Bayani Fernando and the 2010 Presidential Elections

It is no doubt that Bayani Fernando is one of those rare politicians and government officials who got ‘political will’ when its all about implementing the rules. As a Marikina resident, we owe it all to BF and his successor, wife Marides Fernando why Marikina is considered to be one of the greenest cities and [...]

There was NOISE and then… SILENCE

A few weeks back, Metro Manila streets were filled of all sorts of protest rallies, even the Internet is filled with love-hate ramblings against the current President GMA. And then it happened… the Church suddenly went soft of its stance, the staunchest Archbishop critics backed-off a bit. Lozada was still all over town, but media [...]

One peaceful, crimeless Manila night

The other day while I was driving very early in the morning on my way to Makati, I was tuned in on my favorite AM Radio station for the usual news and current events stuff. This one Radio reporter made his regular rounds around Manila area to scour for crime news much to his disappointment, [...]

If you would be Senator for a day…

I was blog hopping a lot of politically-themed posts lately, mostly from fellow Pinoy Bloggistas, and it occurred on me this very interesting question: If given the chance to be a Senator, even for just a day, what would you do? If the same question is thrown at me, I would act on the following [...]

Quo vadis, Banana Republic?

The recent events that hounded the current Presidency led to many people once again out on the streets calling for Pres. Gloria Arroyo to resign. Since the time (over 22 years ago) that Filipinos removed a supposed ‘dictator’ from office – through a non-violent revolt popularly called “People Power”, people have used the streets and [...]