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What can be a more perfect leader for Filipinos than the cross-dressing Filipino showbiz star Vice Ganda. Indeed, democracy, is the system of government that just keeps on giving. If Vice Ganda at least runs for — much more, wins — the presidency, Filipinos will be given the gift of clarity around just how stupid…
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This is, after all, a society that still looks up to clowns like Vice Ganda. Is it then any surprise that the “issues” that pervade in the “national debate” are no different to the ones that trended ten — even twenty — years ago? Wars on corruption and congressional inquires are the same circuses that…
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Is it just me, or does anyone else think that the excessive use and prescription of face shields in the Philippines is just another one of those shrill overreactions propagated on the back of the speculation coming from the lockdown-idled minds of millennial “influencers”? COVID-19 is unprecedented in its place in human history as a…
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Now, most of you have read enough of my work to know that I am often fiercely critical of the Philippine mainstream media. As a matter of fact, just about all of my articles involve bashing them in some way. However now, I begin to see a ray of hope for our local mainstream media…
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Recent articles, such as that of our webmaster Benign0, have reminded us how the murders we’ve seen lately have long been part of Philippine society. We have warlords, killings and Filipinos who hate each other just for having different ideas. Philippine society can indeed be nasty, and it has been for a long time. But…
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RODRIGO DUTERTE’s unorthodox language and idiosyncratic campaign style have skyrocketed his popularity to such mind-blowing proportions. The tough-talking mayor of Davao city recently drew flak for cracking a joke on the 1989 rape-slay of Australian missionary Jacqueline Hamill. “She was gang-raped, (the prisoners) had lined up for their turn. But she was so beautiful, the…
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The interesting thing about democracy is that it introduces inconvenient transparency to societies that adopt it as a form of government. In a democracy, the truth comes out in many ways unexpected. In the Philippines which is in the midst of election campaign fever, many such uncomfortable truths are coming out. One of them is…
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Okay, so I finally got to see the video wherein Mayor Duterte of Davao allegedly made fun of the tragic death of Jackie Hamill, the Australian missionary who was raped and killed in a prison back in 1989. I also heard more details of the tragedy and, from watching the video, hearing the man’s later statements and…
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