I spent Tuesday sitting on the curb in front of Medical City in Pasig City as the Senate voted to convict impeached Supreme Court Chief Justice Corona for failing to accurately declare his net worth.
True to the reporter as it is to the soldier, it was another case of hurry up, and wait.
Since switching teams, I have been on the sidelines of the Corona impeachment trial, being assigned the odd side story and pinch hitting when needed.
I still do the occasional Senate story and offer to help out, but it’s clear it’s no longer my beat.
Rice that the Philippines imports from Vietnam and Cambodia sells for P19 a kilogram.
“Can you compete with that?,” Dante Delima, Department of Agriculture assistant secretary, challenges around 2,000 farmers at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Nueva Ecija for the PhilRice field day.
The sad fact is they cannot.
“I am afraid things will never be better.” (de Santos, 2011)
That was me a year ago, or close enough. I was a rambling, shambling man seeking oblivion and to stop the self doubts and worst-case scenarios playing through my mind despite the alcohol.
