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A wedding among the ruins
by Randy David
CUSCO -- I am in Peru and I’m writing from Cusco, possibly the highest city in the world at 12,000 feet above sea level. Resting on a basin completely surrounded by the Andes Mountains, Cusco is the “navel” of the ancient Inca world known as Tawantinsuyo.
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Public Lives
Disclosures and closures
by Randy David
MANILA, Philippines -- Like his former classmates and colleagues in academe who have known him closely or casually.
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Burma and the rest of us
by Randy David
MANILA, Philippines -- The brutal suppression by Burma’s (Myanmar’s) military junta of Buddhist monks and civilian protesters has sparked global outrage.
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Quibbling while the country is being robbed
by Randy David
MANILA, Philippines -- Under questioning at the Senate on the National Broadband Network contract with ZTE, former Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri stated that he truly believed it would be beneficial for the government to operate its own network.
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Martial law revisited
by Randy David
MANILA, Philippines -- THIRTY-FIVE years ago, Ferdinand Marcos invoked the emergency powers provided by the 1935 Constitution in order to seize control of the main levers of government. Presidential Decree 1081 ushered in a dictatorship that lasted almost 14 years.
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Erap’s conviction and the rule of law
by Randy David
IT WAS INDEED A HISTORIC MOMENT IN our nation’s life -- the first time a former president has ever been convicted for an offense committed while he was in office. Because of the stature of the accused, we are led to think that, finally, the rule of law in our society has prevailed.
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Motorcycle exclusions
by Randy David
MANILA, Philippines -- I remember the first time I drove a motorcycle on the expressway. It was 1967, and the new North Diversion Road (as it was then called) was almost finished, although it had not yet officially opened.
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Bayani Fernando and the urban poor
by Randy David
MANILA, Philippines -- If there is one public official in our country today who does his work seemingly without regard for the political consequences, that person has to be Bayani Fernando, the current chair of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
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