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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“Man Up, Philippines”
The tourist honchos offer up new slogans now and then to attempt to characterize the wonder and awe of Philippine beaches and other tourist destinations, such as they are, in a few crisp words. I wish to recommend a sparkling new slogan for the whole of the Philippines: “Man up, Philippines” This term derives from … Continue reading
The Incidental Tourist
That’s me. I’ve lost my bus ticket, so I guess I’ll just stick around and see what is happening hereabouts. I see that Moody’s has upped the investment rating of the Philippines. This is a good thing, but it is important to read the Moody’s report deeper than the headline. Moody’s attributes the improvement to … Continue reading
The Transactional Worm
The worm has turned. The cultural pattern followed in the Philippines is generally transactional and reactive. It is not principled. It is not strategic. It is not broad minded or far-reaching. It is not sacrificing. Let’s take a few recent transactional incidents and observe how the Philippines has behaved: The Philippines joins the … Continue reading
Corruption of Public Trust, Part II
Money is a value. Trust is a value. One is hard, defined in a coin or slip of paper. The other is soft, defined in the integrity of behavior. Media and governmental attention to corruption in the Philippines is focused mainly on money. The more prevalent form of corruption, betrayal of public trust, is largely … Continue reading
Corruption of Public Trust, Part I
I have been cursed with having visions that most Filipinos don’t see. It is rather like some see the White Lady, others do not. It is astounding. I see an essential unfairness in the appointment of family, friends and favorites to jobs that more capable workers are denied, but Filipinos see nothing wrong. “It’s just … Continue reading
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