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by Perry Diaz
perry@filipinojournal.com

My crystal ball for the 2022 presidential election

My crystal ball for the 2022 presidential election

Perry Diaz

  Photo source: votepilipinas.com WITH 40 DAYS LEFT to Election Day, the campaign season in the Philippines is now on the homestretch. From here onward, everyday counts. While the five remaining and active presidential

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Putin resorts to nuclear blackmail

Putin resorts to nuclear blackmail

Perry Diaz

IN APRIL 2013, I wrote a column titled “Nuclear Blackmail,” where I talked about North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un’s saber rattling, threatening to send nuclear ballistic missiles to the United States and Guam.

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How the anti-vaxxers polarized America

How the anti-vaxxers polarized America

Perry Diaz

THE FIRST AMERICAN case OF Covid-19 was reported on January 20, 2020. Since then, 71,708,189 confirmed cases have been reported with 868,503 deaths. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that

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The Pied Piper of Mar-a-Lago

The Pied Piper of Mar-a-Lago

Perry Diaz

IN 1284, AS THE LEGEND GOES, the people of Hamelin, Germany, hired the town’s rat-catcher, a piper, to lure the rats away with his magic pipe. The piper was dressed in multi-colored (“pied”) clothing;

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128 days of Christmas

128 days of Christmas

Perry Diaz

IF THERE IS ONE thing that I really miss in the Philippines, it is Christmas. It’s a day – nay, four months – of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Yes, Filipinos celebrate Christmas

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Defenders of Sierra Madre

Defenders of Sierra Madre

Perry Diaz

Since 1999, a World War II-era navy ship lay aground off Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal), an uninhabited atoll near the Kalayaan group of islands in the Spratly archipelago. The ship, BRP Sierra Madre,

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The Philippine Political Circus Begins

The Philippine Political Circus Begins

Perry Diaz

As expected, the 2022 Philippine presidential election will be one of the most – if not the most – interesting elections in the Philippines. It is a political alchemy of various personalities that includes

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Quo vadis, Bongbong Marcos?

Quo vadis, Bongbong Marcos?

Perry Diaz

With the election only nine months away, the Philippines’ political merry-go-round is spinning in circles. You don’t know who’s with whom or who is running against. It’s dynamic especially when family members are actively

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When will the anti-vaxxers ever stop?

When will the anti-vaxxers ever stop?

Perry Diaz

A new term has emerged in the dictionary: anti-vaxxer. It refers to people who disagree with the use of vaccines for various reasons. While its purpose is to prevent people from contracting the deadly

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