I was really hoping something like this would happen  with a post on the outstanding Filipino Voices website  last January entitled, The Vice Presidency As a Sword of Damocles. In what I believe to be a brilliant and laudable political move, SENATOR FRANCIS “KIKO” PANGILINAN has just announced his intention to run for [...]

Mother’s Day 2009 will always be remembered by the members of my family, including my 96 year old Mama-in-Law  as the day we met the great Filipino Champion and Hero, Manny “the PacMan” Pacquiao at dinner.  At the Prince Albert in the Hotel Intercontinental last Sunday evening, he ordered French wine, the Salad Scallope, Grilled [...]

Bad poetry can be so sincere.  So  sincere.  It only looks like  poetry because of the paragraphing. When the lyrics do not match the melody, and the sound clashes with the sense, versifying the odd pair is like putting curlers on a poodle.   If the latter is motivated by an inner self-loathing, then the [...]

Every generation of human beings forgets the lessons of Freedom won by their ancestors. This seems to happen in fairly short order right after a people have liberated themselves from a fascist dictator and tyrant like Ferdinand Marcos. If Filipino Voices stands for anything, and inspite of any differences of opinion we may [...]

Why do we blog, if not to be copied?
Why do we blog, if not to be linked?
Why do we blog, if not to be admired?
Why do we blog, if not to be remembered?
Why do we blog, if not to infect others,
In a mutual contagion,
With the ideas that we love?
Yet the heart has reasons
That reason knows [...]