Authors
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Wilfredo G. Villanueva
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Cha Coronel Datu
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Juana Pilipinas
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Karl Garcia
- Pre-Rizal Philippine Literature: Myths, Epics, and Early Chronicles
- Why Mexico Did Not Continue the Galleon Trade After Independence
- The Philippines and the Seven Years’ War: An Indirect Colony in a Global Conflict
- Between Magellan and Legazpi: The Forgotten Gap, the Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs, and Why the Philippines Became More Mexican Than Spanish
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giancarloangulo
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Irineo B. R. Salazar
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JPilipinas
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karlgarcia
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JoeAm
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Federalism – what they don’t tell you
w By Chempo Other than the external security threat imposed by the Chinese island grab, I would generalize the endemic problems of the Philippines to 3 areas – poverty, ineptitude in governance and never-ending political crises. It is a vicious cycle, each a cause and effect of the other. In Joeam style, if I were … Continue reading
“We, the disenfranchised . . .”
Preface Many will likely read this blog wrong. They will read that I am against the Durerte Administration. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I dearly want the Administration to succeed. But I don’t want it to be on the backs of the poor and the weak and the sick and the innocent. I want it to be in … Continue reading
Judgmental Disability
w By Edgar Lores I made a throwaway comment on the judgmental disability of Filipinos, and JoeAm suggested why don’t I write about it? And so I have . . . My comment was prompted by @Juana Pilipinas’ statement that she was a “tad skeptical about Filipinos’ decision-making ability.” The entirety of my response was: “Tad? … Continue reading
Marriage on the Rocks
Don’t get me wrong. I love my country. I will go down with the ship. But tonight as I write this, I am like a child of a couple who are not in speaking terms, and I am sad. The inaugural speeches of President Rody Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo were quite predictable. They … Continue reading
“I not be understandin’ President Duterte”
Forgive the lingo. It’s street talk, aimed at making me more legitimate as a commentator to an administration that seems to dislike intelligentsia and favor the earthy. Rather like the crows in Disney’s “Dumbo” singing “I be done seen everything when I seen an elephant fly”, which was a bit of a spin on black … Continue reading
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The Society of Honor by Joe America 