Do Filipinos know how to use their freedom of speech?
What is up with some modern day proponents of freedom of speech? Do they really know what they are talking about? Sometimes they give me the impression that all they …
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The corrupt rich: Why people who are better off leaving stick around
Considering that even Panfilo Lacson, a Senator of the Republic of the Philippines, felt that he was better off running than subjecting himself to the whimsical world of the “justice” …
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Filipinos should use the power of social media wisely
Social media is less than a decade old. Obviously, when I was a teenager there was no Facebook or Twitter yet. I am so glad for that. At one point …
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PNoy: being president is about hard work and not about popularity
They say love hurts. Or at least being rejected does. Whether it is a lover or a friend – they say that being jilted is just like getting punched in …
Read MoreSomebody please tell Noynoy he is President of the Philippines!
Philippine President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino speaking as a ‘private citizen’? I’m no expert on protocol but in my book, when one assumes the office of head of state and government, …
Read MoreCase studies of irrelevance: Drug mules and Ombudsman Merci Gutierrez
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Fact Sheet for the Philippines published in 2006, 16,000 Filipinos died violently in 2002. This means that in the five hours it …
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Since Edsa 1986: 25 years of walking the walk of shame with a bad hangover
I went to “Edsa” in 1986 to kibitz, make tusok-tusok da fishball and watch girls. Ok, so I also wanted to “contribute” to removing then President Ferdinand E. Marcos from …
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Is PNoy bad for Philippine foreign relations?
Diplomacy. The word, according to its definition describes the “art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of …
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