OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo The President’s order preventing his cabinet from attending Senate investigation was no surprise. Every time Pharmally executives and staff open their masked mouths, testimonies accumulate to corroborate possible graft, swindling and plunder. If...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo It is scary, this recent economic briefing of Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua on the cost of coronavirus pandemic that is in progress. He estimated the total cost of both the sickness and quarantines on the present generation. Then he calculated...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo Aside from his monumental work of literature, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ other celebrated novel is The Autumn of the Patriarch published in 1975. That was the time I was sworn in by the venerable then UP President Salvador P....
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has suspended the implementation of the emergency employment program for displaced workers in Quezon City District 2 amid reports of anomalies in the distribution of cash aid. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo If what is coming out of the Commission on Audit’s (COA) findings of potential fraud on the part of various public agencies is proven true, this is nothing but betrayal of public trust. Fraud involving the misuse of public funds exceeding P50 million...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo This broadsheet bannered last Monday that defeated Senator Manny Pacquiao was still the “People’s Champ.” Despite his disheartening loss to Cuban boxer Yordenis Ugas who retained his super WBA welterweight crown, Pacquiao remained the crowd favorite....
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo We were pleasantly surprised to hear the announcement by the Philippine Statistics Authority last Tuesday that the Philippine economy expanded by 11.8 percent during the second quarter 2021, coming strongly from first quarter contraction of 3.9 percent and...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo By the dictates of the health protocols, the Batasan hall was half-empty. It was desolate. Upon his arrival by a chopper, President Duterte looked weak and disoriented, and was politely escorted through a brief military review. Inside the Batasan, the...
Jockey John Velazquez celebrates atop Medina Spirit after winning the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 01, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by ANDY LYONS / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) A federal judge ruled the New York Racing Association's...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo We don’t know about our readers but we like adobo the way we prepare it in Bulacan. Pork belly is braised in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, bay leaves, pepper and salt until it is tender. Pork is seared in its own, copious fat and cooked slowly in lots of...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo As expected, many economists and analysts missed on their forecasts of the Philippine inflation rate of 4.1 percent for June 2021. Public announcement of the monthly inflation rate is highly awaited by the market because it is both a history of price...
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