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OPINION: A ‘nostalgia walk’ through old Manila

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Nov 24 08:13 AM

My first job was in Binondo. Clerk/messenger with the Rapid Customs Brokerage Company, at the corner of Dasmariñas and Rosario streets. That was in 1953-1954 when the minimum wage was 4 pesos a day.  Never did my monthly income reach a theoretical Ph 120 pesos a month.  Read more »

OPINION: Notes on the US elections and its Fil-Am participation

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Nov 17 10:34 AM

None of the Fil-Am candidates for the US Congress made it. Falling short and failing were Gina Ortiz Jones, Jennifer Zimmerman and Cristina Osmeña. Read more »

'Tinapa' tales from Calbayog, Samar

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Nov 10 07:12 PM

What a difference innovative ambition can make. “Tuyo” gone gourmet! Read more »

OPINYON: Kuro-kuro sa mga piling pangyayari

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Nov 02 12:38 AM

Ang dati-rating undas ay naging Halloween! Noong aking kabataan, “todos los santos” at “dia de los muertos” (araw ng mga santo at kaluluwa ng yumao) ang tawag sa nakabihasnang lumipas. Na-ngangaluluwa, wika nga. Read more »

OPINION: Good news from cyberspace...for the good guys

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Oct 26 05:53 PM

The bad guys are, of course, the mendacious and the mercenary. They are who make up the ‘trolletariat’ reputedly in the payroll of that evil empire by the stinky river cutting across our chaotic metropolis. Read more »

OPINION: 'Peace of Mind,' the book, and the memories evoked

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Oct 19 03:12 PM

While surfing the Internet the other day, I came upon a book that suddenly evoked memories, beginning with where I first encountered it. Read more »

OPINION: A Bicolana Fil-Am heads the Institute of Texan Cultures

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Oct 15 04:48 PM

Since March of 2012, the Institute of Texan Cultures has had for its executive director, Ms. Angelica Docog. She happens to be the first female executive director of the Institute and also the first Latina-Asian to hold that post. Read more »

OPINION: Is Mocha on her way to Congress?

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Oct 06 10:58 PM

Like Mocha Uson or not, we cannot reasonably count her out. Read more »

OPINYON: Sukli sa diumano'y kataksilan ni Mariano Marcos?

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Sep 28 11:06 PM

Sa itinagal-tagal, maaring lumitaw na rin mula sa mga arkibo ng mga Hapon, kung ano pa talaga ang naging papel ng mag-amang Marcos noong kapanahonan ng mga Hapon. Read more »

America, Spain and the Philippine Census of 1903

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Sep 22 05:47 PM

The very first such election for the Philippine Assembly was held on July 30, 1907 to fill  80 seats. The Philippine democratic project had commenced with honorable men. Soon after, the zarzuela of Philippine politics has never been wanting for amusement.  Read more »

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 »