Tag: pilosopo tasyo

Musings on Independence Day: Discovering a new kind of freedom

June 10, 2012June 12, 2019 a 83 Comments

It’s that day again; that historic moment that will forever make its way to our youth’s school textbooks, that significant event that ended Spain’s grip on our forebears for good, that spectacular time when the Philippine flag was waved at the balcony of then-President Emilio Aguinaldo at Kawit, Cavite… that eternal memory etched in history…

Culture, Society

Miriam Defensor-Santiago: Our modern day Pilosopo Tasyo

June 6, 2012August 8, 2013 a 188 Comments

You might encounter the term Pilosopo Tasyo (Philosopher Tasyo) or simply pilosopo in a couple of typical Filipino conversations, and is generally taken to mean “someone who takes things literally in a sarcastic way,” usually thrown at people who can’t help but nitpick on people’s faulty sentence construction for fun. While the word has donned…

Government, Politics, Society