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Dawn of Justice
is the second part of the title of the Batman vs. Superman movie. Two kinds of justice also show a major Philippine divide: the state-run system of justice and the barangay mediation system. One is...
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A Filipino civilization
may be developing these days. Three times I think the development of a civilization was interrupted, by three respective foreign powers: Spain, the United States, and Japan. Let us look: The area...
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Serving the community and the environment
By Karl Garcia Ever since I saw guest blogs from Bill in Oz and Sonny, I also wanted to submit a guest blog for the Filipino-German Learning Center. This is not about history, but of various topics...
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Cooperate or Collapse
The latest research has looked into the causes of societies failing or collapsing more extensively than ever. This could help in finding out how to fix Philippine society. Why Nations Fail (link to...
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An unreliable people?
Recent reports of how Duterte would not want to insist on the island claims filed before the UNCLOS (link), about how a Chinese plane recently landed in Davao (link), its course even clearly evidenced...
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Senator Alan Cayetano
anong mararamdaman mo kung nanay mo ang pinagtripan ng ganyan ni Duterte? Parehong puti ang mga nanay natin. Mga ama natin, magka-brod dati. Pag-sori ni Duterte kulang pa, ito sinabi niya (link):...
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Subsidiarity, Solidarity, Humanity
were mentioned by Manong Sonny once as the three factors for a balanced society. Bill in Oz has mentioned that the life of normal Filipinos remained essentially the same over centuries. Therein lies...
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Blogging about Absurdistan
or the Philippines for one year has been very rewarding. Both in terms of understanding the old country better and helping others understand more in the discussions here and on the associated Facebook...
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More on community – police, doctors, schools
By Karl Garcia More on the Community (first article)! In the most recent presidential debate (link) a part of it was about the community, but most was about health care. Definitely on the macro level...
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Securing Children’s Futures
In the Presidential debate, it was only Grace Poe who spoke to the child in her five-minute final address. But even there something seemed to be lacking, from my European perspective of course. What...
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The Filipino mix, IPs and regionalism
by Karl Garcia In Joe America’s blog article Filipino is not a race (link) He correctly states that Filipino is a nation and being Filipino is a nationality, but what is the race of the Filipino. Joe...
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Maturing a people
could be the solution for the Philippines. Co-writer Bill in Oz wrote this: “Children who are never allowed to grow up never grow up.. Such is the case for a majority of Filipinos And it is an educated...
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Ako
ay gawa ng makatang Indonesian na si Chairul Anwar noong umalis siyang galit sa pagbababae ng kanyang ama. Naging tangi itong poem ng mga rebolusyonaryong taga-Indonesia. Salin ko: Kung panahon ko na...
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Pananagutan
sa isa’t-isa o “solidarity” ay napakahalaga para hindi magkawatak-watak ang isang lipunan. Mahina ang solidarity ng Pilipino sa labas ng sariling angkan o KKK, kaya sa tingin ko hindi nagkakaroon ng...
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Naga and Davao
and their respective candidates represent two types of Filipinos: the villager and the tribesman. This contrast was formed in colonial times. Those who lived in the villages, became Christians and...
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Changing a Country
will not work without people changing themselves also. There are three aspects that make for a working community at any level from a village to a nation: the rules are clear and are followed without...
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Friday the 13th
might be scary for some. I’m home before dark for sure. President-elect Duterte however seems scared of the “ghosts” in Malacañan (Interaksyon article). The ghosts of Philippine history? Rizal knew...
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Speaking in Tongues
is the message of Pentecost. Filipinos prefer the Lenten season of pasyon and victimhood to even Easter which is rising from victimhood (link to article). During Pentecost the apostles “began to speak...
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Initial Wish List
By Karl Garcia I have a wish list of what I wish to happen in terms of policies and legislation. Some I already mentioned and will just summarize. For legislation of course some high profile bills like...
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Balancing a society
is very hard. The recent movie by Brillante Mendoza about “Ma’ Rosa” highlights this (Variety article). A sari-sari store owner sells shabu on the side, gets caught and her children have to raise money...
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