Does the Filipino child deserve incarceration?
The House committee on justice has recently approved a bill that would lower the age of criminal liability from...
A howl of outrage rose from the public after the Bureau of Customs announced it was destroying four containers of donated goods intended for the survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda.
According to a CNN Philippines report, the destroyed goods included “clothes, diapers, toiletries, medical...
Red October: an altogether fictitious story put out in public by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), saying that the Communists are concocting a plot to oust Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
The plot goes like this (or...
I’m neither a fan of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV nor Sen. Leila de Lima. In my estimation, these two should not have been elected to government office, or any political office for that matter.
I have a combination of reasons. Let’s talk first of...
“Fake” news. Stupid commentaries. Irresponsible repartees to intelligent criticism. Reckless speeches. Senseless policies. Silly and laughable propaganda. Ill-advised decisions. Lies, lies and more lies.
After two years, these should not surprise us, not when the President has ambitions of becoming a dictator. This is...
“Aming ligaya na ‘pag may mang-aapi,
Ang mamatay nang dahil sa’yo”
These are the last two stanzas of the Philippine National Anthem in the Filipino language. The official English translation reads:
“But it is glory ever, when thou art
wronged, For us, thy sons, to suffer and...
And if you see me, behind your leaves
Let me rest under your shade
And let me sleep.
~ Maya Daniel
Novelist and poet Michael Ondaatje once wrote that the heart is an organ of fire. By fire, the author meant our familiarity and experience with light,...