By Gonzalo Duque   WHY is corruption in the Philippines everywhere, or shall we say, every corner? While the flavor of the month today is the rampaging floods visiting our archipelago, we are merely scratching the surface. It is no longer surprising that no less than South Korean president Lee…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation, headed by Senator Rodante Marcoleta, into the botched flood control projects done by unscrupulous contractors under the watch of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) resumed last September 1. It initially gave us  a glimpse of how the…

By Gonzalo Duque   WE are getting tired of the exposes relative to the botched flood control projects in the country. We have seen the magnitude of the problem. Can Juan de la Cruz do something about it? My son Nanoy told me that he’s glad that all these shenanigans…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE theatrics going on in both chambers of Congress are amusing me no end. In the House of Representatives, the Committee on Accounts and its sub-committee, chaired by Rep. Terry Lidon is leading investigations relative to the use of flood control funds. I presume that Senator…

By Gonzalo Duque   IT’S been two weeks since I last wrote my column here. The weather has not been kind to us. We saw how the entire province of Pangasinan, including Dagupan, was flooded for many days. Then came the sad news of the death of our dear friend,…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE 20th Congress is about to unfold on June 28. The members of the prosecution panel for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte are now itching to do their work and be given the chance to grandstand and crucify Sara without mercy. On the other…

By Gonzalo Duque   A lot of things have been happening in Dagupan City lately. The determination of Mayor Belen Fernandez to bring the contractors of the former Lim administration to court is a case in point. It is good that today, the Sangguniang Panlungsod is composed of the allies…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE impeachment brouhaha may not result in anything as the group supporting the impeachment process, like Rep-elect Leila de Lima and all the other congressional representatives assigned to prosecute Vice President Sara Duterte are headed to nothingness. Maybe, they should instead pay attention to the myriad…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE chaos around the world has started to engulf several countries, especially underdeveloped and developing ones, like the Philippines, as a consequence of the  Iran-Israeli conflict, which has been raging for more than one week now. But instead of addressing our myriad of economic problems spawned…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE 19th Congress has just concluded with some legislations still pending. The attention of the legislature has been mainly confined to the impeachment of our Vice President  Sara Duterte. The orchestration and the magnitude of the process can only be summed up to what I call…