Category: Development

Lee Kuan Yew and the Singapore he built is proof that the Philippines did it all wrong

March 26, 2015March 3, 2019 benign0 109 Comments

Rest in peace Mr Lee Kuan Yew. LKY represents everything latter-day Filipino politicians are not. He had a vision for Singapore and the courage to break ground where lesser folk beholden to the popular sentiment feared to tread. The country LKY built is a stark in-your-face reminder that just about every “contributing factor” Filipinos, their…

Development, Featured, Government, Society

Power and authority misuse in the micro level: Building block of cultural dysfunction

March 24, 2015 rsurtida 15 Comments

Some time a few weeks ago I got into a heated argument with a FX driver going the MRT North Station route. I was transferred to the graveyard shift and I was aware that despite the popularity of the late shift—thanks in no small part to the call center industry—most of your co-passengers will most…

Culture, Development, Society

Common Excuses Pinoys Make That Prolong Stagnation and Stupidity

March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 Grimwald 22 Comments

I think that one of the reasons our country and our countrymen aren’t getting anywhere in terms of intellectual, economic and artistic development is because of our tendency to resort to excuses. Well, I’m not saying that I’m immune to this either. I can easily admit to the fact that I tend to make a…

Crime, Culture, Development, Education, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Filipinos must get over the BIG mistake of voting for #PNoy and start thinking about the way FORWARD!

March 16, 2015March 16, 2015 benign0 15 Comments

The political discourse in the Philippines hasn’t progressed. In fact, it has regressed, particularly in the “activist” community where reform and change and a focus on new ways to see and effect things should be emanating, but aren’t. Back in the 2009 campaign, the rallying cries of activists who wanted to see different approaches applied…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

What the vision of the next president of the #Philippines should be

March 12, 2015 benign0 7 Comments

What happens after the coming presidential elections when current Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III steps down and a new elected president takes his place? There does not seem to be an answer to that question. Why? Because Filipinos are at an utter loss with regard to who to root and vote for in…

Development, Government, Politics, Society

Foreign media laud PNoy’s false achievements as Filipinos set to vote for the ‘lesser evil’ again in 2016

March 9, 2015 benign0 22 Comments

I find it quite laughable that a certain Daniel Wagner, CEO of a certain Country Risk Solutions would, on one hand, observe how the Philippines has long been held back by a people that “didn’t demand enough of themselves, or of their government” and sustains a habit of accepting “a low common denominator of performance”…

Development, Economy, Government, Media, Politics

The Philippines is too big a country for Filipinos to govern on their own

February 26, 2015 benign0 22 Comments

It’s no wonder the government fatally screwed up to the tune of 44 dead Special Action Force police officers last January — and even more baffling that Filipinos are actually shocked that such a monumental foul up could actually occur in the Philippines of all places. The operation involved lots of coordination, up-to-the-minute planning, and…

Development, Society

Why democracy does not work in the Philippines

February 26, 2015February 26, 2015 Ilda 118 Comments

The 1986 EDSA “People Power” revolution has been credited with bringing democracy back to the Philippines. However, three decades after the historic event, it seems majority of Filipinos still do not understand what democracy is about. The system of government is there in principle but Filipinos do not know how to use it properly. Worse,…

Crime, Development, Government, Politics, Society

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”
the filipino way is scraping by on the least amount
Gyn
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
This whole thing is not working, and you know it
Redd
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
"For now there is little promise seeing that Filipinos’ foremost
megget
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
when the entire world turns to dust, who will be