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Monday, October 14, 2024

Lito Banayo

It’s the system, stupid

“We have to find the courage to change it.” Marlen Ronquillo, writing for another paper, describes the dynasties that have once more fielded their unworthy...

Civility and Jimmy Bondoc

Diplomacy has been lost in the welter of badgering and the inquisitorial character of investigations “in aid of legislation.” When we were going around the...

The shameless flaunt it

“How many sacks of rice, enough to feed a barangay, would be the equivalent of a Patek on one’s wrist, or an Hermes handbag?” For...

And there they go

(Part Two) “Your minds, please. Do not vote according to your heart.” One of my admired former senators, Franklin Drilon, who has made Iloilo City such...

And there they go

“The 12 names belong to re-electionists, comeback kids and the newbies who aren’t really that new.” (Part One) We have these spectacles every three years, almost...

The visit

“My political mentor Doy Laurel always said: ‘You don’t lose anything by being polite.’” The vloggers, the trolls, and even so-called political analysts are making...

Bali, Bora, Banaue

“Our people are experts at destroying nature, while the government is helpless and uncaring.” It was my second time to visit Bali, the Indonesian island...

A pox on your houses

“This practice has been going on for a long time, no matter who are in the Palace or in Congress.” In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and...

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