To be appreciated are the chairman (retired Supreme Court Justice Andres Reyes Jr.) and the two members (former public works and highways secretary Rogelio Singson and SGV country managing partner Rossana Fajardo) of Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI). Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong has resigned as special adviser. THOUGH THEIR ROLE IS MERELY TO HELP…
The TRILLION PESO MARCH and other rallies during the last few days denounced the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) as a mere diversion, a fall guy of sort, and a “palabas.” I would rather give the ICI and its chairman, members and special adviser a chance to live up to the high, very high, expectations…
The revelations of Curlee and Sarah Discaya and several officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) during the legislative hearings admitting they received billions of pesos that ended in the plunders’ pockets via the flood control scams, and naming their cohorts in the high places including honorable members of Congress shocked our…
Right after President Marcos denounced the flood control scams with his now viral “Mahiya naman kayo,” the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, and the House Infra Committee (jointly with other committees) immediately started their fully televised investigations. TO AID LEGISLATORS IN ENACTING NEW LEGISLATION, including the 2026 national budget, that in the future would prevent…
The award ceremony last Friday honoring the (1) 20 law scholars, (2) five MBA fellows and (3) nine dissertation writing winners of the Foundation for Liberty and Prosperity (FLP) drew, if I may be permitted to humbly say, the admiration and applause of the over 200 distinguished guests led by the gracious First Lady Louise…