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The dialectic of violence: When blood stains our condiments

Red in the face. Not because of anger, but her own blood. The 56-year-old woman in the photo-graph was one of roughly 300 NutriAsia supporters...

Henry Sy Sr. led the professionalization of SM group

Before the death of Henry Sy Sr., the country’s acknowledged retail king, he made sure that the professionalization of the company he built from...

The pajama games

I think, if President Duterte’s attendance at international summits is to be guaranteed, whoever is hosting should consider holding sleepovers instead of boring old...

Love of my life

The corridor was circular, lined with curved benches along the wall. Behind the benches were glass windows that overlooked the street below.    As you...

V of the D

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. If you’re single, this probably is just another day for you or at least the day you’ll bemoan seeing googly-eyed couples everywhere so much that you could swear you’d puke for days. If you’re in a...

Dance Macabre

The conversation anent charter change has taken a turn for the serious and you can tell by the way the newspapers are reporting it. When Presidents like Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo were suggesting overhauling the Constitution, reporters and their...

Goodbye Pitoy!

Fashion stalwart Pitoy Moreno dies at 92. The local fashion industry’s proverbial flag flew at half-mast following the announcement of Pitoy Moreno’s passing at approximately 2:48 pm on Monday, Jan 15 at Manila Doctor’s Hospital. Friends, colleagues, and admirers of the fashion czar paid their respects at the...

One Hundred Ways to Skin a Cat

There’s this hallowed chestnut in law which says that “what cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly.”  (It sounds more impressive in Latin, I can assure you, but we won’t get into that.)  It’s an all-purpose phrase which guards against plots to...

Of restless news and spews

Erratic would be an understatement to describe the days leading to this very moment, this tranquil, chilly January dawn moment as I sit here at a hilly resort porch at the foot of the mystical Banahaw; this very moment as I type these...

Fantasy Islands

Imagine, if you will, Harry Roque rushing alongside President Duterte to greet the administration’s Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion Law as it crests into view.  “De TRAIN, de TRAIN!”  The TRAIN, signed into law by the President last December 19 and effective on...

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