Zamboanga still Agonizing
I re-visited Zamboanga City early this week. And again saw for myself the agony that the more than 100,000 evacuees still faced day to day altho it had been 2 months since the siege ended. ...
Author: Jess Dureza
Farm-to-pocket roads
Many are fascinated at the public romance of “Lolo” Freddie Aguilar with his “apo-aged”, 16 year old lass whom he married in Muslim rites -- seemingly seeking shelter under the Koran due to criminal cases being filed. We...
Playing God
GOD SLEEPING? --Mayor RODY DUTERTE, upon returning from Tacloban, said the devastation was total that he said: “Maybe God was sleeping” in allowing such tragedy. He was one of the early responders bringing with him relief and emergency workers even while the national government was...
Pope Francis on Corruption
Our new Pope Francis who is known for being pro-poor is also solid hard against the corrupt. In his sermons, he lashed out at those who give to the church but who steal from the public. His formula for punishment, citing the passage from...
Earthquakes Can Strike Anytime
DAVAO OCCIDENTAL --- A new province is born in Davao. The plebiscite that coincided with last Monday’s barangay elections overwhelmingly supported the carving out of DAVAO OCCIDENTAL from mother DAVAO DEL SUR. To compose the new province of Davao Occidental are the southernmost...
Samal Island next Boomtown
GRIM REMINDERS? -- Someone up there is just reminding us again through calamities -- natural or otherwise -- including man-made ones. We have a long string already: Luneta hostaging, Sendong, Pablo, Zamboanga siege, PDAF & DAP, floods everywhere, ambuscades, killings. And now this Bohol earthquake....
Badge of Dishonor
At the rate our politicians are getting publicly clobbered lately, we now don’t see them too often in the public view. Suddenly, they are all smeared. And they appear sparse nowadays. Most of today’s publicly known leaders are now insulted, attacked and demonized. The usual...
Zambo must Rise from Ashes
It will take a long time to clean up the mess left by the Zamboanga incident. And to be able to know how to effectively do this, one must understand that the siege was not done solely to create trouble. Or to burn and bleed...
QUO VADIS, MINDANAO?
I remember the phrase "QUO VADIS". The old Romans used this in asking "where to?" or "where are you going?" It was popularized by a movie title bearing those two words in the 60's. I now ask...
LESSONS FROM ZAMBOANGA SEIGE
I am writing this article earlier this week but by the time this will come out in print on Sunday, I do hope that the Zamboanga incident is...