Friday night’s flooding, which caused some cars to be stalled or even literally submerged while thousands of commuters were stuck for hours in the rain, was a reminder once again of how those of us living in…
Although, I do not have work on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, I still have to set my bedside alarm clock at exactly 4:00 in the morning so I could wake up early, do my hygiene rituals, water the…
Crosshatching President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s attack on the Commission on Human Rights’ purported bias for criminals brings back the old debate on whether or not these “bad elements” have human rights like everyone else and thus deserve protection…
Crosshatching We voted and we lost. We congratulated the new President and his supporters, those we engaged in heated debates for months. We said we wish him the best, after all he is no longer just their…
Crosshatching For last Friday’s Gabii sa Kabilin, the annual night tour of Cebu’s heritage sites, I preferred to just stay at Palm Grass Hotel, the heritage-themed hotel located near the corner of Junquera and Sanciangko streets in…
When asked what his marching orders were from the presumptive President, the incoming Philippine National Police chief laughed and said, “Forward march!” Then he went on and promised that he’s going to run over drug lords and…
Crosshatching My younger brother, Charlo, a lawyer and teacher, recently ran for Provincial Board member under the administration party in Surigao del Norte and lost. It was his first attempt for a political position. It wasn’t, however,…
Crosshatching I was born in the year before Martial Law was declared so my childhood was spent in the shadow of the dictatorship. My father was a young sergeant in the Philippine Constabulary at that time. Marcos…
As I write this, I look forward to Saturday, the day before this column appears. By then I shall have met with the current members of the Today’s Carolinian, the official student publication of the University of…
Crosshatching I just came from an early morning bicycle ride with my wife and daughter to the lighthouse in Liloan. Actually, the place is just about 20 to 30 minutes of pedaling from where we live. We…
Crosshatching Today in 1898, a group of Cebuanos, armed only with machetes, knives, and spears, rose up against the Spaniards and their loyalists at an intersection in Labangon, in what is now known as the Tres de…
Crosshatching It is appalling how people can be so sure about their beliefs, holding on to them with the zeal of a fanatic. In most cases, these people based their decisions purely on emotion as when their…
