Angelo Reyes, former defense secretary and Chief of Energy, passed away this morning. He reportedly committed suicide at the Loyola Memorial Park, shooting himself in the chest. He was visiting his mother’s grave with his sons and a bodyguard. He reportedly asked his sons to go ahead and wait for him in the car when [...]

A party list representative here in the Philippines, Eulogio Magsaysay, called a ground attendant of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) a “menopausal bitch”. His reason? Ground attendant Sarah Bonnin Ocampo refused to give in to the request/demand of the solon for a change in seats so he’d be closer to his son. The flight was full [...]

I wonder if the Department of Tourism secretary understands this concept. Command responsibility. His undersecretary resigned because of the Tourism slogan brouhaha. Isn’t the right thing to do would be for him to resign as well? He is the boss. How come he didn’t know that his undersecretary went overbudget with the slogan program? How [...]

Filipinos everywhere: may dating ba sa inyo ang bagong slogan ng Department of Tourism? Pilipinas Kay Ganda. At first glance, foreigners won’t even know what it means! I wonder if tourists will be ‘lured’ to the country by this slogan. It’s just so blah! I remember a period about a month or so ago in [...]

I was supposed to write about the Quirino Grandstand hostage drama that took place last Monday. It killed 8 Hongkong nationals and the hostage taker himself. It was a sad day not only for the victims and their kin but also for each one of the us Filipinos here and abroad. It was evil and [...]

I am really starting to get annoyed with ABS-CBN news programs need for sensationalism. They are going overboard on their “exclusives”! I understand that it’s their way of attracting viewers aside from providing “information”. But I do think it’s overkill most of the time! There’s the torture video that they kept on showing again and [...]

Government offices tend to give you a headache when you try to call them up for information. Most of the personnel are either grouchy or just plain rude! I’ve encountered my fair share in some of the popular government agencies and GOCC’s for the past couple of years and I must say that with three [...]

According to the news, more and more minors are getting involved in crimes. The Alabang Boys, Jason Ivler, Ivan Padilla and his gang, Snake gang and so many others. Most of the kids involved in high profile crimes are even kids from rich families. An expert was interviewed about it and she said that this [...]