Thought-provoking insight into the realities of Filipino culture that no one dares talk about in "polite" company http://www.getrealphilippines.com/ en Help us connect the dots and piece together the puzzle of Kamaganak Inc in an on-line relationship diagram. Let's help lift the veil on the mysteries of the forces of primitivism that imprisons the Filipino nations! http://getrealphilippines.com/noynoyaquino/kamaganak_inc.html 08 Jun 2010 We graciously welcome the 2010 to 2016 of President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III! Check out our one-stop-shop on everything about the fifteenth President of the Republic of the Philippines. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/noynoyaquino/ 29 May 2010 Change the channel, click on 'Next', or read a book instead. The Philippine Media is turning your brain into mush. The home page of the new Philippine Revolution! http://www.getrealphilippines.com/PhilippineMedia/ 14 Feb 2010 Check out the image. If you look hard enough, you will find the true meaning of that famous "L" hand gesture. http://getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/loser2010.html 06 Feb 2010 A study that finds that the Philippines remains below-average in overall performance on a global scale, and is significantly behind most of its competitors and trading partners in the Asia-Pacific region. A timely piece in the lead up to the 2010 elections in that it highlights areas where the national "debate" should be focusing on. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/scorecard2009/ 06 Nov 2009 The challenge of 2010, or any election for that matter, is not some kind of "laban" as some old-school pundits, "activists", and politicians purport it to be. The challenge is maturity in the way we conduct ourselves as an electorate. We get a bit more visual in our pushing this message by delivering it in cartoon form! http://getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/pun_0001_platform.html 21 Sep 2009 Executive summary of 2010 presidential aspirants' campaign platforms. http://getrealphilippines.com/platformplez/matrix_2010.html 23 Jul 2009 Under the traditional way that Filipino politicians make their pitch to the Philippine electorate, even a Cat can run for office! Join our campaign to raise the intellectual substance of Philippine politics. http://getrealphilippines.com/platformplez/ 23 Jul 2009 This is a poem that was developed around a three-line mantra (its last stanza) that dates back to early 2000 when it was used extensively to emphasize a truth about Filipinos in various discussion forums. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/kahol_ng_bayan.html 10 May 2009 A financial implosion sees no bottom in a society that lacks economic substance. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/substance_equity.html 22 Jan 2009 We are a society imprisoned in a mindset that is grounded on the notions that we cannot influence our own destinies, that employment is owed to us by Government, and that those who have more have in some way deprived us of opportunity simply by being "more fortunate". http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/awareness_poverty.html 11 Jan 2009 Half of an entire generation of Filipinos touted as the "hope" of the country is being born unwanted. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/unwanted_babies.html 07 Jan 2009 Once exclusive playgrounds of the colonial and mercantile classes, today's golf clubs in Manila no longer afford their members a sanitised environment free from in-your-face reminders about the reality that the Philippines remains a feudal Third World society after more than half a century of independence. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/phil_golf.html 31 Dec 2008 Let us evaluate our candidates with a critical mind this coming elections. See beyond the glossy campaign ads and paraphernalia and use our heads. Ask the right questions. Popularity has never been a reliable indicator of the validity of ideas. We need to be prepared to make and accept the hard decisions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZCMn3USk6w 16 Aug 2008 Check out our new page on Facebook! Add yourself as a "fan" and start networking (you will need to open an account on Facebook)! http://www.facebook.com/pages/GetRealPhilippinesCOM/19715653044 13 Jul 2008 Rice accounts for up to 40% of the calorie intake of Filipinos. Meals are incomplete without it. The Philippines had gone from being a major exporter of rice in the 1960's to the world's largest importer today. This dependence makes the country vulnerable to price and supply fluctuations in the world market. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIEYgacQ5UM 01 Jul 2008 Ben Kritz writes about how that inherent Pinoy heritage of smallness impacts our ability to build a truly world-class capital-intensive industrial base. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/busyness.html 11 Jun 2008 Deforestation is destroying the Philippines and killing tens of thousands of its people. This animated short (our first foray into short animation!!) tells a simple story of how it happens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaQ5_9G-33k 11 May 2008 Ninoy Aquino made the "ultimate sacrifice". Was it worth it? What has changed? What are we doing differently? If we are still up to the same things, how do we expect different results? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znRJXJDqDm0 17 Apr 2008 Hope in a prosperous Philippines lies in young Filipinos. They are an asset that needs to be developed rather than wasted on mindless consumerism. