I saw Avatar; I see you.
[SPOILER Alert: There may be some discussion in this review that refers to specifics in the movie being reviewed. You have been warned.]
Today, December 30, is the commemoration of Filipino National Hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s death at the hands of Spanish colonizers more than a century ago. Rizal’s martyrdom formed part of the impetus [...]
Smoking a Joint (Session)
I was faced with a not-so-Constitutional question two days ago, on the eve of the Philippine Congress announcing that a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall be conducted to review President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Proclamation No. 1959, declaring a state of Martial Law and suspending the privilege of the Writ of [...]
Making Martial Law Sexy
If at the start of reading this your eyebrow is already raised at the seeming irreverence of placing the words “Martial Law” and “Sexy” in the same phrase, then I trust that neither shall you find the prevailing situation in Maguindanao, Philippines any more comfortable.
The November 23, 2009 gruesome gangland-style mass execution of fifty seven [...]
