True, there are a lot of perks that go with the job – a limousine with back-up security, a 24-7 kitchen, all you can eat, a gym, golf course and mini-hospital right in your backyard. Plus power that seems to attract and make you beautiful or handsome to many men and women.
But face it. It’s HARD to be President of the Republic of the Philippines.
My journo-hubby Alan discusses why:
The Filipino way with presidents
by Alan Robles
Filipinos want their President to be Batman, Superman and Jesus Christ.
They want him, or her, to be able to see through walls, around corners, into the hearts and minds of all citizens. To be someone who’ll walk across the water and then hand out loaves and fishes.
They want their President to fight crime, solve poverty, crush corruption, grow the economy and provide jobs, food, education, land reform, justice and social change. They want him to untangle traffic, build infrastructure and furnish cheap electricity; to be a paragon of virtue and warmth, a tough leader, a brilliant statesman, a super soldier and a Nobel class economist.
And they want all of it NOW. No wait, they want it YESTERDAY.
If they don’t get it, out come the metaphorical torches and pitchforks (or perhaps itak): howls of outrage; condemnations; demonstrations; rallies; non-stop vitriolic attacks on Facebook and Twitter (a new development); impeachment attempts. If the political signs are fortuitous there might be serious destabilization attempts, a “withdrawal of support” by the military.
Let’s face it: perhaps the only thing more difficult than running for Philippine President is actually BEING one.
To read the rest, please click on this link.
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so you want to be President of the Republic of the Philippines! Be ready to be cross+fied, vilified, deried, name it you will be fried. Just hope you don’t get fired!
Good luck to the candidates for 2016! The lucky one – See you on Mt. Calvary!
I share that view and @Alan’s views above.
Sarah, I share your concern. I find media stupidity such as that repugnant. We should complain and call attention to it
I don’t know what’s more ugly and disgusting: religious racism that tries to disguise itself or religious racism that’s so out in the open it’s displayed casually
What I’d like to call it is opportunism in the face of the tragedy that fell our Gallant 44. He’s trying to inflame more the hatred that’s in our midst, even if he’s been one of our most esteemed leaders during the recent past.
Sabagay past na nga pala sya. Gusto siguro uling tumakbo….
Julie, I agree wholeheartedly. For all the talk about peace in Mindanao, it somehow hasn’t translated to true compassion for our Muslim brothers. I fear that we Filipinos are more inclined to the “worldly compassion” that Pope Francis described.
Regarding your fourth comment, perhaps you can tell us the difference between MILF and BIFF when they are “lumped together” around a corn field killing our brave SAF police over a period of several hours?
Because I wasn’t there, as you weren’t, I can only offer speculations. Here is one: how about “people whose blood is up because armed men ventured into their area without warning and started shooting, inflicting civilian casualties”? Your turn. Perhaps you can tell me why you don’t seem to feel any concern about the civilians who died – including, reportedly, an eight year old girl. And why do you never mention the civilian guy who was found bound, his body riddled with bullets and his eyes gouged out?
You did not answer the question. In that incedant, what is the difference between the MILF and the BIFF?
Oh but I did. Were you paying attention? But perhaps you have a different answer in mind. Do tell us what it is
Thanks, Alan, for your perspectives.
thanks Edgar
JGB, I think we can “thank” our Spanish theocratic Catholic overlords for the race/religious hatred they spent centuries washing into the brains of the indios, inculcating an ugly and deeply ingrained racist sense of superiority and antipathy. People like your priest-friend do no service to the Philippines in particular and are not a credit to humanity in general.
CMFR sounds good. Maraming salamat, Alan.
Watching the evening news, I note that Sen Miriam Santiago’s dramatics at the Senate today and the “WHAT did the President know WHEN” theme were being played to the hilt. Played too was Santiago’s statement of a coup being instigated by one of her favorite politicians — “pinakamayamang tao” — and I suppose we are suppose to know who that person is (or do we?).
You really don’t know?
Si MANNY PACKMAN PACQUIAO yun!
:-)
yes, packman is military man. as reservist and 3star general, he can well lead a coup. if successful, tuluyan na hindi magbabayad ng buhis yan, pahaba ang buhok at hindi nagpapagupit gaya ng tunay na sundalo.
You’re wrong Alan, this did not happen to President Noynoy.
:-D
@BFD
it did. daming exes nga di ba?
