Joey Salgado

December 15, 2025

Punch Drunk but Still Optimistic? Cue “I Will Survive”

Luck, however, is not a strategy for survival. It’s like wishing for rain and getting soaked in a turd storm of your own making....

November 28, 2025

Marcos Na Lang Muna? It Seems We Have No Choice

Stay strong, mister President. We are rooting for you. We have no choice....

November 05, 2025

The DDS and the Liberals: Who’s the True Anti-corruption Crusader?

The national obsession with corruption, for which we begrudgingly thank the President, has been hijacked by these political forces. It’s a ticket to winning the ultimate political prize. It’s also a hammer by which to smash the incumbent’s eroding political capital...

October 24, 2025

In His Fight Against Corruption, Time is Not on the President’s Side

The obvious conclusion, impermeable to spin, is that the anti-corruption pivot, meant to prop up the President as anti-corruption crusader, is a dismal failure....

October 21, 2025

Kiss the Bride, Ruby Ibarra and the Long Arc of OPM

Exploration would be a more precise description of the album, simply titled “KTB,” as the band travels the endless improvisational roads one can bring a musical composition....

September 18, 2025

‘Puksaan Ng Mag-pinsan’: Marcos Offers His Cousin’s Head on a Plate. But is That Enough?

Offering the head of Romualdez on a plate as an act of appeasement could also have the opposite effect. It could reinforce the belief in the power of sustained protests, on the streets or on social media, and strengthen the clamor for accountability and systemic reforms....

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