33 Trapped Chilean Miners 2010
The 33 Chilean miners hired by San Sebastian Mining Company were trapped 2,300 feet below the ground in San Jose gold and copper mine, Chile (Chile is the world’s top copper producer), on August 5, 2010 during the rock-collapse incident. They were confined in a 600-square feet.
It...
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Let’s Talk about Sex
The need for sex (education!) has been on my mind lately. You see this current furor about sex education to be done in schools. I don’t know what the fuss is all about – I remember being in Grade 5 or 6 and my homeroom teacher writing the words “penis” and “vagina” on the blackboard and proceeding...
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The Morality of a Freethinker
Morality is often equated with an absolute standard – religion and/or God – so atheists, agnostics, and other non-theists are sometimes viewed as people who lack moral standards. And why not? In a nation where a lot of people actually believe that our laws are based on the Ten Commandments...
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It’s My Red Star
Election is coming very near. Candidates are making all of their efforts to make their reputations and names smell good. To put it, simply say, 'nagpapabango ng kanilang mga pangalan." Voters are in a crisis of who to choose among them. They are like in a situation wherein they have to choose the 'lesser...
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The Ten Most Memorable Commercials on Philippine TV
I am featuring what I think are the 10 Most Memorable Commercials to ever grace Philippine TV. The choices are based on research (other people’s votes and blog posts of a similar topic) and my own recall of the commercials that I still remember years after I first saw them on TV. There are other...
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Less Talking, More Hitting: Elevating our Sentiments to Action (or Why Secular Activism?)
I, Freethinker or I, Troll?
Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters. – Rosa Luxembourg
I’m often asked why I decided to get involved with the Filipino Freethinkers. Often in FF discussions, some people would find it weird that someone attacks Enlightenment assumptions in a fierce manner...
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It’s really bad and frightening
The title of this post sums it all. It came from one of my PhD students who is with a government bureau tasked to look at agriculture in many provinces around the Philippines. She has been traveling and assessing the effects of the latest ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) in the Philippines.
I would...
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MANNY VILLAR EXPOSED! GLORIA’S SECRET CANDIDATE
Manny Villar his stand on alleged anomalies committed under the Arroyo administration. I will not lift a finger to defend President Aquino from any charges filed against her, he said. Read more
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Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose 2010-04-08 13:43:30
Posted by informer on April 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Long View News from unusual places By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 22:33:00 04/07/2010 IN THE MUSICAL “CHICAGO,” Renee Zellwegger gets some tips from Richard Gere on how to charm the public with some razzmatazz and razzle-dazzle. Today, the final leg of the national...
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