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Racism, memory and my Chinese lolo

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Sy Sing Douy, aka Luis Pimentel

This Father’s Day, I’m honoring my grandfather. I never met him. He died two years before I was born.

Posted: June 15th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »

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Salamin: A Filipino in America holds up a mirror

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Salamin editor Third Paran with Ruben Nepales who is featured in the magazine's first issue. PHOTO/RICK GAVINO

In his wonderful essay collection, “Pinoy in America,’ Lorenzo Paran III pondered the typical dilemma of the expatriate Filipino.

Posted: June 6th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »

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Before Dan Brown’s ‘gates of hell,’ the lustful Filipino rooster

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photo sabong

Metro Manila Development Authority Chief Francis Tolentino is being ridiculed for writing a letter to Dan Brown, criticizing the bestselling author’s depiction of Manila in his novel, “Inferno,” as the “gates of hell.”

Posted: May 26th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »

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To those who say Filipinos are stupid

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Perhaps the stupidest reaction to the last Philippine elections came from people who concluded that, based on the outcome, Filipinos are really stupid.

Posted: May 20th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »

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Of mothers and nurses

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Isabel Pimentel

The importance of mothers in the world became clear to me one afternoon a few years ago when my son made a choice during a brief visit to the hospital.   I expected he would pick me. Instead, he picked his mother.   He just had a minor procedure and the doctor said the surgery [...]

Posted: May 11th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »

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In Alex Padilla’s peace quest, a battle with extremes

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Something Alex Padilla told me years ago makes it clear that he has the toughest job in government – but also the clearest sense of why that job is important.   “Two related truths I believe in on this matter are these,” he told me in a January 2011 email after he was named head [...]

Posted: May 5th, 2013 in Blogs | Read More »

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Lightning in Diliman: UP post-Kristel

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PHOTO courtesy of Wendell Capili

There’s a strong chance that lightning will strike in UP Diliman on Sunday. One hit UP Manila a week ago when students briefly held a protest during the commencement exercise.

Posted: April 28th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

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The NPA vs a 78-year-old woman

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Mayor Ruth de Lara Guingona of Gingoog City INQUIRER PHOTO

Last August, Senator Teofisto TG Guingona III gave a powerful and impassioned speech praising heroes who fought against the Marcos tyranny, including two renowned figures of the underground left.

Posted: April 25th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

For these SF Filipinos, 911 means a call to serve

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Corinina “Cori” Cruz Photo courtesy of the City of San Francis

The voice on the phone was distressed. The caller, Tala Rahal, was sobbing and could barely speak as she tried to explain that her mother was in trouble. The girl was 10.

Posted: April 23rd, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists,Featured Columns,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

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On Bataan Day, farewell to a guerrilla

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Scene from Mga Gerilya sa Powell Street, Tanghalang Pilipino, 2008 PHOTO/ AUDIE DELA CRUZ.

A San Francisco pay phone was a prominent part of the set in the 2008 Tanghalang Pilipino production of ‘Mga Gerilya sa Powell Street.’

Posted: April 9th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »

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Of Jesuits and the Pope

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News that a Jesuit, Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, was chosen to be the next Pope quickly reminded me of another Jesuit and another Pope.

Posted: March 17th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »

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A different take on Team Tatay

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The 2013 election campaign will be remembered for one of the most amusing tit-for-tat exchanges in the history of Philippine politics. Team Patay vs. Team Tatay.

Posted: March 13th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »

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