MANILA (JGL) – I am not a mind reader nor a clairvoyant. But when former Censors Chief Grace Poe filled up her Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for senator in 2013, qualifying for senator was all that mattered to her. Winning for senator was the farthest thing from her mind. That is why while she was accomplishing her… Read More »
Something is very wrong with the Philippines’ Commission on Elections. After failing to submit its comment to a petition by former Senator Richard J. Gordon to compel the Comelec to issue receipts to voters after casting their votes in the May 9 polls, it now blames the tribunal for not giving them a chance to give its side.… Read More »
By Butch Galicia In the next 50 or so dawns-to-dusks and another three great 80-page thick issues of Balita, an expected 75 percent of some 55 million registered Filipino voters will go out and cast ballots in nearly 93,000 clustered polling precincts spread across the Philippine archipelago (7,641 islands on last count, depending on whether the tide is… Read More »
It is a source of wonder why 30 years after Filipinos staged a peaceful revolt to oust a dictator, many of them now seem eager or willing to embrace a presidential candidate who threatens to impose a strongman rule and a vice presidential aspirant who is the namesake son of the supposedly hated leader they deposed in what… Read More »
MANILA Like lookouts at the edge of a valley, concerned Filipinos are rushing to rouse the village: “The Marcoses are rising to power, the Marcoses are rising to power! To take over again as they did in the 1970s and 80s. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s attempt to rise from senator to vice president is just the start. Imelda… Read More »
A hot item being circulated by gossipers of late indicates that a gap exists now between Kathryn Bernardo and Nadine Lustre. It’s an open book that the two have maintained friendship albeit their rivalry, career-wise. Kathryn’s love team with Daniel Padilla and Nadine’s partnership with James Reid all the more yields in their intense popularity. However, the finale… Read More »
MANILA Vice President Jojo Binay and Sen. Grace Poe have been playing musical chairs at the top of the presidential surveys here. Former senator and interior secretary Mar Roxas and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte do the same for the Number 2 spot. Miriam Santiago trails badly, with only a single-digit share of the poll numbers. She should… Read More »
CHICAGO (JGL) – Most of the popular sports that end up in a draw or tie are usually extended until the tie is broken by a toss coin or by any means by prior agreement. But in chess, if there is a stalemate, no amount of extra period can end the game. And the Philippine Supreme Court will… Read More »
A colleague intimated to this writer one intriguing item on Bea Alonzo and Angelica Panganiban these days. Not so long ago, the duo opened up about their break up with boyfriend-actors. Bea called it quits with Zanjoe Marudo and Angelica broke off with John Lloyd Cruz almost at the same time. However, what causes intense tongue-wagging among press… Read More »
Q. Please help me what to do concerning my problem of the land which my deceased parents left us. The total land in question has an area of about 14 hectares. This property is still in the process being partition as we are still awaiting the approval of the subdivision plan from the Bureau of Lands. My problem… Read More »