THE BALD LIFE
CAESAR R. VALLEJOS is President of NET25 and Penafrancia Broadcasting Corporation, a director of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, and the executive producer and anchor of the award-winning business show Open For Business. A journalist, media executive, and sales and marketing professional, he has held leadership roles in broadcasting, healthcare, sustainability, and development communications. He is a pioneer of NET25 who rose from marketing manager and business reporter to network president. A magna cum laude journalism graduate of New Era University, Caesar now writes as an online columnist, offering practical insights on media, business, leadership, society, and the everyday realities behind public issues that matter most. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Quezon City and a member of the Management Association of the Philippines.
Kapag ang batas ay matalim sa kritiko ngunit mapurol sa kaalyado, justice becomes a weapon, not a shield. Basahin kung bakit, ayon sa ilang mga kolumnista. At sa kaso ni Marcoleta: patas ba ang pagpapatupad ng batas?
This is about a scandal that may have wounded the Philippine economy deeper than the pandemic and oil shock. Because this time, the disaster was made by Filipinos themselves.
They did not come from politicians or the media. They came from Filipinos who were insulted and belittled, yet stood their ground through rain and scorching heat, demanding that the powerful not bend the law.
Walang Pilipino na dayuhan sa laban ng kapwa Pilipino para sa katarungan. Hindi tayo dapat manahimik dahil lang hindi tayo direktang apektado. Iyan ang diwa ng pamosong linya na sinabi ni Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Abala ang traffic dulot ng rally. Eh yung isang trilyong ninakaw sa kaban ng bayan, ano ang tawag doon?
Planet of the Apes ang titulo ng kolum ko ngayon kasi inuunggoy na tayo.
Habang pinapanood ng mundo ang K-drama tungkol sa bullying, totoong baril ang pumutok sa loob ng paaralan sa Tacloban. Hindi na ito teleserye.
This is not a one-way fandom. It is a partnership waiting to be fully realized, and the time to build it is now.
And that is the bald truth here.
No aquiline nose can claim that. No foreign bloodline can bestow it. Iyan ay atin.
