Category: Development

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

HOPE lies in imagining a JEEPNEY-FREE Philippines

October 18, 2017June 26, 2022 benign0 14 Comments

As usual, the whole “debate” around the plight of the hundreds of thousands of jeepney drivers and the “threat” to their “livelihood” presented by the prospect of modernising public transport in the Philippine has taken a wrong turn. Highlighted by the usual “socially-aware” cliques of “activists” is the wellbeing of what is, essentially, a relatively…

Development, Lifestyle

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

Why the State should NOT be Pro-poor for the Philippines to Prosper

September 18, 2017 zaxx 41 Comments

Did you ever wonder why our government, constitution and laws are so pro-poor? Well, all you have to do is look at a Yellowtard LP rally, and you’ll find many nuns and clergy people holding placards. Catholicism indeed holds a tight grip on the country’s policies and it thrives on a pro-poor philosophy, always siding…

Development, Education, Government

Filipinos are only good at being afraid of Martial Law and not much else

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

There are things worse than being under the sort of Martial Law former President Ferdinand Marcos oversaw in the 1970s — like being invaded by a foreign army, being struck by a killer earthquake or cyclone, being genetically mutated by years of exposure to diesel fumes, being stabbed to death by a drug-crazed loser, or…

Culture, Development, Society

Freedom from Democracy: Is it Time for Duterte to Abolish Congress?

August 19, 2017 zaxx 73 Comments

Democracy stands for freedom. So essentially, “freedom from democracy” entails liberation from the clutches of freedom. Now why has freedom become fetters that keep the Philippines a struggling third-rate dirt-poor country amidst economic tigers in the region? Well democracy is actually a double-edged sword. While it gives us the benefit of that cool ecstatic feeling…

Development, Government, Politics

From First World to Third: The Philippine Story

August 6, 2017 zaxx 10 Comments

The Philippine case of reverse-transformation from a former colony of first-world USA that was only 2nd to Japan and burgeoning with potential in the middle of the last century into the foremost basket case among emerging tigers serves as a prima facie model example in the world’s handbook on “How NOT to run a country”. As…

Culture, Development, Government

TNVS infestation: Uber and Grab services are no different to jeepneys and tricycles

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 benign0 11 Comments

The only relevant point that needs to be highlighted as far as the circus surrounding Transport Network Vehicle Services (TNVS) like Uber and Grab is this: The only Filipinos who could really afford these services on routine bases are people who, themselves, could afford to own and drive private cars. A trip in an Uber…

Development, Tech Talk

Gabsboy
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
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zzz
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
It's funny how those without contribution run their mouths, seek
benign0
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
Filipinos' tingala mentality. It is WORLD renowned.
Slaves
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
How’s being American puppets going? Maybe if you chose a
Gabsboy
on EDSA 40 years after: Overthrow and “Leftist” Ideals Don’t Work
It would have been absolute cinema had the military coups
Ven
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
Who the hell is prepared for a crisis when any
megget
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
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Gyn
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
This whole thing is not working, and you know it