Beneficiaries of Filipino culture

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These men are smiling because they are beneficiaries of the renowned Culture of Impunity of the Filipino.

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Why indeed should we not bury former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Fort McKinley Libingan ng mga Bayani?

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Why not bury former President Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Filipino Heroes' Cemetery)? That is the question that came to light recently in the wake of the burial there of former Secretary and retired General Angelo Reyes, who was in the middle of being implicated in a big-time corruption scandal at the time of his death on the 8th of February this year. Marcos's son, Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr today "reiterated his call for the burial of his father, the late former President Ferdinand Marcos, in the Libingan ng mga Bayani". Television personality Karen Davila was quoted by ANC 24/7 as having quoted Bongbong saying that "if Angelo Reyes was buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, my late father should also be buried there".
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Proud to be Filipino? Prove it.

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If we are to believe an "in-depth" "insight" report issued by ABS-CBN News , Filipinos are apparently keen to "push unity" as a "theme" for the visit of President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III . Whatever that theme means exactly , I am still not quite sure -- even after having skimmed through as much of the content in the website WeAreOneFilipino.com being promoted in that report. One section of that site issued the dare Proud to be Filipino? Prove it. I'm like: who are these people who presume to challenge people to "prove" they are "proud" to be "Filipino"?
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