My Wish List For This Christmas
I’m putting this here just in case somebody out there might actually be listening… Dear Santa, I have been a very good boy this year so that means I can …
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A Bangsamoro state is only possible in a fully-federalised Philippine republic
The trouble with all notions of an autonomous Muslim state is that it implies that Muslims are “special” Filipinos deserving of special treatment. The Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) …
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Why democracy does not work in the Philippines
The 1986 EDSA “People Power” revolution has been credited with bringing democracy back to the Philippines. However, three decades after the historic event, it seems majority of Filipinos still do …
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The #Philippines suffers from acute intellectual bankruptcy and a lack of common sense
[The following is a piece originally published in The Manila Bulletin on the 09th April 2000 and featured in Get Real Philippines on the same year. How many of the …
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The Philippines’ power crisis and Noynoy Aquino’s lame bid for emergency powers
So let me get this straight. After four years of sitting on his hands, Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III is suddenly asking for “emergency powers” to solve the …
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Noynoy Aquino: stop issuing stupid answers to the question of your term extension
The most annoying sort of human beings of all are those who can’t make up their minds. I’m a firm believer in the saying: Either dump your load or get …
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4 issues Philippine presidential candidates should address in the lead up to the 2016 election
Filipinos should be grateful to The New York Times for being instrumental in putting an end to talks around whether or not Philippine President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino should seek …
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Noynoy Aquino needs to be reminded: ‘Never again’
“Never again.” It is a call to remind Filipinos that the “horrors” of the Martial Law years of the 1970s should never happen again; that we should be vigilant and …
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