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Silver bullet

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | February 14, 2006 - 12:00am

The past few days, there has been an abundance of discussion about the poverty situation in the country. Two events conspired to bring this about: the Ultra tragedy where poverty is used as scapegoat for calamitous...

Opinion

Involvement & intervention

By CHASING THE WIND | By Felipe B. Miranda | November 6, 2003 - 12:00am

In modern societies, involvement is unavoidable and most of the time good. The pressures that made human beings form communities in early times have intensified and now hardly anyone thinks of solitary existence...

Opinion

Doing well in other countries

By CHASING THE WIND | By Felipe B. Miranda | October 1, 2002 - 12:00am

Many are puzzled that Filipinos do so well in other countries. Languishing while in the Philippines, they quickly transform once abroad into productive citizens of their adopted countries, reflecting much civic-mindedness...

Opinion

Alternative leadership

By CHASING THE WIND | By Felipe B. Miranda | April 30, 2002 - 12:00am

Open societies provide their people a wider range of options than societies that are oligarchic or authoritarian. Whether one speaks of what nourishes the body, the mind or the spirit, open societies enable their...

Opinion

Laboring for a decent society - CHASING THE WIND by Felipe B. Miranda

May 1, 2001 - 12:00am

May 1st, Labor Day, ought to remind people of how decent societies are actually put together.

Opinion