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Marvin Bionat is the creator of philippineupdate.com, a news and views site that has served as a virtual platform that promotes 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.
100 days down, 1,360 more to go
Clearly, the Obama administration has not wasted any minute playing the change-agent role it was mandated to assume. Within 100 days, it has crammed
Boston Tea Party Redux: A grassroots movement or a political dud?If you watched Fox News on April 15 (the big tax deadline in the U.S.), you would think that America was on the precipice of ...Your stimulus package has arrivedA rider in the recently approved stimulus package is the authorization to release US$198 million to benefit Filipino veterans who served under the US during ...Obama to lead an America in deep, really deep [bleep]The number of shoppers, even during the holidays, has become noticeably scarce in malls and department stores here in the US. Last time I went ...The Great Depression: Deja vu all over again?No, it’s not quite the Great Depression in the America — not yet anyway. In the 1930s, unemployment was at 25% compared to only about ...The Pac-Man gobbles up another MexicanEmmanuel Lucero, Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, Erik Morales, Hector Velazquez, Oscar Larios, Jorge Solis, Oscar De La Hoya. The list has become long ...Post-election thoughtsThe march of history is ultimately about liberation and empowerment: the freeing of slaves, the political empowerment of women, the desegregation of races, the decolonization ...Single-Issue CatholicsA good number of Catholics are not voting for Obama because they only have one litmus test for the candidates: pro-life or pro-choice. For them, ...Scapegoating minoritiesMany in the political right have merrily espoused and vigorously circulated the view that the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977 is to blame for ...Who am I? Why am I here?More than 70 million people watched the Biden-Palin debate, making it the second most-watched political debate ever (surpassed only by the 80.6 million viewers who ... |
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Kastila (1878 - 1944)
This week we commemorate the life and great contributions to the Filipino nation of the distinguished President Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina. After passing the ...
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