Author Archives: DON J. PAGUSARA

9 years ago

Time to learn new lyrics

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Time to learn new lyrics

Hello! I’m 77 years old, and I have participated in our country’s elections only two times—that was when my own father ran for mayor in our place in 1970, and then when my brother was a mayoralty candidate for the same office in 1986.

9 years ago

Military Impunity In New Shapes and Forms?

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Military Impunity In New Shapes and Forms?

Yesterday, we were swamped with varying opinions about the phenomenon which many have dubbed as the “darkest moment in Philippine history”—and that is the Marcos Dictatorship or simply the martial law regime.

9 years ago

Dear Land of our Beginnings

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Dear Land of our Beginnings

The chief of state, President Noynoy Aquino, ironically, a scion of an icon lying protrate on the tarmac of history, all at once, comes out from the portal of hypocrisy into the bloodstained stretches of his “matuwid na daan”– Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! — of the indigenous people’s blood.

9 years ago

The Malasakit Gimmick

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The Malasakit Gimmick

All the Trapo politicians who have already started their campaign for the coming 2016 elections are adopting the “malasakit” gimmick. And it’s not even “campaign season” yet as provided by law.