The Apeco Mess
If outgoing Rep. Edgardo “Sonny†Angara Jr. of Aurora wins the election to the Senate seat of his father, as he is widely expected to do, it seems he will …
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The illusion of progress in the Philippines
Filipinos choose to measure progress from a Western perspective (mainly financial wealth and capital-intensive development). Thus a “successful” Filipino individual as measured by contemporary Filipino society fits the standard Hollywood …
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Can Photos Help Save Our Indigenous Cultures?
I believe they can. Last July I traveled to a remote part of the Sierra Madre mountains in northern Luzon where I spent two weeks with the indigenous Agta and …
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