Presidents Donald Trump and Rodrigo Duterte have both been accused of criminal behavior, the former…
Baguio City is one of the genuine tourism treasures of the Philippines. But for those…
The wedding of Prince Harry and bi-racial TV star, Meghan Markle, is a milestone in…
No, this is not a new movie version of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic, All Quiet on…
TO be inducted into the Order of the National Artists of the Philippines (Pambansang Alagad…
I’m one of the few who have never been to Boracay, so I won’t know what…
IN a moment of pique, I recently posted on social media that I always thought…
On April 7, at the historic Presidio in San Francisco, surviving Filipino World War II…
According to critics, President Donald Trump is not just a racist, he is also a…
The election of President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016 raised hopes of a clean, corruption-free government…
If EDSA has become known as “carmageddon” (or the Armageddon of cars) because of the…
A FEW weeks ago, I posted on Facebook two anti-drug abuse ads that I created…
It is said that if hindsight is a perfect science, that makes scientists of our…
ADVERTISING is one indicator of changes in lifestyle, social mores, fashion and language. One such…
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s self-serving assertion that any unflattering media reports about…
CURRENT developments in the Philippines are bringing back the specter of martial law. President Rodrigo…
Whenever a major corruption scandal or a heinous crime exploded in the public sphere, oldtimers…
I was 5 years old when Gen. Douglas MacArthur made good on his promise to…
DURING the Philippine revolution against Spain, the Katipunan had two mutually-hostile factions: the Magdiwang of…
There is no doubt in my mind that Manny Pacquiao won against Australian Jeff Horn.…
IT looks like we will not yet see the end of the speculation and argument…
TAGALOGS have a term for approaching or solving a problem:santong dasalan or the soft, diplomatic way…
President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent “friendly exchange” with Chinese President Xi Jinping over rights to exploit…
Social media have been abuzz over a tweet attributed to Dr. Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur…
President Rodrigo Duterte has been invited by President Donald Trump to the United States. I…
The usual skeptics have dismissed as pie-in-the-sky the recent announcement concerning the “infrastructure boom” that…
THE current deadly “game of chicken” being undertaken by the U.S., under President Donald Trump,…
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has accused media, specifically the Philippine Daily Inquirer and ABS-CBN, of being…
SOME years ago, I was asked to create an ad campaign to debunk the argument…
MY late boss, Tony de Joya, chairman of Adverting & Marketing Associates, had a classic…