Friday, March 19, 2010

YES, VIRGINIA, THERE ARE SUCH THINGS AS MERMAIDS AND MERMEN, TIKBALANG, KAPRE, WITCHES, FORTUNE-TELLERS, AND MAGICIANS
Alexander Martin Remollino

Yes, Virginia, there are such things as mermaids and mermen, tikbalang, kapre, witches, fortune-tellers, and magicians. In fact they abound and thrive in this sad republic where to love entertainment as an addict loves opium, LSD or some other mind-bending drug has been the fashion for generation upon generation... READ FULL POEM

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

KUNG ANG KULAY MO MA'Y HINDI NAKASISILAW
Alexander Martin Remollino

Kung ang kulay mo ma'y hindi nakasisilaw,
huwag kang tumungo't magtakip ng mukha... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULA

Friday, March 05, 2010

BRAWNER'S BEST IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH
Alexander Martin Remollino

Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Public Information Office is hoodwinking the public when he says that AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Victor Ibrado is ordering the transfer of the 43 health workers collectively known as the Morong 43 to a Philippine National Police (PNP) facility, even as they have supposedly communicated their desire to remain at the military’s Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal, where they are now detained. He is trying to make the AFP and its chief of staff appear more magnanimous than they actually are... READ FULL ARTICLE
GOV'T VIOLATES ELECTION LAWS BY FIELDING OWN PARTY-LIST GROUPS
Alexander Martin Remollino

Catholic priest Fr. Joe Dizon, convener of the anti-fraud and election monitoring group Kontra Daya, raised hell earlier this week over the Commission on Elections’s (Comelec) accreditation of a partylist group that is, by its own declaration, a project initiated by an official of the Arroyo administration and a prominent ally of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Father Dizon said the Comelec should not have accredited the partylist group that calls itself Batang Iwas Droga (Bida or Kids Avoiding Drugs), and called for the group’s disqualification from the May 2010 elections.

Bida describes itself in its website as “the brainchild” of Ephraim Genuino, chairman of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor). The Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) and the Department of Education (DepEd) are Pagcor’s project partners in Bida... READ FULL ARTICLE