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Early this month, I decided to go to the very top of the Empire State Building by myself. The last time I was in New York, I didn’t get to do a lot of touristy stuff since…
Once in a while, my grand aunt Imelda invites me to dinner so she can pick my brain on different political developments here and overseas. I’m sure she gets more intelligent insight from her established network, but…
On the occasion of our country’s chairmanship of the Asean, our hosting of the Asean Summit, and the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), please allow me to share with you my personal…
(The following column entry is expanded from my Facebook post on October 6, 2017) Newly minted Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque incited a firestorm of controversy and vitriol following his ambush interview last Monday. The tough-talking congressman-turned-spokesperson who…
There are a few things I would like to take up on the subject of six degrees of separation, an idea that “all living things and everything else in the world are six or fewer steps away…
When I am attacked for my political views online, one common criticism is that I am a propagandist for President Duterte. The answer is a little more complicated than a mere yes or no. Over the weekend,…
(The following was lifted from my Facebook post last October 13. Said post has garnered at least 33,000 likes/reactions; 2,500 comments; and 11,300 shares, thus far. It’s published here with some adjustments.) In case you wonder why…
Social media has, by and large, become an amazing platform for self-expression where freedoms are nearly unbridled. This free environment makes for a truly democratic space that connects the world and renders the borders that continue to…
(This column was originally posted as a post on my Facebook last Monday; it’s published here with a few changes.) The critics of the President are now fussing about supposed inconsistencies in his statements during the campaign,…
There seems to be this fascination, exasperation even, toward the millennial culture and mind-set expressed quite regularly on social media by many a boss or superior. I’ve heard the same frustration from a number of human resource…
Trolls, bots, hashtags? Come on, that’s so circa 2014–2015 when Twitter trending topics spilled over to mainstream media and shaped headlines. We’re way past that. In November 2014, nearly two years before the 2016 elections and way…
Whether you like him or not, Duterte is your karma. If you’ve been good, he’s your good karma; if you’ve been bad, he’s your bad karma. For what goes around truly does come around. Or if you…
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