Category: Society

Why the #NeverAgain slogan reflects Filipinos’ total failure of imagination

October 19, 2015October 19, 2015 benign0 60 Comments

The onus on building a clear vision of what lies ahead for the Philippines during the euphoric months following the 1986 “People Power” EDSA “revolution” was on the victors. What did we get instead? Nothing more than a vacuous excuse of a roadmap to prosperity. The Yellow emotionalist rhetoric that dominated the national political “debate”…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Revising the revisionist Philippine history as told by the ‘victors’

October 18, 2015 Add 80 Comments

“History is written by the victors.” ― Walter Benjamin The quote is commonly misattributed to Winston Churchill. Maybe it wasn’t even a quote by Benjamin, but by a loser smoking a Marlboro, who knows? Who cares? In the Philippines, where poverty rules, history has hardly a room. There are victims, rather than victors. There are…

Culture, Politics, Society

Team Miriam Santiago and Bongbong Marcos call on Filipinos stuck in the past to MOVE ON

October 17, 2015 benign0 70 Comments

For a people aspiring to gather up a resolve to eradicate dynasty politics in the Philippines, it is quite ironic that many in their society cannot seem to get over the “horrors” of the Martial Law years and move on. Instead, they are using the distant memory of that regime to continue as a pseudo-argument…

Politics, Society

The Santo Nino Of Innocencia: A Horror Story

October 16, 2015October 17, 2015 Grimwald 15 Comments

The following is another of my lame attempts at writing horror fiction here in GRP. To be honest, I decided a while to refrain or limit writing any fiction here as it might not exactly be appropriate for what everyone here is trying to create. However, given the reaction of some people to Ms. Ilda’s article…

Culture, Fiction, Religion, Society

How Filipinos See “Leaders” Keeps them Stuck in a Rut

October 16, 2015October 16, 2015 ChinoF 27 Comments

2016 is around the corner and recently, many people in the online complaintosphere have lamented that it’s the same old names. This is actually predictable, because Filipinos haven’t leveled up in what they demand from leaders. They behave the same old way: vote and forget. They vote, then assume the leaders already know what to…

Culture, Politics, Society

3 Things We Should Learn From Imee Marcos

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 Grimwald 26 Comments

After reading Benign0’s article about Imee Marcos and reading the comments included on the article, I cannot help but make a reactionary article. Just so you know, before I continue, I want to make it abundantly clear that I’m not playing favorites here. I’m writing this not because of political favor but because I cannot help but agree…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

In just 6 years, Noynoy Aquino’s record of failure is now worse than all of the Marcos years

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 Ilda 488 Comments

Filipinos who can’t stop talking about the “horrors” of the Martial Law years under the late former President Ferdinand Marcos are starting to come across as hopeless and desperate for attention. While the atrocities against the victims should be condemned, their cases were already brought to court and won compensation. It is now time to…

Crime, Development, Government, Society

Girly fits over the Philippine Tatler’s Imee Marcos cover feature

October 13, 2015 benign0 41 Comments

Filipinos are understandably aghast over the cover feature of chi-chi lifestyle magazine Philippine Tatler. A glam Imee Marcos is exhibited in its October 2015 edition in a “crimson” dress striking a pose showing legs even a 20-year-old would be envious of. To be fair to those who’ve thrown an epic tantrum over this spectacle, Imee…

Crime, Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Government, Lifestyle, Society