Category Archives: Editorial

SINNERS OR SAINTS ?

Feisty Davao city mayor Sarah Duterte wields a haymaker (a powerful and mean punch) while Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Winning journalist (which makes him a news writer and of late a newsmaker). Duterte whacked a city sheriff last July 2 with a four-punch hits to the head and face whose only sin was to follow a… Read More »

Could it be the water?

Orlando Quevedo, Juan de Dios Pueblos, and Romulo Valles share things in common. They are not plain men of the cloth only but are bishops of the Roman Catholic Church; they are honourable men and highly respected princes of the Church. Recently, the three, together with four other bishops, were top news sharing the headlines as Philippine media… Read More »

These are indeed hard times

The government said recession is over. But it does not seem so. Unemployment is still up. All levels of government are deeply in debt. People dependent on food banks have increased. The price of gasoline keeps going up. Salaries have mostly remained stagnant and workers are worried about complaining. This is not a time when one can afford… Read More »

‘Shooting buddy’ under fire

No sooner had Virginia Torres returned to her post than she started getting all the flak from critics as well as allies of President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III. As one of P-Noy’s “shooting buddies,” Torres has become the lightning rod for all the things that could go wrong in P-Noy’s administration. In an arrogant display of defiance on… Read More »

Parang bulalakaw?

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and his allies must have thought it was time to take the counter-offensive following another decline in President Benigno S. Aquino III’s approval rating. After keeping a low profile in the first year of Aquino’s tenure, Arroyo suddenly held a press conference to blast her successor for the latter’s alleged lack of leadership and allegedly… Read More »

The path to peace in Spratlys

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua news agency, the 3,000-ton, helicopter-equipped Haixun-31 sets off from the Gaolan port in Zhuhai, south China’s Guangdong Province. XINHUA The dispute over the Spratlys islands in the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea/East Sea reached fever pitch last week with four of the six claimants engaging in a show of force in… Read More »

DOES LACSON KNOW ABOUT RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR DOCTRINE?

CHICAGO (jGLi) – ABC News anchor John Quinones hosts an American television primetime newsmagazine, “What Would You Do?” The show is about setting up everyday scenarios that reflect on how people react, why they react, and when they decide to. The good thing about those committing injustices or illegal activities is that Quinones, who is video-taping the scenarios… Read More »

THIS BACMAN IS NO HERO

CHICAGO (jGLi) – In his diary, Philippine national hero Jose Rizal described Missouri River as twice the size of Pasig River in its widest part. Missouri is just the second largest tributary of the Mississippi, the largest river system in North America. In my youth, I considered Kawayan (spelled with a “k” since there is no “c” in… Read More »