‘JESS DUREZA’ Archives
TAIWAN INCIDENT: STRIKE 2!
BY : JESS DUREZA The latest incident with Taiwan is “Strike 2”. The first one was the bungled and mishandled Luneta bus hostage incident which resulted to the death of Taiwanese tourists. This was still fresh in the minds of the angry Taiwanese when the shooting by the Philippine coast guard happened. The recent killing of the Taiwanese [...]
Comelec chair drama
BY : JESS DUREZA THE recent caper of COMELEC CHAIR BRILLANTES reminds me of that favorite medieval scenario: slaying one’s own self-invented IMAGINARY DRAGON to show how brave and heroic one is. Out of the blue, Chairman Brillantes said he was fed up, tired and wanted to retire. He kept the nation on edge by making his thoughts known. [...]
Getting those bastards!
BY : JESS DUREZA THESE last few days, I was having some routine treatment at the Davao Doctor’s Hospital strapped -- and immobilized -- to a dextrose bottle. So I was glued all the time to the TV. And saw on CNN the minute-by-minute, blow-by-blow account of how two brothers, the bombers of the Boston marathon, were cornered and were being [...]
Korean juvenile’s deadly game
BY : JESS DUREZA UNPREDICTABLE --- Will North Korea pull the trigger? Everyone is waiting with bated breath. The new and young North Korean president (said to be below 30 years old and described as “unpredictable”) is bringing the world closer to the “brink”. But come to think of it, even if the young leader is an idiot who may be [...]
A day in Baganga and Cateel
BY : JESS DUREZA Last Monday, I joined retired Archbishop (Emeritus) NANDING CAPALLA together with retired Publisher NILO CLAUDIO and visited “Typhoon Pablo’s” whacked areas Baganga and Cateel in Davao Oriental -- almost about 4 months after the devastation. Retired Col. SAMMY AFDAL whose Bell helicopter shuttled us to the coastal towns [...]
Sabah fallout on MILF peace talks
BY : JESS DUREZA I was in Zamboanga City over the weekend to attend the Jaycee Senate Zamboanga Chapter Induction there. I was glad I took the trip. When Mayor Celso Lobregat said: “Welcome back, Jess” in his speech to the JCI Senators, I suddenly realized I had not visited Zamboanga for sometime. I remember Zamboanga City was always in my [...]
Sabah: Let’s all cool it!
I AM sad with what happened several days ago in Lahad Datu, Sabah. The violence and the killings were tragic. And from all indications, my earlier personal apprehensions that the problem will worsen if the Malaysians will push the button, are now taking place. I remember what President FVR used to say in admonishing everyone to always look for [...]
Lift Sabah food blockade, deadline
A WORD of caution to Malaysia. Malaysia should refrain from pushing the button. My recommendation is for Malaysia to LIFT its announced “deadline to vacate” and the food blockade imposed to scuttle the Sultanate’s resolve. Extending it to a few more days won’t work. It will only lead to the brink. Now that the Philippine government is [...]
The Sabah affair
I WAS shaken a bit when I learned that a group loyal to the Kiram family of Sulu publicly announced their intentions of pushing for the sultanate’s Sabah claim by a “mass action or a show of force “ in Lahad Datu, a coastal town of Sabah. The reports are not so clear yet so we don’t have details of the so-called “stand off” between [...]
Imperial Manila, beware!
FIREWORKS––There’s a lot of fireworks and excitement coming from the Philippine Senate these days. Interesting telenovela to closely follow. What the Philippine Senate is now going through is very disturbing. If not adroitly handled, this may lead to a serious crisis in an important institution. If properly managed, it can be a [...]
