April 8, 2023
The government has just announced and finally identified the four new Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites in the country. The new EDCA locations which were ostensibly inspected and assessed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are the Camilo Osias Naval Base in Sta. Ana Cagayan, the Balacbac Island in Palawan, Camp Melchor […]
April 8, 2023
Sa tradisyon ng pagngingilin ng mga Romano Katoliko, mga Kristyano, at iba pang sekta na nagoobserba sa tradisyon ng Semana Santa (hindi po nilalahat), meron bang pagkakaiba NOON at NGAYON? MALAKI. At yan ang nais ibahagi ng Daplis Semana Edition sa mga mahal naming taga-subaybay. Sana may mapulot kayong aral: NOON…taimtim na mga dalangin ang […]
April 8, 2023
With the mission to reach out to wider audiences, the CCP Performatura Festival 2023 will go beyond the complex and hold events online and offsite in various venues. The Flips Flippin’ Pages Book Club, in partnership with Milflores Publishing, will hold an online book discussion on The Reddest Rose Unfolds, a comic book by Swedish […]
April 1, 2023
Napaaga ang Biyernes Santo ni National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Chairman Allen Capuyan at NCIP-Region 1/CAR Commissioner Gaspar Cayat. Isinasakdal si Capuyan at Cayat sa Office of the Ombudsman dahil sa umano’y hindi tuwirang paggawad ng permiso sa operasyon ng planta at expansion ng National Cement Corporation/ San Miguel Northern Cement Inc. (NCC/SMNCI) sa […]
April 1, 2023
The whole of nation approach in the campaign to end the 54 year old communist insurgency in the country is slowly but surely gaining ground and momentum. The idea of the government to use the countryside strategy originally employed by the communist rebels to encircle the seat of power in Manila, albeit with some modifications, […]
April 1, 2023
Habang nasusulat ang seryeng ito ng Daplis…papasok na tayo sa “Banal” na Linggo o ang “Semana Santa”. Tiyak na marami sa atin ang magngingilin pero meron ding hindi. Sa ganitong panahon pumapasok ang iba’t-ibang klase ng pagngingilin, tradisyon at mga kakatwang ginagawa ng tao sa buong mundo. Ito ay mga anino ng kasabihang: Santong Kabayo…Banal […]
April 1, 2023
The second volume of Agwat Hilom compiles a various works of poets, writers, cartoonists and journalists to come up with a Covid Chronicle. My work has been included in the collection, detailing my Covid 19 journey which I serialized into a 14 – day journal. The entries hits home, as you see yourself in the […]
April 1, 2023
ILANG ARAW ding pinalipas, iniwasang pansinin, kusang kinaligtaan. Pero tila yata kakaiba itong si Covid. Naghihingalo na, tuloy pa rin sya. Sisinghap-singhap na, sige pa rin sya. Ganito si Covid. Habang hindi sinisino, lalong sumisipa. Kaya naman, ang Ilan sa atin, kakaba-kaba.Habang ang iba, pa-dedma. Ano ba si Covid? Nitong nakaraang mga araw, biglaang bumangon […]
March 25, 2023
Hindi halimuyak ng bulaklak mula sa katatapos na Baguio Flower Festival o Panagbenga ang naaamoy ngayon sa Baguio City, kundi lumalakas na usok mula sa naguumpisang lagablab ng napipintong full operation ng sugalang POGO-style. Mula sa pamamayagpag ng “casino junkets” sa Baguio City at Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) ng mga nakaraan, hindi na lamang solicitation […]
March 25, 2023
The brazen killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo by ex-military gunmen last March 4, 2023 revealed a longstanding predicament hounding the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on what to do with former soldiers, particularly those with specialized skills frequently exposed to the brutality of combat, and who have retired from military service or […]