Wasted infrastructures
Some government projects across the region are being left to rot in plain sight. Buildings once inaugurated with speeches and ribbon-cutting ceremonies now stand empty, rusting under the sun and rain while vandals slowly...
Minding real duties
The country cannot continue electing lawmakers who behave more like political combatants than public servants. Congressmen and senators are entrusted with the duty to legislate measures that improve the lives of ordinary citizens, not...
A call for serious probes
The Filipino people are being asked to look the other way while hundreds of billions of pesos in questionable public funds remain untouched by any serious investigation. At a time when ordinary citizens struggle...
Political maturity
In today’s intense political power struggle in the country, political support has become dangerously similar to religious devotion. Many citizens now defend politicians at all costs, even when wrongdoing is obvious and harmful to...
Now a launch target
Using Eastern Visayas as a launchpad for joint military exercises between the United States and the Philippines places the region in unnecessary danger. The recent missile launch from the vicinity of San Jose and...
What help?
Government dole-outs are growing at an alarming rate, and what should have been temporary relief has become a permanent political instrument. A nation cannot survive when dependency becomes state policy and productive labor is...