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Manny Pacquiao for President?

Posted on July 29, 2013July 29, 2013 By FallenAngel 14 Comments on Manny Pacquiao for President?
Manny Pacquiao for President?

Yeah, I know. The idea has been floated before. This time, though, it’s straight from the horse’s mouth. The champ himself spoke to Agence France-Presse in Macau about considering such a move… When pressed on whether he had thought about shooting for the top job, the softly-spoken 34-year-old replied “Yes”. Drawing parallels between his pugilism…

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Glitz and Glamour, Politics, Society

Manny Pacquiao may be President of the Philippines someday!

Posted on July 28, 2013 By benign0 15 Comments on Manny Pacquiao may be President of the Philippines someday!
Manny Pacquiao may be President of the Philippines someday!

So boxing champ Manny Pacquiao has reportedly revealed hints of plans to go for the Philippines’ highest office, admitting in an interview with the AFP in Macau yesterday that “he had considered the presidency of the 95 million-strong nation.” When pressed on whether he had thought about shooting for the top job, the softly-spoken 34-year-old…

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Glitz and Glamour, Politics, Society

Has Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada changed for the better?

Posted on July 27, 2013July 28, 2013 By benign0 64 Comments on Has Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada changed for the better?
Has Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada changed for the better?

It seemed like an eternity ago that Joseph “Erap” Estrada was a whipping boy of the Philippines’ chattering classses. The late Teddy Benigno summed up the pickle — what he called “Our Crisis” — Filipino voters had gotten themselves into when they voted Erap to the presidency in 1998… As many of us in the…

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Politics, Society

PNoy’s 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) makes you go ‘hmmm…’

Posted on July 26, 2013August 8, 2013 By Ilda 80 Comments on PNoy’s 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) makes you go ‘hmmm…’
PNoy’s 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) makes you go ‘hmmm…’

There is simply no other show in the Philippines like the occasion of the State of the Nation Address (SONA), especially when it involves President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino, his family, and his minions. Some star-struck Filipinos even liken the spectacle to the internationally-renowned Academy of Motion Pictures awards night or the Oscars because public…

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Government, Politics, Society

Intellectual Revolution: The Necessity of the Thinkers and the Revolutionary Minds

Posted on July 25, 2013 By Jose Mario de Vega 7 Comments on Intellectual Revolution: The Necessity of the Thinkers and the Revolutionary Minds
Intellectual Revolution: The Necessity of the Thinkers and the Revolutionary Minds

This humble paper is an affirmative response to the lucid and scholarly essay of Ms. Natalie Shobana Ambrose’s “Empowering our thinkers”, The Sun Daily, July 12th. Though I overwhelmingly concur to her general proposition, I beg the indulgence of the reader that I may be allowed to adumbrate and elaborate on the various theses that…

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Civics, Education, Society

The crying cop story and how Filipino society can break even the most stoic citizen

Posted on July 24, 2013July 25, 2013 By FallenAngel 33 Comments on The crying cop story and how Filipino society can break even the most stoic citizen
The crying cop story and how Filipino society can break even the most stoic citizen

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (BS Aquino) delivered the State of the Nation Address (SONA) to mark the opening of Congress for year 2013 last Monday, July 22. As much as the content of said address (all 102 minutes of it), what’s also being discussed by the chattering classes is what our politicians wore to…

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Politics, Society

Award-wiinning British film ‘Metro Manila’ trailer exclusive on UK Telegraph!

Posted on July 23, 2013July 23, 2013 By benign0 18 Comments on Award-wiinning British film ‘Metro Manila’ trailer exclusive on UK Telegraph!
Award-wiinning British film ‘Metro Manila’ trailer exclusive on UK Telegraph!

Winner of this year’s Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, the trailer of Sean Ellis’s thriller Metro Manila is now an exclusive on the Telegraph! Starring Jake Macapagal and Althea Vega, the film, which won the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, tells the story of Oscar Ramirez (Macapagal) and his family’s…

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Glitz and Glamour, Society

President Nelson Mandela’s Legacy (Happy birthday, comrade Madiba), Mr. Obama’s Hypocrisy and the Courage of the Whistle Blowers

Posted on July 21, 2013 By Jose Mario de Vega 5 Comments on President Nelson Mandela’s Legacy (Happy birthday, comrade Madiba), Mr. Obama’s Hypocrisy and the Courage of the Whistle Blowers
President Nelson Mandela’s Legacy (Happy birthday, comrade Madiba), Mr. Obama’s Hypocrisy and the Courage of the Whistle Blowers

I refer to Amy Goodman’s “Fighting for justice a fitting tribute to Mandela”, ABQ Journal/Syndicated Columnist, July 20, 2013. I concur with the author that: “As the world celebrates Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday, it is timely to reflect on his life, spent fighting for equality for people of color who long suffered under South Africa’s…

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