Cecilio Arillo
448 posts
Managing violence
Managing violence must be made an indispensable strategy because the country today remains seriously riven by three types…
November 7, 2019
Philcoman gives Management Man of the Year Award to Manila Mayor Moreno
THE Philippine Council of Management (Philcoman), one of the country’s oldest and prestigious nonprofit organizations, has officially chosen Manila Mayor…
November 5, 2019
How long will this country endure the flawed 1987 Aquino Constitution?
THIRTY-TWO years ago, President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, whose government had been frequently associated with “miracles,” invoked the powers…
October 31, 2019
History is repeating itself
IT would be wise for Congress to thoroughly examine the causes why plunder and corruption involving men in…
October 29, 2019
Albayalde and the rest were subjected to prejudgment of guilt
ISN’T it unusual that the two most powerful committees of the Senate have thoroughly targeted resigned Philippine National…
October 22, 2019
Philcoman endorses the country’s P130-trillion road map construction target
THE Philippine Council of Management (Philcoman), one of the oldest federations of professionals dedicated to the development of management…
October 10, 2019
President Duterte’s trip to Russia coincides with a significant event
UNKNOWN to many people, President Duterte’s trip to Russia coincides with one of the most significant events in…
October 3, 2019
DICT’s budget too small for its mandate
THE newly created Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) headed by Secretary Gregorio B. Honasan is proposing…
September 26, 2019
Dilatory gridlock in Congress
IF President Duterte is asking for an emergency power to solve the crippling traffic problem in the metropolis,…
September 17, 2019
The war against communist insurgency
IF we are not winning the war against communist insurgency, don’t only blame the police and military generals…
September 10, 2019
DOE lays down action plan to solve Palawan power outages
THE Department of Energy has set in place a concrete action plan to solve the crippling power outages…
August 13, 2019
Terrorists have no human rights
AS communist terrorists tried to reestablish a foothold in Negros, the country’s fourth largest island, by staging ambuscades and…
August 8, 2019
Duterte heeds call of the majority
PRESIDENT Duterte, obviously mindful of the more than 20 million Filipinos tremendously supporting the Solar Para Sa Bayan…
August 6, 2019
Not all greens must go because they might be stuffed with shabu
NOT all greens must go—they might be stuffed with shabu; it’s not our porous borders either. It’s about…
July 30, 2019
The President’s oath of office
“I will end my term fighting,” said President Duterte in his speech at the second half of his…
July 25, 2019
Project EnLIST to mitigate smuggling
LAWYER and reform-minded former Bureau of Customs Director Ramon Cuyco who retired in 2014 remembered having been invited…
July 18, 2019
Customs accreditation–crimes have been committed in its name!
THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Aduana is back in the radar. “And it’s smack in the crosshairs…
July 16, 2019
Cyber-security threats to cost PHL organizations $3.5 billion in potential economic losses
A STUDY by Frost & Sullivan, commissioned by Microsoft, has revealed that the potential economic losses in the…
July 11, 2019
Not just fair-weather friends
ON Tuesday, former First Lady Imelda Romualdez-Marcos quietly celebrated her 90th birthday, and on this occasion, I recalled…
July 4, 2019
Why electric bills keep on increasing
EARLY this month 33 years ago after the so-called Edsa revolution in February 1986, President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino…
July 2, 2019
Solon could also be wrong in blaming malls for causing traffic jams on highways
SEN. Richard J. Gordon could be right when he flared up at malls located along the Edsa and…
June 27, 2019
Initiated instability in West Antarctica might be the fastest on the continent
ALL around the Antarctic coastline there are ice sheet instabilities waiting to be triggered. If this happens, ice…
June 20, 2019
This column repeats its warning
LET this column repeat the warning it issued on May 16 that unless the government stops logging in…
June 18, 2019
Dealing with money
DISTINGUISHED Tufts University law professor Jeswald W. Salacuse, in his lecture at the Harvard Program on Negotiation that…
June 11, 2019
Important reminder: Congress cannot investigate a crime
AS sessions are about to open soon, here’s a good reminder that Congress—the Senate and the House—cannot investigate…
June 6, 2019
Let’s hope the new Congress will not experience a new round of pork barrel scams
Now that we have elected the new members of Congress in the House and the Senate, they must…
May 30, 2019
Book review: Death by Red Hacker: From Chengdu’s ‘Dark Visitors’ to Manchurian Chips
