The first thing that my daughter wrote to her sisters while visiting Mexico early this year was how many Edu Manzano and Dayanara Torres look-alikes she had seen everywhere. Even the taxi-driver looked like Aga Muhlach, she gushed. And a woman behind the counter at a shopping mall could have been Charlene Gonzalez. The young … Read more
ABS-CBN’s The Inside Story showed an episode on Filipino dog eaters last Tuesday which left me wondering exactly why watching it became for my family such an offensive experience. My children, typically liberal and modern, are not normally squeamish about these things. But this time they were screaming. The camera shows a light brown native … Read more
The Davao City prosecutor’s office has dismissed the rape complaint of Karen Vertido, executive director of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, against businessman Jose Custodio, a former president of the same organization. The vote of the special panel of four fiscals who conducted the preliminary investigation was tied, 2-2, but Joel Hipe, … Read more
We thank Sarah for choosing to defend herself and suffer imprisonment rather than silently accept the degradation of being raped by her employer. We are grateful to Mansueto for showing that the Filipino is not just a spectator in the Olympics but can also win medals despite the absence of meaningful support for national athletes. … Read more