We beg to differ.
People come and go. Governments rise and fall. Disasters (natural or otherwise) happen and leave their effects. In this regard, the Philippines is not much different from other societies in the world. What distinguishes us is how we react. Despite knowing some things happen cyclically, rather than improve their response, it seems Filipinos collectively would…
One can admire the way Filipino “activists” vigorously campaigned for the boycott of Filipino food conglomerate NutriAsia. NutriAsia manufactures products marketed under iconic Filipino brands such as Mang Tomas, UFC, and Datu Puti among others. These brands are not just ordinary brands. They are ingrained in the Filipino tradition and, as such, the average Filipino…
Nowadays we see a lot of references to “Satan” and the “evil” this character of Medieval yore supposedly creates. Filipinos, the superstitious lot that they are, make liberal reference to these notions because they lack a strong tradition of evaluating cause-and-effect when confronting the many problems that beset their society. The trouble with this habit…
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I draw the line at certain dirty political tactics and one of the nastiest ones is creating an artificial crisis so that a politician can take credit for “saving” people from it. One such case of which recently crawled across my Facebook newsfeed and it was a post where Camarines Sur (Camsur) Governor Migz Villafuerte…
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I noticed something about Filipino “national heroes”. None of the ones that the nation’s “thought leaders” wax poetic about most frequently are soldiers. As I wrote a while back, most of them died with their back turned towards their assailants. They captured no territory nor held a stronghold to the death. They are hailed as…
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The bad news just keeps on coming for the Philippine Opposition. It has not been a good year for them. In fact, things haven’t been good for them since President Rodrigo Duterte won the election in 2016. Members of the Opposition particularly those allied with the Liberal Party have tried every trick in the book…
Read More “Duterte shocks the Opposition anew in appointing Teresita De Castro as Chief Justice” »
I’m gonna see Crazy Rich Asians as soon as I can. How can I not? It’s been promoted ’til Kindgom come! There’s also all that hype surrounding Queen of Philippine Media Kris Aquino’s millisecond appearance. Lol! If I were her I wouldn’t make such a big deal of it. When you are The Queen and…
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False advertising, fake news, fake election results, and guess what’s trending next… Below is an open letter to the former diva Charice (Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco, 26) who now goes by the name Jake Zyrus, a transgender “male”. This is in response to her coming out in the recent interview at the Tonight with Boy…
