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Tag: Florencio Fianza

Missing the old Baguio

"We simply have to adjust."   We sometimes hear people saying how much they miss the old Baguio. These are senior citizens who experienced the difference...

A major setback

"We face a bleak future if we can’t get our act together."   The recent move by President Duterte to resurrect mining after being dormant for...

A grim milestone

"This is not something that we can brag about."   Ten days ago, the country reached a grim milestone. We surpassed one million COVID-19 infections and...

The community pantry initiative

"Wake up, people!"   Kudos to Ana Patricia Non, the young entrepreneur who started the community pantry initiative. The government should recognize her ingenuity. For unknown...

Asian hate crimes

"To think that other than the native Americans, everyone came from somewhere else."   Asians living in the United States—whether they were born there, legal immigrants or...

The gunfight

"There must be deeper, underlying reasons for the PNP-PDEA encounter."   It has been almost two weeks since the gunfight between elements of the Philippine National...

Bartering our nurses

"Treating human beings as commodities in exchange for goods is never a good policy."   In an attempt to walk back their disastrous idea of trading...

The camouflage uniforms

"Most Police operations nowadays are in urban areas consisting of simple patrolling and other basic crime-prevention activities."   In recent months, the Philippine National Police has...

The hardship continues

"We’re hoping for a respite sooner rather than later."   We will soon be celebrating the first anniversary of perhaps the world’s earliest, longest and strictest...

Women can be tougher than men

"Maybe the President is speaking as a protective parent."   It is no secret to everyone that President Duterte has some unconventional views on various social...

One act of brutality

"The PNP can no longer afford this."   It is not often that a single act of brutality by one policeman could trigger so much condemnation...

Too many chiefs

"History will not be kind to those incompetent officials."   For the nth time, Malacanang gave Health Secretary Francisco Duque a pass. Lucky guy. Maybe the...

A banana republic

"Filipinos are too familiar with what Trump is doing as he continues to refuse to concede."   It is ironic that the country whose habit is...

Another changing of the guard

"The new chief’s legacy is in his own hands."     Yesterday, the Philippine National Police went through another of its rituals—the formal turnover of command from...
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