NEW WORD --- There ‘s a new word added to the dictionary lately: “vhong”. Using it in a sentence: “Careful. Baka ma Vhong ka!” hahaha! ---- TEMPTATION --- The classic incident of Vhong Navarro being allegedly tempted or enticed into the condo of Denise Cornejo should now...
A few days ago, I had a two-hour chat with former President Arroyo in her hospital room at the Veterans Memorial hospital in Quezon City. Unfortunately, I cannot write about what we talked about considering that she is not allowed, under her detention rules, to...
Our new "Prince of the Church" and soon-to-be cardinal from Mindanao, Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo, OMI is a local homegrown boy, who in his early years in order to earn, was selling newspapers of MINDANAO CROSS, a weekly published by the Oblate Missionaries in Cotabato....
We ( and that includes “ME” ) applaud and feel good hearing that a drug pusher or a robber or a trouble-maker gets killed or gunned down. “Good for him, he deserves it”, expressed in ways like “karma, “dapat lang”, tama gyud”, “maayo ra...
I read somewhere what our new “Santo Papa” said when asked about his views on the controversial issues on gay marriage and homosexuality. He simply shot back and said: “Who I am to judge?” This was a refreshing surprise to...
ST FRANCIS ASSISSI -- Before the crack of dawn last Monday, the first “Simbang Gabi”, and just before 4 a.m., Fr. Emmanuel “Bong” Gonzaga, parish priest at Maa, Davao City led in the public countdown for the “switch on” of the church’s...
Sen. Ping Lacson is putting his neck in the chopping block by accepting the task of being “Yolanda” rehab czar. If you ask me, the work is herculean in that by the end of the Aquino administration the rehab efforts...
I re-visited Zamboanga City early this week. And again saw for myself the agony that the more than 100,000 evacuees still faced day to day altho it had been 2 months since the siege ended. ...
Many are fascinated at the public romance of “Lolo” Freddie Aguilar with his “apo-aged”, 16 year old lass whom he married in Muslim rites -- seemingly seeking shelter under the Koran due to criminal cases being filed. We...
GOD SLEEPING? --Mayor RODY DUTERTE, upon returning from Tacloban, said the devastation was total that he said: “Maybe God was sleeping” in allowing such tragedy. He was one of the early responders bringing with him relief and emergency workers even while the national government was...
