Duterte: A Dictator in Transit? *The president, at this stage, is simply walking in the footsteps of the late dictator. Will PRRD declare martial law, too?* I grew up listening to music from my parents back in the 70s and 80s. I spent so much time with them back then that I could easily say if a song was from that era (or patterned after that period at least). I confess, I've also been ashamed about admitting that I am fond of old songs, but with pop culture shamelessly…
Napulitika ka na ba? Sa tanang taon ko sa mundo, hindi ko kailanman inakala na ang politika ay gaganap ng malaking bahagi sa aking buhay—ni ang pagkakaroon nito ng gaano mang bahagi ay hindi ko lubos na naisip. Labing-pitong taon pa lamang nang dumilat ang aking mga mata sa liwanag ng mundo ngunit wala pang isang dekada nang magkaroon ng anyo ang mga bagay na tinatamaan ng liwanag na ito; mga dating dinaaraan-daanan lamang ng aking paningin ngunit ngayo’y siyang…
When Quarantine Loneliness Takes Its Toll When news broke about the enhanced quarantine community, I was in a strange state of disbelief and anxiety in between. A sobering combination of worries and concerns was the mental limbo of being in a terrifying situation. Every day we spend in solitary confinement slowly strip away any semblance of normalcy. It's hard to ignore the disturbing feelings creeping up on me because it's not always my decision to stay indoors. At this…
Populism in the Philippines Led by Strong Man Duterte **Brief Background** Populism emerged in Russia and the United States in the mid-nineteenth century but remained, until the 1990s, almost irrelevant to European politics. Although there is an increasing conflation of populism and nativism in academia and the media, there is no question that populism is a significant, if not necessarily the most important, dimension of the emergence of so-called nationalist parties and…
Birth of a Champ: Cryptocurrency in a Nutshell *Cryptocurrencies for bigger banks can be a real annoyance. But they don't quite share the same fate with smaller lenders; their fate having turned out to be* ***the moneymaker.*** Currently, smaller lenders capitalize on the potential to support cryptocurrency-related companies while major banks ignore the cryptocurrency market. Smaller banks, providing services to businesses related to cryptocurrencies, are taking calculated…
A BREATH FROM CRYPTO TOPICS; here's a poetry: The Days Go On Just tonight, I decided it’s time I move on. I decided it’s enough. I decided to write it down so I will have a digital ink compact with my laptop. But the moon doesn’t seem to permit. The walls are still painted in your most favored shade of yellow and by the time the pale moonlight crawls on it, it paints a silhouette that even without vision, without a doubt, I would recognize. How couldn’t I, when you’re the…
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