Category: Culture

#Bangsamoro ‘homeland’ dream just a land-grab strategy built upon a guilt-trip myth

April 5, 2015April 5, 2015 Rafael Alunan III 14 Comments

Let’s straighten out some things in response to this renewed drive for secession, ill-disguised as BangsaMoro from those who threaten war if they don’t get what they want. And these are supposed to be coming from our peace panel, peace partner and peace broker. The Philippines is everyone’s homeland. No one “owns” the Philippines. It…

Crime, Culture, Government, Religion, Society

To Be Truly “Penitent”…

April 4, 2015 Grimwald 8 Comments

Well, it’s Saturday and I’ve been quite busy for the past two days with my friends so I haven’t been able to post anything during those previous days. However, I’m back and, sorry to annoy my detractors out there, but I’ve returned to bust a few more dumb traditions and stupid beliefs that have been…

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Culture, Lifestyle, Religion, Society

Bangsamoro Basic Law not a peace agreement but a SURRENDER agreement!

April 4, 2015April 4, 2015 Rafael Alunan III 20 Comments

After reading the comments about the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro (CAB) and the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), and connecting it to what I personally know about the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s behavior from the era of former President Fidel Ramos to the present and the history of Malaysia’s long-term involvement in supporting secession in Mindanao,…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society

‘Christianity’ In The Philippines…

April 1, 2015 Grimwald 30 Comments

With the up and coming events of Holy Week, I find myself writing this article as a kind of review of the Philippines’ own brand of “Christianity” and how it has been corrupted by our culture of failure and misused by those in power to control the masses. Now look, I was raised Catholic as…

Culture, Media, Religion, Society

Does Jamich’s Mich Liggayu deserve the online hate she copped for her latest video?

April 1, 2015 Kate Natividad 17 Comments

I don’t see the point in the whole brouhaha surrounding how Paolinne Michelle “Mich” Liggayu of “Jamich” fame supposedly made happy-happy in a video she uploaded on Facebook while the late Jam Sebastian lay dying in the background. Netizens have been up in arms against Mich who, together with Jam, built a huge fan base…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Comparing Singapore and the Philippines? Why bother?

March 31, 2015April 1, 2015 FallenAngel 20 Comments

Any Filipino leader comparing oneself to Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew should just stop. And not just out of respect for the deceased. In 2010, a certain group of businessmen, the Anvil Business Club claimed current Philippine president Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino is like Lee in the sense that they are both incorruptible. That hasn’t turned…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society, Uncategorized

Josie Rizal delivers Pinoy arnis on Tekken!

March 31, 2015 Kate Natividad 27 Comments

Fine, come up with a Pinoy Tekken character and name her “Josie Rizal”. What I don’t get is the part where she cries whenever she wins a fight. What’s up with that?? It’s easy to see that Josie is a caricature of Filipino culture. So you get to wondering if the whole crying bit is…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Tech Talk

Looking into the Bigger Picture behind the Mamasapano Incident and the BBL

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015 Rollie Buendia 22 Comments

It is not surprising that pundits, political analysts/scientists, opinion writers as well as government officials and a whole heap of politicians are quick to make commentaries and “analyses” on the Mamasapano encounter soon after it was brought to public attention. Expectedly, policians’ and government officials viewed the unfortunate event based on their limited political interests…

Civics, Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society, Uncategorized