:-D
Short stint lang. Hindi counted….
his fault…broke up with them :)
“BIFF challenges politicians to arm themselves, fight in Mindanao”. sugud na mga epal na politico na gustong magiging presidente ng pilipinas. ang matirang buhay can file for candidacy.
soneone already answered this kind of challenge: Binay still running, says Junjun.
but let us make this clear; still running away from senate hearing. still running into the mamasapano cornfield and do the rambotito
Perhaps a weak point in your argument is that you refer to States, I was referring to a province. I am not quite ready to concede the point yet. I am currently struggling through the below document on my smartphone and will revert when I am done. Perhaps you could also cast your eyes over it.
http://yale.edu/irspeakers/Fearon.pdf
As I said I’m referring to identity, a civil war occurs when nominal members of one group break up and clash. It can be for religious or ethnic reasons. The geographical coverage can be huge (the US) or small (Rwanda). It can even take place in one city — Jerusalem besieged by the Romans during the time of the historian Josephus, when aside from fighting the Romans the Jews fought among themselves along religious lines.
A good summary. Thank you for saving me the effort. My brain is still spinning after reading all 41 pages.
With regard to my dialogue with Alan, I think the conflict in Mindanao coutd be termed a Civil War or an Insurgency and both would be correct.
Perhaps we have groups of Insurgents fighting in a Civil War.
Good for you, you had the patience to go through the labor of 41 pages. Me, I am lazy, at times. So, after going about one-fourth through the text, went to the concluding remaks and the authors’s Tables/Figures.
Yes, we may call that insurgency or civil war.
I revisited the document briefly and now have one reservation. It was published in the year 2000..So much horror and carnage has taken place during the intervening 14 years, ISIS, Al Qaida, Taliban, Muslim Brotherhood, Boku Haram, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and other African states that I believe the conclusion may be somewhat different if written in 2015. Nonetheless, a very enlightenening document.
“I have intelligence as of yesterday that leaders of certain alphabet soup acronyms who are familiar with the public had a recent meeting, because they wanted to discuss how to stage a coup d’etat, who should be installed as president, and even their contributors were there,” pagsisiwalat ni Santiago ngayong Huwebes sa pagdinig ng Senado sa Mamasapano clash.
ang tanong nasaan at ano ang ginagawa ngayon ni VP B anay?.
If it really alphabet then anyone can easily make the first for letters ABCD.
A -rroyo
B – inay
C – orona
D – enggoy
E -Enrile
F-FVR
G-Gloria (A-Arroyo is Mike)
H -Honasan
I – Gen. I
J – Jinggoy
K – Kaibigan dati (Binay Family)
To the interested, DAP is up…
http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph
Thank you, baycas. Saved me from hunting it up.
No prob, @JoeAm.
This is bothersome when compared to the statements of the PNP Officials, AFP Officials, etc. I wonder if this can be finessed or needed to be. The implication seems negative to me.
@Parekoy,
One may bet: logs will be subpoenad sooner or later.
“subpoenaed” (failed to auto-correct)
Actually the one who would profit the most if a standdown order surfaced would be Banay himself. Watch him whip up a frenzy as champion of the common soldier if word ever got out.
Seven of the Bayaning APOs are, of course, Binay’s brods.
SubPOEnaed by who?
:)
I will bet my baby cat, pussy, that those are already incomplete…clean-up operations were done after the incident…
♥ Intel says D5 already beat them to thw logs. ♥
♡ The OMB men were trying hard to get Puri’s and PNoy’s back. ♡
D5 naninigurong nasa top 5 sa resulta sa pagka Senador kaya panay protekta kay PNoy!
Bikol will make her in top 10, the rest of the country will bump her to 7, but there is magic in the air so D5 will be D number 5!
Why? Dark sense of humor! Just to leave their calling card for the next elections, Merlin’s calling card!
Abangan…
Please don’t forget the ‘plum’ Comelec post…
Leila de Lima’s dad was once a commissioner…she may not pass up the chance…
Hindi sinabihan si PNoy…
Dahil si PNoy na mismo ang nagtanong…
Natural lang!
Baka pagalitan tayo nyan ni Brenda…
He was “like having a bad hair day” in the morning of January 25, 2015
“but he will definitely ASK information and updates directly from people around him that day.”
Ganun di sana ginawa ni Espina para siya IN of the loop.
Bakit hindi tinanong ito ni Bongbong kay Espina?
