While many of our fellow Filipinos wallow in hunger and poverty, ten prosecutors from the Office of the Ombusman spent 996,000 pesos for a 10-day “observation trip” to Denver, Colorado. Nothing wrong with that, since the US Justice department sponsored the group’s plane tickets and room accommodations while on “study leave”. What’s sickening is the thought [...]

House speaker Nograles has proposed an inquiry behind recent fuel prices hikes. Congress wants to open the books of oil companies. Why? Because more and more people are actually getting angrier by the day due to these weekend hikes.  And who does’nt?  And surely, millions are cursing government for this. That’s why the palace authorized Energy Secretary [...]

  After a day of raising diesel prices by 3 pesos, Petron and Shell agreed to lower pump prices by 1.50/liter. Malacanang announced the rollback after news reports reached the palace that transport groups have called for a strike and thousands of angry motorists condemned the government.    This is odd since global oil prices have actually been [...]

  Chris Nolan’s latest opus, ” The Dark Knight” might break the highest opening record to late–US$ 158 million–in just a few days from its worldwide premiere.    Critics around the world praised the movie as the “greatest Batman movie ever made”, and I, along with my family, agrees with every word said about The Dark Knight.  It’s a [...]