What national treasure has GMA not yet given away? AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo In the deal that the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) regime entered into with China regarding the Spratlys, many Filipinos felt that she virtually signed over to the new Asian superpower our oil and gas reserves. In the [...]
The End Days By Antonio C. Abaya The world seems to be falling apart. A financial tsunami has been gathering momentum since the sub-prime mortgage industry in the US unraveled in July 2007, and now that tsunami threatens to devastate the entire banking and financial sectors of the capitalist system.. At the same time, natural [...]
Canceling Trip is a Lie by Frank Wenceslao If Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has a glaring character flaw, it’s her propensity to lie that would overshadow whatever achievements she claims during her presidency. The Philippine News Service reported that Arroyo had canceled her U.S. trip this month because of worsening security situation in Mindanao. This is [...]
PerryScope by Perry Diaz ‘Legalizing’ Jueteng Like the popular “transformer” toys, the illegal numbers game — jueteng — has transformed by way of bureaucratic legerdemain into a legalized game called “small town lotto” or STL. But the game hasn’t changed a bit, it is still jueteng. The only difference is that the jueteng lords are [...]
Pax Americana II By Antonio C. Abaya Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 07, 1941, the United States of America was basically an insular power that had little or no interest in imposing its will on the rest of the world. Of course, even before that date, the US was already beginning [...]
A Prescription for Cancer While the pervasive political graft and corruption amidst us is a disgrace to our nation and our people, a rape against all of us, those officials who obviously accept and practice them, and those who support this social cancer, are worse than the malignant crooks themselves. Their perverted senses of right [...]
What, me worry? AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo Sunday, September 14, 2008 “What, me worry” was the assigned motto of Alfred E. Neuman, the MAD Magazine central character that was created by Harvey Kurtzman in the 1950s. MAD Magazine was a creative satire of what happens in US society and the [...]
The God Particle By Antonio C. Abaya September 11, 2008 If this essay manages to see print on September 11, it means that the world has not come to an end, as some have feared, on September 10. On this day, European and American physicists working at the CERN – Conseil Europeenne pour la Recherche [...]
Cast Away The Shame GLIMPSES Jose Ma. Montelibano S.1315, the Veterans Benefits Enhancement Act, is less about money and more about respect. The bill which seeks to have Filipino war veterans of WWII recognized and compensated is grating to Filipino pride. It seeks to redress a wrong of more than six decades, which means that [...]
Why GMA needed Chavit as Deputy NSA AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo Tuesday, September 11, 2008 Something is not right with the appointment of Luis “Chavit” Singson as Deputy NSA (National Security Adviser). No, it is not that Chavit is not qualified to be Deputy NSA, as Joseph “Erap” Estrada had [...]
