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On Friday, I launched a breast milk bank at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center – the first of its kind in the Visayas. This is in connection with my advocacy to promote breastfeeding, and is also consistent with the mandate of RA 10028 or the Expanded Breastfeeding Act, which I sponsored. Six years ago, I [...]

  This is my blog in reaction to the UAAP Board’s ruling that upholds their two-year residency rule, as published by Rappler.com. _____ This photo was taken during the Senate hearing, as I spoke to Mr. Jerry Pingoy and Mr. Vic. Bartolome, parents of UAAP student-athletes who are affected by the new UAAP rule. Speak [...]

When I first ran in 2004, I didn’t have a Facebook account, I didn’t have a Twitter account, nor Instagram or a blog. I campaigned the traditional way – speaking at rallies, attending various caucuses and meetings with various groups. In 2010, I ran for re-election.  By then I had a Facebook and a Twitter [...]

As all eyes turn to the Senate, to watch the impeachment trial unfold, an understanding of the procedure and the intent of the Constitution would help everyone understand this process better. Role of the Senate: Article XI, section 6 of the Constitution states: The Senate shall have the sole power to try and decide all [...]

Christmas 2012 When I was a child, I spent almost every Christmas break, summer break and semestral break in Baguio. I simply got in the car or the bus, fell asleep on my mom’s shoulder and woke up when we stopped-over in Tarlac where I happily devoured Pampanga’s best tocino, sinangag and fried egg. These [...]

Our Little Barrio Tri- That’s how race director Eric Imperio described the Extri race- a sort of off-road adventure race he founded eight years ago. One Saturday afternoon, I found myself in Laiya, Batangas, indulging in my favorite pastime- doing triathlons, and lately off-road triathlons. I had heard of Extri from my brother Lino who [...]

I was in New York City the weekend of the New York Marathon for work. I was visiting one-of-a-kind schools that I wanted to learn more about and, if possible, replicate in the Philippines. One was the Quest to Learn and the other was the High School of Art and Design. I also attended the PhilDev [...]

You can look the other way when you see her feed her children out of the trash can. You can pretend that they eat three square meals and happily live in poverty. You can question the figures. You can deny the causes of their death. But you cannot bring back The life of a woman [...]

I am a certified Ironfool. As early as 2007, when my training partner Joey Torres and I completed a full Ironman – 3.8km swim-180km bike- 42km run in the Ironman Western Australia- we, along with Ani de Leon who two months later did Ironman Langkawi and went on to the Ironman World champs, branded ourselves [...]

The President sent a very clear message in his SONA last Monday. His administration has ZERO tolerance for “utak wangwang,” referring to government officials and private citizens who have been abusive in the past. Cleansing, purging, prosecuting. LOUD and CLEAR. It’s a good message. It’s a far cry from the past administration’s statements and actions. [...]