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Jover Laurio’s wedding is the world’s LEAST-REPORTED Wedding of the Year

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 - by benign0 - 7 Comments.

Considering that Jover Laurio, venerable blogger of Opposition website Pinoy Ako Blog, was crowned Filipino “Person of the Year” by the Philippines’ biggest broadsheet in 2017, her wedding Saturday enjoyed …

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Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court is a source of REAL national pride

March 20, 2018 - by benign0 - 32 Comments.

“Proud to be Pinoy” is an oft-heard phrase when it comes to world champion boxers and beauty pageant contestants. That’s because it makes perfect sense that the “winner” coming out …

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Civics / Government / Media / Politics

Typhoon Haiyan in hindsight: Romualdez could have been set up for blame had PNoy been a bit shrewder

February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 - by benign0 - 20 Comments.

So it’s been 100 days since the disaster wrought by super-typhoon Haiyan (a.k.a. Yolanda). A one-hundred day anniversary is an arbitrary point following a seminal event where the average talking …

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Politics / Religion

Risa Hontiveros: How can one be a communist and a Catholic at the same time?

April 30, 2013May 31, 2016 - by benign0 - 65 Comments.

Reading John Nery gush like a starstruck teenager about senatorial candidate Risa Hontiveros (Akbayan and the Liberal Party) in his recent Inquirer.net piece A Catholic vote for Risa, you could …

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