Unbecoming of a Little President
from Newsbreak Guess who was drunk as a skunk just days after the Luneta bloodbath MANILA, Philippines–We’d probably let this pass if it didn’t happen three nights after the Luneta bloodbath. After all, public officials–even those closest to President Aquino, are entitled to their own personal time outside office hours. But Executive Secretary Paquito “Jojo” [...]
Read more →How come that we’re the first to put our country down?
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR by William M. Esposo from The Philippine Star The Captain Rolando Mendoza Hostage Tragedy exposed the Filipino tendency to be the country’s greatest national security risk. This flaw in the national character is promoted by irresponsible media which also manifest signs of idiocy — not knowing the truth. The fact [...]
Read more →A different kind of hostage situation
ON DISTANT SHORE By Val G. Abelgas It is tempting to comment on the botched hostage rescue operations last Aug. 23 when SWAT teams stormed a tourist bus where a dismissed police officer was holding hostage tourists from Hong Kong, resulting in the death of eight hostages and the hostage-taker. But with the joint investigation [...]
Read more →What really happened at the Luneta
As I See It by Neal Cruz from Philippine Daily Inquirer AT THE wreath-laying ceremonies at the monument to Marcelo H. del Pilar at the Remedios Circle in Malate, Manila, last Monday, Sen. Edgardo Angara and Mayor Alfredo Lim were the main speakers. I took the opportunity during brunch later to interview the mayor on [...]
Read more →Choices
Theres The Rub by Conrado de Quiros from Philippine Daily Inquirer SHOULD P-NOY have appeared during the hostage crisis? No. The President is not there to negotiate with every hostage-taker, kidnapper or terrorist. At the very least, he won’t be part of the solution, he will be part of the problem. He’ll just get in [...]
Read more →Coulda, woulda, shoulda
Dispatches from the Enchanted Kingdom by Manuel Buencamino from Business Mirror Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.—George Burns Last week’s tragedy spawned a lot of expert opinion. It came from everywhere—Congress, blogs, social-network sites, talk shows, opinion columns, street corners, bars, [...]
Read more →Aquino’s presidency will fall if…
by Ronald Roy from The Daily Tribune I apologize for my strong remark about “personal gratification” being the reason officials of government financial institutions and other government agencies help themselves to unconscionable salaries and perks. I’m sure though Landbank’s officials can justify their total compensation packages (TCP). When Presidential Decree 251 authorized Landbank to engage [...]
Read more →When Foundations for a Regional Conflict Were Laid…
by Erick San Juan China said on Thursday it had used a small, manned submarine to plant the national flag deep beneath the South China Sea, where Beijing has tussled with Washington and Southeast Asian nations over territorial disputes. The submarine achieved the feat during 17 dives from May to July, when it went as [...]
Read more →Aquino, CJ should speed up wheels of justice
As I See It by Neal Cruz from Philippine Daily Inquirer THE TRANSCRIPT of the last radio interview of hostage-taker Capt. Rolando Mendoza with Radio Mo Nationwide (RMN) before he started shooting his hostages (which was published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer Sunday) showed that it was the arrest and manhandling by the police of [...]
Read more →Does P-Noy have to do everything?
GOTCHA by Jarius Bondoc from The Philippine Star Silly comments abound about last Monday’s bungled hostage rescue. Like, why were President Noynoy Aquino and his cabinet absent from the crime scene. An opposition congressman and a Catholic bishop blather that P-Noy and Interior Sec. Jesse Robredo should resign for “poor leadership.” In truth Robredo stood [...]
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