Lockdown or no lockdown Filipinos remain helpless against COVID-19
The Philippines is not a nation of people who take the initiative to do the right thing. We are talking here of the land of the jeepney and a society …
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The world will not wait for the Philippines to recover from COVID-19
“Humanity” and all the goodness around empathy and charity sound nice on paper but, eventually, people and the rest of the world with clear pathways to the future move on. …
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The UP Shopping Center would be missed, but not THAT much…
Sad that the UP Shopping Center (SC) burnt to the ground. The thing I really remember the most about the UPSC is that it was an old and rather stuffy …
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The annual Quiapo Church Black Nazarene fiesta (Traslacion) and Filipinos’ fascination with crowding
It remains quite the modern-day curiosity how more than a million people would troop to Manila for a chance to catch a glimpse and possibly — hoping against hope — touch the “revered” Black …
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The Philippines’ real tyrants are the Catholic Bishops, NOT its ELECTED officials
Seems like all the screeching about “tyranny”, “dictatorship” and abuse of “human rights” have for so long been directed at the wrong people and the wrong institutions. Right within Filipinos’ …
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Is the Roman Catholic Church ‘full of shit’?
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte thinks so. Duterte railed against the hypocrisy of the Church in a speech he delivered Monday asserting, as a matter of fact, that the hallowed institution …
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To be an independent country, the Philippines needs to build an independent economy
“No man is an island,” as the old cliché goes. On the back of that “wisdom”, it can be said that the Philippine government’s diplomatic posturings in recent weeks expose …
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At last! Roman Catholic Church taken to task for keeping Filipinos poor
The Philippines’ once-powerful Roman Catholic Church has finally met its match. For starters, it chose to be on the wrong side of history during the campaign in the lead up …
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