It is not often that sensible ideas come out of Senator Raffy Tulfo’s mouth, but sometimes, they do and we give him credit for this.

Raffy Tulfo hits PIGO and POGO

And then, there is this case of a pretty teacher who got pregnant by her boyfriend and lost her teaching job in a private, probably Catholic, school in Bohol.  Both the girl and the boyfriend were single at that time but the pregnancy happened outside of marriage, which caused serious discomfiture for the school management.

The unmarried pregnant teacher 

After a lengthy case buildup, the DOJ has  indicted 30 police officers, including two generals, for making fake arrests and planting evidence during a drug-raid simulation in October 2022.

Shining moment for Benhur Abalos

Unlike her father, Vice President Sara Duterte is known to be frank, candid, and a person of her word, which is often terse.  When she says something, you can bet your last peso that she means it.  Her unflinching character had been tested before when she was mayor and/or vice mayor of Davao City.  She has no qualms about physically engaging with a sheriff on issues such as demolition of homes of poor residents in the city.  Remember the slapping incident in Davao?

Understanding Sara

Candidates in Philippine elections are not disposed to file cases in court against survey firms which gave them a raw deal. 

Election survey blues

 Among the old-timers in showbiz, if we limit it to the female, you can say Vilma Santos is the most lucky, with Sharon Cuneta taking second place.


  Vilma Santos should have been there

"If all the mayors and governors of Mindanao are like him, the security and peace and order problems in the South would be greatly lessened, if not totally eradicated."

Joeben:  Aklan's peace-loving son

Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino need not spend for all those huge billboards along EDSA and the North and South Luzon Expressways.  My friend Senator Tol also need not spend for radio and TV plugs, all these will cost him and his donors millions of pesos.  And what do these commercials give him—the message imparted to the public is that he is running again as senator, a fact that is already known to many. 

Remember Francis Tol at every traffic light

It has been over a year now since Republic Act No. 11984 was enacted, and since then, it has benefited thousands of poor students whose poverty caused them to be late in paying their tuition and other school expenses.

Scrapping ‘No Permit, No Exams’

Sunshine has returned with the news that the government has completed deporting some 2,300 foreigners who used to work for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) that were closed by the authorities on orders of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Goodbye to POGOs

VIEW FROM CALUMPANG Column Diego Cagahastian and Raffy Sarnate

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