Bashing the Living and Romancing the Dead
“We have always had our biases, right or wrong, but thinking of alternatives should always be welcome for better choices to arise. (One columnist) has been bruited about as pro-(Ping) Lacson, so later on it will probably come out in his column. (So why limit our…
A TALE OF TWO PEOPLES
Two revolutions notwithstanding, there is a sizeable sector of our society that believes being shortchanged by its representative government. For the longest time this sentiment was felt during martial law (where a little push could have brought us at the verge of…
THE LOTERYA COULD HAVE SAVED DRILON ABAD PNOY
A BAD, TORTUOUS LOGIC Butch Abad found himself in a fix similar to one borne by mouthpieces of the corrupt regimes of Ferdinand Marcos, Erap Estrada and GMA. From the intense questioning of Risa Hontiveros, Abad was trying to embroider convoluted brief for the much…
THE LOTERYA ACCORDING TO OCHOA (or a letter to the BALAY patriarch)
We write in behalf of several applicants for Franchise to Operate the PCSO Loterya ng Bayan (PLB) as formalized per PCSO Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) dated February 11, 2011. With much concern, we feel that these applicants have suffered undue prejudice…
PUERA BALIS
Halos arao-arao kong naririnig ang mantrang ito sa Paang Bundok. Sa simula’y wala akong unawa kung anung ibig sabihin nito. Subalit madalas kung maulinigang ito’y binibigkas sa harap ng isang buntis o kapag may kanlong na batang pasusuhin. Dahil dito’y…
TAHID SA LILINTIQUIN
Malaki ang agwat ng aming edad ni Jhalmar. Ang kanyang kasabayan sa kanilang henerasyon ay ang mga kapatid ng aking ama na si Felix at ng aking ina na si Celso. Hindi pa ako nanunumpa bilang mananaggol ay may mga nakapagsabi na sa akin na si Jhalmar ay Piskal ng…
Talagas routed, while Alcalas, Suarez and Nantes win big over rivals….by John Bello (Monday Times, Quezon Province)
LUCENA CITY – It was the end of a long political reign for the political family who has been holding this city in the palm of their hands for almost 2 decades with the poll victory of a close political rival from an equally formidable political clan. Ex-city mayor…
Ang Aking Speech, Bow….. by Rodel Aguilón (Friday, April 12, 2013 at 2:40pm)
Matagal ko nang nadidinig na gusto daw akong kuning guest speaker sa paaralang kung saan ako ay nagtapos ng elementarya. Hindi daw ako masabihan ng deretsahan at baka daw hindi naman ako uuwi. At saka, baka daw galit pa ako, pabirong sinabi sa akin ng…
Joe Arreuges
stories in my head….. Our personal encounters were few and far between. The first one I recall was in the late 70s when he was a top honcho at Jolly Benitez’ Ministry of Human Settlements. I could not recall what we exactly talked about as I was there in the company…