Tag: honesty

Dishonesty and foolishness have resulted in preventable tragedies in the Philippines

March 22, 2015 Ilda 26 Comments

A mistake is an act or judgment that is misguided or wrong. Everyone makes mistakes. While some of our mistakes have little to no consequence, we can make mistakes that have bigger consequences that could actually change the course of our lives or even other people’s lives. We definitely have to live with the consequences…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

The Philippines can be a great nation only if Filipinos learn to be TRUTHFUL

February 10, 2015 benign0 11 Comments

The trouble with politicians is that they spend an inordinate amount of time propping up their reputations. Because of this obssessive focus on reputation, the inclination to lie, misrepresent facts, and downright suppress information becomes a lot more powerful — which is why politicians lie. What if we propose the ideal hypothetical politician, one who…

Crime, Culture, Politics, Society

Law-abiding Filipinos are getting sick of law-breaking Filipinos

December 26, 2014 benign0 173 Comments

Some of us Get Real Post writers are often criticised about the way we generalise Filipinos. Indeed, to be fair, there are hundreds of articles here that explore from every angle and at every level of depth, the country’s renowned collective criminality, its petty anti-intellectual political discourse, the routine mediocrity of Filipinos’ undertakings, and the…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Liar’s poker #FamousSinungalingLines

September 3, 2014 Kate Natividad No Comments

Been seeing this hashtag (which literally means “famous lying lines”) on Twitter and even on Facebook lately. How timely! These are days marked by much lying. In politics, specially. But we won’t go into that. Lying in politics, after all, is such a banality. It’s a wonder people still go out and vote. Filipino voters…

Civics, Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Noynoy Taking A Blowtorch To The Constitution Is Typical Of Pinoy Problem Solving

July 11, 2014July 11, 2014 Gogs 3 Comments

Some of you are familiar with the story of George Washington and the Cherry Tree. The short version of the story is that a six year old George Washington was so thrilled to be given a hatchet that he tried it on almost anything in the family property. The problem was he eventually got around to…

Culture, Government

How a PISO defined a child…

April 2, 2014 Ms. Mike Portes 5 Comments

The breezy morning at the inner gnarled streets of Baclaran yielded not only bags of fresh Caimito and Singkamas but the opportunity to commute with this boy. He is Allen Nuñez, a Grade 5 student of Baclaran Central Elementary School. He was seated on the lap of a teenage-looking boy in civilian clothes, when I…

Culture, Politics, Society