A lot of Filipinos seem to have cheered the American guided-missile ship USS Lassen’s taunt at Beijing by its act of breaching the other day the 12-nautical mile zones around…

If you were made aware of the excuses given by the Sandiganbayan’s First Division for its refusal to grant bail to former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, you would be very, very…

(The following column of mine, with the same title, was published on Sept. 21, 2012, more than a month after Jesse Robredo’s tragic death, in the Philippine Daily Inquirer when…

Probably he had his ulterior, Machiavellian reasons. Still, though, the strongman Ferdinand Marcos saved the life of his archenemy, Ninoy, then 48 years old in 1980. He released him from…

Second of two parts That would seem to be the case because, for one, they force respondents – many of whom haven’t decided yet – to pick a candidate in…

First of two parts Pollsters Social Weather Stations and Pulse Asia have been fooling us with their pseudo-scientific opinion surveys. Their polls distort the real state of public opinion on…

I don’t think we will ever see in our lifetime such a titan among political pygmies as Joker Arroyo. He did not only have the guts and the integrity, but…

Presidential candidate Manuel A. Roxas 2nd spent P257 million on television ads from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 to push up his ratings in the presidential preference polls undertaken by…

If we cannot see, or refuse to see, that President Aquino 3rd and his candidate Manuel Roxas II, using Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales as their political assassin, are on a rampage…

The movie “Heneral Luna” is a remarkable film that should fuel the embers of nationalism in this country. It should be viewed by every single Filipino, especially the youth, whether…