Should Proper Parenting, Spending, and Scheduling Be Taught in Philippine Schools?

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Should Proper Parenting, Spending, and Scheduling Be Taught in Philippine Schools?

It’s amazing how the dysfunctional mindset of Filipinos permeates the entire society, and that it’s not just the monopoly of the poor and uneducated. You will encounter a supposedly professional licensed civil engineer making excuses for being late in his building project because they have a barrio fiesta, or a supposedly U.P. graduate squandering a…

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Culture, Education, Society

Leni Robredo is the WRONG choice for Vice President of the Philippines

Posted on By David Yap II 129 Comments on Leni Robredo is the WRONG choice for Vice President of the Philippines
Leni Robredo is the WRONG choice for Vice President of the Philippines

Bongbong Marcos being the ‘wrong’ choice for Vice President does not make your preferred candidate the ‘right’ choice. That does not make Rep. Leni Robredo the ‘answer’. She has not demonstrated that she is capable of assuming the mantle of the vice presidency of the Philippines. I have to speak out against this. This is…

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Politics

Entrenched thievery: The Philippines remains home to institutionalised money laundering

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Entrenched thievery: The Philippines remains home to institutionalised money laundering

In an era that has seen the demise in just a couple of decades of the legendary secrecy that shrouded Swiss banking and the shadowy transactions of its princely clients, the Philippines stubbornly persists as a blight to global banking transparency thanks to its infamously outdated bank secrecy laws. Certainly it comes as no surprise…

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Crime

Push for Cory Aquino sainthood an insult to real saints and Filipinos who suffered during her term

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Push for Cory Aquino sainthood an insult to real saints and Filipinos who suffered during her term

Thank God I wasn’t the only one who went “What the hell?!” after reading a recently-shared article published on the Philippine Star in mid-2015 claiming a Jesuit priest is pushing for the canonization of the late former President Cory Aquino as a saint by the Catholic Church. A lot of people were actually using worse…

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Politics, Religion, Society

Ill-mannered UPLB student cops online abuse from balasubas Durterte supporters!

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Ill-mannered UPLB student cops online abuse from balasubas Durterte supporters!

Again another outrage fad is erupting and this time it centres around a student of the University of the Philippines Los Banos campus (UPLB) confronting presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte with some pointed questions recently. The media drama which climaxed with a spate of online bullying this student copped from furious Duterte supporters and the spectacular…

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Culture, Education, Media, Politics, Society, The South

Sereno Court judgment adds reason why Grace probably won’t be a good President

Posted on By Hector Gamboa 34 Comments on Sereno Court judgment adds reason why Grace probably won’t be a good President
Sereno Court judgment adds reason why Grace probably won’t be a good President

The recent ruling of the Sereno Court, validating Sen. Grace Poe Llamanzares’ (GPL) claim that she is a natural born Filipino, has underscored the need for the voters to pick someone who has a competent understanding and appreciation of the supremacy of the Constitution and not the Supreme Court itself. The Supreme Court, afterall, was…

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Charter Change, Government, Politics

What is terrorist spokesman ‘Mohagher Iqbal’ doing meeting with Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets??

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What is terrorist spokesman ‘Mohagher Iqbal’ doing meeting with Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets??

A picture has emerged of Moro Islamic Liberation Front spokesman Mohagher Iqbal (a fake name he uses for his public appearances and representation with the Philippine government) and Bangsamoro peace panel chair Miriam Coronel-Ferrer in a forum with Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets in Baguio City. In a photo published on Minda News the man…

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Crime, Government, The South

On Exclusivity, Discrimination And The Divisive Nature Of Pinoy Culture

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On Exclusivity, Discrimination And The Divisive Nature Of Pinoy Culture

“They’re not like you, why do you still hang out with them?” This was a question directed at me by a vendor near the entrance of our school when I was hanging out with the “special needs” students who wanted to talk to me about aliens and UFOs. These “special needs” students were deaf-mutes and, while they could…

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Culture, Media, Society