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Turning full circle?

It’s been weeks since hundreds of policemen brazenly made their presence felt before the Quiboloy facilities in Davao. Yet I’ve to wrap my head around the fact that it happened at all, now in this day and age when dictatorships are supposed to be a thing of the past.

FPRRD’s Tacloban falcon swoop

“The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.” – Sun Tzu

Former President Rodrigo Duterte and Mayor Sebastian Duterte arrived at Tacloban City’s Sto. Niño Church at noon on Sunday just when the last of the morning worshippers were about to leave. It caught nearly everyone by surprise.

The vendors and a few bystanders near the entrance could not believe their eyes. Is it really him?

“I have finally seen him in the flesh,” a vendor muttered, her voice barely above a whisper.

PHLPost, Museo Orlina collab for stamp design contest

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost), in collaboration with Museo Orlina, is inviting students, designers, and Illustrators to join the nationwide stamp-design contest in celebration of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) 150th founding anniversary.

The UPU is a specialized agency of the United Nations created on 9 October 1984 under the Treaty of Bern. It unites the postal networks of 192 member countries. 
The competition is open to high school and college students, artists,  designers, illustrators, and other interested individuals.

Filipinos share messages of hope on Independence Day

As the Philippines commemorated its 126th Independence Dayon Wednesday, the spirit of hope and resilience shone brightly among Pinoys across the globe. In unity and optimism, messages of courage and perseverance from the recent Maisugrally in Japan echo through their hearts – standing firm in the face of challenges.

“Freedom isn’t free. You have to pay a price, you have to sacrifice for your liberty.”  – Atty. Harry Roque, former Presidential spokesperson

Let slip the dogs of war

Marcos and Zelensky are the new war mongrels of the United States.

Ukrainian holdover President Volodymyr Zelensky recently visited Manila to meet Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., personally inviting him to attend the upcoming Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland. Incidentally, Ukraine has been under martial law since 2022, and its president is under holdover capacity due to the nonconduct of national elections.

Sara: Violence vs civilians, desecration of democracy

Vice President Sara Z. Duterte didn’t let it pass.

Duterte, in a statement, made a stand a day after more than a hundred forces of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group stormed into several KJC compounds in Davao City, Samal Island, and Sarangani in search of its leader, Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy.