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The Prez and the showgirl

by Marie Yuvienco   The bad puns are flying low and fast as the pants are coming down. The pants belong to Donald Trump, who was caught with his pants down—I warned you the puns were bad—after he was sued by an actress named Stephanie...

Cleanfuel participates in Tuason racing school’s Formula V1

The next step race challenge 2018 Cleanfuel, the country’s leading supplier of environment-friendly fuels recently signed an agreement with Tuason Racing School (TRS) to put up a Formula V1 racing team. Two former Vios Cup Champions—the young veteran racer, Luis Gono and model/actor, Dominic Roque—will...

May divorce be with you

  So who doesn’t want divorce?  Happily married couples, that’s who.  They and religious zealots, but can anyone come up with a good reason why the conversation should be strangled just because happy people and those who took vows of celibacy say so?  Well? ...

Lessons from a ‘fantaserye’ controversy

Three weeks ago, ABS-CBN released promotional campaigns for its newest “fantaserye” Bagani, a speculative, coming-of-age story of a male protagonist, utilizing the indigenous term which means, all at the same time, heroism, courage, and moral or spiritual distinction bestowed upon an exemplary...

The crown

Is she rueing the day she deigned to accept the offer to be Chief Justice? Does she lie awake at night thinking about what she could have done differently to forestall what is now happening to her from happening? Uneasy may lie the...

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A gentle woman (our Yaya Taling)

“How did Taling end up in our household, Mommy?”  I have turned my curiosity during the pandemic to our family history and my question...

The art of truth-scribbling

The summer of 2003 seemed to be the beginning of many things. I had returned home from a year-long exile in a distant city,...

Of Iyot and other demons

We have seen the changing of the official mouthpiece guard at the Palace. From the soft-spoken, interpretation-heavy baritone of a former pastor now ex-Secretary...

Pete Lacaba & Marra Lanot: On marriage and the muse

This Valentine’s month, we present to our readers a time capsule; a love story first put into words by noted journalist Pablo A. Tariman...