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It’s quite ironic that following Filipinos’ renewed admiration of the virtues of simplicity embodied in the late former president Corazon Aquino, the issue of the moment raging across the Philippine Media landscape is President Gloria Arroyo and company’s $20,000 dinner in New York City following her one-hour meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama. But where [...]
(This rather lengthy commentary is a bit dated; it’s being crossposted and shared with FV only because it’s deemed quite relevant to the ramblings that Manny Pacquiao, the world’s most famous boxer today, is again getting ready to rumble in Philippine politics.) “Why (do) movie actors get elected” by the “average Filipino voters”? Prof. Randy [...]
Whenever we try to come to terms with our continued contribution of blight to an otherwise dyrnamic region of high achievers, we cite our unique circumstances and the history that led to it to excuse the poignant backwardness of our society. Faced with a challenge to excuse our chronic failure-to-launch status in the face of [...]
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