Category: Economy

Please Change The Local Media First Before The Education System, Mr. Duterte…

December 20, 2015 Grimwald 15 Comments

There has been considerable reaction to Rodrigo Duterte’s latest speech about removing subjects like calculus and trigonometry in schools which is covered by Vincent over here and later on by Fallen Angel in her latest article. According to Mr. Duterte, this is because the said subjects don’t seem all that useful to start with and that they have…

Culture, Development, Economy, Education, Lifestyle, Media, Society

My Wish List For This Christmas

December 17, 2015 Grimwald 9 Comments

I’m putting this here just in case somebody out there might actually be listening… Dear Santa, I have been a very good boy this year so that means I can make a wish list that you are obliged to fulfill. If that’s the case, worry not because all you really have to do is fulfill…

Culture, Development, Economy, Education, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

Euthanasia for the Sick Man of Asia

December 13, 2015 zaxx 44 Comments

It’s been a slow and agonizing wasting away with the current crop of incompetent and corrupt empathy-devoid bozos that fill the political arena here in the country widely known as the Sick Man of Asia. This decaying remittance-transfusion-sustained corpse of a society/economy, the semblance of life being just the wiggling movement of infesting maggots under…

Charter Change, Crime, Culture, Development, Economy, Government, Politics, Society

Trump and Duterte: The rise of hugely-popular demagogues in America and its Philippine colony

December 10, 2015December 10, 2015 benign0 25 Comments

It is hardly surprising that demagogues have come to dominate national Americana politics on both sides of the globe. Funny enough, two such popular demagogues happen to be making waves on the East and West both in bastions of American values — in the United States itself where anti-immigrant Republican candidate Donald Trump is ruling…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Development, Economy, Environment, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

A Deadly Cocktail of Religion and Politics in the Philippines

December 5, 2015December 5, 2015 Jelen 52 Comments

The Philippines is a nation of people who would describe themselves as “God fearing”; where their lives revolve around entrusting everything to God. 80% of the population consists of Roman Catholics. This is also a nation where the phrase “malling” exists as a hobby since Filipinos just love to spend their spare time hanging out in…

Culture, Economy, Government, Lifestyle, Politics, Religion, Society

Will the US government allow Joseph Scott Pemberton to be imprisoned in the Philippines?

December 2, 2015December 2, 2015 benign0 6 Comments

Seriously, if you were the US government, would you allow one of your boys to be imprisoned in a Third World rat hole? Take the average American schmoe. To develop each American into a productive citizen, Uncle Sam forks out more than $23,000 to fund his education through to high school. The average American therefore…

Crime, Economy, Education, Society

Do Your Country a Favor: Get Out!

November 21, 2015 zaxx 127 Comments

Stuck in the middle of traffic, inching your way like a tortoise every few minutes while staring at the sea of red tail lights at a standstill on the massive virtual parking lot that’s before you as far as the eye could see, you slam the driver’s wheel asking yourself “Why am I even putting…

Culture, Development, Economy, Education, Society

Noynoy Aquino wasted Filipinos’ time and resources on the wrong priorities

November 19, 2015 Ilda 27 Comments

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) held in the Philippines is evidence that if the government’s priorities are right, it can accomplish or do important and difficult tasks. Case in point is the way the government spruced up Metro Manila in preparation for the arrival of the international delegates attending the summit, which included world leaders…

Development, Economy, Government