Sorry Lord

My Dear God,
This is the second night that Ifailed You. Please forgive me Lord. I am such a weakling. I am a lukewarm Christian. Please do not leave Your humble creation. I need You, my God, my saviour.
Please forgive me.
I pray this in the name of my God Jesus Christ. Amen

Reduce Their Travels

It is a shame that in the Philippines, a country populated by more than a million poor people, government officials developed a penchant of spending taxpayer’s money in traveling in and out of the country.
 
In light of the scandal of the so-called PNP “euro general” Eliseo de la Paz, the travels made by government officials [...]

Of Expensive Travels and Dilapidated Precincts

The recent scandal regarding the Euro Generals of the Philippine National Police (PNP) revealed a nasty policy of its administrators. The scandal showed how the generals and its officers used the PNP as a funding institution for their foreign vacation/travels under the guise of official seminars and forums.
 
In our town, a tarpaulin proudly announces the [...]

Tear Down the Billboards

Advertisers haunt us everywhere, and our streets are not exempted from their haunting. The highways of the Metro are filled with billboards that proved to be eyesores to the public. As an alternative to the commercially dull skies and clouds, advertisers happily placed big tarpaulin prints of celebrities, eye-catching images, and politicians inviting us to [...]

Negotiating with the Right People?

After being junked by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional, the issue regarding MOA-AD and BJE will be taken by the MILF into the international arenas like the International Court of Justice and the Organization of Islamic Countries. Their central committee also claimed that they would not assure that some of their field commanders would not [...]

Help the Beggars

I couldn’t look at them straight in the eye. Most of the times, I keep myself from giving them alms and argue with myself against helping the syndicate that uses them.

There are hordes of them in Manila, Quezon City, actually in every city that I went to. Even Davao City is not spared of their [...]

Fighting Over Trash

One’s trash is another person’s treasure, as one saying goes. But in the municipality of Rodriguez (Montalban) in Rizal province, trash is the source of power as well.
 
In the past days, the sanitary landfill located in the town became the center of political showdown between Montalban mayor Pedro Cuerpo and Rizal governor Jun Ynares. Video [...]

Say What?

Ombra Kato of MILF finally shown his face in the public, although via video. As with any contemporary rebel leader, he defiantly rebuked the government. He said that he would continue the fight against the military and urged that is group is not a terrorist group. He claimed that he is just protecting Muslim civilians [...]