Long afflicted with foot-in-mouth syndrome, Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez kicked a hornets’ nest two Sundays ago by asking the military and police to withdraw their support from President Marcos to force him to abdicate the presidency. Unfortunately for the Mindanao lawmaker, a one-time Speaker, his call was greeted with brickbats instead of bouquets. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation on Alvarez’s possibly seditious words, while the Department of National Defense eyes a
There’s nothing in “an hour left” that is synonymous with “I am late,” a couple of words I utter whenever time is winning over me. All my life, I felt like I had been competing with time. From the moment I first arrived late in class to facing constant deadlines. It has been in every inch of my existence, in every dimension of the world. I spent my younger years until I was seven under the care of my grandmother, whom I affectionately call Mama. As someone who grew up in a less privileged household, I fully understand how hard it
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