Category: Development

Jeepney Court: Why the Senate impeachment trial court is like the jeepney

May 25, 2012May 25, 2012 benign0 19 Comments

The jeepney originally came into the public service for several clear reasons: (1) to address a post-war shortage of public mass transportation, (2) there was abundant raw material — surplus United States Army jeeps — for the product, and (3) Filipinos were not up to the task of rebuilding a systemised public transport infrastructure. Fast…

Civics, Crime, Development, Government, Politics

The final solution to Pinoy stupidity

May 14, 2012August 12, 2013 FallenAngel 116 Comments

Die Endlösung der Pinoy Dummheit. Is it just me, or does everything sound just that much more intimidating, menacing, or daunting in German? For those who don’t get the reference, the Nazis dubbed the plan of systematic execution of the Jews the final solution to the Jewish question – “die Endlösung der Judenfrage”. Right from…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Scarborough standoff: a test of genuine Filipino patriotism

May 11, 2012May 11, 2012 Ilda 63 Comments

How do Filipinos express their patriotism? The answer to that question varies from one Filipino to another. Some insist that speaking in pure Tagalog, the national language, gives them a sense of nationalism. Some rally behind an American Idol contestant because they say they feel a sense of pride when they see their own kind…

Development, Government, Politics, Society

Anna Coren CNN interview: PNoy blames Arroyo but takes credit for her work again

May 7, 2012July 24, 2013 Ilda 44 Comments

The Philippines is such a happening place lately. First, the 45th meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors was recently held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. It was interesting to note that the Aquino government’s preparation for the event was to cover up what they obviously considered an…

Development, Economy, Government, Politics

Philippine Government . . . You’re Fired!

May 6, 2012July 5, 2015 Virtual Vigilante 31 Comments

My advocacy is to reduce the Philippine Government (the â€œGovernmentâ€) to its bare essentials. That means I will do everything I can to minimize the taxes I pay the Government and to encourage every taxpayer, individual and/or corporate, to do the same until the Government relearns its sole purpose and functionâ€”to serve the taxpayers. The…

Crime, Development, Environment, Government, Politics, Society

Tito Sotto threatens to stop funding for Ph government ad placements in CNN over pagpag feature

May 5, 2012July 24, 2013 benign0 21 Comments

Philippine Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III of Tito Vic and Sotto comedy fame in the yesteryears of Philippine cinema is apparently unhappy with with what he perceives to be a negative return on investment on the Philippine government’s ad placements in international news organisation Cable News Network (CNN). Sotto is reportedly convinced that CNN has…

Development, Economy, Government, Media

Sign of the times: The Filipinos™ tease Times Square video, and how it relates to the modern Pinoy Zeitgeist

May 5, 2012August 12, 2013 FallenAngel 17 Comments

Zeitgeist is a German-derived word which can be translated as “spirit of the times” or “spirit of the age”. For this discourse, I intend to use the definition “the sign of the times”. Basically, this word depicts the prevailing climate in a society. Whether this refers to a moral, intellectual, social, economical, political, or cultural…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Walls to hide poor from ADB are temporary, but walls that ring the enclaves of the Philippine elite are permanent

May 4, 2012 benign0 39 Comments

Most Filipinos are Third Class citizens in their own country. Consider this: Makati City and its prosperous cousins, Ortigas, Alabang, Greenhills, Fort Bonifacio, and Rockwell among others are world-class reality suspensions. If only we could put all of them in an island and make like another Singapore with the rest of the country treated as…

Culture, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Society