Only in the Philippines

Filipinos reach Mt. Everest summit

2006-05-18T11:05:00.000+08:00

Pinoys finally reach the Mt. Everest summit! Leo Oracion arrived first followed by Erwin Emata. I just wish this cartoon remains a joke, and not an accurate prediction.

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"Da Vinci Code" gets R-18 rating

2006-05-17T02:09:00.000+08:00

I was waiting for the news about this to get me out of my slumber. Sorry to my regular readers! Been busy making a living.

DAGDAG: It seems adults don't fare very well in discerning "truth" from "fiction", as shown by this news about a survey in the UK.

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Unconstitutional, Schmunconstitutional

2006-05-03T12:25:00.000+08:00

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Dictatorship then and now

2006-04-28T03:17:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the slow updates -- nothing newsworthy currently, so I'm just posting an old cartoon I made in 1986. The context of this cartoon was Ferdinand Marcos (in exile in Hawaii) was quoted to have described the Aquino regime as a "plain and simple dictatorship".

As a side note, I am peeved by young, post-martial law militants who say martial law under Marcos is more desirable than what we have now. Excuse ME!!! At least now we don't have to suffer Rustan's playing "DAHIL SAYO" whenever Imelda Marcos was in their premises shopping for shoes (which I experienced at least three times as a kid). If you're a twenty-something, anti-PGMA, holier-than-thou, "why-the-hell-are-the-rest-of-you-not-protesting-in-the-streets" kind of person and you say that sort of thing... well, HINDI TAYO BATI!

Back then it was a real dictatorship. Today it's just plain pakapalan ng mukha.

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DLSU suspended by UAAP

2006-04-25T18:30:00.000+08:00

You can read the news item in this INQ7 story.

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Apology to Erap

2006-04-22T00:53:00.000+08:00

I have no words for it.

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China-U.S. trade deficit

2006-04-21T00:43:00.000+08:00

Something different. I think it's better as a picture and not a drawing:

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Gloria Labandera

2006-04-19T23:21:00.000+08:00

I used to think "Gloria Labandera" was just a catchy protest song (or a pang-masa name for the government rolling stores). More on this matter in this PCIJ blog entry.

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Bloody Thursday

2006-04-17T22:20:00.000+08:00

This is a little late, but I had a really bad cold and it's hard to be funny when you're miserable.

If Dominik Diamond were rated as a gem, here's how it will go:

CARAT: Too small to measure
CLARITY: I3
CUT: inferior
COLOR: Z (yellow)

But let's not be so hard on that guy. I heard there was a valid reason he chickened out.

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You can't win

2006-04-15T00:02:00.000+08:00

Something light this holy weekend. As youngsters we were taught not to have fun while "Jesus was dead".

Attacks on coalition troops down

2006-04-12T01:55:00.000+08:00

March 2005 was supposed to have been the lowest number of attacks on coalition (coalition?) troops in Iraq since February 2004.

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The glass is half-full (a.k.a. bad news is good)

2006-04-10T01:35:00.000+08:00

The crime rate in Metro Manila is up 18% from last year. The metro police chief says it's because more people are growing to trust the police and so are reporting more incidents than before. I guess the solution to the growing crime rate is simple then:

Truly Only in the Philippines.

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President Satur Ocampo

2006-04-08T12:09:00.000+08:00

I promised to be an equal opportunity satirist, but it's been difficult since a lot of the other personalities have not been generating headlines (except maybe for Jinggoy Estrada's fainting spell, which is too easy a target).

Enter Satur Ocampo -- since you really can't generate much news living in your office, I figured I'd make one up.

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Presidential horsing around

2006-04-07T02:01:00.000+08:00

Presidents are people too, you know.

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Where's my Phil Health card? (a.k.a. Happy Birthday, PGMA)

2006-04-05T21:53:00.000+08:00

Pahabol -- due to insistent public demand (from one reader), here's a PGMA 59th birthday cartoon.

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Gloria, don't lose that number

2006-04-05T08:13:00.000+08:00

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HUKBONG KATIndaHAN NG PILIPINAS

2006-04-04T00:28:00.000+08:00

The Philippine Army held a "Micro Negosyo Fair" last week.

H.H.W.S.L.P.

2006-04-03T03:28:00.000+08:00

...or Holding Hands While Singing the Lord's Prayer.

What's the big deal about Presidents Ramos and Arroyo not holding hands in that mass last Saturday? That's not news! It's just impractical.

Okay so it's a rehash of an earlier joke. But I can't make fun of her intelligence, can I? Which reminds me, I should do one about the Vice President...

An eastern-style Western

2006-04-01T02:00:00.000+08:00

What you get when you cross HIGH NOON with RASHOMON:

WMD Found

2006-03-30T18:53:00.000+08:00

So it's not about Philippine politics, but you have to agree that the Bush administration is a gift from heaven to all cartoonists.

If Donald Rumsfeld's well-known "unknown unknowns" statement is unknown to you, know about this known in this article from buzzle.com.

Cha-cha, ang bagong baranggay dance step!

2006-03-29T00:34:00.000+08:00

The signature drive for a petition to change the Philippine Constitution is on! Run to your nearest baranggay hall to get your free merienda!

If you ask me, they should have stuck to the original plan below. It doesn't cost as much and it gives the First Gentleman something to do in between Manny Pacquiao fights.

Moments of Love

2006-03-27T17:51:00.000+08:00

I learned about this new movie from Jessica Zafra's blog entry.

In the movie Iza Calzado lives in the 1950's and Dingdong Dantes in the present. They have a love affair over the phone (talk about a delayed signal!).

What would happen if Iza lived in 1987?

My influence on Philippine events

2006-03-26T19:19:00.000+08:00

Ha! The PGMA assassination plot was probably aborted seeing how it would fail (see previous post).

Here's another oldie: The guy on the right is Sen. Jovito Salonga -- who headed the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) -- tasked with the recovery of Pres. Marcos' ill-gotten wealth along with the rumored Yamashita gold. I did this in 1986 for Mr. & Ms. news magazine.

Three years ago somebody blew up that bust, reportedly looking for hidden treasure.

Please, people! Don't take my cartoons seriously!!!

PGMA assassination plot

2006-03-24T23:55:00.000+08:00

Here's the news item.

Here's what I think will happen.

More Gringo

2006-03-23T04:18:00.000+08:00

I'm not picking on him. If you're the world's worst coup plotter then you deserve more than one cartoon in a row.

Wanted: Gringo

2006-03-22T19:33:00.000+08:00

I got tired of waiting for the "Gringo Honasan Wanted" posters. So I decided to put my own out.

Why do I feel we'll still be at this 10 years from now?

Can anyone tell me if I'm violating any copyright here?

1017

2006-03-21T12:54:00.000+08:00

I don't know if you guys know this song I'm talking about -- but we used to sing this in prep.

An old political cartoon...

2006-03-21T04:41:00.000+08:00

...and it shows! I made this in April 1986 for Mr. and Ms. news magazine, soon after President Marcos (and General Fabian Ver) fled to the U.S. At 50 pesos, this was my first paid drawing!

I had the satisfaction of someone telling this joke back to me about a year later. I laughed out loud, of course.

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Don't be takot, let's make baka!

2006-03-21T04:05:00.000+08:00

I've finally decided to post something on my blog -- over one year after I created it! So I'm a procrastinator...

I've decided to make this a political cartoon blog -- though you'll probably see all types of drawings from time to time as well. Please don't argue with the content of my cartoons. I have no time for debate. But I do promise to be an equal opportunity satirist. Everyone will get their turn.

Click on this news item if you have no idea what the cartoon below is all about.

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