Metro Opinion
Change is coming
Sounds familiar? Yes, it is. Way back close to seven years ago today, this was the campaign slogan of the incoming President Duterte, described to be the oldest to be elected @71 but has worked in “all three branches of government.” Change is also the anchor word of the 2008 presidentia...
BED's BASH
As they usually say: all rounds lead to the historic, reconstructed Ayuntamiento de Manila at the corner of Calle Aduana, renamed Andres Soriano Avenue and Cabildo Street in the heart of Intramuros. The event: birthday bash of Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno (BED). Ayuntamiento houses the Bure...
De Facto
I differ on what I’ve read that Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno or BED, has “nestled comfortably” in a new home with a Bay window in his office overlooking the famous Manila sunset, and he is not too keen on returning back to the 501 room. From my observation deck, such is me...
BSP outside the 'kulambo'
I concede! The timing in announcing the creation of an inter-agency committee tasked to monitor inflation and market outlook was excellent as it came in the midst of the jeepney strike. Nearly a week after its disclosure, not one though questioned why the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor F...
Senate wants to investigate 'human trafficking' in NAIA
The newly discovered "human trafficking" scheme in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) will soon be looked into by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (SBRC), Senator Grace Poe said in a report by Philippine News Agency. Poe, in a statement, said the SBRC, which is chaired by ...
What’s in a name
The government’s top two revenue-generating agencies, the Bureau of Customs (BoC) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), are now in the hands of relatively younger blood. I have reservations on the new appointee. I support the idea of pumping younger blood in both the BoC and BIR who ...
What’s in a Trip
Junior will be off again on Thursday, his 9th in his eight month reign, to Japan for an official visit, which means the taxpayers – me and you – will be footing the bill as opposed, state visit when it is the host country that shoulders the bill of the members of the official delegation....
Of Twang, Oxymoron and Citizenship
I have no quarrel with the recent appointee, the newest drumbeater of Junior. It was just that I was somehow startled by the introduction of Atty. Cheloy Garafil, Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) Officer-in-charge Cheloy Garafil, that Daphne Oseña-Paez is the Palace’s “pr...
Wha happened
Just to be mischievous, sometimes in the text exchanges, I would inquire wha happened on a serious topic to get various reactions. This time though, my query on wha happened is as real it can be. I am talking about this news going around the social media platform about a certain member of the poli...
Movements
Roughly a month ago, this corner broke the news of the imminent changes in the stewardship of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) with incumbent Commissioner Lilia Guillermo’s transfer to the Department of Finance and Deputy Commissioner Romeo Lumagui, Jr. taking her stead. Well, there you g...
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