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Eyes On The Prize
I need not elaborate. I’m sure any of you reading this have heard the news — endless and hopeless as it may seem. Fighting continues in Mindanao. Ambush here. Strafing there. Evacuations here and there. Oral arguments re: unconstitutionality of BJE MOA (which, by the way, has been extended Firday once more, August 29) happened…
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I Am Ninoy
Four years, four months and thirteen days after I was born — someone died. It would have been any ordinary day. That person would have any ordinary person. He could have lived any ordinary life. He could have died for any ordinary reason. But no. August 21, 1983 is no ordinary day. Benigno “Ninoy” S.…
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Just Thinking Out Loud
MLQ3’s recent post “Berserkers and a breather” in Inquirer.net’s “CURRENT” is an enlightening article. Unlike most widely-read posts spawned by bloggers mainly from Manila and other parts of Luzon — which tend to rely heavily on news reports — therefore, unintentionally appearing or turning-out one-sided and half-baked, this one gives us a more comprehensive coverage —…
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You and What Army?
As the situation in Mindanao remains fluid, the people’s future remain uncertain. The road to peace is now littered with grenade. Who would now dare tread that path? To say that it is difficult to talk peace at a time like this is an understatement. I need not reiterate the violence that has erupted which…
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Deferred Peace is Expedited War
The events of late speak for itself. We have gone to war. Continuous attacks from the MILF, aggravated by an ambush at Lanao del Sur, followed by killing civilians and burning houses are but indications of clear and present danger. Chief of Staff, General Alexander Yano calls it a “virtual declaration of war” and indeed…
