PAGHAHANDA

Markahan sa mga kalendaryo,
ilagay sa reminder ng telepono, ikarga sa task ng PDA;
ang wala ng mga ito– magbilang ng paatras sa daliri.
Tandaan: Mula Hulyo a-kinse,
dos mil siyete;
buburahin sa lupa ang terorismo!
Kaya’t ang lahat ay maghanda.
Huwag maglakad ng nag-iisa.
Umuwi na nang maaga. Magdala ng anumang pagkakakilanlan.
Magpagupit at mag-ahit.
Magpa-manicure at pedicure. Magpa-foot spa at derma.
Ang walang kakayanang [...]

Erap has been weighed, and he was found guilty. Remember?

The Arroyo administration is on the horns of a dilemma with regard to the looming Erap verdict. And it is evident in the recent paid-ads that came out recently. 
As I see it, the ads are nothing but a patented Arroyo-style trial balloon meant to test the people’s reaction on the outcome of the Estrada plunder trial, [...]

Agitated over Bedol and the Maguindanao mess

I and the rest of the hardworking employees in the COMELEC were the ones who cringed like cornered rats in embarrassment and total disappointment after the Commission en banc’s ‘moro-moro’ hearing on the charges of indirect contempt against Maguindanao poll supervisor Atty. Lintang Bedol.
Bedol, the eye-patched, self-confessed Garci boy; appeared finally before the Commission on [...]

Islas de los Ladrones (The islands of thieves)

Friends from Filipino organizations in South Korea have related to me that the shoplifting diplomat caught in the act of stealing a music player and a bottle of perfume at a US base duty free store is no other than RP Ambassador to South Korea Susan Castrence. They told me that ‘reliable sources’ from inside [...]