Senator Imee Marcos has officially left the Alyansa senatorial slate of her younger brother, the President.  It's all for the best.

All for the best

An online press conference in the middle of the night at an unlikely venue—a dimly-lit congressman’s office in the House of Representatives several weeks ago became the reason for Vice President Sara Duterte’s presence at Boying Remulla’s turf, the Department of Justice (DOJ) last week.


Sara: a firm believer in due process

The Driver's and Conductor's Academy Program (DCAP) was set to be rolled out as a structured training course covering essential road safety education. Accredited driving schools were expected to conduct these training sessions.

Drivers’ training program on hold 

The resurgence of kidnapping for ransom and other money-making crimes such as illegal or “guerilla” POGO operations during this election campaign point to the very real possibility that dirty money has already reared its ugly head in Philippine politics.

Dirty money and local politics

The public hearings conducted by the Senate committee on foreign relations headed by Sen. Imee Marcos was quite an entertaining and edifying spectacle, thanks to the deft handling of the conversations by Imee Marcos, persistent questioning by Senator Bato dela Rosa, and the never-ending and evasive quibbling of the executive department officials.

Saying one thing and doing another

After weeks of gallivanting abroad or vacationing in Boracay, the senators are back in the Senate to face a full schedule of legislative and other activities.

Testing our credulity 

Being born poor and wanting to genuinely help in  boosting family income, Senator Lito Lapid struggled at a young age to find employment in rural Porac, Pampanga, his hometown.  He found odd work as camera caretaker and stuntman in the movies where his uncle, the late Jess Lapid, was able to make a name and thus open up opportunities for the Lapid clan to also try showbiz.

Lito Lapid and science education

I was born in 1952 and that makes me generationally included in the showbiz batch of Nora Aunor,  Vilma Santos, Tirso Cruz III, Rudy Fernandez and Jay Ilagan.  We belong to the lower rung of the baby boomers.

The etymology of ’Bobo’ as stupid

Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, speaker of the House of Representatives and congressman of the first district of Leyte, delivered a recent speech at the US-sponsored Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum (PI-SF) held in Madrid, Spain, the 29th of the series.

Martin an embarrassment in Madrid

Since the Marcos administration announced its program to sell rice at P20 per kilo and only in the Visayas, the whole nation has been abuzz with nothing but the issue of affordable rice.

Cheap rice and the elections

VIEW FROM CALUMPANG Column Diego Cagahastian and Raffy Sarnate

VIEW FROM CALUMPANG

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