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Joel Pablo Salud

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Is Rizal still relevant?

A hundred-and-twenty-two years is a fairly long time. Only very few live that long. For the youth, much too vague. Too murky that some...
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New World Order: to rob the world blind

  One word describes 2018: exhausting. It was exhausting because of its politics. It was exhausting for its excesses. It was exhausting due to its wanton...
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Dignité Pour Tous

To partake in the body politic of the nation, each national must rise and remain in constant rebellion against himself.   — Hannah Arendt, “On Revolution” France,...
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A matter of honor

I believe we, Filipinos, deserve a break. A break from what, you ask? Well, a long break from the status quo. To those uninitiated...
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Why I hate Jose Rizal

Some Filipinos hate Jose Rizal. I am one of them. Reasons vary. For some, Rizal was too much a part of the bourgeoisie to soil...
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Akademyang Filipino: Reenvisioning the Filipino intelligentsia

As early as Sept. 2017, I received an email informing me that I was recommended to be part of a group which was soon...
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No dying of the light: U.P. Writers Night 2018

Photos courtesy of UP-ICW It was a painstakingly slow day. Prior to the 23rd of November, I was already feeling under the weather: colds, cough,...
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What we can learn from the Chinese

When I think of the Chinese, immediately I’m transported to this old restaurant, The Rice Bowl. It once stood somewhere in Ongpin, Binondo. There,...
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Our misguided kindness

Try as I might, it’s difficult to imagine a Filipino consumed by anger and resentment. I’ve lived long enough to witness the Filipino’s sense...
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I cuss, therefore I am

  Have you ever wondered how people came up with the axiom “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”? Simple. It stands to reason...
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