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The country we’ve made for ourselves: why we need an outsider’s perspective

March 25, 2014November 22, 2017 - by benign0 - 2 Comments.

The following is a copy of the Foreword I wrote for my friend Ben Kritz’s new book Same Planet, Different World: An Outsider’s Inside View of the Philippines. You can …

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Development / Politics

Dear Philippines: Hope is not a strategy

May 21, 2013May 30, 2013 - by benign0 - 5 Comments.

Hope springs eternal indeed as that other cliché goes. But then, we might ask: Hope in what exactly? Now that the Philippine Fiesta Elections of 2013 have come and gone, …

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Civics / Government / Politics

Is the use of state resources to defend Leila De Lima from disbarment justified?

August 3, 2012August 3, 2012 - by benign0 - 21 Comments.

The last couple of weeks has seen Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III leaning heavily on a number of key institutions and communities that provide important counterbalance to the …

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