Domini M. Torrevillas
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Who’s Mark Villar?/The Goldilocks story
Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte who surprised many people when he launched his candidacy soon after he said he was not running, recently made another surprise move when he named Las Piñas Rep. Mark Villar as Secretary of Public Works and Highways. → Read More
Wish I were, wish I might of the incoming president
At first tickled, amazed and incredulous about the character of presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte, world leaders, politicians, business tycoons, once political enemies, and celebrities are now congratulating the Davao city mayor for his landslide election to the top Philippine government post. → Read More
Winners all
Feliciano Calora Jr. (Jofel) will be formally installed as president of Benguet State University today. → Read More
The long wait will soon be over
As of this writing, the counting of votes by overseas Filipinos is about to be released. → Read More
Prayers for a new Philippines
As of this writing, nearly half of the country’s voting population may have gone to the voting precincts. By tomorrow, we shall have known who the winners are. → Read More
No to foul-mouthed Duterte; Resounding yes to Leni Robredo
On Monday, May 9, we biometrically registered voters are trooping to the precincts to elect our next president, vice president and other officials. → Read More
Black propaganda in Philippine politics
Political jousts in this country are eternally exciting, entertaining, somehow also enlightening and, from the point of view of those who become objects of vicious black propaganda attacks, absolutely infuriating. → Read More
Why I’m voting for Dick Gordon
With the May 9 elections just around the corner, I know exactly whom I will vote for among the senatorial candidates. → Read More
Loren on signing of Paris Agreement/Leni Robredo choice of lawyers
The Philippines is one of 175 countries that formally signed the Paris Climate Agreement on Earth Day at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 22. → Read More
Martin Romualdez to the Senate
The Romualdez that I will vote to the Senate is Martin Romualdez. → Read More
P-Noy starts to pack up
The weekend’s marvelous gift was the news that Liberal Party vice presidential candidate Leni Robredo has climbed to the top as No. 1 preferred voter in the April 13-14 Bilang Pilipino SWS Mobile Survey. → Read More
Green light
Will our presidential candidates think of better ways to improve our public transport facilities? → Read More
Martial Law amnesia
I give my column space today to my favorite communication man, Crispin C. Maslog. → Read More
A prize for passion
The Forum for Family Planning and Development Inc. (The Forum) is this year’s recipient of the Phil Harvey Prize for Passion, and its president, Benjamin de Leon, the recipient of the Individual Category. → Read More
Farmers, fishers Kiko’s concerns
Two years ago I was doing my marketing in Tagaytay, and was enticed by a stall vendor to buy fresh, luscious -looking lettuce bunches which, she said proudly, were “raised by Senator Kiko,” and added, “Walang ginamit na chemical fertilizer and pesticide ito, Maam.” Needless to say, I bought the senator’s lettuce and served a good salad that noon. → Read More
Leni Robredo reaches out/Gandamra eyeing Marawi City
When you’re new to national election campaigns, there are a lot of things you need to get used to: The long hours, the long distances to travel, the people who don’t speak your mother tongue, and even the food that you may not be familiar with. → Read More
Turkey’s top Muslim leader abhors terrorism
The carnage that snuffed out lives and blew bodies into shreds in an airport and a metro train in Brussels by Islamic State terrorists, the unabated bombings in the Middle East, and lately, the killing by a Taliban suicide bomber of 67 Christian Easter Sunday worshippers in Pakistan have further aggravated unspeakable rage around the world. → Read More
Fasting and saving
“As we atone for our sins during Holy Week, it may also be relevant that we fast for Mother Earth and curb emissions.” → Read More
Back to Congress
You can’t put a good man down; nor can you stop him from running for a legislative post to serve the interest of his fellow men. → Read More
Saving the Earth, stopping use of coal
The Climate Reality Leadership Corps training led by former US Vice President Al Gore in Manila, drew hundreds of climate change activists. → Read More