OBLIQUE OBSERVATIONS
Atty. Gilberto Lauengco, J.D.
Bamban and the nature of local politics
“All politics is local” - Thomas P. O’NeillBy now, everyone knows about the lady mayor of Bamban, Tarlac. Social media and formal news outlets are abuzz with discussions on several issues allegedly involving Mayor Alice Guo. Apart from these issues, however, there is one question a...
ESPRESSO MORNINGS
Joe Zaldarriaga
Balance in synergies
Partnerships between the government and the private sector have historically been proven to be an efficient and effective pillar of economic growth and continue to do so, not only in the Philippines but in other parts of the world too.While the government crafts policies and implements regulations,...
FRESH VIEWPOINTS: A NEW PERSPECTIVE
Brian James Lu
The diverse landscape of e-vehicles in PH
On April 15, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) implemented a ban on e-bikes, e-trikes, and similar vehicles on approximately 20 major roads in Metro Manila. The MMDA apprehended hundreds of such vehicles on its inaugural day and impounded those lacking registration and driver's...
TWO CENTS
Dong Delos Reyes
People and places
People make the place. For better. Or worse.Fact is, people infect their environs with what they are. Pigs turn any place into a pigsty. Turn it into a mirror of themselves. Their habits become a habitat.A portion of the national highway that skewers through Tarlac province is lined on both sides...
GLIMPSES & GAZES
Severino C. Samonte
The rising prices of oil products in PH and elsewhere now and then
In the wake of the unmitigated escalation of the prices of oil products as an indirect result of the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, majority of the millennial Filipino population may be interested to know what happened in the Philippines during the so-called first global oil shock in the latter...
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Ben Cal
Remembering the historic 1996 PH-MNLF peace agreement
Sept. 2, 1996 at exactly 9:22 a.m. went down in the annals of Philippine history as the moment the government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) formally signed a peace agreement that ended a quarter of a century of fratricidal war in Mindanao. It was concluded after four years of tough...
THE MIND EXPRESS
Prof. Julio O. Castillo, Jr., DBA
War on garbage: Continuous zero waste IEC program
As our society continuously progresses through modernization, our world is facing a multitude of environmental challenges that include climate change, soil and forest degradation and pollution, among other issues. It is incumbent upon us to take steps toward protecting and preserving our...
PHIL-CHINA WATCH
Herman Tiu Laurel
‘Soon it will be vomited’
In 2021 US President Joe Biden convened the first ever “Summit for Democracies” hoping to demonstrate the US model of democracy by bringing together countries from around the world he perceived as modeling themselves after the US prototype that serves as the “Beacon on the...
VIEWPOINT
Edwin Cordevilla
PBBM visit deepens friendship, cooperation with Japan
When the leaders of the Pearl of the Orient and the Land of the Rising Sun meet, what’s the likely outcome?The Philippines and Japan have been through good times and bad times in equal measure throughout history. The convergence of common interests and shared experiences through thick and thin...
EDITORIAL
Director III Lee Ann Pattugalan
Global Media Congress: Shaping the Future of the Media Industry
Aptly themed “Shaping the Future of the Media Industry," this year’s Global Media Congress will be held in Abu Dhabi from Nov. 15 to 17, 2022.The international event, organized by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) and the Emirates News Agency (WAM), one of the partner...
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