There was once a great wood in the kingdom of King Brand, full of all kinds of game. One day, the King sent a hunter into the wood, but the hunter never returned. Worried, the King sent two more hunters after the first, but they didn’t come back either. On the third day, full of […]
The declaration of MECQ in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces has closed down COMELEC offices in the affected areas. This has led to the suspension of the issuance of Voter Certifications in those areas. Voter Registration, expected to resume in September anyway, remains suspended. In case any clarifications or additional details are needed, everyone is […]
Welcome to this Library of Misremembered Stories. This is an idea that’s been knocking around in my head for quite a while now – or when I first read about Lucien’s Library of Unfinished Stories, to be more precise. A creation of Neil Gaiman, the idea that all the unfinished stories we dream up are […]
There was once a colony of mice that, for as long as anyone could remember, had lived in fear of the cat that patrolled the corridors of the house, silent as the wind, deadly as murder. Ikus, the mice whispered the name with terror and trembling as they scampered about snatching food where they could. […]
Late Sunday night, the President addressed the nation and declared that the National Capital Region (NCR), Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, and Bulacan would be placed back under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ), from August 4 to 18. One of the main features of MECQ is that government offices remain open. Agencies and instrumentalities of the government, […]
Well now. Look who spoke too soon. LOL All things considered, this is one of those times when I really don’t mind being wrong. There’s lots to unpack in the President’s address last night, but the main takeaway, of course, is that NCR is back on MECQ. The good news is that this won’t be […]
I was one of those impatient for NCR to slip into MECQ and then GCQ; I was one of those who went huzzah, when GCQ finally happened; and yes, I was also one of those dreading a return to stricter grades of Q. But then, this and this. And now, despite this, I’m think that […]
Commissioner Resurrecion Z. Borra, or Comm Rex as he was called by almost everyone in the COMELEC, was talked about in awed tones. Like he was legend. It was a reputation he deserved. Borra was one of the original 400 lawyers of the COMELEC who served as field officers in the earliest days of the […]
Commissioner Resurrecion Z. Borra, or Comm Rex as he was called by almost everyone in the COMELEC, was talked about in awed tones. Like he was legend. It was a reputation he deserved. Borra was one of the original 400 lawyers of the COMELEC who served as field officers in the earliest days of the […]
The outrage machine is well oiled, fueled, and running well, as the experience of a ‘barkada’ of white boys shows. Apparently, a bunch of white kids got together, started a bar and called it Barkada, fully cognizant that it was a Tagalog word referring to a close-knit group of friends. This seemed to them a […]