We need to find a peacetime use for social media
Like most technologies that permeate society today, social media, as it turns out, originally came of age as a weapon. Though it was originally pitched as a peachy digital hangout …
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On Remembrance Day, Filipinos are called to be CRYSTAL CLEAR about what they FIGHT for
Lately, we’ve been seeing Filipinos chiming in on the the occassion of Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of …
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Filipinos need to get better at killing in order to prosper
The seeming aversion of Filipinos to large-scale infrastructure projects — the sorts needed to achieve the vast economies of scale needed to compete in the global market likely stems from …
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China militarisation of South China Sea is not a one-administration issue
Filipinos are currently lamenting China’s progressive annexation of their claimed territories in the South China Sea (SCS). But this lamentation is of a confused sort. One of the more controversial …
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A meeting of liberal minds: Oprah Winfrey for US President, Jover Laurio for “Filipino of the Year”
This is not to say US Queen of Talk Oprah Winfrey is anything like “Filipino of the Year” Jover Laurio. Oprah is a pillar of the planet’s mightiest showbiz industry …
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Filipinos, get 100% behind your Army and prepare to CRUSH the terrorist New People’s Army!
Now that the Philippine government will be in an “all-out” war against the New People’s Army (NPA), the terrorist arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines, it is worth …
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Military strategy should not be based on the assumption that terrorists may consider ‘surrender’?
Trust Rappler to give air time to any content that works towards painting a beaten enemy of the Opposition’s favourite bogeyman — the Philippine military — as victims of yet …
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The stupidity in comparing the Marawi War to the Mamasapano PNP operation and Zamboanga conflict
The tragic Mamasapano operation (mounted during the term of Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III) in which 44 Special Action Force officers were massacred by elements of the Moro …
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