Category: Development

Authority Figures in the Philippines And Why They Fail to Make Positive Changes

March 30, 2015 Grimwald 3 Comments

After a lot of observation regarding the typical behavior of higher-up Pinoys, I have come to realize that an education doesn’t always equal intelligence or maturity. On the contrary, an ill-gotten education (one that has been gained through personal favors or bribes) does more harm to a person than good. It goes without saying that being…

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

Lee Kuan Yew’s death sets the scene for the Philippines’ presidential elections in 2016!

March 30, 2015 benign0 13 Comments

The death of Singapore elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) is notable for its timing from the perspective of the coming 2016 presidential elections in the Philippines. It mirrors a similar timeframe that served as a context for the death of former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino in August 2009, almost exactly a year before the…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

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