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

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 

In the House of Representatives, where members representing political districts and party-list organizations, are supposed to earn respect and admiration even from the public; are expected to be respectable adults with certain degree of intelligence, social awareness and empathy to the ordinary Filipino’s daily life of hardship and struggle—the situation obtaining on the ground is appalling.

Two young solons talk sense

Some folks ask me what I really think about the movie “Quezon.” I tell them: it’s a beautiful film that Filipinos should watch. But then they want the hot takes, the criticisms, the hot-button receipts. So here it is, in my own language, no sugar-coating.

Every Story Has Its Color: A Kamalayan Perspective on Quezon

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

LGUs as classroom-builders

Actor Patrick de la Rosa was hale and bouncy as shown in his digital posts in his Facebook, so that it was shocking news to be told that he just died.

Cabuyao-rooted wife of Patrick de la Rosa ‘devastated’ over husband's passing

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 “downgrading” of Leyte First District Congressman Ferdinand Martin Romualdez from Speaker to simply Congressman must have sent shivers down the spines of many elective officials in Leyte and Samar. Everyone is asking:  What happens now? Will the present focus on corruption issues be the start of a shakeup in politics in this part of the country, or more specifically, in the first district of Leyte? 

A View of the Local Political Scene

"Ang people power ay hindi laging nasa kalsada; minsan ito ay nasa unti-unting paghubog ng kamalayan, tamang edukasyon, paniningil ng pananagutan, at pakikilahok sa proseso....hindi ang pag-aalsa,  pag-akyat sa bundok at  himagsikan....."

Bakit Kailangan Natin ang Isang Gobyernong Mapagkakatiwalaan?

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 

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

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