Embracing “The Third Wave”….by Joseph Jadway D. Marasigan
The other night saw me watching and listening to the performances videos of Charice Pempengco. I realized that Charice, being “the Youtube sensation” that she was once known for, would not have been possible without the internet. Her success which is due largely to…
THE AQUINO SISTERS
In August, 2014, Jejomar Binay was on top of the world. His is the sleep of the just. His ratings were meteoric surpassing rational expectations. He was the toast of the town, no pun meant, with 24/7 invitations from local politicians with sisterhood pacts with the…
The Pinoy Expat Outside The Kulambo… by Rodel Aguilon
(NOTES FROM THE AUTHOR: I was asked before what it took for me to survive outside the Philippines as I dealt with unfamiliar nuances, cross-cultural ambiguities, being outnumbered by collective styles and preferences that were not part of my drills as I grew up and…
Congress under Siege
In parallel history, some forty years ago, we have seen a beleaguered Congress. Political mortars were triangulated at its direction meant to humiliate its members and bring them down on their knees. In self-preservation, its members mightily resisted the onslaught….
Singkong Duling
Nakakita ka na ba ng Singkong Duling? Duda ko’y wala pa dahil ang mga baryang kumakalansing sa bulsa mo’y ang pinakamaliit ay piso. Hindi mo na nga pinapansin ang bente-singko at diyes, kung ikaw ma’y masukliaan sa Puregold. Wala ng singko. Noong arao ang makapal at…
FRESH AIR, part one
Ong Bong Jieng is a successful grain businessman in Calauag early on. By 1960 when he married a daughter of the town’s physician, he never looked back in his trading ventures. He was also the biggest copra dealer in town. His credit is legend that parents with…
Does a SPA if executed abroad have to be authenticated?…by Atty. Victor Y. Eleazar
Sometimes you wonder if the Justices of the Supreme Court read their decisions before it is promulgated and released to the public to read. Consider the issue of whether or not a SPA if executed abroad needs to be authenticated before the Philippine consulate to be…
ERAP versus NayBi
“(Mayor) Estrada earlier confirmed that he had walked out on a meeting with (VP) Binay after the latter refused a Manila government public-private partnership with SM Development Corp. to rebuild the Central Market into a three-level structure with a grocery on the…
Getting sick in HK
Going to Baguio is an option to experience the famous 9-degree weather at this time of the year. But news spread around that even our favorite one-head per room apartelle is fully booked until February this year. Changing gear, we hovered on the internet and booked…