I will remember Tito Pepe with much gratitude and admiration everytime my seeds become seedlings, when seedlings grow into trees, and trees bear fruit. Every meal with him through our six Batang Transformers Young Leaders Peace Camps meant tasting his latest harvest, learning something new about food propagation, and appreciating nature a little bit more …
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(Here we lift some notable quotes taken from articles and speeches of the late Senate President Nene Pimentel commenting on burning issues then, which have remained relevant in today’s events). “The country needs an anti-terrorism law. “The reason is that terrorism is now the scourge of the world. “Terrorism threatens every nation – rich or …
Former Senator Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel talks the ins and out of Federalism at the PPI 23d National Press Forum at Hotel Jen, Pasay, May 7, 2019.
If Lee Kuan Yew did not adopt authoritarian ways of governing Singapore, would it have attained its first world status today? To say, ‘No’, would be to indulge in speculation. But, to say, ‘Yes’, would pay, at least, a left handed tribute to the use of dictatorial ways in running governments in general. Which, for …
The recent incident in Mamasapano, Maguindanao that snuffed out the lives of some 44 members of the Special Action Force of the National Police is a horrible reminder that we need peace more than ever in Muslim Mindanao. The MILF and its allies in the area of the encounter assert that the SAF contingent did …
