My Journey. Narrated in the Language of Food.
(Note: I am writing this piece wearing three different hats. First, as an ordinary viewer. Remember that I have long left the mainstream media industry for the private, corporate sector. Also, I am simply exercising my freedom of speech. And Continue reading Kidnap
Not surprisingly, the ballooning national inflation has revived the debates on junking the expanded VAT, which was passed into law in 2005. Of course, depending on which side you are on, the EVAT could be seen either as the reason Continue reading Reviewing the EVAT — and other government decisions
Great tragedy was the backdrop of my first trip to Real, Infanta, and General Nakar in Quezon Province. In November 2004, hundreds of residents were killed in these towns, after typhoons Winnie and Yoyong caused landslides burying houses, buildings, and Continue reading Before and After: Real, Infanta, and General Nakar, Quezon
2007 indeed was arguably a banner year for the Philippine economy, and it was around the same time last year, when Malacañang bragged about the country’s economic growth, the highest in three decades. But the same could not be said Continue reading Ramdam ang Mataas na mga Presyo
I am horrendously appalled. I am sickened to the stomach. I am almost at a loss for words. These, after hearing the news that pesticides have been discovered in the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars of Sulpicio Lines, which Continue reading The Height of Irresponsibility
After the brouhaha about Ces Drilon, all eyes are now on relief and recovery operations following the wrath of typhoon Frank, which left an estimated 200+ dead, and at least 700 missing, after Sulpicio Lines’ M/V Princess of the Stars, Continue reading Quite Frankly