by J. Irving “Guns, Goons, and Gold” – these are the “3Gs” employed by politicians on gullible voters every election in the Philippines. These three are deeply rooted in the keywords: warlords, dynasties, vote-buying, flying voters, private armies, trapos (traditional politicians) and many more. The nice thing about mentioning them is that I do not […]
Mid-April of 2004, Headquarters TRADOC hosted a dinner reception for the students of the ongoing Command and Staff Course (CSC) 01-04, who were accompanied by their spouses. At this time, disappointments among students were still looming in the air. Due to urgency and time constraints, the course they are taking is condensed and shorter. It […]
Several questions have cropped up recently regarding the Honor System to the the extent that one is left to wonder whether there is really a need for it or it is just another pain in the neck. Some have taken it as a kind of a Damocles’ sword hanging over their head. As one cadet […]
My mother told me that the best journey in life is the one that takes us back home! I must be dreaming . . . As I am entering the fortified gates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), the feeling of nostalgia wraps me intensely with memories of hardship. I remember summer camp, when I […]
Excerpt from the book: “A Time to Heal – Bloodbath at Pata Island, Sulu” Still on sale! February 12, 2022: It has been four decades and a year now, the incident is totally banished in the dustbin history of the AFP. Our memory fading. Nobody can recall anymore the 119 souls who perished in Pata […]
by J. Irving Haha I cannot resist answering back this editorial from Inquirer. I recently wrote the commander of the Army Cyber Battalion: “Bakit kahit sa cyber, talo tayo sa propaganda?” (Why is that even in cyber, we are losing in propaganda?) I know, the Army is becoming the favorite punching bag in shaming somebody […]
Story #1: I was serving as G3 (Operations Officer) of the 7th Infantry Division at Fort Magsaysay in the year 2000 when Balikatan Exercise was held there. After a day of a hot and humid maneuver, a group of Filipino and American soldiers gathered in one of the tents. A Filipino officer brought out a […]
I do not mean or refer to Parlade as a popular or star-studded general shooting indiscriminately, specially red-tagged adversaries. Instead, I am alluding to him as a meteor, a shooting star that you can see in the night sky! And we all know how hard it is to find one as we need to look […]
I am in shock! https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/1/6/MMDA-Chief-Danilo-Lim-dies.html? The last time I saw Sir Danny Lim was in June of 2019 when my newly created Cybersecurity company, the Kerberus Corporation, rendered a call to him at MMDA Head Office. During the meeting, he introduce me by saying, “Ito si Jess, isa sa mga alaga ko sa Jolo!” I […]
“The three things that stop people more than anything else does from achieving their goals: criticizing, complaining, and blaming. These are the three horsemen of failure.” David DeNotaris, Author and Motivational Speaker At this point, much have been said about retired Gen Ricardo “Dick” Morales, the President/CEO of PhilHealth appointed by Pres. Duterte only last year to […]
Cyber Arnis 