Category: Opinion

SABUYAN NG PUTIK… TIMBANGIN!

Habang papalapit na ang eleksiyon…papalapit din tayo sa mga bangin kung saan tayo ibabagsak. Kaya timbanging maigi ang mga putik na isinasaboy baka tayo ay maisamang matangay. Pag sinabing puti..tiyak may tama, may mali at marami ang gawa-gawa lamang na hindi katotohanan. Maaring mapanlinlang ang mga isinasaboy na putik depende raw sa laki na pabulsang-lagay […]

TIME TO WORRY

For those closely monitoring developments on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte they might have noticed how quickly the general mood has changed with regard to how she projects herself right after she found out that a majority of the members of the Lower House wanted her removed from office. An impeachment proceeding has […]

A REPRINT OF A PIECE I DID RINGS TRUE TODAY.

I WAS searching for “My Panagbenga” over the weekend, trying to find the magic it brought to my soul years ago. I call it “My” festival, to have some semblance of ownership, making the once small community affair and now mammoth event, eternally personal… in a desperate attempt to hold on to a memory. I […]

LET A FLOWERS BLOOM!

The Baguio Flower Festival—year 29 of “Panagbenga” is amidst us once again. “Blossoms beyond Boundaries” will feature the usual grand parades and colorful floral displays. The theme composed by the late Macario Fronda will once again resonate and be with us-LSS (Last Song Syndrome) till summer or more. As a kid, we grew up in […]

“TUGISIN ANG UTAK, OPISYAL AT GALAMAY NG NEW SEATAOO CORPORATION AND SEATAOO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, OPC (SEATAOO OPC)”

Nakapangulimbat ng limpak-limpak na salapi ang utak, opisyal at mga galamay ng New Seataoo Corporation at Seataoo Information Technology, OPC (Seataoo OPC) sa pamamagitan ng iligal na panglilikom ng investments sa ibat-ibang dako ng Pilipinas at marahil kahit sa abroad. Ayon sa mga dumulog at naghain ng pormal na reklamo sa Securities and Exchange Commission […]

REMOVING AN ABUSE LAW

There is something to be said for Republic Act 7941 or the law that allows for the election of party-list representatives through a party-list system. This is a law that for some provided an opportunity to enter into the halls of Congress as a congressman or congressperson without representing a particular district in a city, […]

DIKITAN KONTRA BAKLASAN… UMARANGKADA NA!

Habang nasusulat ang espasyong ito…bisperas na ng Araw ng mga Puso. Nakapagsimula na rin ang kampanyahan ng mga kandidato sa pagka-senador at party list. Sumabay na rin ang Oplan Baklas ng COMELEC sa mga Campaign Materials na wala sa legal na lugal at wala sa tamang sukat. Sa March 28 naman ang Oplan Baklas sa […]

224!

The online-Instagram battle between actress Andi Eigenmann and her surfer-husband Philmar Alipayo has come to an end with each manifesting their love 224-2day, 2morrow, 4ever. In the first they should not have brought their private ruckus, on-line exposing themselves to unwanted kibitzers and bashers. Better to have settled the matter by themselves in faraway Siargao. […]

“TULDUKAN ANG SMUGGLING NG PRODUKTONG TABAKO”

Malaking dagok sa ekonomiya ng bansa, hanggang sa libo-libong maliliit na nagtatanim ng tabako, ang smuggling ng sigarilyo at iba pa nitong by-products. Sa 2022 tala ng Euromonitor, mula 10.8 porsyentong illicit volume noong 2018, lumaki nang lumaki bawat taon mula 2019 hanggang umabot na sa 20.4 porsyento noong 2024. Samakatwid, sa P14.87B nawala sa […]

HALINA, HALIKA

ANO PA ANG HINIHINTAY NG PUSONG nagmamahal ng walang katapat? Simple lang naman, tapatan ang hingalo ng halina. Siya ay naghihintay. Siya ay nakakunot na. Isang linggo na lang, a-15 na. Pararaanin ba ang a-14 ng ganun lang. Ni ha, ni ho walang wala? Eh ano kung may tampuhan? Bigyan ng daan ang pagkakasundo. Luwagan […]

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