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Cito Beltran
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‘Give peace a chance’
by Cito Beltran - January 13, 2025 - 12:00am
Remember the song and the movement that grew out of it?
We’re going to need an army
by Cito Beltran - January 10, 2025 - 12:00am
This week, Jan. 6 to 10, was “Prayer & Fasting Week” for several Evangelical Christian churches all over the Philippines
Bulaga!
by Cito Beltran - January 8, 2025 - 12:00am
I was casually driving down Pasig Boulevard at the start of the New Year when to my surprise, there was a double roller guard rail at the junction going into C5.
When a child dies on Christmas
by Cito Beltran - January 6, 2025 - 12:00am
On Jan. 2, 2025, I started the year leading a discipleship group at our favorite Starbucks branch.
‘Affordable fashion’ is the new status symbol
by Cito Beltran - January 3, 2025 - 12:00am
Step aside Hermes idolaters, Walmart has just stepped on your toes and sensibilities.
‘Rocky Mountain’ homes
by Cito Beltran - January 1, 2025 - 12:00am
Approximately 800 of the country’s richest and most influential business owners are facing the possibility of finding their “home sweet home” in Camp John Hay turn into Rocky Mountain homes if they...
God ‘delivers’
by Cito Beltran - December 30, 2024 - 12:00am
Before I go to my year-end topic, I just want to call out to the MIAA, DOLE, as well as a company called D’Frada regarding the lamentation of baggage porters at the NAIA.
Time to call ‘Housekeeping’
by Cito Beltran - December 27, 2024 - 12:00am
Given how he and his administration scored in the latest survey, plus a couple of love letters from concerned groups regarding impeachments and budget cuts on the military, now would be the right time for President...
A week to plan your ‘future’
by Cito Beltran - December 25, 2024 - 12:00am
A Merry Christmas to all of you and please accept my most sincere thanks and gratitude for making time to read this column, as well as those of my fellow columnists and the work put together by the team behind each...
Missions we did not know about
by Cito Beltran - December 23, 2024 - 12:00am
All throughout 2024, there has been a recurring message shared in our church and among Christian circles.
You can’t fool all of the people all of the time
by Cito Beltran - December 20, 2024 - 12:00am
As details of the 2025 National Budget came out, various sectors started calling it as a budget for members of Congress and not for the Philippines.
‘President of what company?’
by Cito Beltran - December 18, 2024 - 12:00am
I was probably 13 years old then, and it was a time when landlines or rotary dial telephones were still in use. Back then, every time the phone rang, you instinctively rushed to answer before the constant ringing...
Be kind to Grab drivers
by Cito Beltran - December 16, 2024 - 12:00am
Returning from a trip to Cebu, I opted to try out a Grab Car instead of the airport coop AUV that I always take and that’s when I learned that they now have an “airport dedicated” fleet of cars....
‘Pito-pito X 4’ and new rides
by Cito Beltran - December 13, 2024 - 12:00am
When Filipinos mention the term “pito-pito,” it generally refers to a local plant or herb believed to have medicinal value.
Congress: Weapon of mass distraction
by Cito Beltran - December 11, 2024 - 12:00am
Ayoung American was shot and killed in Sibuco, Zamboanga after a failed kidnapping attempt.
Be careful what you wish for
by Cito Beltran - December 9, 2024 - 12:00am
“Be careful what you wish for” they say, but better yet, “be careful how you go about trying to acquire what you wish for.” We’ve all heard about people who are so determined to get...
Overpriced rollerballs and a PR campaign
by Cito Beltran - December 6, 2024 - 12:00am
On my last drive along Marcos Highway going to Baguio City a month ago, I could not help but notice a series of colorful rollers on parts of the highway.
Island grabbing?
by Cito Beltran - December 4, 2024 - 12:00am
During the many years I spent in Palawan, I learned of the ways land was surveyed by government agencies, determining what was A&D or alienable & disposable, what was forested, grazing or pastureland or mineral rich...
Their thunder stolen
by Cito Beltran - December 2, 2024 - 12:00am
From the looks of it, the made-for-TV hearings in Congress have all but lost its audience after Vice President Sara Duterte stole the thunder from the members of Congress using an unconventional counter-offensi...
Paradise: Lost and found
by Cito Beltran - November 29, 2024 - 12:00am
The original title to this piece was supposed to be “Crabs cursing themselves” in reference to the Filipino term “crab mentality,” depicting Filipinos like crabs that pull each other down...
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