“WHILE China’s human spy network relentlessly ‘vacuums’ whatever secrets it can collect from whatever American university campuses, businesses,…
May 28, 2019
A book review on spying
“Every day,” say Peter Navarro and Greg Autry in their best-selling book Death by China, copyrighted by Pearson…
May 23, 2019
A timely perspective on national security
HERE’s a timely perspective to understand national security (NS) in relation to Executive Order 70, signed by Executive…
May 21, 2019
Expect not only serious water shortage but also death and destruction
ONE sure way to stop the recurring water shortage for Metro Manilans and the deadly flooding of the…
May 16, 2019
Indispensable reminder to the new members of Congress
IN a few more weeks, the country will have new and eager members of Congress—the Senate and the…
May 14, 2019
Enrile lauds Philcoman’s advocacies
NATIONAL security and foreign affairs expert Juan Ponce Enrile, one of the strongest candidates running again for the…
May 9, 2019
The need to understand economics
BECAUSE economics is a complex science with almost infinite variables, both tangible and intangible, affecting people from all…
April 30, 2019
Enrile cites historical records on the worsening crime situation
PWERSA ng Masa senatorial bet Juan Ponce Enrile said that the country’s problems of drug trafficking, drug abuse…
April 26, 2019
Enrile blamed Aquino’s erroneous policies for the world’s longest-running communist insurgency
IF history teaches us a lesson, it was the erroneous policies of the administrations of Presidents Corazon C.…
April 23, 2019
No need to go far, Enrile’s exposé on energy irregularities are on record in the Senate
The Senate, based on the revelation of Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, who’s running again under the Pwersa ng…
April 18, 2019
2019 ‘Cybersecurity Almanac: 100 Facts, Figures, Predictions and Statistics’
Conclusion IN essence, the Almanac provides a stunning narration and exposition of events in cost far greater than…
April 16, 2019
2019 ‘Cybersecurity Almanac: 100 Facts, Figures, Predictions and Statistics’
Part Five THE Gartner forecast doesn’t cover various cyber-security categories including IoT (Internet of Things), ICS (Industrial Control…
April 11, 2019
2019 ‘Cybersecurity Almanac: 100 Facts, Figures, Predictions and Statistics’
Part Four CYBERSECURITY Ventures predicts that there will be 6 billion Internet users by 2022 (75 percent of the…
April 9, 2019
2019 ‘Cybersecurity Almanac: 100 Facts, Figures, Predictions And Statistics’
Part Three THE modern definition of the word “hack” was first coined at MIT in April 1955. The…
April 4, 2019
2019 ‘Cybersecurity Almanac: 100 Facts, Figures, Predictions And Statistics’
PartTwo THE FBI reported that the Business E-mail Compromise, a.k.a. E-mail Account Compromise, a sophisticated scam targeting both…
April 2, 2019
Cybercrime worldwide to cost $6 trillion in two years
THE Global Risks Report (2019) of the World Economic Forum (WEF) shared to Database predicted that cybercrime will…
March 26, 2019
It’s time to understand inflation as prices increase
IN economics, inflation means that the general level of prices of goods and services is increasing. When inflation…
March 21, 2019
Dealing with difficult people and difficult situation
IN dealing with this situation, a negotiator must bear in mind that the world is made up of…
March 19, 2019
Making sense of election surveys
TO help guide the public in comprehending the significance of surveys and questionnaires, noted sociologist Howard Schuman explains…
March 14, 2019
Let’s look again at the four traffic elements
These four traffic elements are education, enforcement, engineering and economics. Unless these elements are addressed simultaneously, traffic will get worse every…
March 12, 2019
A perspective on national security
NATIONAL security is not just about the military and the police securing the seat of power against the…
March 7, 2019
Historical antecedent of the current peace and order situation
THE present distressing peace and order situation in the country has a historical antecedent from President Corazon Cojuangco…
March 5, 2019
Famous Amazon rainforest at risk
HUMAN influences and global climate change have put the Amazon rainforest that has survived over millions of years…
February 28, 2019
Treachery of the highest order
EXACTLY 33 years ago this week, the so-called 1986 Edsa Revolution that catapulted the housewife, Mrs. Corazon Cojuangco…
February 19, 2019
Roots of the country’s economic problems
TODAY’S headline-grabbing stories on money, inflation, debt, deficit-spending and borrowing, among others, have something to do with economics,…
February 14, 2019
‘War by algebra’
WHILE the United States could field over 300,000 aircraft, Germany and Japan combined have less than 200,000. On…
February 12, 2019
Who spends more on security: US or China?
