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No blood, no foul. If you die, sorry ka na lang; ganoon talaga sa Pilipinas

August 28, 2015 FallenAngel 12 Comments

“Eh buhay ka pa naman, diba?” (But you did not die, right?) – reportedly said by President BS Aquino to the recently deceased Tacloban business man Kenneth Uy. “Hindi naman siguro fatal iyan” (It’s not fatal anyway) – Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) head Emilio Abaya’s words, when asked about the worsening traffic problem…

Crime, Culture, Society

Why potentially beneficial foreign ideas and influence have not worked in the Philippines

August 17, 2015January 17, 2016 FallenAngel 49 Comments

While writing “The hollowness and hypocrisy with which Filipinos regard foreign entities” (henceforth known as Hollowness) almost two months ago, it seems I had completely overlooked one striking manner in which they show such: When the Philippines is compared with another country in any category (response to typhoons is such an example), Filipinos are quick…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Philippine elections: perpetually about the ‘least unacceptable’

August 4, 2015 FallenAngel 17 Comments

Do Filipinos want to be represented by the best of their own, rather than the least bad? No, they don’t. Elections in the Philippines are rarely about the “most acceptable”, if at all. They are, more often than not, about the “least unacceptable”. What is the difference, you may ask? Well, common sense tells us…

Civics, Culture, Government

Risk management is erring on the side of preparation rather than on the side of celebration

June 22, 2015 benign0 5 Comments

Is information that we get from politicians, celebrities, and business people reliable? Think about it. These are people who’s job it is to tell people what they want to hear rather than what they need to hear. Politicians want potential voters to think that they have a bright future that they will, presumably, be led…

Development, Economy, Politics

Filipino Culture and Its Loser Mentality

June 12, 2015June 12, 2015 Grimwald 18 Comments

Actually, I’m supposed to be working on the 9th chapter of Deep but again, I find myself writing another article, this time about the recent failure of our representatives in the SEA Games, particularly the diving competition. Heck, I even got an imitator in one of the commentaries. I don’t know if I should be flattered or…

Culture, Education, Society

Is being ‘unprepared’ to compete in an international sporting event a valid excuse to fail?

June 11, 2015 Kate Natividad 59 Comments

‘Not being prepared’ is not an excuse. What it is is a reason for failure, no more no less. And, yes, the failure of Filipino divers John Elmerson Fabriga and John David Pahoyo in this year’s Southeast Asian Games is a failure of ALL Filipinos. There is no other way to describe the fielding of…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

In response to Julia Nebrija’s public transport adventures in Metro Manila

April 21, 2015August 10, 2022 rsurtida 11 Comments

I came across an article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer about a foreigner’s experience in the Light Rail Transit plying the length of Rizal Avenue from the Roosevelt Station in the north to Baclaran in the south. Being a regular commuter myself, I can’t help but give my own take about her observations. Titled ‘The day I…

Culture, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Society

The Philippines after the Second Aquino Presidency: A profoundly-DAMAGED country!

March 10, 2015 benign0 20 Comments

Suddenly, people are crying Vindictive! as outraged Filipinos now seek justice for the unnecessarily enormous casualties sustained by the Philippine National Police’s (PNP’s) Special Action Force (SAF) and direct a long-overdue outpouring of anger against Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III. 44 elite police officers are now dead thanks to the savagery of an…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society