Politics first   JUDGING from the reluctance of President Aquino to appoint a permanent Chief PNP apparently in an effort to still please and protect the interests of his bosom friend, the disgraced Alan Purisima, this administration is not the least concerned about how provinces are coping with their peace…

Beware! The Bangsamoro Basic Law   THE series of hearings and deliberations on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law will start this week at the Senate. Here are some issues that will likely be considered as contentious but crucial and vital to the consideration of the measure, never mind that the…

EASTER MESSAGE Endless frustrations, infinite hope! EASTER is the greatest and most important feast of our faith. If Christ did not rise from the dead, our faith is irrelevant and meaningless, dry and dead. Easter beckons us to go beyond the customary greetings and feasting. We must continue the mission…

Farmers’ woes   THE province’s onion and rice farmers have become a distressed sector overnight, what with the dumping of farmgate prices of their produce. And if buying prices, particularly of onions, which were already way below production costs, were not bad enough, the onions are now being left to…