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It Is a Good Time for Change, Starting with Changing to Someone Who Can Actually Do It

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It Is a Good Time for Change, Starting with Changing to Someone Who Can Actually Do It

I read with some interest Jaime Garchitorena’s “End of Year Thoughts: If there’s a good time to initiate change I think that good time is now”, and I found it intriguing in that it echoes in many ways my own understanding of the futility of ‘ideal democracy’: That rules many times are nothing more than…

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Government, Politics

President Noynoy Aquino’s crooked path justified @JaimeGarch

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President Noynoy Aquino’s crooked path justified @JaimeGarch

On his request, I read Jaime Garchitorena’s End of Year Thoughts. The primary payload of Mr Garch’s piece seems to revolve around the notion that to expect any sort of strategic thinking and strategic execution from President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is an exercise in utter futility, and therefore, that expectation is best written off…

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Government, Politics

2011 highlights point to more of the same for 2012 under PNoy governent

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2011 highlights point to more of the same for 2012 under PNoy governent

A quick look at what has happened in the Philippines in 2011 will give Filipinos a very good idea of what is in store for the country in 2012. Another year has passed but not much has changed for most Filipinos. If you prefer the status quo, you’ll get more of the same. If you…

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Development, Economy, Government, Politics, Society

The important thing is to be happy on Christmas – Bong Revilla

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The important thing is to be happy on Christmas – Bong Revilla

One person who was certainly feeling the full “spirit” of Christmas is Philippine Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr who gushed over the film Ang Panday 2 in a press conference organised around it in early December. Panday 2 is the official entry of Imus Production and GMA Films to this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival….

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Glitz and Glamour, Media

Articles of Impeachment against Philippine President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III

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Articles of Impeachment against Philippine President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III

As I was going through the articles of impeachment against Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, I began to realise how so much of the complaint against the Chief Justice is based on circumstantial assertions. I thought, hey, if this drivel of an impeachment complaint passed Congress, I’ll bet I can draft one against…

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Crime, Environment, Featured, Government, Politics

Malacañang finally admits excessive preoccupation with prosecuting Arroyo

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Malacañang finally admits excessive preoccupation with prosecuting Arroyo

In the aftermath of the devastation wrought by Typhoon Sendong upon northern Mindanao which may ultimately claim up to 2,000 lives, the administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has released an official statement admitting that it may have been distracted from warnings coming from climate and environment experts… Palace spokesman Edwin Lacierda admitted that…

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Development, Environment, Government, The South

Pedro Calungsod – yet another Filipino saint Filipinos can look to for miracles

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Pedro Calungsod – yet another Filipino saint Filipinos can look to for miracles

I read recently that we have another Filipino saint queued for canonisation by the Roman Catholic officialdom in the Vatican. Blessed Pedro Calungsod is a 17th Century Visayan martyr whose bid to be the second Filipino saint is “now a certainty” by virtue of a papal decree made last week according to an Inquirer.net report….

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Culture, Government, Religion, Society

President Noynoy Aquino: Is he the new Filipino god?

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President Noynoy Aquino: Is he the new Filipino god?

Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino wants to end 2011 right — or at least his handlers do. Just a few days before the end of the year, Malacañang’s official survey firm, Social Weather Stations (SWS), which is owned and operated by friends and family members of PNoy, concluded the year with another “very good” rating…

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Culture, Media, Politics, Religion