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Tag: Mike Portes

Genuine change? Something just doesn’t add up.

Posted on January 11, 2013January 29, 2015 By Ms. Mike Portes 82 Comments on Genuine change? Something just doesn’t add up.

We all want change and change has to start from within one’s self and from the basic unit of society. My parents  made me feel, that I can be somebody great without compromising discipline during the stage where practical reasoning is best developed. So remarkable are the developmental years of a child at the ages…

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Culture, Religion, Society

Tax season na! It’s raining P****g I*a!

Posted on January 11, 2013January 11, 2013 By Ms. Mike Portes 7 Comments on Tax season na! It’s raining P****g I*a!
Tax season na! It’s raining P****g I*a!

May kapatid akong tumatangis na tax computation/adjustment month na naman at masama ang loob dahil wala naman siyang nakikitang kapuna-punang pagbabago o maramdamang magandang serbisyo mula sa gobyerno. Kaya ang tanong niya saan napupunta ang binabayad niya? Sabi ko dapat sa debt servicing, infrastructure, public and social services pero  “paramount” sa lahat, ay ang sosyal…

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Culture, Government, Money Talks, Politics, Society

Do we ditch the scholar in favor of the politician?

Posted on November 24, 2011December 2, 2011 By Ms. Mike Portes 89 Comments on Do we ditch the scholar in favor of the politician?

The news feed was just too hard to ignore, it headlined: “EDSA to be renamed Cory Aquino Avenue?” and it opens with “The House of Representatives is now tackling on first reading a bill seeking to rename Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) to Cory Aquino Avenue.” and ends with “”It would be but a fitting…

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Education, Government, Politics, Society

Hypocritical respect

Posted on May 27, 2011December 2, 2011 By Ms. Mike Portes 7 Comments on Hypocritical respect

Is this an honest mistake or a subliminal message from the Office of the President based on PNoy’s warning to China regarding the disputed Spratlys? To quote: ““We may not have the capabilities now, but that might force us to increase our capabilities also,”? Or is this a message that the PNoy administration is dead…

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Media, Politics, Society

A quiet dignity

Posted on April 9, 2011May 10, 2011 By Ms. Mike Portes 4 Comments on A quiet dignity
A quiet dignity

Why did I hesitate? The cynicism in me took over but I was drawn to him and for every word that was exchanged in that early morning jeepney ride, my fondness in him grew stronger. It was a fresh Saturday morning in a soothingly windy Metro Manila suburb that made me want to take a…

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Civics, Development, Society

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