My long-time colleague in newspapering Roy Mabasa posted this on Facebook:

Samlang and mabantot are the same

Sa ating bansa, kilala ang mahigpit na patakaran sa trabaho. Kapag ang karaniwang empleyado ay lumiban sa serbisyo, ibinabawas ito sa kanyang sahod o kukunin naman mula sa kanyang naipong service credit.

Ang Kaso ni Senador Bato: Absent Pero Suweldo’y Tuloy

In February 2016, Baby’s sisters, Ma. Caridad ‘Charito’ Sutton, from England and Ma. Cecilia ‘Cecille’ from California came to the Philippines. Her brother from Davao City, Isidro ‘Jojo’ Ahorro also joined us. We stayed at the Mountain Lodge at # 27 Leonard Wood Rd. This is the old vacation house of my aunty Margarita “Tina” Araneta Singh, which her daughter, Karmir Singh McCann developed and expanded into a family Hotel. It is now managed by her granddaughter, Jennine McCann Chan. My family of four stayed in the old master’s bedroom, while my - in - laws stayed in the old girls’ rooms. Just across the road is the white Laperal ghost house at # 14 Leonard Wood Rd.

Baguio in My Mind! (Final part)

I remember reading from a Values Education book way back in high school about how some foreigners are shocked about the ordinary Filipinos’ predilection to resort to murder for what other cultures might attribute as a trivial matter: a few pesos, a minor hiccup, a girl’s hurt feelings.

Road rage: A matter of honor?

A Record in Focus

In Sulu's tightly woven political landscape, few figures carry a dual identity as telling as Samier Abubakar Tan—a man still widely called "Cong-Mayor," a title that reflects both memory and measure. It clings to this man the way earned titles do — not as a relic of the past, but as a mark of continuity. It traces a career that began in local governance as mayor of Maimbung and moved into national legislation in the halls of the House of Representatives. But beyond titles and tenure, the more consequential question asked, at every turn, remains: what defines his actual record?

From Maimbung to Congress: Samier Tan's Steady Leadership of Sulu

How do we measure legitimacy in a democracy? Is it by the sheer number of votes one receives, or by the constitutional role one is entrusted to perform? 

Party-List Power vs. Popular Mandate:  Who Truly Speaks for the People?

Martin Romualdez, the congressman representing Leyte’s First District, may be out of the loop now because another colleague is seated in his Speaker’s chair in the House of Representatives, but in reality he still wields considerable power on a national scale.

Why is NBI helping Martin Romualdez?

The history of the Bangsamoro peace process reveals a persistent structural flaw: the assumption that Muslim Mindanao constitutes a single political community governable under one autonomous framework. In reality, the Moro struggle has always reflected profound geographic, ethnic, and political distinctions that no single institutional arrangement has adequately resolved.

Two Autonomous Regions: Correcting the Structural Fault in the Bangsamoro Peace Process

The past weeks have been full of headline grabbers. The revelations pertaining to former Speaker Martin Romualdez are nothing short of eye-poppers.

A Good Defense is the Best Offense

The Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea has been a work in progress among the eleven-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China through the years.

Code of Conduct in the SCS

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

OPINYON AT KATWIRAN

I AM BACK

(Un)Common Sense

VIEW FROM CALUMPANG

MARCHANISM MANIFESTO

SAMLANG

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