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Saguisag-isms

Rene A.V. Saguisag, human rights lawyer, former senator, writer, public servant, staunch advocate for social…

The problem with Duterte’s ‘What I remember…’

He should have written it down on a table napkin and shoved it into his…

The living ‘walls’ of Bantayog

Every year since 1992, the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation has been honoring those it…

‘ASOG’ on the run

When I checked the other day, I found the Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) of…

Holy Week ‘promdi’ notes

FYI, “promdi” is short for “from the province.” Sounds deprecatory but I am proudly promdi.…

Officers and wife beaters?

An officer and a gentleman” is a description of the bemedaled man in the crisp…

Airport ‘surot’ and other embarrassments

There was “tanim bala,” then there was “subo pera.” Tanim bala referred to the act…

Jemboy’s killing and us

Jemboy Baltazar was literally, repeat, literally dead in the water. That is not a figure…

Bishop Ambo and political prisoners

Last Tuesday, I found myself with cause-oriented individuals, six Good Shepherd nuns and the group…

Pope Francis on surrogate pregnancies

Science is usually steps ahead of legal jurisprudence and church teachings and only when scientific…