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Quezon was right

The season has come, once more, to think of Philippine independence. This time, barely weeks from a mid-term election that again showcased to the world how hellish the exercise of suffrage in our...

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The Life and Love of Dr Jose Rizal

“Mis suenos cuando apenas muchacho adolescente, Mis suenos cuando joven ya lleno de vigor, Fueron el verte un dia, joya del Mar de Oriente Secos los negros ojos, alta la tersa frente, Sin ceno, sin...

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Rizal 111 – I am Tao!

2008, because of the number 8, is said to be a year of new beginnings and resurrections; it is also the ‘Year of Grace’ for Catholics. But by the way things are in our country, we seem to face another...

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Wise Hearts And Sharp Minds

“Sharpen, perfect, polish then your mind and fortify and educate your heart.” – Dr. Jose Rizal From September 3 to 5, 2010, Knights of Rizal from all over the world converged in Las Vegas to attend the...

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Let us build each other up

There seems to be a belief or underlying assumption that Filipinos are a corrupt and/or corruptible people and therefore the best way to govern and do business with them is to feed that tendency: be...

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Some Dreams Must Die

A dear friend of mine mentioned in an email the work entitled “For Dreams Must Die” which involved Dr. Rizal and wondered whether our dream of a truly democratic Philippines must also somehow die; he...

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