There is “tsunami” like efforts and lobby money too to reclassify the late strongman Mr. Marcos from a dictator-villain to a war hero. His supporters, as well as the Philippine military and the 204 Congressmen who want Mr. Marcos buried at the “Libingan ng Mga Bayani” consider the late dictator a hero for his 27…
Ermita, the Novel is about the beautiful prostitute Maria Ermita, born to a rich aristocratic maiden, Conchita, of Spanish lineage, raped (the mother) by a Japanese soldier at the twilight of Japanese occupation of Manila, just before the American “liberated the city”. It is not coincidental that she was named Ermita the world “cheapest fuck”…
You have heard it. Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno would not add up any candidate to its short-list of Supreme Court Justice aspirants. This is a blatant usurpation of the appointing power which the constitution vests in the President and placed the error of such appointment to a group of persons who are…
Writing at Filipino Voices (FV) is a time-consuming endeavor and I do not have the time. But glancing at FV does not require so much time and glancing at it lately, I was shocked to find the collective “Voice” shrilled and frayed over HR 1109, a resolution that some say is a precursor to…
I had been a GMA admirer, partly because I respect her late father-president, Diosdado Macapagal. Despite her being involved in the 2004 election cheating (“Hello Garci”), I still gave her the benefit of the doubt and had consoled myself with the idea of a “movie” star as President is “gross” compared to an economist at…
Everyday, Pinoys are confronted by stress mostly brought about by the economy. Food prices and cost of services go up. Added to this stressful situation is the increasing number of Pinoys who have no work, not that we are lazy, but work opportunities are simply not there. As if this unfortunate situation is not…
(This letter was received by CJ Puno on September 8, 2008 and he did not even care to respond to the letter). August 29, 2008 Dear Chief Justice Puno; Our nation is in turmoil – our institutions are in constant challenge – we have always been under social strife. Amidst this turmoil, people come to…
VIDEO UPLOAD COURTESY BY:Ubermensch4ever “My grandfather explained about the spirit world, how the souls of our ancestors continue to need love and attention and devotion. Given these things, they will share in our lives and they will bless us and even warn us about disasters in our dreams. But if we neglect the souls of…
Four days in California, three of which inside a pressure-cooker called San Mateo Expo Center, San Francisco, a 4-hour drive to Los Angeles, where one of the laptop sites of the California Bar Exam was administered this July 29-31. My limited budget for hotel booked way back in May destined me to Marriot…
We took off at 9:15 a.m. from Detroit airport via NWA flight 997 for Miami, Florida for a 3-day cruise to the Bahamas. We are a party of six: my wife, Gloria, daughters Kaycee and Loren, my son’s mother-in-law, Noemi and her son TJ. (short for Timothy Jayson). One could say that…
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