Wilfredo G. Villanueva
Cha Coronel Datu
Juana Pilipinas
Karl Garcia
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Irineo B. R. Salazar
JPilipinas
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JoeAmPower, blogging and politics
By josephivo Introduction A blog can have two different objectives: present how interesting the writer is, his knowledge, wit, style . . . and/or share information and thoughts to convince others. Politics, too, can have two objectives: defensive, to strengthen oneself or one’s own party and/or offensive, to get decisions taken and achieve political … Continue reading
SEGURADO: The certainties desired of Mar Roxas
By Popoy Del. R. Cartanio Sidestepping the clichéd “Political promises are made to be broken”, one can risk pretentiousness and be presumptuous to postulate: if A then B in series. If Mar Roxas becomes the President then its Tuwid na Daan in series. To be the A as a person, Mar Roxas, or PresMar, … Continue reading
Crafting memes, hashtags, slogans and catchphrases for the 2016 elections
By Andrew Lim The political season has begun in earnest, and part of the fun is watching how competing sides create slogans, themes, memes and catchphrases to highlight a personal strength or a deficiency in their opponent. In addition, it re-frames arguments to suit your side. So as readers of a growing blog of … Continue reading
Postscript to the 2015 SONA
by Primer Pagunuran As a jump off point, PNoy criticized the earlier bureaucracy as a total wasteland and mired in corruption, as if it were. It then gave him license to refer to it as the case of the ‘Sick Man in Asia’. His convenient default position of the “Daang Matuwid” builds upon his fight … Continue reading
The beast in us . . . and presidential candidates
If you are like me, you think you are an independent, autonomous being working his way through life the best way possible. You pretty much control things, get up, get out, get on with the day. Alas. In reality, we are not independent. Far from it. We are a part of a greater environment that shapes … Continue reading
