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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...

I can fry chicken

One of the recurring reminders I hear from my folks at home is that I should start learning how to cook. I would hazard that in most Filipino families, girls would often be told the same thing on account of them almost getting...

The lion, the Atom, and the movie

When a movie gets buzz less for its merits than for matters aliunde, what we lawyers call extrinsic, then something is wrong. Citizen Jake is one of those, which is a shame, because it is the movie event of 2018 that deserves to...

The bloodhounds and the Rizal Day battle for Combat Outpost No. 8

President Rodrigo Duterte’s three-day visit to South Korea called to mind the sacrifice of Filipino soldiers who fought in the Korean War almost seven decades ago. “My official visit to Seoul was meaningful and productive,” the President said upon arriving back in Manila on...

An afternoon with Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones

Of private school tuition increases, Marawi, foreign-assisted projects, lumad education, and teachers’ loans The security guard told us to enter via the back entrance. The front gates were locked that day since there was word of a student protest rally. We did receive a...

Just as you are

I need more proof.  A Chilean guy named Juan Carlos Cruz claims that Pope Francis told him during a private talk in the Vatican, to wit, "You know Juan Carlos, that does not matter. God made you like this. God loves you like...

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Uppance come a-knocking

In criminal law, it is believed that “the guilty flee when no one pursueth but the innocent are as bold as a lion.”  This...

Terrorism, North Korea top issues in regional meet

The issue of how to deal with the terrorist threat from extremist organizations in Southeast Asia is among the issues that President Rodrigo Duterte...

Hoops, we did it again

Settle down, people, but the battle of Katipunan between Ateneo de Manila and the University of the Philippines happens every year and not necessarily...

Lolo

The essay was written four days before the author succumbed to a massive stroke. This story, about his grandfather, is his last essay Before sunrise,...