We beg to differ.
This may sound like a silly question considering that the majority of Filipinos still troop to Sunday masses and fete priests like celebrities at social gatherings. They come to them for advise, delegate to them their children’s education, hold on to every word they utter during their homilies, and whisper their darkest thoughts and most…
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Filipino neoliberals seem to be obsessed with the victim mindset. In his recent Inquirer column, Randy David describes Americans voting for former President Donald Trump as flirting with one-man rule because of the possibility that Trump might win again in 2024. “This,” David writes to punctuate his point, “is how dictatorships are born—often on the…
Followers of the politico-theological super cult created by former president Rodrigo Duterte and pastor Apollo Quiboloy are in despair over the waning political career of Vice President Inday Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio. Still addicted to the gravy train of power and money that flowed during the Duterte presidency, a huge number of them are worried…
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Although we see Vice President Inday Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio’s power and influence waning, I am writing this as a thought experiment of sorts just to emphasize the dangers of electing a pro-totalitarian candidate as President. It is important to note that the Philippines and North Korea are two distinct countries with different political systems,…
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Inday Sara Duterte has long been considered a formidable political figure with ambitions of becoming the country’s president. However, recent events and controversies have cast a dark shadow over her political career, indicating that her hope of winning the presidency is dead. Below are the figurative nails in the coffin of her political ambition: 1….
Is a life of celibacy normal? This is a question increasingly raised in a world increasingly hypersexualised by social media and their influencers. Indeed, the suppression of expression of sexuality has become taboo now — a trend that runs counter to the teachings of traditional organised hierarchies and religion which, by design, frowned upon the…
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Politics is divisive as it is and, just like politics, religion tears rights across families and friendships. It is often unwise to raise both topics in “polite” company unless, of course, one is angling for a fight. Consider then the Filipino priest. Their role in society is in crisis because religion is in decline as…
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Days after President Bongbong Marcos’ second State of the Nation Address, I still find myself gagging over the en faire tout un fromage over our political elite’s so-called red carpet pageantry. I don’t recall when traditional news media started featuring the fashion statements of this country’s politicians, but it should stop because it detracts from…