Edit: In the beginning sentence, resource person should have been typed instead of inside person.
A few things:
There is no such thing as a perfect plan. You improvise as you go.
There is such a thing as judgment call. It is never a sure thing. The important thing is you assume the consequences not escape it like a coward.
Tactical command posts are normally at a safe distance not in the front lines.
People who are always waiting for that perfect condition generally end up waiting till the end. In consolation though, nothing tried, no mistake.
nevertheless, a good plan is needed to prevent unnecessary problems from happening, to make sure objective is attained with minimum casualties, etc. it doesn’t necessarily mean it will be perfect with no casualties, just well thought out and prepared. and a good review is just as necessary.
it’s not needed if one can send rambo in who can improvise like no one else can.
Ok, ok, ok, Binay uli…as he wants the presidency so much…
Susog sa Batas, pang-akit ni Binay sa mga local executives…
http://www.mb.com.ph/binay-bats-for-local-govt-code-revision/
Karagdagan ‘yan sa iba pa niyang mga “Ssstrategies.”
Tunghayan dito ang iba: http://raissarobles.com/2014/11/01/heres-my-2010-profile-on-vice-president-binay-based-on-my-one-on-one-interview-with-him/comment-page-3/#comment-198554
Liban pa ‘yan sa “Stabbing” PNoy at the back…
Gaya nina Cassius at Brutus…
Siya’y si Malamarcus Glorius Binayus…
(Recess muna from the Mamasapano.)
CEBU CITY—What to do with the money?
The widow of one of 44 police commandos, who died in a covert operation to get international terrorist Marwan on Jan. 25, had this question after receiving P97,000 in cash donated by private individuals and supporters of the Central Visayas regional police force.
Maseti says:
February 12, 2015 at 10:10 pm
B Anay was in Lapu lapu (Cebu) market today and had lunch with the common folks.
Interviewed after the ceremony, Christine expressed thanks but said she has no idea where to use the money on, knowing fully well it can’t buy her husband’s life.
She said Alan Purisima, a close friend of President Aquino and former chief of the PNP, should have resigned “a long time ago.”
if christine does not know what to do with the money, may I suggest she give it to charity? there are many charitable organizations that need financial aid.
initial reply is lost, so here goes the 2nd:
if christine does not know what to do with the money, may I suggest she donate it to charity? there are many charitable organization in need of financial aid. and if she can find it in her heart , she ought to give money to innocent bystander killed in mamasapano.
Binay, without fail, is the Prince of Machiavellian tactics. It is absolutely outrageous that he is exploiting the tragedy of the mamasapano incidents. The more he does, the more he is exposing his innermost motive / agenda.
paki translate sa tagalog, baycas
Tagalog with English subtitles please gor those shoe flunked panitikan and balarila.
Apparently typing as well :)
Google Translate has Bisaya-English translations now? I heard the CIA uses a Tagalog-English version to intercept top secret AFP field communications.
Thanks, @chit, saved me the trouble.
@parekoy,
whoa!
explosive!
“Aquino realized that his family betrayed Roxas by not supporting his opponent Binay during the last national election.”…maybe a typo there
“Contemplating with three packs of cigarette”…hehehe, dami noon ah!
typo!
“Aquino realized that his family betrayed Roxas by
notsupporting his opponent Binay during the last national election.”Salamat!
You are Vanderful this morning!
Nice one Parekoy. Battle royale between Mr. Clean & Dirty Harry.
But for grace marcos – it looks like another chiz specialty – bi-grace, but it won’t click this time. The people are tired of corruption.
GO-GO MAR
Poe’s handlers could do that but they are aware how LP plugged the holes.
The Balay faction learned their lesson; they regrouped and laid the plan when Aquino took the helm, from the ground game to the underground game!
The key is the PNoy’s official endorsement, after that the machine will blast full throttle!
Hwag seryosohin…
:)
how will that be, “blast with full throttle”?
parang sa orgasm lang yata nangyayari yun?
@parekoy,
magaling ka talaga sa double meaning.
marami nang natatalisod dahil sa mga double2x mong yan.
kagaya ng “milf”, ilan ang sumabit dun.
e kung sinabi mo na lang agad na “hot mama”.
hindi ka na sana iko-caution dahil mamo-monitor ‘ika ng CIA ang mga tororrist outputs mo?
hehehe!
:)…no caution from me.
