Balangiga bells finally coming home
THE BALANGIGA bells are finally coming home 117 years after they were taken as war booty by American troops.
Over the years, the return of...
Beware the Chinese camel
When I was young, my mother used to read to me children stories. One story I found quite entertaining was titled “The Arab and...
Ghosts in the palace
FROM Day One of my assumption as Press Secretary in 2002, I have been warned about creepy happenings inside Malacañan.
There is the legend of...
Flying home
ATENEO Law School graduates – mainly from 60, 50, 40 and 25 years ago – flew home the other week to get together, to...
There they goooooooo…
WATCHING the candidates file their certificates of candidacy (COCs) last week, I cannot help but recall the familiar reportage of a horse race sportscaster...
Thank God for teachers
AS I WRITE, it is National Teachers Day today – the culmination of a month-long commemoration honoring our noble and dedicated heroes in the...
Does age matter?
LAST week Senate President Vicente Sotto III filed a bill seeking to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from the current 15 to...
The President is a joker
By his own admission, only two out of five of President Duterte’s public statements are true. The rest are just jokes.
Ergo, if we heed...
Coping with disasters
WHEN WE submitted this article to our editor, Typhoon “Ompong” was roaring towards Northern Luzon packing no less than 205 km per hour winds.
Here...
Keeping inflation in check
While waiting for my turn during one of my regular visits to my physician’s clinic, I met another early bird, a friendly recently-retired school...