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Understanding the BS in being a ‘breakout nation’

Posted on July 9, 2012 By benign0 6 Comments on Understanding the BS in being a ‘breakout nation’
Understanding the BS in being a ‘breakout nation’

In its most recent rah-rah story about how the government of President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III has so far been the heroic beacon of progress as was “promised” during the campaign, “social news network” site Rappler.com has quoted Ruchir Sharma, head of Emerging Market Equities and Global Macro at Morgan Stanley Investment Management who,…

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Development, Economy, Government, Media, Money Talks

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

Posted on May 5, 2012August 12, 2013 By FallenAngel 17 Comments on Sign of the times: The Filipinos™ tease Times Square video, and how it relates to the modern Pinoy Zeitgeist
Sign of the times: The Filipinos™ tease Times Square video, and how it relates to the modern Pinoy Zeitgeist

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…

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Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

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

Posted on May 4, 2012 By benign0 39 Comments on Walls to hide poor from ADB are temporary, but walls that ring the enclaves of the Philippine elite are permanent
Walls to hide poor from ADB are temporary, but walls that ring the enclaves of the Philippine elite are permanent

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…

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