Year: 2015

The Truth About The Parliamentary System, SM Baguio Pine Trees, and Paul Farol

January 26, 2015 P. Farol 10 Comments

Someone named Session Rogue tipped me off that a blogpost containing twisted and defamatory information about me is being spread around Facebook again and told me that I should set the record straight. And my initial reaction was, “What does my personal life have to do with any of the issues I am discussing?” The truth…

Culture, Development, Economy, Environment

Corruption, incompetence and foolishness under President Aquino exposed!

January 25, 2015January 25, 2015 Ilda 25 Comments

Why does God allow the corrupt and incompetent public servants to stay in power in the Philippines? I wish I had the chance to ask Pope Francis that question in person. But it would have probably confused him because the incumbent Philippine President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino, in his welcome speech to the Pontiff, insisted…

Crime, Culture, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Suicide And How You Can Help Prevent One

January 24, 2015 Grimwald 23 Comments

Okay, this isn’t going to be an easy topic to tackle but Tvtropes and Cracked both have their own page about suicide and what can be said or done to prevent it so I decided that it’s high time for GRP to have something similar. We all know that suicide is another issue that is somewhat uncomfortable to discuss…

Culture, Society

The Philippines: Trapped In The Past

January 23, 2015 Grimwald 24 Comments

It hasn’t been long but my friends and I just recently saw the film Land of the Lost, the one with Will Ferrell in it and the infamous scene with the giant mosquito. It’s actually a remake of an old TV series that used to be aired on Channel 5 as well, one that people of…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Manila street kids and families enjoy P6000-per-night beach resort during Pope Francis’s visit

January 23, 2015January 23, 2015 benign0 17 Comments

Perhaps then, the Philippine government may be right after all. Perhaps government personnel did not, as what was alleged, round up street kids all over Manila and throw them in little cages. No. According to an ABS-CBN News report, the kids and their families were “guests” in a posh P6,000 peso (USD135) per night resort…

Civics, Development, Environment, Government, Lifestyle

Rosaries and Rabbits

January 23, 2015January 23, 2015 Hector Gamboa 9 Comments

After the Philippines has been blessed by the visit of the much beloved Pope Francis, the supreme pontiff left the Filipinos with so much inspiration for hope and compassion. Included in his message is the call for all Catholic parents to be responsible. The Pope reminded the Filipino Catholics not to breed “like rabbits” and…

Former Interior Sec. Rafael Alunan III did not like PNoy’s speech before Pope Francis

January 22, 2015 benign0 8 Comments

The following is a copy of a post published on Facebook by Rafael Alunan III who served as Tourism Secretary under former President Corazon Aquino from 1987-1989 then as Interior and Local Government Secretary under former President Fidel Ramos from 1992-1996. Alunan refers to the speech delivered by President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III before…

Government, Politics, Religion

Pinoys and Religion: Blind Faith Without Spirituality

January 22, 2015April 7, 2023 Grimwald 49 Comments

Pope Francis has left the Philippines after his much welcome concern for the less fortunate citizens of our dear country. But while his presence and intervention on behalf of the victims of poverty and Typhoon Haiyan was something to be appreciated, a question hangs in the air: Where do we go from here? Yes, the…

Culture, Lifestyle, Religion, Society