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		<title>The Band-Aid Administration: 525,600 Minutes Under the PNOY Administration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first year of President Aquino III’s administration is a struggle of some sorts. On one hand, the government that they would take over is predictable and consistent – if you talking about corruption and public anomalies. On the other hand, it is mandated to govern a mix of people who have lost faith in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdgamboa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11036196&amp;post=351&amp;subd=mdgamboa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Of Fists and Fits: The Case of the Punching City Mayor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is in reaction to Mr. Richard Dy’s ‘Why I’d Punch the Sheriff too’ as published in the Philippine Collegian on July 5, 2011. The mythical Athenian hero Theseus once said that ‘there is no worse enemy than he who keeps the law on his own hands’. A tyrant finds it hateful when people reason [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdgamboa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11036196&amp;post=342&amp;subd=mdgamboa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Advisories: The Unnecessary Addend of Unfounded Fears</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel advisories are usually handled by the government in a not-so-controversial manner. Of course, the government personalities express some resentment over the issuance of such advisories. But most of the time, government would take the travel advisory in a stride, enforce most of the time temporary high-alert status on usual suspects and mitigate travel advisories [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdgamboa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11036196&amp;post=316&amp;subd=mdgamboa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to 1989: The Implications of a Presidential Amnesty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 11, 2010, President Noynoy Aquino signed Proclamation No. 50. This proclamation grants amnesty to uniformed personnel and civilians implicated in the Oakwood Mutiny, the Marines Standoff, the Manila Peninsula Hotel Incident and other related events. However, would this act by the President result to the intended end-state? Would the move be consistent with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdgamboa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11036196&amp;post=289&amp;subd=mdgamboa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ang Daang Matuwid: Under (de)Construction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago, I published “Beyond the Amber Ribbons”, a blog article that tackled my own set of personal observations and concerns over the whirlwind candidacy of then Senator Noynoy Aquino. During the time when emotions seemed to undermine reason, I posed serious questions on his candidacy. I have done so amidst allegations that I’m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdgamboa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11036196&amp;post=245&amp;subd=mdgamboa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Day the Music Died in Manila: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://mdgamboa.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/the-day-the-music-died-in-manila-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discussion of the various aspects of the  hostage-taking situation illustrated a number of problems emanating from the scenario. These includes some of the most critical errors that made a relatively manageable hostage-taking incident  turn from being under control into a raging drama that caught many, even non-Chinese  and non-Filipino, in a time lapse. Philippine Political [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdgamboa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11036196&amp;post=218&amp;subd=mdgamboa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The House of Representatives&#8217; Version of Constitutional Adventurism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 28, on a meeting initiated to define the future actions of the House of Representatives was called to order. The meeting was held to discuss the house consideration of the Status Quo Ante Order of the Supreme Court (dated September 14, 2009) and other issues that pertain to SC Order, which includes the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdgamboa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11036196&amp;post=224&amp;subd=mdgamboa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Day the Music Died in Manila: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://mdgamboa.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-day-the-music-died-on-manila-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a supposedly happy Chinese tour in the country turns into a deadly excursion with a deranged former police officer, things should be planned both on the operational and strategic level to ensure minimum loss to lives and property. The recent hostage taking did neither of the two. In the light of the mockery of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdgamboa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11036196&amp;post=205&amp;subd=mdgamboa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Security Governance: Democratizing the Security Sector</title>
		<link>http://mdgamboa.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/security-governance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the emergence of more complex battel field comes the need to further improve inter-operationability of security administration in the country. Here's some ideas in removing restrictions that prevent it from being developmental and in providing avenues to inculcate principles of security governance in managing the security concerns of the country. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdgamboa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11036196&amp;post=165&amp;subd=mdgamboa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>General Bangit: Beyond Mere Words</title>
		<link>http://mdgamboa.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/general-bangit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent events with the Number 1 misunderstood man of the AFP is disturbing even for those people who expected downpour of criticisms against this 'GMA General'. It's high time to reveal another facade of a great man, whose principles and steadfast stance made him a victim of the emerging politics of hate. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdgamboa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11036196&amp;post=142&amp;subd=mdgamboa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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