Insensitivity
Give Coco Martin ( Rodel Nacianceno in real life) the benefit of the doubt. As his lawyer and camp spokespersons justified, the debonnaire and multi-awarded actor/model was totally naive of the inimical effect of...
Big business opportunity killed by natural calamities
All because of the ‘One-Two’ knock-out punches by natural calamities – Typhoons Yolanda, that earned the sobriquet of the “Strongest Typhoon ever recorded in modern history” and Ruby known to be the “longest staying...
The Bureau of Immigration
The allegations of a new racket involving payouts to immigration officers at the NAIA airport by syndicates to facilitate the entry of foreigners to work in POGO’s only showed that there is corruption in...
Where have all the “Nipas” gone?
To travel along the highways from Tacloban to Isabel passing by ten towns I am impressed by the positive transformation of the landscape especially the rehabilitated dwellings by the highways, plains and valleys that...
Window dressing for the Papal visit
The Philippines is known for the government’s habit of window dressing the surroundings to keep the so-called “eyesores” away from the sight of foreign state dignitaries. Further, her citizens have the custom of sprucing...