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By • Jan 14th, 2009 • Category: Commentary

Haros duha na ka semana na daman an naiban han 2009.



Bag-o nga Tuig, Panahon hin Pagbabag-o

By • Jan 8th, 2009 • Category: Commentary

2009 na! Uso pa ba an panhimo hin mga New Year’s resolution?



Pasko na Gud I

By • Dec 22nd, 2008 • Category: Commentary

Pasko na gud man.



Human Rights as Work in Progress

By • Dec 15th, 2008 • Category: Commentary

PCIJ’s Karol Ilagan writes that human rights in the Philippines is still a work in progress.



Enrile says “Rally not Needed” – but Why Not

By • Dec 13th, 2008 • Category: Commentary

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile might have the best intent with regards to the rallyists when he said they don not have to conduct the rally – “magpapakapagod lang sila” – because the Senate will, after all, not allow any ChaCha before 2010.



Lakas favors ConCon, Kampi insists on ConAss

By • Dec 11th, 2008 • Category: Commentary

The road to Charter Change seems to be passing through the rough roads of Eastern Samar.



Beating the Fever…

By • Nov 11th, 2008 • Category: Commentary, Features

Let me call it “D-Day” – November 05 2008 for this day will never be forgotten. The reason is simple it is because it was the day wherein an African-American was elected as the “world’s most powerful man” or simply put as THE President of the United States of America. This victory of a person [...]



Hotel’s Website Hosted on Government Server

By • Oct 29th, 2008 • Category: Commentary

I was browsing the net a while ago when I saw the website of the Hotel Dona Vicenta (HDV), which is a hotel in Borongan. The first thing that I noticed when I got there was that its domain name, hoteldonavicenta.evis.net.ph, suggests that it is hosted by the Eastern Visayas Information Sharing Network or EVISNet. [...]



The Few and the Proud by Elbert B. Cainday

By • Oct 23rd, 2008 • Category: Commentary

I’m reposting here the entirety of Elbert B. Cainday’s piece entitled, ‘The Few and the Proud’ (with his explicit permission of course). It was written a little over a month ago, but it still is relevant. Read on. Borongan City’s Vesper Night Grand Ball was an eye opener of the state of peace and development [...]



Read a Piece on the Issue about Eastern Samar’s National Highway

By • Oct 20th, 2008 • Category: Commentary

I was browsing the web this afternoon when I came across Elbert B. Cainday’s piece entitled ‘Road of Contention’. It is about the row between the camp of Cong. Teodulo ‘Doloy’ Coquilla and the provincial government about the rehabilitation of Eastern Samar’s portion of the national road. Here’s a quote from the piece: