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OPINION: Sen. Leila M. de Lima: An update

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Sep 16 06:54 AM

Sen. Leila de Lima’s detention will have broken its 570-day mark this coming week. She has been in detention since Feb 24, 2017, held without bail. Read more »

OPINION: Will White House whammies inspire closet patriots in Malacanang?

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Sep 10 04:22 AM

A double whammy, both blistering and bomb-blasting, just hit the White House! Currently battering Donald Trump, the American president is sent into utter discombobulation.  Read more »

OPINION: 'News Beat of the Century' – The Battle of Manila Bay, 1898

Buddy Gomez – CYBERBUDDY
Posted at Aug 31 09:49 PM

It was not until the day after, May 8, 1898, that the general public came to know of Commodore George Dewey’s victory. Joseph Pulitzer’s the New York World newspaper carried an earthshaking scoop! America celebrated, scrambling for the nearest map, to locate where in the world lay the Philippine Islands! Read more »

OPINYON: Ang katotohanan ay karapatang pangtao

Buddy Gomez — CYBERBUDDY
Posted at Aug 24 09:46 PM

Lagi nating tandaan: Ang katotohanan ay karapatang pangtao din! Read more »

OPINION: The doom of Manila: Absence of foresight, abandoned priorities

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Aug 18 05:47 AM

The entire length and breadth of Metro Manila has become one urban mass that appears beyond solution by whichever dispensation holds the reins of political administration. Read more »

OPINION: Travel Notes: My love affair with America

Buddy Gomez -- CYBERBUDDY*
Updated as of Aug 11 09:48 AM

For as long as I can, I will partake of the joys of ‘romancing’ the American express roadways. Inevitably, I will always be drawn towards the state of public civil works in the country of my birth, the Philippines. And I am crushed with sentimental frustration. Read more »

OPINYON: Karagdagang kaalaman sa larangan ng sports at pagbubuwis

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Aug 04 01:40 AM

Nabalitang si Cristiano Ronaldo ay naparusahan ng multa sa halagang US$3.7 milyong dahil may pagkakamali siya sa kanyang isinumeteng “income tax returns.” Agad-agad namang ito ay inamin at nagbayad si Ronaldo. Tapos ang kuwento! Read more »

OPINION: No pathos for the pompous

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Aug 02 05:19 PM

How will ousted Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez be remembered? A class all by his sorry self, for sure. Read more »

OPINYON: Manny Pacquiao--walang kapantay

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Jul 21 02:49 AM

Nararapat lang na mag-retire na si Manny Pacquiao. Hindi natin alam, baka bugbog na rin ang kanyang utak sa dami ng suntok na kanyang tinamo! Read more »

OPINION: Sen. Leila de Lima, Prize of Freedom awardee

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jul 15 11:35 PM

On July 28, Senator Leila de Lima will be officially awarded the “highest human rights awards,”  the Prize of Freedom, conferred upon her by the Liberal International. Read more »

OPINION: Credulous, Incredulous, Credible, Incredible

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jul 07 05:48 AM

Two current news items captured my fancy, a fancy to poke fun with. Read more »

OPINION: Sen. Leila de Lima’s “Debt Trap” Resolutions

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Jun 30 09:45 AM

Indeed, there is much wisdom in what the former American President John Adams (successor to George Washington) said in 1826, long after his term. “There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.” Read more »

OPINION: 'Sleeping dogs' and the Senate President

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jun 23 05:00 PM

The Senate President now knows what a colossal miscalculation is. It is a ‘sleeping dog.’ Read more »

OPINION: That Boracay moment

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jun 14 10:02 PM

Let me advance outright that the arbitrary closure of the island resort is not without some benefit. Environmental and sanitation concerns have been stoked. That is enough to be a very big deal.  Read more »

OPINION: San Antonio’s tricentennial and ‘Nuevas Filipinas’

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jun 07 08:38 PM

This year, San Antonio, Texas is celebrating its tricentennial. Here are some interesting commonalities between this city and the Philippines. (Editor's note: The author is a Filipino residing in San Antonio.)  Read more »

OPINION: Blair & Robertson, 'The Philippine Islands 1493-1898'

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at May 25 09:20 PM

Happily, “Blair and Robertson” is now available in digitized platform. E-books. The “Project Gutenberg” as well as in “Primary Sources in Philippine History” are both a ‘google’ away!  Read more »

OPINION: The Pulitzer Prize and the Philippines

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at May 17 10:00 PM

Carlos P. Romulo referred to the Pulitzer Prize as “every newspaperman’s dream,” when he received the honor awarded to him late in 1942 at Columbia University in New York City.  Read more »

OPINION: The 'Fifth Column'

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at May 12 02:27 AM

Is it not yet obvious that a policy towards subservience and appeasement to China is now in place?  Read more »

OPINION: The ego has landed, it's name is legacy

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Posted at Apr 27 10:52 PM

The Senate opposition stalwarts must wake up and lead, take the bull by the horns! The Senate opposition must ward off its perceived anemia lest it become reality.  Read more »

OPINION: How, how the carabao….

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Apr 22 01:37 AM

The carabao is no longer an endangered breed as it once was. In fact, it is doing great. Flourishing, in fact. There is now growing promise of economic and healthful beneficence, for farmer-entrepreneurs as well as consumers. For this, we must thank government. A rare expression of sentiment in this season of discontent, doubt and even scorn. Read more »