In the current news coverage of Phase I of the Tacloban Airport Development project, which is nearly a fiasco – a project that has gone awry, many news stories have been written. These stories are all on the same subject but each one has a different slant. Having been cited in most of these stories as a source of some of the views on the project, I am amused at how each story gives an aspect of the project, but not the whole of it. 


No two news stories on the Tacloban Airport Project are alike

Lady Justice is blindfolded to signify fair treatment and impartiality in the dispensation of justice. She holds scales to demonstrate the impartiality of the court’s decision and a sword as a symbol of the power of justice.

When impartiality is gone, we are in big trouble

There is a lot of suspense unfolding in the multi-billion Tacloban Airport Development Project. It is a thriller in the making if it is not already. Let us by analogy compare this to a movie thriller. 

And The Plot Continues to Thicken

No, this is not about the novel of the same title written by Charles Dickens about families living in London and Paris. The two cities we are referring to are Tacloban City and Bacolod City. What the fuzz is this all about?


A tale of two cities

The Regional Development Council Executive Committee meeting last August 25 in Ormoc City was one of the most important, even controversial, RDC meetings I have ever attended.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going

The issue on the substantially delayed completion of the Tacloban Airport Development will come to a head on August 25, 2023.  


A game-changer that needs to be rescued

  There is something thrilling about going deep into a story especially if the effort is about a project that is relatively huge that it makes the task both daunting and inspiring.

  So, this is investigative journalism

Usually, project showcases depict models, something others should see because of their beneficial effects on society, especially if the showcase is worth several billion pesos of taxpayer money. 

The Tacloban Airport Development Project as a Negative Showcase

For several issues now, this column has exposed the many problems besetting the construction of the New Terminal Building of the Tacloban Airport also known as the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport. The problem associated with excessive delay in implementation seemed to be over with the announcement of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) that the negative slippage as of September 25, 2023, was down to zero from a high of 38 percent in July, or only 60 days earlier. 

Deaf ears

In the many years I served in the government and now a decade as a private sector member, very few arrangements have surprised me. But when they do, I can easily understand why.


On dangerous ground

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The Tacloban Airport Development Project as a Negative Showcase

On dangerous ground

Deaf ears

So, this is investigative journalism

No two news stories on the Tacloban Airport Project are alike

A tale of two cities

When impartiality is gone, we are in big trouble

And The Plot Continues to Thicken

When the going gets tough, the tough get going

A game-changer that needs to be rescued

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