There is a story going around, true or false, that when DA Sec. Laurel reported to the President the corruption in agriculture, BBM asked for the list of the smugglers so he could handle the matter. That was the last Laurel heard of it. In his last SONA the President vowed “the days of smugglers […]
2024: The Year That Could Determine A Presidency
Melancholic 2023 12 03 0355H
I feel like I am running in place. Tired but not getting anywhere. Hard to give attention to 3 kids while their mom is doing residency. Love my kids but between work, and trying to find a way to make ends meet and almost failing. Not gonna lie it is getting to me. Thinking of just burying myself in a new project or something. Feels like crypto is my escape right now. The only part of my life that seems to be going great.
3rd SEC Ease of Doing Business Champion for 2022-2023 (87th Anniversary)
Got recognized as an ease of doing business champion of the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission. The recognition I assume is due to the assistance I have had the honor to provide SEC since 2018, when my boss Former DICT Acting Secretary Manny Caintic became a Highly Technical Consultant for the Commission for at first introducing XBRL to the Philippines but due to circumstances had to find a solution to the issues with the Company Registration System.
Before SEC I was consulting mostly under my former employer Incuventure Partners Corporation and thus I would not be listed by name as a consultant outside of Inciventure
My former boss accepting a position in DICT meant I had to level up. I resigned from my Chief Technology Officer position in Incuventure and started consulting for the SEC. If former Acting Secretary Manny Caintic did not bring me to SEC, I wouldn’t have had the chance to see the admirable people and the journey of the SEC.
It has been half a decade since then and I have now personally consulted for other agencies such as Quezon City Government Office of the City Administrator, Quezon City Government Internal Audit Service, Anti Red Tape Authority, Department of Trade and Industry – Consumer Protection Bureau among others.
This has been my 3rd recognition as an SEC EODB Champion and each time I can’t help but think it is the last. The great leadership of Chairman Aquino, My direct boss Commissioner Javey Paul Francisco supervising CRMD, Commissioner Kelvin Lee supervising ICTD, ICTD Director Oliver Vinzons Chato, CRMD Director Gerry and ICTD Assistant Director Archivald Navarro created one of the, if not strongest IT departments in government. The addition of ICTD Assistant Director Mikey and hopefully a new Assistant Director for infrastructure and Security would bolster the strong IT leadership in the commission.
The ICTD is punching far above its headcount and it is due to the dedication of the whole team. During the celebration last night the AWS account manager was surprised when I told her the people I started this journey with was all still here this is both rare and something to be celebrated.
The CRMD specifically Ma’am Erly Cabatic and Ma’am bless Arceo are inspirations in their dedication to the commission. During the times when we were at the thick of the problems with CRS they and a lot of the CRMD were working nights, after midnights, and weekends just to get around the capacity issues of the system. You are inspirations po.
Salient Points in the Public Life of Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr.
Interview by Wilfredo G. Villanueva October 21, 2023 Nominated by President Benigno S. Aquino III to be Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States of America on November 30, 2010 and confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on February 9, 2011. He formally assumed his position on April 2, 2011 and […]
Salient Points in the Public Life of Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr.
Got another thing going 2023 10 21 0612H
Helping a friend with her policy paper.
May look into becoming an arbitrator for kicks.
Just got back from Malaysia and I can’t help but envy how far they have come. They probably have 3X their train lines in KL when we haven’t added any? capacity since 2009.
Sad life.
UBE Bus Schedule for Araneta Center Bus Port as of Oct 18 2023
7 AM
11 AM
3 PM
6.30 PM
Fare: 200 Pesos
I arrived at the bus port 11.30. I was following the previous schedule which said there was a 1PM ride.
Now in a grab car going to Terminal 3
Is Filipino Music Going International?
Bing Image Creator: golden musical notes, stars and a huge suspension bridge against a blue sky at dawn in 2010s record cover style Filipinos have performed as musicians internationally at least since the 19th century. Soledad’s Sister, the novel, has the KTV bar singer Rory hoping to perform in Saipan. There are by now regular […]
Is Filipino Music Going International?
MAN IN THE TIME OF DUTERTE, TRUMP, MARCOS
God has us in his sights. Zeroed. Marked with an “x.” Us meaning mankind in general, the Philippines and the United States in particular. Why? We’re in a meat grinder. We don’t see millions dying as in a Hollywood war movie, but there is something going on in our souls, a feeling of listlessness, perhaps, […]
MAN IN THE TIME OF DUTERTE, TRUMP, MARCOS
Metro Manila – the full catastrophe – One: Public Transport
Zorba the Greek called himself the full catastrophe, something one could also call Metro Manila. If one were a true blue Marcos loyalist, one might wonder why President Marcos Jr. has not reinstated his mother as its Governor. Historian Xiao Chua mentions Nathaniel von Einsiedel as one of her major technocrats, one later instrumental in […]
Metro Manila – the full catastrophe – One: Public Transport
Need a Word 2023 05 07
I think we need a word for two related things.
I can’t seem to finish watching succession and the producers.
I can’t finish succession because I am having trouble stomaching the situation. I cant finish because it is painful to watch.
I can’t finish the producers (kpop show with IU) because I am feeling so kilig while watching it.
I believe our language would be so much more righ if we had one word to describe each of these similar but unique feelings.