We beg to differ.
Lately, the Philippines has — for a number of good reasons — enjoyed the limelight, emerging as an economic bright spot in Asia. Receiving a stamp of approval from the world’s leading rating agencies, namely Fitch, S&P, and Moody’s, the country stands — in label — as a full-fledged investment-grade economy. This, at least theoretically, means…
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In a rare stroke of balance, “social news network” site Rappler published the scholarly work of eminent sociologist Nicole Curato, “a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the Australian National University” according to the short bio included at the foot of her article The President as spin doctor….
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Hmmm… now I’m confused. Do I side with the jeepney driver? Or do I side with the Congressman’s son? Tough decision considering both types of people aren’t really in my top ten sorts of people to sympathize with. But here’s the context behind this personal dilemma of mine… A cellphone video earlier showed [King George…
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This counts as one whopper of a WTF? statement coming from a presidential sister other than Kris Aquino. One of today’s Inquirer headlines screams: President’s sister Pinky asks kinder pupils to pray for her brother! “Who is our brother again? You’re right, it’s Noynoy. Please pray for him because he is confronting so many problems…
“….we don’t get depressed. Here’s what we call our golden rule. Have faith in you and the things you do, you won’t go wrong this is our family jewel” Sister Sledge Dr. Jerry Buss built the Lakers into one of the best run teams in professional sport. There is no more popular team…
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The recent cyber-attacks, this time against the websites of the Philippines’ Office of the Ombudsman reflect a growing frustration among Filipinos over the failure of the government President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III to live up to its big campaign promises. Conviction rates have declined under the watch of Conchita Carpio Morales who took over…
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Apologists and fans of Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III cannot help but be “disappointed”. Disappointed, because people have supposedly started to lose faith in the promise of a better Philippines that the Second Aquino Administration purportedly heralded. Indeed, the campaign of President BS Aquino promised a lot. With flying colours — well, flying…
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Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino has so far been very good at playing the “victim card” and the “blame-game” during his term. In fact, he comes from a long line of Aquinos who make it a point to emphasize that they are being persecuted. They do this to get public support. The victim-mentality could…