By Ermin Garcia Jr. LET’S talk about the ongoing committee hearings on POGO in both Senate and the House of Reps. First, what’s common about them: They’re asking the same questions. (What a waste of time and resources) There is no prior approved motion of any recommended amendment or…
By Gonzalo Duque IF there was one blessing in disguise during the martial law days from 1972, it was the establishment of the Batasang Pambansa following the dissolution of Congress several years back. But it seems we cannot say the same things today in light of what is happening…
By Leonardo Micua JUST three weeks after the Philippine National Police (PNP) was branded in a congressional hearing as the “biggest crime group in the Philippines”, it was again put in the spotlight following the shocking revelation in the Senate that it was an ex-PNP chief who helped dismissed mayor…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I knocked in a room where some students were cooking as we were about to use the room at 3pm for rehearsal. The lady in charge was surprised and annoyed and blurted, “shit!” Keeping my cool I told her, “You should vacate, and why are…
By Farah G. Decano VICE President Sara Z. Duterte released a video last week clarifying some issues regarding her behaviour during the congressional budget hearing of the Office of the Vice President. In her explanation, VP Sara revealed that the fund hearing was all for show because there were…
By Eva C. Visperas AS next year’s elections loom on the horizon, many are wondering about Governor Monmon Guico’s feelings — Is he worried? Excited? Anxious? Or, perhaps he’s confidently anticipating victory? During a recent interview with Gov. Guico, in Lingayen during the celebration for President Bongbong Marcos’ birthday,…
By Rex Catubig SHE was the joy of his heart, the love of his life. For Adams, an amiable young man who worked as a waiter in a local diner, Lyka was like no other–the beauteous surprise of his dreams. They had met nine years earlier on a blind…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. ALLOW me to highlight here how the Quad committee formed by House Speaker Martin Romualdez acted as investigator, prosecutor and judge to all its invited resource persons whom they have identified as “persons of interests” initially in hearings on the illegal activities of POGO…
By Gonzalo Duque WE just learned that the House of Representatives, through the Committee on Appropriation, recommended P733 million budget for next year of the Office of the Vice President, cutting the proposed original budget of P2.3 billion. The committee re-allocated the bigger chunk of P1.567 billion as additional…
By Leonardo Micua FOR the nth time, the members of the majority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan again indicated they are in no mood to approve a resolution that could lead to the establishment of the P150 million Maternal and Child Care Hospital (Mother and Child Hospital)….
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