Saturday, April 27, 2013

Joe Arreuges

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Joe Arrueges of Calauag, Quezon Our personal encounters were few and far between. The first one I recall was in the late 70s when he w...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

stories in my head.... A Leap in the Dark

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PhilStar October 30, 2008: "Among the eight recipients in Southern Tagalog were Elenita Ermita-Buhain of Batangas, daughter of Execu...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

stories in my head, part twenty five

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CALL ME NAYBI…. ERAP Y ENRILE Gift of the Magi “The purpose of any political organization is to get money from the gamblers…”  W...

stories in my head, part twenty four

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THE INDEPENDENCE OF PAQUITO OCHOA Twenty four months into the first term of the sitting President, visible cracks have formed betwe...

stories in my head, part twenty three

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MOST Law is the new THE FIRM The current impasse between the PCSO Board and the Office of the ES is meant to benefit Vice President Jej...

stories in my head, part twenty two

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Economies of Scale: The Family that Runs Together Ever since the Dutertes fielded a Daughter and Father team in the local elections in ...

stories in my head, part twenty one

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"this is where we live" THE LEAKING ROOF In no time at all, they passed the Local Government Code in 1991. That was just w...
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stories in my head, part twenty

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APECO: ANOTHER DYNASTY GONE BAD Suddenly it dawned on us that the  APECO law  is poised to kill hundreds of people in Aurora. By the e...

stories in my head, part nineteen

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Ayos! WHO AXED GWEN GARCIA Its Garcia-Davide all over again in Cebu comes 2013. The last time they met, the son of the former Chief ...

stories in my head, part eighteen

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A Local Cosa Nostra PALACE CONNECTION In the aftermath of the Atimonan Massacre that saw 13 persons dead, attention is now focused a...

stories in my head, part seventeen

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Ang Magkatunggali sa 2016 BREAKING UP, PART THREE Scheming Old Man Willie Enverga, the grand patriarch of the Enverga dynasty trie...

stories in my head, part sixteen

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ROORBACK  “No Person other than a Rider may use a whip on a horse, or otherwise strike it in any way, while it is under the control of t...

stories in my head, part fifteen

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"Tuloy ang Hanapbuhay natin sa Port Irene, Darling!" THE TESTOSTERONE OF JPE At 89, JPE is still in his elements: fighting...

stories in my head, part fourteen

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"Sundalong Bahao" SUNDALONG KANIN Kababata ko si Menandro Tanteo. Bag-as ang pangangatawan at maguilas kung kumilos. Sa ...

stories in my head, part thirteen

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Kuya Wayu at si Batch GASGAS SA TUHOD Alas siete ng umaga ng sabihin ni Patricia na tumuloy ako sa Filinvest-Alabang. Naruon daw sil...

stories in my head, part twelve

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TABI SA KALULUWA Madalas sabihin ito ang aking Inang Matanda kapag may paglalarawang may katangian sa isang hayop ang taong paksa ng k...
Saturday, April 14, 2012

stories in my head, partly

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SUBTLY CASHING IN Anecdotal evidence has it that there is one family in the media particularly in print and broadcast journalism that ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

stories in my head, part eleven

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STOOGE GMA and the Man from Oragon Country Before he plunged into politics, Edcel Lagman was an excellent litigator. His old law fi...

stories in my head, part ten

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ang babae sa likod ng jeep “BUENDIA” pa rin ang nakapaskil sa Bus na patungong Gil Puyat Avenue sa Makati. Matagal na ring bago ang ...

stories in my head, part nine

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A VICE GOVERNOR’S DEADEND Vice Governor Kulit Alcala and John Tumbas Manipis Bello Reflected glory is all the vice governor has, ...
Monday, March 26, 2012

stories in my head, part eight

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BENCH NOMINEE It was a quite day in the office. With only his secretary pounding on her keypad when the landli...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

stories in my head, part seven

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I AM MANOLO LOPEZ His driver now takes the initiative of opening his door once the Volvo stops to dislodge him. From the darkened rear ...

stories in my head, part twenty six

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LA PAMPAGUENA Sedated, and before he lapsed into induced coma, Ferdinand Marcos ordered the Sikorsky pilot to bring him to Paoay. His g...

stories in my head, part twenty seven

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IT'S THE DYNASTIES, STUPID! The consequent condemnations of the 57 deaths were furious and unforgiving. Even the government’s react...

stories in my head, part twenty eight

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just deserts in her MEMOIRS Gloria Macapagal Arroyo no doubt ranks as one of the most vilified Presidents of this country. Surveys afte...

stories in my head, part six

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You can’t remember sex. You can remember the fact of it, and recall the setting, and even the details, but the sex of the sex c...

stories in my head, part twenty nine "DEATH BE NOT PROUD"

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Death be not proud , though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so, For, those, whom thou think’st, thou...