Category: Culture

Philippines’ Makati and Cebu Cities among top ‘selfiest’ cities in the world!

March 11, 2014 benign0 31 Comments

Another feather added to the Philippines’ cap of dubious acheivements! Two Philippine cities made it to the Top Ten “Selfiest” cities in the world. A database compiled by TIME, reveals that the Philippines’ financial centre Makati City produced “more selfies per capita than any other city in the world.” Following Makati, which logged “258 selfie-takers…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society, Tech Talk

Kim Henares’s BIR tax cheat ad fiasco: All Filipino doctors need is an extra layer of skin

March 10, 2014March 10, 2014 benign0 41 Comments

Poor Kim Henares. The beleaguered Commissioner of the Philippines’ Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is caught between a rock and a hard place — her ass is being kicked by President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III to bleed more legal revenue from the Filipino people. Trouble is, Filipino politicians derive illegal revenue from all that…

Crime, Culture, Politics

Do Filipinos speak too loudly and in an annoying manner in public spaces?

March 8, 2014March 8, 2014 benign0 117 Comments

A letter posted by a disgruntled Singaporean frustrated over being unable to get a bit of peace and quiet in a public bus singled out Filipinos in a post on the site The Real Singapore. The author of the letter who signed off as “H” described the “nightmare” of finding himself in a bus full…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Just because Kris Aquino denies it does not mean she may not end up a winner in 2016

March 5, 2014March 5, 2014 benign0 8 Comments

If you read carefully what Kris Aquino says on record regarding this matter, that “It has never been discussed,” and that such a concept is “not on the table” you will find that she basically deferring the decision to other people, whether that decision comes from the President himself or his sidekick Mar. In this…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Politics

Nothing Speaks To Pinoy Dysfunction Than These Two Pictures On This Ash Wednesday

March 5, 2014March 6, 2014 Gogs 41 Comments

A wise man learns from his mistakes. Well the Philippines is not known for producing wise men let alone electing them. In fact it is the other way around. The more morally/legally deviant you are, the better chance you have of being elected . To me that speaks more to the essence of the…

Culture, Government, Politics

Electioneering the 2016 Philippine presidential elections: will Filipinos continue the ‘bobotante’ tradition?

March 4, 2014 benign0 38 Comments

With just a little more than two years to go, electioneering for the 2016 Malacanang power grab is starting to get into the swing of things. As in the past, showbiz celebrities, unqualified politicans’ offspring, and dynasty heirs and heiresses persist as the banes of “activists” championing a more “intelligent” vote. As expected, the usual…

Crime, Culture, Politics, Society

Da Pilipino way: showbiz and government are inseparable

February 28, 2014 FallenAngel 49 Comments

Filipinos are infamous for their short attention spans and stunted mental faculties. As a form of entertainment, many Filipinos rely on television. However mass media giants use this medium, whether to educate the population or turn them into mindless, loyal, zombies, its power cannot be underestimated. If they do decide to show nothing but dancing…

Civics, Culture, Education, Media

Anti-intellectual attitude a roadblock to Philippine progress

February 28, 2014July 15, 2022 Ilda 58 Comments

There is something really strange about Filipinos who look down on intellectuals. Even more bizarre is when the person insulting the intellectuals is a university professor and a so-called political “scientist”. In his article in GMANEWS online, Mr. Antonio P. Contreras referred to those who belong to the elite intellectual class of the Philippines as…

Culture, Education, Society

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