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To a Cebuano Binisaya speaker like me, those words remain ingrained in my mind forty years after the assassination of Ninoy Aquino by a Marcos-led military/civilian conspiracy.
No matter how high one’s awareness is about the importance of eating nutritious food, it becomes useless when prices are unaffordable.
At the rate Rodrigo Duterte was giving away the Philippines to Red China, there now arises an acute need to exorcise the country from all Red Chinese concessions that he had approved. The suspension of all 22 reclamation projects in Manila Bay is a step in the right direction.
On August 15, 2023, Chinese Deputy Chief of Mission Zhou Zhiyong claimed during a news conference at the Kamuning Pandesal Forum in Quezon City that the Potsdam Declaration and the Cairo Declaration stated that “all territories Japan has seized from the Chinese, including those of Nansha Islands and Xisha Islands, shall be restored to China.” Retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio: This claim is false.
Some progressive organizations have also abused the system by splitting into smaller groups; others formed factions due to power struggles to secure more seats.
The attempt by former president Rodrigo Duterte to use the China card to gain a prominent role in the Marcos administration and protect himself from the International Criminal Court got aborted just when his cohorts in the Senate were about to launch it.
In 2015, I had the opportunity to personally listen to Rodrigo Duterte in one of his listening tours around the Philippines.
The story of Pagcor is nothing but how Marcos monopolized gambling.
Controlling corruption in the PNP may indeed be a herculean task, and starting it with the illegal drug trade is a good move in the right direction. Is Marcos really up to it?
When I think of Doro, I think of these lessons that have stayed with me: One. The story is the story, and not the journalist. Let the information guide you, and do not let your ego get the better of you.