Category: Development

Why we don’t need to emphasize that it’s more fun in the Philippines

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Why we don’t need to emphasize that it’s more fun in the Philippines

The newly unveiled tourism slogan “It’s more fun in the Philippines” by the Department of Tourism (DOT) received mixed reactions from Filipinos. First, the lack of originality was again highlighted after social networking pundits discovered that Switzerland used the exact same slogan in 1951. What shocked and annoyed some Filipinos is that similar accusations of…

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Development, Economy, Lifestyle, Media

It’s more fun in the Philippines

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It’s more fun in the Philippines

Sorry. This is going to be another article that breaches the let’s-not-go-there-please barrier. Fasten your seatbelts. I find it a bit distasteful that we’d be celebrating what a supposedly “fun” place the Philippines is. So I heard today; It’s more fun in the Philippines. That’s the new tourism slogan recently unveiled by the Philippines’ Department…

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Development, Economy, Environment, Lifestyle, Media

2011 highlights point to more of the same for 2012 under PNoy governent

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2011 highlights point to more of the same for 2012 under PNoy governent

A quick look at what has happened in the Philippines in 2011 will give Filipinos a very good idea of what is in store for the country in 2012. Another year has passed but not much has changed for most Filipinos. If you prefer the status quo, you’ll get more of the same. If you…

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Development, Economy, Government, Politics, Society

Malacañang finally admits excessive preoccupation with prosecuting Arroyo

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Malacañang finally admits excessive preoccupation with prosecuting Arroyo

In the aftermath of the devastation wrought by Typhoon Sendong upon northern Mindanao which may ultimately claim up to 2,000 lives, the administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has released an official statement admitting that it may have been distracted from warnings coming from climate and environment experts… Palace spokesman Edwin Lacierda admitted that…

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Development, Environment, Government, The South

Burying Filipinos like garbage – Typhoon Sendong need not have been as deadly as it was

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Burying Filipinos like garbage – Typhoon Sendong need not have been as deadly as it was

The Philippines has now become renowned for template disasters. These are disasters that are caused by systemic issues that are profoundly inherent to the country. They are templates and therefore, by design, are highly repeatable. They happen again and again. Here’s the template for the sort of tragedy unfolding in northern Mindanao today… Heavy rains…

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Culture, Development, Environment, Government, Politics

Valerie Concepcion allegedly wows PNoy as Sendong strikes Mindanao

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Valerie Concepcion allegedly wows PNoy as Sendong strikes Mindanao

The last thing a nation needs in time of extreme crisis is more political intrigue. It seems however, that the administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III simply attracts that scourge of useless chatter and even fans its flames. The other night as, reportedly, “the nation mourns”, Noynoy was apparently busy “laughing at [the] jokes”…

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Culture, Development, Environment, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Society

What Typhoon Sendong’s destruction of Cagayan de Oro City says again about us

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What Typhoon Sendong’s destruction of Cagayan de Oro City says again about us

While scanning the news the other day, a friend of mine made a rather glib remark. She said that Filipinos have lately been so fixated on their petty politics — the bickering among politicians and justices over the jurisdiction of their respective offices — that the only way to force people to step back from…

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Development, Environment, Media, Politics, Society

Constitutional blitz – Is President Noynoy Aquino not as dumb as we all thought he was?

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Constitutional blitz – Is President Noynoy Aquino not as dumb as we all thought he was?

I think it’s time I gave President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III some credit where it is due. In the span of less than two months, he had pulled off a successful blitzkrieg across two venerable institutions of the Philippine Government — the first involving a swift and decisive flattening of a series of roadblocks both…

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