“Still water runs deep.”                                                             — Latin proverb     CHICAGO (JGL) – In the run-up of his penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday (July 28), President Aquino had become very voluble like a wounded prey after his transfers of Disbursement Appropriation (DAP) outside his Executive department were declared unconstitutional. P-Noy had publicly challenged the… Read More »

CHICAGO (JGL) – I have been hearing rumors that the Philippine Supreme Court is in the cusp of deposing my friend, former President and incumbent Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada, and have him replaced by defeated Mayor Alfredo S. Lim. But I cannot find the right reason that could complete the trifecta and totally humiliate the brewing Estrada… Read More »

MANILA (JGL) – After four decades in politics, 77-year-old Manila Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada still feels that he still has many more years of public service left ahead of him. Taking a page from his idol, President Ronald Reagan, who was asked if he was going to run for re-election and saying, “No. I am not going to… Read More »