Saksak Sinagol

Best wishes for the Philippines in this new year 2024. Malaumon kita nga kining bag-ong tuig maghatag ug bag-ong kahigayunan alang sa kalambuan sa atong nasud nga Pilipinas.

Do we really need to vote when election day comes? October 30, 2023, was the schedule of the Barangay and SK elections in the Philippines. I exercised my right of suffrage yesterday and voted in the precinct where I was registered. I have noted a lot of things that I am discussing here on this episode.

FIVE policemen from the Mambaling Police Station in Cebu City are facing various cases including kidnapping, rape, and other offenses over alleged acts done during anti-illegal drug operations. The suspects were identified as Police Corporals Johnrober Rebusa, Jeffrey Alabata, Keven Gilbuena, and Police Staff Sergeants Donald Balansag and Joy Marie Alad-ad. Policemen are also accused of being the...

Convicted pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles has been acquitted by the Sandiganbayan in the 16 counts of graft raps relating to the pork barrel scam involving Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., the Sandiganbayan declared. In its decision released and dated May 22, 2023, the anti-graft court’s First Division dismissed the cases against Napoles for the failure of the prosecution to prove g...

The Dept. Of Health said that a total of 131 additional cases of the Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) have been detected in the Philippines. Based on the latest Covid-19 Biosurveillance Report, the Department of Health (DOH) said 131 of the 137 samples sequenced from May 9 to 11 were found to be Omicron subvariants and sublineages. This is alarming since it showed Covid-19...

It came as a surprise when former President and senior deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was stripped of her Senior Deputy Speakership last Wednesday, May 17, 2023. It was a move by Congress that has caused speculation of a power struggle in the House. Earlier, there were reports that Arroyo was planning a quo in the House as she wants to return as the Speaker of the House, a position she was...

Karong Abril 27, saulugon sa mga Pilipino ang Kadaugan batok sa mga buot moulion nato nga mga langyaw. Atong handumon ang kadaugan sa mga Pilipino batok sa mga Katsila nga buot mosakop kanato. Buot natog handumon ang kabayanihon sa gibuhat ni Datu Lapu-Lapu nga nibarug batok sa mga langyaw. Ang Kadaugan sa Mactan kadaugan natong tanan.

The call for all PNP Generals and Colonels to submit their courtesy resignation on made by DILG Secretary Benjur Abalos was a shock to the high ranking officials. Abalos said this is to clean the PNP ranks from the involvement of the law-enforcement department in the illegal drug trade. Abalos described the situation as very severe that the best solution they see is to have all high ranking offici...

On the first day of 2023, around 60,000 passengers all over the country were experiencing problems with their flights, both inbound and outbound. All airports in the country were packed with stranded passengers waiting for their flights, due to a technical problem encountered by the Air Traffic Management Center. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) admitted that their equipments...

The 2022 National Elections in the Philippines can be considered the most successful election in the Philippine history. There were very few election related violence recorded and only very few issues related to counting machines Within just 24 hours, more than 98% of the votes were transmitted and counted. Leading in the Presidential race is Ferdinand Marcos Jr or fondly called Bongbong Marcos or...

The Inauguration and opening to the public of the Mactan-Cebu bridge on April 27 was very successful.

In this episode, we discussed the devastation of Typhoon Odette to our place and what are the current updates after the Typhoon. We also discuss current events and the Operation Baklas of Comelec in the country after campaign period for national position candidates starts.

The world is now again under the threat of Covid 19. With its new variant haunting the African countries, the people around the world is again becoming restless. Our country, the Philippines has recorded a very low cases of Covid 19 for the.past weeks. But with the new Omicron variant of Covid 19, is the Philippines ready for it? Or will the country will again succumb to the agonies it experienced...

While the campaign period for the 2022 national election is approaching, aspirants for the national position especially the Presidential and Vice-Presidential aspirants are trying their best sell themselves to voters. They use various ways to win votes and use all platforms to get the voters' approval. While we have been entertained with the political dramas in the country, our soldiers on board o...

Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. Is facing many disqualification cases in his bid for the highest position in the Philippines. Currently, there are 6 disqualification cases that were filed in the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) which BBM's lawyers consider as nuissance petition. Will he be able to win against the petitioners or he will be out of the Presidential race?

It was a surprise for many when finally, Davao City mayor Sarah Duterte-Carpio filed her certificate of candidacy for the Vice-President position. Others were no longer surprised as they expect already the Presidential daughter to run for a national position after withdrawing her certficate of candidacy for her reelection as mayor of Davao City. While other Presidential aspirants were surprised by...

In this episode we will discuss about the recent move of Davao City Mayor Sarah Duterte of withdrawing her reelection bid. The move was a surprise to others while there were few who were expecting it. To those who were surprised by this move of the Presidential daughter, they are now excited to know the next move. Many are speculating and a lot more are hoping that she would end up running as Pres...

After the release of the Commission on Audit (COA) report tegrding the Audit’s report on deficiencies in the DOH’s PHP67.32 billion allocation for the Covid-19 pandemic response has “unnecessarily” alarmed the public. The Senate immediately conducted hearing regaeding it as a lot of people are calling for the resignation of the DOH secretary. President Rodrigo Duterte however defended the DOH secr...

The governor of Cebu province in the Philippines has ordered the use of wearable air purifier to all public utility vehicle drivers and to all Cebu Provincial Capitol employees to protect themselves from Covid 19. While the intention of the local chief executive us good, people are still questioning the move as wearable air purifiers are not considered by the Department of Health and the World Hea...