Heneral Luna Today

Posted by JoeAm on December 6, 2015 · 20 Comments 

w by Irineo B. R. Salazar The focus in the Philippines is always, and too much, on the President. He or she is expected to be a paramount datu, rajah or barangay captain to deal with all problems in the Philippines, a country of nearly 100 million people, in an archipelago of over 7000 islands … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

Google Trends and the Last Minute Voter

Posted by JoeAm on December 1, 2015 · 134 Comments 

w by Giancarlo What is Google Trends? From wikipedia: “Google Trends is a public web facility of Google Inc., based on Google Search, that shows how often a particular search-term is entered relative to the total search-volume across various regions of the world, and in various languages. The horizontal axis of the main graph represents … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Philippine Politics

Seguridad ni Duterte

Posted by JoeAm on November 27, 2015 · 73 Comments 

w By Irineo B. R. Salazar Maraming humahanga kay Rodrigo Duterte. Sa totoo lang, marami talaga siyang nagawa sa Davao, hindi mapagkakaila ito. Pero maraming gustong siya ang maging Presidente, para lumaki raw ang seguridad sa Pilipinas. Maraming krimen ngayon sa Pilipinas, maraming takot, at maraming sawang-sawa na. Pero siya ba ang solusyon? Tignan natin … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

When trolls run for President

Posted by JoeAm on November 24, 2015 · 217 Comments 

Social media has changed the world. Attention spans are shorter, emotions erupt in a flash, ignorance is passed around as fast as electricity can fly, and politics is dumbed down to headlines, sound bites and tweets. Newspapers and television networks peddle trials and titillations. We are witness this year to two elections, one in the … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Philippine Politics

Love in the Time of Marcos

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on November 17, 2015 · 170 Comments 

w by Wilfredo G. Villanueva ’70 (Dear reader, you may have noticed the numeric beside my name.  I am using that number to designate my batch signifying the year—1970—I joined a Greek-letter fraternity, germane to the following story.  That is how we are known exclusively, with the batch number.  Also, I placed a rendition of the … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Philippine Politics