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“There is something about having power that changes a man for the worse, especially when one is weak.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read


“There is something about having power that changes a man for the worse, especially when one is weak.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

“Gordon was another piece of work, hogging Senate hearings as if he were the only senator present.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

“We will all become American citizens. Yeah ba! No more long lines and surly consular officers at the US Embassy for visa applications.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

“What they had to offset that were numbers — there were hundreds of thousands of them — and a fanatical ideological mindset that made them willing to charge…
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

“Ironically, it is the People’s Republic of China itself that has repeatedly urged our government to ban POGOs, calling them a blot on the reputation of China…
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

“I doubt that using the PCG Jay Tarriela’s nose for a battering ram would be the appropriate response the Chief Executive has in mind once another encounter…
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

“Sadly, some of our senators deem themselves above the admonitions of the Highest Court of the Land, whose pronouncements are part of the laws of the Republic.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

“It is laudable that the First Lady, Atty. Liza Araneta-Marcos, has taken it upon herself to initiate measures to try and save the local movie industry which,…
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

Should things in the WPS deteriorate into a shooting war and our ships start duking it out with the Chinese, our Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States…
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

“It would not do the NPC any good to become Manila-centric."
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read
