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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Anti-Pinoy: Deceit or Honor?
<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> The Anti-Pinoy (AP) community blog site is the brain child of US resident Filipino BongV. The site was enriched when, exasperated by the editorial restrictions on the FilipinoVoices (FV) community blog site, Benign0 and BenK joined BongV with the aim … Continue reading
Anti-Pinoy Thugs
Words are great fun, eh? One of my favorites is “epiphany”. Elegant, ephemeral, artistic, profound. Angels singing hallelujah against the brilliant rays of the rising sun, casting elation across a big internal sky of fluffy white clouds. Cool word. “Thug” is nice, too. Dumb. Physical. Heavy, like the clubs used. Anyway, I had an epiphany … Continue reading
Of Snakes and Wives
I’ve been remiss in writing here. Part of it is the distraction of building a home, where my wife is the informal general contractor and I am the chief nag and bone-picker. I don’t know when our roles got reversed, she started wearing the pants, and I got relegated to second fiddle in the fief. … Continue reading
The Vanities of the Philippines
Okay, I’ve got it. Crystal clear, thanks to a few slaps in the face on AntiPinoy.com and the brutal but perceptive views of The Judge. Here’s my blatantly unstatistical take on things, generalizations so gross that they should be used for nothing other than make you think. Filipinos come in three basic styles: (1) The … Continue reading
Would Jesus Wear a Uniform?
I was driving the National Road, as the paved highway is identified on the Biliran map, engaged in an argument with myself. As is often the case, I have no facts at my disposal so I simply concoct the different points of view in my brain. Why do Filipino public school kids wear uniforms, and … Continue reading
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The Society of Honor by Joe America 