MILF PEACE PACT: WHAT IF….? Volume XVII NO 27 (April 26 to May 2, 2014) (The author was formerly GRP Peace Panel Chairman, Presidential Peace Adviser and Presidential Adviser for Mindanao under former Presidents Ramos and Arroyo.) There are many questions that since have arisen after the signing of the comprehensive agreement for the Bangsamoro […]
MY LENTEN STORY & ACCIDENT Volume XVII NO 26 (April 19 – 25, 2014) I have a Lenten story to tell. When I was a small boy in barrio Guihing in Davao del Sur, Lent or “mahal nga adlaw” by tradition was observed in the strictest way as passed on by our traditions in the family that […]
MILF PEACE PACT CAN BE FORMULA FOR DISASTER VOL. XVII NO. 25 April 5 – 11, 2014 I was not able to watch live the TV coverage of the signing of the peace agreement at Malacanang but from what I gathered from others who were present, MILF chief Kagi Murad Ibrahim’s message was sober and simple […]
WHAT’S WRONG WITH MINDANAO POWER VOL. XVII NO. 24 March 29 – April 4, 2014 DYSFUNCTION — A few days ago, I sat in a stakeholders’ forum called by the Mindanao Business Council to look into the power situation in Mindanao. I was shocked to know that the problem is not only about lack of […]
WORRIED VOL. XVII NO. 23 March 22 – 28, 2014 But I am a bit worried about the MILF agreement timetable of an early plebiscite and early elections. The MILF is not ready yet to plunge into some political exercise. Kagi Murad and the MILF are not yet prepared politically. They need more time to […]
‘JOURNALISTS’ WITHOUT MERCY! VOL. XVII NO.11 December 28 to January 3 , 2013 Public officials, beware! Nowadays, it’s so easy to be whacked endlessly for some misconduct or mistake by the so-called “netizens” or those who are hooked to the internet. They have their own domain or platform, or media facility to express their views […]
SEN. PING LACSON FOR PRESIDENT, IF… VOL. XVI1 NO.10 December 21 – 27 , 2013 Sen. Ping Lacson is putting his neck on the chopping block by accepting the task of being “Yolanda” rehab czar.If you ask me, the work is herculean in that by the end of the Aquino administration the rehab efforts […]
ON MNLF STANDOFF: ZAMBOANGA BLEEDING VOL. XVI NO.54 September 28 to October 4, 2013 DAVAO CITY –I had a long chat with former President Ramos in his Makati office last Thursday. He still holds sway in his 26th floor office and works like he is still President of the Republic. “Except that now I do […]
ON SURRENDERING TO PRESIDENTS VOL. XVI NO.51 September 7 – 13, 2013 I can see that the surrender of Ms. JANET NAPOLES to President Noynoy himself, no less, is now creating some controversy. The way things were handled from what I read in the news; I am not surprised at the negative reactions in its […]