Category Archives: leadership

Budget delayed is budget denied – et tu, Senate?

Posted on March 14, 2019 by JPFenix

COMES now Ernesto Pernia, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), sounding alarm bells over the resulting slower growth caused by the Senate-delayed transmittal of the General Appropriations Bill or proposed 2019 national budget … Continue reading →

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Don’t write off Bato De la Rosa’s Korean Mafia claim just yet.

Posted on February 4, 2017 by JPFenix

MET WITH much skepticism – at least in my Facebook timeline – is today’s news of Police Director General Ronald “Bato” De la Rosa’s press conference yesterday that some Korean mafia is responsible for the slay by policemen of South … Continue reading →

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Democracy is not dead… it’s alive and screwing us all.

Posted on November 9, 2016 by JPFenix

IN THE wake of the Supreme Court decision on the burial of Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNB) and, as of this writing, the victory of Donald Trump as president of the United States of America, … Continue reading →

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Education: the most strategic change President Duterte can make

Posted on August 23, 2016 by JPFenix

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is in an unenviable position. Sure, the Office has the perks, pomp and pageantry of a cushy life. But he inherited a country so deep in the mire that it will take so much time and effort … Continue reading →

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A last look at the VP race for 2016 – Part Two

Posted on May 3, 2016 by JPFenix

IN THE previous blog we discussed how important the election of the Vice President is in the upcoming May 9, 2016 polls. The VP is not just a spare tire but must be a positive contributor to whoever becomes president, … Continue reading →

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A last look at the VP race for 2016 – Part One

Posted on May 2, 2016 by JPFenix

THE PHILIPPINES’ presidential elections can result in some pretty schizophrenic government because the head of the country is backstopped by somebody who may be a total polar opposite from him… or her. As we have mentioned in the past our … Continue reading →

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Pablo Obra Fenix, a small tribute for a big man

Posted on May 2, 2016 by JPFenix

TODAY, May 2, is my father’s birth anniversary. Pablo Obra Fenix of Bauang, La Union. He would have been 94 years old today. When he passed away in 1991 we found comfort in the fact that the Lord had actually … Continue reading →

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A chance for voters to take a second look

Posted on April 23, 2016 by JPFenix

THE RECENT Vice Presidential debate   by ABS-CBN provided the latest, and perhaps the last comprehensive opportunity for voters to assess their choices in what appears to be a tight race. It is at this point when the candidates are revealed … Continue reading →

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Homestretch for the presidential race: the 80% solution

Posted on April 13, 2016 by JPFenix

THE PRESIDENTIAL and vice presidential races are heating up, and in a matter of days it will be all over. All over the country friends and kin are in heated discussions – whether with gentle sips of Hibiki and Monkey … Continue reading →

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Political Expediency: The Monkey on Leni Robredo’s back

Posted on March 31, 2016 by JPFenix

IN MY last blog entry I posed the hypothetical question of Leni Robredo, Liberal Party candidate for vice president: If by late April or early May – right before election day – Robredo sees in their survey tracking that Escudero  … Continue reading →

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