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Absence
I was not there when it happened. It was only in the afternoon flash reports when I first heard of the news. Antonio Trillanes and members of the Magdalo soldiers have done it again. And that time whe...
Rights and Wrongs
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita's presentation of the "comprehensive and candid picture of the human rights situation in the country" was the impetus for the UN body to applaud him. While far from ...
Waiting In Vain
During the past encounters I had with other people in online forums, I cannot help but rummage on their thoughts. Parts of those thoughts were amusing while others were simply laughable, though every ...
Worse Than A Rice Crisis
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is about four kilometers from where I live. That’s a single passenger jeep ride. Two or three years ago, I used to jog to and fro the stretch of road...
The Best Investment
During yesterday's commemoration of "Araw ng Kagitingan" in Bataan, Gloria Arroyo insisted that "we need food on the table, not headlines" and that "we need to invest, not investigate." "No endless in...
Mental Aberrations
It appears that the Senate has been castrated, figuratively and partly at the least, from its legislative efforts to pierce right through the thick executive slab of Gloria Arroyo. With political crea...
Feeding on Apathy
Take it to the court, the cohorts of Gloria earlier bantered. The Senate did, and so did Jovito Salonga. And so the cohorts of Gloria reacted, first on Salonga, stating that "that's harassment." Then ...
Toothless
About three days ago, I've posted a summary of my article on another blog regarding the hesitance of Archbishop Oscar Cruz to give communion to Gloria Arroyo. One raised a comment on that post, saying...
Eternal Vigilance
The kind of government that makes a democracy rejoicing in unison is a government that does not only make itself transparent and accountable but also one which does not cover and polish its wrongdoing...
Ombudsman
One cannot help but wonder how true the Ombudsman is to the democracy, or to whose allegiance it offers itself to. If by allegiance one is to flatter one's sensibilities with the thought of having to ...
Forgive and Forget Follies
First Gentleman Mike Arroyo tells us that we must "forgive and forget" during this season of lent. I take it strongly that he must be referring to one's shortcomings and trespasses against others. I t...
Life and Death
More than a century ago, a child was born, and this child would soon become the first Philippine president. Today we commemorate that day. Emilio Aguinaldo, unlike Gloria, wanted to relieve himself of...
Bad Grass
Unexpectedly, I was able to watch one episode of "Private Conversations" and, apparently, Father Fernando Suarez, the healing priest, was the guest. It was a typical interview done by Boy Abunda, thro...
Paranoia
I'm bothered why Malacañang is even more, and has been increasingly, bothered by Jun Lozada's tours around the archipelago. You can't stop the man. Nor can you stop those who invite him to germinate ...
Wholly Weak
Lo and behold, Noli De Castro has been slowly sailing his way past the cordons of political apathy. More recently, he trumpeted the thought simmering somewhere in his head that the political noise con...
Face Value
Cebu Representative Eduardo Gullas calls it proof of the Philippines' sliding education. Some call it symbolic of an undeserved crown. Others, still, call it a telling sign that the protege to Melanie...
China Everywhere
I see China three hundred and sixty degrees. Even shadows, or hints, of the oriental dragon crosses one in the eye from plastic wares to DVDs. Pirated or not, it doesn't really matter. Indeed, the slo...
Schizophrenia
It should be clear by now if Former House Speaker Jose De Venecia has clear intentions for this country. At the least, it should be clear by now that De Venecia eyes Gloria right smack in the face lik...
Traitor
Let me begin by saying that the presidency has remained vacant since 2004. The "Hello Garci" scandal bares the appalling reality on how one can manipulate the elections not with firearms but with vote...
Breeding Corruption
Why would one think that Gloria is against corruption? As far as Gloria's account of the ZTE-NBN fiasco goes, it is a total mess of nuts and bolts which do not fit altogether. Which is perhaps why her...
Go Less, Baboons
Deputy Presidential spokesperson Anthony Golez blames the Senate probe on the ZTE-NBN controversy for the high disapproval rating of his boss. But of course, what would one expect from an individual r...
Fools and Fears
Fear stinks the most when you hide it all the more. In Gloria's case, one cannot feign fear by seeking refuge among armed military men, mistaking it for a more courageous act when it spews fumes of an...
Numbers
You have numbers at the very heart of a democracy. Within the millions of people who swell to form the foundations of this nation, there are a few numbers that are telling the signs of the times, even...
CBCP's Weak Exorcism
CBCP's exorcism of all evil that there is in Malacañang is a mile short from the expectations of the outraged public itching to find a moral buttress from among the moral shepherds of this nation. An...
The Good, the Bad, and the EO 464
I've always believed that one cannot be both good and bad at the same time, though I find it quite amusing that one can still be evil, lucky and a b*tch all at the same time. There is something equall...
Moral Bankruptcy
A flag refusing to be raised up the pole, a hymn abandoned by the music, and confettis reluctant to fall on a defiled shrine. For the believers in tragedy and superstition, these are just three things...
TV Ratings: Fact and Fiction
Once upon a time, about three or four decades ago, movies from the Philippine industry were testaments to quality media, a time where competition bordered along the thin line between healthy broadcast...
GMA bags 6 awards in New York Festival
MANILA, Philippines---The Kapuso network recently won 6 awards out of 14 nominations at the New York Festivals last February 1. Entries from various broadcast media and individuals from around the wor...