Romeo Jalosjos has been making headlines again lately. He has a heart problem and says that his health condition is sufficient justification for his release from prison via … [Read more...]
Time Asia magazine, heroes and heroism
September 27, 2005 By
There are two ongoing (heated) discussions in my weblog (www.houseonahill.net). One is on heroes and heroism, and the other one is on poverty. The discussion thread on heroes … [Read more...]
Marcos, Arroyo and Martial Law
September 22, 2005 By
Is the Arroyo government really similar to the Marcos’ martial law regime? I. For starters, the Marcos government was called authoritarian for a reason. He was called the … [Read more...]
Junk food, schools and our kids’ health education
September 20, 2005 By 2 Comments
As published in my Op-ed column in Manila Standard Today A few days ago, BBC News reported that in California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed a law banning … [Read more...]
Mapo tofu
September 18, 2005 By 10 Comments
The first time I cooked mapo tofu, I used Lee Kum Kee's ready made sauce. Too spicy for my kids. By cooking the dish from scratch--no ready made sauce--I could adjust the … [Read more...]
Espionage, sovereignty & privacy
September 15, 2005 By
Michael Ray Aquino, who skipped the country at the height of the Kuratong Baleleng rubout scandal, was arrested in the U.S. for espionage along with Leandro Aragoncillo, a … [Read more...]
Representative democracy
September 13, 2005 By
If there is anything that should please us Filipinos about the current political turmoil in the country, it is the chance to see politics for what it really is. More … [Read more...]
Anti-climactic; hardly orgasmic
September 8, 2005 By
I watched most of the Congress’ plenary session from Monday evening to Tuesday morning. In fact, I was blogging about the debates in real time. But when the voting began and … [Read more...]
Corruption is the problem, not jueteng
September 6, 2005 By
I’m trying to make sense of Malacañang’s directive that all jueteng activities must stop by September 15th. I’m trying to reconcile it with all the information from the … [Read more...]
The parallel agenda
September 1, 2005 By
About of hyperacidity was the reason I missed the live coverage of Tuesday’s drama in the House justice committee hearings. It wasn’t until late that night that I had a … [Read more...]
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