Who says Mark Herras is jobless so he gave in to sexy dancing in a gay bar minus the skimpy bikini?

Mark Herras graces Calbayog City fiesta

The emphatic response of retired Major General Romeo V. Poquiz to the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ warning that retirees who purportedly spread “fake news” or engage in “seditious acts” online could lose their pensions is far more than a personal protest — it is a firm defense of due process, statutory rights, and the dignity of honorable service. Poquiz underscored that a military pension is not a privilege that can be withdrawn at will, but an earned and vested right. He reminded the public that, under Philippine law, pensions may be revoked only after a final conviction for crimes involving moral turpitude or disloyalty to the state and never on the basis of mere allegation, opinion, or administrative discretion.

Pension, principle, and the price of dissent

Ang buwayang hayop...sumusunod sa batas ng kalikasan. Kumakain upang mabuhay.....hindi lulustay;.... silakbo ay instinct lang, hindi ambisyon. Ang buwayang tao....nakaupo sa trono.....sumusunod sa batas ng sariling tiyan. Lumalangoy sa kapangyarihan. Hindi sapat ang kaya, hangad ay sobra....ang ngisi....mas matalim kaysa anumang pangil.

Dalawang Uri ng Buwaya sa Ilog Bayan 

Banner headline of the Philippine Daily Inquirer for October 23, 2025: "Classroom construction no longer DPWH domain."

LGUs as classroom-builders

It has been a few weeks since the multi-millionaire Discaya couple mentioned the name of former Speaker and Leyte first district Representative Martin Romualdez in connection with the flood control anomalies, before the Senate Blue Ribbon panel.

Where's the beef about Romualdez?

The Philippines, experts have warned over and over and over again, is a disaster-prone country.

Why the heck are we still fixated with ‘manghuhulas’?

I’ve carried the belief for a long time that if we could just replace political leaders, rewrite the rules, or overhaul institutions, everything would automatically improve. But I’ve learned a deeper truth: even if we woke up tomorrow to new leaders and fresh systems, nothing would truly shift unless I change first. If I’m still hauling around my fears, denials, and self-repression in my mind and body, I’m just passing the same old energy into the next chapter of our society.

Kamalayan or Collapse: Consciousness as the Last Boundary for Democracy

When the president said, “Mahiya naman kayo,” he spoke like an innocent bystander, as if he weren’t presiding over one of the most corrupt administrations in memory.

MAHIYA NAMAN KAYO O TAYO?

A couple of issues ago, I mentioned here that it will take the Independent Committee on Infrastructure (ICI) nearly three years to file cases against those who have engaged in corruption. Recent meetings of the Senate on establishing an agency to address corruption have revealed that the extent of the problem is so vast that it will require a significant amount of legal work, which will overwhelm the ICI as presently constituted. 

The severe administrative requirements corruption of fighting 

 The resignation of Cong. FM Romualdez, our Representative for the first district of Leyte, from the Speakership is seen as a huge letdown for the district.  It seemed that we lost the district’s main backer in the flow of funds for the mega projects surrounding the district on all sides, in the shores, in the mountain sides, across a Bay, in the interior portions – a situation that has happened only now. In this sense it is a historical event. 

Replacing the Speaker

I AM BACK: Atty Buenaventura Go-Soco Jr. Column

I AM BACK

Imagery

(Un)Common Sense

VIEW FROM CALUMPANG

MARCHANISM MANIFESTO

Echoes of the South

Red tape and red flags

Kamalayan

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