Category: Lifestyle

Is the sex trade all Filipinos have to offer to visiting US troops?

March 16, 2014March 16, 2014 benign0 38 Comments

Apparently certain Filipino activists think so. Spokesperson for Pagkakaisa ng Kababaihan para sa Kalayaan (Kaisa Ka) Proleta Gomez, in a statement implied that the “support” the United States Armed Forces receives from the Philippines as it increases its troop deployment there under new agreements with the Philippine government is likely to be mainly in the…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

What the case of PMA student Cudia says about Filipino society at large

March 14, 2014March 14, 2014 FallenAngel 46 Comments

The case of dismissed Philippine Military Academy student Aldrin Cudia has lingered long enough among the chattering classes. When news of it first broke out, it seemed that Cudia was dismissed for being a few minutes late for a succeeding class. Eventually, it became known to the public that Cudia was found guilty of something…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Society

According to Senator Miriam Santiago, the next Philippine president should have a vagina

March 12, 2014February 20, 2022 benign0 21 Comments

Here is Senator Miriam Santiago’s compelling argument for why the next President of the Philippines should be a woman… “We’ve had 13 male and only two female presidents so far. The Philippines has had a total of 15 presidents. To achieve equality between males and females, since we have had 13 males, the next 11…

Civics, Government, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Philippines’ Makati and Cebu Cities among top ‘selfiest’ cities in the world!

March 11, 2014 benign0 31 Comments

Another feather added to the Philippines’ cap of dubious acheivements! Two Philippine cities made it to the Top Ten “Selfiest” cities in the world. A database compiled by TIME, reveals that the Philippines’ financial centre Makati City produced “more selfies per capita than any other city in the world.” Following Makati, which logged “258 selfie-takers…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society, Tech Talk

Do Filipinos speak too loudly and in an annoying manner in public spaces?

March 8, 2014March 8, 2014 benign0 117 Comments

A letter posted by a disgruntled Singaporean frustrated over being unable to get a bit of peace and quiet in a public bus singled out Filipinos in a post on the site The Real Singapore. The author of the letter who signed off as “H” described the “nightmare” of finding himself in a bus full…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

House bills of questionable relevance: what do the people pay lawmakers for?

March 3, 2014 FallenAngel 60 Comments

For the small portion of the Philippine population that are actually curious about what kind of laws their elected government officials think of, the list in the picture above is but a sample. While by no means are all the laws that are crafted bad, the fact that they can think up of stuff like…

Civics, Government, Lifestyle

Manila’s Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) stations: Disasters waiting to happen?

February 27, 2014 benign0 27 Comments

It seems MRT-3 stations are becoming potential death traps as dangerous crowd control practices are now being used to “manage” the increasing volumes of passengers using the line. As seen in the following photo, passengers are made to queue on stairs leading to the train platforms packed like sardines. The photo was posted by a…

Development, Government, Lifestyle

Facing Manila’s traffic hell: Access to public transport is a right, owning a car is but a privilege

February 21, 2014 Kate Natividad 50 Comments

And so here we are, helplessly facing a future of traffic hell as all these road constructions start. To think we all raised a royal tantrum over Dan Brown’s describing Manila as the “gates of hell” in his book Inferno. What have Metro Manila’s residents done to deserve this? Well, quite simply nothing. They did…

Development, Government, Lifestyle