Tag: suicide

Suicide is a MORTAL SIN according to the Roman Catholic Church

January 21, 2023 benign0 3 Comments

Lately, the Philippine Opposition had been exploiting for political gain yet another piece of poverty porn. The snippets of copy used as fodder to mount this blame campaign are so predictable that they lend a bit of comedy to an otherwise serious problem. https://twitter.com/KadamaySanRoque/status/1616369658134933504?t=VR1_vLf2R2wpfrUZbMuMsQ&s=19 Victim mentality is evidently a favourite comfort zone of a people…

Economy, Religion, Society

The Filipino’s Self-destructive Appetite for Junk

October 25, 2015October 25, 2015 zaxx 102 Comments

The age-old adage “garbage in, garbage out” rings out in every Introductory Computer Programming class across the nation. Yet the Filipino, narrow-minded as he is, is unable to apply the same logic to his very own everyday life. There is a covert conspiracy with the major players of the economy in cahoots to siphon from the common…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Mental health awareness in the Philippines

March 22, 2015 rsurtida 21 Comments

There was news about an apparent suicide floating around the office the past week. A relatively healthy employee, dead at thirty. It would have been more shocking had this instance been the victim’s first attempt but I believe it wasn’t. According to people who knew him well this was the third and, unfortunately, successful time…

Culture, Education, Science, Society

Suicide And How You Can Help Prevent One

January 24, 2015 Grimwald 23 Comments

Okay, this isn’t going to be an easy topic to tackle but Tvtropes and Cracked both have their own page about suicide and what can be said or done to prevent it so I decided that it’s high time for GRP to have something similar. We all know that suicide is another issue that is somewhat uncomfortable to discuss…

Culture, Society

Robin Williams’s death and the meaning of life

August 22, 2014August 22, 2014 Ilda 15 Comments

The world was shocked with the news that the much-loved Hollywood actor and comedian Robin Williams took his own life. It was hard for his fans to reconcile his animated persona on screen with the revelation that he was actually an unhappy person off screen. It was discomforting to think that someone who made it…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

Daiana Menezes official statement: Benjo was dying for electoral reform!

July 1, 2013 benign0 14 Comments

According to a suicide note allegedly found in his office, former Congressman Benjo Benaldo, was supposedly dying for his advocacy of “electoral reform”. Along with the note, 100,000 in cash was reportedly found on his desk. “This is the money for my cremation please cremate… my death is for electoral reform,” read part of the…

Civics, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics

Benjo Benaldo and Daiana Menezes drama turns bloody, reignites chatter!

June 28, 2013June 28, 2013 benign0 8 Comments

Did the girl cry wolf? Did the boy try to kill himself? This is the latest drama-turned-cliffhanger that started with strange posts on Twitter coming from Brazilian model and TV host Daiana Menezes. The tweets featured photos on Instagram that seemed to suggest Menezes was a victim of domestic violence supposedly arising from spats over…

Glitz and Glamour

Kristel and the UP Dream

March 26, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 2 Comments

This paper is a continuation of my article, “Self-Destruction: The Question of Suicide and the Tendency to Harm Oneself” (GetRealPhilippines.COM and Blog Watch Citizen Media, March 19 and the Human Rights Online Philippines, March 22). Last Wednesday, a freshman student from the University of the Philippines-Manila ended her life, two days after â€œshe was forced…

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Civics, Education, Society