Dissing Politicians Accomplishes Nothing
One thing that’s obvious on social media (and the rest of the Internet) is that people love dissing each other, but most especially politicians. For example, our esteemed webmaster Benign0 …
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What the Shadow of Marcos is used to Conceal
Imelda Marcos was in the news a while back for getting another conviction (she had been convicted years ago, though there seems to be a roadblock to carrying it out). …
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Dengvaxia is No Excuse to Fail in Preventing the Measles Outbreak
Recently, the party-list candidate group ANA Kalusugan staged a rally and press conference in Manila, holding the former in front of the Department of Health. They charged that the DOH …
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Those Who want to “save the world” are its Greatest Enemies
Quite the irony, isn’t it? But I mean it: it’s the people who believe they should save the world who are its greatest enemies. I believe that no one carries …
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The Control-Freak “Disente” have skewed the Concept of Freedom
The recent brouhaha over Faceook hiring and implementing “fact-checkers” and also blocking mechanisms against suspected “fake news” has many people in an uproar. Such people believe that the basis of …
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Local Journalism’s Adversarial Role is Overrated
After writing about journalists not being special, sometimes sacrificing truth and opposing for opposing’s sake, further reading revealed to me that some journalists act as they do because they believe …
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Martial Law and Violence: Products of our Heritage
It’s been 44 years since the declaration of Martial Law, and though it has long been removed, we feel as if it is still in effect. Killings, abductions and other …
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All Abuzz about the FA-50, Defense and China
A lot of controversy continues to hound the recent acquisition of weapons for the Philippine military, such as the FA-50 Golden Eagle trainer-light fighters for the Philippine Air Force, Hamilton-Class …
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