YO! EXCUSE US WHILE WE ROT

Moron..er..more on the President: In his State of the Nation Address (SONA), Digong — extraneously, from out of the blue — harped on getting the Balangiga Bells back. Blunt as a thud: "Give us back those Balangiga bells! [applause] They are ours. [applause] They belong to the Philippines. [applause] They are part of our national …

THE SUNSET ON YOUR FACE

After Typhoon Nina's devastation of Iriga city, Irigueños were faced with an enormous task of clearing the place. Everyday tons of waste have to be dealt with. I watched from atop Ilian Hill this remarkable scene unfolds as everyone starts setting debris on fire: the whole city appears to go up in smoke! The following …

PHOTO ESSAY : PEOPLE OF THE PASIG

We can set the Pasig River as the standard by which we measure our urbanity. So that when the Danish International Development Agency declared this once pristine body of water "biologically dead" a long time ago, we can think just how much of our values as Filipinos have ran aground. And then there's the KBPIP …

FAREWELL, ADMIRAL

As early as June this year, I posted an alert message to the Manila Nostalgia community about an impending demolition job on the western section of the historic Manila Army Navy Club, the pool side. My warning received only a handful of sighs from fellow members. Along with this, Carlos Celdran (now Manila tourism consultant) …

PHOTOWALK IRIGA CITY

I was thinking how excellent it would be to have a Mexican hat on during photowalks in these scorching summer days. There is just no better buffer against the sun. Though none is available at the nearest cowboy shop right now. Globalization has yet to deliver one of those oversize sombreros here in the Philippines. …

THE OLD MAN AND THE STREAM