Geejay Arriola | Mindanao Writers' Blogs
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Angkor Wat: in the land of apsara devatas, Part I

An adventure of a lifetime!  Left Golden Mango Inn at 4:45 am to meet the sun at Angkor Wat. It was getting brighter when this picture was taken but it was still very, very dark when we arrived.  Photo taken by our guide Vath Vutha. Left to right, friends from waaaaayyy back ...

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On religious fundamentalism

Harvey Cox of Boston Globe wrote a great article entitled “Why fundamentalism will fail: A seemingly unstoppable force is being undone from the inside” (November 8, 2009) . His premise is that beneath their squawking–abetted and further legitimized by a media who loves violence and paranoid individuals flooding the internet and television ...

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My take on the Ampatuan massacre

I would like to go beyond emotion and say this: it is now time for all of us to look inward and assess how we have helped lubricate an entire system that breeds and nurtures the culture of violence. We have long been silent, and we have been voting one wrong leader ...

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On religious fundamentalism

Harvey Cox of Boston Globe wrote a great article entitled “Why fundamentalism will fail: A seemingly unstoppable force is being undone from the inside” (November 8, 2009) . His premise is that beneath their squawking–abetted and further legitimized by a media who loves violence and paranoid individuals flooding the internet and television ...

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Political thoughts during Typhoon Ondoy

As Typhoon Ondoy hit Metro Manila and the nearby provinces in Luzon, submerging entire cities in waters so deep Filipinos had to stay on their roofs for up to 12 hours exposed to strong rain and dangers of being swept away before rescue came to them, these political thoughts came to me: The ...

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Nick Perlas and breaking news explain why Noynoy’s Star is Dead in the Water

by Adolfo Paglinawan If there is any person worth his salt these days, it is Nick Perlas. The maturity and wisdom in which he rebutted the phantasm - that is being hardsold by Franklin Drilon of the Liberal Party, the three stooges of Philippine media these days: Boy Montelibano, Billy Esposo and Conrad de ...

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Noynoy: enabler or suppressor of the new politics?

By Nicanor Perlas 05 September 2009 In the past few days, I have been bombarded with text messages from friends as well as interviews with the media on what I think of the Mar-Noynoy announcements. Will I, like Senator Mar Roxas, also renounce my intention to run as a presidential candidate in the 2010 ...