There are beliefs that are turning upside down and inside out and traditional beliefs are dying and new notions come to the fore and take over, like people of same sex marrying and mouth kissing openly in public and condoned by the supposedly respectable elite. Then what's next? Maybe, marrying one's pet? I presume the pet should be injected with human cells to conform to humanity's cells, so we will expect the existence of half-person, half-animal in the future. Just thinking of it gives me the shudders

June

2021

Amid the hardships brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, and despite the health, political and economic challenges the Philippines is facing in its post-pandemic development trajectory, resolving our West Philippine Sea (WPS) row with China peacefully must be a priority because this would be a win-win solution for all Filipinos. On a personal note, as Chairman of the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI), I believe that the sentiment of the country's business and industry sector is for a peaceful resolution of the Philippine-Sino territorial dispute, amid rising tensions at the West Philippine Sea

May

2021

In setting up these community pantries, the goal should be complementation and not competition. If we do this, the limited resources of both the government and the private sector will serve more people.

April

2021

On the China non-aggression pact: We have a favorable decision from the arbitral court. How will that be affected if we sign? Will that totally erase that victory? If it will not, then I will agree. But if it does, then I will not.

March

2022

I'm not a lawyer. So I will not discuss the merits of the provisions of the bill, nor will I dwell on the policy positions of both those for and against the Anti-Terrorism Bill. However, I am surprised by the fact that only a few days had passed after the Anti-Terrorism Bill became an enrolled measure, a significant number of congressmen who previously signed their approval of the bill, withdrew their support for the controversial legislation. I cannot fault President Duterte if signs the Anti-Terrorism Bill into law, because the President relies on Congress in the crafting of laws. As we all know, legislation of laws is a Congressional mandate and the President's task is to sign these bills into law.

June

2020

Our doctors and other health experts have never really come together to formally discuss how we achieved such a number of recoveries. What we are only hearing are anecdotal accounts of how people were healed, rather than factual and science-based. This will also give everyone the needed information to prevent them from relying on mere rumors or recommendations of people identifying themselves as experts on social media on how best to treat COVID.

August

2021

My basic premise is, if we need to address climate change, the blah, blah, blah of our world leaders should also include solutions to the boom, boom, boom of the world's population, and ensure their implementation. Population explosion exemplifies depletion and emission, as you can glean from the examples I've cited above. Controlling population growth is one program that the Philippines and other developing nations can participate; not just the big nations.

November

2021

Most importantly, it's not plastic's fault that rivers and creeks are clogged. The blame lies in all irresponsible and insensitive people who indiscriminately throw their waste into rivers and creeks. These people may not know it, but they are the ones causing the floods, These people should be fined because the government is spending billions of pesos every year to unclog the waterways. As Chairman of the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI), our group would like to appeal to President Duterte and the gentlemen and ladies of both Houses of Congress, to at least try our proposed solution to save our waterways, before legislating a law to regulate single-use plastic.

August

2021

Hopefully with flooding in some low lying areas in Metro Manila significantly reduced, if not stopped because of less plastic trash on rivers, lakes and other water tributaries, residents of National Capital Region will be greatly relieved. However, I am amazed why the Bill zeroed in on regulating single-use plastic and Styrofoam only, when we see much bigger non-biodegradable trash such as old furniture, old appliances and used tires, among others that also clog our water tributaries. Would their exclusion not make HB 9147 a shortsighted legislation?

August

2021

Philippine politics is entirely unique. We have a political system where its rules against vote-buying during elections, for instance, are ignored. It's sad to note, though, that a significantly number of Filipino voters allow their inherent right to vote to be bought. Morality in the Philippine politics must have already gone down the drain, that Philippine politics is characterized with guns, gold and goons. This explains why some monied political families can hang on to various elective posts at the same time and for a long time. Thus, a sustained education campaign for Filipino voters should be undertaken, if only to enlighten them of the ill effects of irresponsible voting.

October

2018

By and large it seemed like a truthful narration of developments, especially the figures related to projects. We've seen investments coming in, for example, in mining and tourism.

July

2012

Even in the current unitary form of government where the state is governed by a single power and the central government is supreme, political monopoly by some families can hardly be stopped. And the moment they are given the power and authority to govern themselves as a federal region, things could get worse. The various federated regions would most likely have their respective political dynasties. Thus, before the shift to federalism, the anti-dynasty law should already be in place. Otherwise, more political dynasties would be created in the federated regions, which the federal government would no longer be able to handle.

October

2018

Malabo para sa business sector ang usapin tungkol sa amendments ng economic provisions ng Konstitusyon. Dapat linawin kung anong economic provisions ng Konstitusyon ang babaguhin at bakit ito papalitan.

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