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There's a need to bring rationality to our senatorial elections

Manila, April 4 -- Is there a possibility in the near future that the 24 Filipino senators mandated in the 1987 Constitution will all come from Metropolitan Manila and the rest of Luzon to the detrime... Read More


How older Novaliches residents shed off unsavory alias names

Manila, March 27 -- I was born eight decades ago in a sleepy barrio of the former agricultural town of Novaliches, shared since 1948 by Quezon City and Caloocan City, two of the largest and most progr... Read More


Reminiscing on FVR as PH's 12th and Centennial president

Manila, March 14 -- Did you know why the late President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR), the 12th president of the Philippines -- the first democratic Republic in Asia -- was also called the country's Centennial... Read More


How I became a QC resident without leaving original family home

Manila, March 7 -- I was born in the flowery month of May 1939, just four months and 21 days ahead of the founding of Quezon City on Oct. 12 of the same year by then-President Manuel L. Quezon. I was ... Read More


Usefulness of LEDAC meetings during PFVR's administration recalled

Manila, Feb. 29 -- The five-letter acronym "LEDAC" stands for Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council which has been established under Republic Act (RA) 7640 signed on Dec. 9, 1992 by then ... Read More


Why it's inadvisable for writers to deal with fake news

Manila, Feb. 22 -- Much of the topics I often write about in this column, as can be gleaned from the title itself, is culled from personal experiences and observations, or what I have read and appreci... Read More


QC almost lost La Mesa watershed to Montalban in 1990s

Manila, Feb. 15 -- This is the story of how Quezon City, the country's former national capital from 1948 to 1976, nearly lost its territorial jurisdiction over the vast La Mesa Dam, Reservoir, Watersh... Read More


How safe are we from those careless and reckless drivers on the road?

Manila, Feb. 8 -- Every now and then, we read in the newspapers or hear from radio and television news reports about grim accidents involving various types of motor vehicles, including buses and big a... Read More