Category: Culture

Rather than battle Duterte with his brain, Roxas battles him with idiocy

December 17, 2015December 21, 2015 benign0 10 Comments

Most thinking Filipinos will agree that the rhetoric surrounding the lead-up to the 2016 presidential elections is by far the dumbest it’s ever been. Never in my life did I ever expect to behold the spectacle of presidential candidates challenging one another to slapping matches, fistfights, and gun duels. Suffice to say, this crop of…

Crime, Culture, Politics, Society

My Wish List For This Christmas

December 17, 2015 Grimwald 9 Comments

I’m putting this here just in case somebody out there might actually be listening… Dear Santa, I have been a very good boy this year so that means I can make a wish list that you are obliged to fulfill. If that’s the case, worry not because all you really have to do is fulfill…

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

Mr. Roxas, ser: Ang pikon, palaging talo

December 16, 2015 rsurtida 13 Comments

*Apologies to non-Tagalog speakers/readers of this site. Allow me this one time to indulge in my native language. Thank you. Kakagising ko lang kaninang mga bandang 6:00 ng gabi. Bago ako bumaba nagmuni-muni muna ako sa kama kung magpapalusot ba akong may sakit o papasok na lang sa trabaho? Ang sarap pa mandin ituloy ang…

Civics, Culture, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Concept vs. Substance: How Duterte Pwned Roxas

December 16, 2015 Grimwald 17 Comments

Well ladies and gentlemen, it looks like the tensions between Camp Duterte and Camp Roxas are really heating up. More likely than not, we’ll all be in for an exciting show once the 2016 presidential elections come around. What’s surprising though is that both camps are now unleashing their best weapons against each other even…

Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Part of Duterte-style national discipline involves clamping down on media freedom!

December 15, 2015 benign0 34 Comments

So Philippine politics has become more like a teleserye nowadays. The men of the hour are presidential candidates Rodrigo Duterte and Mar Roxas. The earlier is emerging as the top contender for the throne while the latter is struggling to rise from the bottom of the polls. Nonetheless each one has threatened to slap the…

Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

A glimpse at our participation and the culture of online shaming

December 14, 2015 rsurtida 9 Comments

A few years ago an incident in an LRT station that involved a video recording of an irate girl berating a guard went viral and was immediately devoured by ‘netizens’ with sadistic glee. It showed a relatively young woman speaking to the guard in a voice a few octaves higher than the regular conversational tone…

Civics, Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Society, Technology

Who is better, Rody Duterte or Mar Roxas?

December 14, 2015 Kate Natividad 28 Comments

When will we find out nga ba? All I see are the rabid supporters of one camp trolling the other. The only ammo I see flying are lame globs of mud being flung from one side of the fence to the other? Nakaka-bobo! But then, hey, this is the Philippine electorate we are talking about,…

Culture, Politics, Society

The 2016 Official Charles Englund Political Campaign Manual

December 13, 2015December 13, 2015 Charles Englund 8 Comments

Free political campaign advice from the Charles Englund Foundation (CEF): In the curious morass that is the Filipino collective psyche, a leader must never volunteer or present himself for political office, more so, not for the (cue trumpets) “highest office in the land” (or what people in other countries simply call, the presidency). To present…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society