Former Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago will be brought to her final resting place on October 2, Sunday, at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City. This is in fulfillment of her wish to be buried next to her late son Alexander, who died in 2003. Santiago
(Updates, 6:30 AM) Typhoon “Helen” (international name “Megi”) may already be on its way out of the Philippine area of responsibility or PAR, but it continues to enhance the southwest monsoon or habagat which in turn causes occassional heavy rains in many provinces in the
Filipino Muslims will be joining their brothers and sisters around the world in observing Amun Jadid or the Islamic New Year this October 3, Monday. Amun Jadid marks the first day of the first lunar month of Muharram. It is one of the five Muslim holidays observed in
In the first part of this two-part post, The Filipino Scribe discussed the untenable nature of Yasay’s appointment as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (likening it to a “seat-warmer”) and how it greatly clouded his first three months on the job. Now, it is being rumored
It must be emphasized that from the start, President Rodrigo Duterte has essentially admitted that Secretary Perfecto Yasay is a mere seat-warmer at the helm of Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). During the campaign season, Duterte repeatedly said that if Senator Alan Cayetano wins as
Habang pababa ako sa footbridge ng UP Ayala Technohub kahapon, nakita ko ang isang matandang babae na namamalimos at may dalang bag na puno ng mga plastik na bote. Malakas ang ulan kaya hindi pa muna ako sumakay pauwi. Dahil dito, nagkaroon ako ng pagkakataon
(TFS: This is the second of a two-part post. The first three reasons can be read in this link.) 4) He mired generations of Filipinos in billions in foreign debt While Marcos truly deserves credit for the infrastracture projects that were built during his time, we
Senator Leila de Lima was unceremoniously ousted as the Chair of the Senate Justice Committee Monday night. De Lima’s removal came after fellow neophyte Senator Manny Pacquiao filed a motion that her position be declared vacant. Sixteen senators approved the move. Only four of her
Department of Education Secretary Leonor Briones once again reiterated that the country’s public school system desperately needs more teachers especially for science and math-related subjects. Speaking during a recent budget hearing before the House of representatives, Briones said that DepEd is ready to hire 30,000
The country is so politically polarized nowadays that you can’t express anti-Marcos sentiments without being tagged as pro-Aquino (aka “yellowtard”) and vice versa. Is it not possible to see that both camps have their respective virtues and flaws? Cause you know, the world does not exist