Mabini Hall

I PEER into my crystal ball and what do I see? A stronger peso yet to hover 38 to a dollar. Whatever measures taken will not work simply because we are in uncharted territories. The peso has never appreciated historically and at these dramatic levels. The dollar will taper off if the United States pulls […]

Quick, what happened this year? Off to top of my head and still causing me sleepless nights is Mr. Trillanes. Media rules! Who covers the excesses of media? The watchman. And then the string of scandals with ZTE at the pinnacle. De Venecia, Abalos, De Venecia sound like a slogan. Zoom back to the hostage […]

I AM part of the media establishment and will try to make this as objective as possible. If not so, do tell me.
G.K. Chesterton, the 20th century writer and thinker, said, “Not facts first; truth first.” Alas, our media do not know this simple truth. In the quest for news and whatever is newsworthy and […]

Never have we Filipinos been so united in our singular viewpoint on that one event - the Trillanes caper. It has been variously described as a farce, a comedy, a stunt, an adventure or a misadventure, a crime and a rebellion and some other more unsavory words condemning his takeover of Manila Pen after walking […]