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By his own admission, President Noynoy Aquino sought refuge in Cebu when his father, the late Senator Benigno Aquino II, was assassinated in 1983. It… 02/28/2014
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An Uncomplicated Mind
Deconstructing EDSA I
Amboys and the American empire
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Some pundits and self-proclaimed Filipino patriots abroad, particularly Filipino-Americans writing in the United States whom we will refer to here as Amboys, are simply satisfied… 02/14/2014
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Flawed democracy
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We always hear from politicians, especially during elections in America and in Canada, about the disappearing middle class and the need to restore, rejuvenate, and… 01/24/2014
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Pie in the sky
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By Joe Rivera Confronting poverty from an inverse perception of the problem, instead of looking at its underlying roots and causes, is like offering the… 01/10/2014
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Blame games
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Here in the city of Toronto, the mayor appears unbreakable. In other cities, notably Montreal, allegations of misbehaviour in office, whether corruption-related or simply fundamental… 12/20/2013
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Ampatuan’s travesty
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The Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao on November 23, 2009 will probably go down in history as the bloodiest of all political killings in the Philippines. Four… 12/06/2013
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Publicly misbehaving
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By Joe Rivera Toronto’s chattering classes are up in arms against Mayor Rob Ford’s public display of his personal shortcomings. These are glaring faults in… 11/22/2013
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Burden of remembrance
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Asahi Shimbun, a major Japanese national newspaper, reported recently that the Japanese government deliberately avoided the “comfort women” issue in Southeast Asia because of the… 11/08/2013
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Depoliticizing Malampaya
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By Joe Rivera So much of the controversy about the Malampaya Fund focuses on whether the President has the authority to use the Fund for… 10/25/2013
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Openness
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Three years to its six-year presidency, diehard and uncompromising supporters of the current Aquino government are still asking critics to be soft with President Noynoy,… 10/11/2013
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