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
- 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
- Before Colonization: The Maritime, Networked, and Layered Foundations of the Philippines
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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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Power, 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
The 2016 election is about Philippine character, and China
I’ve come to understand that the Philippines is the center of the world. It is the pivot around which the fate of the planet revolves. Now you may pretend some false modesty and say, “Oh, Joe, you kidder you!” I’m not kidding. Consider the weather patterns. The Philippines wobbles between northern and southern, eastern and … 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
Did Filipinos help build the Chinese islands?
Let us imagine the worst of the worst of those amongst us, those Filipinos who are in business, not for the betterment of mankind, or even Filipino-kind, but for themselves. Who are a few of these despicables? Soldiers who sell arms to rebels. Filipinos who traffic in Filipino women and children. Mayors who sell their civic oath to a Binay … 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
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