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/solution/filipino_youth.html 24 Mar 2008 What is the common denominator across the four major street "revolutions" that adorn Philippine history over the last two and a half decades? None other than the Lady-in-Yellow herself. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/edsa_collection.html 04 Mar 2008 Talk of Fiesta Revolution is in the air again as the Lady in Yellow is again locking arms with the usual men in robes to get into the heads of a vacuous people. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/12-7-msg_to_cory.html 24 Feb 2008 A simple and intuitive guide to that well-known but often-denied reality about Filipinos and their cherished but ill-understood form of government. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/sh01/slide01.html 12 Jan 2008 A country of more than 80 million can't even produce one good leader, let alone the 200-odd souls required to run a decent legislature. If this is democracy at work, then it is an indictment on the character of the Filipino people and our willingness to take personal accountability for our future prosperity. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/delaney.html 05 Dec 2007 OFW dollars - boon or bain? Just like logs were once a primary cash cow for the substance-starved Philippine economy, warm Filipino bodies now fuel an unsustainable boom. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/8-9-bk_ofw.html 03 Nov 2007 In an in-between-elections period, what else is there to keep vacuous minds busy? None other than the same old discussion on the short-sighted topics of the day that will galvanise the next "united" opposition for the next Fiesta Election. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/18-8-postelect2007.html 31 May 2007 Great start! Celebrity entails profound responsibility. It is when our most influential compatriots embrace reality that we dare to hope for real change. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/admin/whatsnew.html 20 May 2007 Or more likely geniune agendas? Yet another election, yet another "united" opposition against yet another "evil" incumbent. And so the cycle starts again. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/18-7-elect2007.html 02 May 2007 "Approve agad!" It pays to be Manny Pacquiao, specially in an election year. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/pacquiao.html 26 Jan 2007 Cheating politicians, boxing heroes, charter change. The sad truth is that Philippine society is no better than it was twenty years ago. Year 2007 promises more of pretty much the same. http://getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/10-7-ny2007.html 10 Jan 2007 Due to relentless public demand!! Our NEW discussion forum is on-line! Now you can express yourself! Really! Get your hard-hitting realist and objective views on the fundamental issues that plague Philippine society seen, discussed, and understood. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/forum/default.asp 04 Jun 2006 Fixation on the latest (2006) in a string of political circuses over the last 20 years illustrates how much Filipinos have cosied up to politics as a reassuring scapegoat for their chronic failure to prosper. http://getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/4-1-polipros.html 04 May 2006 Another showcase for the utter ridiculousness of Philippine society. http://getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/10-6-edsa2006.html 11 Mar 2006 Nick Joaquin's brilliant take on why Filipinos cannot seem to think, dream, and achieve big. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/17-4-smallness.html 19 Oct 2005 Pure, unadulterated off-the-cuff "getrealista" writing! http://www.getrealphilippines.com/rant/randomrants.html 13 Oct 2005 Check out our quick Slide Show. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/tour/slide01.html 28 Sep 2005 Just three months short of its 20th birthday, Pinoy-style People Power already tired from over-use gasps its final breath at the hands of its own mother in a final exhibition of utter pathos. Deal with reality and get back to work, Philippines. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/18-6-majority.html 10 Sep 2005 As expected, the impeachment process is sputtering courtesy of the popularly elected politicians who are executing it. And Filipinos are not happy because we fail to see the irony of the situation. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/18-5-hangin.html 24 Aug 2005 Lest impressionable Pinoys fall for the old rhetoric of a few minds that are relics of the Cold War, here is some insight on the character of the Prophet of the Left written by Paul Johnson in his excellent book "Intellectuals". http://www.getrealphilippines.com/admin/whatsnew.html 11 Aug 2005 Filipinos are in the middle of yet another frenzy of political intrigue and street parliamentarism. All the while paying taxes to sustain expensive institutions that are supposed to be properly managing what is now in the hands of the lynch mob that is the Philippine Nation. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/18-4-calls.html 09 Jul 2005 President Arroyo is among the most educated and well-bred presidents in our country's history. Unfortunately good breeding and university education does not make one immune from the disease of Pinoyness. http://www.getrealphilippines.com/agr-disagr/18-4-calls.html 29 Jun 2005