White Van Warning
Oh no! Kidnappers in white vans strike again. What is with white vans? Remember Cesar Sayoc, that Florida mail bomber who did so out...
Suppression of Press Freedom
IS the brickbat against the Duterte administration arising from the arrest of Rappler’s Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa well...
Writing Enchantment
I am writing my second book, after the first one called “The Last Sacristan Mayor and the Most Expensive Mass for the Dead have been...
A Tale my
Grandmother Told Me
On rainy nights, in my childhood, my grandmother would tell me stories. It was her way of keeping me away from playing in the swollen...
A Punong Barangay like my father
ONE of the best memories I had with my father was reading an article about him in an old English tabloid published in Bicol just like...
The Otso Diretso
THE Otso DIretso candidates led by VP Leni Robredo, chair of the opposition Liberal Party, was here in Naga yesterday for their official...
The Liberal Party’s Inconsistency with Federalism
The Liberal Party (LP) through its various spokespersons had made it clear that it opposes the switch to federalism. There are no...
North Macedonia,
Eswatini…Maharlika?
Two nations have changed their names recently: Macedonia to North Macedonia and Swaziland to Eswatini. North Macedonia, a former...
Growing Old Together
Since we got married, my wife and I have never celebrated Valentine’s Day: no card, no chocolate, no red roses, and no candlelight...
On Forgetting
Valentine’s Day
“Where’s the towel?” I walk back and forth between my room and the washroom. “It’s around your waist.” My wife yells back without taking...
Colonizing Water: The Masbate Experience
Henry Otley Beyer, or simply known as Otley Beyer, was an American anthropologist who spent great years of his life in the Philippines....
Evolution of Political Ad
A political campaign is a real must. Imagine what would happen if a candidate would not run a campaign. In 1946, “Manuel Roxas became...
Editorial: Truth tellers
under threat?
FOR this week’s editorial and for the sake of press freedom and our common and yet dangerous task of searching for the truth, we are...
Manchurian Presidents?
There have been two remakes of the movie “The Manchurian Candidate.” The movie plot was to install a communist or communist sympathizer...
Rewriting history
TWO years ago, on November 30. 2017 during the 154th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, it was reported that his brother Procopio’s...
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