Month: December 2014

Race Card on the table as America reels from consecutive police ‘brutality’ cases

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Coming in the heels of the recent street riots that erupted over the failure to indict of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson who gunned down Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who happened to be black, another grand jury voted not to indict Daniel Pantaleo, a New York Police Department (NYPD) police officer accused of fatally…

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Civics, Crime, Culture, Society

3 ways a lack of ethical citizenship serves as a serious roadblock to Philippine progress

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The trouble with Filipinos is that they don’t see any meaning in their lives that is bigger than themselves. At best there is, like most warm-blooded mammals with bulges in their heads wider than their brainstems, that instinctive altruism for his own immediate family. But even that one is often brought to question on account…

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Civics, Crime, Culture, Development, Environment, Lifestyle, Politics, Religion, Society

Super Typhoon Hagupit (Tropical Cyclone 22W) on a course to hit Central Philippines!

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Tropical Cyclone 22W (Hagupit) is on a course to hit the central islands of the Philipines by the weekend. The storm is currently classified as a Category 4 “super typhoon” but is forecast to weaken to a Category 2 by the time it reaches the Philippines according to a Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) report….

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Environment

In the Name of Development: Agta Dumagat people versus the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone (APECO) project

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“Hindi kaunlaran ng nakararami. Kaunlaran lang ng iilan.” This is what Marlon Angara, a fisherfolk from Casiguran, said when asked about what he thinks of Aurora Pacific Economic Zone or APECO. He is one of the locals who are at risk of losing their land and livelihood to give way for the construction of a…

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Development, Economy, Government, Politics, Society

Why is it so exceedingly difficult for the Philippines to change for the better?

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Ultimately this is really the only question that really matters. There is no disputing the fact that the Philippines must change. The alternative? Well, that’s really up to Filipinos. If the Philippines does not change, it will continue along its current path. It would be a matter of being content with that course and the…

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Development, Economy, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Is happiness overrated?

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What’s wrong with you? Why aren’t you happy? I’m sorry, I didn’t realise that happiness was the correct emotion. Apparently one always needs to be “on the go”, thinking “positive” thoughts, and applying a carefree attitude towards the future. I know people like that. A lot of them are bums today. The pursuit of “happiness”…

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Lifestyle, Society

It is not poor people but rich people who have a BIG problem with poverty

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So according the the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), 2015 will be “The Year of the Poor”, a declaration which coincides with the arrival of Poper Francis earlier that year… “We as the Church of the Poor are called to renew our commitment to Christ’s mission and to always take the side of…

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Civics, Culture, Development, Economy, Lifestyle, Religion, Society

Adultery Central: Should the Philippines ban hanky-panky website Ashley Madison?

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I read recently that Ashley Madison is in town! Ashley Madison is a dating site for people interested in finding a partner for an extramarital affair. It is a popular dating website based in Canada and has been around for some years now. Well, like most internet businesses, it needs to expand. What better place…

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