WHEN Gov. Niel Tupas disclosed his plan to run for congressman of the Fourth District in 2010, he was not making a threat. It was a real strategy for an easy victory of Mayor Raul Tupas of Barotac Viejo as the new governor and lord of the Capitol.
Surely, the governor knew about the existing close-camaraderie [...]

THE favorite adage among non-government and development workers is, “Give man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.” Guided by these wise words, those who work for the marginalized sector opted to teach the people how to fish [...]

THE GOVERNMENT did not pass up its first chance to chastise the members of media following the release unharmed from captivity of journalist Ces Drilon, her TV crew and their guide, university professor Octavio Dinampo, by outlaws identified with the Abu Sayyaf.
The authorities, who had contributed next to nothing to the effort for the safe [...]

WHEN YOU fill in the blanks in the borrower’s application form prepared by Quedancor, read the creased, fine prints from corner to corner, from top to bottom. You might find yourself in trouble if you don’t.
This happened to a mayor and two of his office chiefs in southern Iloilo who on October 2006 signed in [...]

THE kidnapping for ransom of ABS-CBN’s Ces Drilon and company should teach media people lessons, many of us have not yet learned.
All these years, the Tausugs, among the major Moslem tribes are perceived to be the most treacherous.
People of Sulu are called Tausug or “Tao Sug.” Meaning people of the sea current. Sug in Cebuano [...]

A FRAGMENTED and sporadic police effort cannot eliminate drug lords, drug pushers and addict-users. An effective law-enforcement battle can confine syndicates into certain quarters but to stop them is impossible.
In a country like ours with strict and adequate sentences for violators of RA 9165 or The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, the odds is [...]

ONE COULD breeze through the counters in grocery stores inside malls in a few minutes during peak hours. Buyers just became scarce. Before, noontime shopping there was prolonged by lines of shoppers waiting for their turns to pay.
The sudden slowdown also hit department stores, barbershops, internet stations, restaurants, etec, all because the volume of clients [...]

IN MY COLUMN last week on “Caregiver” the movie, I ended by saying the movie should have a sequel. Well, it’s that column piece that is having a sequel. And this is for Filipino caregiver Juana Tejada. Juana de la Cruz, the EveryOFW.
I now step aside to project the myriad voices raised on her behalf. [...]

AROUND 7:45 one Monday morning, the guards closed the entrance to the Capitol grounds on alleged orders of Manuel “Boy” Mejorada and Alma Ravena. A lot of Capitol employees were not able to attend the flag ceremony due to that order.
The ultimate object of this comment is not the persons but the situation they personify. [...]

THE LATEST anonymous winner of the 6-49 lotto draw, so the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) would like us to believe, bagged an accumulated prize of P180-million pesos. Much earlier, a luckier unnamed guy had won a bigger purse of P240-million.
Readers of this column (The Daily Guardian, April 1, 2008 issue) will remember how I [...]