Your Fitness Bank

w By Wilfredo G. Villanueva The following article is a perfect follow-up to Joe America’s humdinger of an article Greed in America, Joy in the Philippines. Why? Because I would suggest to JoeAm that another metric of progress in the Philippines is the percentage of ailing seniors. Who would be the best defenders of the … Continue reading

Love in the Time of Marcos

w by Wilfredo G. Villanueva ’70 (Dear reader, you may have noticed the numeric beside my name.  I am using that number to designate my batch signifying the year—1970—I joined a Greek-letter fraternity, germane to the following story.  That is how we are known exclusively, with the batch number.  Also, I placed a rendition of the … Continue reading

It’s Bongbong Marcos Or Bust Philippines

w by jameboy The blog recently written by chempo (“Marcos Revisionism Part II“) created a mini controversy after I opined that the effort to prevent the Marcoses from coming back to power has been proven ineffective based on what the Marcos family has ‘accomplished’ since returning to the country. I categorically said that witnessing the Marcoses … Continue reading

From Naga with Love

w By Wilfredo G. Villanueva I always love going home to Naga. It was there some 50 years ago when I envisioned with my best friend the kind of life he and I would like to have, you know, family, career, cars, sport, home. We were what, 15 years old at that time, yet our … Continue reading

Marcos revisionism – (Part II) Half-truths and fallacies of Marcos

Note: this article is rich with historical facts and perspectives on a matter of considerable argument; where deductions are made, they are solely the opinion of the writer. Readers are advised to apply their own judgment or seek further information on contentious issues. JoeAm __________ by Chempo Most of those who subscribe to the transgressions of the Marcos … Continue reading