Duterte and the PH bishops

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 05/02/2016

Window With Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte leading the presidential race, will the pastoral letter issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) topple the Duterte bandwagon? The CBCP pastoral letter was read during Masses…

Eight questions for the presidentiables

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 04/24/2016

My friend in social media, Cerwin Eviota, who does public relations work for Cebu City came out with an interesting post yesterday that I think, also pesters many voters who up to now have not yet made…

Blurred party lines

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 04/20/2016

The 5th leg of “Decision 2016” sponsored by the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center (EADSC) was supposed to be a local candidates’ forum, but presidential front-runner Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte still managed to insert himself in the conversation…

The world has changed

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 04/13/2016

Passing by Toledo City on my way to Lamac, Pinamungahan last week, one can’t miss the giant tarpaulin of Mayor John “Sonny” Osmeña welcoming visitors to the southwestern city.   Toledo City is a vote-rich, second class city…

Missing the boat

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/30/2016

Crown Legacy, Baguio City – Close to a thousand co-operative leaders, mostly women are meeting here for the 2nd national summit on Gender and Development in Co-ops, quite a fitting event to conclude the international celebration of…

On the debate and TV5

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/23/2016

What happened during the Cebu leg of the PiliPinas Debate held last Sunday continues to be a hot topic in mainstream media and social networking sites. The one-and-a-half-hour delay did not faze audiences but people became impatient…

Incentives to money launderers

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/20/2016

When the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee launched the investigation on the Bangladesh bank heist that had hackers laughing all the way to Philippine casinos with $81 million, Senator Sergio “Serge” Osmeña issued a warning that the Philippine…

Money laundering in PH casinos

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/16/2016

Window Legislative probes launched by either the Senate or House of Representatives used to send shivers on personalities involved in controversies and suspected criminal activities but not anymore. This was evident in the Senate hearing conducted by…

Leonardo

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/06/2016

Window While millions of adoring fans rejoiced with Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio, who won his first Oscar as best actor for his role in the movie “The Revenant,” I was listening to another Leonardo telling some 8,000…

Martial law coops

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/02/2016

The 30th anniversary observance of the EDSA People Power revolution has come and gone and as a media practitioner for almost four decades, I can say that this year’s political verbiage in remembrance of the 1986 bloodless…

Social media and political propaganda

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 02/24/2016

The first leg of the presidential debates initiated by the Commission on Elections and two media organizations continues to buzz mainstream media,  especially the Internet-based social networking services and online news sites, that I think political camps…

Defending Sen. Grace Poe

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 02/17/2016

Jesusa Purificacion Sonora better known as Susan Roces and foster parent of Senator and candidate for president, Grace Llamanzares Poe is going around with her adopted daughter in Western Visayas to trace the Sonora roots in Bacolod…

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