Battle For Manila: we will never forget
“It was Yank and Jap together that razed Intramuros. A dual crime.” —Nick Joaquín— A US battle tank gratuitously bores a hole through the gates of Fuerte de Santiago, Intramuros during the closing days...
View ArticleCaptain Remo: The Young Hero (Anatomy of Abelardo Remoquillo, the pride of...
CAPTAIN REMO: THE YOUNG HERO Anatomy of Abelardo Remoquillo, the pride of San Pedro Tunasán, La Laguna ¿Dónde está la juventud que ha de consagrar sus rosadas horas, sus ilusiones y entusiasmo al bien...
View ArticlePiliQUEla: the first Quezon Province Film Festival!
It’s coming next weekend, folks! See you there! Filed under: Announcements, Celebrities, Cinema, Current Events, Lucena, Provincia de Tayabas
View ArticleEaster 2016
Today we commemorate the most important day in all of Christendom… Happy Easter!Filed under: Christianity, Current Events
View ArticleSimplicity, honesty, and Mayor Vicente del Mundo
Election day is just around the corner. So I might as well blog about this. My wife Yeyette had a public servant for a great grandfather. He was Don Vicente del Mundo, former mayor of Abra de Ilog,...
View Article¿Paano gumauá ng pastillas? Simple lang…
They say that you’re not a Filipino if you have not tried pastillas de leche, the milk-based candy that has captured the sweet tooth of our countrymen from Luzón in the north all the way down to...
View ArticleWho really deserves to be mayor of San Pedro Tunasán, La Laguna?
For the past several months, I’ve been itching on writing a blogpost against Eugenio Ynión, Jr., the gentleman who threatened to kill me two summers ago. “What better time than now,” I thought,...
View ArticleHappy 1K to my Facebook page!
I thought this day would never happen. After 333 years of idleness, my Facebook page has finally received its 1,000th like yesterday! And to think that I was mulling of shutting down this blog and that...
View ArticleMeet our presidential runners-up
During the aftermath of presidential elections, most especially when the oath-taking of a new president has taken place, we seldom hear from the runners-up ever again, unless they opt to remain active...
View ArticleEnd of the road
For scribblers like me, this is the perfect time to blog because Filipinas is entering a scary but exciting new phase of governmental leadership. Unfortunately, I couldn’t. No, nobody’s preventing me...
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