- Morals over job
I would never pick a job over my morals.Tomas Lopez, the lifeguard fired after saving a drowning man outside his…
- Wealth of 1 percent
The wealth of the top 1 percent has increased very fast in the past 20, 30 years. ‘Occupy Wall Street’…
- Pitong Pinoy
The Friday of 2011 before National Heroes’ Day, I had a chance to witness Yahoo! Pitong Pinoy awards, an event…
- Today is Independence Day
The Philippines declared its first independence on this day 113 years ago. Here are some good reads: Freedom and honor…
- Kiss she wasn’t ashamed of
It was always kisses in the playground, and kisses in the gym. With girls it was always perfect. It was…
- Missing the digital tsunami
You have too many people that are old, or my age, that are moaning … and they are really missing the tidal wave. My students are riding the crest of that tidal wave. As a matter of fact, they don’t even know it’s a tidal wave.
- Best election yet
If success is measured against the perceived integrity of the counting that preceded this election, the best election in the Philippines had just been told.
- Eating words
“I never knew words would taste so good. I’m eating them now.” — Conrado de Quiros, columnist to the Philippine Daily Inquirer after a successful ‘automated’ election.
- Faster than ‘Garci’
It was faster than you can say ‘Garci’.Jose Melo, chairman of Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) on fast results of…
- ‘Kilalanin’, a presidential forum
One candidate speaking in front of the audience at a highschool auditorium in Ayala, Alabang. I had rarely stepped into…