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Christmas? Grouches, unite!
Call me the Christmas meanie. Call me the Grinch who stole Christmas but never got her heart melted by Cindy Lou Who.On my door I will hang a wreath: “In this house lives a grouch. Carolers keep...
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COP21: Fighting fear at the Paris climate summit
PARIS, France – Paris is at the center of the world.An outpouring of sympathy continues to flow toward the “City of Love” following the horrific terror attacks in early November. At the same time, all...
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[Dash of SAS] MassageBoyXX's happy ending
Arvin* was 22-years old and counted knowing how to do massage and how to work a computer as his only two skills. He learned the science of kneading and stroking anatomical pressure points from working...
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Obama on terrorism: Freedom is more powerful than fear
This is the full text of the primetime address of United States President Barack Obama on December 6, Sunday in the US, delivered in the wake of the deadly attack in San Bernardino, California.Good...
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YouTube Red's content blocks are a worrying precedent
MANILA, Philippines – As a frequent YouTube watcher, I find myself worrying if YouTube Red will head to the Philippines in a half-baked form.For those who haven't heard of it, YouTube Red is a...
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'Roxas, Binay, Poe blindsided by Duterte'
I have very strong differences with Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on some issues, particularly on human rights and due process. I do not want him to become president because that will lead to a future where...
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One more week to change the world: the Paris Promise
When French foreign minister Laurent Fabius opened the UN Climate Change talks on November 30 in Paris, he gave an honest assessment of where the world is right now in its goal of having a new,...
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Duterte and the art of swearing
“P******** sino ang iboboto ko?” (Damn, who will I vote for?)And so the eternal question remains. Whether you are an old-timer when it comes to the knee-swelling process of falling in line before...
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March for those who can’t
“I have no doubt we shall win, but the road is long, and red with monstrous martyrdoms.” – Oscar Wilde2015 has been a memorable year for the global LGBTQIA+ community. Same-sex marriage has been...
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The real divisions over climate change
As usual, the deadlock in the ongoing UN climate change summit here in Paris is being depicted by the media, government officials, NGOs, and even activists as a reprise of the long-running struggle...
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‘Heneral Luna’ in the time of climate change
We are always in search of heroes, especially in these times of hardship when the rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor becoming poorer.When chronic problems of the economy, labor, social...
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The SC kills Bt talong, and takes down Philippine science as well
“No consensus on safety,” says the headline as news outlets reported yesterday that the Supreme Court has banned field trials for Bt talong, a GMO eggplant developed to resist pests.I have no words....
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#PHVote: Why is Duterte so appealing?
Along with the other stars of the current election circus, I tried to discount Rodrigo Duterte as a viable candidate. I couldn't believe that a person so abrasive could ever get close to leadership on...
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Filipino solidarity on last mile of Paris climate negotiations
LE BOURGET, France – Things got real, and they got real fast.Days into the second week of UN climate change negotiations here in Paris, I only had a working understanding of what it means for a country...
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Climate change is the new battleground for human rights
How do we connect the miseries of the small and marginalized people in the climate vulnerable countries to huge profits of big companies in affluent countries?As governments battle it out in Paris in...
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Rice self-sufficiency: A question of geography?
Southeast Asia is the hub of the world’s rice economy. As a region, it has been a net exporter of rice for most of the past 110 years (the exception being some years between 1967 and 1978).It contains...
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Talking about depression in PH: Nothing unusual about it
By now, I feel comfortable enough to joke to my friends about my visits to the psychiatrist. It was a bit awkward at first, but I remember feeling liberated after blurting out to my friends that I just...
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#COP21: A peek inside ‘indaba’ meetings of Paris climate talks
LE BOURGET, France – The French hosts of the crucial UN climate change conference in Paris (COP21) have been making use of an African way of achieving consensus and sharing ideas.They introduced the...
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On Mar Roxas: Right message, wrong messenger
I definitely agree with Mar Roxas that no one has the right to kill anybody and that the fate of people should be decided according to the law. The death penalty has been abolished and no one has the...
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#AnimatED: Beyond Paris
Thirty-one pages. That is what more than two decades’ worth of diplomacy, haggling, bargaining, debating, and political wrangling has come to in Paris on Saturday evening, December 12.Finally, the...
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