LML Polettiques (419)

EDSA People Power 1986 redux

Wednesday, 02 March 2022 09:29 Written by
TODAY, while Covid-19 may no longer be as lethal compared to the past 25 months or so when the Grim Reaper stalked the land harvesting 6 million souls worldwide, our fear of death has subsided, leaving us simply to mourn…

Coming home, travel advisory, presidential debates, atbp.

Wednesday, 23 February 2022 09:20 Written by
IT is axiomatic that the best part of going away on vacation and leaving home is coming home! In my case, the anticipation and excitement of traveling to America and back to Manila to be with the two halves of…

The unraveling of the Duterte legacy — political miscalculations

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 09:45 Written by
Last of 2 partsFOR lack of a much gentler phrase, I substitute "political miscalculations" for blunder, debacle or catastrophe, contributory to the eventual demise of the President's legacy. My column last week detailed how the 18 hearings of the Sen.…

The unraveling of the Duterte legacy — corruption

Wednesday, 09 February 2022 08:59 Written by
LOOKING back at the early years of the Deegong's rise, from the time he burst into the national consciousness as a maverick, straight-talking, dirty-mouth iconoclast, the promdi has always dominated center stage. He conducted a presidential campaign never before seen…

Who's afraid of Omicron, and what's happening with the world?!

Wednesday, 02 February 2022 10:33 Written by
I CAN almost hear my long-departed friend Rey Teves proclaim from the great beyond in his original Bislish: "I don't afraid!" Translated into the much more colorful Bisayȃ — our common tongue — as "wȃ gyud ko mahadlok!"Indeed, many global…

Part 2: Social market economy, atbp for the presidentiables

Wednesday, 26 January 2022 10:13 Written by
Last of 2 partsTHE introduction to social market economy (SOME) in the first part of this article last week hinted at a Philippine version for the benefit of the five major presidentiables, any one of whom could take the presidency.…

Social market economy, atbp for the presidentiables

Wednesday, 19 January 2022 09:34 Written by
WITH intermittent snowfall generating outside temperature around the low teens and with Omicron lurking about this small farming community, more time has been allotted to reading posts of my friends on social media networks Facebook, Messenger and Viber, comfortably nestled…

Traveling in the time of Covid

Wednesday, 12 January 2022 09:23 Written by
CUSTOMARILY, I write a column or two while on Christmas holiday. These are fundamentally upbeat as I travel with my family and grandkids like we did years back. Some excerpts: "I have now experienced more than seven decades worth of…
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