TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 15 April) — Right after my session with my rheumatologist, I did what many Filipinos did yesterday: I lined up at a fuel station for a full tank. It was late afternoon. Traffic was still heavy.
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 12 April) — Singapore’s warning and Bam Aquino’s Senate reminder point to the same conclusion: for the Philippines, resilience in fuel, power, food, and logistics is no longer separate from national security. The New Security Map
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 8 April) — By the time this column appears on Wednesday, the newest fuel-price hike will already have landed. That matters. Because by then, this is no longer a forecast, a projection, or a late-night headline
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 05 April) — As conflict in the Middle East widens, the Vatican’s appeal for restraint is not just a moral plea. For countries like the Philippines, it is also a warning about energy insecurity, economic exposure,
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 1 April) — We Filipinos are good at filing away distant wars under the category of ‘Nakakaalarma, but not yet my problem.’ Until diesel goes up. Until the tricycle fare feels heavier. Until the vegetables look
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews /29 March) — There is a quiet but unsettling message coming from global markets this week. When war breaks out, investors are supposed to run to safety. Gold rises. Bonds steady. Defensive assets hold the line. This
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 25 March) –“Breathe in, breathe out… is it really over?” For a few hours this week, the world seemed to exhale. Oil prices dipped. Stocks recovered. Headlines softened. Parang tapos na. But look closer—and more importantly,
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 22 March) — In Mindanao, the calendar does not merely mark time—it reveals the architecture of our coexistence. There are years when Eid’l Fitr and Passiontide arrive almost side by side. When this happens, something quiet but
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 18 March) — The Philippine peso is quietly approaching a level many Filipinos once thought was unimaginable: ₱60 to one U.S. dollar. As of this week, the exchange rate has climbed to around ₱59.59 per dollar,
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) Skeptics would be justified in asking a fair question: haven’t we heard these ideas before? Renewable energy corridors, agro-industrial value chains, logistics modernisation, halal hubs, and diaspora investment have all appeared in development plans for Mindanao over
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — On Tuesday morning at 6:00 a.m., the pump moved. Gasoline went up ₱5.20 per liter. On Wednesday morning at 6:00 a.m., it moved again. Another ₱3.60. By the time the second sunrise arrived,
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 08 March) — Every global crisis rearranges the economic map of the world. Wars shift shipping routes. Energy shocks reshape industries. Food shortages redefine which regions suddenly matter. What once seemed peripheral becomes central. What once looked
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 1 March) — The morning after the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, I looked out from a balcony in our Davao residences and saw the soft, amber light catching on the windows of
When a leader chooses his last line carefully, it is rarely accidental. “Kaninyo, ako, magpabilin suluguon.” To you, I, remain a servant. In a document framed by legal defiance, sovereignty claims, and denunciations of international jurisdiction, the final words are
There were mornings in Cotabato when the air itself seemed to pray. Before sunrise, the city held its breath. The call to prayer unfurled from the minaret—long, liquid, unhurried—threading through the damp air above the Rio Grande. It slipped past
