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Coordinating Search/Rescue/Relief

Tweet Since Ondoy and Pepeng, citizens, media, and others have used online tools to help coordinate and consolidate information. Check out this page and help report and update rescue needs and efforts. Google has rolled out a Resources Page related to the 2012 Flood: Resources related to the 2012 Philippines …

The Secular Ideal (Revisited)

Tweet This entry dates from November 1, 2008. Originally published in Inquirer Current. See also The Explainer: Church and State Sources from 2006. And Church and State: the Religious Clauses in the Philippine Constitution in another blog. What the entry below did not take into account was, of course, the …

Mapping the Revolution

Tweet PCDSPO and the Official Gazette have put forward an interactive Timeline of the Revolution, on the Official Gazette Website. For what this project is about and hopes to achive, see this introductory essay: Unraveling the revolution | Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office For the 114th Anniversary of …

The Dinengdeng Debate: Authenticity and Cuisine

Tweet The photo was of Dinengdeng as served in La Preciosa in Laoag. Dinengdeng is soupy delight. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share by email mlq3 Sat, May 05 2012 21:14:12 0 likes  ·  0 comments Here’s the review by …

History and Reality: Part IV, Then and Now

Tweet I was struck by the ongoing project of a Russian, Sergey Larenkov. He has juxtaposed World War II photos and their present-day locations, resulting in many haunting images. Only a few places in the world have been fully photographed for Google Street View. So to see how it works …

History and Reality III: The Landscape of Memory

Tweet Seventy years ago, today, on April 8, 1942, a great earthquake took place (apparently magnitude 7.5), on the eve of the surrender of our forces in Bataan: and you can read about it in a young officer’s Bataan War Diary. Continuing on my blog entries on the use of …

Pulse & SWS Survey Results on Impeachment

Tweet I. Pulse Asia Ulat ng Bayan Quarterly Survey, February 26-March 9, 2012 Pulse Asia’s Summary Share PulseAsia: Story Pulse Asia is pleased to share with you some findings on the Impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato C. Corona from the March 2… Pulseasia Public Opinion: Answers to Questions …