I wrote about Senator Noynoy Aquino’s plans for Mindanao the other day, and at the risk of sounding like I’m campaigning for him, I’d like to continue with the other things he said in last Friday’s early morning press conference here in Davao City. And since it is the campaign period, let me start with [...]
If I were a Manileño reading the Daily Tribune last Wednesday, I’d be worried about any relative I may have in Davao City. According to the newspaper, the city’s residents are living in terror because of the actions of communist insurgents who were being coddled by Mayor Duterte himself and his “boys” (what, no girls?) [...]
Some years ago I attended a press conference with Richard Gordon, who I guess was still running for senator, and I remember telling myself at the onset that this was one big (expletive deleted – sorry, I don’t use bad words in public, or in private, for that matter) who was talking to us. He [...]
Everyone’s stepping down these days. First it was House Speaker Prospero Nograles, who filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for mayor of Davao City last Saturday (November 28) even though he had announced several times before that he was not interested in local politics (He had said running for mayor would be a step down [...]
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