Duterte: Journey to the Presidency
(Excerpts from the manuscript of the book with the same title published in 2018)
The presidency is a matter of destiny.
We heard this often from...
Focus is now on shifting
The announcement of DoH 12 that there are 3 new confirmed cases in Region 12 only proves the inevitable of COVID eventually catching up...
Who owns the 47,000 bags of rice from Vietnam?
GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) here has questioned the documents presented by the alleged consignee of the 47,000 bags...
The law of uneven development
The local government unit in General Santos City and, for that matter, the whole of Region 12 or the South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat,...
To mass test or not, or do we have to?
More than two months after the country was placed under a state of national emergency, the number of unique COVID-19 testing has left plenty...
On libel and press freedom narratives
In an already politically charged situation where the COVID-19 crisis is testing the limits of everybody’s tolerance, the court decision to convict Rappler’s Maria...
Mindanao’s beginning to open up, but is it ready? (First of 3 parts)
Among the three largest islands of the archipelagic Philippines, Mindanao is by far the least affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with only 572...
Tornado slams Gensan
GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Bienvinido Limbo said he heard a loud high-pitch whistling sound before the galvanized iron sheets that served as roof to...
Gensan fishport closure to cost P70M in daily export revenues
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Shutting down operations in the country’s second largest fishing port complex could result into a daily loss of at least...
Mindanao’s beginning to open up, but is it ready? (Last of 3 parts)
More than one week after Mindanao was placed under the modified general community quarantine, local government units are coming to terms that the island...