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The
"damaged" Filipino culture of today is said
to be a product of 400 years of Spain and 50 years of
Hollywood.
Some
people debate if Lapulapu was of braver stuff for showing
the intruder Ferdinand Magellan his casket compared
to Datu Sikatuna who drank from a goblet of mixed Filipino
and Spanish blood.
But
maybe Datu Sikatuna was the smarter stuff - because
he could trade goods and culture with the Westerner,
embraced globalization but maintained his tribe and
turf.
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GSIS'
Garcia to file
libel against solon
CEBU CITY. Government Service
Insurance System (GSIS) president and general manager
Winston Garcia is filing libel charges against Manila
Representative Bienvenido Abante for claiming GSIS funds
are being used to buy votes for the Speakership bid
of Garcia's father.
Garcia,
son of former Cebu governor and congressman-elect Pablo
Garcia, said he had already instructed the chief legal
counsel of GSIS to file the suit against Abante.
Abante
was one of four congressmen who issued a statement on
Saturday accusing the young Garcia of using GSIS funds
to buy support for the bid of his father to run for
House Speaker.
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