Category: Society

Mar Roxas’s Wack Wack suspension: another giant leap to a modern Philippines!

April 24, 2014 benign0 72 Comments

Another giant leap for the lot of ordinary Filipinos who have long suffered under the culture of impunity perpetrated by their elected “leaders”! In a resolution issued by the Board of Wack Wack Golf and Country Club, the Philippines’ Secretary of Interior and Local Government Mar Roxas was reportedly suspended as member of the swanky…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Why Colonial Mentality is a Bogeyman

April 24, 2014September 20, 2015 ChinoF 29 Comments

I once blogged about colonial mentality, stating that seeing it as a problem is a myth. After more thought and encountering further opinions on the subject, I still think it is a myth – a dangerous one. A bogeyman, an imaginary monster in the closet. I’ve seen so many discussions where others fiercely blame it…

Civics, Culture, Development, Education, Media, Society

Time to implement a decent Divorce Law and junk the moronism of ‘annulment’

April 20, 2014February 3, 2022 benign0 25 Comments

Kris Aquino is not just another screeching Filipino showbiz personality. She is the sister of the President of the Philippines. Her marital woes with basketball player James Yap back in 2010 couldn’t have been good for the spin machinery of her brother President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III — a man who owes much of his…

Civics, Culture, Lifestyle, Religion, Society

Can sport unite Filipinos?

April 20, 2014April 21, 2014 Ilda 21 Comments

Why are Filipinos not even good at sport? It seems like our athletes had been waved a red flag one day and then simply gave up on trying to achieve world-class status on all types of sport — I know, I know, aside from boxing, of course. A sport is commonly defined as an organized,…

Culture, Development, Education, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Filipinos should learn to question authority intelligently

April 19, 2014October 26, 2022 Ilda 15 Comments

Intelligent people can be the worst teachers. They tend to be impatient with their students. This is because they assume that the students will understand what they are trying to say on their first attempt at explaining something. Because it is easy for them to understand things, it can be hard for intelligent people to…

Civics, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

The Philippines: Between Poverty and Ignorance

April 18, 2014September 14, 2015 Ilda 19 Comments

I have a friend who disagrees very much with my social and political views about the Philippines. He thinks that my commentaries about the country come across as negative and therefore running counter to his own views. This deeply offends him even when I’ve assured him many times these commentaries are not about him. I…

Education, Environment, Society

How to become a successful Filipino

April 17, 2014 Ilda 36 Comments

A lot of Filipinos have an identity crisis. You can spot these sorts a mile away. They are the ones who shout out “I am proud to be Filipino!” as if they hold a monopoly over harbouring such a sentiment. It is usually in the way it is expressed and in the context and timing…

Culture, Development, Education, Society

Tulong Dunong, ACIL, ICTUS, and other memories from up the Hill

April 17, 2014 benign0 4 Comments

If I lower my guard and take the comfy view that I am fundamentally defined by where I was schooled, I’d call myself an “Atenean”. When you are an Ateneo alumnus (and specially when you remain on as a faculty member), you usually come equipped with a lot of connections and the frame of mind…

Civics, Culture, Education, Politics, Religion, Society