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Aven Piramide
Aven Piramide
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Challenges of Governor-Elect Pamela Baricuatro
by Aven Piramide - May 18, 2025 - 12:00am
Few days ago, I heard two reports coming from the fields of economy and politics.
Sandy Cay not just a sandbar
by Aven Piramide - May 15, 2025 - 12:00am
What is a sandbar? I picked from the internet a clearer and more exacting definition of a sandbar than what I had observed since my youthful explorations to and in such mostly alluring places.
Erwin Tulfo doesn’t deserve my vote
by Aven Piramide - May 11, 2025 - 12:00am
In the earliest days of my serving Cebu City as a councilor more than three decades ago, a learned gentleman ascribed me to an unflattering word. Juanito Jabat, then editor of this paper, called me “politically...
My list of incompetent senatoriables
by Aven Piramide - May 8, 2025 - 12:00am
I am not afraid to be rebuked by everybody when I state my position on the issue of competence of some, not all, of the candidates for senator.
The tales of three women: Sara, Imee and Camille
by Aven Piramide - May 8, 2025 - 12:00am
The wily and canny way by which vice president Sara succeeded in "snatching" two super billionaire candidates, senator and presidential elder sister Imee Marcos and the Villars' unica hija, Camille,...
Why Governor Garcia got suspended
by Aven Piramide - May 4, 2025 - 12:00am
Aggrupation is a word that I do not quite feel comfortable to use. I remember reading it for the first time when I pored over a book on Philippine Constitution written by Chief Justice Enrique Fernando (1915-20...
Wrong Filipinism, wrongly placed
by Aven Piramide - May 1, 2025 - 12:00am
I was in high school when I first heard the word Filipinism.
Politics wastes principles
by Aven Piramide - April 27, 2025 - 12:00am
Confession is good for the soul. I heard these words as an opening statement from a politician, now retired, during a non-political forum many years ago.
Negative side of the gov’s propa
by Aven Piramide - April 24, 2025 - 12:00am
The political campaigning in the province of Cebu seems to be getting unpredictably interesting.
A dog day afternoon discovery
by Aven Piramide - April 20, 2025 - 12:00am
My time yesterday after lunch qualified the meaning of “dog day afternoon” as a hot sleepy afternoon.
My interpretation of survey surge
by Aven Piramide - April 17, 2025 - 12:00am
A top honcho of a well-respected poll survey group was quoted, few days ago, as having observed a surge in favor of one of the two contending groups of senatorial candidates.
No song and dance contest
by Aven Piramide - April 13, 2025 - 12:00am
More than a decade ago, when the internet did not yet have music platforms, a complete stranger rang our doorbell.
Stop political dynasties
by Aven Piramide - April 10, 2025 - 12:00am
I have long wanted to find out if etymologists have come across or even thoroughly studied the word regroove as it was used by some radio announcers years ago.
Impacts of some social media
by Aven Piramide - April 6, 2025 - 12:00am
David Gates of the singing group called “The Bread” started the lyrics of a song with the phrase "If a picture paints a thousand words".
Do not vote for the incompetent!
by Aven Piramide - April 3, 2025 - 12:00am
In our college days, we learned that the word democracy comes from two Greek words namely “demos” meaning people and “kratos” which in English is power.
Yesterday’s massive campaigning missed target
by Aven Piramide - March 30, 2025 - 12:00am
The present sources of news and entertainment are dramatically different from those operating half a century ago.
Probably much ado about nothing!
by Aven Piramide - March 27, 2025 - 12:00am
There is a storm of information coming in diverse form and content. Never have I seen such a deluge of reporting.
Fait accompli
by Aven Piramide - March 23, 2025 - 12:00am
The supposed ratification of the 1973 Philippine Constitution was a product of chicanery.
Why pieces of fake news surge
by Aven Piramide - March 20, 2025 - 12:00am
In the history of France, there was a prisoner during the reign of King Louis XIV, who was more known as the "Man in the Iron Mask."
Mayor Garcia and the Talamban-Pit-os road
by Aven Piramide - March 16, 2025 - 12:00am
When I was in high school, I tried writing poems hoping to express, from the depths of my youthful emotions, concepts in unique and resonant ways.
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