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A YEAR OF VIOLENCE

photo credit: DANTE PAMINTUAN/@COFFEE_DANTE INSTAGRAM By Tony Lopez January 2020 presages quite possibly a decade of violence, disasters, and uncertainty. It began with the January 3 drone killing of Major General Qassem Suleimani (Wikipedia spells […]

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A WATER PROBLEM

Using bluff, bluster, expletives, and the whole might of the presidency, Rodrigo Roa Duterte has bludgeoned to submission the two concessionaires of Metro Manila and nearby provinces, Manila Water Co. of the Ayala Group for […]

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WATER POLITICS

On Monday night, Dec. 2, President Duterte lighted up the palace Christmas Tree. “I hope you will sincerely feel the warmth, abundance and happiness that this blessed season brings,” he told the Malacañang people gathered […]