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Friday, August 23, 2019

Karl Ombion

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Ombion: Killings continue, political volatility increases

THIS is a follow of my last year’s article on the massive killings in the Philippines under the Duterte administration, which I opined to have parallelism with genocide in Indonesia during the time of President Sukarno in 1965-66 and the ...

From 4 days ago

Ombion: Governance and militarism

IN FAIRNESS to the good leadership and numerous programs promoting good governance initiated by Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año, I would like to caution him in mixing up governance with his militarist mindset and tradition. ...

From 9 days ago

Ombion: The beating of war drums

HAVE intensified, and it looks like the people of Negros are in for a bigger, fiercer and longer war.After the massive deployment in Negros of additional army battalions, hundreds of intelligence companies and special operations teams, and the most recent ...

From 11 days ago

Ombion: I join those who refuse to grow old

EVEN if I already have my dual citizenship, a Filipino and a senior citizen, and enjoying my 20 percent VAT-free discount card in so many things.I refuse to resign myself into the senior years, because it gives me the bad ...

From 14 days ago

Ombion: Re-engineer Negros economy or die

BARELY reeling from what I call onslaughts of the Duterte’s economic managers on sugar industry, the sugar planters and millers are once again absorbing the follow-up lethal blow of the new acting agriculture secretary Dar who yesterday affirmed his support ...

From 16 days ago

Ombion: Pro or against; who cares

MYOPIC impression, bad mindset is how I describe the feedback from one of Gov. Bong Lacson's senior men on my constructive criticisms concerning the governor’s seven-point agenda.The guy whom I had good acquaintances and I even considered a friend for ...

From 18 days ago

Ombion: Bacolod, an ocean city?

RECURRING floods during ordinary rains and monsoon downpours have kept Bacolod like an ocean city.Friday and Saturday heavy rains have turned barangays Bata, Mandalagan, Lacson st, Banago, east bloc in Villamonte, Singcang, Libertad in Brgy 40, Tangub, Pahanocoy into a ...

From 18 days ago

Ombion: Stop the killings, let good governance flourish

CLIMATE of terror and fear is now gripping not only in Negros Oriental, but the entire island. And the scenario seems to point to more killings, arrests in the days ahead especially with the threat of President Rodrigo Duterte to ...

From 20 days ago

Ombion: DILG should be good governance-oriented, not anti-insurgency agency

I AM all for Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to get involved in ending local communist armed conflict. However, it should not be its primary orientation and program-focus. Its mandate is to ensure that the local government units ...

From 27 days ago

Ombion: Insurgency and governance

IS THERE a connection between the resurgence of communist insurgency in the country and governance? Certainly, yes.Bad governance especially in the municipality, city level causes poverty, hunger, mass discontentment and dissent, widen class divisions, and deepens class conflicts – all ...

From 30 days ago

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