Switching On the Sun

Relative to Mayor Magalong’s “nobody gets left behind” flag raising ceremony speech is the essence of his ‘An Officer and Gentleman’ demeanor being applied for that of the welfare of Baguio. True to how he leads by example, members (city officials regardless of political affiliation and the public alike) are acknowledged as key figures in communally making Baguio a better place. Rather than solely capitalizing on a possible self-serving moment of extolling in glory, he offered such privilege among the councilors (and even to Congressman Mark Go). It’s some means to likewise share not just their thoughts but an equal opportunity for varied “voices to be heard” if only to manifest how to respect and balance society’s multifaceted representation essential in according Baguio a more unified nature and outlook towards ‘one Baguio’. With substantial mileage gaining national attention gauged in high regard, Mayor Isko Moreno is apparently bringing back his city’s glory from where he’s simi...

In a world stage if only to seemingly surprise everyone in disbelief, after the little-known underdog boxer Andy Ruiz Jr. convincingly defeated the heavy favorite unbeaten heavyweight champion of the world Anthony Joshua last June 1, the “given zero chance” underdog Toronto Raptors likewise defied the odds and proved their basketball IQ and prowess to be better than the defending NBA champions Golden State Warriors last June 14. Yet before all these astonishments happening this June, we might as well borrow the Toronto Raptors’ tagline for some character-defining catchphrase, ‘We The North’, as “we the north” folks here in Baguio witnessed it first; a similar awakening after the May 13 local election. The deemed underdog, Ret. Gen. Benjamin Magalong convincingly won the mayoralty race against political bigwigs. In a more familiar arena, Manila’s Isko Moreno unseated Erap Estrada. Whereas in Pasig, the 27-year reign of the Eusebios were similarly overturned by underdogs led by V...

No to “Voting Blindly”. A lot are actually blinded by their sense of loyalty. With their condescending belief for that of their candidate to whom they seem to be blindly loyal to, they're swayed that that is the sensible choice... Thus, they believe they’re voting wisely. For us though, our loyalty is for the place where the candidate we are to vote for is likewise loyal to... 'The Soldier of Truth' On a different light (or the lack of it as a matter of unenlightened perception), campaigning has become a hotly contested battlefield of the candidates’ respective supporters as well. Similarly, respect for the “opinionated society’s” preference has been blatantly disregarded with their self-patronizing mudslinging denouncements. If none, they fabricate, hence the fake news, trolls and all. And even so, in defense by the guilty, they pass on those real stories detrimental to their image as fake news. They’re likewise blinded FROM the truth, blinded BY the lie. T...