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Kudos to fellow blogger Tony Ramos for raising awareness on the dearth of help and services for people with mental conditions and disabilities in this country. This follows the recent fracas involving a blogger group, a member of which described a known personality with autism as “walang kwenta.” Another recent issue is the reported proliferation…
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One of the burning issues today is… literally, cities like Paris burning. The cover story is that they are protesting inadequacies in education. But really, should that be any reason to riot? I more believe the claim that lax immigration policies opened the door – deliberately – for many criminally-behaved people to wreak havoc as…
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It could be because the loudest and angriest voices in Philippine mainstream media and social media are disproportionately Yellowtards but the recent outrage fad surrounding comments made in the podcast Machong Chismisan reveals a lot about the selective sensitivity and consistent hypocrisy ingrained in Philippine society. Firstly, outrage like this is normal in most normal…
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When an enquiry starts appearing like a mere political obsession There exists an infamous practice in the darker chapters of police investigations: when available evidence fails to establish guilt, the temptation arises to continuously search for something—anything at all—that will sustain the allegation. At its absolute worst, this degenerates into the outright criminal practice of…
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Recall Filipino tennis sensation Alex Eala’s words after her career breakthrough win beating world number five ranked Madison Keys in Miami in 2026. Asked post match what she thought the victory meant to Filipinos — the first Filipino woman to beat a Grand Slam champion and the first Filipino woman to beat a top ten…
A set of photos posted on Facebook today, 12th October 2026, by content creator Johnny Khooo highlights the interesting gulf between the seemingly “First World” vibe of the tony district known as the “Bonifacio Global City” (BGC) and the organic indigenous Filipino communities surrounding this enclave. A series of photos posted by Khooo illustrate the…
A fellow furparent across the street yelled “Animal abuse!” when I called my dog. My front gate’s latch failed, before I knew it my three-year-old everything-breed had bolted and crossed the street to my neighbor’s sari-sari store. “Dingaling!” I shouted. “Animal abuse!” my neighbor shot back, laughing. She petted my hairy Houdini’s narrow noggin, then…
From what I understand about the law, Senator Panfilo Lacson may be on shaky ground. As someone who admires Lacson, this should not come across as an accusation but as an ordinary person raising a point of concern, which may affect the Ombudsman and also the reputations of two Senators. Lacson had formally submitted documents…
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