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A Nation Dies (?) – and what’s next? (!)
With a whimper and a few loud protests, the Republic of the Philippines was buried some days ago. Why seemingly so little feelings? One could see one reason in the fact that the nation was an elite...
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Rizal and Bonifacio – Polar Opposites?
How much in the discussions about the “Pepe and Boni” is just projection, first of all? How many who say that Rizal wanted to be a martyr actually want to say that of Ninoy? How many who are for...
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Malaya na Tayo! Salamat, Pang. Duterte!
wala nang ibang kailangan ang Pilipino sa ngayon, kapag natupad na sa wakas ang tunay na kalayaan. Ako, bilang itinakdang sugo ni Apo Bathala, ang nagsasabi nito. May tanong kayo, mga kapatid? Kung...
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People’s Champions
are appearing in the Senate race: Chel Diokno, Erin Tañada, Samira Gutoc, Gary Alejano, Florin Hilbay, Bam Aquino. Will Villanueva has interviewed nearly all (link) while Samira Gutoc is introduced...
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Pondo ng Panday
ninakaw sa gobyerno, hindi sa bayan. Ang “gobierno” ba, salitang Pilipino? Hindi! Kaya parang nagnakaw na rin si Bong Revilla sa mga Kastilang mang-aapi, sa mga banyaga! Kabitenyo pa man din si Bong...
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Rizal and Ninoy – just attention-seekers?
this is a reaction to a Facebook Note (link) from 2011 that was reposted in 2016 (link). Terminology is not the issue for me, as I am a fan of Joe America’s Humpty Dumpty New World Dictionary and the...
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What future does the Philippines have?
Martial law in Mindanao extended. Self-serving charter change. Plunderers freed. Unfortunately, little outrage. “I do not know what the majority cares for now” (link). Something I wrote as a comment in...
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Different Strokes
are observed in a recent post by Vicente Rafael (link): At Rockwell Makati.. In this affluent mall, the shoppers are always much larger, taller, more portly, often lighter skinned...
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Worship and celebration
is clearly the main form of community for Filipinos. A lot of Filipino groups abroad are religious in nature, and the Filipino fiesta is when the entire town comes together. Will Villanueva describes...
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Nakakawalang-bilib
iyong inamin ni Digong na pagkapa sa kasambahay na tulog. Walang kalaban-laban. Dahil unang-una, halos alipin iyon sa isang lipunang malaki ang agwat ng mayaman at mahirap, maykapangyarihan at wala,...
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Past, Present, Possibilities
At New Year, one thinks of what was, what is and what could be. The latter we never can truly predict, I believe, even if in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation science fiction books, there is psychohistory, a...
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Philippine History Part V – Ngayon. 2018.
Kudos to Rappler for it’s overview of 2018 (link) top stories – even if the most read and most mood vote stories are more of a picture of interest and mood of the readership, missing some important...
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Developing its People
NOT letting them rot and then punish them – should be the priority of any smart country. It is the way of South Korea, Japan and Singapore – but not of Brazil or the Philippines. The recent discussion...
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A Broader Picture
is forming for some Filipinos, finally. Memes of how the “Manila Bay cleanup” was nothing more than a beachfront cleanup in Manila only, showing how big Manila Bay is compared to the front that was...
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Fundamental Disrespect
was shown to the Filipino policeman thrown taho at by a Chinese student in Manila (link). This is the same category as slapping employees and making them walk on all fours like a Chinese firm recently...
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Truth vs. Honor?
is that the issue when it comes to libel laws? Well, the Philippine definition of libel is (link) as per Article 353 Revised Penal Code: Definition of libel. — A libel is public and malicious...
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The Infallible Truth
is what quite a few Filipinos seem to expect from their figures of authority, or how else would President Duterte get away with so many highly varied numbers of drug addicts in the Philippines? Well,...
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Ang babastos ng mga tagabundok!
biruin ninyo, tinapunan ng bote si Bong Revilla! Buti nasangga ng agimat ang paglipad ng plastic bottle. Hindi ba nila alam na basura iyan, ano tingin niyo kay Bong, trapo? Pero huli yata talaga sa...
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Common Filipino Fallacies – and why they are harmful
The past few months and weeks looking at Philippine politics have shown a number of very harmful fallacies common in Filipino thinking. Certainly my perspective is foreign. But then again, every...
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What is it, gonna be, honesty or jealousy?
is part of a refrain of a French 1995 funk/hip-hop song (link), but recent events in the Philippines have made it clear how much this seemingly strange choice is the choice. Those who say there is no...
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