We beg to differ.
While the rest of the peoples of the world grapple with the big issues — many of them existential — the Philippines’ citizenry are subject to the ongoing feudal machinations of its ruling oligarchs. Indeed, the Philippine Senate is basically that — a chamber composed of people who are mostly members of the same tony…
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“Here is the news Coming to you every hour on the hour” Electric Light Orchestra Last I looked the Philippines is a Catholic country. Pinoys are flawed in many things and by my reckoning many of them go through the motions in terms of being Catholic. What I can not argue is that…
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Self-proclaimed “Oprah Winfrey of the Philippines” and presidential sister Kris Aquino may be given a run for the money if reports that brilliant international human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin will take up the case of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA). Arroyo is currently detained on charges of plunder and has remained under hospital arrest…
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In a feature article on the 24th November 2012 edition of Good Weekend, the weekend magazine of major Australian broadsheet The Sydney Morning Herald, Aussie journalist Jackie Dent writes about her experience speaking to the surviving family members of the late former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. The article delves into the rise and fall of…