Today’s Views

A Young Hero Named “Ferdie”

A Young Hero Named “Ferdie”

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Oct 20, 2015

There has been a lot of noise that aims to drown out sacred truths in the annals of our nation. The sources of this pollutant noise are mouths that throw up self-serving distortions of historical facts.

Seed of history

Seed of history

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Oct 16, 2015

Once upon a moment, when the cool Amihan breezed its gentle greeting and the Sun Monarch winked its golden radiance on the eastern realm, came this small banca to…

A nation of stupidities and ironies

A nation of stupidities and ironies

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Oct 12, 2015

Forty-three years ago, on the eve of martial law, a Senator quizzically asked “What’s happening to our country, General?” Perhaps, in another ominous time— ten, twenty, or God knows how many years from today—a similar question will again be asked.

Season of the Dead

Season of the Dead

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Oct 08, 2015

Philippine politics has descended into the realm of the dead. It is election season, and even before the official campaign period, already the political parties have launched their strategies in presenting and marketing their respective presidential bets.

Epic fail in gender mainstreaming

Epic fail in gender mainstreaming

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Oct 03, 2015

For decades the country has proudly produced legal bases on its treatment of women in both private and public spheres. From the Family Code, Women in Nation-building Act, Magna Carta of Women to Reproductive Health, we could say it is indeed a fertile setting, not only in land and other natural resources, but also in social landscape.

Time to learn new lyrics

Time to learn new lyrics

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Sep 29, 2015

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.