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
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giancarloangulo
- Problem Solving the Philippines: Idea Post. Can we stop and talk a while?
- Problem Solving the Philippines: The Outpatient Benefit the UHC Act Promised in Two Years
- Problem Solving the Philippines: Whose Money? The PhilHealth Reserve Rule, the Supreme Court and the Numbers
- Problem Solving the Philippines: The Study I Can’t Find, and the Rules Under the Universal Health Care Act
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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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Impeach Philip Squared!
This commentary is follow-on from the previous article about America’s failure to elect Jessica Sanchez as their idol. Jessica has become a Filipino idol and her loss in the American Idol competition was a crushing defeat for the Philippine Nation. Filipinos wept openly at the unfairness of it all. They place this heartbreaking loss right … Continue reading
Jessica Sanchez and Racial Profiling
Congratulations to Jessica Sanchez on her marvelous achievement, beating 69,998 other contestants to reach the final stage at American Idol. One guy topped her in the wild and woolly 132 million vote final contest, and so let’s also extend our congratulations to Phillip Phillips. A lot of Filipinos are upset that Jessica Sanchez did not … Continue reading
Looking Through Bear Dung and Get Real Articles
A number of years ago, I was hiking up a wild mountain in Alaska with a naturalist who would not go anywhere without his bear gun. He was a realist naturalist, I suppose, and understood that the large creatures in that part of the woods would eat first and growl later. We came across a … Continue reading
Laughing in the Philippines
Filipinos have a sense of humor appropriate to their social condition. That would be earthy rather than nuanced. “Huh? Nice going, Crazy Joe, confusing us in the very first sentence.” By earthy, I mean Filipinos “get” sex jokes and ridicule because sex is very popular here and ridicule is an art. But take a stab … Continue reading
Independence of the Courts and Other Misunderstandings
I refrain from critiquing the impeachment hearing and testimony of Chief Justice Corona as I tend to have compassion for the emotionally challenged. But I’d like to comment on the complaint of court employees that the impeachment of the Chief Justice infringes on the independence of the judiciary. I’m not convinced court employees even understand … Continue reading
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