Last week I wrote about the economic difficulties of farmers who are able to sell their palay (unmilled rice) at only twelve pesos per kilo. I will delve on this some more.


 Why is the price of palay in Leyte just 12 pesos per kilo?

This is an interesting topic because it covers everything. Everything and everyone has a future in many ways. Time is an important resource. It should be handled properly.


Future-Proofing Infrastructure

    The term “conflict of interest” has risen to the limelight lately. It has been a comon concern for years, but as a related issue to the impeachment drama in the Senate, this term has been thrust into the headlines. The significance of this issue can be traced to the key roles that Senators Mark Villar and Camille Villar have when the time of reckoning arrives. Will they vote for the dismissal of the case  or if trial ensues will they vote to convict or to acquit? 

Conflict of Interest and the Impeachment Process

There is a surge in government infrastructure projects in the first district of Leyte. These include the Tacloban Airport Development, Tacloban City Causeway, Tacloban ‘City Bypass Road Extension, Tacloban-Palo Diversion Road, and the Tide Embankment Project. In the adjacent town of Babatngon there is a port project called Eastern Visayas Regional Transshipment hub. The aggregate cost of these projects is approximately fifty billion pesos.

When infrastructure fails

This write-up is about the most important bridge in Eastern Visayas. It is also about a bridge that is a significant link between Luzon and Mindanao. I can even say it a bridge most Filipinos know because it is the longest bridge in the Pan-Philippine Highway that connects Luzon to Mindanao and it has existed for fifty years.

Here we go again: the San Juanico bridge fiasco

 In an in terview recently after his visit to Tacloban City, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stated that if the San Juanico bridge will not be ready for vehicles weighing a maximum of 12 tons by end of 2025, he will accept the resignations of the government officials who were unable to act swiftly to prevent the crisis that the damage to the bridge has wrought on the people of Eastern Visayas and in many other areas of the country and who are adversely affected by the limited use of the bridge.

Heads will roll

Everybody is talking about San Juanico Bridge (SJB). It is the talk of the town not only because of its length, 2.1 kilometers, but because it has become a glaring symbol of the goverment’s incompetence and negligence. 

When Negligence Rears its Ugly Head

About fifty years ago, government announced to the whole world that the San Juanico Bridge  is a symbol of love between two high profile persons of the country. Its shape was supposed to be a combination of S and L to signify the union of Samar and Leyte Islands. It was a sight to behold, announced as the longest bridge (2.16 kilometers) of the country and widely advertised as a tourist attraction and an engineering marvel.

 The San Juanico of our Dreams

Since 2001 when the EPIRA (Electric Power Industry Reform Act) Law was passed, it has metamorphosed into a law which cannot be depended upon to protect the interests of consumers. From a law that promised to solve the severe shortages of electric power in the early 2000s, it has been the subject of intense criticism particularly from the unions manning the cooperatives and the electric power consumers who complain of the high cost of electricity. . 

The EPIRA Law: a largely one-sided affair

The RDC I am referring to is the Regional Development Council established under Presidential Decree No. 1 issued on September 24, 1972 by then President Ferdinand E. Marcos.

The things I did at the RDC

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