President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act last Sept. 26, and the Palace is confident that the new law will make food more affordable and accessible to many Filipinos and provide better income for local farmers and fisherfolk.

A surfeit of laws vs smuggling 

IT is good to note that there are still government agencies that value the growth of local economies, and would rather do their purchasing locally rather than import their requirements.  That is, if the commodity needed can be adequately supplied by local firms or LGUs.


PCA supports salt industry 

The socio-political lay of the land that the Filipino people have found themselves in at the moment is messy and convoluted, even as the political pot continues to be stirred by changes of diatribes and incendiary charges from both camps in the spectrum.

Stirring the political cauldron 

Kristine, a severe and horrific typhoon, visited the Philippines on Oct. 21 as a tropical depression, intensifying the next day to a tropical storm level before making landfall in Isabela.

PH true friends in Asean 

Unknown to many residents of Laguna, particularly in Biñan, this progressive city has an important and pivotal role in the coming 2025 midterm nationwide elections.

Biñan's pivotal role in 2025 polls  

The decline of the Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEI) from November 6 to November 14—from 7,245.92 to 6,559.27—occurred in seven consecutive days.  This, to me, is alarming, as such decline is seldom felt in a supposedly robust economy as the Philippines’.  Another such plunge that happened last April 2 to April 16  was not so concerning as this was followed by a slight recovery.

Scaling up foreign investments

Mary Jane Veloso, who endured the daily fear and terror of being executed in Indonesia for nine years now, may spend Christmas with her family in the Philippines this year, albeit still a person deprived of liberty (PDL).  But at least, she will be held prisoner at the Women’s Correctional facility in Mandaluyong City.

Home before Christmas 

Eat your hearts out, ardent followers of VP Sara Duterte aside from BBM loyalists who still believe that pink and yellow are evil colors.

No more color distinction in PH

Last year, five Chinese nationals were also arrested for illegal extraction of minerals in Misamis Oriental last year.  Do you know what minerals they were digging?  Uranium. 

Digging up our minerals 

Sunshine has returned with the news that the government has completed deporting some 2,300 foreigners who used to work for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) that were closed by the authorities on orders of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Goodbye to POGOs

VIEW FROM CALUMPANG Column Diego Cagahastian and Raffy Sarnate

VIEW FROM CALUMPANG

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