Gasgas sa Tuhod
Alas siete ng umaga ng sabihin ni Patricia na tumuloy ako sa Filinvest-Alabang. Naruon daw sila ng kanyang kapatid na si Gino kasama ang kanyang maybahay na si Sugar at ang kanilang panganay na anak na si Mayo. Pumarada raw sila malapit sa Manong, ang dating Dencio’s….
Economies of Scale: The Family that Runs Together
Ever since the Dutertes fielded a Daughter and Father team in the local elections in the city of Davao and won hands down, local politics were never the same again. Using the Davao filial combination as precedent, the Talagas of Lucena are pushing their luck much too…
Irvin Alcala, Sam Nantes LP Gov and VGov bets in Quezon Province…. by JOHN BELLO (Business Mirror)
LUCENA CITY – The political bets for the top posts in Quezon province just get younger with the filing of candidacies of sons of political pros for the coming May 2012 polls. Cong. Irvin Alcala, son of agriculture Sec. Proceso Alcala, and Samuel Nantes, only son of…
Our Elections are a Joke
STAND-UP COMEDIANS NEED A PARTY-LIST “The list of groups seeking congressional seats gets stranger and more absurd every election season, making the party-list system a joke, according to Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. “A quick look at…
SUNDALONG KANIN
Kababata ko si Menandro Tanteo. Bag-as ang pangangatawan at maguilas kung kumilos. Sa aming mga larong kinaguiliwan, katulad ng Tubigan, Bimbiw at King Can lagui siyang nagwawagui. Subalit madalas na kapag Baril-barilan ang aming nilalaro, pinipili niya ang papel na…
MOST Law is the new THE FIRM
The current impasse between the PCSO Board and the Office of the ES is meant to benefit Vice President Jejomar Binay who has been grooming his own senatorial slate under his United Nationalists Alliance. From all indications, the Executive Secretary has aligned…
THE INDEPENDENCE OF PAQUITO OCHOA
Twenty four months into the first term of the sitting President, visible cracks have formed between the Office of the Executive Secretary and the Liberal Party. It is now out and out war between the political party of the President where he sits as its Chairman…
MITHIIN (DESIDERATA)
[Pagbubunyag (Disclosure): napulot ko sa internet. Hindi ako ang nagsalin sa wika natin mula sa wikang Ingles. Ang orihinal na pamagat nito mula sa aking pinagpulutan ay MGA BAGAY NA HINAHANGAD. Sa palagay ko’y hindi angkop ang pagkakasalin, ipagpaumanhin. Kaya…
CALL ME NAYBI…. ERAP Y MACEDA
“The purpose of any political organization is to get money from the gamblers…” Wilbur LeGette When two septuagenarians and an octogenarian meet to chart their politics in the midst of squalor, we are nothing but doomed. When one of the septuagenarians openly makes…