Kuwento
Why Jeremy Lin matters (and Floyd’s rant doesn’t make sense)
By: Benjamin Pimentel
It’s an inspiring underdog story, a tale of the triumph of determination.
It’s an inspiring underdog story, a tale of the triumph of determination.
The post-boxing Manny Pacquiao story, we all hope, will turn out to be an uplifting tale, one that would build on his incredible success as an international icon.
Another calamity. This time, an earthquake that struck Negros and Cebu, killing dozens, possibly more.
We know about TnT, “tago nang tago” — always in hiding — the Filipino code for an undocumented immigrant. Another term has become popular again recently: self-deportation.
Fear of an outsourcing backlash in the United States became more pronounced last week with President Obama’s state of the nation address.
Media coverage of the Costa Concordia tragedy has been focused mainly on the captain accused of having a romantic dinner as his ship was sinking and then abandoning his crew and passengers to save himself.
Media coverage of the Costa Concordia tragedy has been focused mainly on the clueless captain accused of having a romantic dinner as his ship was sinking and then abandoning his crew and passengers to save himself.
SAN FRANCISCO—Johnny Otis, singer, songwriter, band leader, died Tuesday in southern California. He was a legend, known as the godfather of rhythm and blues. Many of you would familiar with his songs. I know Filipinos of my generation loved one of them -— though many of us probably didn’t know he wrote it. Remember “Willie [...]
I’ll be in my 80s then. Hopefully, I’ll still be lucid enough, healthy enough to enjoy that day. But certainly, I found myself feeling excited about the HSBC prediction that the Philippines is poised to become world’s 16th largest economy by 2050.
I like it. It’s catchy. It’s a flexible slogan. And most important of all, we can have fun with it. And many Filipinos are already having fun. The slogan has something for everyone.
First off, I take back what I said. I led by my last column by saying that the brouhaha over Chief Justice Renato Corona’s doctorate degree from the University of Santo Tomas is a minor issue.
At the end of the day, how Chief Justice Renato Corona got his doctorate degree is a minor issue compared to the serious accusations he faces.
