They hate him for his guts. They dislike his irreverence. But Sonny Trillanes has earned his spurs. He is not a chatterbox, who talks first before he thinks. On the contrary, he thinks first before he talks.
Sonny knows his colleagues in the Senate. He knows them like the palm of his hand. Even from a distance, he could distinguish the fake from the genuine, the competent from the lazy, the intelligent from the dumb and frivolous, and the corrupt from the upright.
"Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone."
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
By Alex P. Vidal
NEW YORK CITY -- Josephine Bracken to Dr. Jose Rizal: "Love, I will love you ever; love, I will leave thee never; ever to me precious to thee; never to part, heart bound to heart, or ever to say goodbye.
So, my darling, receive many warm Affection and love from your ever faithfull and true till death."
"Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation."
--Atifete Jahjaga
By Alex P. Vidal
NEW YORK CITY -- With the way he is being persecuted by the Duterte administration, Dr. Jed Patrick Mabilog could go down in history as the most abused city mayor not only in the Philippines, but also all over the world.
In response to the current peace and order issues and concerns, the Community Mobilization Project, and the Coalition of Force Multipliers and Community-Based Advocacy Group were launched recently at the Provincial Gymnasium here at Trece Martires City in Cavite.
by Robbie Pangilinan
A two-storey Community Evacuation Center (CEC) that can withstand a category 5 Typhoon and intensity 9 earthquake was built in Tacloban City through the funding of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda has filed House Bill 6075, proposing the creation of an independent Department of Disaster Resilience or DDR to fortify the country’s calamity defense program and help ensure the country’s development and inclusive growth.
The proposed DDR will exclusively handle the encompassing tasks of disaster risk reduction, response, reconstruction and recovery, Salceda proposed.
by Robbie Pangilinan
Tacloban City is eyeing to get the 2017 Seal of Good Local Governance from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). The seal is the standard set by the national government to track the performance of Local Government Units (LGU).
“We have been preparing for this. I applaud the City Departments, which started preparing for the round of assessments since January this year, in coordination with the local DILG office. I am optimistic that Tacloban will get the Seal for 2017,” said Tacloban City Mayor Cristina G. Romualdez.
