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Philippines finally comes home to Asia following Duterte’s groundbreaking trip to China

October 22, 2016October 22, 2016 - by benign0 - 66 Comments.

Senator Leila de Lima was on a rampage following Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s reported shift of the country’s foreign policy to one that involves a cosying up to China and …

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Remembering the Heroes of the Martial Law Era

September 23, 2016 - by Celestino Manrique II - 103 Comments.

“As of the twenty-third of this month, I signed Proclamation Number 1081 placing the entire Philippines under martial law” said President Ferdinand E. Marcos on that famous television broadcast 44 …

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Why I Still Value ‘Due Process’…

July 27, 2016 - by Grimwald - 19 Comments.

Now, before you go thinking that I’m an anti-Duterte and pro-drug lord activist, let me clarify to you that no, I am not against the progress brought forth by the …

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Culture / Politics / Society

The Iron Lady: Could Filipinos have handled a leader like Margaret Thatcher?

April 9, 2013 - by benign0 - 90 Comments.

Filipinos can only make wistful remarks about the greatness of the late former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who died yesterday aged 87. This is a lady who busted Britain’s …

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The 11th September 2001 terrorist attack – ten years hence: What have we learned?

September 10, 2011 - by benign0 - 4 Comments.

History’s worst terrorist act against Americans within and outside of their borders will be remembered on Sunday, the 11th September this year. Exactly ten years ago on that date (now …

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Glitz and Glamour

Mad times call for Mad Men!

April 22, 2011 - by benign0 - 7 Comments.

The dawn of the space age, the height of the Cold War, the assassination of JFK, and a childlike self-confidence in the midst of an unprecedented period of prosperity that …

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