Category: Society

The Iron Lady: Could Filipinos have handled a leader like Margaret Thatcher?

April 9, 2013 benign0 90 Comments

Filipinos can only make wistful remarks about the greatness of the late former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who died yesterday aged 87. This is a lady who busted Britain’s paralysing unions, sent Her Majesty’s warships sailing thousands of miles south to take back the Falkland Islands from the Argentines, and stared down scores of…

Culture, Politics, Society

Nancy Binay candidacy: Pinoy Political Success Is Relative

April 8, 2013September 8, 2014 Gogs 97 Comments

One child grows up to be Somebody that just loves to learn And another child grows up to be Somebody you’d just love to burn Mom loves the both of them You see it’s in the blood Sly and the Family Stone. “Family Affair” Dads will be dads and their little girls will…

Culture, Politics, Society

Thirsty Thursdays at NYC

April 4, 2013 John Bay 2 Comments

It is a hot and humid Thursday afternoon and Iâ€™m feeling very thirsty. Living in the suburbs has its disadvantages, especially for one who has lived in the city most of his life. On a similar Thirsty Thursday I got a welcome call from a friend named Allan a few weeks ago to try one…

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Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

In 21st century Philippines, discrimination is still an inescapable way of life

April 4, 2013July 25, 2013 FallenAngel 48 Comments

Tall, blond, fair-skinned and sharp-nosed. This is the image a lot of Filipinos carry in their heads of the ideal physical appearance that they dream of achieving. This is in no small part due to the excessive admiration that Filipinos have for things Western, particularly American. The stuff that mass media broadcasts only propagates this…

Civics, Culture, Society

Modern Idolatry and the Social Media

April 3, 2013 John Bay 12 Comments

Two days after April Foolsâ€™ Day and I am still reeling in from the bitter truth that we are living in the days of a perpetual practical joke, with the general public being its perennial victims. Where jokes usually end in laughter, the Filipinos are on apparent overdose. It is a subtle and addictive substance…

Culture, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

Loud Papansin Protests Vs. Quietly Following Due Process

April 3, 2013April 3, 2013 P. Farol 14 Comments

Let your Conversation be without Malice or Envy,Â for ‘is a Sign of a Tractable and Commendable Nature: And in all Causes of Passion admit Reason to Govern. — George Washington’s Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior Last night, a friend sent me a text message that French conductor and flautist Olivier Ochanine’s meeting with SM’s…

Society

Tall police officers matter in a nation of people short in substance

April 2, 2013April 2, 2013 benign0 28 Comments

Short cops policing a short people, corrupt politicians governing a corrupt people. Like Coffeemate in coffee, it all makes sense to me. So then what’s the big deal about Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III’s “veto” of a bill proposing a removal of minimum height requirements for Filipino police personnel? Funny thing, the way…

Government, Lifestyle, Society

Democracy in the Philippines and the victorious return of Joseph Ejercito ‘Erap’ Estrada!

April 1, 2013April 1, 2013 benign0 8 Comments

Funny when we recall how back in April 2001, Howie Severino wrote how just “months later” in the aftermath of a second Edsa ‘revolution’, deposed President Joseph Ejercito Estrada “was grimly posing for a mug shot in Camp Crame.” Then he was shown lying on a cot inside a cell with wire mesh windows. The…

Politics, Society