Category: Culture

Ph gov’t hopelessly inutile when it comes to prosecuting homicidal bus companies

December 17, 2013 benign0 41 Comments

It is baffling how Filipinos continue to be “surprised” or even “shocked” by the deadly toll resulting from the animal-like driving behaviour of Filipino bus drivers. The account of a motorist who witnessed the most recent “accident” involving a Don Mariano Transit bus that killed 18 people is a familiar one… Irene Sisperes, a motorist…

Crime, Culture, Government, Lifestyle

Prospects for full rehab of Leyte province dim despite Justin Bieber visit to Tacloban

December 11, 2013 benign0 41 Comments

There has been no shortage of good intentions and resources to match these as far as efforts to get people residing in the disaster areas left by super-typhoon Haiyan (a.k.a. Yolanda) back up on their feet. The question that has become more pressing in recent days has been whether a recovery can be sustained and…

Civics, Culture, Development, Government, Politics

You Can Follow The Flag Or The Yellow Ribbon Not Both

December 11, 2013 Gogs 38 Comments

You can stand alone Or with somebody else Or stand with all of us, together If you can believe In something bigger than yourself You can follow the flag forever They say it’s just a dream That dreamers dreamed That it’s an empty thing that really has no meaning They say it’s all…

Culture, Government, Politics

Life is cheap in the Philippines: recent events prove it

December 9, 2013 benign0 28 Comments

The sad economics of human life is plain as day. Close to 6,000 Filipinos died just recently after super-typhoon Yolanda (a.k.a. Haiyan) struck the Philippines’ coconut growing heartland in November of this year. The Philippines made international news, the world’s great powers moved their men and steel into the disaster zone to help, top Filipino…

Civics, Culture, Development, Economy, Government, Media, Religion, Society

Study reveals that Filipinos like PNoy should welcome negativity and bad news to get in a good mood

December 6, 2013December 6, 2013 Ilda 53 Comments

Scientists at Israel’s Tel Aviv University have found a cure for Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino’s aversion to media’s “negative reporting”. The result of a recent study revealed that repeated exposure to negativity rather than shying away from it is the trick to avoiding falling into a bad mood. Here are some excerpts from…

Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Media

December 6 1989

December 6, 2013December 8, 2013 Gogs 14 Comments

Gonna get inside you Gonna get inside your bitter mind – Pete Townshend Rough Boys. Montreal is a beautiful city. Canada’s second largest city is known for hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics. The Olympics that made Bruce Jenner Kardashian and Comaneci household names. It just dawned on me that the significance of those…

The Over-Hyping of Filipino “Resilience”

December 4, 2013 ChinoF 13 Comments

After Anderson Cooper made a controversial report which highlighted how slow help was coming, he subsequently made a more patronizing message wherein he praised Filipino resilience after Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. It was like a sort of make-up for the first video. He probably realized he had irked a hypersensitive people, so he decided to make another…

Culture

CNN Is Proud of the Filipino/ Paul Walker Heroics Bola Lang Yan

December 2, 2013January 5, 2021 Gogs 96 Comments

“What a fool believes, he sees” – The Doobie Brothers My Strategic Management professor was good at what he did. He has seen it all. Putting the finishing touches on MBA students in the classroom before they face their grilling in front of three professors. Part of this prep includes grilling students…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media