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First day jitters

by Joseph Gonzales - January 26, 2025 - 12:00am

It’s just the first week of his reign, and here we are already gasping.

Thoughts for prayers

by Joseph Gonzales - January 19, 2025 - 12:00am

The day this goes to print, that’s the day before chaos.

Sucker bird

by Joseph Gonzales - January 12, 2025 - 12:00am

In big news, Facebook/Meta has announced that it will stop fact-checking posts on its site.

Security treat

by Atty. Joseph Gonzales - January 5, 2025 - 12:00am

The first week of the year promised more fireworks, with an opening salvo from the camp of Bongbong Marcos.

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.

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