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Episode 10: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Willie?
For the past few days I’ve been weighing the issues surrounding the Jan-Jan macho dancing incident on Willie Revillame’s show. Since the proper agencies have already stepped in and have proceeded with...
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Episode 11: The Red Ribbon Army
When I first heard of the term “Red Ribbon Army” being used in recent news, what immediately came to mind was this: So when I found out that it was actually something coined for the CBCP’s campaign...
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Episode 12: Responding to the Varsitarian, and How the Anti-RH Bill Position...
Ah, Varsitarian, you can’t possibly be serious. Years ago, you destroyed your credibility to the academic and journalist world by publishing your “14 Horsemen” editorial, calling out the Ateneo...
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Episode 13: Biggest Reason to Save Our Seas
For all the years I’ve been going to Albay and Sorsogon, I’d never gone to Donsol and actually went whale shark watching. Until this past May. If you’ve never seen one, all I can tell you is that words...
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Episode 16: Interlude – The One-Liners Blog Post
Today was going to be another regular day at law school – until my gout said, “Not so fast, bruddah!” And faster than you can say “Arcoxia,” I’m lying in bed resting my otherwise bloated knee. I know...
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Episode 17: The Year That Was, And How The Times They Are A’Changin
(Yes, I know I said I’d work on Part 2 of the divorce piece – and in fact it’s finished – but recent events made me reconsider putting that out as the next entry, or even at all. So for the time being,...
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Episode 18: Lines in the sand
I’m not entirely sure how to make sense of all this. I get that the good Bishops are knee-jerking to the SWS survey and tripping over themselves to “prove” the surveys wrong. I understand that there’s...
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Episode 19: Dear Candidate
Dear Candidate, Why shouldn’t I vote for you? Before you respond, allow me to set the parameters of this question. It is a question meant to test your personal clarity. It is meant to test how well...
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Episode 20: Clarity
When I made the decision to enter law school 3 years ago, it wasn’t an easy one to make. I was earning very well in the job I left, and going back to school meant giving up work so I could focus. Liam...
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Episode 21: The One-Liners Blog Post, Part Deux
(AKA: Cleaning Out My Mental Table) Still trying to get settled down on the new 1st semester schedule, so no real writing groove yet. Sure, there’s Episode 20, but that was more of a knee-jerk thing...
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Episode 22: Chris Benoit
Today is June 25, 2013. Six years ago, around this same time, I was in a taxi on my way to Manila from the night shift. The driver was, naturally, tuned into an AM station, so I was surprised when the...
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Episode 24: Scumbag Binay (and BONUS: Episode 25 preview!)
It’s one thing for a local official to be epal. It’s another thing for a national official to be epal. Still another thing for party list organizations to be epal. But when Vice President Jejomar Binay...
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Episode 26: Hijacked
Vendors selling their anti-pork wares at the Million People March in Ayala. Photo c/o @MayTinaMoran. Yes, I did say in Ep. 24 that I would put up some Napoles meme images in Episode 25. That was the...
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Episode 27: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad BIEN?
Well, maybe the better question is, “Who’s ever heard of the big, bad BIEN?” As of this writing, I have a grand total of 3 offhand remarks, saying they’ve never heard of the BPO Industry Employees...
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Episode 28: Almost A Rage Post
For those of you who follow me on Twitter (and if you don’t, you can do so at http://www.twitter.com/raggster <yes, that was a shameless plug, get over it>), you know that I generally follow only...
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Episode 30: Constitutional
A picture of the Pro-RH Law rally in Baguio that waited for the SC decision. Photo from inquirer.net – http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/files/2014/04/rh-bill-0408.jpg “The Court, after scrutiny of the...
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Episode 31: Topsy Turvy
In a Blogwatch article, I discussed the actions of Pio Mijares, the Ateneo de Naga student who was recently arrested for disrupting the celebration rites of our Independence Day last June 12. See what...
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Blogwatch Presents: A Modest Proposal on Campus Forums and Symposiums
This past Sept. 17, Secretary Florencio Abad was a guest speaker at a forum on the 2015 Budget, held in the University of the Philippines College of Economics. As accounts would have it, members of the...
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Episode 34: Act Like Adults
Happy New Year to all! I missed writing on this blog. (In fact I missed it so much I forgot my password and had to go through account recovery.) 2015 was… meh. Between the bar review and the bar exam...
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Episode 44: Atrocities
First, a history lesson. Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe At Night – By Drrcs15 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (or as it is known by its shorter name, the...
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