Pinainan lang, eh may mga kumagat…
Malalaman mo don yung di masaya sa style mo o di kaya yung may generation gap kasi pag Mature eh di nila alam yung MILF!
:)
Pag may Coup, andon agad si Tito Jojo…
Pag inapi is Krazy, andon aga si Tito JoJo…
Pag may problema si Mommy kahit mdaling araw andon agad si Tito Jojo…
Ngayon naman na may pinagdadaanan si Kuya Noy,
At may mga nagplaplano ng Coup…
andon din si Tito Jojo…
but Mar has to be careful too coz he ain’t squeaky clean ;)
Interesting insights Parekoy. I’m taking notes.
Watch next month…plenty of interesting things are happening…
good for a few humor columns?
Rumor con Humor Columns!
:)
Kung si Joeam may bookie Sal, ako mas Koreador SalSal!
:)
Let us sing: Old McGringo had a coup…
je jay je jay jo!
and on the farm they have some plans!
je jay je jay jo!
sing with silent “j”.
as in hehemon…
With a pig, pig there
And a horse, horse there
Je jay je jay Jo!
With fighting cocks there
And exotic birds there
Je jay je jay Jo!
Lots of anays too
Je jay je jay jooooooooo!
Premature campaigning yata yan Parekoy. Nevertheless, I liked reading the story with coffee. Is the video in DVD? Nasa Quiapo na kaya yan?
I especially like the part: “PNoy smokes now along with the wind so the smoke does not get into his eyes!”
:)
To me, when the story makes sense, seek no other sense (until the truth comes out). Pero ano ba ang naging role ng dolyar na pabuya sa mga hindi magandang nangyari? Thanks, Parekoy.
@parekoy
not shocked that their lot were in Zambo that same fateful day, huh? ;)
@parekoy: “I am for Aquino but I love my nation better.”
Yan ba ang version mo ng “my loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins” ?
A remarkable sentiment. Natuwa naman ako :)
Pag may Coup, andon agad si Tito Jojo…
Pag inapi is Krazy, andon aga si Tito JoJo…
Pag may problema si Mommy kahit mdaling araw andon agad si Tito Jojo…
nagbabayad utang lang si Jojo and trying to make himself indispensable kuno.
Di ba sinabihan na siya ni President Noy that he can leave the Cabinet? Makapal lang talaga! !
may nauna pang cue.
“walang wang-wang”
hindi pa rin nakuha.
o nagtataingang-kawali.
or talagang paldo.
o manhir.
not bin hir…
Thank you for the quotes!
Fitting for our time…
@parekoy,
your unreliable source is unreliable as mine.
I think you win this one. I concede that your source is reliable of being unreliable!
:)
Exciting!
Great that I got you excited, the merry kind!
Thank you Bing!
:)
Your unreliable source will be shown to be right on only if Pnoy can stand firm against his “the evil sisters” who have unlike their mother been conniving (even against her wishes because they knew what was better) over the decades with their bizarre so called loyalties, vested business interests not to mention their lust to be the power brokers.
The bwitches become a liability.
Have you seen how the Filipinos lashed back at Krazy?
The Bwitches realized that recently they are no longer given a pass. Instead, they are now considered passé!
Pathetic?
Wow Parekoy. Your unreliable source has just made a new twist to an old song. hehehehe.
BTW, what happened to Raissa’s scenario before – that Miriam will run for President with PNoy as her running mate. And once both are elected, Miriam will resign due to health reasons and PNoy finishes her term – and the daan matuwid legacy.
May pre-requisite ang comelec…
Isa lang ang allowed na may tama sa ticket ng Pred at VP otherwise disqualified sila…
So di pwede ang tandem, masaya nga naman pero nakakabaliw!
;)
Seriously…
Manila’s press seems to downplay it, but the clamor for Rody Duterte to run for president in 2016 is gaining ground in Visayas and Mindanao. I have news from an equally unreliable source who has inside access to the AFP that Rody is connected to ISIS (aside from the old rumors that he is a leftist in disguise)
The catch is – he may win.
he will not.
du3te is 2dirte.
bones will pop up/out once he declares he’s running.
and the end of it.
khalas.
barra.
Miriam will not pass the health requirement.
must be of sound mind and body.
this country will be in a worse state if she becomes prez. unless she has a really good “shadow president”
her other main health issue isn’t being talked about out of respect for her (probably) but not sure if that would remain once she does run.
