The Republic of Adobo

by Rod Cantiveros
rod@filipinojournal.com

Do the early rumblings try to shake the foundation of BBM administration

Do the early rumblings try to shake the foundation of BBM administration

Rod Cantiveros

Photo source: pbbm.com.ph Random interviews with ordinary people resulted in mixed views Two months before President Bongbong Marcos’s one- year anniversary as the 17th president of the Republic of the Philippines, a few critics

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Family reunion enriches family roots

Family reunion enriches family roots

Rod Cantiveros

With the Escobar Clan Reunion, expect much stronger roots for the family tree! “Oh my! Relative pala kita, crush pa naman kita!” “Wow, cousin at least we see in person.” “Ikaw, apo ka ni

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A new set of New Year’s resolutions based on your zodiac sign

A new set of New Year’s resolutions based on your zodiac sign

Rod Cantiveros

Consulting zodiac signs excite your mindfulness! What are your expectations for the New Year? Have you consulted the English, Chinese or Ayurvedic, or American Native zodiac signs? Are these zodiac signs predicting anything about

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Inflation and the Christmas season

Inflation and the Christmas season

Rod Cantiveros

Lately, I have attended almost six Christmas parties and still counting. And I did experience that sharing and giving are still high in spirit. The food is plentiful and mostly with leftovers for take-home

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May 9th Philippine Election: All Smoke And Mirrors!

May 9th Philippine Election: All Smoke And Mirrors!

Rod Cantiveros

Philippine democracy needs to recalibrate! Too obvious to consider that the 2022 Philippine election is all “smoke and mirrors” as two leading presidential candidates, Vice President Leni Robredo and the son of former Philippine

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Living with Carbon Tax for climate change!

Living with Carbon Tax for climate change!

Rod Cantiveros

Carbon Tax is just like a Sword of Damocles hanging over our heads, giving us more impending harm to family finances at the height of Canada’s inflation which rose to a new multi-decade high

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Bakit hanggang ngayon, naghihirap pa ang ating Inang Bayan?

Bakit hanggang ngayon, naghihirap pa ang ating Inang Bayan?

Rod Cantiveros

Ano nga ba ang dahilan at mabagal ang pagbaba ng poverty rate at populasyon sa ating bansa? Sa kasalukuyan, ang Pilipinas ay may populasyong 108.93 milyon at 25% o 25 milyon nito ay mahihirap.

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Are you sad? St. Thomas Aquinas offers five doable and easy suggestions

Are you sad? St. Thomas Aquinas offers five doable and easy suggestions

Rod Cantiveros

We do feel sad once in a while. And we consider this human emotion as normal when your loved ones die, or missing, divorce or being separated, loss of your income, financial trouble or

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What are your resolutions for 2021?

What are your resolutions for 2021?

Rod Cantiveros

Are your goals for this year doable? Probably, your 2021 goals might be meagre in number due to the onslaught of COVID-19 which led to a new normal: wearing a face mask, washing your

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