Category: Civics

Philippine VP Jejomar Binay arguing with the police: What is wrong with this scene?

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Philippine VP Jejomar Binay arguing with the police: What is wrong with this scene?

There is something fundamentally wrong about an argument between a police officer and the Vice President of the Philippines. It’s bad form. But it is a familiar and normal sight to Filipinos now who have been encouraged since the early 1980s to see policemen as someone to distrust and defy. So quite funny, indeed, how…

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Civics, Culture, Government, Society

The Kardong Kalabaw Interview #1: On Freedom And Democracy

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The Kardong Kalabaw Interview #1: On Freedom And Democracy

Finally, Kardong Kalabaw and his staff have agreed to an interview with GRP! This is the first interview with Kardong Kalabaw that will showcase his opinions and ideas on his campaign and his plans should he win the up and coming 2016 presidential election. Now, we shall finally see just what kind of nation the…

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Civics, Crime, Culture, Development, Education, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Lea Salonga labeled crab by crabby Filipinos

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Lea Salonga labeled crab by crabby Filipinos

It all started with that tweet by Lea Salonga regarding the day Filipinos supposedly celebrate their Independence Day: Our country is not yet debt-free, poverty-free, crime-free, or corruption-free. So what are we free from exactly and why do we celebrate it? Much like Kate Natividad pointed out earlier, I don’t see what exactly it is…

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Civics, Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Denial Syndrome: The Pinoy Big Problem

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Denial Syndrome: The Pinoy Big Problem

So far, three major issues are being discussed just about everywhere right now: There’s Lea Salonga’s tweet about the apparent lack of freedom in the Philippines which is discussed by these articles. Then there’s the housing and squatter problem in Manila as depicted by a certain aerial photograph and this article here by Benign0 analyzes…

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Civics, Culture, Development, Politics, Religion, Society, The South

To all Lea Salonga bashers: Get Real, the Phlippines did not gain independence in 1898!

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To all Lea Salonga bashers: Get Real, the Phlippines did not gain independence in 1898!

So now Lea Salonga is suddenly labelled talangka (crab-like) because of her supposedly anti-Pinoy tweet. The trouble with Filipino international superstar Lea Salonga is that she is tweeting to a bobo audience. She may have millions of followers but that number is more a case of quantity and less of quality. But I don’t really…

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Do Filipino immigrants really contribute to the greatness of the United States and other countries?

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Do Filipino immigrants really contribute to the greatness of the United States and other countries?

Many Filipino-Americans claim that they are part of the great immigrant movement that contributed mightily to building the great nation that the United States is today. The claim is based on the notion that America is “a country of immigrants” — that its motto was once a call to the world to… Give me your…

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Newsflash: Bongbong Marcos is a Philippine SENATOR!

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Newsflash: Bongbong Marcos is a Philippine SENATOR!

Without a doubt, Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr is doing his country proud. He has saved the Philippines from the clutches of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (in the current form President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III and his minions railroaded through the House of Representatives). He has, in the process, demonstrated an ironic allegiance to…

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Civics, Culture, Education, Government, Politics, Religion

Why can’t Philippine elections be about issues rather than personalities?

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Why can’t Philippine elections be about issues rather than personalities?

In 2009, at the height of a vastly popular but utterly misguided campaign to catapult the reluctant then-candidate Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III to the presidency, we launched our Platform Plez initiative. In that groundbreaking initiative, we provided a simple and intuitive four-point idiot’s guide to formulating a campaign platform and, specifically for the 2010…

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