THE year 2025 may well mark a defining rupture in the country’s long, uneasy relationship with corruption. Not because corruption suddenly appeared—Filipinos have lived with it for decades—but because it finally reached a scale so vast, so destructive, and so visible that denial became impossible. For years, corruption in public office had been treated as a grim constant, almost an entitlement attached to power. It was rationalized as part of a patronage-driven system, excuse

Is this the first time this has happened? Maybe it has, but it happens rarely. The last week of the year is a week-long holiday. So, what do we call it? Do we call it a holiweek? Technically, the holidays are December 30 because it’s Rizal Day, December 31 because it’s New Year’s Eve and January 1 because it’s New Year’s Day. If we had stuck to technicalities, we would have been left with the Monday and Friday as regular working days. Thanks to Memorandum Circular No. 1

(Note- For more than eight decades, the wooden two-story right and left wings of the Ateneo de Naga University Main Building stood as a steadfast guardian of teen-aged Bikolanos who wanted to be educated by the bodacious Jesuits. The building featured wide classrooms to accommodate up to forty students, as well as large strategically placed windows that allowed enough light and fresh air to circulate during the summer months. As a young first year high school student in 1962,

Sa paglaog kan bagong taon, poon alas dose nin matanga hanggang Enero 1, ang pinakaenot na aldaw kan taon, dakul akong nabasang post sa social media kan mga litrato nin pamilya, mga handa sa media noche, mga paputok, ruluksohan nin alas dose tanganing maglangkaw pa, asin iba pang mga agi-agi kan ocasion asin dakuln ang nag-caption, “grabe ka na 2026!”. Pasuba sana man ang caption na may patama sa 2025 alagad, inaano ka man kan 2026? Dai pa ngani naarangkada. Dai pa nangangaba

Magayon ang ginigibo kan Saysay Bikol na nagiging Famoso ngonian sa facebook ta saiyang pinag sasaysay ang agi agi nin buhay nin sarong bikolano na nagka igua nin pangaran sa linya nin musika, edukasyon, arte , cultura asin iba pa. Minsan inapodan ako ni Mr. Victor Dennis Tino Nierva na iyo ang saro sa nagsusurat kan Saysay Bicol ta pig hapot ako kan middle name ni Salvador M. Royales, bistadong radio drama artist asin binisto sa interong pilipinas bilang parasurat asin di

Every morning along our street on Misericordia, near Panganiban in Naga City, a familiar voice glides ahead of the day. It comes from a sound system mounted on a humble tricycle, looping like a gentle alarm clock: “Yaon na po, malunggay pandesal, masarap na, mainit pa.” Since the pandemic, it has made its rounds faithfully, announcing not just bread but routine—proof that mornings still arrive, warm and reliable. The pandesal on wheels now crisscrossing Naga City and much of

Atty. Paolo Tolentino Abusado sa posisyon na barangay officials Atty., ano po an pwedeng gibuhon laban sa mga barangay officials o government personnel na nag-aabuso kan saindang posisyon, partikular sa kakulangan sa accountability asin transparency—halimbawa, dae pag-report sa mga constituents kan saindang performance o liquidation reports, o limitado lang sa 10 an inaanyayahan sa general assembly? Pano man po kung may sala o malisyosong pag-akusa laban sa sarong tao, o pagl

Tigsik ko an urag-uragon na Tatay Dati Presidente, naging mayor na lang Napriso pa sa kabulastugan Aw, mala ta ngonian karton na lang! Tigsik ko an mahabas na gobyerno Sabi, makukulong bago mag Pasko Mararatdag na lamang an calendario An tada anas sana paguwapo! An sagradong buaya tigsik ko man Sa hinabasan sa kaban nagyaman Kan binawian nin buhay sa kinaban Mayong pisong bitbit sa ikaduwang Buhay! Tigsik ko man po an bilog na banwa Grabe na baga an gama-gama Siisay.daw an ma

Ni: Ryan Mostar Puon pa 1912, an Bicol Region nakaproduce nin 39 na top 10 na nakapasar sa Bar Exams, kun saen 14 kaini an nakarank sa Top 3. Anum na Bicolano an nag Top 1 sa Bar Exams: Domingo Imperial (1912), Tecla San Andres (1930), Gregorio Castillo (1957), Romulo San Juan (1970), Edwin Enrile (1999), asin Mae Diane Azores (2019). Walo pang Bicolano an nakarank sa ikaduwa asin ikatulo na puwesto: apat sa ikaduwa (Ramon Fernandez [1939], Juan Hagad [1947], Dominador Aytona

Tigsik ko kan magkasala sinda Eba asin Adan, Dinaya ni satanas sa paagi sana nin pagkakan. Paagi nin pandaraya iyo pa sagkod sa ngunyan, Sa mga pagkakan kitang mga tawo ginagadan. Tigsik ko an ibang nasyon kun pagmamasdan, Na dai nin kaumahan, kadagatan, kakahuyan. Alagad an Pilipinas igwa kan gabos nang iyan, Tios nin huli sa mga opisyal na may kapasluan. Tigsik ko man ining panahon na malipot-lipot, Kadakol nin mga gurang an nagkakamakulog. An mga hiluluan biyo man na naghi

THE year 2025 has weighed heavily on the global conscience. Climate disasters have grown more frequent and more destructive. Conflict and injustice continue to displace lives and strain already fragile systems. For many communities, especially in the Global South, these crises are no longer abstract—they are daily realities. In moments like these, the temptation is to feel powerless, to believe that individual action no longer matters against problems of such scale. But this

Parishioners wait for the priest to celebrate the Simbang-gabi mass. In the recent decade or so, the Simbang-gabi has become literally Simbang gabi. Traditionally, these masses were actually held technically in the early morning. (Not that it went away, there is still Simbang gabi in the early morning.) Well, as far as the Filipino culture and language is concerned, when it’s dark, it’s gabi. So, regardless of the time being 4 or 5 am, if it’s dark, that’s “gabi”. Anyway

If there is one New Year wish that could unite every peace-loving Filipino alive, it is this: to finally have decent, honest, and accountable leaders governing our country—at both the national and local levels. The old and decadent habits of corruption, vote-buying, dynastic entitlement, and plunder with impunity must go. They must die. For too long, Filipinos have been trained to endure what should never have been tolerated: abuse of power, deception, and the systematic thef

Ang mensahe kan opisina para sa Pasko kan nakaaging 2024 iyo ang minasunod: “Dakul man inagihan ang sektor kan pagtanom asin pag-sira, satuya man ining nalampasan. Sa pagtapos kan taon, maogma kita sa mga narecibe ta man na pag rekonosir sa mga espwerso kan sektor. Sa paglaog nin panibagong taon, mas madangog kita sa boses kan satong mga paraoma asin parasira! Maogmang Pasko asin Ma-SARIG na Bagong Taon!” Exacto sarong taon na ang nakaagi segun sa social media ang nasabing po

Natatandaan ko an parating pig tataram sa programa sa radyo ni depuntong David Dollano, naging sikat na radio announcer sa Naga na mayo daang Propeta ang pig tutubod sa sadiri niyang lugar. Sa istorya ko, bako man propeta ang pag oorolayan Kundi esperetista na nagbubulong nin mga naiibahan nin tawong lipod asin nagbubulong nin kulibra kan mga aki, asin naghihilot nin mga goromok na tulak kan mga omboy. Si Inya na agom ni Roming, saro sa pinag dadayo na esperetista sa saind