Please somebody gag his mouth
It would be in President Aquino’s best interests and definitely that of the nation, if his advisers could just gag his mouth during this most horrifying episode of our people.…
Ten questions they didn’t, couldn’t ask at the Napoles hearing
When Janet Lim-Napoles arrived at the hall for the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing last Friday, she was dour-looking, but surprisingly—or not so surprisingly— confident. When she left, she was…
Nation must confront the curse of typhoons
Another typhoon, this time a devastating super-typhoon that hit the country bulls-eye. Nothing new, including the absence of a comprehensive plan of action to deal with the curse of typhoons.…
The wimpiest, most shameful Congress
I cannot run out of words to describe how low our Congress, has stooped to be so subservient to, or so fearful of President Aquino. With his Disbursement Acceleration Program,…
Aquino played it safe: No written order on DAP
President Aquino has been pig-headedly defending his so-called Disbursement Acceleration Plan (DAP), despite the snowballing outrage against it, despite the consensus among constitutional experts that it is patently illegal, since…
World’s worst airport, world’s busiest maternity ward
Something about this administration probably is encouraging more and more unflattering features on our country. A few weeks ago, we were told we had the worst airport in the world.…
Did Undas originate from ancient Aztec beliefs?
I’m quite sure media started to call the Filipino feast of trooping to the cemeteries to honor their departed on November 1 as Undas only in the past several years.…
NYT: “Not if but when: PHL will lose Spratlys”
Forget President Aquino’s oafish bluster: “We will defend Recto Bank as if it were Recto Avenue.” The Philippines doesn’t have a chance of resisting China’s advances in islands and reefs…
Aquino and his spokesman
Just two weeks ago, it was Palace spokesman Edwin Lacierda who was called a liar. And not just by any Chinese official but by Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chung-yin.…
Do ghosts change their clothes, use underwear?
That’s one smart-alecky quip to throw cold water on animated accounts, which you’ll hear often in this season of ghosts, of ethereal creatures crossing the oceans of time and space—as…