Category: Culture

Duterte’s policies are unpopular with people who want to maintain the status quo

October 19, 2017February 10, 2018 Ilda 13 Comments

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is unlike previous Presidents the country has ever had. It’s not just his swearing and his unabashed tirades that make him exceptional. We already know that he is the first President to hail from Mindanao, which in itself is already a standout feature of his. But what the Opposition fail to…

Culture, Development

Filipinos will gain more self-respect by eliminating their dependency on First World dole-outs

October 19, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

For all of Filipinos’ kayabangan (bluster), there does seem to be sufficient level of actual achievement to match. This observation is best encapsulated in the Tagalog phrase “Wala naman palang ibubuga.” Filipinos rely almost entirely on capital that trickles down from the First World into their gaping mouths — so much so that even the…

Culture, Politics

Wrong Filipino Attitudes about Work

October 18, 2017July 31, 2022 ChinoF 17 Comments

It’s easy to observe that some Filipinos don’t like work. Gogs wrote about why Filipinos don’t value work. Filipinos are afraid of failure before success and just want to become famous without any effort. But aside from that, I see a few other things about Filipino views toward work that may affect how they make…

Culture, Money Talks

Like squatters, jeepney drivers are national PARASITES

October 17, 2017 benign0 21 Comments

It’s crazy the way the Philippine government coddles these jeepney drivers. They are mere pawns in a vast decades-long campaign of emotional blackmail Filipino commies have subjected Filipinos to on a national scale. And yet, though these World War II era contraptions have been pitched across as a “public utility” that “serves” Filipino commuters, they…

Culture, Development, Society

Jover Laurio, a.k.a. @PinoyAkoBlog: Don’t be fooled by the victim card she now plays

October 13, 2017July 6, 2018 benign0 7 Comments

So now a certain Maria Josephina Vergina “Jover” Laurio has come out and revealed herself as the person behind the Yellowtard blog Pinoy Ako Blog (PAB). This is after a series of exposés published by blogger RJ Nieto (a.k.a. “Thinking Pinoy”) on the inner workings behind a vast network of anti-government blogs and fake news…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

Being a Pot-Tard won’t Save the Philippines

October 13, 2017 ChinoF 28 Comments

It seems a lot of pot-tards were stirred up by fellow blogger Ilda’s article about Cecilia Lero and Rappler’s seeming promotion of illegal drugs. The pot-tards came in with all these arguments about pot benefits, studies of this and that, how other countries treat it, and more. All of which miss the point; pot is…

Crime, Culture

Three common misconceptions about popularity that Filipinos have

October 6, 2017 FallenAngel 10 Comments

Filipinos like participating in numbers games. We’re not just talking about gambling, basketball, etc. The democracy that Filipinos are proud of, and like to participate in, is essentially a numbers game. Whoever has the most numbers wins. Numbers have become almost sort of a credential here in the Philippines. Of course, there is something reassuring…

Culture, Education, Society