How proud a voter are you?

IF I could stick out my trigger finger right out of this page, I would – if only to “point out’’ my pride in having it smeared with apparently indelible ink last Monday as I exercised my right and duty to vote. I don’t mind wearing it for a while and nor should any responsible citizen who marked down at least 22 names on that ballot. Incoming search terms:ymail com (3)constitutional... 

Time for plunging the sword

THE moment of truth is just four days away. And it is time for plunging the sword. The cut must be clean and the pain merciful. Perhaps, in the day or so after the elections, a clearer picture for local candidates would emerge and bring to a close one of the most passionate campaigns ever waged in the streets of Metro Manila.  Read More »

A jab to the jobless

A CELEBRATION of the working class ­ virtually every Filipino with a gurgling stomach to fill and the courage to move on in this developing nation ­ marks this Labor Day. And while government drum beaters sound the dawning of a so-called tiger economy for the country, vital signs to this realization take shape in our surroundings: from consumers piling up on cash registers to motorists... 

School answers

Last week, this corner tackled the complaint of a distraught father of a scholar against AMA-St. Augustine International School in Quezon City before the Department of Education. Today, Firing Line acknowledges the letter of AMA-SAIS lawyer Sonia Canonizado who claims that the school had already released the documents of the student for his college enrolment by the time this column was... 

Deserving scholar

Manila, Philippines – A father who is so proud of his son, “Gab”, finds himself hell-bent in dealing squarely with AMA-SAIS (Saint Augustine International School) Main Campus in Quezon City. Last week, proud but troubled dad wrote the Department of Education’s (DepEd) National Capital Region under this heading: “SEEK URGENT CLARIFICATION on the status of the academic... 

Poll races

Manila, Philippines – The political cauldron is really boiling as we approach the homestretch of this year’s electoral exercise. “Wreckers” and “Dirty Tricks Departments” of various candidates have started spilling out incredible propaganda aimed at discrediting their opponents or passing the word around that front-running bets are dead, gravely ill... 

Japanese takeout

Manila, Philippines – I relish Japanese cuisine but this column’s title does not refer to the food one orders “to-go” from a Japanese restaurant. I am referring to the system of some Japanese karaoke bars of allowing their young female entertainers to be taken by customers out of the workplace while in the middle of work for a fee. Incoming search terms:Alfredo... 

Christian holy days and holidays

Manila, Philippines – For devout Christians, all roads lead to Calvary on these holy days of Lent. Many will be off to churches for a pilgrimage or travel across inter-provincial highways for that spiritual sojourn. Incoming search terms:emmanuel recalde (1) Read More »

Fire prevention

Manila, Philippines – “We were dancing to the tune of ‘Macarena’. All of a sudden the lights went out (but) we thought it was part of the effects.” Reuniting with memories of the Ozone Disco fire tragedy that lit 162 memorial candles for once very vibrant young souls in 1996, lessons drawn in cold tombstones of each of the victims should never be taken for... 

Dishonesty?

Manila, Philippines – Last week, this corner featured the honesty of taxi driver Randy Oracion. Today, let’s discuss the opposite: Dishonesty. It seems some officials of the Manila Jockey Club (MJC) are guilty of it with the apparent attempt to hide the existence of millions of pesos of unclaimed horseracing dividends. Incoming search terms:late dividends at manila jockey...