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Nonsense News XVII: Aquino, Aquino pa rin!

1. DILG Secretary, part time traffic cop, part time “kargador” and full time Aquino’s promoter, came up with the idea of extending the President’s term for another six years. He said Aquino’s “bosses”...

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Nonsense News XVIII: Insanity in short

1. Napoles says 2,000 Hail Mary’s each day. To be absolved of her sins? How about one public lashing for every peso she stole? 2. Binay is rumoured to be LP’s guest Presidential candidate. Roxas may be...

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Nonsense News XIX: Much ado about Aquino

1. Congressman Walden Bello, Akbayan’s representative whose sympathies lean to the left, said BS Aquino III was just joking about seeking a second term. That he was just having fun throwing off his...

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Pacquiao on the JFK Question

JFK once admonished the American people to ask not what the country can do for them but rather ask, what they can do for their country. Vietnam was just beginning, the cold war was boiling and the...

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America: Land of the free and the home of the brave

This is America. The land of the free and the home of the brave. Last night, the grand jury of Ferguson, Missouri handed its decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of...

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Nonsense News XX: NBP, an exclusive luxury resort

1. In a dawn raid led by Justice Secretary De Lima on convicted drug lords’ prison cells, drugs, large amount of cash, luxury appliances, gadgets and electronic items were some of the things that were...

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Nonsense News XXI: Interview Interruptus

1. It was an idea based on the insensitivity of Hollywood and the hypersensitivity of North Korea. Hollywood wanted laughter and profits. North Korea just wanted to be left alone. Still Sony Studios...

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Yes, Atty. Saguisag, I am watching Pacquiao fights Mayweather

Yes, Atty. Saguisag, I am watching the fight, the biggest boxing event of my lifetime and a Filipino is in […]

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Philippine Election 2016: An Exercise in Futility

The path of straight and narrow, the much ballyhooed “tuwid na daan” of the yellow nation was the program of […]

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The Night Before Digong

June 29th, 2016 The room was not only filled with excitement, laughter and smiles. There was electricity in the air. There was energy and enthusiasm and hope. Unbridled hope. As the murmur of...

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Nonsense News XVI: The Divisiveness of Yellow

1. On Cory Aquino’s 5th death anniversary, her youngest daughter, Kris pledged to wear yellow to show support to her brother, the president. When the Supreme Court decided that certain portions of DAP...

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I am Emilio

I am Emilio Emilio shined his shoes, ironed his uniform, shaved and got ready for his midnight shift. Spick and span, he checked himself on the broken mirror and combed his hair. From the shanty he...

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To CPNP, Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa

Dear Bato, our man: The people who matter, the people who feel the changes brought about by the relentless war against drugs, the people who [...]

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On the EDSA Spirit

An open letter to the Filipino people on the EDSA spirit: No, I am not Socrates Villegas who is writing to the dead Cardinal Sin. [...]

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Trillanes and Lascanas

In Lascanas’ much ballyhooed saintly turn around and mea culpa, Trillanes’ hand is more than apparent, it is the one pulling the strings. In the [...]

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Pacquiao Proud

A splinter in one’s toe, shoots pain all the way to the brain. Not only is it bothersome, it hurts. Much like the damning criticisms [...]

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On Duterte’s Third SONA: The unmentionables

1. The bandits masquerading as Communist rebels warranted no comment. Not even a whiff. They are not important, they don’t matter, they should just vanish [...]

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COMMENTARY: Of Cheating and Cheaters

There is an ongoing protest by Bongbong Marcos regarding alleged cheatings done to make his rival, Leni Robredo, win the Vice-Presidential election. The protest which [...]

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Once a President

There were wet footsteps on the wooden floor that led to the wooden chair by the window. No, not a chair that one could relax [...]

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Of Citizens and Citizenship

I learned this in elementary school. Back when teachers influenced half of my young life and opened the windows to learning and understanding. Back when [...]

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Of Health and Hate

Joma Sison, erstwhile Communist Party of the Philippines Chief and a failed revolutionary, posted on Facebook that President Duterte was in a coma and about [...]

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COMMENTARY: Trillanes’ Significant Insignificance

There are always two sides to a story. The wisest amongst us will claim there are three: the right, the wrong and the truth. This [...]

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The Superiority of Ideas

Facebook is a platform open to all; nincompoops and geniuses alike. It is open for lies and truths, scams and noble acts. It is for [...]

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“Mocha Uson”

To most, especially to her followers and friends, former PCOO(Presidential Communications Operations Office) Assistant Communication Secretary Mocha Uson is a voice to reckon with. That [...]

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COMMENTARY: Midterm Elections

And there they go. Like horses in a race galloping from the get go. Everybody into the swamp, the circus of slime, mud and excrement. [...]

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