by Jose Bayani Baylon | Oct 4, 2024 | Column of the day, Opinion
‘… our elections are just a way for us to look at ourselves in the mirror every three years or so.’ I’VE been following social media posts and comments by so many different people reacting to so many politicians filing their certificates of candidacy for the various...
by Jose Bayani Baylon | Oct 2, 2024 | Column of the day, Opinion
‘In our democracy, family names matter.’ PIA is running. Erwin is running. Camille is running. One a re-electionist, the other two seeking to move from the House of Representatives to the Senate. Arguably, they are qualified for the position they are running for. As...
by Jose Bayani Baylon | Sep 30, 2024 | Column of the day, Opinion
‘If we can’t even have as good as or a better toll system than what they have in Malaysian highways, how else can we do better than Malaysia in everything else?’ I FIRST got a chance to visit Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur in particular – in 1989, when I was a part of a UP...
by Jose Bayani Baylon | Sep 27, 2024 | Column of the day, Opinion
‘…when confronted with lists of wannabes, ask yourself: when do I consider a politician disqualified from holding public office?’ BY Tuesday next week, politicians and politician-wannabes all over the country will troop to the various offices of the Commission on...
by Jose Bayani Baylon | Sep 25, 2024 | Column of the day, Opinion
‘… I hope – wherever he is – he has seen how I’ve tried to make up for my hardheadedness and is satisfied.’ TWO days ago, I took a trip down memory lane. I asked UP Manila Chancellor Dr. Michael Tee if I could pay him a courtesy call and he asked me to see him at 1...
