Category: Society

Rather than battle Duterte with his brain, Roxas battles him with idiocy

December 17, 2015December 21, 2015 benign0 10 Comments

Most thinking Filipinos will agree that the rhetoric surrounding the lead-up to the 2016 presidential elections is by far the dumbest it’s ever been. Never in my life did I ever expect to behold the spectacle of presidential candidates challenging one another to slapping matches, fistfights, and gun duels. Suffice to say, this crop of…

Crime, Culture, Politics, Society

My Wish List For This Christmas

December 17, 2015 Grimwald 9 Comments

I’m putting this here just in case somebody out there might actually be listening… Dear Santa, I have been a very good boy this year so that means I can make a wish list that you are obliged to fulfill. If that’s the case, worry not because all you really have to do is fulfill…

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

Mr. Roxas, ser: Ang pikon, palaging talo

December 16, 2015 rsurtida 13 Comments

*Apologies to non-Tagalog speakers/readers of this site. Allow me this one time to indulge in my native language. Thank you. Kakagising ko lang kaninang mga bandang 6:00 ng gabi. Bago ako bumaba nagmuni-muni muna ako sa kama kung magpapalusot ba akong may sakit o papasok na lang sa trabaho? Ang sarap pa mandin ituloy ang…

Civics, Culture, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Concept vs. Substance: How Duterte Pwned Roxas

December 16, 2015 Grimwald 17 Comments

Well ladies and gentlemen, it looks like the tensions between Camp Duterte and Camp Roxas are really heating up. More likely than not, we’ll all be in for an exciting show once the 2016 presidential elections come around. What’s surprising though is that both camps are now unleashing their best weapons against each other even…

Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Part of Duterte-style national discipline involves clamping down on media freedom!

December 15, 2015 benign0 34 Comments

So Philippine politics has become more like a teleserye nowadays. The men of the hour are presidential candidates Rodrigo Duterte and Mar Roxas. The earlier is emerging as the top contender for the throne while the latter is struggling to rise from the bottom of the polls. Nonetheless each one has threatened to slap the…

Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

A glimpse at our participation and the culture of online shaming

December 14, 2015 rsurtida 9 Comments

A few years ago an incident in an LRT station that involved a video recording of an irate girl berating a guard went viral and was immediately devoured by ‘netizens’ with sadistic glee. It showed a relatively young woman speaking to the guard in a voice a few octaves higher than the regular conversational tone…

Civics, Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Society, Technology

3 Big Reasons Mar Roxas Should Just Disqualify Himself

December 14, 2015 Grimwald 14 Comments

After the hullabaloo that was Mar Roxas’ campaign video, it seems surprising that he still has the audacity to continue the campaigning. Oh well, he probably has reasons for doing so. It might have something to do with his wife wanting to become first lady, a way for the LP to stay in power or…

Development, Government, Media, Politics, Society

What a Duterte-led ‘people power’ rally might be like

December 14, 2015 benign0 13 Comments

Funny the way things turn out. Time was when supporters of politicians like current Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III and his ilk in what is now known as the “Yellow Mob” used to be quick to draw upon the notion that a “people power” show-of-force could pretty much over-rule any product of the…

Politics, Society, The South