Lee Kuan Yew arguably was nobody’s favorite personality. The former prime minister of Singapore, who died in 2015 at the age of 91, had a prickly, authoritative personal style that…
Month: May 2025
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Catandunganon Politics, 2: On VOTE BUYING
In 2017, I finished a study, “Ethnography of Vote Buying in Virac.” I based it on data gathered in the course of three consecutive elections (2010, 2013, 2016). As an…
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SERBISYO O NEGOSYO
bum tarat tarat buhay na, buhay na mga cantang daing halaga uya na, uya na mga burak ning pulitika puro propaganda hagayon, sernihon pilion ang tamang tawo? …
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Dae na uso ang pulong-pulong?
Iba na ang estilo ning campanya ngonian. Cadaclan kan mga candidato, lalo na itong mga tahodan asin hararom an bolsa, dae na gapaapod nin mga pulong-pulong sa barangay. Dae na…
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EU observers in town for May 12 elections
The publication of articles about the Commission on Audit’s Annual Audit Reports, especially those concerning local government units, has its drawbacks. While constituents certainly have the right to know the…
Judge them by their actions, not by their promises
In 2023, during the deliberations on the 2024 General Appropriations Act, our honorable members of House of Representatives thought of another way to pad their undeclared income. Aside from their…
BFAR urges “hito” farming as alternative livelihood for ASF-stricken hog raisers
LEGAZPI CITY (PIA) — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is promoting hito (catfish) farming as an alternative livelihood for hograisers in the Bicol region, who lost their…
2 dead in motorcycle accidents on April 25
Two people died last Friday, April 25, 2025, in separate accidents involving motorcycles in the capital town of Virac and in San Andres, the Catanduanes police reported. San Andres police…