You can’t have your buco pie and eat it, too

AS a nation experiencing a modern-day diaspora unheard of perhaps since the Jewish diaspora in the aftermath of World War II, how far and how long can the Philippines roll Continue reading →

Since you’ve chosen to make a “silent protest,” you may now make a silent complaint

I HOPE your respective manok  (bets) either made it to the winners’ circle or, at least, put up a good fight in the just concluded Philippine midterm elections. If they’re Continue reading →

Come May 13, these 8 deserve to be senators of the Philippine Republic

I THINK I’ve shared this bit of trivia about myself with you before. Whenever I want to be entertained, I don’t read articles on lifestyle and show biz. For me, Continue reading →

Gifts to the “gifted,” or how such tokens affect lifestyle journalists

“HOW can they expect us to write about them when they didn’t even give us any gifts?” My ears certainly weren’t playing tricks on me. If you think only a Continue reading →

Dexter finds a buddy in Luigi

COULD you name a place that gives you happiness, but makes you sad at the same time? And why? Should fate play a trick on me in my next life—if Continue reading →

Are members of “traditional” media as dead (or dying) as a dodo?

IN case my enemies are beginning to wonder what has happened to me and my blog, allow me to disappoint them. Obviously, I’m still alive, and this blog has yet Continue reading →

Oh, for Pete’s sake, never mix journalism with PR

I HAD dinner the other night with a kid with a bright future. Not only is he aspiring to become a future media practitioner, he’s also an active member of Continue reading →

Pope Francis and his Church for the Poor

BARELY two weeks after assuming the throne of St. Peter, Pope Francis, 76, who declared that he wants a “poor Church for the poor,” has done nothing but back up Continue reading →

Fish—and a blank TV screen!—on Good Friday

(I’m resurrecting this Holy Week piece, which first appeared in “Binhi,” our parish newsletter early in the new millennium. (Upon my friend Fr. Boyet Santiago’s encouragement [and insistence], I briefly Continue reading →

Tabloid journalism, and why we can’t stay away from Kris-James, Heart-Chiz twin scandals

COMPETING broaddsheets–not tabloids, take note–have been having a field day lately trying to outdo, outsell and “out-sensationalize” each other over supposedly private matters involving money (lots of ’em!) and the Continue reading →