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Portrait of Nick V. Quijano Jr.

Nick V. Quijano Jr.

Presently a 47-year journalism veteran with various reportorial, editing, and editorial management experience.

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Micro-dramas

Micro-dramas

The micro-drama emerged in China ‘in 2018, then underwent explosive growth during the pandemic.’

Trump’s power hand

Trump’s power hand

In short, don’t expect Trump ‘to go gentle into the political twilight of his career,’ particularly since he remains president of the United States and retains…

Basic needs

Basic needs

Mind you, paying attention to the basics works wonders insofar as dealing with what has haunted and shamed most Filipinos for years: massive corruption.

Brazil’s cue

Brazil’s cue

The news report was straightforward. But substitute ‘barring the return of the Duterte family to power’ and Brazil’s recent elections become strikingly…

Stealing ube

Stealing ube

Recently fired-up ube activists are more than willing to fight off the food fraudsters. And they’re going to war by first kicking the butts of moribund…

Defeatism

Defeatism

In our present political circumstances, accepting or expecting failure happens to be the prevailing attitude of some identifiable political quarters.

Not so innocent

Not so innocent

Here’s the sordid part China’s backers don’t reveal about the Filipino garment industry: forced labor by China’s Uyghur minority and laid-off Filipino workers.

Insecure men

Insecure men

I strongly suspect that for these so-called ‘alpha males’ seeking therapy would be as abhorrent as incorruptible women holding positions of power. That’s how…

PALACE Press Officer Claire Castro

Careless

Palace Press Officer Claire Castro went further by saying the Veep’s statements appeared to indicate ‘she is really into business with China.’

Shaking the Veep

Shaking the Veep

There’s yet no convincing evidence the trial’s explosive revelations have reversed the Veep’s ‘simple’ image.