Year: 2014

Noynoy Aquino has become the most divisive Philippine president in history

January 21, 2014January 21, 2014 benign0 87 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III has so far proven to be the most divisive president in the Philippines’ history. Ironically, this divisiveness traces its source to the pseudo-nationalist rhetoric on which President BS Aquino mounted his campaign to seize the lucrative seat he now holds in Malacanang. Indeed, rather than foster a spirit…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Malaysia’s crackdown on illegal immigrants: another door soon to close for TNT’s

January 21, 2014January 21, 2014 FallenAngel 11 Comments

TNT is a Filipino colloquialism which means tago nang tago, literally (those who) keep hiding. It refers to Filipinos who are abroad illegally – as in without proper documentation and legal clearance – and thus hide from the authorities in order to avoid being deported back to the Philippines. With the way that the number…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government

A National Day of Prayer will not atone for the Filipino government’s incompetence

January 20, 2014January 21, 2014 FallenAngel 23 Comments

From the start, let me just say, there is nothing wrong with having a National Day of Prayer on January 20, 2014, per se. It is a day for the congregations of various faiths in any country to come together to offer thanks to and to seek guidance from their respective deities. But in the…

Government, Lifestyle, Religion, Society

Sen. Bong Revilla’s tell-all pork scam privilege speech: thick on emotional appeal, thin on logical argument

January 20, 2014 benign0 21 Comments

So Philippine Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr today has concluded his privilege speech before the Senate where he supposedly aired his side following his being implicated in allegations of pork barrel thievery surrounding alleged scam leader Janet Lim Napoles. Did we learn anything new from the speech? It seems none — other than that Revilla…

Crime, Government, Politics

Misbehaving OFW’s: the Filipinos’ own worst enemy

January 20, 2014January 21, 2014 FallenAngel 36 Comments

Ok na sana daw for Pinoy Pride and the reputation of Filipino caregivers/nurses eh. What with Rose Fostanes, a long-time caregiver in Israel, winning their local version of the program X-factor. She became yet another “hero” that the validation starved Filipinos would be using in order to prop up to the world that they are…

Crime, Culture, Development, Lifestyle, Society

Only under foreign pressure: Ph gov’t cracks down on sexual abuse of children over the Internet

January 20, 2014 benign0 39 Comments

Child abuse in the Philippines has been going on for the longest time. It is in plain sight. Some of it is relatively benign abuse, like allowing children to grow fat on a diet of soft drinks and junk food or making them perform in exploitative television variety shows. Others are horrid, using kids to…

Crime, Government, Media, Society

God’s plan for the Philippines: infesting the world with desperate Filipino nurses

January 19, 2014March 27, 2023 benign0 30 Comments

The now infamous pronouncement coming from a certain Filipino Catholic bishop that overpopulation is good for Filipinos and the world comes at an interesting time when reports of how some Filipinos working overseas as nurses and caregivers have gone bad. Bishop Gilbert Garcera of the Diocese of Daet, the capital of Camarines Norte, believes overpopulation…

Civics, Crime, Development, Education, Government, Lifestyle, Religion, Society

Does the Aquino admin support wrong notions of Pinoy Pride?

January 19, 2014January 19, 2014 ChinoF 73 Comments

Back when I first hobnobbed with the current Get Real Philippines bloggers at the now defunct Filipino Voices, I agreed with them against voting B.S. Aquino, since I observed that his supporters subscribed to flawed populist beliefs, including that of Pinoy Pride. Those supporters still display the same attitude today. To again quote presidential spokesperson…

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Gabsboy
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
"Tingala sa langit" "Tingala sa gobyerno" "Tingala sa Amerika" Learned
zzz
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
It's funny how those without contribution run their mouths, seek
benign0
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
Filipinos' tingala mentality. It is WORLD renowned.
Slaves
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
How’s being American puppets going? Maybe if you chose a
Gabsboy
on EDSA 40 years after: Overthrow and “Leftist” Ideals Don’t Work
It would have been absolute cinema had the military coups
Ven
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
Who the hell is prepared for a crisis when any
megget
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
the filipino way is scraping by on the least amount
Gyn
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
This whole thing is not working, and you know it