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Balitang Kutsero By Perry Diaz After three days in conclave, the cardinals were almost certain that the next round of voting would produce a pope to replace Pope Benedict XVI who abruptly resigned. After all, Cardinal Vittorio Giovanni Antonini, the leading papal candidate was just three votes short of the two-third-majority requirement (one of the last Pope’s legacy was to restore the 2/3 requirement to Read More …

Balitang Kutsero By Perry Diaz Sen. Ping Lacson decided to bury the hatchet so he called Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. Their conversation went as follows: Leila: Hello, who is this? Ping: Hi, Leila. This is Ping. Remember me? Leila: Ping? Oh, like in ping-pong? Yep, how can I forget you? What can I do for you? Are you in trouble again? Ping: Oh, no… Read More …

Balitang Kutsero By Perry Diaz After ex-prez Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was granted bail in her election sabotage case, she called President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III. Their conversation went as follows: P-Noy: Hello, this is President P-Noy speaking. Who is this? Gloria: Hoy, P-Noy! This is Gloria. P-Noy: Gloria… who? Gloria: Aba! Eh, sino pa? This is former President and Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. P-Noy: Huh? Read More …

Balitang Kutsero By Perry Diaz When I found out that Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao decided to cut short his stay in Los Angeles after his stunning loss to Tim Bradley, I flew to L.A. to try catching Pacman before he left for the Philippines. I was able to get Pacman’s Philippine Air Lines flight so I literally camped out at the LAX to make sure that Read More …

Balitang Kutsero By Perry Diaz Chief Justice Renato “Nato” Corona got a call from ex-prez Gloria Macapagal Arroyo after his tear-jerking testimony at the Senate impeachment court. The conversation went this way: Gloria: Hello, Nato. Nato: Who’s this? Gloria: This is Gloria. Remember me? Nato: Is that you, Ate Glo? I didn’t recognize your voice. Gloria: Well, ever since they put this gadget around my Read More …

Balitang Kutsero By Perry Diaz After several months of trying to interview Manny “Pacman” Pacquaio, my perseverance finally paid off – he returned my call! Our conversation went as follows: Pacman: Hello, Perry. This is Manny. Perry: Oh, hello, Manny, what a pleasant surprise! How are you? Pacman: I had better days. I feel like I’m being crucified! Perry: Well, it’s Holy Week… it’s time Read More …
Book Description Publication Date: January 10, 2012 Perry Diaz is the publisher of Global Balita, a daily online newsmagazine, and the author of this famous Balitang Kutsero, a collection of political anecdotes about the Philippines and Filipinos in general. He started Balita in 1987 as a community newsletter. Over the years, his commentaries and viewpoints have become increasingly popular with Pinoys in the United States, Read More …
Balitang Kutsero By Perry Diaz In an interview with ANC News, President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III said that he might pardon ex-prez Gloria Macapagal Arroyo if she showed remorse for the anomalies and scandals that had hounded her nine years in power. Yep, P-Noy told Gloria, “No remorse, no pardon!” After seeing P-Noy’s interview on her TV in her detention suite at the Veteran Memorial Read More …
Balitang Kutsero By Perry Diaz There is a lot of speculation that President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III might be visiting former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who is under hospital arrest at St. Luke’s Medical Center. My investigative reporter James Macaquecquec called me to say that he thought he recognized someone who looks like P-Noy enter the hospital. He was wearing a police Major’s uniform and Read More …
Balitang Kutsero By Perry Diaz It’s confirmed! Twelve bone specialists from 12 countries were flown to Manila to take a look at former President Gloria Arroyo’s “rare disease.” After 12 hours of examination, the doctors were unanimous in their diagnosis. Gloria is indeed suffering from a very rare disease, which they all agreed is also incurable. They explained that it is caused by a psychological Read More …