Parekoy, I like the idea of a Roxas/Poe ticket but as betting man,a Poe/Roxas line up would garner better odds today. Lets wait and see if Mar’s numbers pickup later on as his moral compass seems straight on.
See reasons on trust…
Binay showed he can’t be trusted.
Poe an enigma…
Roxas was not entrusted but in PNoy’s the darkest day proved that he is the one that can be trusted!
I like Mar Roxas. He is decent and a professional. But for some reason he seems not to be able to connect w/ the masa.
why not mar-l. robledo?
I prefer MAR-ALAN.
LENI for senator.
So what is wrong with Poe/Pangilinan? Win with PoeKiko!
Parang maganda yan, @Rene.
Re: Post 116.11.1 and Post 116.12.2
Wow, @Parekoy! Talo si John le Carre’
Subscribe ako.
I enjoyed this piece. It makes a lot of sense, it is rich with intrigue, and if it is not based on inside info, but on speculation, you have a future in writing spy/intrigue novels. I was reminded of Ludlum . . .
That was meant to be @Parekoy for his scenario.
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Still you are my favorite fo…..
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reigner!
:)
hahaha.
there you go again…
Re last para — seems a practical thing to do, but staying at the PNP mansion while working, say, as consultant?
Yes. Purisima overstayed. He had only one month to vacate the house per protocol. Indeed Purisima had vacated the White House. Only a little bit late. What is one month late among friends?
it’s prob’ly not just PNoy who tap puri for info. there maybe others who also pick puri’s brain for much needed info. well connected si puri and has wealth of experience.
about overstaying sa whitehouse, bet puri need to locate the whereabouts of the bugs he has put in place and remove them or disconnect them one by one, he,he.
location, location, location, at camp crame, puri was in good place, centrally located, with ready access to those that badly need his advice. let him go, and he might not be that easy to access and pin down: busy elsewhere, occupied and maybe – que horror – working with the enemy.
plus, maybe, puri has loose ends to tie and needed to be at whitehouse a little bit longer. and may not be solvent too. his money tied in investments.
“Sounds like oxymoronic to me.”
Your statement seems more oxymoronic. Sabi mo hindi applicable kay Purisima dahil meron naman siyang pera kahit matagal hindi magtrabaho. Tapos sabi mo naman “At lalo na kung nagtrabaho siya for free for Pnoy, how then he could feed his family?” Yung statements mo ang maliwanag na contradictory. In other words, oxymoronic o magkasalungat. Ano ba talaga ang sinasabi mo?
Some people like to believe that media and the press in the Philippines are somehow conspiring to bring down the level of discourse. The truth is more mundane than that, I’m afraid: the press is only as good as the people who make it up — in particular the editors and producers. If they’re ignorant, narrow-minded and bigoted war freaks, the chances are it will show in the content of their publication. As Rene Saguisag once said, “media is the plural of mediocre”
“If they’re ignorant, narrow-minded and bigoted war freaks, the chances are it will show in the content of their publication.”
To your mind, has the situation gotten worse? If so, what explains that aside from competition in the industry?
Thanks. I have a gut feeling, that the quality of Raissa’s and your thoughts and writings, aside from innate in both of you, gets reflected in each other — sort of an enhancer to each other’s work, subconsciously.
Of the concepts or words you used in your reply, the operative word that comes to me is “context.” That is not only useful to journalists but to all professionals. I am a man of science, but I value that concept a lot. It is almost a must to one worthy of his salt in any profession.
The press wants to influence, not just to report.
Take note of GMA-7’s slogan: “Mga balita dapat niyong malaman.”
So they decide what the people should know.
Care to flesh out that claim with more detail? What do you mean by “press”? do you mean the reporter? The editor? the publisher? the owner? the board?
Every reporter who rights the news – and the editor who goes through his / her copy – goes through the subjective process of picking what to report and how to report it. This is not quite the same as seeking to influence or deciding what the people should know. Btw the people aren’t hapless zombies who follow everything, they can choose to believe/ disbelieve, ignore, not read, or read another publication.
What is even better is to go to several relevant sources and talk to them and ask them relevant questions and see if their stories change over time, and provide correction and context to what’s being said. This is how I see my own job to be.
You can sit three people in front of one event and if you ask them to write their reports on that event you will likely end up with three different stories. Context, accuracy and correction matter.
