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FOR the 2025 national and local elections, the Philippines has over 68.4 million registered voters wherein 34,877,106 women make up 51% of the electorate, while 33.5 million are males. indicating strong female participation.
THE ulan-ulan and payout are now so over, it’s back to reality for the Pinoy voter.
THE results of the recent elections left many political observers declaring Makabayan’s defeat.
MANY years ago, someone called me up to ask if I wanted to buy a vault door. My initial reaction was, What vault door? He replied, The kind that a bank uses.
Motherhood, in all its forms, is a sacred journey. But for single mothers, that journey often walks the tightrope between survival and grace.
“That’s rather erotic,” I said to my friend Fely as we watched what was showing on screen.
“HE’S making a list/He’s checking it twice/He’s gonna find out/Who’s naughty or nice.” That’s the Pinoy voter as he decides on whom to vote for on Election Day, with the Commission on Elections keeping its fingers crossed that he’s not waiting for “gifts” from “Santa Claus.”
I’LL admit it — I’ve been unusually compassionate in my last two columns.
ILANG tulog na lang, Election Day na.
BOHOL is “sinking” during May is a popular joke among Boholanos because the population of the island during this month is multiplied twice, thrice, or even four times.
EACH time I want to watch a movie, my wish-ko-lang is for my favorite seats to be empty. My second wish-ko-lang is for me to stay awake while watching the movie.
THIS happens when with all the excitement we put into our earthly activities, we fail to reach the ultimate end proper to us, and that is, to be with God, to do everything to show our love for him, and to give him glory.