Watching the unfolding drama around the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) flood-control projects, many can’t help but feel that Secretary Vince Dizon and his team have forgotten the fundamental truth about what a real boss is.
In the scramble to respond to allegations of anomalies, what we’ve witnessed isn’t leadership. It is political self-preservation, where the people the boss is supposed to lead become expendable pawns.
Are 10 votes too difficult to give for the love of fPRRD?
With the May 12 senatorial elections just over two weeks away, there is no missing the tension in a country on a tailspin caused by massive corruption, soaring loans, official incompetence, rising criminality, and increasing repression, among other things. So much is at stake for a nation already left behind even by its war-ravaged neighbors in nearly every aspect.
Vice President Sara Z. Duterte has rallied behind a coalition of senatorial candidates dubbed the "#Duter10", endorsing their shared vision for national unity.
In her Easter message released on Monday, the Vice President said: “This vision is solid enough to break through the walls of the existing political division in the country.”
Aside from the 10 senatorial candidates running under former President Rodrigo R. Duterte's PDP–Laban, she said reelectionist Senator Imee Marcos and Representative Camille Villar, share the common vision of a peaceful and prosperous Philippines.
The wheels are falling off the Marcos administration.
When prominent entrepreneur Anton Que and his driver, Armanie Pabillo, were killed in cold blood even after paying the ransom, the country’s most distinguished business organizations knew it was time to speak up. If only they had done so earlier.
