Category: Society

Deus ex machina: The Filipino’s Simplistic Mindset

May 11, 2012May 12, 2012 a 48 Comments

Looking back to the events that transpired in the course of Chief Justice Renato Coronaâ€™s impeachment trial, it could be said that major highlights concerned envelopes. First, we had witnessed the amusing incident involving a certain â€œsmall ladyâ€ who, according to prosecutor Reynaldo Umaliâ€™s story, gave him an envelope which contained Coronaâ€™s bank records, and…

Culture, Government, Society

The edukadong palengkero: a standout among Pinoy oxymorons

May 10, 2012 FallenAngel 25 Comments

Have you ever met a Pinoy who seems to be well-dressed, well-educated, yet at the same time berates and humiliates other people, especially those in the service industry, loudly and seemingly without remorse? How about a Pinoy in a position of fame, celebrity, and star quality, but cusses and hurls invectives like a machine gun?…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Thrilla in NAIA: was the Tulfo-Raymart-Claudine brawl really all about inadequate airport security?

May 9, 2012 benign0 17 Comments

It is quite ironic that in a police state such as the Philippines where around every corner and at every doorway, armed security forces stand ready to fire high-powered shotguns and assault rifles at any suspicious-looking loser, one or the other politician is now weighing in with their opinion of how slack security had recently…

Culture, Education, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Philippine Government . . . You’re Fired!

May 6, 2012July 5, 2015 Virtual Vigilante 31 Comments

My advocacy is to reduce the Philippine Government (the â€œGovernmentâ€) to its bare essentials. That means I will do everything I can to minimize the taxes I pay the Government and to encourage every taxpayer, individual and/or corporate, to do the same until the Government relearns its sole purpose and functionâ€”to serve the taxpayers. The…

Crime, Development, Environment, Government, Politics, Society

Sign of the times: The Filipinos™ tease Times Square video, and how it relates to the modern Pinoy Zeitgeist

May 5, 2012August 12, 2013 FallenAngel 17 Comments

Zeitgeist is a German-derived word which can be translated as “spirit of the times” or “spirit of the age”. For this discourse, I intend to use the definition “the sign of the times”. Basically, this word depicts the prevailing climate in a society. Whether this refers to a moral, intellectual, social, economical, political, or cultural…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Unclogging the Commercial Bottlenecks

May 5, 2012May 5, 2012 a 4 Comments

Get Real Post blogger Ilda wrote an article about manufacturing as a potential economic driver for the Philippines. And as it turns out, economists tuned in to the Philippine economy has the same thing in mind. Filipino chipmakers must graduate to assembling iPads while churning out Oscar-winning animation to generate more jobs and sustain economic…

Economy, Government, Money Talks, Society

Did Catholic school STC Cebu fail to teach Christian values to the bikini girls?

May 4, 2012October 24, 2014 Ilda 24 Comments

Everyone makes mistakes. Most of us learn from them, become better persons as a result, and then move on. As the saying goes, “Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment”. In fact, we’ll make more mistakes than we can ever remember and in between being born and…

Culture, Education, Religion, Society

Walls to hide poor from ADB are temporary, but walls that ring the enclaves of the Philippine elite are permanent

May 4, 2012 benign0 39 Comments

Most Filipinos are Third Class citizens in their own country. Consider this: Makati City and its prosperous cousins, Ortigas, Alabang, Greenhills, Fort Bonifacio, and Rockwell among others are world-class reality suspensions. If only we could put all of them in an island and make like another Singapore with the rest of the country treated as…

Culture, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Society

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