Category: Society

Filipinos Who Changed Citizenship Still Have a Say on their Homeland

May 28, 2016December 11, 2016 ChinoF 39 Comments

The OFW phenomenon has yielded some complicated situations. For example, there are Filipinos who have renounced their citizenship and become citizens of other countries. Yet they share some views and criticisms about their home countries. Other Filipinos brand them as traitors, because they have left their country for a better life and supposedly abandoning their…

Society

Is a Leni Robredo vice presidency a curse or a blessing to the Filipino people?

May 28, 2016May 28, 2016 Ilda 80 Comments

The Philippine Liberal Party has a reason to celebrate three weeks after suffering a big loss with their Presidential candidate Mar Roxas losing to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Congress sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) rushed to finalise the tallying of votes for the Presidency and Vice Presidency just in time to…

Politics, Society

The mystery of why otherwise intelligent people support Leni Robredo

May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 benign0 48 Comments

Why do smart people support vice presidential candidate Leni Robredo and proclaim her as “my VP”? Indeed, it is a mystery. Robredo’s only value-proposition to the Filipino voter is her being a widow and being an overall nice woman. Other than that, there seems to be no other basis to substantiate any conclusion that she…

Culture, Education, Society

The Pinoy Addiction To Drama And Why It Isn’t Helping The Country

May 26, 2016 Grimwald 41 Comments

Bimbo #1: “Why are you here? Don’t you know that this house doesn’t belong to you?” Bimbo #2: “I’m the real heir to your family’s fortune! We were switched at birth, don’t you know? Now, I’m here to take it all back, including my husband!” Bimbo #1: “No, you can’t have him! I paid so much to…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

3 Big Reasons Former President Ferdinand Marcos Should Be Buried Among Heroes

May 24, 2016May 25, 2016 Grimwald 66 Comments

There’s been a lot of talk since soon-to-be president Mayor Rodrigo Duterte announced that he would finally allow former president Ferdinand Marcos to be buried among heroes. Indeed, hardcore Marcos supporters see this as a chance to vindicate their dear leader in the annals of history and show that there was indeed some good that…

Government, Politics, Society

Pinoys Are Unhappy Because Of Unrealistic Expectations

May 24, 2016 Grimwald 13 Comments

They say that Filipinos are a happy people. Well, I’m going to call bullshit on that because honestly, they may smile but the smile is either them pretending to be okay or worse, a sign of their own delusion. Their own way of convincing themselves that their problems will just solve themselves. To be honest, the…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Hellstar Remina And Human Bastardry

May 24, 2016 Grimwald 2 Comments

As a storyteller of horror, I have often been asked what story has ever scared me the worst. To be honest, there are quite a few that have but one of the biggest ones, I have to say, is Hellstar Remina by Japanese horror comic artist Junji Ito. For those not in the know, Junji Ito is…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Society

3 Things The Local Catholic Church Should Own Up To

May 23, 2016 Grimwald 32 Comments

Okay, let’s get this tidbit out of the way first: Yes, I was raised Catholic and I continue to practice my religion to this very day. I do it because I really do believe in a God Who loves His people regardless of who or what they are and has, over the ages, provided them ways to…

Crime, Culture, Religion, Society