Word: filipino
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...gets distracted by the naked contortionists writhing in glass boxes on the dance floor. Elsewhere, in a bar, Harry and his lady love take turns pointing out multi-ethnic look-alikes of famous people (“The bathroom? Oh, it’s over there next to the Filipino Steven Seagal?...
...analyst came under suspicion in March after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials tipped off Aragoncillo's superiors that he had tried to intervene on behalf of a man who was detained for overstaying his tourist visa. That man later became known to officials as Aragoncillo's alleged Filipino handler, former senior Philippine police official Michael Ray Aquino. According to arrest papers, a subsequent FBI audit of Aragoncillo's computer use found that he had searched for documents out of his area of responsibility. But a full investigation was not initiated until July. Perhaps most troubling, during the intervening four months...
...Moving Too Quickly? I was dismayed by the urgency that former President Fidel V. Ramos voiced in pushing for constitutional change and a parliamentary system of government for the Philippines [Aug. 15-22]. Ramos means to have the administration overhauled in barely a year, but all the average Filipino knows about the parliamentary system is that instead of a President, a Prime Minister presides over government. The parliamentary system is ideal for a highly informed and involved electorate, but it carries the risk that a privileged few will prey on voter ignorance and build fiefdoms that will lead to crippling...
...there no one else?" EDMUNDO REYES, Filipino congressman, pleading for the six signatures necessary to pursue a call for impeachment against Philippines president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Her congressional allies successfully blocked moves to impeach her last week...
...About Filipino Fatalism Political-science professor Alex Magno made several perceptive observations in his Essay "The Perils of Pedestals," about Filipinos' "schizophrenic political culture" [July 18]. But I balked at Magno's conclusion: "After we are done with the ceremonial self-flagellation ... we will settle back to a comfortable regime of elastic rules and mediated processes. It is our culture?and our fate." Can't a culture develop and change for the better? I believe that as we Filipinos continue to learn progressive ideas, adopt modern ways, pursue quality education and experience globalization, we shall arrive sooner or later...