Tag: filipino

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

Introducing Modern Filipino (Taglish): A Mixed Language Befitting a Mixed-Race Nation

April 9, 2016 zaxx 48 Comments

It’s about time we give Taglish, the bastardized version of Filipino/Tagalog, its rightful place and recognition in our society. Taglish (once perceived as a virus, and treated as if it were some kadiring cockroach) has now pervaded every nook of our existence. We use it practically everywhere – in offices, schools, pulpits, talk shows, live…

Culture, Education, Society

Word Power (Not People Power) is the Cure to Filipino Dysfunction

April 7, 2016 zaxx 24 Comments

Language is one of the most basic elements that define a culture or nation. For many countries, it is the unifying factor of their people and the key distinctive that sets them apart from other societies around them. Much has been discussed and even debated on the Philippine’s pursuit and cultivation of a national language….

Culture, Development, Education, Society

What Problem with Filipino Identity?

February 18, 2016May 8, 2016 ChinoF 23 Comments

Some people say the problems of the Philippines are due to its people having no sense of identity. If we settle on an identity we can all agree upon, it can lead to a sense of love of country that may lead to good effects, perhaps reduction of corruption due to patriotism. Not a bad…

Culture

Happy and independent, is the Filipino?

June 11, 2015June 19, 2015 Ms. Mike Portes 29 Comments

How timely! A triumphant Fil-Am donning the PH flag-at-war during the 28th SEA Games in Singapore! Whoever stitched that on, must have been inspired by the honest mistake of the website of the Office of the President’s in May 2011! Ah this “wardrobe malfunction” just makes me go on a throwback on a May 2011…

Culture, Government, Lifestyle

Why Anti-English Sentiment is Anti-Filipino

January 6, 2015 ChinoF 100 Comments

While the Constitution (Article XIV, section 7) declares English as an official language of the country, there are still smart-alecks who believe Filipinos should not speak English. For example, there was this troll in a group that tries to say he is more “Filipino” because he doesn’t know English much. Such things are really stupid….

Culture

Insulted much? Talaga lang huh!

June 13, 2014June 16, 2014 Ms. Mike Portes 33 Comments

The viral issue at www.hongwrong.com smacks of cultural ignorance on the publisher and on the educational system disseminating it. We are at an Age where Diversity is being embraced by the enlightened and I could have easily snapped back with this highly suggested “Widow” edit : “I am Chinese and my government is Asia’s bully,…

Culture, Development, Education, Government, Society

The Mistaken Beliefs behind Pinoy Pride

January 2, 2014January 2, 2014 ChinoF 39 Comments

Happy New Year! Many of you know that one of my favorite topics is the problem of Pinoy Pride. It is a source of controversy, since many, including myself, claim that it is a wrong attitude and a source of many of our country’s problems. Others defend it and say that it is needed as…

Culture