Category: Culture

All bark and no bite: Will Leni Robredo REALLY stand up to Duterte as his EQUAL?

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 benign0 6 Comments

That remains to be seen. Then again, on second thought, hasn’t Leni Robredo always been on a campaign against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte? From Day One, “vice president” Leni Robredo remained on campaign mode against her own government long after the elections had been concluded and well into her (disputed) term as VP. She was…

Culture, Politics, Society

Leni Robredo is not good for the intellectual growth of the Filipino people

November 23, 2020 benign0 6 Comments

It is quite amazing that the Opposition have not realised yet that all “vice president” Leni Robredo offers is the here-and-now and nothing much beyond that. Indeed, at the time of this writing, Robredo is top of mind amongst her fandom having just scored PR points that landed her some media — and social media…

Culture, Politics

Martial Law Crybabies feeling validated by mention of Imelda Marcos in Netflix’s ‘The Crown’

November 16, 2020 benign0 12 Comments

Philippine Opposition Netizens are abuzz over the mention of Imelda Marcos’s shoe (or shell) collection in an episode of the fourth season of Netflix series The Crown. The scene features Princess Margaret (played by Helena Bonham Carter) describing a banquet she attended in Manila wherein she is approached by then First Lady Imelda Marcos who…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour

After the Storm: Stories on Ondoy

November 13, 2020 benign0 6 Comments

The following is a re-post of my article “Day Ten, post Ondoy” originally posted on FilipinoVoices.com on the 7th October 2009. The article has since been included in Elbert Or’s After the Storm: Stories on Ondoy, an excellent collection of pieces “mostly written in the midst of and immediately after the typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng…

Culture, Society

The Concept of Heroism is Twisted by Celebrities as well as “Opposition”

October 25, 2020 ChinoF 3 Comments

I wonder if celebrities Liza Soberano or Angel Locsin are trying to be heroes. They probably think that supporting movements that oppose something else is heroic. If not, maybe others think of them as such. But to me, that is a wrong view of heroism. Well, I slammed the idea of venerating heroes after all,…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Society

Manifesto of the Yellowtard Wet Dream

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 benign0 1 Comment

It’s a bit sad to see Philippine Opposition “activists” and partisans looking longingly overseas as their counterparts in other countries mount impressive mass protests on their city streets. You could almost imagine Filipino “activists” wailing about how they “invented” street “revolutions” back in the 1980s and now have to suffer the indignity of being reduced…

Culture, Politics

Ninoy was Dead Wrong: The Filipino is NOT worth dying for

October 16, 2020 zaxx 36 Comments

Did the fake hero utter a lie when he said: The Filipino is worth dying for ? Let’s do a little thought experiment: Recall that Filipina who was on death row abroad…Yes, Mary Jane Veloso, who was arrested and sentenced to death for smuggling heroin into Indonesia. Let’s have a show of hands. Who among…

Culture, Politics

Leaders are overrated; and the myth of one-man rule

September 26, 2020September 12, 2021 ChinoF 20 Comments

Some people still say the solution to the Philippines’ problems is choosing the right leader. That’s the very mindset that led the country down to the dumps. The problem is that leaders are treated as a “silver bullet” or quick do-it-all solution. Filipinos believe that the leader will do everything for them, including clearing the…

Culture, Politics, Society