WHILE China is swiftly expanding its military capabilities, the United States still far outspends China when it comes…
February 7, 2019
Does China seek to drive US forces out of Asia?
THIS question brings us to a discussion with Prof. John Joseph Mearsheimer in Peter Navarro’s best-selling book, Crouching…
January 31, 2019
Which description fits a rapidly militarizing China?
CHINA will be a “status quo” power interested only in prosperous economic engagement, a peaceful rise and the…
January 29, 2019
China’s deterrence value causes US defeat in Vietnam
CHINA’s greatest contribution to the American defeat in Vietnam “was its deterrence value,” said Peter Navarro, an economics professor…
January 24, 2019
Enhancing human capital
THE most significant investments that people, firms and governments can make in the changing nature of work are…
January 17, 2019
We should have a Bolton, not mediocre officials often seen with the President in self-importance
I am referring to the irrepressible John Bolton, the US National Security adviser, who has threatened sanctions against…
January 15, 2019
PIC hears complaint against AISL
THE Philippine Insurance Commission (PIC) will continue at 9 a.m. on Thursday its administrative hearing on the complaint…
January 10, 2019
Another inflation-driven multimillion-peso irregularity hit port stakeholders
ANOTHER inflation-driven multimillion-peso irregularity hit port stakeholders after the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) issued in March 2016 the…
January 8, 2019
Where Lacson first planted the seeds of endearment
IT was during his early law-enforcement career when studious Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson initially planted the seeds…
January 3, 2019
Another multimillion-peso irregularity exposed, this time involving the PPA
THE Philippine Ports Authority or PPA, a government-owned and -controlled corporation with special charter under Presidential Decree 857,…
December 27, 2018
Highly questionable multimillion-peso per container insurance collection exposed
A group of port stakeholders has exposed the highly questionable multimillion-peso per container insurance collection by the Association of…
December 25, 2018
Mutibillion-peso economic losses annually due to illicit trade in the shipping industry
ACTING on persistent reports of multibillion-peso economic losses as a result of warrantless fees and other charges collected by…
December 20, 2018
PIK expresses relief on UN climate Summit COP24 closing
JOHAN Rockström, resilience scientist and director-designate of the leading Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and Ottmar…
December 18, 2018
Imposition of multimillion-peso deposit
ANOTHER serious problem port stakeholders encounter is the highly questionable imposition by international shipping lines of multimillion-peso deposits…
December 13, 2018
Tales of port abuses
Lack of regulatory power to oversee foreign shipping lines WITH the advent of the world trade, foreign commercial…
December 11, 2018
Can people readily accept robots in their lives?
AS robotics starts to spread, the success of countries in the robot era will depend in part on…
December 6, 2018
Will robots replace caretakers in Japan?
JAPAN is home to the longest-living citizens on Earth and the biggest elderly population of any country—and it’s…
December 4, 2018
Is the telco deal really that worrisome?
THE Senate Committee on Public Services, chaired by Sen. Grace Poe, may only cause costly delay if it…
November 29, 2018
Winter weather extremes are expected in the US Northeastern Region and Europe
FILIPINO travelers and others must be prepared: arctic air masses are predicted to bring record-cold temperatures and frigid…
November 27, 2018
US best approach to the South China Sea issue
WHAT is the best approach for the United States to the South China Sea issue? This was asked…
November 22, 2018
China’s aggressive behavior
“CHINA’s aggressive behavior in building these artificial islands in the South China Sea tracks with its disregard of…
November 20, 2018
141 countries lost $160 trillion in wealth due to income gaps between men and women
COUNTRIES around the globe are losing $160 trillion in wealth because of differences in lifetime earnings between women…
November 15, 2018
Frequent extreme weather is likely due to atmosphere stalling of giant waves
COMPUTER simulations predicted a strong increase of events in which the undulations of the jet stream in the atmosphere…
November 13, 2018
Martial law, human rights and other stark issues
Conclusion The widow’s wrath CORAZON Cojuangco-Aquino had used the term “reconciliation” so much, people began to believe in…
November 8, 2018
Martial law, human rights and other stark issues
Part 12 Comparing the human-rights records STATISTICAL facts about the human-rights violations in the Philippines as noted by…
November 1, 2018
Martial law, human rights and other stark issues
Part 11 President Aquino’s gruesome human-rights violations AFTER the Edsa mutiny, Cory Aquino and her inveterate Yellow disciples…
October 30, 2018
Martial law, human rights and other stark issues
Part 10 Contemptuous mockery of the country’s judicial system ON trumped-up charges of rebellion complex filed by the…
October 25, 2018