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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Crime Against Honor
“AN ACT DECLARING THE FILING OF FALSE COMPLAINTS AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICERS AS A CRIME AGAINST HONOR, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” Now here is a perversion of justice filed by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. Let us say I think this act is a perversion of justice, and I file a legal complaint … Continue reading
The Ego and I
I have come to realize that the Filipino Ego is differently evolved than the American ego. Both archetypes of self engagement tend toward hard-headed and pushy, but the expressions and motivations are different. The American ego is fundamentally confidence run amok. The Filipino Ego is more inward. It underpins the widespread trade of favors that … Continue reading
That Which Is Beautiful, That Which Is Sacred
I write of cross-cultural experiences because it is what I live. I was formed and framed by Western values but am now immersed in Filipino values. It is impossible to ignore the clashing when it occurs. By way of perspective and history, I am an explorer, an accidental one, I suppose. During my lengthening life, … Continue reading
Holiday Spirits
Well, I see I managed to pen one whole blog during the month of December. This is attributed to two reasons. One, the wife and I are building a house and spend most of the day fretting over the alignment of the columns or other somesuch. I am the plumber, as we declined to accept … Continue reading
Boxing Egos
I find it fascinating that we all grasp for outside structures to define who we are inside. We belong to a church or defend our patriotism with a gun because, without the church or our nation, we are winging it in the world, rather like that space guy in the movie “2001” that Hal cut … Continue reading
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