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that it doesn’t matter that Nelson “thinks” that his ethnicity is American, the truth is that his “real” ethnic identity is tied to his appearance. As Edgar states, “Windex your mirror cuz your reflection goin’ tell you you the best candidate for Mr. Pinoy-brown skin, yellow teeth, and no nose.” Soon after this remark is said, Mrs. Takemoto, the teacher steps in and quiets down the discussion in the classroom. What is interesting about this entire vignette is when Mrs. Takemoto chooses to step…

First, let’s get one thing straight – I don’t have a dog in the fight (in the upcoming Philippine polls). I am merely an observer reacting to Senator Grace Poe and her televised pronouncements on why she flip-flopped on her citizenship choice. That’s right, my issue here is why the 47-year-old Poe, the eager presidential candidate, doesn’t find anything wrong with what she did: embrace a foreign citizenship (US) and then pitch it in the garbage and immediately proceed to retrieve the…

aired on July 30, 1979, being the the longest running noontime variety show in the Philippines (Carvajal 2016). Eat Bulaga captured the tastes of the audience for entertainment and introduced a number of segments such as the iconic “Laban o Bawi,” “Pinoy Henoy,” “Little Miss Philippines,” “That’s My Boy,” “Teevee Babe,” “Mr. Pogi” and the recent “Kalyaserye” featuring the “Aldub” love team (WikiPilipinas 2007). Aside from these entertainment offerings, Eat Bulaga also brought innovative…

Illustrator Report – Kerby Rosanes Tessa Richards For Manila based artist, Kerby Rosanes, illustration was a hobby turned part-tine freelance, turned full time career. He started out drawing and doodling to fill time at work and began posting his art online. He soon grew a large following of sites like Tumblr and DeviantART before he was commissioned to turn his illustrations into a colouring book for adults, called Doodle Invasion, in 2013. By 2014, Rosanes realised he could make a career out…

Race relations between Asian Americans and Black Americans have always been rocky. In order to understand the historical relationship between Asian and Black Americans, it is important to understand the intersectionality of hip hop and how it’s shifted through history. There is so much racial tension between Asian and Black people and hip hop was used both to widen and close the gap between the two groups. Hip-hop for both Asian and Black people has been used as an act of rebellion, but despite…

According to Matthew 28:19-20 Christians have the call to go to the ends of the earth to share the good news of Jesus, and American missionaries have attempted to do just that. However, the first missionaries had to pioneer the boundaries in which missionaries operated. Many missionaries brought the Gospel, though it came hidden underneath many cultural and societal norms that they superimposed on the people that they reached. The missionaries to the Philippines are no exception to this, they…

One is the Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS). As stated by the National Police Commission (NPC), IBIS is a system wherein all evidences gathered such as bullets, in the actual scenes of firearm-related cases are encoded and recorded in a database. This system is intended for cross-matching of guns; and, for easier future references especially during investigation and court trials as it has a capability to store, compare, and recall even millions of data entries in the database.…

made from the roadways is "free" energy. The possibility with all the extra energy that the Philippines could generate if said roadways were deployed here are endless. Filipinos could live in a more advanced society where technology is the basis. Pinoys would be known as one of the first countries to have these kinds of roads and will be one of the first countries to take the steps on the road to the future of better living. Second of all, the benefits that the Solar Roadways contributes…