Category: Culture

Only by crushing the Yellow disease will the Philippines’ deep wounds be healed

September 28, 2016 benign0 145 Comments

At no other time has the Philippines been as deeply-divided as it is today. A virtual civil war is being waged on the Net between the “Dutertards” and the “Yellowtards”. Because current President Rodrigo Duterte is from Mindanao — the first president from the Philippines’ deep south, no less — the battle lines between the…

Culture, Politics, Society

Remembering Elias’s Legacy

September 26, 2016 Batangenyo 34 Comments

There’s one fact that we Filipinos cannot accept – we are being manufactured. We are being mass-produced by this elitist society and we are not aware of it. Why? Because we chose to ignore the rays of understanding that we could have if we took off the shadow of ignorance that conceals us from reality. Over…

Culture, Education, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Moving on from “It’s More Dysfunctional in the Philippines”

September 24, 2016 zaxx 76 Comments

Tourism is an important sector for the Philippine economy. In 2015, the travel and tourism industry contributed 10.6% to the country’s GDP (wiki). It is as important a pillar as our OFW remittances and BPO industry for keeping our economy humming and ensuring hot pan de sal stays served on Juan’s breakfast table. With all…

Culture, Development, Government

‘Tards And How They Are A Liability To Any Country

September 22, 2016September 22, 2016 Grimwald 21 Comments

I think I’ve written several pieces about the prevalence of idolatry here in the Philippines but now comes the time for me to talk about its logical conclusion. The thing is, the biggest problem with Pinoy society is that we tend to pay more attention to a leader’s more personal issues than their overall agenda and…

Culture, Development, Education, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

Cultures Themselves Don’t Respect Human Rights

September 22, 2016March 9, 2021 ChinoF 55 Comments

Social media is all aflutter about perceived human rights violations that many are trying to link to the Duterte administration. However, such people should be reminded of another thing: human rights violations are an issue in other countries and cultures too, even developed ones. Back in 2014, writer Eric Posner wrote about why humanity has…

Culture, Society

Martial Law and Violence: Products of our Heritage

September 21, 2016 ChinoF 34 Comments

It’s been 44 years since the declaration of Martial Law, and though it has long been removed, we feel as if it is still in effect. Killings, abductions and other abuses continue to happen. But even worse is that people turn a blind eye to some other problems that are contributing to this, leading to…

Culture, Society

Rodrigo Duterte makes beneficiaries of tradition and status quo uncomfortable

September 18, 2016September 18, 2016 benign0 87 Comments

After being so patient with the snail-paced “reform” initiatives supposedly pushed throughout the six-year term of former President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, liberal Filipinos are now raising a stink about the methods being emoloyed by current President Rodrigo Duterte to push real change. An overwhelming endorsement of Duterte’s different approach to instituting change during…

Culture, Media, Society

Duterte is turning the Philippines back into a REAL southeast Asian country

September 16, 2016April 28, 2019 benign0 118 Comments

Why the sudden interest of the foreign media in the Philippines? It is because they found a bogeyman in its current president, Rodrigo Duterte, to feast upon. Indeed, Duterte is living up to the smear that goes way back to the campaign leading up to the 2016 elections that he is the “Donald Trump of…

Crime, Culture, Media, Society