and sustainable aid from government, not simply dole outs. What they need most are practical and accessible aid...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares A number of readers and friends have expressed their opinion that the apparent rampant and collective “woes” and difficulties facing the nation at this point is due to August being the “Ghost Month.” They pointed to the surge in COVID-19 infections due to...
Scenes from “Sinkhole” (KOFIC / Showbox) “Sinkhole,” the disaster comedy film starring Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun, former “Running Man” star Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Hye-jun, has set an opening day record for a Korean film this year. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which...
A corporation generally cannot purchase its own shares because to do so would be violative of the “trust funds” doctrine. The capital stocks are deemed “trust funds” to be held unimpaired for the benefit of creditors and such would also mean that a stockholder...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion As a tight lockdown or ECQ looms in Metro Manila from August 6, how will the national government feed its 14 million plus residents? Presented by the media with this blunt question last week, Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado and presidential spokesman Harry Roque were both...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion When crisis struck in the family, with the life of an elder sibling in grave danger, Mary Deso-acido, 45, a single mother, did not dilly dally and immediately took action boldly. A domestic helper in Hong Kong for more than 15 years, she readily found a way to raise a...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares A few weeks ago, we wrote about the importance of “adaptability” – the ability to adjust to changes in the environment and circumstances. We echoed the view of experts that adaptability is the special quality seen among various species of creatures who have...
