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This column focuses on Philippine and U.S. politics. It also tackles development issues and highlights solutions to poverty and other social deprivations in the developing world.
Marvin Bionat is the creator of Philippine update.com, a news and views site that has served as a virtual platform that promoting various advocacies, including the political empowerment of overseas Filipinos and accountability in government. He wrote the National Bookstore bestseller How to Win (or Lose) in Philippine Elections (Anvil Publishing, 1998) and is now based in the U.S. working as an editor.
Articles by Marvin Bionat :
- The Philippine Claim to Sabah: Is It Time for a War Dance? (Part 3 of 3)
- The Philippine Claim To Sabah: Is It Time For A War Dance? (Part 2)
- The Philippine Claim to Sabah: Is It Time for a War Dance? (Part 1)
- One More American Century?
- U.S. Navy SEALs: The American ninjas
- Redeeming Willie
- The liberal-conservative divide
- America by the numbers: As the next elections loom
- Picking and scaling up winners: How to beat poverty
- Ching chong, ling long, ting tong: The Alexandra Wallace tsunami
- Why the Dominican Republic is much better off than Haiti: Policy implications
- Creating a business-friendly climate
- Trial (and lies) of the century
- Notes on the US midterm elections
- Civil rights for "ugly" people
- Is deficit spending overrated?
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Federalism, Government Debt, Civil Society and the Private Sector Putting high emphasis on one form of government tend to blind people into glorifying one form over another, hoping that such change in political structure will deliver the necessary development ... Read more Less Government | Nonoy Oplas | Sunday, 20 May 2012 | Hits: 39 | Comments |
Avengers Assemble As our movie houses are conquered by “The Avengers” and as that pelenovela (political-economic telenovela) unfolds in the Senate, some other matters with long-term implications are transpiring in the halls ... Read more Warp 9! | Louie Montemar | Friday, 18 May 2012 | Hits: 38 | Comments |
Fixing the President’s Image for the General Welfare: An Open Letter to the Presidential C The past week, we heard confirmation from the President himself that he and Ms. Grace Lee, a TV and radio personality have gone separate ways – claiming that they are ... Read more Trend Blazer | Aaron Benedict De Leon | Friday, 18 May 2012 | Hits: 39 | Comments |
A Tale of Two Fights: The Thrilla in NAIA and Game 7 of the PBA FinalsSunday, May 6 was quite an eventful day for many. It was a day of fights and competition, where the victors were supposed to stand tall and the ... Read more Trend Blazer | Aaron Benedict De Leon | Friday, 11 May 2012 | Hits: 146 | Comments |