What Happened to “Down with the Rich?”

The incident in Dasmariñas Village in Makati seems to have people up in arms against the police again, not long after the Ragos shooting. A video shows a police officer tackling and trying to cuff what looks like a foreign man just in front of his house, who later escaped back into the house. The…

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Rappler’s heavily-slanted “report” on Dasmariñas issue

  The newest social media circus fodder is the Dasmariñas Village incident that involved an expat who was supposedly been “manhandled” by law enforcement personnel. News broke out via Rappler, who wasted no time presenting the details using the video taken by the expat’s wife, his testimonies, and proceeded with the narrative that did not…

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I find it hard to sympathize with Winston Ragos

Now before you get your panties in a bunch, I suggest you take a long, deep breath. Okay now? Let’s go, then. Over at the Twitterverse, the “wokes” are once again up in their virtual arms condemning a certain Police Master Sergeant Daniel Florendo for shooting retired Corporal Winston Ragos. The incident happened at a…

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Debate over Cop Killing former Army Man May Lead Nowhere

Many are up in arms over the police officer who killed a former army man in Quezon City. Many defend the policeman, saying the former army man should have complied and not reached into his bag. Others say the policeman should have not reacted that way and could have avoided shooting Ragos, the army man.…

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ANAKBAYAN’s hypocrisy

No less than a group that supports a terrorist movement responsible for the death of COUNTLESS soldiers issued this hilarious statement: Rich coming from an organization that’s quiet AT BEST when it comes to the heinous activities of the NPA. But hey, whatever works to discredit a government out to crush their armed comrades and…

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Press Freedom will remain without Rappler

June 15, 1991, Mt. Pinatubo eruption one of the terrifying memories of the people of my hometown. Ashfall, darkness, and grief this was some of the vivid memories I had when Mt. Pinatubo erupted food was being rationed, it was dark for days, my grandmother and her sisters kept praying out of fear they keep…

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Isa para kay Jimmy ( An ode to Jimmy )

How does romantic partners, married couples, and “friends with benefits” express their intimacy these days?  I’ve read the news about Jim Paredes’ sex scandal and I was really surprised that at his age he would do such a thing ( may padila-dila pa ) I have to be honest though, he made me feel so…

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India-Pakistan: tensions arise

I am not a man of prayers and faith but I hope the new hostilities in India-Pakistan de-escalates soon, I also hope that no foreign intervention happens or else this can be a start to third world war https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2019/02/pakistan-shoots-indian-fighter-jets-military-190227055937142.html   blitzkrieg bopof mixed race, spending time living in both countries gives me a very good…

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Beyond The Bay

Hatred dumbs. Hatred stalls progress. Hatred blinds. Hatred kills. When Duterte won the presidency, machinations started in trying to deposed him. And those were not clandestine operations but open campaigns against a duly elected president. Every bad joke, any misogynist remark, any fentanyl laced rumor, any allegation of wrongdoing were exploited with only one purpose.…

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