TRIVIA
Zulkifli Abdhir uses the email address [email protected].
He used the cover name Hulagu or Lagu.
He communicated in Malaysian using code words like “iron” for firearms, “dogs” for government agents, or presents for bombs or IEDs, etc.
Alamah!
Orang puti same as ayam lah!
Ikan kari – curry fish!
Maybe his fav dish…
Miss ko na amg nasi lemak dan Ayam goreng dan teh tarik!
Oh, I’m referring to his email cover name.
Whenever he reach orgasm, he said” Gol! Malaysia Boleh!”
@ baycas “Bukod sa pagbigay ng pera mula sa Pagibig at Makati cash assistance funds” kaya pala eh.
“Pag-IBIG’s Berberabe possible Binay running mate in 2016” says baby B anay.
♥ Pag-ibig…masdan ang ginawa mo… ♥
♡ Sa Araw ng mga Puso…tayo’y mag… ♡
Why would Peping Cojuangco be involved in this plot? The others, I see have their own agenda, especially Gonzalez. Just asking since I’m not in the know about these matters.
Marmee, see this link. Also, he was there in the last rally of COPA last week. http://www.manilatimes.net/peping-joins-clamor-oust-president/145847/
“Binay rejects calls for Aquino to resign, says he is praying for him” — inquirerdotnet
While rejecting calls for the President to resign, Binay pressed for the creation of an independent fact-finding commission to investigate the incident “to dispel all doubts that the investigations are merely a “cover-up.”
TRIPLE-TOUNGED?
Na he-helo na ako.
:)
as the saying goes, tulak ng dibdib.
ako ang papalit…
To those with an early dateline and those in P’inas, HAPPY VALENTINE, and to those with other dateline, ADVANCE HAPPY VALENTINE!
Teka muna, pupunta muna ako sa Dangwa baka makamura sa rosas.
The Resumption
(Source: senate.gov.ph/committee/schedwk.asp)
Will Cayetano show up?
We will see on that date whether he is man or mouse.
Consolidated report on the Mamasapano Incident badly needed…
Please don’t forget this:
http://www.opapp.gov.ph/sites/default/files/chronology-events-mamasapano-incident.pdf
@baycas
nakaligtaan ni Napeñas yung cellphone. can’t have a surprise attack if there is mobile service in the area. the WTF part was, they were using cell to communicate too so asking telco to shut it down would’ve been bad for them as well.
ala man lang sat phone na pwedeng gamitin instead of cell. those were useful during Yolanda even for the common folks.
plus, the convoy probably passed through checkpoint. if they suspected rats in the military…would allow MILF and BIFF and private armies to mass up and massacre the SAF
The picture in the news article cited above was captioned:
thanks for this baycas
You’re welcome.
To our countrymen fomenting war…please have a heart…
correction: low hundreds and not thousands.
@alan
a soldier stationed in Mindanao said that even when we were at “war”, the soldiers and rebels would pass by each other and just ignore each other’s presence.
soldiers won’t shoot unless fired upon. (except for the psychotic ones. unnerving to observe even when there is no conflict around.)
mahal ang bala.
i think enraged is the default setting for these armed groups. no surprise there.
Back when I was working at the Manila Chronicle, Carol Arguillas was the paper’s Mindanao reporter
Poor communication…
Worth reading…
A re-wording of Winston Churchill’s 1940 “Their Finest Hour” speech:
“The battle of Pnoy is about over. The next crucial battle is about to begin. Upon that battle depends the future of our beloved country. The whole machinery and dirty tricks developed through the years may soon be thrust upon us … Let us therefore brace ourselves … so, Filipinos decades later will say, ‘This was their finest hour.'”
A MUSLIM ARCHIPELAGO
An e-book on Islam on SE Asia. Pages 171 – 228 cover Islamin the Philippines. I think, a worthy read.
Here is a chance to understand Islam not only in the Philippines but in Asia.
It’s free.
https://books.Google.com.ph/books?id=tm8tSwyTa7AC&dq=muslim+insurgencies+around+the+world&output=html_text&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Arg, the chapters on Ramos and Estrada aren’t available. And it looks like a good book too
http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA476625
The link is the 297-paged PDF of the book.
thanks for this baycas
Great find, Ancient Mariner, the book is absorbing; I’m reading the chapter on the Philippines with great fascination.
I agree. The only problem is all of the things which will be neglected until I have read it.