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End 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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Meet 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...
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Happy 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...
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Who 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,...
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¿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...
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Simplicity, 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,...
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Easter 2016
Today we commemorate the most important day in all of Christendom… Happy Easter!Filed under: Christianity, Current Events
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PiliQUEla: 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
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Captain 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...
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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...
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Happy eighth anniversary, TOF!
Ivan Man Dy, myself, Karl Ace, Paula O, and Traveler On Foot (photo taken by Traveler’s son Joaquín). Click here for more photos of our celebration! I said it before, and I’ll say it again:...
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Happy 2016, folks!
Learn from past mistakes in order to build a better future. Let us make 2016 a meaningful one. Happy New Year! And may God bless and guide us all!Filed under: Current Events
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Happy Birthday, Lord Jesus Christ!
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. ~Luke 2:14~ Image courtesy of xcntrc mind.Filed under: Christianity, Culture, Current Events, Spanish Language
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But Jon Royeca still has to CATEGORICALLY define what a Filipino is
Before I begin, I would like to apologize to Jon Royeca for not having responded immediately to his blogpost last September 13 which was his reply to my “Clarifying a misconception on the definition...
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The AlDub phenomenon, and why Filipinos have gone crazy over it
No matter how much we complain or give praise about it, it is a fact that stares us hard right in the face: our country is fixated with showbiz. It has become part of our culture — Filipino pop...
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Bureau of Customs or Bureau of Corruption?
I’ve been suffering from writer’s block for a long time already. So for the meantime, my seventeen-year-old niece Helenna Beatrice Órgano y Alas, an engineering student from the country’s oldest...
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August is History Month
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT PORTAL – EDITED AT THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES UNDER COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 638 Proclamation No. 339, s. 2012 Signed on February 16, 2012 MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA...
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Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day 2015
Today we commemorate the ties that bound us forever, ties that have shaped us for three hundred and thirty-three years, ties that are seemingly gone yet are very much alive in the culture that we...
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Today is the 444th founding anniversary of Filipinas; let’s make it official!
Yes, it’s that time of the year again when the cities of Manila and San Juan del Monte, both of which are in Metro Manila, busy themselves with festive celebrations. The former commemorates its...
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Was Indang Church… attacked?
Earlier today, a netizen from Indang posted several photos in his Facebook account of a horrendous accident inside the Saint Gregory the Church of Indang, Cavite. © Dino Carlo Callejas Rolle The impact...
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