In her recent book simply titled “Fascism–A Warning”, former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright quoted the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini as saying, “If you pluck a chicken one feather at a time, people don’t really notice.”…
That footage of a Boracay vendor selling her wares at buy-one-take-10 to a TV reporter haunts us as a nation as we saw how the island, famous for its white sand beaches, was recently closed down for…
It’s summer and going around town is supposed to be a breeze with traffic expected to be lighter. But, as most of us have noticed, it seems there’s no difference at all, summer or no summer. Getting…
The recent expose of how Facebook has been sharing (or selling) our private information to interested groups (such as political parties) without our consent shows how it has been playing Big Brother in the social network. But…
The announcement not so long ago by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to turn the Rizal Memorial Library into a 24-hour library surprised many of us, particularly those who used to frequent this public library housed in…
As we celebrate Easter today, we ponder on what the resurrection of Christ really meant for each of us and the whole human civilization. Under the brutal hands of the ancient Romans, Christ went through the worst…
Closing today is the solo exhibition of my daughter Celina’s “In Se,” a series of still life paintings on big canvas which has been on display since last Saturday in the University of San Carlos Church of…
After the customary parade of exhibits and festivals held in the Arts Month of February, March continues the momentum with its own flurry of art related events. In Cebu, local artists continue to be very productive exhibiting…
Question: If February is the month of love and art, what goes on for the rest of the year? Answer: Hate and barbarity. This is a joke, of course. But the fact that, in the Philippines, we…
For those who experienced the dark years of Marcos dictatorship and the surge of people’s revolt that culminated in the People Power Revolution in Edsa in 1986, it is disturbing to see how the nation is about…
Among artist-friends, he was simply called Billy, or Sir Billy by those of us who were much younger and looked up to him as some kind of patriarch. He was always glad to meet fellow Bisaya, perhaps…
In his trademark knack for making statements that may shock and yet also validate popular opinion, President Rodrigo Duterte recently admitted before a group of rebel returnees that, yes, he is a dictator and that he needs…
