Category: Society

Why is President Noynoy Aquino ‘baffled’ by high unemployment in the Philippines?

Posted on By benign0 32 Comments on Why is President Noynoy Aquino ‘baffled’ by high unemployment in the Philippines?

It is quite revealing that Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III would, one moment, confidently credit himself with the Philippines’ purportedly robust economic numbers then, on another, be left scratching his dome as to the reasons why the “positive” nature of these so-called indicators are not translating to jobs and smiles for the majority…

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Development, Economy, Government, Society

Why The Michael Christian Martinez Case Is A Source Of Pinoy Shame Not Pinoy Pride

Posted on By Gogs 104 Comments on Why The Michael Christian Martinez Case Is A Source Of Pinoy Shame Not Pinoy Pride

  For those of you who will hate me, after reading this whole piece or reading the title of the piece or reading the title of the website please all I ask is you hate me for the right reasons I will not spend this piece trashing on Michael Christian Martinez. Quite the opposite I…

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Culture, Government, Society

If Filipinos can’t produce results, the least they can come up with is DIRECTION

Posted on By benign0 30 Comments on If Filipinos can’t produce results, the least they can come up with is DIRECTION

The din of chatter and news releases about this and that crime suspect, presidential candidate, disaster relief effort, international territory dispute, plus the loud non-stop melodramatic rationalisations issued by a who’s-who of crooked politicians and their lackeys is so loud and pervasive that you could be forgiven for thinking that the Philippines is a hive…

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Civics, Culture, Development, Government, Society

‘The Philippines says Thank You’ video: missing the bigger point #PHthankyou

Posted on By FallenAngel 47 Comments on ‘The Philippines says Thank You’ video: missing the bigger point #PHthankyou

So apparently, three months after Tropical Storm Haiyan (local name Yolanda) hits the Philippines, the Department of Tourism (DOT) comes out with a short video called “The Philippines says Thank You”, with the accompanying hashtag #PHthankyou. Ok. So what then? Frankly, the video just fails to move me. I’m probably only a handful of Filipinos…

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Culture, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

Vhong Navarro and Tent Cities as Top Stories? I guess not.

Posted on By Ms. Mike Portes 12 Comments on Vhong Navarro and Tent Cities as Top Stories? I guess not.

Surely,  the Philippines hasn’t rebounded from the ravage of  the Zamboanga stand off and the calamities that came, one after  the other, but why is  it, that the Vhong Navarro argumentum ad misericordiam hogging all forms of media while minimal attention is given to those in the South of the Philippines who are still living in…

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Culture, Media, Society, The South

Filipino student shut down and dismissed by Lee Kuan Yew for asking irrelevant question

Posted on By benign0 153 Comments on Filipino student shut down and dismissed by Lee Kuan Yew for asking irrelevant question

In this profoundly cringe-inducing video, Filipino student Harvey Campos suffers an epic smacking down by Singapore Elder Statesman and former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. During the question-and-answer segment of some sort of convention, Campos had attempted to inquire into how Lee’s work was influenced by his late wife (jumping of the “old adage” that…

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Culture, Society, Tech Talk

Coca Cola desperately needs to get the world hooked on Coke

Posted on By benign0 9 Comments on Coca Cola desperately needs to get the world hooked on Coke

So there is this Coke ad aired during the Superbowl that features some Tagalog words in a rendition of the American nationalist song “America the Beautiful”, specifically the words “Sa ibabaw ng mga prutas” (which translates to “Above the fruited plain” for those who speak American). Speaking of fruity plains, the ad also touted Coke…

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Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Religion, Society

Biggest crooks in the Philippines are Presidents and Congressmen, not drug lords or terrorists

Posted on By benign0 14 Comments on Biggest crooks in the Philippines are Presidents and Congressmen, not drug lords or terrorists

What is it about vigilantism that appeals so much to Filipinos? The thought of taking the law into one’s hands is a common Filipino fantasy. Philippine cinema reflects this as have many recent public explosions of uncontrolled often violent rage coming from ordinary Filipinos, many of which were captured in videos that went viral over…

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Crime, Government, Politics, Society