Opinion and Commentary
Ledesma: From experience to essential economy
August 20, 2021, 6:13 pm
CONSUMER analysts are saying that every crisis triggers a change in the behavior of the buying public. This current health crisis is no different. Since the start of the pandemic, we have seen a major shift in how consumers are spending and what they are spending on. From the pre-pandemic… Read More
Ledesma: Do not test Sara’s patience
August 14, 2021, 12:36 am
VICE President Leni Robredo is having a morbid fear. She cannot stand another six years of a Duterte administration. Obviously, she is referring to Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte who is leading in all Presidential surveys. The same anxiety disorder could describe Manila Mayor Isko Moreno… Read More
Ledesma: Making it through as virtual leaders
August 9, 2021, 5:29 pm
AS a result of the quarantines and lockdowns caused by the ongoing health crisis, the leaders of today found themselves navigating through the realm of virtual leadership. While some leaders of some multi-national companies have been doing virtual leadership before, the concept and practice… Read More
Ledesma: The Mindanao Olympians
August 6, 2021, 10:14 pm
THE signs of the times give glimpses of what’s up in the future. The coronavirus disease 2019 will be with us in various variants, but how long will it persist is for science to grapple with. So much stock knowledge made possible the quick development of vaccines and which have been proven to be… Read More
Ledesma: A leader’s challenge: M.E. in the new world
August 1, 2021, 8:00 am
THE world is changing. And it's changing fast. The current pandemic has changed our world in a manner and speed that we have not seen and experienced before. The world we know 12 months ago is no longer the world we now have. In order to survive and thrive in what is now called the new normal, we… Read More
Ledesma: Partido Reporma a ruling party?
July 31, 2021, 1:32 am
IT’S intriguing how Sen. Ping Lacson and Senate Pres. Tito Sotto arrived at a decision of latching at the moribund Partido Para sa Demokratikong Reporma, or Partido Reporma. Renato de Villa founded Partido Reporma in 1998 after he failed to get nominated as Presidential bet of Lakas-NUCD. He… Read More
Ledesma: This much I know about PRRD
July 23, 2021, 2:36 pm
HOW much do I know of PRRD? I have been asked that a couple of times before and after the 2016 presidential elections. Obviously and understandably, the reason behind this was that too little was known of Duterte. In retrospect, nothing much has been altered actually. Not much has changed in… Read More
Ledesma: Man at work and money at work: How to do both
July 20, 2021, 11:54 pm
GROWING up, the only way I know how to earn money is by working. Either one gets employed or one puts up a business. In most of the families I know back then, the only source of income was the MAN AT WORK, referred to as the breadwinner. During that time, double-income families were not yet… Read More
Ledesma: Quo vadis Koko, Pacman?
July 16, 2021, 2:30 pm
THE surveys done by Pulse Asia and the Social Weather Station had been consistent. Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte had been leading the surveys. Atty. Howard Calleja, a convenor of 1Sambayan that had imploded before it can take off is still hoping the rating of the presidential daughter will… Read More
Ledesma: My second wave turned 1
July 12, 2021, 7:00 pm
WITH much reluctance, I got my computer and wrote my first column for the local weekly newspaper, Mindanao Journal. This was one year ago and the title of my column was “Second Wave”. That was just a few months after I retired from my job for 27 years and thought of writing about how one… Read More
Ledesma: The unfolding of a grand alliance
July 9, 2021, 3:32 pm
SOMETHING there is that the opposition will find discomfiting and could paralyze them to inactivity and defeat. They had been busy speculating on whether or not Pres. Rodrigo Duterte is running for Vice President and cheering Sen. Manny Pacquiao aimless shotgun accusation of alleged corruption in… Read More
Ledesma: This girl Is on FIRE… and you can be, too
July 5, 2021, 3:07 pm
THERE’S no doubt that the past 15 months have prompted many to take a serious look not only at their health status but at their financial standing, as well. The surge in the number of searches and researches on life and medical insurance, investment, and other financial programs over the… Read More
Ledesma: Duterte a lame duck?
June 29, 2021, 6:26 pm
PIA Ranada of Rappler did an interview with Ana Tabunda of Pulse Asia. It is obvious that this is part of the pre-SONA (State of the Nation Address) and also a pre-election agenda that Rappler had plotted. Pia came prepared with her questions which were liberally laced with opinions but she failed… Read More
Ledesma: Planning for your retirement just as important
June 28, 2021, 5:55 pm
WHEN you ask most parents if they were able to save or invest in educational plans for their children, there’s a strong likelihood that the answer is a big yes. But ask again if they have secured funds for their own retirement, it’s most likely that their response is the opposite. This is… Read More
Ledesma: The silence of Mindanao
June 25, 2021, 1:54 pm
THE International Criminal Court (ICC) has become a domineering institution that is presented as a prosecutor and judge at the same time. It does not respect the justice system of sovereign nations and lump the victims of its misplaced prejudices with countries that have neither functioning… Read More
Ledesma: How pandemic changed our spending behaviors
June 18, 2021, 1:43 pm
ANYONE who has attended a webinar, or has hosted a party over zoom, or has ordered groceries or medicines to be delivered at home; or has watched a concert via live streaming for the first time will agree that the covid-19 crisis has profoundly changed our spending behaviors overnight. The… Read More
Ledesma: Oh no, not again!
June 14, 2021, 1:49 pm
WHILE NCR plus the nearby provinces are now under the General Community Quarantine (GCQ), my beloved Davao City is once again put under the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine until June 20. This is following a significant increase in our number of new cases for the past weeks already,… Read More
Ledesma: Belittling yet scared of Sara
June 11, 2021, 3:56 pm
HOW can Davao City Inday Sara Duterte deter anyone from running for any elective position? For that matter, how can one inherit an elective post making it sound and appear like it can be handed to an heir on a silver platter? Whoever thinks we are a monarchy where power may be inherited might want… Read More
Ledesma: Does CHR condemn Kieth’s murder or the use of APMs?
June 9, 2021, 3:21 pm
FINALLY, the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed combatant, the New People’s Army, owned up to the brutal and senseless murder of a young athlete, Kieth Absalon, and his cousin Nolven. There is simply no way for denial as the preponderance of pieces of evidence and the signature… Read More
Ledesma: Creating something good out of bad
June 7, 2021, 10:54 am
WE'RE nto the 15th month of the covid pandemic. Can you still remember and picture how you were 15 months ago? What were you busy with, what preoccupied your schedule, what did you do during your spare time, etc? I bet there’s been a marked change between how you were doing pre-pandemic and… Read More
