True to tradition, President Aquino gloated about his small accomplishments, ignored his unfulfilled promises, and placed the blame on the previous administration for some of his failures in his two-hour State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) last Monday. Among his few successes is the sustained economic growth during his five years in Malacanang. Even the opposition can’t deny the fact that… Read More »
I took a break last Sunday and watched a concert by the very popular REO Brothers in downtown Los Angeles, and was so awed by the group of youngsters from Tacloban City, I decided to take a break, too, from writing about politics and write about the band instead this week. The story of this young tribute band,… Read More »
MANILA Despite all the bad news swirling around Vice President Jojo Binay, the crowds still turn out wherever he goes. Are those people just being polite, as is the Filipino custom, and warmly welcome any guest to their communities? Or maybe they’re the usual Filipino rubber-neckers who have nothing better to do than come out and gawk around… Read More »
Four legal luminaries confirmed what has been obvious all along – that the Aquino administration practices “selective justice” in dealing with corruption. It took Vice President Jojo Binay five years to state what many people, including this writer, have been saying from the very first year of this hypocritical administration that has been boasting of leading the nation… Read More »
MANILA Sen. Grace Poe hasn’t been around much. In fact, there’s a doubt, or intrigue, among her detractors that she doesn’t qualify to run for either president or vice president because she lacks the required residency in the country of 10 years. But, for someone who’s relatively newly repatriated back here (from America), she’s been in the news… Read More »
Television, radio and newspapers as well as the social media were all full of news these last few days about a terrible massacre in a church in Charleston South Carolina wherein six women and three men were killed. The suspect was already apprehended; a twenty-one year old who looked just like any other young man we meet in… Read More »
CHICAGO (JGL) – Officials of both government and private sectors should always try to be proactive, instead of being reactive in their performance of their public service. As a popular American proverb says, “there are three types of people — those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened.” If we… Read More »
There’s no longer any doubt that Sen. Grace Poe is the people’s darling. Nor is there any more doubt in her mind that she can be president or vice president in 2016. What a position to be in. Every political party wants her on its 2016 ticket. It’s heady days for Ms. Poe. But could all the attention… Read More »
MANILA Vice President Jojo Binay’s worries are piling up. There are too many fires to put out and he doesn’t have enough, or the right, firefighters. The Senate investigation into alleged massive moneymaking during Binay’s turn as mayor in Makati City and now his son Junjun’s continues with new exposes at every new hearing. The Ombudsman is… Read More »