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Bad education

December 15, 2024 - 12:00am

Such incredible grit and resolve.

Christmas rut

by Joseph Gonzales - December 8, 2024 - 12:00am

Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries have crowned their winners for word of the year.

Que Sara, Sara

by Joseph Gonzales - December 1, 2024 - 12:00am

Oh, Sara. Must you telegraph everything you’re doing?

Penal shaft

by Joseph Gonzales - November 24, 2024 - 12:00am

Much has been theorized about why VP Sara Duterte has chosen to hole away in Congress for the weekend --and possibly until New Year!

Brat Collins

by Joseph Gonzales - November 17, 2024 - 12:00am

We must invite the Collins Dictionary folks here, if they’re not already here. Their top picks for word of the year are strangely apt for the local setting --it’s as if they were all digital nomads in...

Kamala kazoo

by Joseph Gonzales - November 10, 2024 - 12:00am

America has spoken. And boy, did we find out a lot about America.

Storm watch

October 27, 2024 - 12:00am

Yet another tropical storm, yet another disaster.

Treats from hell

by Joseph Gonzales - October 20, 2024 - 12:00am

The vice president has mounted a frontal attack against the president.

Typhoon signal

by Joseph Gonzales - October 13, 2024 - 12:00am

The weatherman, true to his name, controls the weather.

Spies R Us

by Joseph Gonzales - October 6, 2024 - 12:00am

There are spies amongst us? How thrilling.

Plunder girl

by Joseph Gonzales - September 29, 2024 - 12:00am

It’s not going to be impeachment that Sara should be scared about. It should be plunder.

Peachy-peachy-coup

by Joseph Gonzales - September 22, 2024 - 12:00am

So will she or won’t she? Be impeached, that is.

X-rated

by Joseph Gonzales - September 8, 2024 - 12:00am

It’s a long time away from my Sanrio days, when Lala and Kiki dominated our Greenhills shopping (for originals, not knock-offs from Divisoria, mind you). It’s also been a long time since I started huffing...

Script fail

by Joseph Gonzales - September 1, 2024 - 12:00am

The political weapon has been unsheathed: impeachment. Merely whispered in hushed conversations, and denied frequently by functionaries of varying persuasiveness, Rep. France Castro has now openly articulated impeachment...

The ten-mil reason

by Joseph Gonzales - August 25, 2024 - 12:00am

Ten million pesos matters, apparently. Or does it?

ICC this way comes

August 5, 2024 - 12:00am

The turnaround isn’t surprising. Given the gradual stripping away of the layers of invincibility around the Duterte famille, it’s actually predictable.

Resigned Sara

by Joseph Gonzales - June 23, 2024 - 12:00am

Why did Sara resign?

Alice in Bambanland

by Joseph Gonzales - June 9, 2024 - 12:00am

Who is Alice Leal Guo?

His guilt is writ

by Atty. Joseph Gonzales - June 2, 2024 - 12:00am

Friday morning brought with it some electrifying news that quickly jolted me out of sleep: Trump is guilty.

Not really me?

May 19, 2024 - 12:00am

Me Too is a phenomenon that rippled worldwide, with women who started speaking out about sexual abuse. Men were abusing women even in developed countries, and women, despite the advances made by their society in...

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