Philippine Red Cross Secretary General Gwen Pang Cleared Of Misconduct Charges

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Philippine Red Cross Secretary General Gwen Pang Cleared Of Misconduct Charges

As if surmounting the challenges of bringing aid and relief to people suffering from what seems to be a particularly disastrous year, ABS-CBN aired what some described as slanted reports attacking the integrity the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). ABS-CBN broadcast and published this week several reports alleging fund misuse and other complaints against officials of the…

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Media, Politics

Another Mar Roxas video exposes more evidence that he is not fit to be in a position of power

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Another Mar Roxas video exposes more evidence that he is not fit to be in a position of power

If the saying is true that pictures don’t lie, then it must also be true that the people caught on video do not have to take a lie detector test. This is precisely the reason why there should be no more debate about what Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas said…

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Civics, Government

Prospects for full rehab of Leyte province dim despite Justin Bieber visit to Tacloban

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Prospects for full rehab of Leyte province dim despite Justin Bieber visit to Tacloban

There has been no shortage of good intentions and resources to match these as far as efforts to get people residing in the disaster areas left by super-typhoon Haiyan (a.k.a. Yolanda) back up on their feet. The question that has become more pressing in recent days has been whether a recovery can be sustained and…

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Civics, Culture, Development, Government, Politics

You Can Follow The Flag Or The Yellow Ribbon Not Both

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You Can Follow The Flag Or The Yellow Ribbon Not Both

    You can stand alone Or with somebody else Or stand with all of us, together If you can believe In something bigger than yourself You can follow the flag forever They say it’s just a dream That dreamers dreamed That it’s an empty thing that really has no meaning They say it’s all…

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Culture, Government, Politics

Is Oriental Mindoro Representative Rey Umali desperate for pork?

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Is Oriental Mindoro Representative Rey Umali desperate for pork?

Funny how Oriental Mindoro Rep. Rey Umali is now reportedly leading a House bid to raise an impeachment complaint against the Philippine Supreme Court (SC). According to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Secretary-General Renato Reyes, this impeachment bid “could be an attempt to stop the High Court from declaring the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) as unconstitutional.”…

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Crime, Government, Politics

The Philippines’ feudal politics: How ‘different political backgrounds’ proved fatal to Typhoon Haiyan’s victims

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The Philippines’ feudal politics: How ‘different political backgrounds’ proved fatal to Typhoon Haiyan’s victims

Accounts of how the Philippines’ renowned brand of feudal politics came into play in the virtual paralysis of relief efforts in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan (a.k.a. Yolanda) are emerging. Tacloban City mayor Alfred Romualdez testifying before Congress reported how red tape and stonewalling from Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas…

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Crime, Development, Government

Life is cheap in the Philippines: recent events prove it

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Life is cheap in the Philippines: recent events prove it

The sad economics of human life is plain as day. Close to 6,000 Filipinos died just recently after super-typhoon Yolanda (a.k.a. Haiyan) struck the Philippines’ coconut growing heartland in November of this year. The Philippines made international news, the world’s great powers moved their men and steel into the disaster zone to help, top Filipino…

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Civics, Culture, Development, Economy, Government, Media, Religion, Society

Nelson Mandela cannot be compared to Filipino ‘hero’ Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Jr

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Nelson Mandela cannot be compared to Filipino ‘hero’ Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Jr

I think the relevant thing of note to Filipinos on this day of the death of revered champion of human rights Nelson Mandela is that he cannot be compared to “national hero” Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. While Nelson Mandela, like Ninoy Aquino, endured imprisonment (though Mandela’s 27-year term dwarfs the latter’s), Mandela unlike Ninoy went…

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Civics, Society