Category: Culture

Kudos to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for FINALLY junking Tagalog!

June 18, 2014July 31, 2022 benign0 46 Comments

Long overdue! The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) memo directing the removal of Tagalog (a.k.a. “Filipino”) as a mandatory subject in the Philippines’ General Education Curriculum (GEC) effectively frees millions of Filipinos from wasting time on a dead-end field of learning. On implementation of the directive, the subject will be relegated to Grades 11 and…

Culture, Education

Why do Singaporeans hate Filipinos?

June 18, 2014July 1, 2014 benign0 169 Comments

It’s the obvious question everyone is asking nowadays amidst a raft of hate blogs and other such digital artifcats going “viral” all over the Net. Many of these seem to have stemmed from the whole fracas surrounding a plan by Filipino community leaders to stage a 12th June Independence Day event at a major shopping…

Civics, Culture, Economy, Featured, Government, Lifestyle, Society

Singer Leah Navarro and the intellectual bankruptcy of Philippine society

June 14, 2014 benign0 10 Comments

Interesting insight into how the mind of a die-hard celebrity “activist” works. Attempts to discuss ideas simply fly over some people’s heads because of a seeming inability to lift the level of discourse from political people and events to the stratosphere of world-class thinking where ideas are the primary currency of discourse. Evidence of this…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics, Society

4 reasons why equality and justice cannot be achieved in the Philippines

June 14, 2014June 14, 2014 Ilda 49 Comments

With news that dozens of Philippine public servants have been pocketing public funds for years through what is dubbed the pork barrel scam consistently dominating the headlines of major publications around the country since 2013, one wonders why the majority of the Filipino public still haven’t stormed the office of the President or Congress to…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Insulted much? Talaga lang huh!

June 13, 2014June 16, 2014 Ms. Mike Portes 33 Comments

The viral issue at www.hongwrong.com smacks of cultural ignorance on the publisher and on the educational system disseminating it. We are at an Age where Diversity is being embraced by the enlightened and I could have easily snapped back with this highly suggested “Widow” edit : “I am Chinese and my government is Asia’s bully,…

Culture, Development, Education, Government, Society

Newsflash! ‘Devout’ Christian ‘coerced’ to get naked on ‘Pinoy Big Brother’!

June 10, 2014June 10, 2014 benign0 10 Comments

So the popular reality show Pinoy Big Brother is now the centre of some kind of controversy surrounding allegations that “housemate” Jayme Jalandoni (reportedly “a devout Christian”) in a recent episode was “coerced” into posing nude along with several other contestants. Understandably, Senator Pia Cayetano ought to be upset. After all she is “a staunch…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

Five things the Philippines needs to develop to become a great nation

June 8, 2014June 8, 2014 benign0 31 Comments

The following are the five key pillars that form the foundation of what could make Filipinos’ aspirations to build not just a better Philippines but a great Philippines a reality. No amount of nebulous campaign slogans and promises delivered in flowery speeches will replace the need for solid foundations for development and progress. Here is…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Development, Economy, Government, Society

Organic Farms and “Eco-Parks” are Ruining Baguio’s Mountainsides

June 5, 2014 MidwayHaven 14 Comments

For the nth time, numerous so-called “environmental activists” have come under the case of the vapors against tree cutting around Baguio. Once again, I’m inclined to reiterate on how gullible and how off-the-point the people of Baguio are, especially those who claim to be “for the environment.” Mt. Sto. Tomas, locally known as Cabuyao, is…

Culture, Environment, Government, Politics

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