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How was Paris?
by Cito Beltran - November 6, 2026 - 12:00am
Upon returning from our 5-week vacation in the EU, friends watched the chaos, riots, and looting that happened in many parts of Europe particularly in Paris, France and they could not help but ask, “How was...
Bawas yabang, please
by Cito Beltran - November 4, 2026 - 12:00am
Just because so many people do it does not make it right.
Lucrative laundering business
by Cito Beltran - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am
The laundry shop business is certainly booming. But recently another kind of laundry service has been booming too – it is money laundering with impunity.
Fight not fright
by Cito Beltran - October 30, 2026 - 12:00am
As Halloween approaches, some people are busy trying to make the festivities of the dead something to remember.
Closing shop
by Cito Beltran - October 28, 2026 - 12:00am
Our current economic condition is deemed by many business owners as worse than the two-year lockdown during the COVID pandemic.
Now worth more than Atong?
by Cito Beltran - October 26, 2026 - 12:00am
The formerly most wanted fugitive in the Philippines, Atong Ang has been dethroned after the DILG “spokesperson” announced that the government is now offering a 50-million-peso bounty for retired PNP...
What would you wish for?
by Cito Beltran - October 22, 2026 - 12:00am
Please think about this seriously. What would you wish for if God gave you a chance?
Lessons and learnings
by Cito Beltran - October 21, 2026 - 12:00am
Unbeknownst to many, I was away in Europe for five weeks with only a few close friends and immediate family members knowing about it.
Balde, drum, container, bisikleta at paa
by Cito Beltran - October 19, 2026 - 12:00am
Back in the early 1990’s I found myself building a four-bedroom bed & breakfast in a town called Busuanga, Northern Palawan.
Very hard to ignore
by Cito Beltran - October 16, 2026 - 12:00am
Even for apolitical Filipinos who would rather get on with their lives than watch the circus by the bay, the decision of the prosecution panel to withdraw three Articles of Impeachment in the trial of VP Sara Duterte...
A blessing in disguise
by Cito Beltran - October 14, 2026 - 12:00am
News travels fast, bad news travels faster, rumors and gossip the fastest.
Noise cancelling
by Cito Beltran - October 12, 2026 - 12:00am
When I learned that my friend was watching an F1 race event, I did not want an autographed t-shirt from a driver or the usual team t-shirt that people bring home as souvenirs.
‘Send in the clowns’
by Cito Beltran - October 9, 2026 - 12:00am
Now that I have your attention by way of the song title, please be advised that today’s topic has nothing to do with tragic love or sad romance angles but the bitter truth that many of us have let clowns into...
Invest in and equip the BI
by Cito Beltran - October 7, 2026 - 12:00am
There is a somewhat complicated Filipino saying that goes: “Hampas sa kalabaw, sa kabayo ang latay.”
From cat to lion king From Sebastian to Simba.
by Cito Beltran - October 5, 2026 - 12:00am
The ongoing impeachment trial of VP Sara Duterte has started to look like the Disney movie “The Lion King” where the first King Mufasa is removed from the picture by a scheming, envious Scar who usurps...
Making pag-pag
by Cito Beltran - October 2, 2026 - 12:00am
There are a number of Tsinoys and Pinoys who practice the act of making “pag-pag.”
Mark the date: Dec. 7, 2026
by Cito Beltran - September 30, 2026 - 12:00am
Almost every time someone I know is scheduled for surgery, delivery or is in a medical emergency, chances are family members will soon be making an online appeal for blood.
Delaying the inevitable
by Cito Beltran - September 28, 2026 - 12:00am
I recently learned that San Miguel Corp. CEO Ramon S. Ang called for a press briefing with members of the Bulacan media. There, he presented satellite images, video footage, maps and the like.
Better a servant than a slave
by Cito Beltran - September 25, 2026 - 12:00am
From the time I co-hosted the TFC program “Kumusta Kabayan” with Cheryl Cosim, up to a season when my wife Karen and I helped a handful of individuals pursue their goals to work overseas, the various...
I tried and ‘retired’
by Cito Beltran - September 23, 2026 - 12:00am
Ever since I first watched the movie “Heat,” I have reminded myself of the famous line of Robert de Niro when he said to Al Pacino:
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