Now businessman Danding Cojuangco’s 2- decade-old problem is over. Or is it? The highest court of the land has declared that the 20% shares of conglomerate San Miguel Corporation is his own, belying the suspicions that the amount used to purchase his shares came from the coconut levy fund and therefore public funds.
Yesterday was Palm Sunday, traditionally a Christian celebration of JESUS’ Triumphant entry to Jerusalem.
One of the serious defects in Philippine governance historically is its flawed justice system. This can be clearly monitored in the way some cases filed in court against the high and the mighty in society.
The revelation of a P73.85 million alleged tax delinquency to include non Income Tax Return filing of “magaling” Congressman Mikey Arroyo former Congressman now Representative of Galing Pinoy and son of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo speaks of his mind-set relative to his sassaying in the corridors of power during her Mom’s 9-year Presidential term. He believes that he remains untouchable.
That’s the reality in this country that President Noynoy Aquino has to ably respond to. We however feel confident of the future if what the President has articulated in many of his public pronouncements as the hallmark of his governance , gets realized: “matuid na daan; kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap” administration battle cry.
Local government units nationwide can altogether sing Deo Gracias and Allelujah with this PAG-IBIG Fund policy of tapping municipalities as housing project developers.
After almost a year since he got out of nowhere the good senator is back in town. He is suspected to be the brains in the killing of publicist Buddy Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito which he denied of course. What we gathered is that he fled the country when a warrant of arrest [...]
Vice Governor Mimmette Bagulaya has been creating ripples among local executives in the country today. Without so much fanfare and still remains unassuming she takes this honor with utmost humility, and to form Mimmiette is a humble person.
I stood at our front gate at Diamond Street, V&G subdivision early evening of Wednesday March 16 as I watched rampaging flood waters flowing obviously from a nearby mountain as it was brownish and light muddy.
Pretty soon the impeachment of Ombudsman Merci Gutierrez will be over at the House of Representatives but doubts linger in the minds of Observers how this unprecedented case will be treated in the Senate.
