Category: Government

The new Gwei Lo: China’s preposterous ‘nine-dotted line’ South China Sea claim

July 5, 2015July 5, 2015 Virtual Vigilante 15 Comments

Gwei (鬼) means “ghost”. A lo (佬) is a regular guy, a chap or a bloke. The term is a reference to skin color, as white skin is associated with ghosts. The term is sometimes translated into English as foreign devil. The term arose in the 16th century when European sailors appeared in southern China as they were associated with barbarians. Historically, Chinese people had the…

Government, Politics

Pinoy Culture and a Nation Gone Mad

July 3, 2015 Grimwald 23 Comments

“Insanity is repeating the same action while expecting a different result.” ~Albert Einstein During my days as a student nurse, I was once forced to work at a mental hospital somewhere in Manila. For the sake of privacy, I’ll hide the identities of the personnel involved, including mine of course. Anyway, one of the clients…

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

Everyone is fighting the Binay versus Aquino war except Binay and Aquino

July 2, 2015 benign0 3 Comments

Shhh… we shouldn’t criticise Vice President Jejomar Binay because he’s got the goods on us. Perhaps this is what’s in the minds of the Philippines’ leaders, even as Netizens and ordinary folk alike, many of whom are rabid fans of President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, mount a “full-court press” to slam Binay on social…

Government, Politics

Philippine VP Jejomar Binay arguing with the police: What is wrong with this scene?

July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 benign0 15 Comments

There is something fundamentally wrong about an argument between a police officer and the Vice President of the Philippines. It’s bad form. But it is a familiar and normal sight to Filipinos now who have been encouraged since the early 1980s to see policemen as someone to distrust and defy. So quite funny, indeed, how…

Civics, Culture, Government, Society

Road Trains: Another Band-Aid Solution for the Country’s Skull Fracture

June 30, 2015June 30, 2015 Grimwald 32 Comments

Well, there’s no denying the fact that traffic has become one of the major problems this country faces. If one were to consider the roads of cities as the blood vessels of the Philippine anatomy, one can say that the Philippines is screwed quite royally. So no President Aquino, congested roads in major cities are…

Development, Economy, Government, Technology

The 2016 Election: Why Voting Feels Like Suicide

June 28, 2015 Grimwald 16 Comments

I have been called out a number of times on the way I like to make pop culture references too much. Of course, for the most part, I can’t really blame them too much because of my tendency to overdo just about everything that I do. One can almost say that I watch too many cartoons for…

Culture, Development, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Jejomar Binay’s move to criticize Noynoy Aquino is part of democratic process

June 28, 2015June 29, 2015 Ilda 10 Comments

Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay is a free man, at least for now. Lately, Binay has been using that freedom to advance his causes. After all, he lives in a so-called “democratic” country that supposedly champions “freedom of speech”. Those who think that Binay should stop criticizing the performance of the current government under President…

Government, Media, Politics

Dystopian Science Fiction: Science Fact In The Philippines?

June 26, 2015June 26, 2015 Grimwald 14 Comments

My first exposure to Dystopian science fiction was, strangely enough, an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In this particular episode, the heroes in half-shells find themselves in a future ruled with tyranny by the series’ main villain Shredder. I don’t remember all the details but, as a kid at the time and having no real understanding…

Crime, Culture, Development, Government, Media, Society, Tech Talk

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