GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay For more than five years, ordinary citizens had to contend with the egregious display of officious behavior by some of our public officials. From the highest ranks of leadership down to the second and third tiers of the bureaucracy, the space...
Top Filipino dignitaries led by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo were among the attendees at the virtual celebration of the 72 nd year anniversary of the National Day of the People’s Republic of China. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian during the National day virtual...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina While some politicians already declared their desire to run in the 2022 elections, many are hesitant to make their intentions known. With barely a week left before filing of the certificate of candidacy begins, some potential aspirants seem to be...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We are delighted that after two years of renovation, the Home Economics building of our old school, the West Central Elementary School (formerly Dagupan Elementary School) in Dagupan City, which served as the brief headquarters of...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Ginni Rometty, the first woman to lead IBM, once said, “The only way you survive is you continuously transform into something else. It’s this idea of continuous transformation that makes you an innovation company”. This idea could not...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay By the time this column sees print, Metro Manila would have been under Alert Level 4 for one week. An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) described the situation over the weekend as “good,” but his...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. de Venecia Jr. The United Nations general assembly commenced its 76th session last Sept. 14, amid the still raging COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected some 226 million people and claimed more than 4.6 million human lives worldwide, and increasing,...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Businessmen by nature are not prone to criticize a sitting administration on every matter involving national policy. But it took a policy gaffe of epic proportions, one with far-reaching consequences on the economy and the livelihood of...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar It’s not rocket science. Multiple studies have confirmed it. It is the playbook recommended by experts, including the World Health Organization (WHO), to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s the strategy employed by countries that managed...
Administration lawmakers have proposed that health care workers and immunocompromised individuals be provided with booster shots of anti-COVID-19 vaccine for additional protection from the deadly disease. Healthcare workers Led by former Speaker and Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, the...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina As in previous years, yesterday’s opening of School Year 2021-2022 for 24.6 million basic education students was seen as a hopeful time for young minds to start acquiring knowledge to attain a bright future. “Punong-puno ng pag-asa ang...
Former Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay slammed the national government's “granular lockdown experiment in Metro Manila,” describing the policy as “counter-intuitive.” Former Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay Binay underscored that in other countries, granular lockdowns are...
