To Jim Paredes: Good luck and have a nice life
Presumably the “scandal” is over now that Jim Paredes has owned up to and apologised for the grief a private video had caused after it somehow found its way onto …
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Filipino liberals presume to know better than people who choose NOT to be “victims”
He is not the president of Europeans or Americans. He is the president of the Filipino people. As such, Filipinos get to decide what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in …
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Is there such a thing as a part-time Roman Catholic?
In the coming Easter season (“holy week” to Filipinos), there is, again, a call to reflect on our spirituality and what it means to be Catholic. To most Filipinos, being …
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Is Philippine House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez saying extra-marital affairs are “normal”?
Current Speaker of the Philippine House of Representative Pantaleón Álvarez recently came under fire after his extramarital affair was exposed. To be precise, he copped some flak from some sectors …
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Filipinos should be happy that God told Duterte to stop swearing
So did God speak to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte? Maybe he did, and maybe he didn’t. What is the point in being fixated on a personal matter between a man …
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Why morality, decency, and civility have been discredited in Philippine society
To be ‘moral’. To be ‘decent’. To be ‘civil’. These are noble aspirations. Unfortunately for Filipinos, these three words were hijacked by Philippine politics’ Yellow Camp — people who are …
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How The Mainstream Philippine Media Is Killing Our Cultural Identity And Imagination
It’s that time of the year again and while a lot of us are busy with preparing for Christmas, I’m busying myself with creating Halloween stories to tell for those …
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Senator De Lima Vs. The Culture Of Self-Righteousness In The Philippines
Well ladies and gentlemen, the cat is now out of the bag and Senator De Lima now faces not just charges of fraud but also, apparently, adultery. Now, I’m going …
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