Let me write something about politics this time.Like many of the Filipinos who await the next political move of the President after her term ends next year, I am also curious about her plans. She can no longer run for the same position since the constitution of the country clearly bars any ..
Jeepney has been part of the consciousness of every ordinary Filipino. Unconsciously, it has helped us fashion our philosophy as individuals and as one nation. Some skeptics would raise an eyebrow and ask the inevitable “Why jeepney?” Simply put, tricycle and pedicab are not originally ..
It was a dusky Wednesday afternoon when we set off to a pilgrimage. The destination was not to the Mother, but to her Son. We were off to visit the Quiapo Church in Manila.In the very heart of shabby Old Manila, multitude of devotees pray to the Black Nazarene, a 400-year-old, darkened, wooden ..
"The Filipino looks at himself as one who feels, as one who wills, as one who thinks, as one who acts, as a total whole—as a 'person' conscious of his freedom, proud of his human dignity, and sensitive to the violation of these two."I am borrowing the kilometric line above from Mercado (1976) ..