Because a lot of who I am, and what I do, is because of Franklin Drilon. For the past six years or so I have tried to lessen my political postings. Once upon a time (about ten years ago) my blog was filled with my little opinion pieces on our government, development, and other social issues. […]
Top Ten Tips for Rally Goers with Political Kids
Trying to raise political kids? Trying to raise socially aware, and politically active kids is a challenge. But we try. This week marked the beginning of the campaign season in the Philippines. In a few months, we’ll be electing a new president, vice president, and other national and local government officials. This evening, I took […]
Clare, PLim, and Good Guys in Government
Cheers to Clare, PLim, and the other good guys in government! <3 Seeing friends working their butts off – making a difference in policy, in government, on the local and national level – makes me so proud. A good number have joined the government over the past few years, determined to making things better (and […]
History train – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
For the whole article – Theres The Rub: History Train Taken from: Theres The Rub: History train By Conrado de Quiros Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 23:13:00 01/20/2009 Democracy is not a weak system, it is the most powerful one. More powerful than autocracy, more powerful than dictatorship, more powerful than fascism. That is so […]
#44
Last night, the American in me just had to stay up and watch the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America. Tito Bok kept texting – telling me to stay awake. He and Tita Nene stayed clear of DC and the Mall in particular, watching the same thing we all were […]
Joc Time
Hard Ball was interrupted earlier to make way for the Breaking News. A gentleman with silver hair, a leather jacket and glasses – looking slightly frazzled (dear God, with the crazy cameras and security and “security” all over him) – being pushed in a wheelchair has stopped the regular programming of ANC. Jocjoc Bolante has […]
An Open Letter to Joc Joc Bolante from Jun Lozada
From http://blacknwhitemovement.blogspot.com/ ————————– Dear Joc-Joc, Allow me to call you Joc-Joc as you are known in the media and by many Filipinos, too. As of this morning of the 24th of October 2008, news about your lawyer petitioning the Supreme Court to issue a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the implementation of the arrest warrant […]
The Filipino is Worth Dying For [Ninoy Aquino]
My love affair with the Philippines started quite early on. Lolo Tatay made sure I knew who Rizal was. He made sure I knew my history as a Filipino. He made sure I knew that I am a Filipino. He could see identity issues coming up in the future, I guess. I am Pinoy… and […]
Another Birthday Message
Last week, Mr. Manalo asked me if I wasn’t the slightest bit annoyed that there would be work on June 12 and that the non-working holiday would be June 9 instead. I don’t think I was as ticked off as he thought I would be – in fact, I think he is much more affected […]
Happy Birthday, Pilipinas!
Thank you for dedicating this post to me, Mr. Manalo. I have yet to respond – give me a few more hours… 🙂 ———- Taken from Peejay Manalo’s Multiply It really irks me how they just moved what is, for all intents and purposes, the most important (yes, emphases on all 3 words) day for […]