Human Face

Showcasing successful flood control

Iloilo City takes a bow. While all eyes were on Cebu and what went wrong…

‘Lakambini: Gregoria de Jesus,’ the movie 

Astride a dark horse, she hurtles across grassy fields and wooded hills in search of…

A republic of ghosts

This holy All Saints’-All Souls’ weekend (with its ghoulish Halloween counterpart), may we contemplate the…

To jail, no bail

Plunder—the word, the crime—rhymes with thunder. Massive, roaring, shaking the ground on which we stand.…

Pharmally redux

For the millions of Filipinos who had writhed in sorrow and survived the virulent enemy…

‘Farm-to-pocket’ roads

While the substandard, overpriced, and ghost flood control projects were hogging the headlines, and the…

Churches as donees of ill-gotten wealth

A small piece of good news amidst the flood and tsunami of bad. I read…

No mercy for the corrupt

My ruminations during this stormy, flood-soaked day in many places: There will be hell to…

Why are they not in handcuffs?

The non-lawyer in me asks why identified big-time contractors who have committed crimes displayed in…

Confession of a modern-day highwayman

Decades ago, I was assigned to interview a rich and well-known engineer who regularly bid…