In Government, Politics
January 10th, 2010 | Comments (5)
One candidate speaking in front of the audience at a highschool auditorium in Ayala, Alabang.
I had rarely stepped into an education institution since I graduated from college four years ago. But yesterday I went to De La Salle Zobel, home of the junior archers, when it hosted “Kilalanin”, a presidential forum. Four candidates vying [...]
In Government, Politics
November 1st, 2009 | Comments (2)
According to analysts, “Chiz Escudero for president” in 2010 is very unrealistic after the bolt with his political party. But listening through the presidential candidate’s new campaign manager Lito Banayo, even without the party machinery and a few billionaires’ contributions, it looks like they’re seeing a political opening that nobody sees. Senator Escudero will still [...]
In Government, Politics
August 8th, 2009 | Comments (0)
Her funeral on Wednesday displayed the mourning and soon longing of a nation for a president that lives in love, honesty and faith.
In Character
July 18th, 2009 | Comments (0)
He [Walter Cronkite] was also a profoundly good man. I don’t think we should lose sight of that. All those professional gifts emanated from a very good core and that’s something that’s beyond training. It’s who he was.— Bill Clinton, former US president
In Government, Politics
June 29th, 2009 | Comments (0)
After surprise settled and reading what he really meant, I found out that Randy David is simply speaking as a teacher. jhui3nbzga
In Society
January 3rd, 2009 | Comments (0)
She witnessed a handful of people, including the mayor, mauled her father and brother in a golf course over simple misunderstanding.
In Government, Politics
November 10th, 2008 | Comments (0)
Except with the late Pope John Paul II, I can’t remember in my life if I have seen a person with so much inclusive aura, which invites unity that crosses country, faith, ideology and age boundaries.
In Government, Politics
January 1st, 2008 | Comments (0)
Lahat ng bagay ay may pulitika. Tingnan n’yo ang dagat… may pulitika rin ‘yan. (Everything has politics. Look at the sea… it also has politics.)— Richard Gappi, poet
In Economy
December 31st, 2007 | Comments (0)
Makati shows the Philippines the way it wants to be but Quiapo shows the Philippines the way it really is.— Carlos Celdran, tour guide and performance artist
In Character
February 21st, 2006 | Comments (0)
We were all ready to die for the country but what we did not discover was we have to live for the country.— Jim Paredes, Filipino artist 20 years after the 1986 EDSA People Power