SO WHAT if the Philippines is “less democratic” under Duterte?
Leaders of today’s Philippine Opposition will have us believe that democracy is in crisis — even in decline (horrors!) — and, as such, heralding a coming era of doom and …
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Fatherhood, Duterte, and the Majapahit Empire
“Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one’s children.” — William Bennett On Fatherhood In the last 100 …
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Remembering the Heroes of the Martial Law Era
“As of the twenty-third of this month, I signed Proclamation Number 1081 placing the entire Philippines under martial law” said President Ferdinand E. Marcos on that famous television broadcast 44 …
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The Philippines CAN become southeast Asia’s Silicon Valley!
Silicon Valley — the real one in California, that is — is hot, and it may be overheating the San Francisco Bay Area. Property prices are soaring as the Valley’s …
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Do the Philippines and the ASEAN community have what it takes to deal with China?
For all the feel-good news snippets we are receiving about the arrival of the Philippines’ newest warship, the 3,200-tonne BRP Ramon Alcaraz which joins the 3,400-tonne frigate BRP Gregorio del …
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Singapore haze: Airborne waste from slash-and-burn agriculture descends upon the wealthy enclave
Singapore — resource-poor and dependent on services, exports, and tourists — is reeling from the effects of smog reportedly coming mainly from waste being burned in Indonesia’s palm plantations. For …
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