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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Rioting for Peace
It seems the entire world is angry. Greeks protest government spending cutbacks aimed at saving the country; the masses would have their nation fail rather than pay more taxes. Tunisians, Egyptians, Libyans, Syrians, Jordanians, Bahrainians, Iranians, Yeminis, Israelis, and Palestinians protest the authorities who are suffocating their liberty; most are likely to emerge as an … Continue reading
American Courage, American Whiners
The Atlantic has run several photo series of World War II. The full range of photos and identifying captions from which the following selections were clipped can be found at: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/09/world-war-ii-the-pacific-islands/100155/?google_editors_picks=true This is a silent tribute to American strength, courage and honor. I don’t see the same thing in the US Congress where the well-being … Continue reading
American Twits
When I first started offering up blog comments on Filipino Voices a couple of years ago, a number of people would get upset that an outsider would have the temerity (audacity, “balls”, hubris, arrogance) to “instruct” Filipinos on how to live their lives. In my mind, their minds had a short circuit, viewing criticism as … Continue reading
When Life is Mostly Lies
I observe the deceits in our surroundings and I know for sure why humankind cannot find peace in the world. The angers, the absence of trust, the different perspectives of what is moral. The sound bite manipulations, the relentless advertisements “with no therapeutically verified proof”. The cheating and bribing; a maladjusted scale for weighing fish, … Continue reading
The Cock Fight Crowd
It is fiesta time here. My hillside barangay joins the celebration in proper fashion, arranging for baptisms at the small church, putting up banners and decorations, fattening up on feast day, and dedicating four days to cock fights, from 2 to 5 in the afternoon. Sufficient time to kill a decent number of chickens. Now … Continue reading
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