Feb 21, 2022 | First things first, Opinion
On 17 February this year, Cardinal-Archbishop Jose F. Advincula of Manila presided over a solemn high mass in honor of the “martyrdom” of Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora, known by their acronym Gomburza. The three Filipino priests were executed...
Jan 10, 2022 | First things first, Opinion
On January 6 this year, Francisco Sionil Jose, novelist, journalist, social and political critic, and Philippine national artist for literature, died at 97. His death has irreparably affected the nation’s literary, social, cultural and political scene.Critics have...
Dec 1, 2021 | First things first, Opinion
The May 9, 2022 presidential election looks like nothing we have ever seen before, and we have to do everything to prevent it exploding into a total “failure of elections.”Three things seem clear.First, the sheer number of self-nominated individuals seeking the...
Nov 9, 2021 | First things first, Opinion
The candidates in the May 9, 2022 national elections are already on the road, well ahead of the Feb. 8 to May 7, 2022 official campaign period, and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the courts are unable to do anything about it.However hard it is to enforce...
Oct 21, 2021 | First things first, Opinion
The May 2022 presidential season started early, and an overgrown pack of self-nominated candidates seems bent on showing the least of them is more fit than the foul-mouthed and dictatorially inclined outgoing president. But no one has offered any clear idea on how to...
Sep 27, 2021 | First things first, Opinion
Sen. Richard Gordon, chairman of the Senate blue ribbon committee, says Rodrigo Roa Duterte “is not a president people can respect.” He said this after Duterte vilified the Senate for inquiring into the Executive’s suspicious handling of billions of pesos in...
