To and from Cojuangco town

In terms of business focus, it seems amiss for Cojuangco-chaired San Miguel Corp. (SMC) to be interested in a sizable stake in the proposed 88-km toll road that will extend the North Luzon Expressway from Mabalacat, Pampanga, all the way to La Union, coursing through the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway. But then, other than the potential revenues from the project, on the political front, it also makes sense for SMC chairman Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. to favor the tollway investment. After all, it improves access to and from his own bailiwick of Tarlac, and is expected to also pass his son Mark’s legislative district in Pangasinan.

Why not Manny for president?

That’s Manuel V. Pangilinan, and not just Manuel B. Villar. After all, MVP, just like MBV, is a highly successful business executive who is likewise eminently qualified to be the next Chief Executive of the Republic of the Philippines. And why not elect a true-blue businessman like MVP for president? The Philippines could have in 1992, when former coconut-industry czar Eduardo “Danding” M. Cojuangco Jr. of Tarlac made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency.