I read this line from a story at the Inquirer yesterday which made me think deeply.  In this era of internet when everybody can speak about their stories and make it appear like they were based on history, I told myself there seems to be many pasts and many histories. But a historian would always refute this, saying there is only one history.

Only one past, but many histories

In most countries—big or small—it is not wrong to ask where the leader, president or prime minister is.  Simply asking it—in newspapers, radio or TV broadcasts, podcasts or vlogs and blogs-- does not constitute violating the national security code. Unless of course you belong to a known terrorist camp, who have hidden agenda to kill, maim or make the head disappear through violence—that then is a national security threat.

So, locating the President is now a ‘national threat?’

The practice of evidence planting and torturing by policemen have predates the regime of former President Duterte—when cops and soldiers were given virtual impunity to do as they please in his drug war.

Hooray, court penalizes cop for evidence planting, torturing

Not that their utterances don’t make sense, but they are said at the wrong time in the wrong context, almost always.

Two lawmakers who people don’t take seriously

Some people—who have had COVID-19 in the early months of the pandemic—think that they are immune enough to be brave and mindless of risk of re-infection so they go their easy way and dropping health protocols.

Beware of Repeat COVID infections

Making the wearing of face masks optional among primary and secondary grade students is quite irresponsible and reckless.

Reckless DepEd

Like I have been saying in the past months, those supposed supply shortages are artificial, man-made and are products of greedy people. If you go to the farms, you can see stocks that could feed an entire nation yet are not being brought directly to marketplaces but are hoarded to force prices up.

DA must use its powers vs. onion hoarders

The hyperbole was intended to show that the current president—from his admission and based on his travel record in just five months in office—is absolutely the most traveling chief executive. Of course, taxpayers must mind because each travel entails a huge entourage—from his office alone, from the RTVM, the Malacanang Press Office, Protocol, the legislators, immediate family members, the press office, the Cabinet and business delegation and so many hangers on. Each travel entails chartering one PAL flight and accommodating the entourage in hotels and transportation and so forth.

The 'traveling-est' President

During budget debates of executive departments at the Senate hard issues and the ineptness of departments are exposed and the budgets they are seeking are scrutinized if they deserve to get such amounts.

The senate budget debates

Last November 5, a newspaper reported that nearly 4,000 students contracted COVID since September 1—considering that the mandated face-to-face classes have not started yet.

Going too easy too soon

The Bare Truth column by OpinYon News columnist, Rose De La Cruz.

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