Contents 1. De Lima's Privilege Speech (on her ouster from Chairman of Justice Committee), Sen. Leila De Lima - 4 2. Silent No More, Sen. Leila De Lima - 19 3. Department of Clarification and Explanation (Excerpts) - Greg B. Macabenta - 34 4. Just the Facts vs. Attack the West to Appease the East - Mercy Rivera Abad - 41 5. "The Taxman Cometh" (But What Doth He Bringeth?) - Ruben Rivera - 45 6. The Davao Music Connection - Danny Gil 51 7. Duterte's Mindset - Roger (Ogie) Reyes - 59 8. Dissing God, Cussing Obama and Praising Hitler - What a Week - Rodel Rodis - 63 9. Burning bridges?That Does It. - Korina Sanchez - 70 10. A Nation in Pain - Perry Diaz - 73 11. Appeal For The First and Foremost Step in Poverty Reduction: Progressive Taxation Marcelo Tecson - 81 12. Hindi Ko Akalain (Never Expected This)Jonathan Edwards J. Olabre - 86 12. Business Forecast, Etc. - Roger (Ogie) Reyes - 90 13. Consider this my apology for being a Duterte supporter. . . - By Adrian - 94 14. Why I Publish and/or Reprint Books And it's Free? - Tatay Jobo Elizes, Self-Publisher - 112 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Why I Publish and/or Reprint Books And it's Free? By Tatay Jobo Elizes, Self-Publisher Writings are timeless and they act as mirrors of history. I publish writings as they remain relevant anytime. There are also writers who write a lot but never publish them. There are also old books with no more prints available. The solution is to publish/reprint. I am offering these services free of charge because of the availability of print-books-on-demand (POD) system nowadays. I can produce the book, but the prints are not free. It's free because I want to encourage writing and reading to all. Why put your writings in a book? And not just in the internet? I recommend that writings be retained in a hard copy or in book form or printed form for posterity. The book will always be there among your collections or libraries. Not all use the internet. The internet access has its technical problems. Writings in the internet may be erased erroneously. Free storage is hard to access. Paid storage may be returned or lost. For those looking for a publisher, especially if you have a novel or many essays, I can produce the paperback book under your own authorship at no cost. I can produce art books, family tree books, family albums/pictorials, biographies, joke books, song hits books, travelogues, reunions, color or black & white, etc. Please buy online as paperback or kindle at http: // tinyurl.com/mj76ccq (copy and paste to your browser). Permission had been granted by the author/ authors to print their books under my free self-publishing service. They own copyrights to their works. Interested reader may request free reading of any of my books, articles or essays via online reading or ebook. Just email me: job_elizes@yahoo.com My Books Catalog can be seen at www.jobelizes6.wix.com/mysite. The catalogue will grow as years pass by because of additional titles to be published. I continue to publish or reprint books as a means to archive them in hard copy and/or digital form, for posterity and legacy. Thank you.
