Real Ateneans don’t wear blue
As an alumnus of the Ateneo, I can’t help but wonder about what’s really going on in the heads of the members of what is arguably the most elite academic …
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Filipinos too paralysed by partisanism and superstition to implement modern disaster relief
In the aftermath of yet another devastating “natural” disaster — this time an earthquake hitting southern Mindanao — Filipinos are again exhibiting the lack of decisive and deliberate fast action …
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Sedition charges against Robredo et al are based on sworn statements and not mere “viral” YouTube videos
In her Inquirer column today, Solita “Winnie” Monsod is up in arms over what she regards as the Philippine police’s selective treatment of statements made by Peter Joemel Advincula over …
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Duterte quip about maid reflects widespread abuse servants cop in Filipino households
I’m not here to make excuses for a head of state making light of possible abuse of household help in his youth. That’s just not on. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte …
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We should include the bullied in the conversation about bullies
You know who are the most likely victims of bullying? If you answered “the less fortunate”, the “marginalised”, the “powerless”, or the underdogs”, you answered wrong. Because these types of …
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Politicisation of the UP-Ateneo UAAP basketball match severely backfires!
You gotta pity the University of the Philippines’ men’s basketball team that went up against the Ateneo de Manila in this year’s UAAP championship match. They may have been under …
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“Wear black”?? How Katipunan Road mirrors the degeneration of Boracay Island
Suddenly Katipunan Road is “home” to every UAAP basketball fan and, worse, to every millennial “social justice warrior” (SJW) and her cat. Now I know what it feels like to …
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Upsilon elitism is NOTHING compared to the elitism of the Ateneo and La Salle BOYS club
While we’re in the business of calling out the misogyny, elitism, homphobia, and racism in the leaked group chats allegedly originating from the “brods” of the illustrious Upsilon Sigma Phi …
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