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
- 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
- MIGRATION, REINTEGRATION, AND LABOR MOBILITY IN THE PHILIPPINES
- Why the Philippines Keeps Entering Global Value Chains Without Fully Climbing Them
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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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The CBCP Doctrine of Faith, or JoeAm Eats His Hat
An important institution promoting high values in the Philippines is the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (“CBCP”). The CBCP is influential both in the church and in the mainstream of Philippine social and political activities. My blogs contain frequent criticisms of the Catholic Church on two points: (1) the Church’s failure to acknowledge any … Continue reading
The Innocence of Ignorance
I live in a poor sitio of a hillside barangay on an out-of-the-way island that is wholesome and clean and gorgeous. Most of the men who live here are rice field workers or construction laborers. There are two or three masons and a carpenter of no real skill. The women take care of the kids … Continue reading
Ban Lady Gaga and the Bible!
I tell you, the humiliations that Jesus has to put up with. Its enough to make a sinner weep. I rarely venture into the area of “Glitz and Glitter” because it so seldom motivates my conscience or keyboard. But this is different. From the Associated Press, May 18, 2012: “Members of a group called Biblemode … Continue reading
Blowing Whistles and Getting Flayed
I tell you, this impeachment trial is wonderful television. I had to kick my kid off his cartoons in order to watch Moe hammering Curly with a big wooden mallet the other day. And the raving Queen of Hearts offed Mr. Keh’s head with her angry hatchet, somewhat dulled by abundant use. The prosecution looked … Continue reading
The President, Part V: Timeline Architecture, "Oh My God!"
I’ve been working on a more rigorous way to evaluate President Aquino’s job performance. In the first article, I identified seven areas of responsibility: Presentation Global engagement Infrastructure Health and security Wealth building Social cohesion Timeline architecture In the second article , thethird article and the fourth article I examined the first six areas of … Continue reading
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The Society of Honor by Joe America 