Category: Education

RH Bill ‘debate’: When Tito Sotto says ‘jump’ Filipinos ask ‘How high?’

August 13, 2012 benign0 20 Comments

Whatever the content of Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III’s anti-Reproductive Health Bill (RH Bill) speech broadcast via radio today was, the bottom line is quite simple: Tito Sotto is a celebrity. His impassioned speech delivered in Tagalog, the lingua franca of Philippine showbiz, will likely have resonated across the Filipino masses. Sure, he made debatable…

Culture, Development, Education, Lifestyle, Politics, Religion

World’s first Christian tablet PC now out!

July 12, 2012 benign0 No Comments

A new touch-screen device that is supposedly “the world’s first Christian tablet” has been announced by FamilyChristian.com, an online ministry that markets Christian products and services. Called the edifi, the device is equipped with a “Family Christian Reader”, offers “Safe Search Wi-Fi” web browsing, and retails for USD149.99 putting it in direct competition with new…

Education, Religion, Tech Talk

Teenagers and sexting: should we be alarmed?

July 6, 2012 benign0 11 Comments

According to a study published in the July issue of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 28 percent of surveyed adolescents in the United States have engaged in ‘sexting’. Sexting is the practice of taking suggestive pictures of one’s self and sending it digitally — usually by mobile phone multi-media messaging services (MMS) — to another party’s…

Education, Lifestyle, Society, Tech Talk

Re-introduction of Spanish mandated by Arroyo in 2007, trumpeted by BS Aquino today

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 benign0 21 Comments

The re-introduction of Spanish into the education system of the Philippines was brought to the fore during the visit of Queen Sofia of Spain this week. Though originally mandated by former President Gloria Arroyo in 2007, President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III happened to be in a convenient position to herald the return of the…

Culture, Economy, Education, Society

Kimpoy Feliciano and the social media capital that is the Philippines

June 30, 2012 benign0 15 Comments

So the Philippines is the “social media capital” of the world, is it? What exactly does this mean? Apparently “capturing” the title — a title supposedly “awarded” the country by “pundits” — is seen to be some sort of achievement. Celebrating this “achievement” is the occasion of “a gathering of Twitterati, bloggers and other internet…

Culture, Education, Media, Society, Tech Talk

Filipinos cannot progress because of an anti-elite mentality

June 15, 2012March 4, 2015 Ilda 271 Comments

Thanks to Senator Lito Lapid, Filipinos can continue wallowing in mediocrity and be proud of it. The Senator was lauded by many for his verdict speech, which a lot of melodramatic Filipinos found “touching”. In that speech he proudly justified his guilty verdict in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona which he claims…

Culture, Education, Government, Media, Society

Ignorance: a fundamental force in Pinoy society

June 12, 2012August 14, 2013 FallenAngel 92 Comments

Fellow GRP writer Arche wrote a few days ago about Miriam Defensor Santiago (MDS), and he likened her to a modern day Pilosopo Tasyo. She is obsessed with the law, and probably knows it better than most other lawmakers currently in the Philippines. One can be forgiven for saying that her obsession with the law…

Culture, Education, Media, Society

It’s Not Just The Boxers Who Are Brain Damaged

June 11, 2012May 3, 2015 Gogs 57 Comments

“you lock the door and throw away the key there’s someone in my head but it’s not me.” – Pink Floyd The problem with our society is we have so much bias that we notice it the same way a fish notices water. It’s all around us but we don’t think anything of it. Any…

Culture, Education, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Society