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A Dream Team For 2010
Now that the Noynoy Aquino-Mar Roxas tandem for the Liberal Party is all but established (but for Noynoy taking time off for “spiritual retreat to seek divine guidance”), the idea of an old-fashioned two-candidate presidential contest in 2010 is now within the realm of probability. It seems the withdrawal bug is hitting the [...]
A Necessary Complement To “Platform Plez”
The upcoming 2010 presidential election, about seven months from now, has spawned a lively discussion on how Filipinos could intelligently choose their next president. Almost everyone who is knowledgeable in Philippine politics is aware that elections in the country are nothing more than a popularity contest. Hence, name recognition, whether in the context of fame [...]
The Politics of Dying
I write this while listening to a rebroadcast of the memorial services for the late Philippine President Corazon Aquino shortly before her internment. The glowing platitudes and expressions of love from, among others, close political friends and allies, reverberated inside the Manila Cathedral. Now, “Madame Cory” belongs to history and whether or not [...]
Damned If She Does, Damned If She Doesn’t
At the outset, maybe a caveat is in order. I post this article here as a caring observer of Philippine affairs from a place here in the northeast USA.. I am in no way an apologist for the Arroyo Presidency, nor a “paid hack” engaged in selling propaganda for any one. I call it as [...]
Thoughts On The Gaza Crisis and The Mindanao Conflict
The continued hostilities in the Palestinian-occupied territory known as the Gaza Strip in the Middle East is yet another telling demonstration of how difficult it is to achieve peace. To put the matter in perspective, it may be recalled that this troubled land was held by the victorious Israelis following the defeat of the [...]
Like Caesar’s Wife
The scandal that rocked the nation’s second highest court, culminating in the discipline of five of its members, serves to confirm what has been talked about on the ills of our judicial body. While the presence of corruption, dishonesty, incompetence, and unethical conduct in various forms are taken for granted, it is seldom, if [...]
The Philippines Must Be The Sole Judge Of Its Own DESTINY
For as far as one can go back in known history of that territory that now exists and is known as Philippines, its people have always been, successively, directed, guided, dictated to, and influenced, one way or another, by a foreign power. It took the Spaniards to spawn the embryo of Filipino nationhood. It [...]
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