By Ermin Garcia Jr. SOMETHING real worrisome about the prospect of having Ferdinand Marcos Jr as next president of the republic. Last week, he publicly campaigned for Jinggoy Estrada, touting him as a good friend, an able ally and performer in the senate. I thought that was par for…
By Al S. Mendoza IN every election, you only have three kinds of candidates. The politician. The politician. And the politician. No person in his right mind will ever enter an electoral derby. Know why? You need a lot of money for you to qualify as a politician. Actually, to be…
By Leonardo Micua UP to this writing, Senator Bong Go has not gone to the Comelec to sign and file an instrument of withdrawal despite his pronouncement on Bonifacio Day that he is backing out from the presidential race. And up to this time, his supporters are still hoping…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo A poem for a good friend, Antonio Gaerlan Hombrebueno, who passed on quietly into the infinite universe. I wake up at this hour when everything is dark and I can see the bright moon and the distant stars floating like diamonds I see…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano AS of this writing, presidential aspirant Senator Bong Go has yet to formally withdraw his candidacy for the highest post. If we suspected that this move was upon the order of his long-time boss, President Rodrigo Duterte, it is because Senator Go has successfully…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE impasse between our national pole vault player EJ Obiena and his mother association PATAFA (Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association) is still unresolved. With Obiena calming down showing some signs of compassion and reconciliation, PATAFA headed by Philip Juico is obstinate. He continues his…
By Rex Catubig I HAD ballers for company one night a couple of years back. Over a jug of Alfonso which has superseded Empe as the populist liquor of choice, and a hearty pot of chicken fricassee, and grilled pork belly and tilapia over charcoal, our athlete guests easily…
By Jing Villamil (a monosyllabic prosepoem) WHEN you gave up this fight, the sun the moon the stars sighed out with you. They still shine up there; of course, they would. But to my eyes, their lights had dimmed; to their ears I shall hum no more the songs…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. PANGASINENSES can already look forward to the promised New Normal life – doing everything with everyone like they used to except for one thing – to keep observing health protocols! Well, actually not everything. While all provincial governments in the region are able to allow…
By Al S. Mendoza ALL six presidential candidates are campaigning right now. Leni Robredo, Ping Lacson, Isko Moreno, Manny Pacquiao, Bongbong Marcos and Bong Go have been visiting vote-rich places all over the country. Their mission? To woo voters to their side, of course. But are they allowed to…
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