Source of Energy
The current war between Ukraine and Russia has affected the global chain of fuel supply thereby negatively affecting our country’s economy. Expectedly, prices skyrocketed instantly, whether crude oil, gasoline, kerosene, or LPG. Affected also are all prices of commodities and the price of electricity....
PASSPORT REVOLVING FUND “GONE” – LOCSIN
Foreign Secretary Teodoro “Tweeterboy” Locsin, Jr., who assumed office in October 2018, tweeted that the DFA’s entire Passport Revolving Fund (PRF) is “gone,” and its arrears to APO Production Unit, the country’s passport printing contractor, has reached P388 million.He said that the fund was...
DIGONG’S EMPTY THREAT
"If they (the US) can't deliver at least 20 million doses (of anti-COVID-19 vaccine) at a minimum, they better get out. No vaccine, no stay here," declared President Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte.He was referring to the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the US which he...
HISTORICAL IGNOMINY AWAITS DEL ROSARIO
REMINDERS - I am placing this segment at the beginning of this piece, hoping that the authorities concerned will stop ignoring (“dine-deadma”) the issues listed below:1) IS THE US BACK IN SUBIC? – There was a report that the mainstream media here has so far ignored, i.e.,...
DIGONG’S CREDIBILITY IN HIS ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE BADLY ERODED
President Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte told his Man Friday, Bong Go, now a senator of the Republic, “to act as if you are with the opposition” when it comes to corruption issues.As one who voted for Digong as President because of, inter alia, his promise...
THE SUPREME COURT AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL
President Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte’s alleged trip to Singapore the weekend before last has again given rise to speculations about his health.Consequently, the matter of presidential succession again became the subject of much discussion in many quarters notwithstanding what is clearly stated in the Constitution...
HOW NOT TO TREAT A PATIENT
Dr. Tarcisio and Mrs. Reynes, in-laws of my eldest son, wrote me about the harrowing experience the family went through with the confinement of Tarcisio’s brother, Danilo, at the University of Perpetual Help Medical Center in Las Pinas, Metro Manila.Dr. Reynes is a retired...