A little more than a week ago, there was a very surprising outcome to several old kidnapping cases in the United States. Three young women escaped after being kidnapped about a decade each. One of the victims had been held for 11 years, one for 10 years and the third victim had been held for […]
Beware Canadians in the Philippines!
Yes, my article title may offend some of my Canadian friends, that is not my intention, though. I like Canadians, but was a bit disturbed by recent news involving Canadians here in the Philippines. It all started off last month when an Canadian expat living in Cebu went on a shooting spree at a courthouse […]
Will America come in aid of its old ally Philippines?
Today, it is my pleasure to introduce a new Guest writer on LiP, his name is Louie Hernandez. Thank you so much for your contribution, Louie, it is most welcome, and I hope we will see you here on LiP more in the future, you are most welcome to join us! It’s always nice to […]
Be aware on the jeepney!
I went to the airport yesterday riding a jeepney. My niece and I were sitting right across from each other. We were sitting just at the back of the jeepney driver because we knew that we were probably one of last people to get off the jeepney on that route. We took the jeepney from […]
Philippine Graffiti Revisited
More than 4 years ago, I wrote an article about Graffiti in the Philippines. I noted that I was starting to see graffiti around Davao, and it concerned me. And, to be clear, I was talking about gang type graffiti. To be honest, I had not thought much more about the topic over the years, […]
Our Barangay Crime Wave
Here on the mountain in Barangay Roosevelt Bataan we have a full scale crime wave within out sleepy corner of paradise. Oh prey tell this is not the first time, as we all sadly remember a couple of years ago when Do-Dong was in love with Miss Peachy Pie, and he declared his un-dying love […]