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From A twist to the usual tale of street protests in The Economist, an article that analyzes why the Senate with its 2010 “presidentiables” is lukewarm over another People Power.
ON FEBRUARY 29th several thousand anti-government demonstrators gathered in Manila to demand the resignation of President Gloria Arroyo. So far, so usual…
But this was only a [...]
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An editorial that draws a parallel between the Philippines’ People Power phenomenon and the dismantling of the communist states in Eastern Europe.
While the countries of the former Soviet bloc have settled down to democracy, the mass protest has become dangerously embedded in Philippine politics…
The editorial’s conclusion is that ending a corrupt government should be done [...]
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Some people are still naive enough to believe that change in leadership will result in real change.
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