The Ponzi scheme mania

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 06/30/2019

In a previous column, I wrote about the biggest investment scams in the country based on a 2015 compilation made by ANC News Channel. I am trying to update the list because of recent developments that show…

The cheat list and the all-time admonition

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 06/23/2019

  “Greed has always been one of man’s failings. The hope of greater gain has lured many a man to throw caution, and his common sense, to the wind. This human foible, known to many, has been…

Momentary sadness for CDN

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/30/2018

When Inquirer editor Abelardo “Abel” Ulanday, publisher of Cebu Daily News and Inquirer.net formally announced in November this year before a group of CDN editors, officers and columnists that the paper will move to a fully digital…

Bloody wake-up call

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/17/2018

Last Thursday’s gory accident involving a motorcycle-riding family of three and a 40-footer tanker provides a striking backdrop to the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court that sustains the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory…

Getting away with plunder

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/10/2018

The news of former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr.’s acquittal in the plunder case that accused him of pocketing P224 million in kickbacks from his Priority Development Assistance Fund PDAF is not just an unpopular decision but…

Chinese robbing Filipinos of jobs

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/26/2018

The Senate Committee on Labor opened its inquiry yesterday into the influx of illegal Chinese nationals working in the country and “shamelessly robbing Filipinos of jobs,” in the words of Senator Joel Villanueva, head of the Senate…

Ang Probinsyano, a social commentary

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/19/2018

After more than three years of lording it over prime time television, the action drama series “Ang Probinsyano” which revolves around the heroic exploits of the incorruptible cop, Cardo Dalisay played by Coco Martin finds himself a…

The rightful place of Co-ops

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/12/2018

Unlike in June 2016 when President Rodrigo Roa Duterte issued Executive Order No. 1 effectively placing 12 agencies including the Co-operative Development Authority under the Office of the President, I didn’t hear sector leaders rejoice over the…

Rearrangements in the executive department

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/05/2018

This year’s celebration of the founding anniversary of Philippine Co-operatives will be remembered for a long time because it was held in Malacañang in the company of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Coinciding with the observance of October…

Bohol not quite ready to embrace MICE challenge?

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/29/2018

As a postscript to a previous article I wrote about the three in one event organized by attached agencies of the Department of Agriculture in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, last October 8-10, I wish to congratulate the Philippine…

Well-played

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/22/2018

Incumbent Cebu Governor Hilario “Junjun” Davide’s decision to slide down to the post of vice governor instead of seeking re-election was a shocker but did not really catch the local media and political observers off guard as…

Sen. Villar looks beyond 2019 elections

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/15/2018

On the day the Social Weather Stations (SWS) released its latest senatorial survey, the solo frontrunner with a commanding lead of 53 percent was in Tagbilaran City, Bohol addressing dairy farmers and livestock industry shareholders gathered in…

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