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Government should brace for typhoon Neneng instead of being focused on political storms. It should be able to distinguish between a tempest in a teacup involving a few and a Category 5 storm which may put millions in harm’s way. Communications-wise, what the public ought to hear...

When I lost my 2007 re-election bid, one of the first congratulatory calls I made was to the detained Sonny Trillanes. In my mind, here was a guy who, without setting one foot out of prison, was granted amnesty, not by one person but by 11,189,671 people. When he won the...

Government was urged to freeze its plan to raise motor vehicle (MV) registration fees as it could be the third of the “triple whammy” against owners of 10.4 million vehicles in the country who are still reeling from higher taxes on oil and cars. Compounding the two TRAIN-imposed...

NAIA is near if not past peak capacity that government has no choice but build a new main gateway to the country, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. Recto said NAIA’s passenger volume had doubled from 20.4 million in 2007 to 42 million last year. “If it is increasing...

Kung kulang ang premium buses sa gilid ng EDSA, at walang MRT sa gitna, ano ang alternatibo? Ang sasakyan parang tubig-baha, kung barado ang lagusan, hahanap ‘yan ng ibang malulusutan. Cars, like water, will seek their own way out. Ang nangyari, inilipat lang ang volume ng...

Climate change – and the frequent and fiercer storms it causes – is now a macroeconomic assumption of the budget as weather swings wreak havoc on many fronts, from farm harvest to child schooling when schools are used as evacuation centers. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph...

It is the prerogative of the House to suspend hearings on 2019 national budget. We can only hope that after this pause, they can fast-forward their review so that the budget will arrive in the Senate as scheduled and will not jeopardize the traditional timetable of an enacted...

The country’s economic managers are “integral and indispensable to the national conversation” on federalism, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “You don’t shut them out of the discussions; you bring them in–because the cost of federalism is front and center of...