The exclusive use and abuse of sirens commonly called as “Wang-Wang “
in the Philippines, was a child of martial rule  when then dictator Marcos issued Presidential Decree No.96 on January 13, 1973 declaring as “Unlawful the use or attachment of sirens, bells, whistles or similar gadgets that emit exceptionally loud and startling sounds “ .Under [...]

As you are reading this column, we now have a brand new-Philippine President, Benigno Simeon Aquino or more popularly know as Noynoy, the only son of martyred senator Benigno Aquino and the late democracy Icon
Mrs. Corazon Aquino, the first post-Marcos era-president via the historic
EDSA Revolution 1 of  1986.
Already, he is being addressed as President [...]

A few days leading to June 12, Philippine Independence Day, a slew of Filipino celebrities and stars trooped to Toronto and other parts of Canada for a series of performances and concerts.
Among them were “songbird“ Regine Velasquez, songwriter Ogie Alcasid, Sarah Geronimo and of  course diminutive international singing sensation, Charice Pempengco of Oprah fame and [...]

Filipinos will not see the last of outgoing president Gloria M. Arroyo when she turns over power to President-elect Benigno Simeon “Noynoy“ Aquino
June 30.
Mrs. Arroyo, widely perceived as  “unpopular “ compared to all  previous Philippine Presidents and with the lowest credibility ratings, may be leaving  the confines of Malacanang Palace but will resurrect in the [...]

THERE is much more at stake in the May 10 Philippine national elections, besides choosing a new president and other elective officials.
For the first time, automated voting, counting, and tabulation will take the place of manual polling. This means, voters will choose their candidates
through a computerized process that will hopefully save time, reduce if [...]

After four decades, the Vatican has absolved the Beatles, calling their
pop songs “ beautiful  melodies “ ending years of acrimonious relationship between the famous British pop group who made musical history in the 1960s and the Catholic church, a report from the L’Observatore, the official newspaper of the Rome-based tiny city-state said.
The Vatican had [...]

Some people “can’t handle the truth “, to borrow a famous line of Jack Nicholson in the military film drama “ A Few Good Men “. I’m referring to some  community personalities who have gone to the extent of employing dirty tactics to suppress the truth.
In the first week of March, bundles of community [...]

Scenario: Failure of elections

On May 10, an historic political exercise will pick the next Philippine president via the first computerized automated election.
Hopefully, this will do away with the primitive manual counting of ballots that take days. Weeks or even months before any results are known, a tortuous process that has led to widespread cheating, violence [...]

AFTER 24 years, historic EDSA I peaceful revolution that kicked out 20-years of Marcos hard rule and dictatorship, remains the pillar which restored democracy in the Philippines. It is still a jewel among family of nations although..slowly losing its luster.
Today, after four presidents and a fifth to be elected…….. pundits, new generation Filipinos and historians [...]

In the course of our journey as journalists, we have witnessed heels and heroes changed the course of history, as in the Marcos years and in the redeeming people Power EDSA revolution of 1986.
We rubbed elbows with rogues and criminals; clinked champagne glasses with the high and the mighty or shared “tagays “ of cheap [...]