After several decades of being a witness and at times participant in the celebration of Valentine’s Day,   I am not even sure that a Valentine is a man or a woman, or a child or even esteemed dead ancestors.  I can accept though it is gender neutral, asexual, not age specific and not time bound.  As commemorated or remembered across… Read More »

Two much  ado seeming to spoil  Pope Francis visit  to the Philippines: ONE: From what they see after pausing and zooming in the video footage of the visit, Pope Francis seemed to have refused Noynoy to Kiss His Ring. What’s the spin? Pope Francis did not want Noynoy to kiss his ring, so it seemed twice when Noynoy… Read More »

A lot of  older people (and I am too)  always claim they are only too glad to be wrong and not right because of the dire consequences  or tragic results if they are proved right in their assertions.  But in this article and the many to follow it through—I  will be too damned  glad to be right—against   thick… Read More »

Happy is my new year because Pope Francis is my shepherd and no one else  who is unlike him. To assert or even just say such a thing  is the height of arrogance and bespeaks  of  negativism  towards other  apostles or other clergy of the Catholic Church. But surely, I am not alone as  there are many faithful… Read More »

This  piece continues and ends  the trilogy on PNOY’s  No, No, No, Yes, Yes, NOoo…   to inveiglements  to continue in office as President  and to unexamine his much examined presidency. For what and where Noynoy had done good, for his grade of 7 out of 10, you will find them in his  past  State of the Nation (SONA)… Read More »

THE GOOD. THE BAD AND THE UGLY  was the title of a  popular  1966  Spaghetti  Cowboy Movie which gave Hollywood westerns a run for their money.  I tried to mime  current Philippine  events for musings purposes  as the The  DRY, THE FUNNY AND THE SERIOUS.  Why so?  The playful mind sometimes can be better than infantile  yet satirical… Read More »

This piece continues and ends the trilogy on PNOY’s  No, No, No, Yes, Yes, NOoo…   to inveiglements  to continue in office as President and to unexamined his much examined presidency. For what and where Noynoy had done well, for his grade of 7 out of 10, you will find them in his past State of the Nation (SONA) speeches he has… Read More »

This article is refurbished not re-cycled. Computer laptops and other i-gadgets are resold as refurbished items; so also had I seen  waste papers and plastics reprocessed as re-cycled paper and plastic bags. I leave it to the readers to be the judge as to its currency and relevance to the very disturbing tumult shaking the citadels of the Office… Read More »

This piece continues and ends  the trilogy on PNOY’s  No, No, No, Yes, Yes, NOoo…   to inveiglements  to continue in office as President  and to unexamine his much examined presidency. For what and where Noynoy had done good, for his grade of 7 out of 10, you will find them in his  past  State of the Nation (SONA) speeches he has delivered in Congress. No… Read More »

In the predecessor issue of BALITA I gave P Noy a score of  7  from a perfect performance of 10 against a minuscule criteria of: “rampant crimes against persons and properties,  continuing corruption in  the departments and public sector  corporations,  violation  of the constitution emanating from  his cabinet, the unchanging number of dirt poor Filipinos, mini revolt in Zamboanga,  delayed response and rehab in calamity stricken areas,  kid… Read More »