Opinion and Commentary
Ledesma: What’s eating Lagman?
August 29, 2019, 8:45 pm
SUBLIME idiocy can surprisingly emerge from an idle mind. Sen Christopher “Bong” Go was busy going around the country setting up Malasakit Centers where it is most needed by people who are deprived of decent medical and financial assistance and out of the blue Albay Congressman Edcel Lagman… Read More
Ledesma: Bato’s waggly tongue
August 23, 2019, 9:36 pm
BECAUSE of simple math that theoretically extrapolated numbers of rare days of good conduct by an inmate that serves seven life sentences, the nation went agog when rapist and multiple-murderer Antonio Sanchez was said to be a candidate for deliverance. It would have just been a conjecture except… Read More
Ledesma: Of gifts, omission and commission
August 20, 2019, 11:02 am
THE last three years of the Duterte administration is the most crucial.it is noteworthy however that he has the leadership of the legislative department on his side because the achievement of his political and development agenda would depend largely on the lawmakers and the members of the… Read More
Ledesma: Campus activism over dead ideologies
August 14, 2019, 11:54 am
STUDENT activism has been commonplace in college and university campuses. We were all lured into it in the mid-1960s. I am not sure now which came first - the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New Peoples Army or the Kabataang Makabayan but each has the fingerprints of Jose Ma. Sison. It… Read More
Badoy: Love story for Teddy
August 12, 2019, 11:14 am
AWING Apuga was 5 years old when he was taken away from his parents to be educated in Salugpungan Ta’tanu Igkanugon Learning Center, Inc (STITILCI) --a school his father, the chieftain of the Ata Manobo tribe of Talaingod, Davao del Norte, Datu Guibang Apuga help found. Together with other tribe… Read More
Ledesma: Davao City grand Kadayawan Festival
August 11, 2019, 10:37 pm
GO south, fly south! For the whole month of August starting from Day 1, Davao City celebrates Kadayawan Festival which will culminate in grand festivities on August 16 replete with activities that include an array of colorful tribal dances at their best performances and originality, fruits and… Read More
Ledesma: DENGUE and PRRD’s mosquito net
August 7, 2019, 5:00 pm
LETHARGY is a syndrome in the bureaucracy. In government, it is quite acute especially with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the Department of Health. The COMELEC is busy before during and after elections, all for about 60 days, which happens once every three years but the poll body is… Read More
Ledesma: STL and Lotto are legal fronts
July 30, 2019, 8:49 am
THE gospel in last Sunday Mass was about the total destruction Sodom and Gomorrah on account of the detestable things they do before the eyes of God. The story of the annihilation of these degenerate towns appeared not only in the Bible but also in the Koran. When Abraham heard of this severe… Read More
Ledesma: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
July 24, 2019, 3:59 pm
IN his State of the Nation Address, Pres. Rodrigo R. Duterte leafed through the pages of his performance report. Despite the magma of critical issues that were highlighted by organized coteries of critics that are out to discredit his administration, Duterte read through the pages among these were… Read More
Ledesma: Digong must have done something good
July 20, 2019, 2:36 am
NO amount of incendiary verbiages spiced with twisted statistics that come from the moribund political opposition and foreign interlopers can bring down the Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte. You can fault him for his expletives but that actually defines his hatred against crime, corruption… Read More
Ledesma: Oh Iceland and Mexico how could you?
July 12, 2019, 2:57 pm
ICELAND authored a resolution to conduct a probe of (extra-judicial) killings related to the drug campaign waged by the Duterte Administration. This stemmed from the allegation that over 27,000 perished in the government’s war against drugs. I do not know where this figure came from but judging… Read More
Ledesma: A serious fish talk
July 11, 2019, 3:40 pm
THE Philippines has its own versions of politicians and characters who are advocates of aggressive foreign policy. Think of this. A fishing boat anchored in Recto Bank was figured in an accident and side-swiped by a Chinese fishing vessel in an inky dark sea and the hawks are one to invoke the… Read More
Ledesma: Rep. Sid Ungab as Speaker?
July 4, 2019, 5:24 pm
WHY not? Amidst the melee over the search for Speaker in the House of Representatives which had been shrouded with immoral power tug-of-war, term sharing and multi-million-peso tag for a vote plus horse trading in committee chairmanships, the name of Rep. Isidro Ungab suddenly emerged. “Sid”,… Read More
Ledesma: The sea of fortune
June 28, 2019, 1:05 pm
DEPENDING on which side of the fence is the news and noisemakers, the incident involving fishermen in a maritime accident refuses to settle down. The cacophony of chatters stemmed from an incident where two fishing boats collided in an inky dark environment. It would have been simple and… Read More
Ledesma: Igniting fire in the WP Sea
June 19, 2019, 4:17 pm
WE are not running out of provocateurs, deceivers and willing victims of deceptions and bystanders who ejaculate in fanning embers of intrigue and divisiveness. Am talking of the recent accident involving Filipino and Chinese fishermen, Bikoy’s expose’ of the opposition black propaganda… Read More
Ledesma: Callamard an impish prevaricator?
June 14, 2019, 12:10 pm
WHEN Agnes Callamard took over the job of Philip Alston as Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Commission who conducted a probe on alleged extra-judicial killings in Davao City, she inherited the tale conjured by her predecessor like it was the biblical truth. In fact, Alston… Read More
Ledesma: Kapa challenges PRRD
June 11, 2019, 6:51 pm
FOR guesting Pres. Rodrigo R. Duterte in his special segment "Give Us This Day", Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy is getting the flak from characters who are either behind Kapa Community Ministry International or are investors of Kapa. Reason: During the internationally televised program, the Chief… Read More
Ledesma: Davao City under Mayor Inday Sara
June 8, 2019, 10:52 am
THE advantage of an incumbent not having a political adversary during elections is that he or she will not be hobbled and hampered by the rigors of the campaign and therefore can continue monitoring and implementing projects. This what is happening in Davao City. Mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio… Read More
Ledesma: Congress leadership struggle
June 4, 2019, 3:56 pm
WITH the start of congressional sessions in the offing, politicos are into the traditional leadership tug of war. Until topnotcher re-elected Sen. Cynthia Villar gave a smirk at Sen. Manny Pacquiao, the quest for the Senate Presidency seems to be leading to the path of incumbent Tito Sotto who is… Read More
Ledesma: Awaiting Advincula’s ‘whodunit’ revelation
May 29, 2019, 11:52 am
PETER J. Advincula is a conman. In fact, he is no ordinary conman and given his litany of criminal cases that should make him an extraordinary recidivist. Looks like he had been in and out of jail and he eluded numerous other complaints against him. That should make him a prime target for law… Read More
