Category: Culture

Congressman Tiangco: Impeachment complaint against CJ Corona was railroaded

March 13, 2012August 26, 2013 Ilda 96 Comments

It’s not mere hearsay anymore. A member of the House of Representatives, Congressman Tobias Tiangco confirmed what most people have long been suspecting – that there is a culture of bullying, intimidation, and bribery in Congress. The bullying it seems even comes from the House Majority Leader Neptali “Boyet” Gonzales II himself. But the Senator…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics

Why Filipinos cannot seem to get what the defense team in the impeachment trial are up to

March 13, 2012 benign0 37 Comments

Kiko Pangilinan and Senator-Judge Jinggoy Estrada don’t seem to get it. Neither do any of the media commentators who talked about today’s hearing in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Echoing Pangilinan’s and Estrada’s assertion, Media pundits also expressed how they saw no point in the Defense team’s tack in raising the issue…

Crime, Culture, Government, Media, Politics

The Ten Plagues of the Philippines

March 10, 2012March 10, 2012 a 115 Comments

(So I was browsing through my dust bunnies when I came across a draft of my old article which I posted in my old blog years ago. I read through its contents, and realized its relevance to the current issues our country, the Philippines, faces. Therefore, I found it ideal to share it with the…

Culture, Society

The fires of hell – more fun in the Philippines

March 10, 2012August 12, 2013 FallenAngel 87 Comments

After Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago addressed the prosecution panel with her now infamous “gago” speech last week, the onion skins started flying. A few days after, Fr. Arevalo, spiritual adviser to the Aquinos, came out with a statement saying that by calling Aguirre a fool, through the use of gago, Senator Santiago is worthy of…

Culture, Education, Government, Religion, Society

Could Manny Pacquiao be on a one-way street to poverty?

March 9, 2012November 28, 2013 benign0 5 Comments

One arguably good outcome of the impeachment circus of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona is that it had turned politician against fellow politician in an amusing free-for-all fishing expedition for evidence of wrong-doing surrounding one another’s personal fortunes. Indeed, what is different today is that there is no one standout anti-corruption “czar”. What is…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Society

Passage: Star Wars concept designer Ralph McQuarrie

March 7, 2012 benign0 2 Comments

Farewell to Ralph McQuarrie, the man behind such timeless and culture-shifting Star Wars characters as Darth Vader, R2-D2, and C-3PO. He was 82 when he died in his home on Saturday the 3rd of March 2012. McQuarrie joined George Lucas in 1974 to help conceptualise what were to become the defining images of the blockbuster…

Culture, Lifestyle, Tech Talk

The Filipino people are on trial, not just the Chief Justice

March 5, 2012 FallenAngel 174 Comments

The Filipino people are at a crossroads in their political lives. The impeachment trial of Chief Justice (CJ) Corona will resume on March 12, which gives us time to think how we have gotten to this point. GRP personified benign0 gives us an idea here. Let us recall what has happened in the last two…

Culture, Development, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Filipino attitude towards money highlighted yet again

March 5, 2012March 5, 2012 FallenAngel 21 Comments

Recently, a renowned financial expert in the United States, Suze Orman, was in town for a series of talks about personal finance. Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) brought her over as part of their financial wellness advocacy. Naturally, one of the things she focused, and expressed concerns about, is the Filipino attitude towards money….

Culture, Economy, Government, Lifestyle, Money Talks, Society