The End of Manila
SOME years ago, the motto of the city of Manila was “Buhayin ang MayniLA (Revive ManiLA),” an attempt by then Mayor Jose Atienza Jr. to resurrect the urban mess by […]
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Now Safe For Work
Before I became a reporter, I worked in the porn industry. My participation was purely in post-production, though. I was the third-world monkey who got to sit through hours of […]
New homes, hopes for evacuees in Maguindanao, North Cotabato
COTABATO CITY — It will take at least one generation to build peace in the Philippines, the presidential peace adviser said at the launch of a peace and development program […]
Field Note 03: Juan Miguel Zubiri
Juan Miguel Zubiri, who resigned as senator Wednesday, was the first politician I interviewed as a bright-eyed reporter with the now defunct Philippine Gazette. Of course, given my reticence, it […]
