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Notes from an Insomniac: November 2009 by Lila Shahani
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Notes from an Insomniac. Forays into things elliptical by Lila R. Shahani. Monday, November 9, 2009. Of Arms and the Man: the global arms trade and the Philippine context. In this day and age of. In fact, 2.1 million people - or 2,000 every day – have already died as a result of armed violence. Light weapons continue to remain the principal cause of death in conflicts around the world, and the vast majority of casualties happen to be civilians. While many of the weapons used to commit violations are prod...
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Notes from an Insomniac: July 2010 by Lila Shahani
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Notes from an Insomniac. Forays into things elliptical by Lila R. Shahani. Friday, July 2, 2010. How overseas Filipinos can help with good governance in the Philippines. Speech delivered at the 1st Worldwide Conference of Overseas Filipinos for Good Governance. July 1 and 2, 2010. Magandang gabi po and welcome home! So why am I going into this unsavory topic now? Seen from this perspective, the power to vote can become meaningless in a context where we score alarmingly high in the global impunity index&#...
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Notes from an Insomniac: October 2009 by Lila Shahani
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Notes from an Insomniac. Forays into things elliptical by Lila R. Shahani. Wednesday, October 28, 2009. Descending into Bathos: on substance, critical thinking and the nature of the public discourse. So my buddy Peter and I were grumbling over gyoza one rainy NY evening. Where are all the policy platforms? What were the policy directives going forward to ensure that the post-Ondoy and Pepeng flooding fiascos never happened again? But why did everything still have to be so. Wasn’t all this genuflect...
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Notes from an Insomniac: Concentric Rings, Part II: land-grabbing, land conversion and the untold human cost by Lila Shahani
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Notes from an Insomniac. Forays into things elliptical by Lila R. Shahani. Saturday, April 10, 2010. Concentric Rings, Part II: land-grabbing, land conversion and the untold human cost. Note: Part I can be found. Ang buhay sa tumpok. Hindi talaga ako papayag. Magbubuwis talaga ako ng dugo. Ipaglalaban ko talaga ang lugar na ito.". Mabait, matulungin,. May problema talaga dito. Laging may gulo. Lagi siyang may katabi na itak. Baka daw kung gabi ay bigla nalang kaming i-. Baril ang hawak ng mga gwardiya ni...
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Notes from an Insomniac: How overseas Filipinos can help with good governance in the Philippines by Lila Shahani
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Notes from an Insomniac. Forays into things elliptical by Lila R. Shahani. Friday, July 2, 2010. How overseas Filipinos can help with good governance in the Philippines. Speech delivered at the 1st Worldwide Conference of Overseas Filipinos for Good Governance. July 1 and 2, 2010. Magandang gabi po and welcome home! So why am I going into this unsavory topic now? Seen from this perspective, the power to vote can become meaningless in a context where we score alarmingly high in the global impunity index&#...
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Notes from an Insomniac: Concentric Rings? -- Private musings on Manny, money and a national apocalypse by Lila Shahani
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Notes from an Insomniac. Forays into things elliptical by Lila R. Shahani. Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Private musings on Manny, money and a national apocalypse. Part I: Personal net worth - a case of perjury or money-laundering? Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Http:/ www.scribd.com/doc/25528863/Senator-Madrigal-Expose-on-Senator-Villar-C-5-Scam-Part-1. Conveyed volumes, as had Joker’s allegations of conflicts of interest a decade before (. Of the fact that the original P 200M would most likely be reduced; th...
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Notes from an Insomniac: March 2010 by Lila Shahani
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Notes from an Insomniac. Forays into things elliptical by Lila R. Shahani. Monday, March 29, 2010. A conversation with Noynoy. This is being re-printed with the kind permission of Philippine Graphic and refers to the April 5-12, 2010 edition. Many thanks to Inday Espina-Varona for having been such a wonderful editor throughout.). Give five individuals you want for your cabinet, their positions and why you want them. Do you see a need to review and modify the Visiting Forces Agreement? Agreements that our...
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Notes from an Insomniac: April 2010 by Lila Shahani
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Notes from an Insomniac. Forays into things elliptical by Lila R. Shahani. Saturday, April 10, 2010. Concentric Rings, Part II: land-grabbing, land conversion and the untold human cost. Note: Part I can be found. Ang buhay sa tumpok. Hindi talaga ako papayag. Magbubuwis talaga ako ng dugo. Ipaglalaban ko talaga ang lugar na ito.". Mabait, matulungin,. May problema talaga dito. Laging may gulo. Lagi siyang may katabi na itak. Baka daw kung gabi ay bigla nalang kaming i-. Baril ang hawak ng mga gwardiya ni...
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Notes from an Insomniac: December 2009 by Lila Shahani
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Notes from an Insomniac. Forays into things elliptical by Lila R. Shahani. Tuesday, December 22, 2009. Lernaean Hydra: the battle against impunity and its many layers. I’d say it was a pretty masterful job all round, wouldn’t you? I mean, it's positively breathtaking. The Supreme Court, COMELEC, Congress, the. Party-lists and computerized balloting, not to mention the warlords, the military and the police? What of those arms caches found in the properties of the Ampatuans, clearly bearing DND markings?
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