(An excerpt from my coming book I WALKED WITH PRESIDENTS) President Joseph “Erap” Estrada was elected to succeed President Fidel Ramos. (FVR). He served only three (3) years from 1998…
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(An advance excerpt of my coming book I WALKED WITH PRESIDENTS. I wrote this article during the presidency of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino when Fidel V. Ramos was no longer…
(An excerpt from my coming book I WALKED WITH PRESIDENTS, on the 1998 DAPECOL hostage incident during Pres. Ramos’ presidency.) A guy called “Bato” was one of the assault shooters…
(An excerpt from my still-to-be published book I WALKED WITH PRESIDENTS) FOUR (4) months after the first Davao Penal Colony in April, 1989, another hostage-taking incident took place in August…
(Excerpt from my still-to-be published book, I WALKED WITH PRESIDENTS) I was then Davao City congressman in April, 1989 when a crisis situation happened. It was the first hostage- taking…
(Excerpt from my still-to-be published book, I WALKED WITH PRESIDENTS) I WAS then Davao City congressman in April, 1989 when a crisis situation happened. It was the first hostage- taking…
I WAS studying at Holy Cross of Digos, Boys Dept. sometime in 1961 or 1962 when I first saw and met Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte. His father, Vicente Duterte was the…
I AM publishing here, starting today, with my readers’ apologies, some excerpts of my yet to-be-published book entitled “I WALKED WITH PRESIDENTS”. May I confess here and now that the…
IT’S A fascinating talk-of-the-town issue today. This ”brouhaha” about the House speakership is keeping tongues wagging lately. And yes saliva spewing all over! Well, it started early on when the…
DAVAOEÑOS need not fly by plane to the Visayas to enjoy the world- renowned “Boracay”. Unknown to many, we have our own stretch of pristine white sand beach just about…
