“CRITICS are important. They give us the reasons, knowingly or unknowingly, not to fall, slumber or deviate from our true purpose. If only you would see, understand and appreciate the real lessons your critics teach you with a calm heart, you would know and understand that your critics are nothing but great facilitators to help you get to your vision and true purpose diligently and distinctively.” These were the words of Ghanaian teacher, writer and bestselling author, Ernest A. Yeboah.

The issue of our military camps playing host to the telecommunication towers of Dito Telecommunity Corp. (formerly the consortium of Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company Inc., or Mislatel) was resurrected this week. Dito Telecommunity Corp. is a consortium of Davao businessman Dennis Uy’s Udenna Corp. and its subsidiary Chelsea Logistics Corp. and Chinese state-owned China Telecommunications Corp., a parent company of China Telecom.