Opinion and Commentary
Ledesma: Gina is Mine alone
May 9, 2017, 2:00 pm
Stonewalled in the din and rankle whipped by the rejection of the appointment of Gina Lopez as Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are issues which were not brought to the fore. It is vital as it defines what DENR will be under Gina had she won the nod of the… Read More
Ledesma: I believe Gina can still fly
May 6, 2017, 2:00 pm
Gina Lopez bowed out of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in a manner and classic idiosyncrasy this time warbling the 1996 hit by R. Kelly - "I believe I can fly". The import of the song can simply mean she can do what she had thought she cannot and that she can do anything to… Read More
Ledesma: Will trust on USA last?
May 4, 2017, 2:00 pm
Survey says there are more Filipinos who trust the United States of America than China and Russia. I will not contradict this. From child to adulthood my generation and those before and after me had been conditioned that Americans are our saviors and that the chink-eyed Chinese and Japanese are… Read More
Ledesma: Changes beyond the seas
May 1, 2017, 2:00 pm
“Half-full, half-empty”. That’s how psychologists tell us about our outlook in life. This too applies with the oceans. It can be seen as waters that bridge or divides nations. The recent launch of a Ro-ro (roll-on, roll-off) service between Indonesia and the Philippines bridges two nations… Read More
Ledesma: Shabby political propaganda
April 26, 2017, 2:57 pm
Jude Sabio, like Edgar Matobato and Arthur Lascañas, is an unknown lawyer. His name like the two self-confessed ‘murderers’, surfaced only when the two triggermen and Senator Antonio Trillanes and Vice President Leni Robredo surreptitiously went abroad. Trillanes and Robredo, (who still dream… Read More
Ledesma: Influential Man
April 21, 2017, 6:55 am
You cannot argue with judgment that comes from the world over. Sorry but I have to disagree with Malacanang spokesman who hinted that the votes which made Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte land on top of Time Magazine search for the Most Influential Person come from his compatriots. By the… Read More
Ledesma: Rice
April 18, 2017, 12:00 am
There seems to be no end to the squabble over whether or not we should import rice and who will be given the authority to do so. Importation of rice has always been a source of graft and corruption in the country and those who were in the helm of the National Food Authority have become filthy rich… Read More
Ledesma: TADECO
April 16, 2017, 12:00 am
What is it about the Tagum Agicultural Development Corporation that makes it different from the rest of the players in the banana industry. First we have to correct some impressions that the latter's contract with the Bureau of Corrections which is under the Department of Justice, is but a… Read More
Ledesma: A 'mandirigma' hounds PCSO
April 2, 2017, 12:00 am
Before President Rodrigo Duterte took over the helm of the national government, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) was a boon to illegal gambling operators, local government officials and top ranking policemen and some members of media. But PCSO was a bane to the Executive Department… Read More
Ledesma: Leni, how could you?
March 21, 2017, 12:00 am
I don't know what got into the brains of VP Leni Robredo. She is missing a lot of opportunities to prove she can lead. Given an important Housing portfolio that would have endeared her to the mass base, she squandered her time and opportunity by traveling in the US and cavort with a cabal of… Read More
Ledesma: Sheer stupidity
March 20, 2017, 12:00 am
The Magdalo boys got a rebuke from House Speaker Bebot Alvarez. The spoiled brats in the House of Representatives filed an impeachment complaint against President Duterte shortly before Congress suspended its sessions. The speaker was not amused. Interviewed by the media on his reaction to the… Read More
Ledesma: Welcome to Davao City
March 16, 2017, 12:00 am
When the Philippine electorate chose Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte President, they did it for a number of reasons. They have seen how the City metamorphosed from once dubbed as the country's "killing fields" into the most peaceful and livable city and rated as the 9th most peaceful in the… Read More
Ledesma: Leaks and comedy
March 8, 2017, 12:00 am
Rainy days are over but leaks are still very much around us. 'Naga Leaks' which others dub as 'Leni Leaks' gave us a prelude to what looks like well-kept secrets of couple Jesse and Leni Robredo. 'Deception' is the title of the expose. It is a compendium of a masterfully crafted sequence of… Read More
Ledesma: Much ado about nothing
March 1, 2017, 12:00 am
With the inconsequential number of participants in the observance of EDSA revolt, the message is clear that the event has lost its significance. The one bright shining moment in our history has lost its embers expunged by divisive politics and sectors who thought they have the title to that small… Read More
Ledesma: Of fairy tales, destiny and karma
February 25, 2017, 12:00 am
The tales of fantasy of self-confessed murderer Edgar Matobato and now gun-for-hire cop Arthur Lascañas (by his own assertion) can make a good material for a documentary film except that the script is so replete with incredulities that are weaved in dubious political agenda aimed not only in… Read More
Ledesma: Emergency power for infra
February 14, 2017, 12:00 am
The notoriety of the Aquino government in unilaterally abrogating and cancelling contracted projects had sent shivers to foreign investors and infrastructure contractors. This is true to the administration of Corazon 'Cory' Aquino and her son Benigno S. Aquino III who is known for his various… Read More
Ledesma: Jesus Dureza
February 3, 2017, 12:00 am
I am awed by the tenacity of (Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process) Secretary Jesus Dureza in pursuing peace with the CPP/NPA/NDF (Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army/National Democratic Front). He is admirably living up to his name. But what prize this noble deed? The NPAs… Read More
Ledesma: Torrential rains & Bato's pain'
January 23, 2017, 12:00 am
Amidst threats of floods due to incessant rains in Bukidnon and Maguindanao I scooted to Midsayap, North Cotabato to attend to my sister's wake and funeral. I have this hunch flood waters that inundated many parts of Bukidnon will eventually cascade to Kabacan in North Cotabato and Pagalungan in… Read More
Ledesma: Grand conspiracy
January 11, 2017, 12:00 am
WHILE the government is busy transforming plans to pulsating projects the President is being pilloried by a grand conspiracy of Filipino-Americans and their local partners in crime who connive to discredit, destabilize and finally unseat a popularly elected Rodrigo Duterte from the totem pole of… Read More
Ledesma: One last look at Duterte
December 27, 2016, 12:00 am
The UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein with air of arrogance and hopeless ignorance brands the Duterte government successful campaign against the vicious drug syndicate and criminal elements a murderous act. It is obvious that this nincompoop based his assessment on the reports of New… Read More
