IN MEMORIAM: TOMAS F. CONCEPCION 1933 – 2012
Portrait of the Overseas Filipino as Artist TOMAS F. CONCEPCION 1933 – 2012 “A New Generation of Heroes” was the title of his maiden speech in the House of Representatives… Read more »
Category: 2012
THE GARDENER on the Final Chapter of Chiefs versus Chief
The Gardener visits two well-articulated judgments in connection with what looks like the final chapter of Chiefs versus Chief. First, quite naturally, is to hear out the politician non-pareil of… Read more »
THE TALE OF Chiefs versus Chief
The Gardener looks at how Heads of the Philippine State bang each other. The nation and the world smiled, with quite a few going ballistic in taking sides. This, after… Read more »
THE GARDENER’S TALE OF STEADY ELI
Eulogy for Eli Segundo Friendship Re-Membered Fifty-two years ago this year I met this young man from the North. He determined fast that I was from the South and we… Read more »
THE GARDENER AND THE TALE OF THE CORRUPTION-POVERTY LINK
This tale begins on the battle cry of the NoynoyAquino campaign for the Presidency. It was loud, almost gaudy: “absent corruption there is no poverty – pag walang korap, walang… Read more »
THE GARDENER AND THE TALE OF THE OTHER COCONUT TAX REFUND
The gardener re-visits the tale of the other coconut tax refund, the one long forgotten…[1] The past hundred years saw two kinds of taxes zeroing in on the coconut industry… Read more »