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CMMA@40 – Judges’ forum

Jurors praised, renew commitment to Christian values in fight against fake news  The judges of the Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) won praise and recognition for their role in promoting human and Christian values at the CMMA Judges Forum held July 5. Thursday, as...

A reading from the 1st letter of Rodrigo to Filipinos

You know there’s a page in the Bible which I read almost every day. It’s the Ecclesiastes 3. 'There’s a time to be calm, there’s a time to be silent, to be poignant, a time to be subdued, and a time to be vicious. —President Rodrigo...

Rogelio ‘Roger’ Mangahas: Poet on the stalk of life

Philippine literature has lost a precious gem. In the morning of July 4, multi-awarded poet Rogelio ‘Roger’ Mangahas died after suffering a massive stroke. He was 79. “Koyang” to his friends and peers in the writing community, Mangahas is a well-loved and respected master...

Cola wars 2.0

Tito Sotto is at the receiving end of some very bad legal advice.  On the heels of his election as Senate President, he composes a letter to the Philippine Daily Inquirer asking it ever so politely to take down articles about him written...

Blunder bus

Okay.  My friend assured me that this story is true:  his friend who told him the story told him that it most assuredly was true and he was sure of it because the friend who had told him the story had assured him that it...

Ladies who protest too much

Two peckers are being measured against each other, and loath as I am to extend the shelf life of this non-story, extend I must if only to correct a false equivalence.  During a meet-and-greet with the Filipino community in South Korea, President Duterte...

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Practical theory

Are we ladies protesting too much?  The intention was good, but is it fair to damn the Angono police as leading women to somewhere...

We should be dancing, yeah

Now that a week’s worth of news cycles has passed, the matter of Mocha Uson’s federalism-inspired choreography can be discussed rationally. At least that...

Woman on the verge of a Twitter breakdown by Marie Yuvienco

To those who think that they have heard the last of Kris Aquino now that her brother is no longer President, they can now...

Adios, Maria Clara

Either Associate Justice Samuel R. Martires, who wrote People v. Amarela, is a Miss Universe junkie or Pia Wurtzbach herself had acted as amicus...