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It’s another year! The first urgent problem of this maritime nation is the impending ban on Filipino seafarers on ships flagged in the European Union for not meeting the training standards set by the European Maritime Safety…
What is Christmas if it were not also for unrestrained karaoke? The word “karaoke” combines two Japanese words—“kara” which is a contraction of “karappo” which means empty, and “oke” which is a contraction of “okesutura” which means…
The Mary Poppins song’s refrain goes, “just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.” A spoonful of sugar is now the latest icon of the malady afflicting the Filipino people that points to the direction…
In the recent Ukraine Defense Consultative Group Meeting in Germany hosted by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III, Nato countries and their allies resolved to provide heavy armaments to enable Ukraine to push back against President Vladimir…
The Ukrainians are fighting and resisting a little too hard, frustrating Russian President Vladimir Putin who did not expect such spirited defiance. Financial and economic sanctions against Putin, his cabal of crony oligarchs, and Russia itself by…
The Marcos Jr. campaign has begun referring to its standard-bearer as “Apo” to complete the son’s identification with Marcos Sr. Apo Dayunyor has declared that if he wins, he will not allow International Criminal Court probers into…
As early as 2013, Jeff Himmelman in a New York Times article quoted Maj. Gen. Zhang Zhaozhong of China’s People’s Liberation Army regarding Ayungin Shoal and other Philippine territories: “We should do more such things in the…
Fernando Poe Jr. was known for the saying, “kapag puno na ang salop, kakalusin na” (When the rice measuring container is full, it’s time to strip off the excess). The rice example is meant to signify a…
There they go! Sen. Panfilo Lacson, Sen. Emmanuel Pacquiao, Mayor Francisco Moreno, former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and Vice President Leni Robredo are all racing for the presidency in May 2022. All eyes are on the candidates…
Alagaan ninyo ito. Hindi araw-araw Pasko. ’Wag ninyong bababuyin. ’Di baleng maging mahirap tayo, ’wag lang tayong maging dugyot.” “Dignity as we crawl out of poverty.” That will be the essence of the narrative of Mayor Isko…
The House committee on good government and public accountability acts like a modern-day Inquisition in pillorying OCTA Research on suspicion of tending to create public panic, conflict of interest, occult funding, lack of qualification, and loquaciousness. Committee…
The world is flogging US President Joe Biden for breaking up with Afghanistan on a Post-it note. That the United States was going to leave and pull out all its troops in mid-2021 was already agreed upon…
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