EGGPLANTS LACED WITH SPICES AND DIAMONDS

Lotlot, our helper, said there was no fish available in the neighborhood flea market. I immediately scoured the weather in my mind and asked...

Think You Can Wait Video (Win Win) - The National

Great new music from my most favorite new band. It is a song the band made for the independent film "Win Win" which stars Paul Gia...

The Phenomenology of James Bond Movies and The James Bond Character Itself

I WAS TUNED TO A JAMES BOND MOVIE the other night and caught it somewhere near its climactic end. I could not anymore tell what movie title ...

Gold-Skinned Creatures in Twilight

One day while darkness crept slowly into the night, I was in a hide-and-seek game when suddenly, as I looked into the area full of banana tr...

Pnoy Signs Landmark Framework Agreement with MILF

The government of President Noynoy Aquino ends today what is the last of the insurgencies that the country have suffered through the years b...

Of Absolute Certainty

I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING THESE DAYS ; or rather I have suddenly waked up to a realization that somehow becomes an elevating idea for me, o...

Bangsamoro Offers New Hope for Lasting Peace in Mindanao

Often, peace is the most difficult to attain in this world, especially involving insurgencies and rebellions within a sovereign territory, t...

Mumford & Sons New Album : Mumfordmania! Arrives with Babel

Folk rock is not British creation but it is huge in Great Britain, had a strong folk scene there for decades in fact, where for example folk...

Decriminalizing Libel: An Antidote to the Chilling Effect on Press Freedom

While Senator Edgardo Angara had yesterday made suggestion that the entire regime of libel laws should be abolished, thereupon decriminalizi...

Philippine Cybercrime Law Impedes Freedom of Speech, Might be Declared Unconstitutional

With online protest over the enactment of RA 10175 reaching a height with anonymous hackers maiming the websites of several major government...

The Killer's "Battle Born" Debuts at Number 3 in Billboard Top Albums Chart

The Killer’s “Battle Born” bursts into the market just today and debuts at #3 at the Billboard Top 200 Albums and every Killers fans should ...

The Dark Years : Martial Law Had Brought Havoc to this Nation

Today, September 21, marks the 40th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the Philippines. In 1972, former president Ferdinand E....

Keane Live in Manila

One of my favorite new bands is coming to Manila. Keane will render their soothing and extremely likeable music to local fans on October 2, ...

Philippine Cybercrime Law Punishes Online Libel, CyberSex Among Others

On September 12, President Aquino signed into law the “Philippines Cybercrime Bill” or Republic Act No. 10175 “AN ACT DEFINING CYBERCRIME, P...

Senator Trillanes May Have Been Back-Channeling for China, Says Senate President Enrile

It turns out that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV had been back-channeling for the Philippines for longer period than what was previously repor...

PNoy Taps Track II Diplomacy with Senator Trillanes as China Allows UN Resolution over Conflicts with Japan

Malacañang is opting for another tack in resolving the China-Philippines stand-off in the disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea as PNoy ...

Two Odd News: Snow on Mars and Shark Saves a Man

Clearly this would an odd post for this blog but I just could not help but write about it. Just this afternoon two very interesting news hug...

Soundgarden Comes Back with "King Animal"

Soundgarden, the superband from Seattle, Washington, pioneer and grandfathers of the Seattle sound, will finally end its hiatus with the upc...

American Idol Hires Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban for Season 12; American Idol Live Tour in Manila

Next season’s American Idol will almost have a completely new set of judges sitting on the panel along with only original mainstay Randy Jac...

Philippines Submits New West Philippine Sea Map to United Nations

The Philippines is apparently hell-bent in trying to establish territorial jurisdiction over the disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea. ...

IBTimes SportsNet Article: "Spain Needs to Learn from a Difficult Match Against Georgia"

This is my latest article for IBTimes SportsNet entitled : "Spain Needs to Learn from a Difficult Match Against Georgia" Gist of t...

Senator Sotto Did It Again!

I believe that Senator Vicente Sotto III should by now now fire his chief of staff. That should be the wisest action from a government offic...