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A year after the Ukrainian crisis: what’s for the Philippines?

March 22, 2023March 23, 2023 The Unpopular Opinion 4 Comments

More than a year has passed since hostilities began when Moscow executed its special military operations on Ukrainian territory. Initially, numerous military analysts predicted a swift victory for Russia in a similar way when the port city of Sevastopol and the Crimean peninsula changed hands through false flag operations. However, the Ukrainians strongly defied these…

Economy, History

Remembering the Heroes of the Martial Law Era

September 23, 2016 Celestino Manrique II 105 Comments

“As of the twenty-third of this month, I signed Proclamation Number 1081 placing the entire Philippines under martial law” said President Ferdinand E. Marcos on that famous television broadcast 44 years ago today, September 23. Before the declaration of martial law, the country was in a state of upheaval. It was the middle of the…

Civics, Government, Society

Mao Zedong, Adolf Hitler, and Josef Stalin: The Philippines’ political drama in retrospect

June 23, 2015 Celestino Manrique II 31 Comments

One of the worst and most annoying characteristics of the Filipino people is the melodramatic personality. Filipinos are so driven by drama, sometimes (if not many times) to a fault. It has hampered the rationality of Philippine society, which is evident in elections. BS Aquino III was catapulted to the presidency after the death of…

Culture, Politics, Society