THE FORGOTTEN ART OF SHOE SHINING

I met Benny Rubosin on Labor Day, 2022 at the Malcolm Park in Baguio City, busy in his business of shoe shining. Unknown to many from the Millenial batch, a shoe shine boy does exactly just that: cleans, buffs, and waxes shoes. The last shoe shine boy I know is Elvis — a young man …

RETROSPECT: TRAILING THE LENISTERIA

I would rather have a government run like hell by Filipinos, than a government run like hell by social media. May 7, 2022. My brother offered me a a pair of carpet slippers as I stepped in to his hotel room the night Leni Robredo's Miting de Avance was in full swing down below along …

PICTURES: PADRE GARCIA LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET

Bullshit every step of the way. I meant cow dung, at the "Bakahan." Officially, the Padre Garcia Livestock Auction Market. Where thousands of farm animals from different places in the Philippines are hauled in for auction. Referred to as the "Cattle Trading Capital of the Philippines" Padre Garcia reopened the market after a two-month lockdown …

OVERTHROW

SUNDAY MASKS

PLAZA MIRANDA

We stand here together in the patio. For the most part, the stage setting for affairs of the church and the state; of indignation and proclamations. Also of con men and lawmen. Peddlers and beggars. Tarot readers and believers. Looking over, the Minor Basilica of Black Nazarene. We stand together amid social isolation, loneliness, and …