Category: Education

TIME Magazine is using Shibby de Guzman to influence Philippine politics

November 10, 2017 Ilda 10 Comments

If you want more evidence Western mainstream media is deliberately manipulating politics in the Philippines, take a look at TIME magazine’s latest list of the most influential teens around the world. The international publication included 14-year old Filipina Shibby de Guzman in the list. It is not clear how the editors arrived at the conclusion…

Education, Media, Politics

Can Catholic schools and their products ever be truly non-partisan?

October 25, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

I don’t think so — which is disturbing considering that three of the top four universitites in the Philippines are run by Catholic priests. Catholic priests, it should be highlighted here, have taken a vow of obedience, and at the very top of this hierarchy of obedience sits, guess who, none but the Catholic Bishops…

Education, Politics

How Jover Laurio (a.k.a. @PinoyAkoBlog) intellectually-bankrupted the Ateneo de Manila University

October 16, 2017 benign0 3 Comments

One would understand Yellowtards — even intelligent ones — getting behind “exposed” blogger Jover Laurio. She’s got an impressive list of connections to a who’s-who of Liberal Party (LP) honchos which, for people who are not much into thinking things through, is enough validation of her “credibility” as an “influencer”. Even people one would normally…

Education, Media

Recalling “Oeneta” – a play banned for being highly-critical of the Ateneo High School

October 14, 2017October 14, 2017 benign0 4 Comments

Alumni of Ateneo High School (AHS) Batch 1986 will remember the play “Oeneta” produced by Section A in the junior year of that class. It was highly-critical of the AHS and eventually went on to be banned by the school. Section A is the top honours section of every batch at the AHS and is…

Education, Glitz and Glamour, Society

Three common misconceptions about popularity that Filipinos have

October 6, 2017 FallenAngel 10 Comments

Filipinos like participating in numbers games. We’re not just talking about gambling, basketball, etc. The democracy that Filipinos are proud of, and like to participate in, is essentially a numbers game. Whoever has the most numbers wins. Numbers have become almost sort of a credential here in the Philippines. Of course, there is something reassuring…

Culture, Education, Society

The oxymoron that is the Philippines’ university fraternity community

September 26, 2017 benign0 7 Comments

Suffice to say, everyone recognises that patronage is the single biggest issue that plagues Philippine politics. Nothing moves and nothing gets done unless an initiative is brokered through its movers’ unofficial patronage network. Thus it is quite surprising that a key pillar of the cancer of patronage politics — university fraternities — has enjoyed blanket…

Education, 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

COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista is not living up to the ideals of the Ateneo

August 13, 2017September 29, 2022 benign0 3 Comments

Thanks to all the messages of support for embattled COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista over social media, many now know he is an alumnus of the Ateneo de Manila University. As many are aware, the Ateneo is a prestigious private learning institution run by the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits. One wonders then how Bautista’s…

Crime, Education, Religion

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