May 25, 2022 | Opinion, Razor's Edge
A video that went the rounds of social media was said to have been taken from a polling precinct on election day. It showed a man with his back to the camera wearing a t-shirt with the face and name of Ilocos Norte candidate Sandro Marcos. Above Sandro’s likeness were...
May 6, 2022 | Opinion, Razor's Edge
If the son or daughter does the sins of the father or mother, the son or daughter also sins. That is the true meaning of the oft-quoted “sin of the father, sin of the son” reference lifted from the Bible. It was revoked conveniently by trolls, spread to social media...
Apr 27, 2022 | Opinion, Razor's Edge
The best definition of news with a far-reaching social consequence is one offered by the American Press Institute: “Though it may be interesting or even entertaining, the foremost value of news is as a utility to empower the informed.”It was by way of news, its...
Apr 19, 2022 | Opinion, Razor's Edge
Isko Moreno Domagoso went to his classy Manila Pen press conference bringing three things: his larger-than-life ego, the wrong mathematical formula, and a substantial checkbook.First, his ego was his most important blunder. But there is not much to say about it. Egos...
Mar 24, 2022 | Opinion, Razor's Edge
I witnessed my first political rallies in the early 60s. Our house in Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao was in the vicinity of the community amphitheater where candidates would orate before the public to win electoral favor.I recall my first glimpse of a Philippine president...
Feb 24, 2022 | Opinion, Razor's Edge
A public official in his sound faculty would never have done so. Even the basest transactional politician would look after his public image. Many of them even swear that they do not steal money from the public coffers. Of course we know they do. But when they start...
