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 Filipina: Virgin, Mother, Whore?
The “virgin-mother-whore” triangle is traditionally seen as representing the impossible demands men place on women as objects of sexual desire. I’ll angle away from this more clinical take on the matter to present my cross-cultural perspective on how women present themselves in the Philippines. If you’d like to read a thoughtful article about the confusion … Continue reading
Impeachment: An Ant in the Briefs
The impeachment trial of Chief Justice Corona is good for the Philippines in so many ways. First of all, it is democracy in action, at the highest level. The World Championship of checks and balances. The trial is being conducted in a dramatically tense, often confrontational tone, but also in an amazingly civil and mature … Continue reading
Pinoy Pride: A Floppy Ball of String?
I will resist the notion of looking up what psychologists say pride represents in favor of just thinking about it. Indeed, let me fall back on the Humpty Dumpty New World Dictionary to concoct a definition of pride. It is a noun, which means it is something of itself. It is not an adjective or … Continue reading
The Woman with 14 Kids: A Short Story
Published concurrently on blogwatch.tv. Once upon a time there was a woman with 14 kids. She was Catholic, living in the Philippines. The woman’s doctor said, “Madam, you have severe high blood pressure, and if you have another child, there is a good chance you will die.” The woman was only 46, so this frightened … Continue reading
Rating the President: Round IV
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 and thethird article, I evaluated the first four areas of responsibility. In this write-up, … Continue reading
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