Tag: poverty

Inequality is what makes the world an interesting place to be human

February 2, 2017 benign0 6 Comments

That meme where feminists in other countries are shown dressed in military gear with guns locked and loaded looking really badass while American feminists are shown looking all hip, hedonistic, self-indugent and, well, millennial. Priceless. Open this week’s issue of TIME and get a load of how many pages were devoted to that Women’s March…

Development, Economy, Environment, Society

Is the Roman Catholic Church ‘full of shit’?

January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 benign0 22 Comments

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte thinks so. Duterte railed against the hypocrisy of the Church in a speech he delivered Monday asserting, as a matter of fact, that the hallowed institution is full of the proverbial brown stuff. Church officials have been vocal in condemning the extrajudicial killings that had attended the administration’s crackdown on the…

Religion

According to Agot Isidro, Filipinos may as well DIE if deprived of foreign aid

October 9, 2016 benign0 42 Comments

Renowned Filipino thought leader Agot Isidro is on the warpath, and the object of her ire is no less than Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. In a treatise against his government posted on Facebook, the showbiz artist issued a pointed diagnosis to Duterte. According to Isidro, he is a “psychopath”… Unang-una, walang umaaway sa iyo. As…

Development, Media, Society

CHR report that the Philippine Government’s “war on drugs targets the poor” is a lie

September 27, 2016 benign0 32 Comments

In a report submitted to the United Nations the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) reportedly asserts that the Philippine Government’s war on drugs targets the poor. Citing statements made by Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald “Bato” M. dela Rosa during a Senate inquiry, the CHR also noted that more than a thousand deaths…

Crime, Media

To be an independent country, the Philippines needs to build an independent economy

September 12, 2016 benign0 57 Comments

“No man is an island,” as the old cliché goes. On the back of that “wisdom”, it can be said that the Philippine government’s diplomatic posturings in recent weeks expose its people to the risk of being isolated — starved of the global trade and military umbrella they have grown dependent on for survival. But,…

Development, Economy

On The ‘Palamunin’ (Moocher) Attitude Of Pinoys

June 18, 2016 Grimwald 10 Comments

“I reckon that if you don’t learn to feed yourself and rely only on others to spoonfeed you, some people will start feeding you crap and you’d be none the wiser!” ~Grimwald’s Gandmother 25 years ago Hi everyone, I’m Thaddeus Morvacle Grimwald and I was once a spoiled brat. There, I admitted it. See, almost thirty…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

At last! Roman Catholic Church taken to task for keeping Filipinos poor

May 23, 2016 benign0 59 Comments

The Philippines’ once-powerful Roman Catholic Church has finally met its match. For starters, it chose to be on the wrong side of history during the campaign in the lead up to the May 2016 elections. Back on the 1st of May this year, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued a statement condemning…

Crime, Religion, Society

Elysium: A Movie About Two Worlds

May 5, 2016 Grimwald 3 Comments

Philippine society, as we all know, is very divisive. Indeed, it’s mostly our divisiveness that’s making our country so dysfunctional in the first place. I mean sure, we all have our differences, but I have to ask: Do we really have to take our differences so far? Must we really get to the point where…

Culture, Film Review, Glitz and Glamour, Society