Prints and Traces

The political choreography of Bongbong Marcos

The political choreography of Bongbong Marcos

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Nov 14, 2015

Why does Bongbong Marcos seem to be sprightly showy in launching his political ambition? What energizes him so promptly at this stage of his career? He seems brimming with confidence that the future holds in store for him glowing scenarios of triumph in his climb towards the helm of power.

Foreign colonial ideology

Foreign colonial ideology

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Nov 11, 2015

We often hear the accusation directed against political activists from the different youth groups, and even among the advocacy groups that support the Lumads’ struggle that they are guided by a foreign ideology, short of calling them communists.

Responsibility and discipline

Responsibility and discipline

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Nov 03, 2015

Watching the  early morning TV newscast a day after the Kalag-kalag commemoration and seeing the gigantic heaps of basura at the cemeteries, my wife loudly clacked…

The Core of the Matter

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Nov 02, 2015

There is this very interesting segment of a news report about the on-going protest action waged by Lumads of Mindanao through their Manilakbayan – protest trek all the way from Mindanao to the NCR.

The ethos of impunity

The ethos of impunity

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Oct 28, 2015

Common sense and simple logic will teach us that the de facto martial law that now prevails in the countryside is abhorred by the masses of the people.

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…