Just six years after the Supreme Court was rocked by an inglorious impeachment trial that removed a sitting Chief Justice and by the contentious appointment of the court’s youngest member to replace him, the country’s high tribunal has again found itself saddled by controversy, division and disarray. As the people marked the start of the year 2012,… Read More »
Here is a notation on ‘pasaway’ I saw, copied and paraphrased from the Internet; thus, all credits belong to the anonymous source. Originally, the notation said, ‘pasaway’ is not a Tagalog word. It is a word in Ilongo — one of some 170 regional languages heard in the Philippine archipelago — principally spoken in parts of… Read More »
MANILA It was only a matter of time before President Rodrigo Duterte’s pugnacious ways and dictatorial bent would eventually make him a global pariah. And now word comes from Daniel Coats, head of US Intelligence, that Duterte is a “threat to democracy in Southeast Asia.” So, are Messrs. Trump and Duterte still friends? From the start of… Read More »
I remember the first time I saw you. You were on the cover of Sports Illustrated in your junior year. Not college. High school. The first high school underclassman ever to grace SI’s cover. I remember the first time I saw you play. It was Dec. 12, 2002, and it was a highly anticipated matchup pitting your… Read More »
While President Duterte’s decision to immediately repatriate abused overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait and to ban further deployment of workers to the Middle East country was at first look commendable, it still leaves questions that previous administrations have also largely ignored. The President made the twin moves following the discovery of the body of 29-year-old… Read More »
MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte endears himself to our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) when he warns other countries, particularly Kuwait this time, to not abuse Filipinos working there. He deserve kudos for that. But it’s not enough. During another presidency, the then incumbent proudly declared that Filipino domestic staff should be trained to be “super maids” before… Read More »
It’s funny how top officials of the Duterte administration are tripping all over themselves to make Filipinos believe there is nothing wrong with China making a travesty of our sovereignty. Instead of loudly protesting the territorial intrusions being carried out rampantly by the country’s giant neighbor, the national leaders are displaying an unusual eagerness to defend China’s aggressive… Read More »
The XXIII Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea from February 9 to 25 is over. On to the XXIVth edition of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China from February 4 to 20 in 2022. Everyone who dreams to be the best and is determined to excel physically and skillfully in winter sports has another four years to… Read More »
MANILA The Pope has spoken. Fake news is “satanic.” Fake news has taken the world by storm. It’s the rage among world leaders who crave to be tyrants. Fake news and blatant lying have become destructive weapons of cowardly leaders. They abuse their power by intimidating their own people through abominable language and macho posturing. Why do… Read More »
One gets the feeling of déjà vu as students of the state-owned University of the Philippines prepare to hold massive protests against the country’s continued slide to dictatorship under the repressive regime of President Rodrigo Duterte. The day after several UP students walked out of their classes to join the National Day of Walkout Against Tyranny and… Read More »