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Who will carry forward the project of ’86?
The Spirit of ’86 remains an unfinished project.
Take note for example the parallel in how easily the Nazis were de-Nazified and returned to business as usual in Germany and in how discretely the Marcos loyalists were de-Marcosified and allowed to restore themselves to their pre-EDSA statuses (think of Danding who fled with the dictator [...]
The Buck Stops With Us
I came across Randy’ David’s opinion piece on “Warlords in a weak state“.
He articulated the phenomena quite well and pointed out that warlord-ism is not unique to Mindanao alone. He states:
“rido alone cannot explain what happened in Maguindanao. A fuller analysis must take into account the weak state in which it is framed.
Family feuds are [...]
Phychiatric test para sa OFW: sagot nga ba sa totoong isyu ng mga OFW?
Psychiatric test, ito ang panibagong requirement ng DFA para sa mga taong nagnanais maging domestic helper sa ibang bansa. “Domestic helpers should be assessed if they are able to respond to this type of stress” ito ang paliwanag ni Undersecretary Esteban Conejos ng Department of Foreign Affairs, ayon sa kanya dito masusukat ang kakayahan ng [...]
Of sincerity and leadership
Sincerity is generally understood to be truth in word and act, of truthfully about one’s feelings, thoughts, desires, intentions. One who means what he says is a sincere person. One who does not mean what he says is not a sincere man, and is perhaps even a hypocrite.
For those who occupy positions of leadership and [...]
A “crisis of modernity”
I read with interest hawaiianguy’s comment in MLQ3’s blog entry Numerology and politics.
MLQ3 cited Randy David’s view that the real issue is the “crisis of modernity” gripping our society; observing how Pinoy politicians now increasingly resort to voodoo and prayer as a means to ameliorate our society’s fortunes.
Mr. hawaiianguy provides a bit more clarity in [...]
Full personal disclosure
I was quite inspired by Marck’s full disclosure article X-List: Five Things I Do to Contribute to the Decay of Filipino Society. In it, he preempts his foray into political commentary by first publishing a list of personal practices of his that are, shall we say, “un-Filipino”. The thinking there is that it is better [...]
Make our justice system work
Everyone’s angry about what had happened to those bank personnel who were mercilessly killed by obviously evil people. Who wouldn’t, when the crime was committed in cold blood; and what could be more worst than deliberate murder?
Can Filipinos Learn Something from Icelanders?
UK’s Guardian has an article by John Carlin on why Iceland has the happiest People on Earth. According to Carlin, the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Index ranks Iceland— society and economy (in terms of health and education) on top of the world. The irony is that Iceland, now the best country in the [...]
Money talks louder than politics
Cocoy is once again spot on. The reason politics occupies the limelight that it does is that economic activity in Pinoy society is so atrophied and impotent as to not provide enough clout to overshadow politics in people’s psyches.
Interesting too, is what he said here: “the most basic thing is that anyone with resources can [...]
Music to my Ears, A Joy to Read
Overseas Filipinos are forming a national political party in preparation for the 2010 elections and beyond, it was revealed at the Global Filipino Nation (GFN) conference Friday.
Francisco “Jun” Aguilar, interim chairman of the Partido ng Pandaigdigang Pilipino (PPP or Party of the Global Filipino), said the party is in the process of complying with the requirements of the Commission on Elections.
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