LML Polettiques (406)

Rebellion in China!

Wednesday, 18 January 2023 09:23 Written by
THERE is a rebellion brewing in China. No guns, weapons and armaments of war. No actual fighting and skirmishes, and no blood flowing in the streets. There are no leadership structures; no single spokesperson articulating their demands, hopes and aspirations.…

Spillover from 2022: Ukraine and China's continuing gift to the world

Wednesday, 11 January 2023 08:51 Written by
THE year 2022 is not done with us yet. It is continuing to spill over and influence the course of events in 2023. I don't see any silver lining. I see only a bleak landscape. But Filipino resilience as always…

No more New Year's resolution!

Wednesday, 04 January 2023 08:02 Written by
I WRITE my first column for 2023 at Heavenly Village in Lake Tahoe while on Christmas skiing holiday with my six grandchildren, ages 3 to 10, two pairs of parents, and a pair of grandparents. While Lolo and Momsie (Lola)…

US justice department: The son of God — a rapist!

Wednesday, 28 December 2022 10:33 Written by
THESE are serious accusations. And it is a measure of the inadequacy of our justice system that it has taken a foreign country to indict one of the Philippines' most powerful personalities, described as a shrewd businessman, an influential radio…

Harvard Bureaucrats Ball

Wednesday, 21 December 2022 08:57 Written by
LAST December 15, the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Association of the Philippines (HKSAAP) celebrated its 33 years in the country with a gala event, the Bureaucrats Ball, a tradition started at the Harvard Cambridge campus and replicated in the Philippines…

Maharlika: Consolidating 'kurakot' into one fund

Wednesday, 14 December 2022 14:56 Written by
SO, what's the fuss over this Maharlika Sovereign Wealth Fund that people who know nothing about investments are bitching about? As staunch apologist Secretary Ben Diokno declared: Maraming ... nagko-comment na hindi pa nababasa ata 'yung bill eh, so out…

BBM-Xi Jinping-Trump

Monday, 12 December 2022 10:17 Written by
TWO occurrences in China and America within the last quarter of 2022 could impact on world political events. This column's concerns revolve around how the new administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reacts to them. The first is the anointing…

Kusog Mindanaw, BARMM and federalism

Thursday, 01 December 2022 09:49 Written by
Last of 2 partsFOR the past three decades, Kusog Mindanaw (Kusog) was the premier platform for its various stakeholders to air their concerns, gripes and aspirations. The strategy was to achieve whatever consensus is to be arrived at in view…
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