Crackdown on Critics
So, the Vice President’s been busy. When news of the position being offered to her started to buzz, I have already heard common folk...
Tigsik: An Pastor
Tigsik ko ining pesting tagomata Pigmumuta, makulog na mapula Dai makaluwas ta makaulakit pa Mga transaksyon piyerde talaga Tigsik ko...
EDITORIAL: Inventory Guns Seized
Just because Vice President Leni Robredo has accepted her appointment as co-chairperson of an interagency committee against drugs does...
Robredo’s Boldest Move to Lead Anti-Drug Campaign
When Vice President Leni Robredo was quoted by Reuters criticizing President Rodrigo Duterte’s “failed” anti-drug war, she probably was...
Because Historians Do Not Have Monopolies of Histories
There are historians and historians as there are history and histories. In the National Library, there is an odd and gripping collection...
Walking and Your Health
Nothing can keep me away from my daily walk. Cold weather or hot weather, rain or shine, I’m up and about for my daily walk, as if my...
Ubos kun ubos. Gabos kun gabos. Todos los Santos.
Pistang mga gadan. Pistang mga kalag. All Saints Day. All Souls Day. Kun sa Tagalog, “Undas”. Halloween. Ubos kun ubos. Gabos kun...
Sincerity or Sarcasm
I heard this last week. I thought to myself, why does the President seem to be burning with anger against the Vice President about the...
VP Leni as Anti-Drug Czar
In a live television interview last night Vice President Leni Robredo has accepted her designation by President Rodrigo R. Duterte as the...
Tigsik
Tigsik ko an mga paglinog na nangyayari Bako daw na pagirumdom na sa tuya ini An katapusan kan kinaban naghaharani An paghuhukom...
EDITORIAL: Undas and The Looming Death of Philippine Rural Banks
The continuous presence of the informal credit practices and widespread growth of illegal money lenders such as the 5-6 with its various...
Afternoon at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
“Whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul,” said Ishmael in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, “I account it high time to get to sea...
In Late October, Tokyo
Late October finds me in Tokyo once more. Many people have gone to this huge, huge city but I have one bragging right: I have seen Tokyo,...
Hala, Magralakaw Kita!
Bako lang pobre, maski mayaman, dapat magralakaw. Sa tahaw kan kadepisilan na dara kan trapiko sa tinampo dahil sa kadakol nang awto,...
A Time-Honored Tradition
TOMORROW, November 1, all roads will lead to all public and private cemeteries as the whole country celebrates the traditional All Saints...
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