Formation by Gary Olivar
1Sambayan
"Is this another Otso Diretso in the making?' My prayers and condolences go out first to Henry “Big...
Courage
"Five hundred years of the Church" Let me start with a salute to the late Horace Gillego, a fraternity...
The myth of imperialism
"The CPP/NPA/NDF: A national disgrace" The other week, I wrote about how the DILG-led drive to relax the Constitutional...
The ‘middle kingdom’ reaches out
"Tapping a trillion-dollar market" Last Sunday, some half a million doses of the Chinese vaccine Sinovac were airlifted into...
Cleaning up after Cory
"Can we use 1.6 million new jobs?" Last week I called out PNB for its six-month delay in cleaning...
Paging PNB
"Try to be in church for the ashes." Right on cue, the anti-COVID task force yesterday handed over...
‘Independent Republic of Diliman’
"Whence this overweening self-importance?" I’ve been through four UP graduations (from grade school to grad school). Nonetheless, I’ve held...
Week-end docs
Let me first thank former President and Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for keynoting the launch last Friday of the monthly...
Victims and heroes
"Second thoughts about the Party line" People sometimes ask me to talk about my experiences during the unruly years...
Keep your powder dry
"How do you solve a problem like Rodrigo?" Last week I had the privilege—again—of testifying before the House...
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