Tag: pollution

Gillette should decide whether “toxic masculinity” is a bigger issue than TOXIC WASTE

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 benign0 16 Comments

The buzz nowadays is around an ad disguised as a political statement fielded by razor company Gillette. The ad can be accessed via an official company post on Twitter and is captioned thus… “Boys will be boys”? Isn’t it time we stopped excusing bad behavior? Re-think and take action by joining us at http://TheBestMenCanBe.org ….

Environment

Boracay closure by Duterte better than a closure order by Mother Nature

April 5, 2018 benign0 2 Comments

Thousands of jobs will be impacted by the recently-announced closure of popular island resort Boracay, shriek a bevy of “activists”. But, really, perhaps one should pause first to consider whether the man-made impact in the form of the closure order approved by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte may, in fact, be a lot more preferrable to…

Environment, Lifestyle

Filipinos have lost the right to be “shocked” about what happened to Boracay

March 22, 2018 benign0 13 Comments

Why all the chatter and private school “outrage” over Boracay all of a sudden? What is happening to the land of the annual chi-chi “#LABoracay” and all other hipster happenings that greet Imperial Manila denizens fleeing their parents’ Holy Week obligations have always been happening in the Philippines. It’s all part of Filipinos’ world-renowned Reverse…

Development, Environment

Degradation happening in Boracay is happening everywhere in the Philippines

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 Ilda 10 Comments

I overheard someone say the other day, “What happened to Boracay is enough to make you feel ashamed to be called a Filipino”. Some of you may feel outraged over that statement. After all, Boracay is not the Philippines. Or is it? Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte recently described Boracay as a cesspool – faeces and…

Development, Environment, Lifestyle

Paradise Lost: Redefining the Filipino Concept of Ownership

April 3, 2016 zaxx 33 Comments

Paradise Lost, by 17th-century English poet John Milton, is a poetic rendition of the fall of man and his eventual eviction from the Garden of Eden. The character responsible for the entire debacle is Satan (formerly Lucifer, fairest of the angels in Heaven) who chose to rebel against his Creator with his claim to notoriety…

Culture, Development, Environment, Religion

Imagining a truly world-class Metro Manila

November 25, 2015November 25, 2015 benign0 17 Comments

The recently-concluded Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Metro Manila proved that to get the best results out of the Philippines’ premiere metropolis, its residents need to be excluded from major events like these. This is quite ironic considering the theme of APEC Manila 2015 was inclusion — getting as many ordinary Filipinos in…

Civics, Development, Lifestyle, Society

Why is the Philippines unprepared for natural disasters and climate change? Ask Mar Roxas

October 10, 2015December 21, 2021 Ilda 27 Comments

The Philippines is said to be leading an initiative with other countries that claim to be highly-prone to the adverse effects of the phenomenon referred to as climate change. The coalition calling themselves the “Vulnerable Twenty” (V20) and who are unashamed to admit they “lack resources to combat the adverse effects of climate change” will…

Civics, Environment, Government

Denial Syndrome: The Pinoy Big Problem

June 17, 2015 Grimwald 7 Comments

So far, three major issues are being discussed just about everywhere right now: There’s Lea Salonga’s tweet about the apparent lack of freedom in the Philippines which is discussed by these articles. Then there’s the housing and squatter problem in Manila as depicted by a certain aerial photograph and this article here by Benign0 analyzes…

Civics, Culture, Development, Politics, Religion, Society, The South