Category: Development

Concerns of commuting public IGNORED as “activists” paint jeepney drivers as “victims”

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Concerns of commuting public IGNORED as “activists” paint jeepney drivers as “victims”

I still can’t figure out how millennials like Inquirer columnist Anna Cristina Tuazon think and it’s unlikely I will ever in what time I have left. In her piece “Jeepney operators strike back”, Tuazon writes of the so called plight of the jeepney drivers facing the forces of modernisation; how their “fight” is “not mere…

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Development, Lifestyle, Society

How the Manila Air Traffic Control fiasco mirrors Filipino society

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How the Manila Air Traffic Control fiasco mirrors Filipino society

“Minimum viable product” is a term that’s been used and abused in the Philippines since time immemorial. It’s synonymous to a term more familiar to Filipinos: pwede na yan. Indeed, two Inquirer pieces today, pontificating on the recent Air Traffic Control “crisis” that rocked Manila’s airport, allude to it but stop short of delving into…

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Culture, Development

Sure, ban K-dramas. While we’re at it, let’s ban Filipino teleseryes too!

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Sure, ban K-dramas. While we’re at it, let’s ban Filipino teleseryes too!

Just ban them all. To what end do these idiotic programmes serve Filipinos aspirations to become a great people someday? Will these contribute to transforming the Philippines from a Third to a First World country over the next two to three decades? The argument around whether the Philippines’ entertainment industry needs more — or less…

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Development, Education, Media

Marcos Jr.’s foreign policy mirrors the Philippines’ realpolitik

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Marcos Jr.’s foreign policy mirrors the Philippines’ realpolitik

More than a hundred days had passed since Ferdinand Marcos Jr. became the country’s president after his unprecedented electoral victory. As the country’s chief architect of foreign policy, the Marcos Jr. administration has embarked on various foreign travel commitments last September. His first destination was Jakarta, where he met Indonesian President Joko Widodo and discussed…

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Business, Charter Change, Development, Economy, Government, Politics

Philippine transportation is a microcosm of the country’s socio-economic disarray

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Philippine transportation is a microcosm of the country’s socio-economic disarray

A couple of weeks ago, Filipino youngsters are back to school as face-to-face classes have officially begun. With the recent report by the World Bank, which says that around 90% of Filipino school children at the age of 10 have no reading ability, educators in the Philippines have welcomed these face-to-face classes as a way…

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Charter Change, Development, Economy

The 1986 revolution: an overselling cover-up of endemic failures

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The 1986 revolution: an overselling cover-up of endemic failures

The movie Maid in Malacanang featured the perspective of the Marcos family on what transpired during the three fateful days that led to then-President Ferdinand Marcos leaving the Philippines. It is definitely a bestseller, raking in hundreds of millions in sales as the movie was being shown in cinemas worldwide. With another Marcos leading the…

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Development, Economy, History, Politics

The WEF Great Reset: The true Conspiracy Theory?

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The WEF Great Reset: The true Conspiracy Theory?

I know I previously wrote something to dismiss certain conspiracy theories such as those on the Illuminati and the Freemasonry. However, I did not dismiss the notion that certain people are still seeking totalitarian power over the world or something near it. It’s just that the real groups do not work like those in the…

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Development, Economy, Money Talks, Politics, Society

What is national security, and why is it misunderstood?

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What is national security, and why is it misunderstood?

Renowned, retired professor Clarita Carlos from the University of the Philippines has been chosen by incoming President Marcos Jr. as his national security adviser. Filipino netizens generally responded positively with her appointment in the aforementioned position, which is usually offered to retired military personnel. Initially, the image of national security has been equated with national…

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Development, Government, Society