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    Posted on February 11th, 2010

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    Imaging

    Imaging

    I wrote about Senator Noynoy Aquino’s plans for Mindanao the other day, and at the risk of sounding like I’m campaigning for him, I’d like to continue with the other things he said in last Friday’s early morning press conference here in Davao City. And since it is the campaign period, let me start with [...]

  • Third World

    Posted on February 11th, 2010

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    Kuryente

    Kuryente

    If I were a Manileño reading the Daily Tribune last Wednesday, I’d be worried about any relative I may have in Davao City. According to the newspaper, the city’s residents are living in terror because of the actions of communist insurgents who were being coddled by Mayor Duterte himself and his “boys” (what, no girls?) [...]

  • Third World

    Posted on January 27th, 2010

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    Shame on who?

    Shame on who?

    Some years ago I attended a press conference with Richard Gordon, who I guess was still running for senator, and I remember telling myself at the onset that this was one big (expletive deleted – sorry, I don’t use bad words in public, or in private, for that matter) who was talking to us. He [...]

  • Third World

    Posted on December 1st, 2009

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    Permanent interests

    Permanent interests

    Everyone’s stepping down these days. First it was House Speaker Prospero Nograles, who filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for mayor of Davao City last Saturday (November 28) even though he had announced several times before that he was not interested in local politics (He had said running for mayor would be a step down [...]

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