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How the Manila Air Traffic Control fiasco mirrors Filipino society

Posted on January 4, 2023 By benign0 4 Comments on How the Manila Air Traffic Control fiasco mirrors Filipino society
How the Manila Air Traffic Control fiasco mirrors Filipino society

“Minimum viable product” is a term that’s been used and abused in the Philippines since time immemorial. It’s synonymous to a term more familiar to Filipinos: pwede na yan. Indeed, two Inquirer pieces today, pontificating on the recent Air Traffic Control “crisis” that rocked Manila’s airport, allude to it but stop short of delving into…

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Culture, Development

Why removing the Aquino name from the Manila International Airport should be seriously considered

Posted on May 30, 2018 By benign0 18 Comments on Why removing the Aquino name from the Manila International Airport should be seriously considered
Why removing the Aquino name from the Manila International Airport should be seriously considered

The clamour for the purging of the Aquino name from the Philippines’ premiere international airport persists. This, to be fair, is baffling to an entire generation raised on the notional “heroism” of the late Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr who was murdered on the tarmac of the then-named Manila International Airport in 1983. The trouble…

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Society

The Aquinos are traitors: Time to remove their faces from the 500 peso bill

Posted on January 21, 2017 By zaxx 51 Comments on The Aquinos are traitors: Time to remove their faces from the 500 peso bill
The Aquinos are traitors: Time to remove their faces from the 500 peso bill

As the call to change the name of our premier international gateway back to “Manila International Airport” gains steam with another high-profile movement, some other steps still await implementation in our mopping-up operations to clear our system of putrid phlegm-colored Yellow-LP crap. The yellow-colored 500 peso bill still needs cleaning up. Congress should pass a…

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Government, Politics

Ninoy is NOT a hero: Let’s rename NAIA back to “Manila International Airport”

Posted on August 24, 2016 By zaxx 138 Comments on Ninoy is NOT a hero: Let’s rename NAIA back to “Manila International Airport”
Ninoy is NOT a hero: Let’s rename NAIA back to “Manila International Airport”

Ninoy, Salamat sa demokrasya. August 21, 1983. “Handog ng Pilipino sa mundo…”, “Magkaisa at magsama…”  Yaaawn… OK, change the channel please! Now that the Filipino people have been awakened to the reality that there are better channels to watch on their TV and that the many years of fairy-land “democracy” that Ninoy’s death at the tarmac…

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